Jammie Nails!

I told you it was coming..... I just had to do another mani based on my pajamas.  The grey and white polka dot background didn't make it on to my original.  If you didn't see my first pajama mani then you can check it out  here. 

As you know any opportunity to do polka dot nails I'm all over.  To my surprise polka dots work well with my short nubbin nails.  Subtle light colours also really help them out.

I used a Gosh grey for the full nail and added the white polka dots with Sally Hansen's 'White On'.

Hope you like!

31 Day Challenge: Polka Dots

I'd like to start off my saying 10 DAYS LEFT FOR MY GIVEAWAY/CHALLENGE !!!

 Remember any type of food whether it be candy, 5 course meal, I'm even going to include drinks!  Just post your link in the comment section of my post.  Anytime now................... :oP

It's polka dot time!!!!!!!
I was considering doing basic polka dots because there my favourite.  I ended up doing this blah mani instead.  I didn't have much time last night and the sun had set.  I hate not having sunlight photos.  The days are getting shorter here. Soon it will be dark when I go into work and dark when I go home. Very depressing!

The full nail is two coats of Revlon's 'Chic'.  The polka dots are in Revlon's 'Vixen', Sally Hansen's Complete Salon in 'Guilty Pleasure' and Essie's 'Yogaga'.    I was so disappointed that Yogaga was a limited edition.  Someone was looking out for me though.  I went to Shopper's Drug Mart yesterday and they were on final clearance!  I picked up the last two. yayyyyyyy! Only $1.99 each.  The Revlon polishes I bought not to long ago. Currently they are $3.99 but Revlon Canada has coupons all over the web for a dollar off.  $2.99 baby!

Make sure you check out the other fine ladies polka dots. 
Kimber at Kimber's Lacquer Korner
-Kat at Hooked On Polish
-Diana at Nails By Diana
-Aly at Wonderland Beauty
-Meredith at Perfectly Polished
-Nicole at The Color Republic
-Kate at The Painted Pony Nails
-Cee at Absolutely Cee
-Sam at Polished Art
-Nail Narcotics
-Nicole at Nicole Gets Nailed
-Shelby at Shelby's Swatches
-Stephanie Louise at All Things Beautiful
-Mixed Mama
-Joanna @ Sweet Polish of Mine
-Patty Greenberg
-Liz and Lisa @ Lozlosa 
-Mari at Nailista
-Miss L at Beauty by Miss L 
-Gini at Sassy Paints 
-Chameleon Stampede 
-Pam at Nail-E-Glance
-Me, Myself, and Polish 
- Robin Sparkles  

BOGO Nail Polish at Shoppers Drug Mart

BOGO BABY! Who wouldn't love it?!

Earlier this week I received an email coupon from Shoppers Drug Mart. It was buy one polish get the second free. It was only on from 6pm to 9pm.  The cashier said I was the first one to use it(of course). Naturally I printed out three of them.  I only used 2 so it made me feel a little better.  I thought instead of just doing a regular swatch  I’d add a little fun to it.

The first two colours are Quo By Orly.  For the base colour I used ‘Lilac Dust’.  In the pictures it looks a little more pink then it actually is.  I couldn’t find the right lighting to capture the shade as it was dark out by the time I did it.  The polka dots are in ‘Blue Skies’.  I can’t resist these baby blue colours that are always coming out.  I’m no huge fan of blue in everyday life but when it comes to nail polish I’m a sucker

On a side note I was wondering if it is okay to do the middle finger as the accent? We all know what the middle finger can stand for...

The second BOGO set are both Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure.   The green is ‘Grass Slipper’ and the purple pink is ‘ Cherry, Cherry, Bang, Bang!’  Both have really weird names....I love them anyways ;o)

Bubble Gum Bubbles Nails

Hello kids! ;)

Today I have an 'off the top of my head' manicure for you.  After I was done it kind of reminded me of bubble gum.  Who doesn't love bubble gum, right?!

