Girly-Girl Challenge - Day 8: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun!

Today is the last day of the Girly Girl Challenge!!! *TEAR* This was fun and easy to keep up with since the posts were only twice a week. If I get invited to participate in challenges in the future, I definitly think that I will! Here is the re-cap:

For today's mani I decided to use the fun colors of Royal Blue and Pink and a leopard print stamp which seemed pretty fun too. Here is a photo of two coats of the blue by itself:

The picture is sort of blurry, but you get the idea. That blue is Wet n' Wild Saved By The Blue. Here is the final fun mani:

Polishes Used:
-Sally Hansen - Thicken Up! (2 coats)
-Wet n' Wild - Saved By The Blue (2 coats)
-Konad special pink
-Konad stamping plate m57
-NYC Matte Me Crazy

As we all know last time I tried using a matte top coat on a mani I didn't like it. On this mani however, I think it fits perfectly and I love how it looks. This blue in natural light is not as in your face bright as it shows up in the photos and with the natural shine of the blue polish, the topcoat turns this into a sort of "Satin" finish. Love it.

Don't forget to check out the other lovely ladies "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" mani's and continue to follow them after this challenge is over. And a special thanks to Lindsey of Neverland Nail Blog for putting this challenge together!

Lindsey of Neverland Nail Blog
Ashley of Follow The Yellow Polish Road
Kelly of Devilish Polish
Jodi of Captivating Claws
Danielle of RockNPolish
Elly of Polishable
Olivia of Unprofessional Nails
Kate of This Charming Kate
Bethany of Plethora of Nails
Lizzy of The Do It Yourself Lady
Eugenia of Talon-Ted
Johanna of Neues vom Kellerkind
Amanda of Nox Nails
Ashley of Smashley Sparkles
Sarah of See Sarah Swatch
Emily of The Laquerologist
Jess of LuvMyLacquer
Tressa of O'Natur Nail
ChiChi of I'm Just Me...ChiChi
CR of Color Me Silly
Amanda of Berry Polished
Robin, Erin and Anna of Polished Cousins
Bonny of Overstuffed
Taylor of Rejoice
Jess of Nearly Natural Nails

Girly-Girl Challenge - Day 7: Sugar, Spice and Everything Nice

First off, I want to say, "YAY, 50 followers!" Thanks for everyone who is following! Hope you enjoy my posts!!

Today's challenge is "Sugar, Spice and Everything Nice". Here is the list:

I was talking to one of my girlfriends at work about the challenge and she mentioned doing something candy related since that's sugary; then on the way to the grocery store after work, I thought, why not add sprinkles?! So here we go:

Polished Used:
-LA Colors - SuperStrength Nail Builder (2 coats)
-Revlon - Twinkled Pink (2 coats)
-Out The Door TopCoat (1 coat)
-SPRINKLES!

You can't get too much more sugary and sweet than this :) I tried to do something sort of "studded" with the sprinkles but I just ended up going crazy and putting lots on. Maybe something to try in the future with the "caviar" look, but with real nail supplies. (Not sure what is going to happen when I wash my hands!!)

Hope you enjoy my Sugar, Spice and Everything Nice look, and don't forget to check out the other ladies creations.

Lindsey of Neverland Nail Blog
Ashley of Follow The Yellow Polish Road
Kelly of Devilish Polish
Jodi of Captivating Claws
Danielle of RockNPolish
Elly of Polishable
Olivia of Unprofessional Nails
Kate of This Charming Kate
Bethany of Plethora of Nails
Lizzy of The Do It Yourself Lady
Eugenia of Talon-Ted
Johanna of Neues vom Kellerkind
Amanda of Nox Nails
Ashley of Smashley Sparkles
Sarah of See Sarah Swatch
Emily of The Laquerologist
Jess of LuvMyLacquer
Tressa of O'Natur Nail
ChiChi of I'm Just Me...ChiChi
CR of Color Me Silly
Amanda of Berry Polished
Robin, Erin and Anna of Polished Cousins
Bonny of Overstuffed
Taylor of Rejoice
Jess of Nearly Natural Nails

See you on Thursday for the final Girly Girl Challenge - I can't believe it's almost over :-(

Girly-Girl Challenge - Day 6: Who Inspires You?

