Seahawks vs Broncos

 Super Bowl nails! Sorry for the terrible photos, I was in a rush to get pictures before I might ruin them. I don't really have a team I am cheering for today but my good friends are huge Seahawks fans, they're from the state, so I might be cheering for them a little more today.
 I used Sally Hansen Navy Baby for the ring fingers and the tips on the index fingers. The rest is done all in acrylic paint with the exception of the blue reflects shimmer, it's a no name polish I bought back in Japan. The seahawk and bronco I did for myself using the nail art sticker method, you can see that here. I made them in my off time at work since it's a pain to paint something like the broncos head on my non-dominate hand

 Are you cheering for anyone today?

Halloween Black Cat, Bats, and Glitter

 Happy Halloween everyone! I can hardly believe it's already here. This past year has flown by for me, I know I haven't been around much but this past year has had a lot of changes and I am thankful that you all have stuck around with me.
  Anyways, today I have a simple, fun design with a cat silhouette and bats. The index and pinky fingers are OPI Emotions which is a black sand polish, I really like this one and if you haven't seen it in person you really should. The middle is China Glaze Bat My Eyes with Boo-gie Down over it. The ringer fingers are OPI A Roll In The Hague with black acrylic paint for the black cat and bats.

 Here is my other hand with the bats. I messed this one up, that's life sometimes, by touching the top coat right after applying it and had to go back and redo some of it.

 And last is my pumpkin, Jack, from The Nightmare Before Christmas.

 I hope you all have a wonderful day! Do you have any plans? I will most likely be painting my face and dressing up the dogs to go out and about, then give out candy to the kids later. Check back tomorrow to see my actual Halloween mani and maybe a few other things!

China Glaze Monsters Ball

 Hey guys! Halloween is one of my favorite times of the year and I love doing nail art for it. Unfortunately, I haven't had much time to devote to here or my nails really. I did pick up four of the China Glaze Monsters Ball Halloween polishes for this year a few weeks ago and am just now getting around to trying them. I know, I fail. Anyways, on to the polish.
 Fang-Tastic is a clear base with blue, green, and pink glitter. Picture is two coats over a sheer, light shimmer polish with top coat.

 Howl You Doin' is a rich, deep purple base with copper flakes and purple shimmer. It's very reminiscent of OPI Merry Midnight. Picture is two coats with top coat.

 Bat My Eyes is a black jelly base loaded with gold glitter and a bit of orange bar glitter here and there. Picture is two coats with top coat.

 Boo-gie Down is a clear base with black, orange, and white various sized hex glitter with black bar glitter as well. Picture is two coats over Agro with top coat.

 What will you be doing for Halloween? Check back tomorrow for a bit of Halloween nail art and my pumpkins for this year!

Rainbow Honey Fab Summer Set

 Hey guys! I know it's been a long time, lots going on at the moment but I am still around!
 Today I have the Fab Summer Set by Rainbow Honey made exclusively for Fab.com. I love these colors, perfect for summer!
 First up is Schrammi, a dark coral with gold shimmer. Picture is two coats with top coat.

 Tenda is a bright green with gold shimmer. I paired Costa Del Sol, a clear base with various sizes of gold holographic hex glitter and bar glitter, over Tenda. Picture is two coats of Tenda with two coats of Costa Del Sol over the ring finger with top coat.

The FAB Summer Set is now available through fab.com for a limited time only. Each set contains 3 full size 15ml nail lacquers designed exclusively for FAB by Rainbow Honey. $25. While supplies last. For more information visit http://fab.com/designer/rainbow-honey/

*Products in this post were provided for my honest opinion* 

ABU Military Print with Tutorial for Memorial Day!

 Happy Memorial Day! Today I have a military ABU print tutorial to share with you guys. Since my husband is Air Force and deployed, coming home soon, I figured this was perfect for today! The color looks a bit darker in these pictures than it should be but it is much closer in real life.

 If you would like to see the tutorial keep reading.

St. Patrick's Day

 Hey guys! I usually don't do much for St. Patrick's Day but I had a customer come in and want a design for it. She told me go for it and do whatever I liked. As I started to do green and gold with shamrocks she showed me a tattoo on the back of her neck of a shamrock surrounded by small black dots and stars and had to make it match. It turned out so well that I couldn't help but recreate it on myself!
 The base is OPI Goldeneye with China Glaze Running In Circles faded on the tips and Orly Monster Mash lightly over it. The shamrock and dots are done with acrylic paint.

