I'm Alive!

Greetings!

I've been busy busy and frankly haven't been super inspired to make blog posts.  I'm still changing my nails every other day or so though, don't worry :D

I recently had a number of catastrophic breaks on my right hand that resulted in sticking a few fake nails on.  I just couldn't bring myself to cut all of my nails off.  When I finally removed them, the damage they did to my natural nails made me freak out so much that I just bit the bullet and cut them all down.  Now I'm working on rebuilding some healthier (albeit much shorter than I'd like) nails.

I did these last night, so excuse the slight bit of tip wear from today.

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I got this idea from this tutorial from Chloe's Nails.  I did alternating nails a base coat of either OPI Warm & Fozzie (the gold) and OPI Your Royal Shine-ness, taped a nail off, and did a V of Sally Hansen Black Out.  There are multiple layers of Seche Vite on these nails (see the lovely bubbling I got on my ring finger?)

Please excuse my less than stellar cuticles, this was a very impromptu decision to take some pictures and make a little blog post to show that I'm still alive.

Yayyy taping!

Totally ready for Spring...Pastel Watercolor Nails

Greetings fellow nail enthusiasts!  I've had just about enough winter for one year, so I thought I'd start doing some Spring-themed nail art.

I first saw these Watercolor nails on Chalkboard Nails and was totally inspired to try them myself.  Mine aren't as colorful as the lovely Sarah's, but I like them anyways.

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I'm not going to get into the how-to's for this, because frankly, I'm AWFUL at explaining things.  This is a good tutorial.

I used:

Wet N Wild French White Creme

OPI Pink Friday

Sally Hansen Mint Sorbet

China Glaze Secret Peri-Wink-le

           
I hope you like my pastelly goodness!

Cotton Candy...Yum!

Must stay motivated to continue posting, even though no one reads...........


Okay!  I did these nails the other day.  My first foray into the world of scotch tape mani's.  It was wayyy easier than I thought it would be.  I just cut some super thin tape strips, stuck them on my nails (one at a time) and painted over them using the glitter polish.  Then, quickly peel back the tape to reveal purty stripes!  I used Satin Finish giftwrap tape.

Base is OPI Pink Friday, stripes are OPI Excuse Moi!, followed with a Seche Vite topcoat.

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These are hereby known as my Cotton Candy nails.  The light pink looks like fluffy cotton candy, and the stripes look like slightly damp cotton candy (from your mouth...you know, eating it).

Hope you like!

-30 outside? Warm and Fozzie inside :)

It's collllllld outside.  I'm not usually one to follow appropriate seasonal colors when it comes to nail polish.  If it like it; I'll wear it.  Neons in January?  You bet!  But today, in celebration of it feeling like -30C outside (-22F for you Americans) I thought I'd finally try out my bottle of OPI Warm and Fozzie from the Muppets collection.

Ain't it purty!  So many different little shimmer flakie colors.  Looking at my nails instantly makes me feel warmer.

I also bravely ventured outdoors to get some direct sunlight pictures.  I get ZERO direct sunlight in my place, and I usually only do my nails at night, so sunlight pictures are not something I'm used to taking.  I'm going to try to do more though, cause this looks marvelous!

Off to drink a pot of coffee.  Happy Tuesday!

My first Blog Post!

Greetings!  It appears you have stumbled upon my fancy new nail blog.  I'm just starting out in the world of nails, and wanted a place to share my experiences (and epic failures) with the nail blog community.

For my first post, I'd like to show you my current NOTD.

This is China Glaze's In The Lime Light (a super bright neon that dries matte) topped with OPI's Fresh Frog of Bel Air.  I slathered a sexy coat of Seche Vite on top.

I forgot that In the Lime Light was a neon and should really be layered so this is five coats.  But it dries super quick, so I was ok with it.

I bought In the Lime Light because I'm a huuuuuuge Rush fan, and one of my favorite songs of theirs is Limelight.

Thanks for reading!