Pink Wednesday, a bit late :P

Hi all, I’ve been on a brief hiatus 😛 First we had to clean house for a bunch of guests who only stayed for half a day, and then Nick and I decided to go mattress shopping and I’ve been preoccupied with that. The mattress is awesome! It’s sooo much better. I’ve been waking up with back pain for the past few weeks, because the mattress was really old (when we took it out we found it pretty much sagged and looks a bit squashed, lol who knows how old it is!)

Anyway I have a Pink Wednesday post for y’all! It’s only about two hours and a half past midnight into Thursday, so I figure that’s not too late is it? 🙂

I began with a base of a Kleancolor pink neon, name escapes me… Then I freehanded the arrows on with Sonia Kashuk’s Ooh La La, a polish easily found in Target with a little brush 🙂

I think it’s awesome, it reminds me of those power up strips in Mario Kart or any racing games.

Or an oddly pink turn warning sign on roads 🙂

I had every intention to tape the arrows/stripes but it turned out way harder than I anticipated… o.O So freehand it was! xD

What do you think?

Pink Wednesday, a bit late :P

Hi all, I’ve been on a brief hiatus 😛 First we had to clean house for a bunch of guests who only stayed for half a day, and then Nick and I decided to go mattress shopping and I’ve been preoccupied with that. The mattress is awesome! It’s sooo much better. I’ve been waking up with back pain for the past few weeks, because the mattress was really old (when we took it out we found it pretty much sagged and looks a bit squashed, lol who knows how old it is!)

Anyway I have a Pink Wednesday post for y’all! It’s only about two hours and a half past midnight into Thursday, so I figure that’s not too late is it? 🙂

I began with a base of a Kleancolor pink neon, name escapes me… Then I freehanded the arrows on with Sonia Kashuk’s Ooh La La, a polish easily found in Target with a little brush 🙂

I think it’s awesome, it reminds me of those power up strips in Mario Kart or any racing games.

Or an oddly pink turn warning sign on roads 🙂

I had every intention to tape the arrows/stripes but it turned out way harder than I anticipated… o.O So freehand it was! xD

What do you think?

Pink Wednesday: a Three-fer!

Yes, that’s right for the price of One Pink Wednesday you get THREE! 😉
(Is it obvious that it’s just me trying to catch up on my backlog? Ehh.)

Apologies for the terrible lighting 😦 The stamp was a semi-fail too.
Base color: OPI Sparrow Me the Drama (another lover for the name! hah!)
Stamping Color: Wet n Wild Black Creme
Stamp: Konad M59

The next week, I took out OPI Strawberry Margarita. It’s a bold, vibrant almost-honeysuckle pink creme, and layered that with China Glaze White Cap from their Anchors Away Spring 2011 collection.

At first I couldn’t decide if I wanted it all matte, or glossy. So I tried an accent nail and then decided…

All matte! Hehe.

And now for my final look…

For this one, I began with a coat of Revlon Luxe Laque, a dusty mauve-ish pink creme. It’s not on the range of Pepto Bismol, nor Barbie, but leaning towards almost pastel.

Then I layered Luxe Laque with Wet n Wild Hannah Pinktana, a scattered holographic glitter suspended in a clear base.

I think they go together nicely 🙂

Pink Wednesday: a Three-fer!

Yes, that’s right for the price of One Pink Wednesday you get THREE! 😉
(Is it obvious that it’s just me trying to catch up on my backlog? Ehh.)

Apologies for the terrible lighting 😦 The stamp was a semi-fail too.
Base color: OPI Sparrow Me the Drama (another lover for the name! hah!)
Stamping Color: Wet n Wild Black Creme
Stamp: Konad M59

The next week, I took out OPI Strawberry Margarita. It’s a bold, vibrant almost-honeysuckle pink creme, and layered that with China Glaze White Cap from their Anchors Away Spring 2011 collection.

At first I couldn’t decide if I wanted it all matte, or glossy. So I tried an accent nail and then decided…

All matte! Hehe.

And now for my final look…

For this one, I began with a coat of Revlon Luxe Laque, a dusty mauve-ish pink creme. It’s not on the range of Pepto Bismol, nor Barbie, but leaning towards almost pastel.

Then I layered Luxe Laque with Wet n Wild Hannah Pinktana, a scattered holographic glitter suspended in a clear base.

I think they go together nicely 🙂

Guest Nails– Cherry Blossom

My dear friend, Meredith, graduated from our University with a BA with Honors today! I originally promised to do her nails, as I thought I would be here for graduation. Alas, I discovered the flight I bought sent me home last Sunday! (And about my lack of posts, let’s just say finals and real life overwhelmed me. I do have plenty, and I mean plenty, of photos and swatches for y’all!)
So I told her to fit a set of fake nails and give them to me, and I would paint them 🙂 She said to surprise her, so I chose cherry blossoms as she lived in Japan last summer, and since has been in love with that country. A bonus, she can also keep these nails forever with careful removal =)

If you wanted to know how to say “I love you” in American Sign Language, this would be it. 🙂

This featured three Orly polishes, and two American Apparel polishes whose names I have forgotten, and they’re currently stashed far away from me. I’ll just edit this part later, lol. I used a tip of a pencil and the rounded part of a hair pin because at that moment everything had been packed away and I didn’t have my nail art stuff out. It was also my very first attempt at freehand art… yikes! It turned out okay, I hope?

