Grey and Neon Pink Polka Dots! (And Announcements!)

Happy Friday everyone! I hope you have a fabulous long weekend planned! I have a couple of "announcements" to post before I go into my polka dot mani. :)

First, I have decided that I will be participating in the 31 Day Challenge, along with several of my blogging friends (and their friends! Haha). This will start tomorrow, September 1st. Sarah at Chalkboard Nails has made up several different images you can use for the challenge on your blog, if you like.

Also, in celebration of the new season of Doctor Who beginning tomorrow (I am a recent Doctor Who convert, I love it!) several of us will be posting Doctor Who themed manis throughout the weekend. I will have mine up tonight!

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Okay, that's all for the announcements - on to the polka dots! I used Orly Decoded, Sinful Colors 24/7 and Milani White on the Spot - all pics were taken in the shade. 

Polka Dot mani

Polka Dot mani

Polka Dot mani

Polka Dot mani

That's all for this post! I'll see you again soon!

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♥ Thank Heaven for Little Boys ♥

Time for another group collaboration from some of my blogging friends and me. Our friend Jacki from Adventures in Acetone welcomed her second child, Owen James, into the world on July 16th! To celebrate we are doing a baby boy mani weekend. There may be posts added to this collaboration as late as Tuesday (the 24th) so make sure you check back to see what's new!

Welcome Owen!

I painted my nails and added the dots at night and did not add top coat until 12 hours later and it still smeared. Sadness. It looked so much better before I added the top coat. I used Pure Ice French Kiss as my base and the dots are Milani Beach Front and Milani White on the Spot.

Welcome Owen!

Welcome Owen!

Welcome Owen!

I hope you enjoyed this post as well as the other amazing manis from my friends below!

Independence Day Mani - Happy 4th of July!

Happy 4th of July to all of my fellow Americans! My blogging friends and I are doing another collaboration post for Independence Day so make sure to check them out at the end of the post!

My camera died on me before I got decent pics. The first picture is outside and taken with my phone, the second picture is taken inside. So these, unfortunately, will not be my best photos ever.

For this mani I used a franken called "Now I've Got It," made just for me by my friend Rhonni, for the red (it is so much prettier in person!), Pure Ice French Kiss for the blue and Milani White on the Spot for the white. I used Bundle Monster stamping plates BM05 and BM14 for the stars and striping tape for the stripes.

4th of July mani

4th of July mani

Even though this isn't my most favorite mani ever, and certainly not my best pictures ever, I am very proud to live in this wonderful country and couldn't miss out on the chance to show you my patriotic side! I will be spending my day tomorrow with family, relaxing, having some yummy food and watching fireworks, of course! I hope you all have a wonderful day!

Remember to check out the amazing manis below!

Happy Memorial Day!

Happy Memorial Day to all of my US readers! As many of us enjoy our day off today having barbeques and relaxing with family let's not forget the reason for this holiday. Let's not forget to honor all of the men and women who have lost their lives for our country as well as the ones who are still serving, as well as their families. Your sacrifice for your country does not go unnoticed, as I am sure it seems at times. I just want to say THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart to each an every one of you.

I decided to try needle marbling today and see if I had better luck with it than with water marbling. I am not 100% happy with it but I think over time I can actually see myself getting better at this technique. I think water marbling may be a lost cause for me. If you haven't seen the needle marbling technique (also called a dry marble) you can look it up on YouTube, there are several tutorials on there.

I wanted to do a patriotic marble so I decided on red, white and blue (of course LOL.) I think it ended up looking like the "weathered" stripes of our flag. It also reminds me of a watercolor painting. I used Milani White On The Spot (my favorite white), Zoya Sooki and Zoya Ibiza. I added a few rhinestone stars on my ring finger and topped it all with Seche Vite.

What do you think of my first needle marble? Weathered flag, watercolor or just "needs more work?"