Pink....meet blue tips!

Well it's the beginning of the work week. Booooooo.  Hopefully I make it through. The big boss is coming down on Wednesday and the possibility of me being laid off is 50/50. eeks!  Who is going to buy my polish then???? Best not to worry about it I guess.

So for this colourful french manicure I used my Julep polishes once again. I love their creams.  Amazing application.

I covered the full nail in Julep's 'Eva'.  I then used my favourite polish, 'Gunta' to do the tips.  This photo is kind of bright in colour.  They are both a little darker in real life.  I didn't use tape to keep the blue tips straight.  All good though, my trusty striping tape came to the rescue

I LOVE BRIGHT COLOURS!!!!

Mango Flowers

Happy hump day everyone!  It's always so nice to know that I'm half way done the work week. I'm actually at home though.  Sick again!!!!

I did this a couple nights ago. No nails for me yesterday or today. I usually kind of like the smell of nail polish which is super weird. Right now it just makes me what to up chuck :oP

For this look I used two coats of Revlon's 'Mad about Mango' over the entire nail.  The black stripes are made with my trusty striping tape. I then used a dotter to create the flowers and dots.

I had a fun time messing around with this one.

31 Day Challenge: Stripes

Sorry all. I'm a day late....again.  I had these nails done ahead of time but for some reason I never got around to posting them yesterday. I was in a weird mood and just had to chill out for the day.

As you can see by the pictures I used both pink and grey nail polish to create the stripes. Which pink and grey????? I have no idea.  I'm so bad with noting what colours I use.  One thing I do know though is I used black striping tape between the colours.  It made such a difference in the final look.

This is the first time I'm putting my 'watermark' or name on my photos.  Let me know what you think or if I should change it up

(grey printing)

(black printing)

Check out the rest of the fab ladies designs

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 

Ricki's 'Keepin It Real'

This is my second post for the day. Not just because I'm bored at work but mostly because my polka dot pictures bit the big one :oP

I've actually had these on my computer for awhile now.  Surprising that I haven't posted them because I quite like them.  I picked up this polish when i was buying new pants at Ricki's.  I'm pretty sure Ricki's is a Canadian company but correct me if I'm wrong.  I love the store because they cater to all sizes of women.

This polish is called 'Keeping it Real' and it says Ricki's on the bottle. They also sell some Colour Club there that is in the exact same shape of bottle. I'm going to take a wild guess and bet Colour Club is the manufacturer.   For the black lines I used striping tape.  I added some black dots with my dotter then another on top with 'Keeping it Real'

Hope you like!!!

'This n' That' nails

Howdy Folks!

Today I have a manicure that I like to call 'This n' That'.  Why you ask??? Well because I don't know the proper name for it.   I don't even know if I want to know ;o)  I think 'This n' That'  is pretty fine and dandy. 

I really like just messing around on my nails and trying different things.  This manicure gave me the option to have a little fun with it and do each nail different. 
I once again used Sally Hansen Salon Effects that I picked up cheap at the CNE for my base.  They are all older colours but I'm still a fan!  This colour is 'Teal With It'. 
The beige colour is Revlon's 'Elegant'.  I'm all over the beige and taupe fall colours right now.   Although I would not wear it on it's own it's great with other colours. I can't think of one colour it wouldn't compliment other than pale yellow or orange. (my opinion :P)  It looks absolutely fabulous with bright colours.
The black is just the cheapo nail polish I picked up from Urban outfitters.  Any fine black lines in there are with the handy dandy striping tape.

What do you guys think of my 'This n' That' nails????

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Colour Blocking Becca

Well helloooooo everyone!

I have a fun manicure for you today! Very fiddly and time consuming but I'm loving the end result.  I'd been planning on trying the colour blocking for awhile but keep putting it off.  There are so many fun different colour blocking nails out there. I didn't want to fuss too much about what colours I should use so I just picked them quick and randomly.

The base colour of the nail is Revlon's 'Raspberry Scone'.  It's the only scented nail polish that I don't get a headache from.  I made two random sized blocks on each nail. The blue is 'Blue Skies' by Quo and the teal green is 'Flour Leaf Clover' by China Glaze.

There is no way I could make straight enough lines to create this look.  I used black striping tape to make the border around each block.

What do you guys think?!  It's definitely a look every nail art enthusiast has to try!

31 Day Challenge: GREEN

I'm so happy I did this on the weekend because I totally forgot until just now that it was day 4 of the challenge.  The only bad thing about doing it before hand is now I can't figure out what the exact polishes I used for it were.  All I can tell you is I used four

I used three of the polishes to create a gradient effect on my finger nails. Once it was dry I put different length pieces of striping tape on and covered up with two coats of polish. It was quite clumpy when I was finished. The top coat helped a bit but you can still tell there are ridges on there.
Oh well, better luck next time right!

Chevron Tipped!

I love Saturday's sooo much but I'm always a little late on posting.  I think I'm actually busier on my days off then I am a work.  Scary thought!  I've cleaned pretty much the whole entire house and my nails are suffering for it.  Although they love taking a swim in the toilet I think they prefer to be pampered and prettied up

I did these nails(and took the pictures last night).  Are you wondering what they look like now?  Let's just say they look like the toilet bowl did before I cleaned it :oP

For these nails I used Sally Hansen's 'Red-y to Go' over the entire nail.  I would say it's more of a deep coral with a hint of red.  I then used Essie's 'Yogaga' to paint on the chevron type tip.  Then of course using my striping tape I cleaned up those edges. What do you guys think?! I like :o)

As I was mid posting this I noticed another blogger that used the same type of colour combination.  I was super stoked because it was The Daily Nail.  I'm no where near her talent of course but it was cool to see we shared the same colour combos.  I don't think there is one nail blogger that does not follow this girl.  If you don't then ya better ;o) One word three syllables to describe the girl A-MAZ-ING!

