Spring into Stripes

So I know that it's not officially spring yet, but it's beginning to feel a lot like it so I went ahead and did a spring mani. For my base I used OPI's My Boyfriend Scales Walls.

 

Then once my nails dried I used my Scotch tape and taped off the bottom part of my nail where I wanted my first stripe to be. For my first stripe I used NYC's Times Square Tangerine Creme. Now I must say that I did the LONG version of this. I did my stripes one by one on each nail first before I moved onto the next stripe. So be warned that this can be very time consuming! Here's how it looked after my first stripe was done:

 

For my next stripe I used Essie's Mezmerised and made this stripe a little bit thicker. Here's how that looked:



 

Then finally I did my last stripe using NYC's Times Square again. I made this one a little bit thinner. Here is the final result with my Seche Vite on:

 

 

 

Here is where my inspiration from this manicure came from. A cute little racer back blouse :)

 

 

I also wanted to share with you my latest pedicure I did. At the moment I do not have the nail polish names on me so I will be sure to get those and update my post once I do. I thought they were just cute and fun and summer-y because Lord knows I cannot wait for summer!!!!

 

 

Hope everyone has a GREAT weekend!!

 

 

Xoxo Brit





A Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge - Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree!

It's finally here! My first challenge and I couldn't be more excited!

Today's theme is Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree and I really had a hard time trying to figure out what to do, besides the obvious - a Christmas Tree... So here's what I came up with:

For my middle finger I used NYC's Broadway Burgundy Frost its a gorgeous red with small flecks of red glitter. For all my other fingers I used Wet n Wild's SaGreena the Teenage Witch, then on my ring finger I used Julep's Vivien to add some glitter and sparkle. I then took my green rhinestones I ordered on MASH Nails and used them to make a Christmas Tree and took a black stone and used that as the stump. On my pinky and pointer fingers I used Spoiled's Shuffle the Deck and took red flecks of glitter and placed them to make musical notes. I thought my nails turned out pretty cute and can't wait for next Monday's challenge, here is the schedule:

 



Happy (LATE) Thanksgiving!

I apologize that I am soooo late on this post, I feel awful and really have been meaning to post something, but unfortunately on Thanksgiving Alex's grandfather got really sick and is in the hospital. Luckily we were able to enjoy some of Thanksgiving with my family down in Turlock, but had to leave around 3ish to head back up to Chico and see his grandpa in the hospital. Since Thursday we have pretty much been there with him. His grandfather is 94 years old and is in amazing health and is an incredible man. About 8 or 9 years ago he had to have heart surgery and they put a pig valve in and its pretty much on its last leg as they (the pig valve) only last about 8 years. They also told us that he is in CHF (chronic heart failure). On a much happier note, he seems to be doing fine and is in high spirits and ready to get home, hopefully tomorrow or Tuesday.

Today I had some time at home and just decided to swatch some green polishes I had recently bought and haven't had a chance to play with. So without further ado onto the nail polish:

From pinky to ring finger - Wet n Wild SaGreena the Teenage Witch, Sally Hansen Olive Branch, Wet n Wild Poison Ivy, China Glaze Winter Holly.
(Picture Taken Outside)

Inside shot

I loved all of these greens especially China Glaze's Winter Holly, it was a complete glitter bomb and didn't need any sort of dark green polish underneath. At first when I was outside taken the pictures it looked like Olive Branch and Poison Ivy were very similar, but then when I got inside and took the picture you could totally see how much it varied. Also the pictures didn't pick up the metallic tones in poison ivy. Maybe if I had put a coat of SV on it would have brought the colors in the polishes out more.

My next mani I did today was something a little more Christmas-y. I did 2 coats of NYC Broadway Burgundy Frost. Once that was dry I took my Kiss striping kit in white and silver glitter and striped all my nails. Here's how it turned out:

The first picture I shot before I put the stripes on as I thought it was such a pretty red with nice little red glitters inside it. By the time I added the stripes I was really tired from a long day at the hospital today that they didn't turn out as well as I had originally planned. I will have to re-do this manicure when I'm not so out of it.

I hope that everyone had a great Thanksgiving filled with family, friends, and laughter!

Brit

NYC Manhattan

My first post, this is so exciting!

Tonight I did a mani with NYC's Manhattan that I just picked up tonight from Target. It is a very pretty deep purple and goes on very nicely, however, it did bubble quite a bit and I ended up having to do three coats to get rid of the bubbles.

Here's the end result:

I like the deep rich color and once I put it on I instantly felt sophisticated! I'll probably end up adding some glitter to it later to add a little something extra.

On another note I am sooo excited because today I ordered my very first MASH image plates! I cannot wait for them to come in and test them out!

Hope everyone has a great night!


XoXo
Brittany