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

Funky French: Chevron Nude/Black

This look may be a new favorite! It's simple, elegant and easy--but with a LITTLE bit of an edge.

Funky French Chevron

The technique is simple enough. One could even skip the base nude coat if one's nails didn't look neon yellow without polish on (eww). As you can see by the photo, I just winged the black chevron tips but that's okay.  I grabbed the sally Hansen' Insta-dri at CVS yesterday for only $1.37 (75% off!). I've heard it's pretty good for stamping with so I forsee that in my future!

Sally Hansen Insta-Dri in Beige Blast and Pure Ice Black Rage

Pink Wednesday: Fun With Dots: Pink, Brown and White

It's another Pink Wednesday! This pink is an o.g.  I've had it for years and years--so long that I cannot even remember when or why I got it. Here she is:

Neapolitan, anyone?

Fun, huh? I thought so. The brown is my first Finger Paint nail polish. It was part of my husband's foray into a Sally's beauty supply unsupervised.  He said, and I quote, "You like to wear brown, right?".  Yes, dear.  It really is a great polish though...ONE COAT! Shazam!

Pure Ice Super Star, Sally Hansen Rose Amore and Finger Paints Sketchy Character plus super cool dotting tool

Fun With Dots: Rainbow

This manicure was fast and easy. I LOVE these dotting tools my brother got me for Christmas. THESE are the ones I have.  My husband works all over the place and he happened upon a Sally's beauty supply shop. He called me to ask if I "needed" anything--um, yes! Finger Paints just came out with this amazing Special Effects collection that are flaky bits of pretty in a top coat. Apparently that sneaky husband of mine bought the whole collection for me, but he only gave me Asylum for now.  My birthday is just around the bend so I only have to wait a bit longer! But look how lovely:

Fun with Dots: rainbow

I'm not so crazy with how the yellow and green turned out, but eh. I'll just have to find the time to try again, right? Here's the line up of polishes I used:

Art Deco Pink, Yellow, Green, china glaze Purple Panic (I added this to my thumb nail), Pure Ice Black rage, Finger Paints Asylum, Dotting Tool.

And yes, somehow I didn't get the Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Blue Me Away in this photo. that was a lot of polish for one nail "didding"!

Half Moon (reverse french) Manicure: red and silver

I decided to do another half moon manicure for Sunday since it's a lot more subdued than most of my manicures. I love the look of the half moon manicure--and if you use the trick of using paper hole enforcers it's super easy! Check out this youtube video if you'd like to see it in action!

The half moon manicure or the reverse french manicure

I LOVE the vintage feel of a "moonicure"!  If you've never tried one, you should!

Wet n' Wild Fast Dry Silvivor and Nicole by OPI Stolen Kisses

Stamping Sunday: Green

Christmas was good to me this year! My brother bought me these fun Mash stamping plates. I've never done stamping before (the most popular brand seems to be Konad, youtube it if you want to know more). I'm also a part of a super cool new group called Adventures in Stamping on Facebook. Every Sunday we have a challenge called Stamping Sunday.  Today's challenge was to stamp with a green color. TRICKY for a girl like me with about 20 polishes! But, here's the finished product, my very first stamp manicure!

Stamping Sunday: green

I didn't have a TRUE green (other than an Art Deco nail polish, which has a tiny brush). I used Wet N' Wild in Caribbean Frost. It's in the green family--ish. At any rate, I did a base coat of Pure Ice Super Star and then 2 coats of Pure Ice Excuse Me (the banana yellow color). Then it was stamping time! I used Mash plate 16. The Mash plates are my first plates ever. I have small nail beds so I thought I would be okay with their smaller all-over images, but they don't cover my nails so I'm on a quest for larger all over images. I thought the star alone was kind of plain so I used my dotting tools and added a few dots. So far, so good with stamping!

Pure Ice Excuse me, Pure Ice Super Star, Wet n wild Caribbean Frost, Mash plate 16 and dotting tol

Pink Wednesday: Pink and Glass Slipper

I am so excited about finally finding Sally Hansen's Diamond Strength in Glass Slipper. It is such a pretty flakie!  Thankfully I had a giftcard to Walmart so I was able to pick it up today! Love love love it!

It's very understated in the photo...but awesome. I used 3 coats of LA Colors Lollipop (found at any dollar store for $1) and then topped it with lovely Glass Slipper. Pretty pretty!

LA Colors in Lollipop (any $1store) and Sally Hansen Diamond Strength in Glass Slipper