Peace out!

Freakin awesome Friday nails!

It's Friiiiiidaaaaay!  Yay for weekend!

I'm liking these nails....for once.  I think other than dots I like geometric type nails. 

I used Quo by Orly in 'Blue Skies' for the base colour.  I believe I only used two coats.  The polish is getting pretty think though so I think it's time for thinner!  For the black triangle thingies I used a nail art brush. In the past I probably would of used tape but now that I have brushes I prefer to use them.  It's so much less time consuming.  Of course I had to use striping tape on for the final look.  Not only do I like the look of striping tape but it helps give it a nice crisp clean look.  It was my first time using white.  As you can seen it's a little transparent.  It's not quite as noticeable in person so I'm willing to live with it. :o)

Black & White/Shiny & Matt

This weeks Sunday homework assignment was black & white.  Of course the first thing that came to my mind was polka dots.  I was able to refrain from it though.

I'm a little later on posting than usual so have had a chance to see Nicole Gets Nailed first.  Please check out her Dotty French.  It's amazing! I did not put as much effort in to mine and now I regret it.  :oP

To begin I painted just the tips of my nails in Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in 'White On'.  I then used two pieces of striping tape across the white section and covered the full nail in Rimmel's 'Black Satin'.  Before letting it dry completely I pulled off the striping tape exposing the white underneath.

I've showed a pick with Gosh's matt top coat and one with nothing.  If I were to leave it shiny I would definitely use a top coat. It gets a little bumpy where the tape is taken off

Which one do you guys prefer? I'm really liking the matt top coat on black in general. 

Just Blue Colour Blocking

Hi All

Lucky me, I have my puppy Casey with me at work today.  He got the old 'snip snip' yesterday.  :os He had a check up first thing this morning so I just decided to bring him in afterwards.  He's licking a little too much and I forgot his cone so I'm keeping a very close eye on the little rascal.    

On to the nails....  It was a lot of fiddle work to accomplish this look.  I’m a little frustrated that all the nails are not exactly the same. However the only time it is noticeable is in this picture.  (I’m very critical of myself by the way)

I started off with two coats of Gosh nail polish in ‘Blue Balloon’ over the entire nail.  I then used two pieces of striping tape to create a cross.  That left me with three triangles to have a little fun with. The triangles going clockwise from the left are Quo by Orly in ‘The Blue Box’, Finger Paints ‘Inkblot Blue’ and  Quo by Orly in ‘Blue Skies’. After filling in the triangles and taking off the striping tape it looked a little messy. I used two more pieces of the tape to define the triangles and some top coat.  Voila!!! 

I can’t wait for my coloured stripping tape to arrive. I love the crisp clean look it adds to nails

Nfu Oh Intergalatic nails

I can't help but sing Beastie Boys 'Intergalactic' and do the robot around the house every time I wear this polish. It's so futuristic looking.
I wanted to try and convey how I feel about it with a bit of nail art.  This was the result.  I'm thinking laser beam type art.
For the base I used three coats of Nfu Oh 61.  This look was quite easy. I used stripping tape here, there, everywhere!  I just wanted to do the accent nail as this is a polish you don't want to cover up. Once the tape was on I covered the entire nail in an Urban Outfitters black.  I didn't wait to long before removing the tape.  It was a very gentle process as the tape was overlapping one another and I had to figure out which one comes off first.
I'm loving the end result.  I tried to get the right angle in the sunlight otherwise it just looks like a dull mess. 

I've been considering getting the blue holographic from Nfu Oh.  I find that if you don't have sunlight the colour is so dull and old looking. Hopefully the blue will give it a little more life 

Striping tape? No striping tape?...you be the judge!

Second post for the day. 

I did this design last night. It was one of those ones that you don’t know what you are going to do  so you just start making dots!  I actually had a lot of fun with it.  I used Nicole’s ‘Baby Blue’ for the base. It’s weird because originally I didn’t like this polish but I keep going back to it.  I’m really attracted to light blues recently. I’m trying to do nails in other colours than blue but I can’t help it. 

I started by making dots across the corner of my nail with Quo’s Steel Heart leaving spaces in between. I then went back and filled them in with more dots in the original  Baby Blue that I used for the full nail. 

I took pictures as usual but decided it needed a little more. I added black striping tape along the edge of the design.  What do you guys think? Striping tape or no striping tape?

WITH STRIPING TAPE

WITHOUT STRIPING TAPE

Striping Tape!!!

I just wanted to write a quick post before I head off to bed :o)  I received my order in today from Nail Polish Canada.  What did I get?  Well I decided to get some striping tape(and maybe a little more).  I've seen it on some blogs and really liked the looks created with it. 
Below is my first attempt.  My mind has been all over the place with our upcoming move so I was lacking in ideas. I can ensure you I will make up for it!

I used two coats of Quo's 'Filthy Rich'.  The striping tape is incredibly easy to use.  I just laid it on the nail and trimmed off any excess. 

I took this picture inside with my camera minus a flash :oP  The polish had a much better glimmer in person. Once I get settled in to my new place I will attempt making a light box.....key word.....attempt

NIGHT NIGHT, DON'T LET THE BED BUGS BITE!!!