China Glaze Glitz Bitz 'N Pieces

 Hey guys! Just a short and sweet post today. I picked up three of the new China Glaze Bitz 'N Pieces polishes yesterday and couldn't wait to try them out.
 Graffiti Glitter is a clear base with various sizes of green and black hex glitter and black bar glitter. Picture is one coat of Graffiti Glitter over white with top coat.

 Mosaic Madness is a clear base with various sizes of blue and black hex glitter and black bar glitter. Picture is one coat of Mosaic Madness over white with top coat.

 Glitz 'N Pieces is a clear base with various sizes of silver and black hex glitter and black bar glitter. Picture is two coats of Glitz 'N Pieces over white with top coat.

 While all of these seem to be fairly packed with glitter the large black hex glitter is a bit sparse and you sometimes need to fish it out if you want it on the nail. 

Christmas Stripes

 Hey guys, I hope you all had a wonderful week! Since I didn't get around to posting this before Christmas I figured I should at least post it before New Year. I used China Glaze Running In Circles for the index and middle finger, OPI The Spy Who Loved Me for the ring and pinky and white acrylic paint for the stripes.

Christmas Dots

 Hey guys! I know I haven't been posting much lately and I have pretty much missed out on Christmas designs this year but I wanted to at least try and get a few posted before it is over. This is just super simple dots over white lines. I used OPI Don't Talk Bach To Me as the base, the white lines are acrylic paint, the green dots are China Glaze Running In Circles and the red dots are OPI The Spy Who Loved Me.

 If you celebrate Christmas what are your plans this year? My husband deployed a few weeks ago so I will be sleeping in and dog sitting for a friend. 

Christmas Marbled Tips

 Hey everyone! A super quick post today. My nails have not been fairing well and I had a mild allergic reaction to something the other day so I haven't been taking any pictures because my hands have been really red but I really wanted to try a Christmas color marble. I used OPI Alpine Snow for the base and swirled on the tips China Glaze Running In Circles, OPI Golden Eye and OPI The Spy Who Loved Me.

China Glaze Cirque Du Soleil: Worlds Away, A Few Of My Picks

 Hey guys, today I have a few polishes from the China Glaze Cirque Du Soleil: Worlds Away that ties in with the Cirque Du Soleil movie coming out soon. I was really excited for these to pop up and was lucky enough to be there when my store put them out and got first pick!
 Get Carried Away is a sheer black jelly base with small black and white hex glitter, medium red, silver and black hex glitter, and black bar glitter. It is thick and chunky and would benefit from some thinner. I really prefer this one layered, at three coats a lot of the glitter gets lost. Picture is three coats with top coat.

 It's A Trap-eze! is a milky white base with small and medium multicolored glitter. The formula was a bit thick as well. Picture is three coats with top coat.

 I paired Whirled Away and Running in Circles because I thought they would look amazing together.
 Whirled Away is a clear base with black bar, black medium hex and large white hex glitter. I have to admit I was slightly disappointed by it, the white glitter in this on is sparse, really any of the glitter in this one is, and you have to somewhat fish it out to get any. Running In Circles is a sheer green glass flake and is absolutely gorgeous! Picture is two coats of Running in Circles followed by two coats of Whirled Away with top coat. Please excuse the dog hair on my middle finger, our dog has long hair to begin with but is currently shedding.

 Water You Waiting For is a blue base with blue, green and purple glitter. It certainly does remind me of water. Picture is three coats with top coat.

 Have you spotted these out yet? What are your favorites?

OPI On Her Majesty's Secret Service vs. Sinful Colors Winter Wonder

 Hey guys! First off I have been experimenting with my photos. I made a new lightbox backdrop and changed my lighting set up so it might be a few days before I get everything tuned in and you will probably see a few pictures with my old set up as well.
 Anyways, I had to post this today because I was out yesterday and found Sinful Colors Winter Wonder and thought it looked similar to something I just bought. Turns out, it is. It's a very close dupe for OPI On Mer Majesty's Secret Service, though OPI might have slightly larger particles in it. They are both a blue base with blue, green, pink and gold shimmer. Pictures are three coats of Winter Wonder on my index and ring finger and three coats OPI On Mer Majesty's Secret Service on my middle and pinky finger, both with top coat. Even at one coat they look exactly the same and if I didn't know any better I wouldn't be able to tell them apart.

