Pink Friday

Hey friends ♥

You deserve a mani post from me.  Especially after putting up with all the non-nail stuff,  you surely do.  So here it is... sweet, short and to the point:  

Color Club Electro Candy

I love this color.  It looks fantastic.  It makes me happy. ♥
~*Ari

NOTD: It's mauvelous, darling

Hi!

It may not be popular but, I love me a good "mom color" every once in a while.  For me it doesn't have to be dark/edgy/radical all the time.  When I'm craving a delicate look on my nail, those traditional colors really fit the bill.  

A couple week ago such a craving was fulfilled for me by L'Oreal Mauvelous, with an assist by Essie's A Cut Above:

[ Bad cellphone piccie-- sorry ]

My local grocery store dumped a lot of L'Oreal polishes into the clearance bin, and that's where I found Mauvelous.  It was hanging out with a sweet, baby-ballerina pink (How Romantic) and a shimmery, happy yellow (Tweet me). 

Mauvelous look rather pinker in real life, while A Cut Above looks less pink-- if that makes sense.  Al in all, both colors work together beautifully to create a clean, lady-like look. 

~*Ari

P.S. Yes, my Mom really likes Mauvelous.  She's so totally going to borrow it for sure.  ;-)

NOTD: Happy Halloween (literally)

Hi y'all!

It's been a while since my last post-- I apologize. but work has been (and apparently will continue to be) very, very evil.  I believe that's why I slanted towards the sweet side of Halloween this year.

Granted I am by no means a "dark-type" in personality.  But I was willing to go a bit out there this Halloween (with my costume).  Then I did w'iddle mummies last week!

Mummie!
100% inspired by the mani the nice lady at the DMV was sporting,
when I went to renew my license. (Bad, over-processed cellphone pic.)

For the curious (and if you're reading thus far, you are =) I used the inner guts of a pen as a dotting tool for the eyes. Fitting, no?  ^_Q   

Actually this was the mani that wouldn't die.  After I got bored of the gray (China Glaze's Hunger Games Stone Cold and some corner swipes of Jordana's Bronze Fest) I took it all off and went bright orange, with Barry M Coral and L'Oreal Coral Starfish.  That accented the mummies much better (sadly, no pics, sorry).

But that wasn't my Halloween mani.  This was ^_^

31 Day Challenge - Day 29: Supernatural

Wooh! I must admit I'm a little releived that the challenge month is almost over... even as I contemplate NaNoWriMo. Anyhoo...

Supernatural-- I didn't plan this out too much, and yet I think it worked out really well!

For this challenge theme I knew I wanted to use Cult Nails Mind Control for sure, but I didn't know what pair with with.   Looking thru my helmer this glitter stood out and when I read the name, I knew it was a match made in thematic heaven. ;-) 



Cult Nails Mind Control, with Jordana Fairy Dust (glitter accent)



How pretty are those two together?!?!?   I ♥ them!!!




Cult Nails Mind Control, with Jordana Fairy Dust (glitter accent)

The combination of overt-blingy glitter and micro-shimmer is just sooooooo pretty! ♥ ♥ ♥ 

31 Day Challenge - Day 22: Song

 ♪  You show the lights that stop me turn to stone
     You shine it when I'm alone
     And so I tell myself that I'll be strong
     And dreaming when they're gone  ♫

 

Ellie Goulding - Lights



Essie - Lights

I ♥ this color so hard.

31 Day Challenge - Day 14: flowers

Hi!

Superquick post!  Too long a day at work and I have dance tonigh-- must dash!
Just quickie post pics now and I will update with polish names and details later.  But there isn't much to be said. I went very minimalist for this challenge, giving myself just some 'Blackberry bling".**

**Urban Mani Dictionary - Blackberry bling: wherein you decorate only your thumb nails so they look cool while you're texting. ;-)

Sally Hansen Sealed With a Kiss

flower petals: Maybelline Pluto Pearl



flower center: Barry M Gold Glitter

~*Ari

31 Day Challenge - Day 13: animal print

Hey!

This post features another first for my dotting tool & my nail art 'skills' (such as they may be). 

My Cheetah print nails:




(L-R) Essie Sand Tropez, Color Club Get A Clue, Avon Jade
with Essie Heart My JR Jewels (french tip)

31 Day Challenge - Day 12: stripes

This is sad, y'all.  Sad nail art.  My first use of stripping tape. =(


Barry M Magenta Glitter (over & under) Wet n Wild Black Creme

I have seen so many amazing stripping tape manis that... well this is just lame.

But I loved Barry M Magenta Glitter.  It's simply gorgeous. 

Carry on.

~*Ari

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: The Borrowed Mani

(= *Part 1 of the What I did to my nails on my Summer Vacation series* =)

Well, I went to the beach, for one, with an especially fun mani: the borrowed mani: :-) 

(L to R) Sally Hansen Die-Hard Fan and 3 No-name Bon Bons.

NOTD: Summer Gimmics

First scheduled post----  Here we go! 

This is one of the bright, fun Summer manis that I did recently:

Del Sol Rock Star (blue) with Love & Beauty Rose