Holy holos, Batman!

Hello, hello!

The second holiday look I did this December was rather unplanned.  I went into my drawer of greens and picked out one I hadn't used yet:  butter London Trustafarian.  Well, one holo deserves another, so I paired it with OPI Designer Series Coronation.

This.  Almost.  Blinded.  Me!!!

butter London Trustafarian, with OPI DS Coronation

NOTD: Party look, with 18k gold

Hi!

I love blue nail polish... particularly dark, chrome-blue.  I enjoyed wearing it in the 90's and freaking people out with it in grad school.  Many thanks to Bettina, if quite belated. ^_^

Early in December I went to a singular I-beat-cancer/belated-birthday-party for one of my fellow ballroom dance students.  She was very reserved about her struggle, and it wasn't until that night that when we learned that she beat a very rare type of cancer, with a very high mortality rate. I have SUCH admiration for my friend's strength. ♥

Anyhoo... this post is about the mani I wore to this party:  

OPI Yo-gatta Get This Blue and $OPI 18K Gold topcoat

 The 18K topcoat was my very first $OPI purchase... erm... because it went on clearance for 50%off. ^_Q  I liked it a lot.  I just wish I could have built it up more on the tips.  I had a more dense look in mind for the gold.  I really want to try this gold over dark green, say Nars Zulu.  Hey, considering that emerald is the Pantone color of 2013... ^_^

31 Day Challenge - Day 26: Pattern

Hello!

I feel like I'm racing against the clock now.  The following challenges are all complicated (for my skill level) but I'm actually happy with the last couple of them.

Here goes "pattern":



OPI DS Coronation (silver) & Orly Mysterious Curse

I have a teeny, tiny stamping set, which I have played with very little. This was my first attempt at a "full nail" stamp.  The sunburst design wasn't big enough for my whole nail. But I was also purposefully turning it sideways.  However, I'm very pleased with how this mani came out.


31 Day Challenge - Day 9: rainbow

Hello!

"It's a double rainbow all the way... woah... It's so vivid... what does this mean?!"**
**This is a redunculous You Tube vid that went viral a while back. Cllck at your own risk. ;-)

Truth is, it means I had done two rainbow manis and I had two pictures, so why not post them both.  =)



     

 

31 Day Challenge - Day 8: metallic

Hi!

I feel a little guilty posting today's challenge.  Let me show you first and elaborate on my nonsense later: 



OPI Crown Me Already! over Orly Dazzle 
with China Glaze Dorothy Who? over Color Club Cold Metal (accent)

31 Day Challenge - Day 3: yellow

Hey-o!  Today I give you a 2-for-1 challenge post.  =)

Yellow:  for the longest time I didn't really care for yelow as a nail polish color.  Then I encountered OPI's The It Color.  It was bold, in-your-face, almost "roadstrip" yellow and just the right shade for our elementary school spirit colors. (Go Hornets! ;-)  To sweeten the deal The It Color had just been discontinued, so I found it on clearance (circa 2008, I think). Thus, come home with me it did.




OPI The It Color
with Jordana Copper Blaze (accent)

Just for fun I decided to spice this creme up with a little copper glitter.  It's odd, I know. But that's what I was going for.

31 Day Challenge - Day 1: red

Hi!

The last 2 weeks have been very rough, bot in life in general and on my nails.  I'm back to work in the classroom and everything is new there. (If you're really curious, I can point you towards my teaching blog.) 

As much as work is sucking the life out of me, I think I need to force the life back into me.  (I have not been a happy camper this last week in particular.)  Which is why I'm going to join the 30 Day September Nails Challenge.  I haven't found any strict rules or how-to list.  Therefore I am going to set my own rules for myself & this blog:  my personal goal is to post a challenge mani picture, every day, to correspond with the challenge 'menu' below. 

This doesn't mean that I will change my mani every single day (I don't know if I can manage that).  This is also a way that I can work on harder nail art manis (which terrify me, btw) on the weekend when I have more time (and I don't have to keep them on if they're a horrible mess).  Oh and this is not an "untrieds" challenge for me.  I did that this summer on vacation, and wore 50 untrieds from my stash. =) 

Here we go!  Let's have some fun!



OPI Vodka and Caviar with China Glaze Tinsel Town (accent)



 



NOTD: A Last Summer Fling

My summer of fun is about to come to an end... and I'm ok with it.

As I try to conclude my personal summer challenge (to wear 50 untrieds from my collection) I decided to recreate this mani by celebrity nail artist Leah Light (her facebook page is to die for btw) with corresponding colors from my stash.  (With this mani I stand at 41/50. Woo!)

This is the inspiration photo...


Source: Leah Light's Facebook page



...and this is my version of it:

NOTD - A Bad Case of The Blues

Hi!  This super quick post is dedicated to my friend, Ginger Eleanor. ♥



"A Bad Case of The Blues"

I will update it with more info on the colors used laters today. Right now, my car has a doctor's appointment.  =(    All better now!  Let's get on with the show, shall we?

I have a personal summer challenge going.  It's just a little list of some things that I want to get done.  I keep it as an album on my facebook page, so it's ilustrated.  One item is "to wear 50 untried polishes from my collection".  So I found a cool picture online and I've used that as my inspiration/representation: Fab Fatale's blue ombre nails.  "A Bad Case of The Blues" here is my interpretation of this fab mani. ♥ 

Want to know more about the ten colors I used? 

NOTD ♥ Holos ♥

Hey! 

Still on Holiday, but i still managed to leave some posts scheduled.

Holos ♥  They're gorgeous. Why had I not encountered these before?!  I thought I'd died and gone to heaven when I found these babies at an EPIC dusty nail supply store:

Nubar Gem and Color Club Revvvolution