Tuesday 22 March 2011

Jumpin' Through Hoops


Apparently there is some sort of competition going on right now with some college men & women who try to through a ball through a hoop & net. Go figure, it's March again, and what does that mean? March Madness. You got it. :) College basketball competition in full force!! Unfortunately, the teams of my home state of Michigan are already out of the running, so who do I root for? Who knows- but with this manicure I'll be looking 'sporty' doing it! :-D BASKETBALL nails!! They even FEEL like basketballs, it's weird.


I used OPI Ginger Bells as a base, then mixed it with Barielle Coco Bar for the dots, which I applied with a dotting tool. (which, honestly, was a scoring tool from my graphic design stuff since I can't seem to find my dotting tool) For the lines, I used American Apparel Hassid. Topped off the first 2 coats of OPI Ginger Bells only with Seche Vite top coat, because I wanted the dotted texture to show up, like it does on an actual basketball. :)

She shoots, she scores?

Random Swatch : CQ Golden Green

Okay, guys, I have quit a few random swatches just hanging around as 'Drafts' in my blog 'Posting' section, so maybe every few days, I'll do a Random Swatch post in the afternoon :)

This is from the new collection of CQ polishes that I saw at Rite Aid last week. There were a few pretty ones, but all looked so close to ones I own, except this beauty! She is called Golden Green, and it's the best description of the color.


Clear pink acrylic nails


Yes, its all the girly hearts and bows~




Pretty pretty~ Tiny red chrome hearts embedded within the acrylic nails.

Clear pink acrylic nails


Yes, its all the girly hearts and bows~




Pretty pretty~ Tiny red chrome hearts embedded within the acrylic nails.

Bridal nails

Love love love love this!

Customer came and asked for bridal nails and I was thinking, "glitter? flowers? ribbons? crystals?". Then I came up with this design! The silver strips are embedded within the acrylic nails and it matches well with the soft pink glitter and white acrylic flowers. LOVE!

Bridal nails

Love love love love this!

Customer came and asked for bridal nails and I was thinking, "glitter? flowers? ribbons? crystals?". Then I came up with this design! The silver strips are embedded within the acrylic nails and it matches well with the soft pink glitter and white acrylic flowers. LOVE!

MPJ the good one :P

If you don't know by now, let me tell you, there are quit a few versions of OPI My Private Jet, but only 1 really charcoal holo version, which thanks to Regni over at The Lacquerista, I now OWN! *happy dance* I've had it for a few weeks, but wanted to wait until it was really sunny out to enjoy it. Check it out!!! Thanks again girlie!!

Since it is fairly sheer, I layered it over my Sinful Black on Black




and here is Oz aka Grandpa, who insisted on watching me the entire time!!