Orly Fancy Fuchsia

Today I have for you Fancy Fuchsia from Orly's recent Precious collection. This polish is a bright, almost neon pink.

For this mani I stamped the flowers using Bundle Monster plate BM10 and Nicole by OPI's My Lifesaver as my polish. I then taped off my nails and painted the diagonal tips using the same blue polish. Then I added a few pink pearls!

I really love this polish! Great application and this is 2 coats. It dries with almost a satin finish, but I prefer it with topcoat. Really a unique bright pink!

China Glaze Life Preserver

Today I have for you another favorite of mine from the China Glaze Anchors Away collection - Life Preserver. This polish is a bright poppy orange creme.

Here it is with a little Konad. I used plate M62 and Sally Hansen Color Quick polish pen in Gold Chrome. Reminds me of flames!

Life Preserver applied extremely well! This is 2 coats. In the bottle the polish looks like a burnt orange, but on the nails it is much more vibrant. I definitely don't have anything like this in my collection! A must have for all orange lovers!

Essie Sew Psyched

Since tomorrow is St. Patrick's Day, I thought I'd post a lovely green polish today. Here is Sew Psyched by Essie. This polish is a nice dusty green with a slight pearl shimmer. This is perfect if you don't want anything too flashy for tomorrow!

Application was great! This is 2 coats, but looked opaque with just one coat. I love the slight shimmer! It makes it a very unique green and slightly more feminine.

Here is Sew Psyched with a little Konad! Thought it needed a little something extra. The image is from Bundle Monster plate BM04 and I stamped with a Sally Hansen Color Quick Pen in Turquoise Chrome.

Essie Merino Cool

Today I have for you Merino Cool by Essie. This polish is a fabulous mushroom gray creme.

Application was great and I'm loving the color. It reminds me of clay or the color of a mud mask facial. It's lovely on it's own, but I wanted to add some Konad.

I stamped the image using Bundle Monster plate BM19. I used Color Club Pretty In Platinum as my stamping polish. I love this design! Reminds me of a tribal print or something.

Hello Kitty Valentine's Mani

I love Hello Kitty and had the cutest decals that would work perfectly for Valentine's Day!

I started with the Sephora Hello Kitty polish in Frosted Cupcake. It's such a sheer pink that I had to use a white base first, which then turns it into a delicate shimmery pink. I then used these great cupid Hello Kitty decals from the Born Pretty store. I then stamped the hearts using Konad plate M59 and Konad special polish in pink. I then added some red heart rhinestones and voila all finished!

Here is Frosted Cupcake without any decoration. Again this is over a white polish in order to better show the light pink color and shimmer.

Zoya Sweet Valentine's Mani

Here is another Valentine's Day manicure using my favorite pink creme, Sweet by Zoya!

For this design I started with Sweet as my base. Then I stamped the I heart you on my pointer finger and the kissy lips on my ring finger using Bundle Monster plate BM02. I then stamped the Loves on my middle finger using plate BM09. Finally, I stamped the hearts on my pinky with plate BM03. The polishes I used for stamping were Konad special polish in Red for the bright red and Sally Hansen Color Quick Pen in metallic red for the shiny pinkish stamps. I then applied a coat of Seche Vite and finished by adding some small pearls in different spots.

Here is Sweet on its own. This pink is much more blue-toned and brighter than Zoya Barbie, which I used a few posts ago. This is more like Pepto Bismol colored, but I love it!! I just can't get enough of bright bubblegum pink cremes!

Valentine's Polka Dot Mani

Time for another Valentine's Day manicure! I wanted to do something a little more intricate this time!

I started by painting my nails with Zoya LC as my red and Zoya Sweet as my pink. Then I stamped the polka dots using the same Zoya polishes and Bundle Monster plate BM19. Next a layer of Seche Vite! Once dry I used scotch tape to tape off a diagonal section of nail and painted it with the contrasting Zoya shade. Finally, I added a fimo heart to my ring finger and red metallic heart pieces to the others. Finish with a coat of Seche and done!

Zoya Tiffany

Today I have for you Zoya Tiffany from their recent Flame collection. It's a peachy copper polish with lovely gold shimmer.

Then I decided to add some Konad! I have been really lazy lately with the nail art, so I wanted to do something cute! Also, for Christmas I got the Bundle Monster plates and wanted to test them out. I stamped using Konad special polish in white and plate BM16 using the full nail flower image and the matching little flowers. I'm very happy with the way it turned out!

Leopard Print Nails

I absolutely adore animal prints, especially leopard. So I wanted to do a flashy leopard print manicure!

I used Orly Luxe as my base. It's a gorgeous high shimmer gold. Very metallic and the closest polish I have found that has that true metal finish. I then stamped the leopard print using Konad plate m57 and Konad special black polish. Then to make it a little more realistic I added some brown in the spots using Misa When U Say My Name and a dotting tool.

