Giveaway/Challenge winner...Nicole Gets Nailed

And the winner is...................................

 

Nicole gets Nailed

This was such a tough competition.  I ended up getting 10 entries via blog posts and emails.  I'm so glad I was not the judge on this because I could not have picked.  I've posted three other entrants photo's below.  I could not go without posting them.  If you aren't already following these fine ladies.....THEN DO IT! 

This is Nicole's entry.  I think what impressed the judges is the detail.  Most people looking at nail art pictures don't realize how tiny the designs are until they look at the size of there own nails. Pretty tiny canvas! I think I agreed with my husband to the 'food' theme because I knew I would get little pictures :) I cannot free hand at all. At least this gave me the opportunity to showcase some on my blog.

 

 

I love all of these so so much.  I wish everyone could of won :(  Next time I think I will do the draw because this is just so darn difficult.  I'm crossing my fingers that these fine ladies will do a guest post for me sometime.

 

 

So I love tiny cute stuff and this fits perfectly into that category.  I love everything about it. Who wouldn't like happy vegetables....and the chef?.....A-MAZ-ING.

 

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What I loved with this one was the shading and technique in the blueberries. Very artistic.  She is just amazing.

A must follow

 

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This one is crazy wicked.  Look how perfect those arches are!!!!

You must go check out all her designs. Very talented lady

 

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31 Day Challenge: Flowers

Hi All

Today's challenge is flowers. As you can see from the photos I did not freehand them.  I'm sick so this is all I could do with the energy I had. 

Back to bed.......:o(

Salon Express.....here is where we part ways...

You heard it! I don't know why I keep trying with these plates. I think I like the simple single designs. That way I have freedom to place them anywhere on my nails.  Unfortunately they are crap.....  I'm having a hard time throwing them out though. I have both Konad and Bundle Monster so I don't know why I hold on to them.

I should be getting my new set of Bundle Monster plates on Monday from Nail Polish Canada.  I'm being very impatient about it.  I just love the look of stamps. Especially when its a pattern that covers the entire nail. 

Any who the full nail is in Revlon's 'Vixen'.  This is what made this picture worth posting. It's a gorgeous deep burgundy wine colour.  Perfect for fall!

Peace out!

Bex

xo

31 Day Challenge: Animal Print

I've been waiting for this day in the challenge!

 I've always been far to intimidated to post any animal prints. They usually end up all lumpy and nasty looking but this time it worked out well for me.  At least as far as the lumpiness goes.

The full nail is in 'Baby Blue' by Nicole.  The leopard dots are in Quo 'Blue Skies' and another no name mini bottle of Quo.

Make sure to check out the other fine ladies animal print

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
-Greta at How Was Your Day?
-Miss L at Beauty by Miss L
-Gini at Sassy Paints
-Chameleon Stampede
-Pam at Nail-E-Glance
-Me, Myself, and Polish
-Robin Sparkles  

September Julep Maven Mystery Box

JULEP'S 'NAIL OF THE DAY' SEPTEMBER 26TH

Today I have my review of my September Julep maven Mystery box.  This is the first one I’ve bought so my 3^rd box to date.  The mystery boxes come out once and awhile. Just like the others its $19.99 but you can receive anywhere from $60 to $200 worth of product. 

 I was waiting on mine to arrive so had to search the web to see what other people received.  There was actually quite a bit of hoopla about the whole deal.  Apparently a lot of people got less than $60 worth of product. Looks like mine was worth $56.00. I read that when someone contacted Julep they said the little reusable bag was worth $5.00. Obviously that’s not true but I think that enough people complained that they won’t be making the same mistake again. Forgive and forget ;)

As per usual I decided to make a manicure out of just Julep nail polish.  This is my first attempt at doing a needle design(is that what it's called?).  I did my full nail in Eva I then added dots in the same colour as well as the blue.  I think this is the mystery colour because it did not have a name.  Then I took my trusty safety pin and made some swirls. I’m for sure doing this again.  It was pretty fun!

Did anyone else get the mystery box? 

From right to left. Jennifer(a pale sheer pink), Eva(deep raspberry creme), Mystery colour (blue shimmer), Portia(blue glitter)

This picture does not do the colours justice.  I tried taking it in my light box I made.  No matter what the pictures are very poor quality when I use it. Any suggestions to make the lighting more natural?

If your not already a Maven the get off your behind and do it!!

Don't forget to use my referral code 4710629

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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 

Fall Flowers

9 Days left to enter my GIVEAWAY/CHALLENGE

I did this look a week or so ago so I have no idea what I used...hence the short post.

All I'm sure about is that I used a stamp for the vines and added in my own flowers.  Not a big fan of this but now that I look at this I could of made the flowers pumpkins for a fall look.  I don't think I'm one to wear pumpkins on my nails though.

