31 Day Challenge - Day 5: Purple

     Happy Saturday everyone although I'm sure it is Sunday for a lot of you right now.  I was really excited to wear Aurora from Zoya for this mani.  It is a part of the new Ornate Collection that was released last month.  I fell in love with Aurora when I saw the first swatches of it.  I received it in a secret Santa swap that I did in one of my Facebook groups and I was pretty much jumping up and down when I got it.

     To achieve this look, I painted two coats of  each polish onto each nail then a coat of Seche Vite to help it dry quick.  After it dried I applied striping tape to each nail and then painted each nail with one coat of the opposite color.  

Base coat: Pro FX Fiberized Ridge Filler

Accent color base: Aurora from Zoya - 2 coats

Main base: I've Got Bieber Fever from Nicole by OPI - 2 coats

Top coat: Seche Vite

I know this one is fuzzy but I wanted you to see the holographic goodness in Aurora.

Have you guys been able to try any of the Ornate polishes?  Tune in tomorrow for our "favorite color family" mani.

31 Day Challenge - Day 4: Pink

       All right, getting back on track.  For blog post two today I have the fourth mani for the 31 day challenge, pink.  As many of you may not know, pink is my favorite color.  I basically stay away from it because if I didn't every mani in my blog would be pink.  I got three new pink polishes for Christmas and I couldn't decided which one to use for today's mani.  With a quick google search I decided to do this design.  I love how it turned out.  If you look closely you can see my learning curve.  My pinky was the first nail I did.  While doing this nail I tried to apply the polish with the nail polish brushes in each bottle and tried to contain each polish to its own section.  I did the same for the second one and it was really runny and hard to control.  On my middle finger I applied the polish to each section with a striping brush.  On my forefinger I applied the lightest pink over the entire nail, then the middle pink starting from the light pink and all the way up the nail, and applied the darkest pink on just the tip.  This seemed to work the best.

Base coat: Pro FX Fiberized Ridge Filler

Base color: White on the Spot from Miani - 2 coats

Pinks from lightest to darkest: Princesses Rule! from OPI

                                                 Shrimply Devine from Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure

                                                 Koala Bear-y from OPI

Top coat: Seche Vite

Sorry for the light tip wear, but I couldn't get any pictures the evening I did this, so this one was taken the next day after working for a few hours.

Now for an explanation of this picture.  Below we have Princesses Rule! and Koala Bear-y from OPI.  They were given to me from my sister for Christmas.  Let me see if I can explain how this was given to me without confusing you.  When I received this gift it was handed to me in as two boxes tied together with ribbon.  The tag told me to open the smaller box first, (seventh box down).  I start opening and it is just boxes inside of boxes.  In the smallest one was a little scroll that said: "see bigger box for gift," which happened to be the box on the bottom.  I started opening and was laughing so hard.  Finally I got to my prize!  Lol.  

     I received Shrimply Devine for Christmas as well.  I bought it with a gift card I recieved from one of my customers!  How sweet was that!

All right, enough for now.  I am glad to be caught up.  I will see you all tomorrow for purple.  

31 Day Challenge - Day 3: Gold

       Three days into the challenge and I'm already posting a day late!  So not how I like to be, but yesterday was a fluke.  I ended up having to work 5 am to 5 pm without a lunch, come home and shower, then go immediately to a friend's house for dinner.  I would have rescheduled except for the fact that we were in charge of bringing the ingredients and their car was broken down.  I very well couldn't leave them stranded like that, could I?!  

     As the title to this post states, yesterday's challenge was gold.  I was kinda freaking out about gold day because I have two gold polishes, or so I thought.  Turns out I had between 15 - 20 gold polishes I had never worn.  I am not a huge gold fan so I never wear it, but for some reason I buy it?  Can you explain this to me?  I guess that is what classifies my "hobby" as an "addiction".  Lol.  

     I loved Disco Dolls.  It has so many pretty colors jam packed into one polish.  I know that this is one coat over a base color, but I dare say it would be opaque with one coat.  To achieve this look I painted on Venus and let it dry completely which took about an hour.  Then one by one I taped off each finger, painted on Disco Dolls, and promptly removed the tape.  Had I used a coat of Seche on top of Venus I could have cut my dry time down to about 30 minutes, but it was my day off and I was watching a movie, so I wasn't it a big of a hurry. :-)

Base coat: Pro FX Fiberized Ridge Filler

Base color: Venus from Avon - 2 coats

Glitter: Disco Dolls from Nicole by OPI - 1 coat

Top coat: Seche Vite

All these pictures were taken outside without the flash.  Here is a close up of Disco Dolls so you can see all the different glitters in this amazing polish.

Have you guys ever been surprised by the amount of one polish you had that you didn't even know?  

Normally I post the little links so that you can view everyone's posts for the challenge, but I can't seem to be able to get them to work! :-(  I'm so sorry because I love adding this feature to my posts.  Once I am able to figure it out, I will add it to each post!

31 Day Challenge Day 2: Silver

     Hey guys!  Whelp, today was another cold one.  My truck would barely start this morning, and we couldn't even open the car wash today because we were so cold.  Well, enough about work, let's get to the important things.  I have tried to wear Silver Star a few times, but there has never been any sun to capture it in, or I couldn't get good pictures.  Well, this time I was able to photograph it.  But that was about the only great thing about this mani.  I used two coats of the Silver Sweep and a top coat.  Both of those made it bubble pretty bad.  The Sally Hansen Insta Dri polishes are one coaters, but I wanted to do a second one for a deeper color.  Uff duh.  I wore Silver Sweep the day after I did this mani and only did one coat and it didn't bubble.  I wanted to photograph it again, but then I remember that I am not perfect and my blog is not perfect and I don't want to have crazy expectations for my hobby because that will make me hate it.

Base coat: Pro FX Fiberized Ridge Filler

Accent nail: Silver Star Hello Kitty by Sephora - 2 coats

Main polish: Silver Sweep from Sally Hansen Insta Dri - 2 coats

Top coat: Essence Better Than Gel Top Coat

I know these pictures look similar, but I want you to see all the different colors that are in Silver Star

Penguins are my favorite animal and I got these for Christmas.  

Tune in tomorrow for Day 3 - Gold.  Check out these other silver manicures!

31 Day Challenge: Black and White

     Happy New Year everyone!  Today not only starts 2013, but also a new nail challenge.  In the Facebook group, Crumpets Nail Tarts, we are doing a new 31 day challenge.  I am really hoping I can keep up with this one.  Today's challenge is black and white and I decided the best way to showcase these two colors was in a water marble.  I was really nervous that this wouldn't turn out, but I couldn't have been more wrong.  This is my third one and I love it!

Base coat: Pro FX Fiberized Ridge Filler

Base color: White on the Spot from Milani -2 coats

Marble colors: Black Creme from Wet N' Wild and Bubble Bath from Sinful Colors

Top coat: Seche Vite