Challenge Day 10 - Gradient

Instead of doing just a normal gradient like I am supposed to, I decided since I had already done a gradient for Day 6 Violet, I would just show you a Ombre Mani instead. This was my first attempt at ever doing an Ombre mani and I really like the end results and the fact that it was super easy to do!

For this mani I used: Base Coat: Revlon Base Coat. Base Color: Sinful Colors Nirvana. As the base color got lighter I just added 1-2 drops of China Glaze White on White, and as the base color got darker I just added 1-2 drops of  Sinful Colors Blaack on Black. Top Coat: Seche Vite.

Here is a swatch of Sinful Colors Nirvana.

And here's a little extra an actual Gradient Mani:

For this mani I used Sally Hansen Lightening for the base color and for the sponging I used Sinful Colors Cloud 9 mixed with Warpaint Acid Orange and Sephora by OPI What Aura Gonna Wear? mixed with Icing Neon Pink. This is what I call my Sunset Mani...fitting right? I was going to add palm trees but I couldn't find my image plate with the palm tree and I tried to free hand but it just isn't my forte so I left it alone.

I'm super excited today because I officially go on my mini vacation starting tomorrow, so I just need to get through work today then I have a 4 day weekend to hang with the Birthday Boy. Ahhh still can't believe my baby is turning 3 years old not so much my baby anymore. 

Adventures in Stamping - Unnatural Animals

 I'll get right to the point, for this mani I used China Glaze Flying Dragon, Sinful Colors Endless Blue, Sinful Colors Black on Black, Icing Neon Pink and Konad plate M57.

And here is a picture of China Glaze Flying Dragon I just love this color soo much!

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Neon Pink

Good morning everyone! Before I jump into the polish I just wanna recap on how my weekend went. Friday, Allan and I took the kids to get pictures together, it was the first time for them to take pictures together (besides with the Easter Bunny). They did amazing here is a little sneak peak of the photoshoot. Aren't they just adorable? Allan's daughter is 6 years old, and our son is going to be turning 3 next month.

Then on Saturday I didn't do much just stayed home and played with my polish. Sunday we had a little friend get together, it was real nice we all went to go eat at a place called The Cajun Crawfish. If you have never eaten crawfish I suggest that you do, they are just as yummy as shrimp just a little harder to peel. On to the mani...I saw a dress that inspired me to do this mani, I thought it was gorgeous but just wouldn't look righton me so I decided to turn it into a mani. For this I used 2 coats of Icing Neon Pink (one of these days I'll go back to the store and find out the actual name). I then taped my nails with the design I wanted and used 1 coat of Sinful Colors Black on Black I was having some issues with smearage whenever I would put a top coat so here are some pictures without a top coat.

I finally let it dry enough to add China Glaze Fairy Dust just for a little more shine to it.

And here is a up close look of the design.

How was your weekend, did you do anything out of the norm?

OPI Skull & Glossbones

I wanted to try out a new mani I saw on Caitlin's Creative Corner, she called it a Brush Stroke Mani, I fell in love with her Neon Mani which you could see here so I set out to try it on my own. Unfortunately mine did not turn out fabulous like hers. My mani just turned out uhhhhh what do you call it, NOT good at all. Haha, I hope to revisit this again in the furture and get the hang of it. So here is what I used.
2 coats of OPI Skull & Glossbones for my base, Icing Neon Red, Icing Neon Green, Icing Neon Yellow, Icing Neon Pink (I couldn't find actual names on the Icing bottles so that about all you will get)

If you would like to see a tutorial for this mani Caitlin has created a tutorial here is the link: http://caitlinscreativecorner.blogspot.com/2012/04/tutorial-brushstroke-mani.html

Mood Swing Passionate/Shy

This is the second color I got at Icing. It was a little brighter than I thought it would be.
Light green = Passionate, Dark green = Shy


I ran my pointer and ring fingers under cold water and my middle and pinky fingers under hot water.

Mood Swing Calm/Energized

A couple weekends back I went to Oregon to do some outlet shopping and I went into Icing just to see if they had any good deals, well I found the mood swing nail polishes I so badly wanted to try so I grabbed only two thinking they were kind of on the expensive side, well it turned out it was buy one get one half off, if only I knew I would have bought more. So I went to the Icing store at the closest mall to see if they had the deal and sadly they didn't. But here is 1 of the 2 I bought. The light color = Energized and the dark color = Calm. They are heat activated so as you can see my tips were on the colder side but it made a great effect.

Here is the lid where it shows you which color means what.


And I happened to run my middle and pinky fingers under hot water and my pointer and ring fingers under cold water so you could see the significant difference.

It's a very fun polish and I will buy more once there's another sale.