OPI Live And Let Die with Simple Scrolling

 Live And Let Die, from the OPI Skyfall 007 collection, is a dark green base with gold shimmer, so pretty! Since I've always had trouble with scroll designs but have been practicing lately I thought it would go great with this shade and added some simple scrolling with gold acrylic paint. Picture is two coats of Live And Let Die, gold acrylic paint for the scrolling and top coat.

China Glaze Glitter All The Way

 I'm a little sad that Halloween is already over but all the holiday collections are popping up around here and I couldn't resist picking up a few colors while I was out yesterday. The first one I had to try was China Glaze Glitter All The Way from the Holiday Joy collection, this is the mini bottle from Holiday Charms set. It's a clear base with medium green hex glitter and small purple, red and gold hex glitter, very Mardi Gras looking. Picture is one coat of Glitter All The Way over OPI Alpine Snow with top coat.

Eye Am Watching You!

 Happy Halloween guys! If you are on the East coast I hope you are doing well! Just a quick post today, I wanted to try this design but I didn't have much time plus I have a nasty break on my index nail so I ended up only doing the eyes on one. The base is China Glaze Cast A Spell and the eyes are done with acrylic paint. 

 And bonus pictures of our pumpkins we carved and our dog, Sasha, dressed as a wolf in sheep's clothing for Halloween!

 Do you celebrate Halloween? If you do, what are your plans?

China Glaze Cast A Spell and Comparison to It's Alive

 Hey guys! I have another polish from the China Glaze Wicked collection today. Cast A Spell is a dark blackened green base with green and gold shimmer. Picture is two coats with top coat. The formula was fabulous on this one, it barely needed a second coat. 

 And because at first I thought Cast A Spell might be close to It's Alive, the green from last years Halloween collection, I had to compare them. As you can see, they are quite different.

Emerald Tree Boa Snakeskin

 Hey guys! Today I have another snakeskin design inspired by the Emerald Tree Boa which you can see here. The base is OPI Who The Shrek Are You? with green and white acrylic paint randomly sponged on, black acrylic paint to make the scales and a bit of TiNS The Surf Boy across the tips for some glitter. You can see my snakeskin tutorial here if you would like to try it.

Smoke And Ashes with Glitter

 Smoke And Ashes, back from the Capitol Colors collection for The Hunger Games movie, is a very dark base with green and blue glass flake. It is a pretty polish but unless you are in bright lighting the glass flake gets lost and looks almost just black. Picture is two coat with top coat.

 I had to add some randomly placed glitter since I was so let down with this polish.

 Have a great weekend!

OPI Just Spotted The Lizard, A Little Argyle Art And Our Puppy

 Hey guys! It has been a busy past few days for us training our new dog. She really didn't know how to play or what toys were for other than bones to chew on. We've taught her how to play fetch so far but she gets bored easily and just wants to be loved on.
 Just Spotted The Lizard is back from the Spider-man collection for summer. It's a gold with a touch of green and a green/blue duochrome. This is said be be an exact match for Chanel Peridot along with several other brands of polish like this. While I don't have Peridot to compare, they do look alike from the picture I have seen. Picture is two coats with top coat, formula was great but it does show some brushstrokes.

 I was trying out some argyle with glitter but in the process of taking pictures I hit both my index and middle finger, severely denting the polish, so I left those two out.

 And, as a bonus, here is our Malamute, Sasha. 

Sally Hansen In A Flurry

 Sally Hansen In A Flurry is a dark base with green/gold and purple shimmer. It has a bit of duochrome but it is hard to capture. You can see the purple on the tips of my middle and ring finger. Great polish, I really like this one. Picture is three coats with top coat. The formula was a little thin but it wasn't watery. My only issue? Every time, never fails with Sally Hansen it seems and I always forget to check, my brush had stray hairs that had to be cut off.