Valentine Nails

Hi lovelies!

I was in the mood for some serious cute and girly nails today.  And after deep cleaning the kitchen, yesterdays mani was looking rough!  So I set out to do some cute, lovey sort of nails.  With Valentine's day coming up, all the more reason to, right?  I admit, I certainly don't hate V-day, but I've also never really felt the need to go all out either.  Last year the boy and I had take out sushi then watched a hockey game.  Romantic, right?  At least we spent some time together.   This year he'll be gone doing military things, so I may as well celebrate through my manis, haha.

 

My first 'skittles' mani!  I started with a base of OPI - Pink Friday, except for the accent of Revlon - Downtown, which is SO gorgeous.. it's a light blue suede type of polish, seriously pretty.  My pinky has two coats of Barielle's - Elle's Spell, the ever so beautiful red flakie polish, my ring finger has Icing - Written in the Stars glitter layered on top and my middle finger has OPI Planks A Lot (stamped hearts) and Gosh - Deep Purple (the 'love' stamp).

 

For the index I used different sized dotting tools and OPI Planks A Lot & Revlon - Raspberry Rapture.  And the stamp on the thumb was done using OPI Dim Sum Plum.

 

Cute, right?  I love the Icing glitter polish.. I just wish I had skipped the accent nail this time around, it just doesn't fit in with the rest of them.  I can't wait to do more V-day themed manis though :)

What are your plans for Valentine's day?

Boyfriend Mani

Hi all!

The mani I'm about to show you was completely 100% chosen by my boyfriend.  Sometimes when I'm feeling a little uninspired I tell him to go through my stash and pick out colours and ask him to just.. design my mani.  Apparently I screwed this one up by stamping the wrong colours on the wrong nails, but I think he just doesn't remember what he picked :P

 

The base for all except the accent nail is Barielle - Falling Star, and the accent is Puke, as he calls it.  Ha.  Then Revlon Alluring Amber was stamped over Whimsical, and Revlon Raspberry Rapture was stamped over Falling Star.  I actually fell in love with the accent nail, it looks so retro!

I had a feeling that stamping over Falling Star would be difficult, but I try to just go with whatever he chooses since he typically picks things I would never come up with on my own.  It gave it a bit of subtlety, but it wasn't flashy enough for my liking ;)

Barielle - Falling Star (Winners has a lot of Barielle's lately, I love it!)

Revlon - Raspberry Rapture

Revlon - Whimsical

Revlon - Alluring Amber

Stamping Sunday...on Monday

Hey guys!

I'm a day late for this one.. I'm in a stamping group on Facebook, and yesterdays challenge was to do an Under the Sea themed mani.

 

This was my take on it. I painted my nails the teal colour, then sponged a nice sparkly blue on the tips, and added a coat of the finger paints flakies to give it a sea-like glow.  I stamped sea-weed looking things on my thumb and pinkie, an anchor and fish skeleton on my ring and pointer, and a pair of jumping dolphins on my middle finger.  I really wish I would have used the black polish to stamp the dolphins.. it just didn't pop enough for me.  

Lesson learned for next time ;)

 

Barielle:  Decadence (base)

Orly: Stone Cole (sponged on the tips)

Finger Paints: Motley (flakies over the base)

Wet n Wild: Black Creme

Colour Club:  Worth the Risque

Thanks for looking!

PCFC: Jewellery Inspired

Hi girls!

Today's Purple Crumpet Fairy Challenge was Jewellery Inspired.

I'm not a huge jewellery wearer.. I have my every day earrings and two rings that I wear, and that's about it.  Necklaces bother the crap out of me since I can't handle anything touching the front of my neck so I steer clear of those ;)

I knew right away what I would do though.  Early last year my boyfriend went on a short deployment to Ireland, and brought me back a ring that I wear every day.  Just before he left we had started paperwork to become common law, so the government now considers him my husband, even though we're not really 'married', but what he brought back kind of just symbolizes our commitment to one another.

Anyway!  Less words, more pictures:

 

Can you guess what kind of ring it is?

 

 

Claddagh rings symbolize love, friendship and loyalty.  Now I realize I didn't do the hands but.. really, I'm no artist and this would have just turned out awful :P  I love it, and love what they mean, it never leaves my finger!

I used a small dotting tools for the hearts, and used one of the bundle monster plates for the crowns.

 

Essie: Feed Me

Barielle: Out-Grey-Geous (base)

OPI - Pink Friday (hearts)

OPI - Teenage Dream (over the hearts)

Sally Hansen Insta-Dri - Grape Escape (crown)

Essie: Good to Go

What's your favourite piece of jewellery?

Thanks for looking :)