Gold & Navy.............

Good morning everyone! If you missed my post last night, please make sure to read it.

Okay as you can see I decided to keep my watermark semi small, and hopefully not to annoying :) Some pics have 2, only because they were already ready to be posted, but only the middle one will be there after this post.

Anyways, I wanted to use some gold glitter, and had to reach for my China Glaze Medallion. It is by far my fave gold glitter in the world, and very hard to capture it's beauty on camera. Since I have also been on a semi matte kick, I decided to use my Claire's Matte Cobalt polish. I also just love navy and gold together :)

I started with 2 coats of Cobalt Blue

Then using tape, taped off half of my nail, and added Medallion

I then added a top coat to remove the roughness and so I don't remove layers of skin, since I tend to be accident prone.



Gold & Green Funky French

So to take a break from the Water Marbling, I decided to show you a funky french I did last week. Oh and before we get to this mani..............I BROKE A NAIL!!! Grrrr, I slammed it in a car door :( It broke my middle finger nail, down far!!! I'm debating on putting a fake on, or ljust letting it be, and grow out. I don't know, this sucks!! Okay, whew, rant over, now on to the mani. For this I used the brand 10, color #415 for the base, Ulta Urban Jungle for the tips, and Claires 14 Karats for the Konad.

This is 2 coats of the base, 10, #415

Then with the Konad on :)

And the final mani :)



Another night, I just couldn't decide......

Today was a VERY long day. I didn't get much time at home tonight to do a mani, and the little time I had, I just couldn't decided what to do. I actually had another mani started and just quit in the middle, because I wasn't feeling it, lol. My brother, sister in-law and my niece and nephew are in town and I'm just soooo happy I get to spend time with them. It's fairly rare, since we don't live near one another. So my lack of time, and creativity is 100% worth it!!  Anyways, sorry for the babbling, here is what I settled on. I used OPI La Paz-itively Matte, Claires 14 Karats and Sinfuls Black on Black.

OPI La Paz-itively Hot Matte, all alone

Then with Claire's 14 Karats for the Konad

I decided to add a coat of SV, so bye bye matte!

And, of course, black tips.



So I really hope you guys don't mind all my pictures, I just can never pick 1 or 2, and like to show you guys how my mani evolves, and not just the finished product. Please, though, let me know if I include too many pics, I mean after all, this blog is for you!! Thanks, XOXO

Who doesn't love 14 Karat gold flowers!

Okay, so they aren't real flowers, or real gold, but close enough. I have def been in a Konad/Bundle Monster plate mood lately. This past weekend, I did this mani. I used Sinfuls Black on Black and Claires 14 Karats for the design.

Then with black tips! I think the black tips just complete a mani, well...in my opinion, obviously : P

A few Claire's swatches

I picked up a few Claires polishes, while out at the Philadelphia Outlets. I am just loving their new glitters!!
These were all 3 coats, and a very easy application!

The first is Dazzling

This is Diva

Twinkle Twinkle

Glitter Top Coat

Then of course, I HAD to add black tips to this one!

Navy & Gold....An Amazing Couple

A while ago on a trip to Claire's I spotted this Navy Matte polish, and grabbed it. It sat in my drawer for a few months, till recently. I love my mattes. You can just do so much with one polish, and playing with different finishes is so much fun.

Here it is as her natural self

Not my most favorite matte polish to apply, but not bad either. That was 2 coats

Now here she is with a coat of SV

It's amazing how much she changes!! So smooth, and reflective!

Then I tried her matte with gold tips, just because I love those colors together. For the tips I used Color Clubs Enchanted from the 2010 Holiday mini set.

and of course, slapped on a coat of SV, and TA DA, a beautiful, chic mani, well....to me : P