Fast Track

It's been sooo long. Well so much has happened since I last posted, I went on vacation and saw my bestfriend in Cali. My son loved Disneyland and surpisingly so did my boyfriend. I will always love Disneyland at any age, it was also my first time to California Adventure because the last time I went to Disneyland, Cali Adventure had yet to be built. Anyways, after the vacation I ended up in the ER twice and found out that my ovarian cyst had grown triple the size and that I also had another cyst in my other ovary which was very small, so I had the surgery done to remove them. Thankfully my OBGYN didn't have to remove my whole ovary she was able to preserve most of my right overy and all of my left. After that I didn't feel like doing my nails much, I was always at work or at home too tired to do much. Then Christmas came and my bestfriend was in town and she persuaded me to do my nails and now I'm hooked again. Thanks Leece for giving me that small push I needed. Anyways I know Christmas has already passed but I thought I would show you my nails I did. This is 2 coats of Sinful Colors Nirvana for my base and 1 coat of China Glaze Fast Track. I then stamped with Konad Special Nail Polish White. For my thumb I used Bundle Moster plate BM-222 and for my Ring finger I used Red Angel plate RA-121. I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and enjoy the New Year ahead!

 

Adventures in Stamping - Stamping over a gradient OR Stamping using 2 stamps

Our challenge for todays stamping in Adventures in Stamping turned out to be a tie between Stamping over a gradient or stamping using 2 stamps. I originally voted for stamping over a gradient because I hadn't actually done a gradient before and I thought it would be fun to try something new. Boy was I wrong, I was getting irratated because nothing was turning out the way I wanted so I decided to choose the other option stamping using 2 stamps. I used 1 coat of Color Club Meet Me At My Chateau, stamping over it with Konad Special White and QA16 stamp plate. I then used China Glaze Adore and Red Angel plate RA-109. I topped everything off with 2 coats of Wireless Holographic Top Coat, I really should have just used one coat.

Have a fabulous Sunday everyone!!

My Homage to Chloe's Nails

This is my homage to Chloe's Nails. Erika was the reason why I even started doing my nails. I saw a couple pictures on Pinterest and fell in love with her style. I started going on her tutorials tabs and learned a lot from her. She is one of the top nail bloggers and I can see why, not only does she explain every step with pictures and writing but she is also very helpful, whenever someone has a question she responds in a timely manner. Erika you are another huge inspiration to me and other ladies out there, thank you. Here is her original post for the mani I am recreating today Back to basics.....
For this mani I used 1 coat of Sinful Colors Black on Black, then taped my tips and added 1 coat of Essie Matte About You.

I decided to add a little color to it and stamped using Sally Hansen Purple Chrome with Red Angel image plate RA-121 some cute little flowers.

If you would like to know what Homage Month is please click here. And I was suppose to post pics of the other night but I fell asleep early yesterday and did not get a chance to upload them yet, I'm hoping to do it tomorrow after my work meeting. And guess what today is...Good Friday!

Amethyst

Yesterday I had a fantastic family day, I got home and Allan wanted to go out to eat which is very surprising because we don't usually go out to eat during the weekdays unless it's for a special occassion and to my knowledge there was nothing to celebrate. So we ended up going to The Ram, the wait was ridiculous something like 20 min but I really wasn't craving for anything else in that area. After dinner which was delicious I always get the Seafood & Artichoke Melt, we went to Cold Stone to get some ice cream and it was yummy!!! I was so proud of my son he didn't throw 1 tantrum which he has been known to do lately. It was just an all around good day and we haven't had a family outing like that in a while. So I was one happy camper yesterday! I have pictures but I have not uploaded them just yet so I will have to show you the pics tomorrow.

Now on to the mani, I have one more mani to show you and then tomorrow I will do another Homage post. This is 2 coats of Sinful Colors Amethyst which a a beautiful purple which glides on so smooth.

I then stamped Sally Hansen Lickety-Split Lime with Red Angel image plate RA-113 on each of my mails except my accent nail. I originally wanted to use a straw to do each of my nails but I didn't know how it would turn out so I only tried it on my accent nail and I'm thankful I didn't do it on each of my nails beause I did not like the outcome.

Have you tried the straw method?

My Homage to Wacky Laki

As you all know I posted last week that I will be participating in Homage Month for the month of April. You can find out what it is by clicking here. This is my homage to Wacky Laki, she was one of the first people I started following when I first got into blogging. Her designs and pictures are always perfect and I really enjoy reading her blogs. I decided to choose her mani Under the Sea because I loved the title and loved how it looked. Unfortunately I do not have a stamp plate with a image of a mermaid so I couldn't complete the mani. I did my best to recreate her wonderful mani and hope she will get to see this homage post for her. She is a real inspiration not to only me but to many others as well. Thank you Anutka for taking the time to write and share with us your great posts!

I started off with 2 coats of Sinful Colors Rise and Shine for my base.

I then sponged on Ulta Wild Night and Sally Hansen The Real Teal. After I stamped using Red Angel image plate RA-111 and Sally Hansen Silver Sweep. Added the black tips by taping my nail and using Wet N Wild Black Creme. Here was the outcome.

Can't wait to pay homage to more of the ladies who inspire me!

Blue Ray

I forgot to mention in my last post not only did I get all those beautiful polishes I also FINALLY went to see The Hunger Games, being a huge fan of the book I was a little surprised that the movie turned out a little dull to me. I liked the movie just thought it would be a little different.
Ok time for the mani! For this I used 2 coats of Essence Blue Ray a beautiful semi duochrome polish, I say semi because it takes a lot to be able to see the purple in the polish.

I added Sinful Colors Black on Black using Red Angel image plate RA-119 to my accent nails and used 1 coat of Seche Vite for the finished look.

I can't wait to go home and try out all my new polishes!!

Glee

Have you ever felt like you over did a manicure? Well that's how I felt when I was finished with this mani. The nail polish was already beautiful and I just think I ruined it by stamping over it. Oh well, thankfully I took pictures pre-stamping. For the base I used Jesse's Girl Glee.

Isn't it such a lovely color, reminds me of a mermaid.

And then I had to go and ruin it. I stamped over it with Konad Speacial Nail Polish White using Red Angel image plate RA-102 and topping it off with Seche Vite.

Let me know what you guys think, I think I either should have left it alone or stamped a smaller image.

Adventures in Stamping - Black and White

This weeks theme in Adventures in Stamping is a Black and White theme. I started off with 1 coat of Sinful Colors Black on Black. I then used Konad Special Nail Polish White and Red Angel image plate RA-114 to stamp on my design.

I felt like there was still something missing so I added Sinful Colors Black on Black on my tips. I also used Essie Matte About You for my ring finger although you can't really tell.