Fall Tape Mani

In one of my groups we are doing a fall mani contest with a couple different themes, and one of them is Fall Tape Mani. I enjoy doing simple tape mani's and here is the look that I created.

Polishes Used:
-Zoya - Chantel
-Zoya - Flynn
-Zoya - Louise
-Zoya - Hunter
-Zoya - Pepper
-Zoya - Sailor

I liked how this look turned out! It was fun and fall themed :) The only thing that was odd was that something weird happened when I put on topcoat, and you can see the end of my nails sort of got "foggy". I'm not sure why or what caused that, but I still like this look.

Would you wear a fall tape mani like this one?

Salon Perfect: Neon Pop Collection Swatches & Revew - Part 2

Today I am back with 3 more Neon Pop Collection polishes from Salon Perfect:



L to R: Haute Pink, Loopy Lime, Tickled Pink

For today's look, I put all three colors together into one bright mani:



Lightbox with Nikon Camera; with Flash



Lightbox with iphone Camera; no flash



Lightbox with iphone Camera; with flash



Outdoors with iphone Camera; no flash

I am wearing two coats of the Sugar Cube white polish base, two coats of the neons and a final "Crystal Clear" topcoat. I tried to capture the "neon-ness" of the colors but taking pictures in a couple different lights. It is so crazy how some of the color (I'm looking at you Haute Pink) with different lights - it always seems to be the brightest neons that are the hardest to capture.

Which of these shades is your favorite?

Golden Oldie Thursday: Yellow/Peach

Today is the last day of the Q1 Golden Oldie Challenge! There will be a Q2 Challenge starting next month :) Today's them is YELLOW/PEACH; being from Pittsburgh I own my fair share of yellow polishes, and I chose my favorite to feature in this mani. (Zoya Pippa)

Polishes Used:
-Zoya - Pippa
-China Glaze - I'm Not Lion
-OPI - Alpine Snow

This look didn't turn out exactly how I had hoped, but it's not too bad. The more and more I look at it, it sort of reminds me of cheese slices; haha!!

FYI - Pittsburgh Pirate Baseball season will be starting March 31st, so I'm sure you will be seeing more and more yellow in my looks :)

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Crumpet's Nail Tarts: Tri-Polish Challenge

Today I am back with Day 3 of the July Tri-Polish Challenge. I am trying out a really simple tape mani that I have been wanting to try for a while now and this was the perfect opportunity.

I used my 3 TPC polishes plus My Boyfriend Scales Wall for the white on my ring finger. I had a little trouble "staying inside the lines" of the tape but it wasn't as bad as I had anticipated it to be so I will probably do more mani's like this in the future.

I was also interested to see what it looked like Matte, so here are those pictures too!

I can't decide which version of this I like better. I enjoyed wearing it shiny but I think matte looks good in the photos. Which version do prefer?

Check out the other ladies who are participating in TPC!

Summer Mani Challenge - Neon French

Happy Saturday!

Today I have Week 5 of the Summer Mani Challenge - this week's theme is Neon French. Since it is summer there have been a lot of neon mani's floating around the nail community and I love them all, but they are a bitch to capture color.

Anyway, here is my neon french mani:

Polishes Used:
-Essence - Rebel Delight
-MASH - Strawberry
-Zoya - Tobey
-Poshe Topcoat

So they aren't exactly "french tips" but close enough, and you get the idea. I love this mani and since I used the Strawberry shade from the MASH scented neon set, they even smell good too. I love doing tape mani's like this because you get such nice clean lines.

Are you getting sick of neon mani's yet or do you love them?!

Tape Mani & Color Comparison

Back to work today :( BOO, but at least its a short week!

Today I am wearing a tape mani that I created with two of my Wet 'n Wild Megalast polishes.

Polishes Used:

-Nailtiques - Formula 2 Plus

-Wet 'n Wild - On A Trip

-Wet 'n Wild - I Need A Refresh-Mint

-OTD

Ever since I got my tape earlier this summer, I really like being able to create nice clean tape mani's! I think this looks good and love the color combo. 

When I put the On A Trip on, I couldn't help but think that I have another polish that looks exactly like it, Funky Fingers Cheshire, so here we have, my first post with a comparison!!

In the warm light of my living room, I was sure these were going to be dupes, however, lol, once I swatched them and took them to the light box I can see they are clearly not dupes. They are, however, similar. If I could only have one (haha - who ever said that?!) I would prefer On A Trip over Cheshire. I love the shape of the Wet 'n Wild Megalst brush and felt like it was more opaque (though both of these swatches are two coats only).

Which of these blurples is your favorite? Have you tried tape mani's? Do you love them as much as I do? 

31 Day Challenge - Day 25: Inspired By Fashion

This is really dorky and lame, because FASHION as a theme is so broad and you can do just about anything! I wasn't really feeling too creative today so I went with some simple color blocking in fun spring and summer colors; all of these, pastels, neons, and color blocking are all fairly current trends in fashion.

Inspired By Fashion:

Polishes Used:
-Nailtiques - Formula 2 Plus
-NYC - Soho
-Wet 'n Wild - I Need a Refresh-Mint
-Sally Hansen - Parrot
-Kiss Nail Art - Soft Purple
-Kiss Nail Art - Beach Pink
-NYC - Matte Me Crazy

I know, I know, sort of simple and boring but the colors are fun so who cares :-P. What is your favorite fashion trend of this season?

If you're not already following Kelsie, Amanda, Erin and Jess, make sure to check out their INSPIRED BY FASHION NAILS here:

Kelsie - Kelsies Nail Files

Amanda - Nox Nails

Erin - Erins Beauty Bumbles

Jess - Nearly Natural Nails

Upcycled Tape Mani

My Scandal mani from yesterday wasn't chipping off yet (aka. I hadn't started to pick it off myself) so I decided to do an "upcycled" mani without taking yesterday's off. Here we go!

Polished Used:
-Nailtiques - Formula 2 Plus (Yesterday)
-Pure Ice - Scandal (Yesterday)
-Out The Door TopCoat (Yesterday)
-Funky Fingers - Cheshire (2 coats) (Today)
-Sally Hansen - Lacey Lilac (2 coats) (Today)
-Out The Door TopCoat (2 coats) (Today)

What do you think? It's a tape mani! I like this mani but I wish that the lines were cleaner; If I would have taken the tape off sooner they may have been cleaner. Oh wells, it's still fun!

I want to use some of the Sally Hansen Nail Strips that I got over the last couple of weeks but I will feel wasteful if I do use them and just take them off so I may be absent for a couple days if I do end up putting them on ;) I'll keep you posted!

Happy Wednesday!