Showing posts with label Pure Ice French Kiss. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pure Ice French Kiss. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

31 Day Challenge Day Five - BLUE with Pure Ice French Kiss

Happy Tuesday everyone! Tonight is gonna be a quick post - it's just been one of those days. LOL



For Day Five of the challenge - blue - I have Pure Ice French Kiss. This is such a gorgeous blue and applied very easily. 2-3 coats for full opacity, depending on how thick your coats are. I highly recommend this one, it's a stunner. It is super shiny - no top coat in the photos.


Pure Ice French Kiss

Pure Ice French Kiss

Pure Ice French Kiss

Pure Ice French Kiss
Pure Ice polishes retail for $1.98 at Walmart and can also be found on their website baricosmetics.com.

Don't forget to check out the other awesome bloggers participating in the challenge below! If you'd like to join the 30/31 Day Challenge, go here to grab the codes to embed in your posts for the next 30 days and add your post using the link below!






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Friday, August 31, 2012

Doctor Who Celebration Collaboration Mani Day!

Hello again everyone! September 1st is the premiere of the new season of Doctor Who in the UK and to celebrate several of my blogging friends/Whovians and myself  decided to do Doctor Who manis!

I had several ideas for manis - a TARDIS (of course), a Dalek, the logo, etc. but I am not talented enough in  my art skills to pull that off and have them look decent. But I love the background scene that plays during the opening theme song, I had thoughts before deciding to do a Doctor Who mani that that would make an awesome mani. So that's just what I did, and I think it turned out pretty darn well! If you don't know what I am referring to, here is a screenshot:

Doctor Who Opening Theme Song Image

For this mani I used a new-to-me technique, the "Saran Wrap/plastic wrap technique." The only problem was when I sat down to do it I realized I was out of plastic wrap! LOL So, I improvised and used a plastic baggie.I tried many different layering combos before I found one that I actually liked. I ended up using Pure Ice French Kiss as my base, followed by a layer of black that I used the baggie on and then a layer of Zoya Suri that I also used the baggie on. The two most important tips I can give you with this technique are 1) make sure your base coat is COMPLETELY dry before adding another layer and using the plastic and 2) do not "over dab" - this takes off too much polish.


Doctor Who mani

Doctor Who mani

Doctor Who mani

Doctor Who mani

Doctor Who mani

Doctor Who mani

Doctor Who mani

I hope you enjoyed this post!

Don't forget to check out all of my fellow bloggers manis below! There will be new additions through Monday!





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Friday, July 20, 2012

♥ 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!




Tuesday, July 3, 2012

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!




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