Random Sunday mani

So, I really didn't want to take off my black on white mani from my challenge but I was so bored and needed something to do.  I decided I was going to take all of my polish and make a picture for my Facebook banner picture and placed Wet N' Wild's I Need A Refreh-Mint next to O.P.I.'s Teenage Dream and thought hey those would look super cute together.  I did two coats of the Wet N' Wild and the thought about doing a gradient in the Teenage Dream.  I screwed it up so I then decided that purple would be a rockin color to do a cloud design in.  I used Sinful Color's Nail Art in Moonlight and this is what I came up with.  I was pretty impressed.  Not something you see everyday but I like it.  Thoughts?

This was with my flash:

And this was in natural light:

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My first nail challenge

And the rules:

You can use as many black or white polishes as you like with different finishes and slightly different shades, but black or white need to be seen.  You can layer, stamp over it, draw nail art, use a sticker, rhinestones,… but base polish must be visible. With sponging and water marble you can use as many colors as you like but black and white must be visible. You can also use color polish whit 1. and 2. manicure, but do it in minimum if any at all. I know the black or white can look odd on nails, so it is OK if you do like a french tip (base of a nail need to be clear) or half nail (also clear base)

If any of you don’t feel confidante about challenge (like sponging or water marble) you can skip it. On that day you don’t write a post or do other manicure that fit in this challenge. 

Which I found on My Little Vanities Blog.  She is also participating in the challenge with My Nail Graffiti. 

I found this challenge over at My Nail Graffiti.  I am not a part of her challenge and link up but thought this looked really really fun!  If you would like to join me along with my nail challenge I would love to share your link on here and if you don't have a blog I will show your pictures as I progress through the challenge.

There are two reasons I decided to to this nail challenge.  One, I love black and white together.  Two, it is only ten mani's and each mani is spread out over a three day period.  Which is great because I spent A LOT of time on this mani last night, I have the weekend off from work so my mani will actually last, and this is my favorite mani so far!  My inspiration came from my wedding dress.  I only wish that I had this on for my wedding!!!

Here is my the inspiration:

 This is two coats of O.P.I.'s French Tip White (I am not sure what it is actually called because it is just one of the mini bottles and doesn't have the name on it but I remember the sales women calling it that when I purchased it).

 And three coats:

 Then with a bobby pin I dotted on the flowers.  After about 30 seconds of doing the bigger dots for the daisy looking flowers I drug the bobby pin from the center of the circle towards the center of al of the dots to creat the petal look.  I used Kiss Black Nail Art Paint for the black.  For the smaller flowers I just made sure to do five dots all touching and added a white dot into the middle of them with Kiss's White Nail Art Paint.

 And the other hand!

 I just love how these turned out!  I can't wait to see what you guys are going to come up with!  Email me your pictures at melizajane20(@)gmaildotcom.

Ridin the purple wave

I got some mini Essie polishes when I was at Walgreens last week and decided that I wanted to play around with the purple that I had picked up. This was my first time using Essie and I my feelings towards them are mutal at this point.  I had to do three coats of Lilac for full opacity because it was pretty streaky with only two, as you can see in the pictures below.  I also haven't really seen any colors in their collection that draws me into them.  I like loud colors and so far all I have seen is pale and pastel.  This could also be due to the fact that every one is coming out with spring lines and pastel colors are generally a spring color.  I will keep my eyes open though because they did just become available at my Wal Mart, and who doesn't just love one stop shopping.  All though I must say, the colors that they have right now, I am not willing to pay eight dollars a bottle for.  See, mutal.  What are your thoughts on Essie's polish line?

I apologize for my thumb.  I have a terrible cuticle picking habit and I snagged my finger on something at work and ended up doing a number on my thumb.  I would of pictured my other hand but I had a larger cuticle problem over there so I had to pick the lesser of two evils.  That is one great thing about my blog though.  I have been much nicer to my cuticles because I don't want you guys to have to look at them all ickyfied.

Two coats of Essie Lilac

Three coats of Essie Lilac

The dark purple is Wet N' Wild On a Trip and the white is Kiss Brush on Nail Art Paint

I couldn't take this last picture in the sun light because it decided to play hide and seek with me.  :(  I didn't use my flash for this picture.

Two of my favorites

I decided that I wanted to play with a little bit of sponging because I have only done it a few times.  I really like how this turned out though.  I will most likely be wearing it again soon because I love how pretty these two are together.

This is two coats of N.Y.C. Purple Pizzazz Frost

Then with a sponge I applied Sally Hanson Rosy Future.  The picture above and picture below were taken indoors with the flash on.

This is in side with out the flash.  Doesn't it just look so pretty.  :)

I didn't have time to do a new mani the next day so I just threw Pure Ice Cheatin on top.  Cheatin is a really pretty blue and purple glitter that I like to throw on top of any color for some extra sparkle.