Green Giraffe

When picking out this stamp and the colours I figured I wouldn't be a fan of the end result.  Wrong-o!!!

I was shocked by how cool it looked.  Not to mention who wouldn't want to be a green giraffe!!  I guess you never really know until you try something. I've picked colours that I thought would look great together and they ended up being blahhh.  These nails are something I could wear to work.  It's not too in your face but still very fun.

I used Essie's 'Gym Dandy' for the base.  This is one of the $1.99 clearance polishes I picked up from the Yogaga collection.  The stamp is Bundle Monster  BM313.  I've found that quite a few of Sally Hansen's Complete Salon Manicure polishes work great for stamping.  This is 'Grass Slipper'

What do you guys think? Not for everyone but I think its fun

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!!!

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  

Matte Black Sugar Spun Nails

Howdy Folks!

I've had these nails stored in my brain for a very long time now.  I kept meaning to try it out and finally on Sunday I did.  Although sugar spun nails are not practical for a girl like me(remember I'm a picker!)  I still really wanted to try it out.  I think the effect is so cool

The black is Rimmel London's 'Black Satin'.  I used two coats and topped off with Gosh 'Matt Effect'.  I used the same black to create the sugar spun effect!  The sugar spun part is not the best but still not bad. 

This is the first time a mani in my head turned out the same on my nails. WOOP WOOP!

Yogaga your a Burgandy Flirt(sorry I don't have a title)

Good Morning Everyone!  ;o)

Today I have something a little fun for you. I enjoyed doing this one because I got to use the dotter!!!

I'm really getting into fall colours now.  As far as nail polish I think you can wear any colour in any season. The nail polish companies seem to stick with seasonal colours though.

For the base I used Essie's 'Yogaga'.  I love this colour but unfortunately it looks like it was a limited edition. I can't find it anywhere now.  The burgundy colour is Rimmel's 'Burgandy Flirt'. 

You will notice for awhile that I'm not showing my thumb.  It's in pretty rough shape right now.  I caught it on something so had to cut it very very extremely short!

31 Day Challenge: Gradient

It's the day I've been dreading.......gradient day.  I don't know why I get so frustrated with them but I never like the way they turn out.

I decided to do a pretty simple gradient.  My full nails are in Orly's 'Decades of Dysfunction'. I used Zoya's 'Rory' to create a light shimmer gradient.  Then I hid it with gradient dots! I'm sneaky like that

  Not my best work but it will have to do for now :oP Make sure to check out the other ladies work.  Now its back to laundry for me ....booo0

Julep Maven September 'It Girl' Box

JULEP'S 'NAIL OF THE DAY' SEPTEMBER 21ST

I'm so excited to finally share with you guys my September Julep Maven Box.  I was waiting to post until I received my free polish so I could do it all in one post.  I have to say I'm loving these boxes!  It's only my second but so far so good!
I decided to go with the It girl box again.  As I mentioned in my last Julep post I'm not actually an 'It Girl'....but my nails are.  Below is just something fun I did up so you could see all the colours.  The swatches are below.

Obviously the blue is my favourite!! I was able to pick one extra from the whole collection and this was without a doubt the one I was choosing. 

See swatches below!!!

Left to Right: Otte, Delaunay, Gunta and Alma)

Left to Right: Alma, Delaunay, Otte and Gunta)

If your not already a Maven the get off your behind and do it!!

Don't forget to use my referral code 4710629

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31 Day Challenge: Rainbow

Yay for my mommy!!!!!
......  she dropped off her camera for me to borrow until I get a new one.  She left it in the mailbox and. although it was not as exciting as nail mail it was pretty damn exciting.  Needless to say I ran inside and started to do my Rainbow nails for the 31 day challenge. As you can see its nothing to creative but I did not want to miss posting it before midnight ;o)

I even have all the nail polish names because they are still sitting beside me.  From red to blue we have:

Quo by Orly mini bottle of red
Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in 'Sun Kissed'
Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in 'Mellow Yellow'
Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure in 'Grass Slipper'
Finger Paint's in 'Inkblot Blue'

oh ya....the dots are Nfu Oh 61!

See y'all tomorrow!

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
-Greta at How Was Your Day?
-Miss L at Beauty by Miss L
-Gini at Sassy Paints
-Chameleon Stampede
-Pam at Nail-E-Glance
-Me, Myself, and Polish
- Robin Sparkles 

L'Oreal Jet Set to Paris

I'm getting low on my vault photos.  My parents gave me their extra camera last night but the quality of the macro shots are very poor.  I have my eye on the Bloggie Sport but for now my mom is going to lend me her camera.  Hopefully that one will work ;oP

I picked up three L'oreal shades a couple weeks ago. I have to say that I'm loving them.  I have another mani in my vault with all three colours together but I'll leave that to another day.

