Al the Owl

Today one of my girlfriends came over afterwork; my sister had given away some clothes over the weekend and I was letting her take a look through them before I dropped them off at Goodwill. We also went to the mall and of course, she wanted me to do her nails. Super Girly for aftwork on a Monday. She recently joined Pinterest and saw these nails. The owls are very cute but her nails were short and it was my first time trying this design so bear with me....

My owl looks nothing like the ones from Cristina at Let Them Have Polish but it's not horrible... I'm pretending it would have been better if her nails were longer, but my nails aren't too long so I'm not sure I can use that as an excuse. The main color I used was Essie's Bobbing for Baubles, also used Funky Fingers' Mad Hatter, OPI's On Collins Ave, and Kiss Nail Art White and Black. It was the first time she had ever used SV and was amazed how quickly it dries, but who wasn't amazed the first time they tried SV....

Sunday Sunday Sunday

I have been sick for the last week so I haven't had time to do any posts. No worries though, my nails were polished (just in plain though). So now that I'm back and in action I decided to do something for Valentines Day. I know, I know... it's not even February yet, but I'm in the mood! I love romantic holidays and there is none better than Valentine's Day.

Since it's not Valentine's Day yet, I didn't want to go all out with hearts, so we ended up with stripes.

Started with a my old white base coat, NYC White, then used my Essie's for the stripes (in order from tip to cuticle, First Dance, Size Matters, Super Bosa Nova, and Your Hut or Mine)

As always, I am trying to get my nails stronger and to grow and I read online that LA Nail Calcium Nail Builder has worked for some so I thought I would give it a try.

Also, got some new Konad plates over the weekend so I will be able to some fun stuff for Valentine's coming up... :-)

Funky Clouds

I have been wanting to try a cool french design lately and yesterday while looking through some older posts from Nailside I found "Funky Cloud" as she calls it. Love her designs and she posts step by step tutorials for some of the designs so it's easy for me to be inspired! So, today I tried "Funky Cloud" for myself with some of my new polishes.

The colors are definately a little off in the photo and I REALLY need to start using our "nice" camera instead of my iphone to take my pictures...maybe someday when I feel like I have more time. The blueish/purple color has a little shimmer to it and is nice own its own (thank goodness because my right hand usually ends up in a plain color), it's Essie's "Smooth Sailing". The white is a really old polish of mine and is NYC's "French Tip White", and the pink/fushia is Essie's "Jamaica Me Crazy". This mani will probably stay on a couple of days since I had to put on a lot of layers (base coat, two coats of Smooth Sailing, a coat of SV, the white, then the pink, and another coat of SV....)

Busy Saturday

Today was one of the busier Saturday's that we have had in a while, which isn't saying much. Since I got so many new polishes for Christmas, and have plans later tonight to grab drinks for a friends birthday, I needed to do something simple and easy. So here it is, just some pretty, plain, polish.

It's sort of hard to tell, which is why I tried taking photos at different angles, but the color is purple with a really nice gold shine to it. (What looks like reflection is the first photo is actually just half reflection, half gold shimmer). This color was given to me by one of my girlfriends, and it's ORLY, OUI.

I really like this polish because I only needed to put two coats on but with the gold sheen/shine/shimmer it has it in, it comes out to something really fun! I actually threw this one up on Pinterest earlier and already got some re-pins (thanks ladies!!)



Preppy Dotted Line

Happy Sunday!

I am never too busy on Sunday's so I usually have time to freshen up my nails with new designs. Today I decided to try these pretty preppy dotted lines.

The lighting wasn't the greatest when I took the photo but I believe you get the idea. First, I applied two coats of my basecoat, Salon Sciences Instant Artificials. It is supposed to make your nails healthy and strong and since I'm trying to grow them out we will see how it goes...Next, I applied two coats of Essie's Da Bush as my all over color. Once that was completely dry I added the white lines and white dots using Kiss Nail Art Paint in White. Next, I added the pink dots with a nail dotting tool. The polish color I chose for that was Essie's Your Hut or Mine. Finally, I topped it all off with Seche Vite. (Sidenote: I use a coat of Seche Vite between each color change; just don't write it every time)

*Sigh* Back to a full week of work tomorrow, at least I will have cute nails ;-)