POP Art?

Get it? POP art? Because it's POPCORN? muahahaha, I know, bad pun...a bit...CORNY?! LOL!!!

Everyone knows that you can't go to the movies without getting popcorn, I'm pretty sure it's one of the 10 commandments - Thou shalt not watch movies empty-handed. Maybe it's number 11? Anyway, I love the stuff, and honestly, some of my favorite memories as a kid involve helping my dad make popcorn (not the microwave kind - the yummy pan-popped in cooking oil kind) MMMmmm with real butter and just a touch of salt. Amazing. We'd split up the batch, and my mom, dad, sister and I would munch away. Man, my mouth is seriously watering, I haven't had that kind of popcorn in years!!

Anyway, today's nails are inspired by that crunchy, fiber-filled treat that we all know and love, popcorn!

I used Sally Hansen Professional Lavender Cloud for the popcorn bucket/bag/box, then mixed with American Apparel Mount Royal to shade near the top, and Nubar Sexy Red to draw the lines, and for the word POPCORN, which for some reason, is often separated. For the popcorn, I used American Apparel California Trooper, highlighted with American Apparel Cotton, and shaded MAC Brown Bag. Topped it all off with 2 coats of Seche Vite top coat.

Check out this SUPER Yummy Popcorn recipe!! (remember this one from movie night, Yaki?)

Cajun Corn
Yield: 2 1/2 quarts

Ingredients:

2 1/2 quarts popped popcorn
1/4 cup butter, melted
1 teaspoon paprika
1/2 teaspoon onion powder
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 teaspoon lemon pepper

Directions:

Pour butter over warm popcorn.
Combine remaining seasonings and sprinkle over popcorn; toss to mix.

How many manis can I do, with only 2 colors and tape??????

So today I did a mani that I LOVED and just had to share with you guys. It's a Funky French, using OPI Sparkle-icious & Sally Hanses Plum Luck. Well I liked the colors together so much, that I wanted to kind of challenge myself and see how many manis I could come up with, using only 2 colors & tape.

To start, here is the mani before the tips were added
This was 1 coat of the Plum Luck, then 1 coat of Sparkle-icious and topped of with SV

Here it is with Plum Luck added to the tips

Now for my challenge. As you can see, I didn't do full manis, but I just wanted to show you all the possibilities! I'm sure there are more, but these are the easiest Tape manis, for me :P

Hope you guys enjoyed this, and maybe gave you some ideas for future manis!

Who says nail art striper polish thingys can't be a full mani...................

Well I say they can. When I saw this Milani nail art brush thingy in Bed Bath & Beyond, I instantly fell in love with the color & knew I had to have it. Now as you can see, RARELY will i do a mani that uses nail art brush polishes. After having it for a few weeks, I finally decided to just use it as though it were just a regular bottle of polish. Now I could have switched brushes to make the application easier, but I didn't, lol. I used the teeny tiny brush that came with it. What do you think? Isn't it such a great color??
This one is called Purple Outline. I even love the bottle it comes in.