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Thursday, April 4, 2013

Black and White and Red All Over... ♥

Happy Thursday! We are creeping closer to the weekend and that makes me a happy woman!

I have some fun nail art to show you today. I had been wanting to do a red, black and white mani for a while but everything I tried didn't turn out like I wanted it to. I was playing around last night and came up with this and I love it!

I used Cult Nails Annalicious as my base - once that was dry I sponged white, very carefully, over that and let it dry. I then used striping tape and a plain black creme to create the stripes. I used Lynnderella Connect the Dots on my accent nails. All topped off with one coat of Poshe.

Black, white and red mani

I hope you enjoyed this mani! I am loving it today!

Thanks for reading and happy polishing! ♥

Thursday, March 28, 2013

Bright and Fun Spring Mani with Sponging and Stamping! ♥

Happy Thursday! Only one more day until the weekend! I have a super bright and fun mani to show you today!

I was in the mood for neons last night - and this is pretty much completely opposite from what I had in mind originally. LOL But I really like it! I used a white creme base (Milani White on the Spot - will list all colors in this mani at the end of the post) and then I put drops of colors on a stamping plate. Once I had all of the colors on the stamping plate (a large enough area to cover a nail) I pressed a makeup sponge on top and then placed that directly on my nail. I did this process twice on each nail to achieve this look. After that was dry I added the stamping using plates from the first Bundle Monster set and topped it off with one coat of Poshe.

After finishing this mani it reminded me of some that I have seen over at The Crumpet. Debbie calls them "Splodgeramas" - while I did mine differently, the outcome is very similar. You can see her tutorial here.

Spring Mani

And here is a look at the base before I added the stamping...

Spring Mani - Pre-Stamping

What do you think of this mani? I wish the stamping was better but I really like it anyway!

The colors I used for the base of this mani are:
China Glaze I'm With the Lifeguard
China Glaze Turned Up Turquoise
Sinful Colors Dream On
Urban Outfitters Bandeau

And the stamping was done with Color Club Wild at Heart and Milani White on the Spot.

Thanks for reading and happy polishing! ♥

Sunday, July 29, 2012

Bright and Summery Swirl Explosion!

I have a quickie for you today! I was in the mood to do some nail art this past Friday night. As per usual, most of my attempts turned into fails. I tried and removed several different looks and just couldn't find one that was working for me. The only thing I knew for sure was that I wanted to use these four bright colors together, this is what I wound up with...

Bright and Summery Swirls

Overall I am happy with it. I used Orly Green Apple (which I LOVE) as my base and then used Green Apple, Orly Charged Up, Zoya Shelby and Zoya Arizona in a "quadrant" pattern and sponged them together. I then stamped over it with Milani Black Swift using BM19.