Happy Spring Dots!

Happy late Easter everybody!

Here is a fun little spring mani, it is a nice one for somebody who doesn't want something overpowering.  I combined a nice classic french manicure with a touch of color.  I have a gel overlay on my natural nails and I decided to try the white gel on the tips.  I really like it, and it never wears off and I don't have to redo it when I remove the art.

I used the pretty spring colors I bough last year from AVON;
Aqua Fantasy 
Sweet Mint (kind of a lime green)
Cotton Candy (Pink)
Loving Lavender
Orange Creamsicle (On my thumb)

I just used a dotting tool and made dots on the white tip.  A different color on each finger.  Then I topped it all off with top coat!

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Purple with a French Crackle

This started out to be a really pretty mani, but I'm not sure about the end result...

     

I started out with 2 coats of Avon's Loving Lavender (this is fast becoming my favorite go-to purple polish) It is such a nice smooth creamy purple!  I then added 2 coats of Pure Ice - Busted.  It looks kind of like a holo in the bottle, but it goes on more of a fine shimmer.  I still like it. :)  I then added NYC Starry Silver Glitter to the ring finger.  This turned out so pretty!  I should have stopped there.

But I didn't... I taped them off and added some white crackle to the tips.

Let me know what you think!

A Little Touch of Spring!

It has turned so pretty outside and everything is green and gorgeous!  I would be completely happy with this temperature all year long! 75 is perfect!

So here is my spring mani :)

I used mostly Avon's colors because they compliment each other so well
Aqua Fantasy (on my thumb and tip of the ring finger)
Sweet Mint (kind of a lime green)
Cotton Candy
Loving Lavender
The yellow I used was a little no name I have had forever

After I painted each nail a different color, I taped off the tips and added the same colors in a different order.

I wasn't thinking when I took the picture so I don't have a picture of my thumb nail. Sorry.  It is painted with Aqua Fantasy and tipped with Sweet Mint!

Easter!

Here is a nice pretty spring/Easter mani. I started out with Avon's new Blue Escape. This is a really nice bright blue polish. 2 coats covered nicely. I taped off my tips and added Avon aqua fantasy to all but my ring finger which I taped off on a zig zag pattern to start with. While this was drying I added two different color dot daisys with acrylic paint to all bit the ring finger. I finished off the egg by taping off and adding Avon cotton candy and then a light no name yellow I have had forever. Last, I added dots and lines in white :)

I will try to post one more before Sunday, but if i don't, Happy Easter!

Hunger Games Mani #1 = FAIL

This one is a fail in my book... :( I had this wonderful subtle idea for a Hunger Games mani and this is what I ended up with.

I do on the other had love the french that I started out with.  I did 2 layers of China Glaze Fast Track from the Hunger Games collection.  This is a beauty! It went on nice and dried pretty fast.  It looks so soft and nice then BAM! In the sun you get these gorgeous gold sparkles.  Then I added (from the Hunger Games collection) China Glaze Smoke and Ashes!  I have read lots of mixed reviews about this polish, I was even told by the girl I was buying it from at Sallys not to buy it.  I am so glad I didn't listen!  I love this polish and will do some swatches of it so you can see just how gorgeous this girl is :)
Smoke and Ashes went on so so smooth and I got away with doing 1 coat on the tips!  It has these beautiful blue and black sparkles in it, smaller than glitter but SPARKLY!  I am in love with this polish!

 

(This is my right hand and it was not wanting to be photographed!)

This is the beginning of the end for this mani :(  I added some circular lines to look similar to the first book cover but that isn't what I got.  Oh, well!  Live and learn :)

I will be trying more Hunger Games manis because I didn't get to see the movie yet.  I guess I will keep trying till I find one I like.

Let me know what you think of the new Hunger Games Collection from China Glaze.  I bought a few more from the collection and I will post on them soon.

Purple French with Flowers

I needed me some purple! I started off with 2 coats of Avon's new Loving Lavender.  I fell in love! It is a light purple cream polish. This went on so smooth and so nice.  It is a light purple cream polish.  So... I stopped there :) I couldn't put anything else on this beautiful color!  This photo is most accurate for the color.

2 days later... :)


I added OPI - You Ottaware Purple to the tips.  This lovely lady is a nice shimmery dark purple that goes on nice.  This is 2 coats because it is pretty transparent.  I had planned on adding more colors to this but it was so pretty I couldn't mess it up.

After I did the french tip I remembered I had some 3D art flowers and they match perfect!

I just love this mani! But it might just be because it is purple :)  Let me know what you think!

First Post, Yay!!

I recently started following a few nail blogs and decided this is something I would really enjoy doing.  so here we go!!  I have been in love with polish for as long as I can remember.  I am a licensed nail tech so sometimes I have natural nails and sometimes they are tipped and sometimes they are gel or acrylic overlays.  Right now my nails are overlayed with hot pink tips.

I would like to give a special thanks to The Polished Perfectionist and Chloe's Nails, also to Glam Polish.  You ladies have truly inspired me.

I probably wont post everyday because I just don't change my polish everyday. :)  But I will try to post as often as I can.

My pink tips have grown out quite a bit and I'm just not ready to give them up yet so I added some simple dot daisies with acrylic paint along the smile line and added 1 coat of Nicole by OPI - Dream Catcher then top coat! Turned out pretty nice if I do say so myself!

Let me know what you think, should I have done colored daisies instead of white?

I hope you enjoy this blog and all the polish and art I have to share.