Happy Memorial Day

 Hey guys, it's been a while and I've had a lot of things going on the past few months. I apologize for not posting, I am hoping, though, that now I will be back to somewhat of a more regular schedule.
 Today I have a simple Memorial Day design, just an eagle silhouette. I used OPI Absolutely Alice for the pinky, OPI Snowflakes In The Air for the ring finger, and China Glaze Just Be-Claws for the rest. The eagle is done with acrylic paint.

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!

Spring Flowers

 Hey guys! I picked up a few of the China Glaze Avant Garden polishes a while back but with school I hadn't had a chance to try them out until yesterday. I did a flower design inspired by Robin Moses, you can see that video here, on a customer at school last week and I liked the way they turned out and wanted to try them on myself since I don't usually do flowers much.
 The base is two coats of Keep Calm, Paint On which is a light mint green with shimmer. The flowers are done with acrylic paint and a bit of China Glaze white cap over the centers.

Valentines Day Leopard Ruffian

 Hey guys! Remember this leopard design? Well, I did a friends nails last week and that was the design that she picked out. While I was doing that on her I thought it would look great with a red ruffian and a few heart leopard spots for Valentines Day so here it is. The red is OPI The Spy Who Loved Me, China Glaze Kalahari Kiss and I Heard That for the base and spots with black acrylic paint for the outlining.

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 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.

Eclectic Glitter Leopard

 Hey guys! I wasn't sure what to really call this. I wanted to do leopard with the China Glaze glitters I recently picked up, you can see those swatches here. I used OPI Alpine Snow for the base and black acrylic paint that I used a fan brush and went quickly across the tips. Then I used China Glaze Get Carried Away on my thumb and middle fingers, China Glaze Whirled Away on my index and pinky and OPI Die Another Day and black acrylic paint to outline them.

 Also, my China Glaze Worlds Away Glitter Giveaway ends soon, don't forget to enter if you haven't already! The Pedi-Sox giveaway is now closed and I will be drawing names tonight so be on the lookout for an email tomorrow if you entered! 

China Glaze Worlds Away Glitter Giveaway!

 Hey everyone! Remember yesterdays post were I was lucky enough to see the Worlds Away collection by China Glaze when they were first set out out here? If you didn't you can see that post here. Well, while I was there I picked up three of the polishes to giveaway to one of you guys: Get Carried Away, It's A Trap-eze! and Whirled Away!

 To enter fill out the Rafflecopter form below. The only rule is to be a GFC follower of my blog. You also have additional entries for following me on Facebook or Twitter. This giveaway is open internationally to everyone as long as you are of legal age or have your parents permission and you can receive these items in the mail. Giveaway ends at midnight EST on 12/02/2012. Winner has 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen. All items are new, unused and were purchased by me. 

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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?

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.

China Glaze Bizarre Blurple and Make A Spectacle

 Hey guys! Today I have the last two polishes from the China Glaze Wicked collection for Halloween.
 Bizarre Blurple, as the name suggests, is a purple base packed with blue shimmer. Picture is two coats with top coat.

 Make A Spectacle is a clear base with various sizes of iridescent glitter. I was surprised with this one, at first I thought I wouldn't care for it but now that I have tried it I really do like it. Picture is one coat of Make A Spectacle over Bizarre Blurple.

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.

China Glaze Glitter Goblin

 Hey guys! I had meant to post this yesterday along with Immortal since I layered it over that but I didn't get the chance to edit through all the photos and I couldn't wait to post Immortal so it had to wait until today.
 Glitter Goblin, a clear base with orange, silver and holographic glitter, was the only polish I had planned on getting from the Wicked collection. Even though Immortal was a surprise favorite of mine, Glitter Goblin is a close second! Picture is one coat of Glitter Goblin over Immortal with top coat.

China Glaze Immortal

 I finally spotted the China Glaze Wicked collection for Halloween yesterday in our area. At first, I wasn't loving really anything but after seeing them in person I couldn't decide which ones to get. Roguish Red is pretty boring but I loved the rest!
 First up today is Immortal, it's a light grey with blue and purple shimmer. I have to say I think this might be my favorite of the collection. Picture is two coats with top coat but could have used a third in some spots.

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!

China Glaze Orange You Hot? with Gradient

 Hey guys! Orange You Hot?, from the Summer Neons collection, is one I picked up on sale a while back from Sally's. It's a bright neon orange with orange and silver shimmer. Because it is neon it does dry matte and needs top coat to be shiny. Picture is three coats with top coat.

 I had to try Orange You Hot? with L'Oreal Tweet Me sponged over the tips for a subtle gradient since they seemed great for each other.

Orly Mysterious Curse and China Glaze Haute Metal

 Hey guys, I hope you are all doing well. We got the news a few days ago that my husbands grandfather passed away. I only met him for a brief time back in July but from the stories my husband always told he was an amazing person and I know he will be deeply missed, my thoughts go out to his family.
 Not much to say today so it will be a quick post with lots of pictures. Mysterious Curse, another from the Orly Dark Shadows collection, is a dark blue/purple with blue shimmer. Picture is three coats with top coat, it was a little thin but nothing too bad.

 China Glaze Haute Metal over Orly Mysterious Curse.

Alligator/Crocodile Skin with Tutorial

 Hey guys! As promised, today I have a tutorial. This started out with me trying to do some kind of elephant skin but it ended up alligator/crocodile skin print instead.

 If you would like to see the tutorial keep reading!

China Glaze Elephant Walk

 Hey! I hope you are having a great week so far. I know I am probably behind all of you but I just read The Hunger Games book over the weekend and finished watching the movie last night. I have to say, like most everyone does, the book was by far better than the movie. Have any of your read the book and watched the movie? Which did you like better?
 Elephant Walk is from the China Glaze On Safari collection for fall. It's a green tinted grey with silver shimmer. The shimmer is just enough that you barely notice it unless in bright light but makes it more interesting than just the boring grey creme. My bottle was a little on the thick side and didn't even out on its own. Picture is two coats with top coat.

 Be sure to check back tomorrow for a nail art tutorial! 

China Glaze I'm With The Lifeguard and Gleam Me Up

 Hey guys! How was your weekend? I spent mine organizing my polish room and painting my Melmer. Yes, as sad as it is, it didn't even make it through the weekend without ending up painted leopard print. What can I say, I couldn't help myself.
 I'm With The Lifeguard is from the Summer Neons collection, it's a bright neon lime green with a ton of light gold shimmer. The formula on this one was a bit thin but it does dry fast being neon. Since this is neon it does dry somewhat matte and you will need top coat if you want it to be glossy. Picture is three coats with top coat.

 I also picked up China Glaze Gleam Me Up, a blue glitter crack polish, on sale last week and had to try these two together. I don't know if it is just my bottle but it seems very thin, making it sheer, which doesn't show well. Maybe I need a difference background color?