Really easy and definitely one of my most favorite manis ever!!

Snowy Nails

Although most of the country is feeling the wrath of winter, here in Texas it is barely even cold outside. I love snow and being in snow, so I figured why not do a snowy nail since I won't be seeing actual snow any time soon!

I used Color Club Pretty In Platinum as my base. I then stamped the snowflakes using Konad plate m59. I used MAC Ming Blue and Orly Lunar Eclipse to stamp my snowflakes. I added some glittery top coat, but unfortunately that doesn't really show up in the picture!

I hope everyone is enjoying their new year so far!

Misa Quirky Smile

Hello everyone! Sorry I haven't posted in a while. Unfortunately I have been sick with a stomach virus and can't do much of anything. I don't even have polish on my nails *gasp*! So this is a mani I did a few weeks ago using Misa's Quirky Smile

Quirky Smile is a shimmery teal leaning more on the green side. I added some gold Konad using Orly Luxe as my gold and stamped the fishnet design from plate m57. I then added some heart jewels for a little extra oomph.

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Essie Chinchilly

Essie Chinchilly is a great mushroomy gray. It dries a little darker on the nail as you can see.

You know I gotta add some Konad! I stamped the zebra design using image plat m57. I used a shimmery black by Misa called Dying Love as my stamping polish. Finished with a coat of Seche Vite! I definitely recommend this color to anyone who loves the mushroom colored hues!

Orly Country Club Khaki + Konad

I love a great neutral polish and Orly's Country Club Khaki is definitely one of them. It's a gorgeous taupe creme. Simple yet oh so pretty.

I wanted to make this a little more interesting so I added some Konad. I stamped the image using plate m61. I used Misa's When U Say My Name as my dark brown. I love this color because it has a lovely shimmer to it. This mani makes me think of chocolate milk! Yummy!

China Glaze Four Leaf Clover Konad

As I sort through my stash I always find colors I haven't worn yet. China Glaze Four Leaf Clover is one of these. However, I'm very happy I decided to put it on because it's a gorgeous bright green.

This is a lovely classic green color. I decided to add a little Konad of course. I stamped the image using plate m61 and Konad special polish in mint green. The special polish almost looks yellow and creates a sort of lemon lime nail.

Color Club Uptown Girl

I've been so busy lately, I feel like I haven't been able to keep up with everything! So this will be a quick post! Here is Color Club's Uptown Girl. A very pretty dusty purple.

Natural Light

Indoor with flash.

For a little extra fun I decided to add some Konad. I used image plate m61 and Konad special white polish.

Bloody Nails

This is the final installment of my month of Halloween manis. October seriously flew by!

For my last mani I wanted to do something different. I love gory Halloween decorations and thought bloody nails would be a good idea!

I used OPI Alpine Snow as my white base. I also used China Glaze Salsa on my ring finger. I then stamped the dripping blood using Konad plate m13 with Konad red special polish. I also added some glow in the dark topcoat for a fun effect!

I hope everyone has an awesome Halloween! Don't eat too much candy ;-)

Halloween French Mani

I really wanted to do a Halloween themed french manicure. I decided to do an orange base with black tips and added a little nail art. I ended up doing two. I hated the first one and loved the second. Let's start with the bad!

I used Orly Old School Orange as my base. I then stamped the pumpkin from Konad plate m13 using Konad special black polish. I applied a layer of Konad top coat, but still got some streaks :( I then painted my tips with Obscurity by OPI. I thought the matte black would make a nice contrast against the glossy orange. However, the black went on thick and looked really chunky on my nail. *Sigh* It could have been so cute if perhaps I chose better behaved polishes!

Now for the good. I wore this all weekend and got SO many compliments. I used China Glaze Orange Marmalade as the base. I then painted the tips with OPI Unripened. I finished with a skull and cross bones decal. I love the shimmer in both of these polishes and thought they complimented each other nicely. These polishes went on smooth like buttah, so I was happy :) Super cute and easy!

Halloween Skulls

In keeping up with my Halloween only nails for the month, I decided to do another cute Konad!

The base is Unripened from the OPI Go Goth collection. I then stamped the cute skull design using Konad plate m13 and Konad special white polish. Super easy!

Dying Roses

For my latest Halloween nail look I wanted to do a Konad with one of the OPI Go Goth polishes.

I used OPI Sanguine which is the dark reddish brown. I thought the morbid roses on Konad plate m13 would look good with the red. I stamped them on using Essie Loophole. Fun and easy!

China Glaze Salsa

Everyone needs a classic red polish in their collection. Salsa by China Glaze is just that!

Here it is with an image from Konad plate m50 stamped on with Konad special black polish.

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