Elle - Cutting Edge Emerald

Today I am going to share with you Elle - Cutting Edge Emerald. This is one of the polishes that came in a gem-tone trio that my sister got me for my birthday a while back.

Polishes Used:
-Nail Tek II
-Elle - Cutting Edge Emerald
-HK Girl - Topcoat

I hadn't used this polish yet because I didn't really think that I would like it. But seriously, how did I  not wear this sooner?! It is seriously gorgeous! I am wearing two coats and it is opaque. The application was really smooth and easy. I have heard that other people have run into issues with Elle brand polishes but out of the 2 I have used thus far, I haven't had any issues.

Do you own any Elle's? Which ones? Any application issues?

Catrice - Purple Reign

Happy Monday!

Today I am showing you another polish that I picked up in Belgium; Catrice Purple Reign.

Polishes Used:
-Nail Tek II
-Catrice - Purple Reign
-HK Girl Topcoat

This is a gorgeous blue leaning purple with blue shimmer! I have two coats of color on and it was completely opaque. The application was really nice too and the Catrice polishes that I own all have a wide brush (which I love). Excuse any wear and tear on my nails in the pictures; I polished them then had to run to the ER with my hubby so this is post ER wear.

Do you own any shades like this?

AIS - Over a Saran Wrap Base

Today is Sunday, but it's also my husband's 30th birthday; Happy Birthday Rob!

Anyway, this week's theme in Adventures in Stamping is "Stamping over a Saran Wrap Method Base". I liked this challenge because the Saran Wrap Method always gives fun unique looks.

Polishes Used:
-Nail Tek II
-China Glaze - That's Shore Bright
-OPI - My Boyfriend Scales Walls
-Maybelline - Amethyst Ablaze
-HK Girl Topcoat
-Pueen 15

I chose to use two purples in this, one as the base and one as the stamp and I think that it flows really well together. This is the first time that I have used AA and it is a lot more metallic than I thought, and it's fun!

Ok well it's going to be a short post today but make sure to keep an eye out for all the other Saran Wrap Base mani's online today ;-)

Liquid Lacquer - Pepto Puke

Happy Monday Loves!!!

Today I am showing you Liquid Lacquer Pepto Puke. If you have been following my blog for any amount of time you know that I love my Liquid Lacquer polishes, I *feel* like I own almost all of them, but since I don't actually, I always keep my eyes peeled while scrolling through blog sales to find Limited Editions that I wasn't able to get my nails on. ;) Anyway, Pepto Puke was one of those lucky finds! There were 3 bottles made of this and now I am one of those lucky 3!

Polishes Used:
-Nail Tek II
-Liquid Lacquer - Pepto Puke
-Gelous
-HK Girl

I don't have an official description but if I had to describe this shade it would be a barbie pink crelly polish with green, purple, orange, and translucent glitters in multiple sizes. (Clearly I am not meant to be a polish describer lol)

Although Pepto Puke isn't available for sale, Melissa is always coming up with tons of gorgeous shades for her customers. You can follow her on Facebook and check out her Big Cartel shop as well!

The Nail Challenge Collaborative Presents - Flowers - Week 3

YAY! It's Friday, my favorite day of the work week. There has been a lot of stress at work lately so the weekends are much appreciated.

This week I went with a very plain and simple flower mani.

Polishes Used:
-Nail Tek II
-Liquid Lacquer - Tea for Two
-HK Girl Topcoat

I love Tea for Two on it's own so I wore it alone for a day and then decided to add the pretty flower stickers. I picked up these stickers from Born Pretty Store and hadn't had a chance to use them since my original review so I thought this week would be perfect.

Short and sweet! Make sure to check out what the other super talented ladies of the Nail Challenge Collaborative have done for their week 3 manis!

Crumpet's Nail Tarts: Tri-Polish Challenge

Today I have my second mani in the July Tri-Polish Challenge. I decided to stick with my two blues for this mani, and went with a good old blue leopard design :)

The design started off as blue leopard but the more that I looked at them it started to see a blue frog!

See? I told you, lol. Anyway, this was a nice simple easy design I love how the two blues look together.

Make sure to check out what the other Nail Tarts did for their second July TPC manis!

Max Factor - Fantasy Fire

Happy Wednesday! Today I am showing you one of my biggest lemmings that I finally crushed while I was in Belgium, Fantasy Fire!

I was lucky enough to grab two bottles (one for me and one for a friend) while I was in Europe and I am so glad that I did!

Polishes Used:
-Nail Tek II
-China Glaze - Man Hunt
-Max Factor - Fantasy Fire
-HK Girl Topcoat

I had seen FF over a couple different bases but I liked it best over Man Hunt and luckily that was a color that I already owned! (Whoohoo!) I have on one coat of FF over two coats of MH. I really loooove this color combo and got a ton of compliments on this mani at work. The pictures are nice but they don't do the polish any justice, its 100x more gorgeous in person!

Do you own Fantasy Fire? Do you love it as much as I do?

What I Wore - Pirates Game Nails

Happy Monday! I am back with the long awaited second edition of "What I Wore" lol. Anyway, on Friday my husband and I went to the Pittsburgh Pirates [baseball] game. Now if you know us, you will know that we are full season ticket holders so going to a game is nothing special for us, however, since we do go a lot, I rarely do "Pittsburgh" themed nails, but this past Friday, I did, and here there are :)

Polishes Used:
- Nail Tek II
-Nicole by OPI - Ladies in the Limelight
-Konad - White
-Konad - Black
-HK Girl Topcoat
-Pueen11

I was planning on using black and white to stamp with over this lime leaning yellow, but I let my husband pick the stamping image and he picked these fun arrows. I picked up Ladies in the Limelight from my local Big Lots for only $1.00! It was a little thin so I am wearing 3 coats, but it is completely smoothed out and fully opaque.

Do you ever go to baseball games or do "team" colored manis?

AIS - Shadow/Double Stamping

Oh my goodness, I just went through my history and haven't participated in Adventures in Stamping since April!!! Bad Blogger!!! So anyway, I am trying REALLY hard to participate in all my challenges in July now that I have a little more free-time. Anyway, this week's AIS theme is Shadow or Double Stamping.

Polishes Used:
-Nail Tek II
-OPI - Mrs. O'Leary's BBQ
-Konad - White
-Konad - Pink
-HK Girl
-Pueen05

For this mani I started with a base of Mrs. O'Leary's BBQ; one of my favorite OPI colors, then topped it with Konad White and Pink stamped with this image off of Pueen05. On my pinky and index finger I put the white down first and the middle and ring got the pink first. What is odd about this is that I am usually HORRIBLE at lining up my stamps, they are always sort of wonky. So my plan was to have a bunch of random lines here, like my pointer finger, then low and behold my ring finger comes along and decides to be all fancy and lined up out of nowhere. LOL.

Anyway, this is a fun mani and I am glad that I am participating in Adventures in Stamping again. Make sure to keep an eye out for the other Shadow/Double stamping mani's around the nail world today :)