Stuck on Me

Did you know that Barry Manilow wrote the Band-Aid jungle? Today's nails were the product of a suggestion by one of my coworkers, Erik, who noticed that I had a bandaid on one of my nails (it's my quick broken nail temporary fix until I can fix it for real), and thought it'd be a fun nail idea. So, today's nails are my interpretation of the strip of fabric with a beloved jingle, Band-Aids!!

I used Zoya Helen as a base, with Urban Outfitters Nude 3 to highlight, and Zoya Helen and Zoya Dea to shade and for the dots. (as the perforated holes in the plastic type of bandages) Topped it all off with 2 coats of Seche vite top coat.

Are you stuck on band-aids?

Nail art examples that put my manicure to shame

Work has been taking it's toil on me. Assignments doesn't make it any better. As it is, I have 3 on hand on top of my crazy work schedule. I know there's been a lack of updates on this website. Sorry babes. I'll definitely be working on new designs soon I promise. Give me some time to settle my assignments..

I've edited the gallery, so you can now view the prices of each set of design. Thought that'd be easier for customers.

Was googling and thought this was interesting! Gotten it from this website -> http://forladiesbyladies.com/index.php/2009/04/13/12-extreme-nail-art-examples-that-put-your-manicure-to-shame/

Truly. Nail art examples that put my manicure to shame.

I can never have too many Holos!

YAY it was sunny out, so I again decided to reach for another one of my fave holos , Nfu-Oh 64. I also wanted to do something fun, since I might be going out for a girls night. I only have about 5 minutes to write this, it's again going to be short, sorry. I started with 2 coats of Nfu-Oh 64.

Then I decided to Konad over top, so I used my special Konad black polish. The only downside to this black, is it's a bisch to clean up, so sorry, but I was in such a rush to do this, clean up, take pics, upload, and write this post. I used the Konad plate M63

Alright, off to get ready, then decide if I want to go, lol. I know, kind of backwards, but better to be ready in case I do decide to, lol.

Color Club 2011 Starry Temptress collection

The very sweet Kim contacted me from Color Club and was so kind to send me both of the NEW Color Club Collections. This one is the Starry Temptress collection. Now just know that they are ALL REALLY neon, but it's so hard to capture on camera. I'm actually in the process of building a light box, to see if that will help. Anyways, on to the the collection. These were all great, and I always love Color Club's formula. I only needed 2 coats per polish, YAY. This set is six neons with glitter and a glitter top coat.  I do wish the holo glitter specs you can see in the bottle, showed more on the nail, but the simple glitter that you see is still great.

Space Case

Ultra-Astral 

Wink, Wink, Twinkle

Glitter Envy

Otherworldly

You've Got Soul-ar

Here is a quick look at how the top coat Starry Temptress looks over each color

L-R

Space Case / Ultra Astral  / Wink, Wink, Twinkle

This is Pre-Starry Temptress

With Starry Temptress. It adds just the right amount of glitter

L-R

Glitter Envy / Otherworldly / You've Got Soul-ar

Pre-top coat

With Starry Temptress

 

I'm such a fan of neons, especially in the summer. I am almost finished with the scented collection from Color Club, and can't wait to show you guys, because I'm seriously loving these. The ones I've finished, smell so good, and I think I might have already found my go to Summer pedi color!! *whispers* I'm wearing it right now, and have been for a few days!!

Hoover DAMN!

So today when I set out to do my nails for the blog, I really wanted to do something totally unique and awesome, especially since I haven't been posting as much lately due to lack of time. I decided to paint one of Las Vegas's finest landmarks- the Hoover Dam! It may not sound thrilling, but the structure and it's artistic shapes, lines and design really spoke to me. I drove out there, because really, does a picture really show it all? Not even close. I wanted to get every detail, from the immense concrete wall barricading the billions of gallons of electricity producing water, to the wires, the steel, the rushing water... I think this design is one of my favorites, I spent a ton of time getting it precisely how I saw it with my own two eyes...

...too bad it was dark out.

;) Happy April Fool's Day!!

XO

-Melissa

Ombre mani

Morning guys!! Now as some of you may have seen on TV, or fashion magazines, Ombre hair is a pretty big trend now, and I've seen Ombre nails done quit a bit on Makeupalley.com, so I went ahead and tried one as well. I chose to do a Black to White ombre. Ombre, is just going from the lightest of a color to the darkest.

Here are the colors I chose:

Thumb - OPI Alpine Snow Matte w/ SV on top, sorry, I completely forgot to take a pic of it :( I FAIL
Pointer - Dr. REMEDY Heather Grey
Middle - Pure Ice Kiss Me Here
Ring - Franken of Kiss Me Here & Sinful Black on Black.
Pinky - Sinful Black on Black

So what do you guys think? Have you done an Ombre mani? I was actually really loving this mani!!

Random Swatch: China Glaze Luna

This is one I have had swatched for a while now, but it never got posted, and I'm not sure why. I found it in my drafts, so here you guys go!  This is 2 coats China Glaze Luna.

Okay, back to entry entering :) Hope you guys are having a great day!!

Urban Decay Sale at Hautelook!

The Sale is on! Urban Decay Sale at Hautelook!

There's not a ton of selection- but it's on SALE!!! lol There are some eyeshadows, pocket rocket glosses, a few body powders, nail polish set, and a few other things.

Check out the Urban Decay sale at Hautelook!

Mr. Wrong....is oh so right!

This is a polish, that I feel needs more love. This is Hard Candy Mr. Wrong. The only place I can get mine is at Wal-mart, boo, I wish it was in every drugstore. This is going to be a short post guys, I'm so tired and need a good night sleep. Jack and I have been doing tons of little home improvements for the past week, and I'm crashing early.

Then since I feel like its been forever since I have done a funky french, I added some gold tips :) I used Petites Empress.

Night guys, and hope you enjoy this in the morning!!

XOXO, Erika

One of my all time fave polishes!!

This is one of the first holo polishes I ever purchased, and it has remained, probably my favorite of all time till this day. I even recently bought a back-up off of eBay. It's OPI DS Original. It is a tad sheer, and I had already had China Glaze LOL, another super pretty purple holo on, so I just layered 1 coat of the OPI over that.

Isn't it AMAZING??? I love this over black as well, but I wanted to have more of the actual bottle color this time.