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

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

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

Leopard print: Leopard on Teal

I LOVE this. It just screams "wild child" to me! Either that or "cougar"... take your pick. This is remarkably easy. I just used my awesome dotting tools for all of the work. HERE is a great tutorial (why reinvent the wheel with ANOTHER tutorial?) for this surprisingly easy look.

RAWR!!!  Leopard print on For Audrey

ANY time I use my For Audrey it makes me smile because it was given to me by a good friend. But now, oh, I LOVE it! I'm going to keep trying these awesome leopard prints out! Here's what I used:

Pure Ice Black Rage, no name bronze, China Glaze For Audrey, dotting tool

Pink Wednesday: Fun With Dots

I'm starting a new thing called Pink Wednesday. Every Wednesday (or thereabouts) I'll be posting pink polishes! Where did this come from? Mean Girls. I'm not mean--but from now on, on Wednesdays We Wear Pink!

Fun With Dots, China Glaze Purple Panic (Neon)

This isn't just ANY pink! This is pink of LOVE! One of my lovely friends online sent this to me. I LOVE it. I did a coat of white under it (to avoid any staining) and it went on great. Then I used my Sally Hansen Nail Art Pens to add some fun dots. Another friend (RevMo) sent me a black Sally Hansen Nail Art Pen so now I have both white and black! Love love love wearing polishes from friends!

China Glaze Purple Panic (Neon), Sally Hansen in white and black

Inspired By: Tiffany & Co.

I promise, I'm not brand loyal or usually swayed by advertising. But, Tiffany and Company has had my heart for a long, long time. ONE day, I shall have some sweet little treasure wrapped in Tiffany Blue. One day. Not only do I have fantastic taste in jewelry, I also have fantastic taste in friends. One especially lovely friend, Rox, sent me some amazing China Glaze nail polishes. She was so sweet to send me For Audrey, a China Glaze crackle and an awesome China Glaze Purple Panic. I'd never used China Glaze until today--and can I just say, love them?! LOVE THEM! Rox and I share a love for Tiffany's so she went on the hunt to find China Glaze Just Audrey (a dead ringer for Tiffany's blue boxes).

China Glaze For Audrey, Sally Hansen Nail Art Pen

 I've been wanting to do some kind of Christmas-y manicures since it IS the season and all--so I declare this one "All I Want For Christmas". Or, Inspired By: Tiffany and Company. I've terribly sorry this was a janky job--I was SO excited to have this color I did my nails while waiting in my car for my five year old to get out of school! Thank you so much, Rox!