Such long fake nails! I’m going to be surprised if she tells me she never poked herself in the eye with it. 😛

Guest Nails– Cherry Blossom

My dear friend, Meredith, graduated from our University with a BA with Honors today! I originally promised to do her nails, as I thought I would be here for graduation. Alas, I discovered the flight I bought sent me home last Sunday! (And about my lack of posts, let’s just say finals and real life overwhelmed me. I do have plenty, and I mean plenty, of photos and swatches for y’all!)
So I told her to fit a set of fake nails and give them to me, and I would paint them 🙂 She said to surprise her, so I chose cherry blossoms as she lived in Japan last summer, and since has been in love with that country. A bonus, she can also keep these nails forever with careful removal =)

If you wanted to know how to say “I love you” in American Sign Language, this would be it. 🙂

This featured three Orly polishes, and two American Apparel polishes whose names I have forgotten, and they’re currently stashed far away from me. I’ll just edit this part later, lol. I used a tip of a pencil and the rounded part of a hair pin because at that moment everything had been packed away and I didn’t have my nail art stuff out. It was also my very first attempt at freehand art… yikes! It turned out okay, I hope?

Such long fake nails! I’m going to be surprised if she tells me she never poked herself in the eye with it. 😛

On Wednesdays We Wear Pink: Pink Feathers

So, I got the new Bundle Monster set in mail yesterday and of course had to try it out IMMEDIATELY. I love this set! I also decided to try out an American Apparel polish for stamping, and I have to say it looks promising. I may have to go back and update my stamping list to add the AA colors to it!

I also am applying this towards the theme 🙂

Base: Nubar Pink Lily (From their Spring Petals Spring 2011 collection), a lovely light pastel pink creme
Stamp: BM217
Stamping Color: American Apparel Rouge

On Wednesdays We Wear Pink: Pink Feathers

So, I got the new Bundle Monster set in mail yesterday and of course had to try it out IMMEDIATELY. I love this set! I also decided to try out an American Apparel polish for stamping, and I have to say it looks promising. I may have to go back and update my stamping list to add the AA colors to it!

I also am applying this towards the theme 🙂

Base: Nubar Pink Lily (From their Spring Petals Spring 2011 collection), a lovely light pastel pink creme
Stamp: BM217
Stamping Color: American Apparel Rouge

On Wednesdays We Wear Pink: Bubblegum!

I’ve had this idea just rolling around and idling in my brain for MONTHS. Months, I say. Torture? Yes. Very much.

Base: OPI Alpine Snow in Matte
Dots: Various pinks, I used about 7 different pinks, all cremes. However I can’t remember the name of them all. 😛

The dots were freehanded using dotting tools from Born Pretty. Here’s some spam, because I really like this manicure and I know you will too.

An interesting thing I noticed, the dots were very defined until I applied Seche Vite, which at that point they blurred and adopted this dreamy feel. Cool huh? 🙂

Glitter in the Air

You thought I was done with my Lippmanns, didn’t you? So did I! The other day I went to a photography exhibition and my friend, Liane, presented me with this:

Glitter in the Air! So my theme week has gone on for an extra day, making it a total of about 9 days. Wow! 🙂
This is a GORGEOUS polish. I have ordered my own bottle actually. I had to. I couldn’t NOT have this.

Brief swatch. I thought/hoped that the murky grey/pale blue or lilac base would transfer onto the nail, and no dice as you can see above. That was about two coats. It’s a mix of pink and blue hex/round glitter.
So I decided to layer it on a pastel baby blue and wow is it ever gorgeous. It’s a very Easter-y color, too.  I chose Avon Vintage Blue:

Then I layered Glitter in the Air over this!

The only issue I had with this was that it was very hard to align the glitters, but I think that’s just a thing we deal with when dealing with glitter toppers. The sheer murky base muted the pastel blue down and it was PERFECT. However I logged on this morning and found out Chloe did the EXACT same look! GRR. 🙂 I should have gone with yellow or grey. Liane did lilac, (American Apparel L’Esprit if I remember correctly) with matte and it was gorgeous. Oh, speaking of matte…

Yep! I felt that the matte topcoat gave it a lot more Easter feel, it was like an eggshell you know?

However this one reacted badly with the Seche Vite and I felt like it shrank by the hour. Horrible. You can see some tip wear already, and I think this was definitely over 15 hours of wearing it. 😦