Today's challenge is "Who Inspires You? Show some love to your favorite female role model by creating gorgeous nails in their honor". Here is the list of challenges:

So OF COURSE, I picked my mom!!! She's great and I would consider her one of my best friends :-) Her birthday is in the month of October and therefore her birthstone in OPAL so I wanted to try to do opal nails using a watercolor technique. Check it out:

Polishes Used:
-Konad Special Polish - White (2 coats)
-NYC - Sidewalkers
-Sally Hansen - Lacey Lilac
-Sally Hansen - Frozen Creamsicle
-Savvy - French Rose Opal Frost (1 coat)
-Out The Door TopCoat

They didn't turn out exactly as I had hoped; though for my first time trying a watercolor effect I think it was fairly successful (minus the fact that my ring finger seems to have twice as much color as the rest of my nails!) Have you girls tried this technique before?

Don't forget to check out the other ladies Inspired nails here:

Lindsey of Neverland Nail Blog
Ashley of Follow The Yellow Polish Road
Kelly of Devilish Polish
Jodi of Captivating Claws
Danielle of RockNPolish
Elly of Polishable
Olivia of Unprofessional Nails
Kate of This Charming Kate
Bethany of Plethora of Nails
Lizzy of The Do It Yourself Lady
Eugenia of Talon-Ted
Johanna of Neues vom Kellerkind
Amanda of Nox Nails
Ashley of Smashley Sparkles
Sarah of See Sarah Swatch
Emily of The Laquerologist
Jess of LuvMyLacquer
Tressa of O'Natur Nail
ChiChi of I'm Just Me...ChiChi
CR of Color Me Silly
Amanda of Berry Polished
Robin, Erin and Anna of Polished Cousins
Bonny of Overstuffed
Taylor of Rejoice
Jess of Nearly Natural Nails

Also, I know it's not nail related but since I picked my mom as my role model, here is one of my most favorite pictures of us from my wedding day; enjoy!

Girly-Girl Challenge - Day 5: Gotta Love Chick Flicks!

Today is Day 5 of the Girly Girl Challenge and that means "Gotta Love Chick Flicks". As always, here is the challenge:

So I am sort of cheating because my FAVORITE chick flick is actually Two Weeks Notice with Sandra Bullock and Hugh Grant, however, I was very inspired by the movie for a mani, therefore, I moved to one of my favorite musicals, The Sound of Music (I know my husband is NOT on  board with musicals and therefore, they become Chick Flicks in my house).

When  I think of Sound of Music I think of this picture, which is what inspired my nails:

It's been WARM here for Pittsburgh in March and the green grass with yellow flowers from the movie just seemed to be perfect for this challenge.

Polishes Used:
Sinful Colors - Mint Apple (2 coats - base)
Sinful Colors - San Francisco (1 coat freehand)
Essie - Da Bush (1 coat freehand)
Sinful Colors - San Francisco (another coat freehand)
Zoya - Pippa
NYC - French White Tip
Out The Door TopCoat

I hope that you're not TOO burnt out on the green from St. Patrick's Day and I honestly don't normally wear it but something just came over me today. lol.

As always, don't forget to check out the other ladies "Chick Flick" mani's here:

Lindsey of Neverland Nail Blog
Ashley of Follow The Yellow Polish Road
Kelly of Devilish Polish
Jodi of Captivating Claws
Danielle of RockNPolish
Elly of Polishable
Olivia of Unprofessional Nails
Kate of This Charming Kate
Bethany of Plethora of Nails
Lizzy of The Do It Yourself Lady
Eugenia of Talon-Ted
Johanna of Neues vom Kellerkind
Amanda of Nox Nails
Ashley of Smashley Sparkles
Sarah of See Sarah Swatch
Emily of The Laquerologist
Jess of LuvMyLacquer
Tressa of O'Natur Nail
ChiChi of I'm Just Me...ChiChi
CR of Color Me Silly
Amanda of Berry Polished
Robin, Erin and Anna of Polished Cousins
Bonny of Overstuffed
Taylor of Rejoice
Jess of Nearly Natural Nails

See you soon loves!

Girly-Girl Challenge - Day 4: Inspired by the Runway

Today is day 4 of the Girly-Girl Challenge, and the theme is "Inspired by the Runway". To refresh your memory, here is the list of challenges:

One of the latest trends that I really like is color blocking with orange and pink. I never really feel like I can wear this combo but wish that I had the budget to purchase bright colorful clothes (instead of my black and white pallet that goes with everything - my work clothes are so boring!!)

So this is the photo that inspired my nails. PS. I LOVE SJP.

And here are the nails!