The blue on my nails is L'Oreal's 'Jet Set to Paris'. I'm loving this polish.  Everything about it was working for me. :o)  I can't for the life of me remember what colour the beige is. Maybe its another one of the L'Oreal's I bought or maybe its Essie Yogaga.  It's a mystery! When I vault pictures I should really write down all the colours I use. 

Salon Express Review

Another from the vault.  I should be getting a new(to me) camera tonight or tomorrow.  Thank goodness for mommy and daddy :oP

I had found the Salon Express kit on sale really cheap so I figured why not.  So far I'm not super impressed. I already had some Konad plates so I couldn't help to compare.  The designs were not always easy to pick up from the plate and when they did they smudged a little.  Like I say though it was on sale so no biggie

I painted my nails in Revlon's 'Royal'.  I loooove this colour.  It takes a couple coats but it is a jelly base so I'm not going to hold anything against it. 


Don't forget about my Giveaway/Challenge. Times a tickin!

31 Day Challenge: Metallic

Today is suppose to be metallic for the 31 day challenge. I'm not a huge fan of metallic but I did a mani that turned out pretty good.....this is not it!

My camera has officially died...with my metallic nails in it.  I found these old pictures on my computer and it was the closest thing I could use.  The striping tape is metallic so good enough right??? There is a reason I never posted these but I'm now thankful for them.

I don't know what I'm going to do for pictures.  My husband has a pretty wicked camera phone that I could use but he works alot. :oP  Mommy and Daddy have an extra camera so they may come to the rescue! hehehe  I think I'm in for a very very crazy week.  I could go on forever but I don't want to put you through that.

Polish is Clair by Julep

Make sure to check out the other ladies art work!


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
-Greta at How Was Your Day?
-Miss L at Beauty by Miss L 
-Gini at Sassy Paints 
-Chameleon Stampede 
-Pam at Nail-E-Glance
-Me, Myself, and Polish 
- Robin Sparkles  

Whimsical Clouds

Happy Sunday!  I'm spending the afternoon/evening in my room :os.  It's back to football Sundays so I try to stay away.  I'm good with hockey but football is a snooze fest.

On Friday I got in my Bundle Monster plates.  I see people using them more than Konad now so I had to try them out.  I also bought a brush and dotter set.  Mostly for the case but I'm loving everything in it as well

For the full nail I used the exact same polish as I did here. I love Revlon Whimsical but it can be a pain.  The clouds are from plate number BM312

I tried a couple other plates. Some good, some not so good.  You will be seeing more soon....

31 Day Challenge; Black & White (and a whole lot of hate!)

Shortest post ever because I've already spent enough time on this manicure.  We hate one another.  I've never been more frustrated.  Hope you guys enjoy it because we parted ways after the picture was taken.  Take that manicure!!!!!

Check out the other ladies(links below). I'm sure they had much better luck on theres

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
-Greta at How Was Your Day?
-Miss L at Beauty by Miss L 
-Gini at Sassy Paints 
-Chameleon Stampede 
-Pam at Nail-E-Glance
-Me, Myself, and Polish 
- Robin Sparkles 

'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????

Don't forget to enter my GIVEAWAY CHALLENGE!

31 Day Challenge: Purple (a day late)

Yes I know ....I'm a day late.  In my defence though it was a long weekend. I had no idea until I saw Kimber's.  eeeeeks!  So I ran home and did up this look. Thank goodness my nails were already purple.


When at the CNE in Toronto I picked up some Sally Hansen Salon effects strips(see below!).   I had on 'Violet Night'.  This was a time saver when doing my nails last night.   The other two colours used in this mani are Sally Hansen X-treme Wear in 'Lacey Lilac' and Revlon's 'Impulsive'. 

I promise not to miss another day challenge!

I wanted to add a couple pictures of my visit to the CNE.  This is just one booth that had nail polish......one!  There was a ton of these.  Thousands and thousands of nail polish there.  Unfortunately I went on the last weekend so they were pretty much just grandma colours left.  Some fun colours but nothing I thought I would want.   One booth did however have Sally Hansen Salon Effects.  I decided to pick up some of those and one double pack of Borgese nail polish and top coat.  6 for $20.00...you can't go wrong ;)



Random lip gloss in there  :oP



My only nail purchase

Make sure to check out the other ladies participating in the 31 day challenge. 

-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
-Greta at How Was Your Day?
-Miss L at Beauty by Miss L 
-Gini at Sassy Paints 
-Chameleon Stampede 
-Pam at Nail-E-Glance
-Me, Myself, and Polish 
- Robin Sparkles