Anchors Away!

A couple of weeks ago, when I was preparing for the Beauty Bar Las Vegas event, I decided that not everyone shared my hatred of things stuck to my nail, so I bought some nail art bullions. No one decided to get any nail art utilizing them, so I decided that I'd give the bullion nail art another go, to see if I could stand it. Today's design is a nautical/sailor theme, and I did the anchor in silver bullions. I like the look of it, although I think I'd prefer them to be gold, but we'll see how long the design lasts before I ultimately pick it off. :-D

I used MAC Vestral White as a base, with ULTA Moody Blue for the tips, and ORLY Candy Cane Lane for the anchors. Applied the bullions when the first coat of Seche Vite top coat was still wet, then topped it all off with another coat of Seche Vite top coat.

How Naughtycal.

Flowers Nail-Art Contest

Hello My Sweet Nail Art Lovers.
Great news!!! Here is you holiday treat from Nail Art World, participate in my Nail Art Contest for a chance to win new super hot “Flame” polish collection by Zoya. International followers are welcome!
First Prize - "Fire and Ice" collection by Zoya (6 polishes) (renamed as "Flame")

Second Prize my 2 of my favorite polishes from summer “Sparkle’ collection - “Charla” and “Mimi”


Here are some Rules:
The theme of this contest is "Flowers Nail Art", since i have been recently painting so many flowers on my nails, I am so curious what would my followers come up with. So, roses and daisies, colorful or monochromatic, romantic or Gothic, painted, stamped, decaled or marbled – everything that you only can imagine is welcomed to participate.
Protocol:
- Must be or become a follower to participate
- Please submit one entry per person to the nailartworldblog@gmail.com include no more than 2 pictures of your manicure. Subject line Flowers Contest, please also include your name and e-mail.
- It is preferable that you do new manicure specially for this contest, come on Ladies, lets have some fun doing the nails :)
- You can submit a second entry, if you post in your blog about this contest, please include the link on the post in the e-mail. However i encourage everybody to spread the news about this contest in your blog or twitter, and i appreciate your help with it.
SCHEDULE:
Contest is open until Saturday - December 11 2010
I will select a second prize winner, and 10 best entries, that will be published here for voting to win a first prize.
Readers will select a first prize winner. Voting will be opened from Monday – December 13 till Thursday- December 16, and the winners will be announced and notified by e-mail no latter then Sunday – December 19.
I hope that this is not too many rules :) Can not wait to see all those beautiful manicures !!!!

Ulta Dance Teal Dawn & Soho Pretty Swatches

While turning in my rewards at Ulta a few weeks ago, I grabbed these 2 polishes. This is Dance Teal Dawn, and such a great color and formula. This was 2 coats.

Here is Soho Pretty, it's a great neutral if you're looking for one :)

Polka Party!

Newly nubby nails need a goofy design. This is where the polka dots come in! I'm torn about whether I like my nails this length, so I wanted to do a fun and colorful design to help ease into the shorter length.

Today was a great day- other than waking up at 5 am to get to training on time this morning! Had a blast in training- my new coworkers are going to be fun, got free breakfast from Max Brenner, then I got to check out the new H&M store in the Forum Shops here in Vegas after work- it's supposedly the largest H&M in the US. They had all the new Lanvin for H&M stuff, which was super cute, but at $200 a dress, a tad out of my price range. The shoes were cute too, and I totally wanted one of the purses, but I ended up only getting two of the lipsticks, love the packaging!! The best part about going there today was that it was opening day, so they had a TON of opening day sales, I got a couple of shirts, dresses, and jeans for only $10 each! Rumor had it that they handed out scratch-off cards to the first 1,000 people, and they were worth $10-$1000!! Unfortunately, I didn't get to go there until about 4, so I missed out. :-/ Still fun to shop in there though- it is HUGE HUGE HUGE, and glitter and sparkle and stuff everywhere, plus, a ladies lounge, and awesome stuff on all three floors!

