Thursday, February 9, 2012

14 Days of Pink: Jamaica Me Crazy Busted!

Today's another fun pink manicure in honor Valentine's Day!


 This is Pure Ice Jamaica Me Crazy with Pure Ice Busted over it. I adore Busted. It's shear and adds such a pretty light sparkle to any polish as a top coat! Pure Ice is available at any Walmart for $1.97 a bottle!

Pure Ice Jamaica Me Crazy and Pure Ice Busted

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

14 Days of Pink: Black Dot Funky French on glitter

This MAY be a little over the top for some, but the pink glitter is so pretty underneath!
Weeee! I just did 3 layers of Finger Paints Hue Left A Message? and then, using a dotting tool, I added dots and a french tip with black!
Finger Paints Hue Left A Message? and Pure Ice Black Rage (no pictured, dotting tool)

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

14 Days of Pink: Pink leopard

Another day, another animal? Sure, why not!
This is one of those "looks better moving" types of manicures. But it was still a lot of fun and easy to do with a dotting tool! Just make irregular circles and then do "C" shapes around them!
Sally Hansen Sweetheart, Pure Ice Jamaica Me Crazy, China Glaze Heaven

Monday, February 6, 2012

14 Days of Pink: Pink Zebra stripes

I'm digging pretty deeply now, arn't I? This is a much harder challenge than I thought it would be! lol!

So why not a pink gradient zebra? The gradient was actually some of my best work...the stripes...eh. But it was still pretty!
Sally Hansen Sweetheart, Rose Amore, Pure Ice Jamaica Me Crazy and Art Deco white

Sunday, February 5, 2012

14 Days of Pink: Stamping white on pink

Today is Stamping Sunday---but the challenge of the group I belong to didn't match with my pink theme, so I'll have to share that manicure another day! But here's a really pretty manicure I did a while back!
Pretty, huh? This was my first stamping using Sally Hansen's Insta-Dri and it worked great! Nice smooth images without any smeary! Hurray! I may ACTUALLY be getting better at stamping! Here's what I used:
Revlon Cherries in the Snow, Sally Hansen's Insta-dri Whirlwind White MASH plate 14

Saturday, February 4, 2012

14 Days of Pink: Hot pink and glitter

Glitter, glitter, glitter! What's Valentine's Day without glitter? Today I paired a flame hot pink with a lovely pink glitter!
Wee! Arn't they pretty together? I used China Glaze Purple Panic (Neon). It goes on sort of matte because it is so pigmented, but once I put the glitter on and a top coat of Seche Vite it was great!
China Glaze Purple Panic (Neon) and OPI Excuse Moi

Friday, February 3, 2012

14 Days of Pink: Red Hearts on Neutral

I admit, I love this manicure. It reminds me of my mom. Many years ago when I was fairly young, my mom took a folk art painting class. She learned to paint (I always thought she painted so well!) among other things, the "Dolly Parton heart". On a few of her projects, I was put on Heart detail--it was my job to paint the hearts.  Here's how to paint a Dolly Parton heart: paint two dots with a dotting tool (he he, like...er... you know) and then drag some of the paint down for the heart point. Easy peasy!
Red Hearts on a lovely neutral
My husband picked up this pretty China Glaze as a surprise for me last week. The application is a little tricky, but I love the color (China Glaze's Heaven). Simple, but fun for Valentine's Day!
China Glaze Heaven and Wet n Wild Wild Shine in Red Red, dotting tool

Thursday, February 2, 2012

14 Days of PINK!: Daisies on pink

Another day, another post! Today's manicure is so cute! Who DOESN'T love pretty daisies?
This is so easy using a dotting tool! It looks so complicated but when you break it down, it's only dots! You can do this!
Pure Ice Super Star!, Xtreme Wear Mellow Yellow and Pure Ice Love and dotting tool


Wednesday, February 1, 2012

14 Days of PINK!: hot pink half moon funky french

Phew! How's THAT for a title?!  In honor of Valentine's Day I'm going to do a new manicure every. single. day from February 1st until the 14th! Not only will they be rapid fire manicures--but they will all be predomeniently pink or red! Weeee! That's some challenge! Here's today's retro half moon funk french:
Hot pink half moon funky french manicure
Weeee! So fun and retro! Using hole reinforcers is the key to a pretty darn cool half moon manicure. Here's what I used:
Pure Ice Super Star!, Pure Ice Jamaica Me Crazy, Hole reinforcers