Hodgepodge

Inspiration comes from the oddest places for me... I was watching TV the other night, and in the background, there was a great color combination...a pea green, burgundy & a turquoise/teal. I mentally matched the colors to polishes in my collection while I was watching, and I wanted to do something fun with them, since it wasn't a conventional color combination. I decided to do a hodgepodge design with a different pattern on each nail, which allowed me to use the three colors in a bunch of different ways! :)

I used American Apparel MacArthur Park as a base for all the fingers except the ring finger, where I used American Apparel Port. The third color I utilized in this manicure was China Glaze Flyin' High. Topped it all off with 2 coats of Seche Vite top coat.

Sweet Pastels

Dee came over today to get her nails done. Was really unique as she opted for a different pastel colour on each nail for both her mani & pedi. Turned out to look really sweet! The whole mani/pedi session was really relaxing with us having so many topics to chat about. Felt really comfortable for a person that I've met for the first time. (:

Was in woodlands today and saw a stall selling nail art stuff! You should have seen the delighted look on my face. Hahahaa. I think every girl who's into this will probably have the same reaction. Got my nail dryer for a cheap price and I certainly hope it lasts!

Ask and you shall receive!!

Thanks everyone for your sweet comments on my previous post. Since almost all of you asked for a tutorial, I did one, just for you guys. It was a quickie though, and I was forced to use what I had in my purse, and I LOVE this! So thanks to you guys, I have a mani, that just might last more than 2 hours!

For this tut, I used LA Splash Golden Seahorse and just my normal black
Ready for all the pics......

This was how I started it

Then I cut 5 VERY thin strips of scotch tape

Then I placed them on my nail. Yeah, it's a tad off center, oh well :). I started with one down the center, then placed the 2 next to that, then the other 2. Just make sure you rub the tape, a little hard, to make sure all the strips are completely down.

Once you're certain they are all in place, polish your top color on

Remove ASAP, when you're done, and you will get this

Then add your top coat, and I always use SV. Ta da, you're done!!



I hope this helps you guys!!!

A NOTD that matches my OOTD...

I don't normally match my mani to my outfit, but felt the need to the other morning. As you can see from the pic with my OOTD, Outfit Of The Day, I didn't do the accent nail yet. I had done that, later on in the day.
I used China Glaze Peachy Keen and just my black for my accent design. I also just wanted to try out a new tape idea I had.

Here is the finished mani

Here was my outfit. I just LOVE this ruffled blouse. I got it off of eBay, because I refused to pay retail for it from JCrew, lol. I'm cheap. Oh and excuse the ever so classy bathroom, cell pic.

2 coats of Peach Keen

Now with the accent finger. I really loved this design :)



A Little Birdie Told Me

I have to ask this, since it's 5 days into the new year... who is still sticking to their resolutions? I'm one of those people that are so bad at resolutions that I never even got around to making any this year. :-P I've been SO busy lately, which I love, but it makes it hard to make as much time as I'd like to for everything in my life, and I hate spreading myself so thin.

Today's nail design might look familiar to those of you that have played with the page layout program 'Pages' from Apple before. These cute little birdies were on one of the templates for a thank you card, and, after the suggestion of my co-worker Justin, decided that they indeed WOULD be lovely little nail art designs!! I love their simplicity and retro vibe & color scheme.

I used American Apparel Cotton as a base, with Essie Alligator Purse for the body of the birds, and American Apparel Raccoon for the tails and legs. For the speech bubble, I used American Apparel Trenchcoat. Topped everything off with 2 coats of Seche Vite top coat.

And, I finally got around to looking through some of my photos from Christmas, and this one cracked me up, even though I'm making an odd face, I had to share. Zach is 130 lbs. Zach also thinks he is a lap dog. Hilarity ensues. At least he's warm, and I'm glad ONE of us is comfortable?! lol

ZOYA featured in 'Black Swan'!

Funny how life works out sometimes...

Growing up in the Soviet Union, a little girl named Zoya dreamed of being a ballerina and dancing to Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake. Now, many years later, after a life immersed in music as a classical pianist and becoming a star in world of cosmetics, dreams have come true.

Enter the recent theatrical release of Black Swan. Early on in the film as the lead dancer, Nina (portrayed by Natalie Portman), prepares in her dressing room for a gala where she will be revealed to the masses as the new Swan Queen, a solitary elegant bottle of nail polish briefly takes over the screen. This is where the line between a little girls fantasy and reality blissfully blurs. The bottle shown is Zoya Nail Polish in a delicate shade of pink named Bela.

Zoya Reyzis (founder of Zoya Nail Polish) and the Swan Queen of Swan Lake together at last.

Zoya Nail Polish can be found worldwide at quality salons and spas or online...

http://www.zoya.com

Available in Bela and over 300 other long-wearing, beautiful colors, the healthy formula of Zoya Nail Polish is completely free of formaldehyde, toluene, dibutyl phthalate (DBP) and camphor.

Zoya is the new color of fashion!

New Jesse's Girl Swatches!!!!

So I ran to Rite Aid on my lunch break, and was sooooo excited to see these!! They are just amazing!! Glee appears to be an exact dupe of Zoya Charla and OPI Catch Me In Your Net, and an Essence, that I can't think of the name right now.

This is Glee
Formula is great and this was 2 coats!!

This is Confetti, and this was 3 coats.

If you're looking for the display, here is my crap cell pic. There were plenty others, but I only NEEDED these two!!



Pink polka dots & the polish that started it all.......

I have done my nails for years, but never ventured out of the regular stock at drugstores, lol. That was until my sister came over with a pedi, that I just LOVED. It was OPI Mod About You. I loved it so much that she got me a bottle, and then I started looking on the internet for other colors. That was when I discovered MUA, and it all went down hill from there. I decided to whip her out again. Now, you wouldn't know it, but pink is actually my FAVE color of all time. I'm not sure why I don't do more pink manis *shrug* maybe I'll start doing them. Okay, back to this mani, this was 2 coats of Mod About You and China Glaze Admire for the design.

Mod About You alone

and more full mani pics!



Eeek, forgot to post this mani I did during the holidays.....

Sorry, I don't know how this didn't get posted. Too busy I guess.
This was China Glaze Emerald Sparkle and just a plain white.  I'm forever trying to come up with more tape designs, and this was another I thought of. It's not much, but still kind of fun, and it made a great accent finger.

Everyone neeeeeds Night Lights in their life

Sally Hansen Night lights is a gem, that I thought I would never be lucky enough to have. I know it's been spotted here and there, in those 2-packs, but I have never seen it. Well lo and behold, I was at my local Five Below this past weekend, and they had a WHOLE display of them. I grabbed 3, 2 for me, and 1 for my future giveaway. It is rather sheer, but sooooo worth it. Here I have it over black, and I did another mani with it over a bright blue. Hopefully that will be tomorrows post. Anyways, I did a design that I know you've seen before, and I love it.

This is Night Lights layered over black

and the final mani design :)