Ok, enough about H&M... to the nails! :)

I used American Apparel Raccoon as a base, with American Apparel Cameo Blue for the blue dots, American Apparel MacArthur Park for the chartreuse dots, American Apparel Echo Park for the shimmery cream dots, and Essie Foot Loose for the pink dots. Topped it all off with 2 coats of Seche Vite top coat.

The Lanvin <3 H&M lippies, I tested 'em out after I took this photo, and they're actually really nice- creamy and pigmented!  Too bad there are only 4 colors!  (Red and Hot Pink <---? not hot pink at all, sort of more pinky nude, are shown below, then there is Burgundy and Rose, which is really more of a Barbie pink)  I'm tempted to get the Burgundy, which is really rather dark, but I might be able to pull it off.

WOO!

Checkers anyone??

As you all know, I love using Scotch tape for my manis. Well I wanted something new, and that's when this came to mind. I used Orly Luxe and Sinfuls Black on Black. I absolutely LOVE this, and can't wait to try it with other colors. Below I also posted step by step pics, for anyone who wants to try this.

Remember to only do 1 nail at a time. I taped off the nail like so...

Then added my gold

Once you pull the tape off, you go on to do the rest of your nails, and add a coat of SV

Then I wait about 10 minutes, and then taped my nail off like so...

Added the gold...

Then pulled the tape off, as soon as I was done with the gold. Go on and finish the rest, adding a coat of SV again, when you're done

This was my final result!!

Givin' You the Boots

The rodeo is in town!! (here in Vegas, anyway) In honor of the men (and women) wearin' cowboy hats, Wranglers, and leather cowboy boots, I did the design that you can find on the top/toe of a cowboy boot! I really need to get a new nail art brush, mine is making it really hard to get decent lines... ARGH!

My apologies for the broken thumbnail, it tore off today, and I didn't get a chance to shorten the rest of them! :(

I used OPI Ginger Bells as a base, with a layer of Sally Hansen Hard As Nails Classy Frost over it. After that dried, I took a cototn pad with acetone and wiped off small parts to give the nail a look like scuffed, worn leather. For the stitching, I used American Apparel Raccoon. Topped it all off with 2 coats of Seche Vite top coat.

Y'all come back now, y'hear?! ;)

Layered, Glitter & Funky French all in one...Could you want more??

For this one, I used 3 coats of Milani's Rad Purple for the base. If you don't have this, GET IT! Then I topped it off with Nicole's Pitch Black Glimmer. I just love this polish!!! Then a coat of SV. Look at this combo!!!!!

Would I really be me if I didn't add black tips???

Spiked!

Tonight's nail design is super simple, I didn't have very much time tonight after work (got home at 11:10 pm!), but I wanted to have something new up for y'all! :-D My hours worked total is now 42 hours in the past 3 days. *yawn*

I used American Apparel Mannequin as a base, with American Apparel Cocoa for the brown, and Orly Luxe for the gold. Topped it all off with 2 coats of Seche Vite top coat.

Ok, this chica is going to bed.

CARTOON CHRISTMAS

FREE SPOON FRIDAY!!

Are there colors from Zoya that you are 99% sure you'll love, but just can't bring yourself to spend that hard-earned money until you're positive? Well that's where tomorrow's FREE SPOON FRIDAY!! comes in! ;)

welcome to

FREE ZOYA COLOR SPOON FRIDAY

6 FREE ZOYA COLOR SPOONS*

FRIDAY ONLY

(12/10/2010 - Expires 11:59 EST).


Here's how it works...
First pick any 6 colors you would like to try on... Add the matching Zoya Color Spoon to your shopping cart on zoya.com. Add SP6 as your code. Process order. Zoya will ship them to you for FREE! Plus you will automatically earn a $3 Zoya Color Spoon credit code for use on a future zoya.com purchase. Feel free to order more at the regular price if you would like (shipping is always free on Zoya Color Spoons).

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