AWESOME GIVEAWAY: Glitter, Glam, Sparkle, Shine: Giveaway - Max Factor Fantasy Fire!!!!

Glitter, Glam, Sparkle, Shine: Giveaway - Max Factor Fantasy Fire!!!!: In a blatant attempt to drum up more followers, and also because I've been able to lay my hands on a few more bottles of this elusive po...

First attempt at roses

Remember this is my FIRST time doing roses, as you can see.  And as you can see, I'm pretty much a pro at the daisies.  He-he.

Base except for ring - Jazz by Essie 2 coats

Base on ring finger - Bryant Park by N.Y.C. 2 coats

The roses, leaves, and daisies were done with acrylic paint.

I know this is a super short post but I don't really know what else to say...  Do you guys have any tips for me?

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Whimsical Wet Cement

I went to the store the other day in hopes to pick up a Cinderella by Sinful Colors for a swap I am doing and of course, they didn't have it.  I decided to walk around and see what I needed ;-) and I saw the Revlon stand.   Whimsical has been making its way across my rss feed lately and to be honest I didn't see what the big deal was.  But as I held it next to my Wet Cement by Wet N' Wild that was in my clutches I though, hmmm, these would look cute over each other.  Later that day I fell in love all over again!  I now know what the big effing deal is!  I love the pink and blue hex glitter and the smaller glitter.  I do have one wish though. I wish that the blue base was a little easier to conceal because there are some spots where it pools and looks a little chunkier than the rest of the nail.

On my pointer finger I have one coat of Whimsical and two coats of it on my middle finger

I also have my Avon Smooth Beginnings base coat on

 Here is one coat of Wet Cement

Two coats of Wet Cement 

as you can see I smuged my thumb and pointer finger a little :-(

Two coats of Wet Cement and two coats of Whimsical

What do you guys think?  Have you tried Whimsical yet?  I just went to pick up a back up bottle of this and Fred Meyers was sold out.  

Day 5 Nail Challenge/ St. Patricks Day mani

Day five of the black and white challenge is a colored base with something black.  I wasn't quite sure what I was going to do and how I was going to accomplish this mani and a St. Patricks day mani all in one day.  You see, I am working two 15 hour days between yesterday and today and I ALMOST didn't do anything on my nails.  I almost slept in between my shifts, but I thought, no, there is NO WAY I can not not have something on my nails for St. Patricks Day!  And low and behold I figured out how to kill two birds with one stone!  I am actually quite shocked how well these nails turned out because I did this in about half an hour.  So to my shock I still had time for a nap!  Woot woot.  I really wanted to do a bunch of shamrocks on each nail but one I applied the first leaf I realized I didn't have enough time to accomplish this so I just went with one big one on each nail.  I am pretty surprised how well my bad hand turned out too.

Good hand

bad hand

Base color: Happy Ending by Sinful Colors - 2 coats

Stems: Green Glitter by L.A. Colors Art Deco Nail Art Lacquer -2-3 strokes

Orange on right ring finger: Sun Kissed by Sally Hanson Xtreme Wear - 2 coats

Orange on left ring finger (clover): acrylic paint

White on left ring finger: French Tip White by O.P.I. - 2 coats

White on right ring finger: acrylic paint

Black used for all clovers: acrylic paint

White used for inside of clover leafs: White by Kiss Brush On Nail Art Paint

Base coat: Avon Smooth Beginnings
Top coat: Seche Vite - 1 coat

What are you guys wearing for St. Patricks Day?