I used five different nail polishes for this look.  The base is in Orly's 'Decades of Dysfunction'.  I started off making the largest dots in Quo 'Tease'.  This helped to make the path I created from the first nail to the last. I tried to make it as though the dots were flowing through to each nail.  After the large dots I used smaller dots to follow the trail and fill in spaces. I find going from largest to smallest gives it the best look.   For the smaller dots I used Nicole's 'Stolen Kisses', Essence 'Ultimate Pink' and Essie's 'Watermelon'. 

I'm impressed with it I think.  I love using the dotter.  Not just because it's easy but I love the look.

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Nails

Good morning all!  So we’ve moved in to our new place but it’s been a crazy past two days.  My nails are in pretty rough shape.  Moving boxes and furniture does not help them out at all.  I thought I would post two different nails styles I tried out on the weekend.   Both of them are purely with Sally Hansen’s Xtreme Wear nail polish. I really like this polish when it comes to nail art.  All of them were purchased at Well.ca

The first one I did is a little crazy. I’m really trying to figure out the whole flower thing but it’s not working out to well for me :o( Once again I used the dotter for these.  I applied two coats of 'Blue Me Away'to the entire nail.  Then I added the pedals in 'Mellow yellow'  .They did not look to impressive so I added another small dot inside with 'Red Carpet' followed my another of 'Mellow Yellow'.  I can’t for the life of me remember what I used as the centre of the flower but it was Sally Hansen.  It needed a little more jazz so I added the dots in ‘White On’.  I now realize I should not of but I added a sparkle coat of 'Disco Ball'.  I’ve attempted using this polish a couple times and I hate it.  Makes my nails look cakey and almost like there is sugar on them.  I don’t see any sparkle on it at all.  I’m contemplating just throwing it out.

What do you guys think of the nails? A little crazy but it was good practice

For the next manicure I decided to go dotter crazy.

For the full nail I used 'Coral Reef'.  The large blue dots are in 'Blue Me Away' and the small yellow are 'Mellow Yellow' 

I hope  to sit down and play with my nails tonight but we still have soooo much unpacking to do.  Wish me luck!

Mellow Monday

Nothing too fancy today.  Just wanted to go with something subtle with an itty bitty bit of colour.
I started with two coats of Orly's 'Decades of Dysfunction'. (Which by the way is my first Orly polish ever!)
The dots I made with Sally Hansen's Xtreme Wear in 'The Real Teal'

Short post eh?! 
I feel really guilty that its so short so I decided to throw in my swatches I did with Gosh's Matte Top Coat.  I found this last week at Shopper's Drug Mart and just had to buy it.  I wasn't sure if I would ever use it again but now I know I will!!!

BEFORE

AFTER

The index and middle finger only took one coat but  the ring and pinkie took 3.  I guess it just depends on the type of polish it is put over. 

What do you guys think? I'll probably try doing something a little fun with it soon!

Lemon & Lime Fizz Nails

Once again I was playing around with my dotting tool. :oP  I had bought the below polishs from Avon. We all know that person that guilts you in to buying avon product.  To be honest I was pretty impressed with it. Both application and coverage were pretty good.  For some reason this design reminded me of Lemon/Lime pop.  You know the no name cans you get from the grocery store?  Maybe its the dots the remind me of the fizzy carbination.  I really don't know but thats all that came to my mind. 

Swatches



AVON Nail Wear Pro in 'Sunshine'



AVON Nail Wear Pro in 'Absinthe'

Polka Dot Pink

For my first real post I thought I'd start out with something short and sweet. What better way than pink with Polka Dots.  As I am a newbie at this whole nail art thing I was quite impressed with the end result. I started off with a pink laquer by Quo for Orly.  There was not a name on the bottle as it came in a pack of 16 sample colours. 

This took about three coats to get the opaque colour in the image above.

Next using my dotter(which I'm new to as well) I applied polka dots in Sally Hansen's Hard as Nails Xtreme wear in WHITE ON.  I love this white as its very opaque

And VOILA!!!! My very first attempt at polka dot nails was a success.