It was a simple design and I just freehanded the pink on after using the orange as a basecoat. I am suprised how close the color of the polish is to the magazine! Very pleased with my choice :-)

Polishes Used:

-Essie - Braziliant

-NYC - Fushia Shock Creme

-Out The Door TopCoat

As always, don't forget to check out the other girls Runway Inspired nails here:

Lindsey of Neverland Nail Blog
Ashley of Follow The Yellow Polish Road
Kelly of Devilish Polish
Jodi of Captivating Claws
Danielle of Laquer Lover
Elly of Polishable
Olivia of Unprofessional Nails
Kate of This Charming Kate
Bethany of Plethora of Nails
Lizzy of The Do It Yourself Lady
Eugenia of Talon-Ted
Johanna of Neues vom Kellerkind
Amanda of Nox Nails
Ashley of Smashley Sparkles
Sarah of See Sarah Swatch
Emily of The Laquerologist
Jess of LuvMyLacquer
Tressa of O'Natur Nail
ChiChi of I'm Just Me...ChiChi
CR of Color Me Silly
Amanda of Berry Polished
Robin, Erin and Anna of Polished Cousins
Bonny of Overstuffed
Taylor of Rejoice
Jess of Nearly Natural Nails

As I mentioned it's going to be a busy weekend for me. I have off work today and tomorrow for the NCAA Tournament. I don't LOVE college basketball, and my Alma-Mater (Duquesne University) didn't make the tournament but they are hosting the first round and me and my hubby are going to watch the games live; so that's exciting!!! Keep an eye out for me on TV ;-) 

Girly-Girl Challenge - Day 3: Delicate & Elegant

Today is Day 3 of the Girly-Girl Challenge and therefore, is "Delicate & Elegant"; as I mentioned before I have really been enjoying this challenge and once it's done, hope to do some more in the future! Once again, here is what the challenge consists of:

When I heard Delicate & Elegant I immediately thought of my Konad plate m71 that I haven't had a chance to use yet. It's a very girly stamp and for once my stamping actually worked as I was hoping it would! Here it is:

Polishes Used:
-Sally Hansen - Frozen Creamsicle (3 coats)
-Konad White Polish (and plate m71)
-Out The Door TopCoat

The third picture is the best representation of what the colors actually looked like (the first two shots are washed out). Frozen Creamsicle is a jelly polish and as I mentioned, I needed 3 coats for full coverage (for me that's a lot - I usually prefer creme polishes!)

Don't forget to check out all the other lovely ladies "Delicate & Elegant" mani's!!

Lindsey of Neverland Nail Blog
Ashley of Follow The Yellow Polish Road
Kelly of Devilish Polish
Jodi of Captivating Claws
Danielle of Laquer Lover
Elly of Polishable
Olivia of Unprofessional Nails
Kate of This Charming Kate
Bethany of Plethora of Nails
Lizzy of The Do It Yourself Lady
Eugenia of Talon-Ted
Johanna of Neues vom Kellerkind
Amanda of Nox Nails
Ashley of Smashley Sparkles
Sarah of See Sarah Swatch
Emily of The Laquerologist
Jess of LuvMyLacquer
Tressa of O'Natur Nail
ChiChi of I'm Just Me...ChiChi
CR of Color Me Silly
Amanda of Berry Polished
Robin, Erin and Anna of Polished Cousins
Bonny of Overstuffed
Taylor of Rejoice
Jess of Nearly Natural Nails

ALSO, I was able to finally find Sinful Cinderella and will be wearing that to a wedding that I will be attending on Saturday. Hopefully I will be able to swatch it later in the week but if not, you all know what it looks like ;-)

Girly-Girl Challenge - Day 2: Gimme That Bling

Hello Loves!! Today is Day 2 of the Girly Girl Challenge so that means "Gimme That Bling"! This is an exciting challenge and I like coming up with new designs to fit the different themes. Once again, here is the Girly Girl Challenge:

When I saw today was Bling I immediately thought of doing something silver / metallic, because what is more bling than that?! Here is what I came up with:

Polishes Used:
-Sally Hansen - Celeb City
-Out The Door TopCoat
(and gemmies!!!)

It didn't come out exactly as I had hoped because the gems and the polish were too similiar in color; next time, I will probably use either a different polish or different colored gems. Which nails do you like better? The ones with the gem tips or just the gem accents? I think the accents because they are more subtle. Thoughts?

Also, don't forget to check out all the other girls "Gimme That Bling" posts!

Lindsey of Neverland Nail Blog
Ashley of Follow The Yellow Polish Road
Kelly of Devilish Polish
Jodi of Captivating Claws
Danielle of Laquer Lover
Elly of Polishable
Olivia of Unprofessional Nails
Kate of This Charming Kate
Bethany of Plethora of Nails
Lizzy of The Do It Yourself Lady
Eugenia of Talon-Ted
Johanna of Neues vom Kellerkind
Amanda of Nox Nails
Ashley of Smashley Sparkles
Sarah of See Sarah Swatch
Emily of The Laquerologist
Jess of LuvMyLacquer
Tressa of O'Natur Nail
ChiChi of I'm Just Me...ChiChi
CR of Color Me Silly
Amanda of Berry Polished
Robin, Erin and Anna of Polished Cousins
Bonny of Overstuffed
Taylor of Rejoice
Jess of Nearly Natural Nails


See you soon for Day 3!

Girly-Girl Challenge - Day 1: Think Pink

Hello Loves! As I mentioned earlier this week I am participating in Lindsey's ( of Neverland Nail Blog) Girly-Girl Challenge. There is a handful of girls participating so make sure to check out their pages (listed below). Here's out it works; 2 mani's per week for 1 month. Most of the ladies will be posting on Tuesday's and Thursday's.

That's the challenge so you can get excited for what's to come! Day 1 is Think Pink. I was thinking on just doing a gradient with two colors but it turned into this:

Polishes Used:
-Petites (no color name - sort of a raspberry with a little metallic)
-Essie - Better Together
-Wet 'n Wild - Sparkled
-Out The Door TopCoat

Like I mentioned I was just going to do a gradient with my raspberry and Better Together but it wasn't fun enough so I added the glitter too! Hope you enjoy!

Check out the other ladies lovely posts below!

Lindsey of Neverland Nail Blog
Ashley of Follow The Yellow Polish Road
Kelly of Devilish Polish
Jodi of Captivating Claws
Danielle of Laquer Lover
Elly of Polishable
Olivia of Unprofessional Nails
Kate of This Charming Kate
Bethany of Plethora of Nails
Lizzy of The Do It Yourself Lady
Eugenia of Talon-Ted
Johanna of Neues vom Kellerkind
Amanda of Nox Nails
Ashley of Smashley Sparkles
Sarah of See Sarah Swatch
Emily of The Laquerologist
Jess of LuvMyLacquer
Tressa of O'Natur Nail
ChiChi of I'm Just Me...ChiChi
CR of Color Me Silly
Amanda of Berry Polished
Robin, Erin and Anna of Polished Cousins

See you Thursday!

Fun with Friends

Saturday Night I met up with some friends and we did mani's. I let them pick their colors since they would be "stuck" wearing them. LOL. Hopefully they liked them and end up keeping them on for a couple of days.

Carly's Nails:

Carly already had on a gold gel polish and didn't want to take it off so we just added some polka dot tips for a splash of color.

Polishes Used:
-China Glaze - Solar Power
-Sinful Colors - Mint Apple
-NYC - Nail Glossies (no color name listed but it's the fushia color)
-Out The Door Topcoat

Becky's Nails:

Sorry about the first picture! I have no idea why it's sideways! Becky doesn't normally wear nail polish but she said that I could try anything that I wanted. I let her pick the colors so that they would work with her outfits, but I picked out the gradient design. I hadn't tried it before, but it was pretty easy with sponging - I will try this on my own nails soon.

Polishes Used:
-OPI - Chicago Champagne Toast
-OPI - Shim-Merry Chic
-Out The Door TopCoat

As I mentioned yesterday, I will be participating in the Girly-Girl Challenge this month. Below is what the Challenge involves. I will try to be posting on either Tuesdays & Thursdays or Wednesdays or Saturdays.

Can't wait to start the challenge and see what everyone comes up with!

Polka Dot Accents

This weekend, I went down to my mom's house to do her nails and catch up. She wanted something for St. Patrick's Day but I told her it was a smidge too early and I would do something more festive next week, so we compromised with some greens, pinks and purples. (She apologized in advance for her dry cuticles - she's so cute)

Polishes Used:
-Sinful's Mint Apple
-Essesnce's You Belong To Me
-Wet n Wild's How I Met Your Magenta
-Sinful's Easy Going
-Pure Ice's Scandal
-Out The Door Top Coat

Yesterday Lindsey at Neverland Nail Blog posted a new challenge that I will be participating in starting this week, so get ready for the Girly Girl Challegne!