Happy New Year!!!!

Glitter! Sparkles! Frosts! Champagne – Sliver – Gold!!!

If there was any holiday more appropriate for this, I don’t know what it is.

However, I’ve opted for the beautifully muted Color Club “Sheer Disguise” blue. 
Top Coat of Essie Luxe Effects “Shine of The Times”  (THANK YOU Liza! I am in LOVE with this top coat!! it’s like an iridescent flake-filled jelly = fun!)

My nails reflect the kind of celebrating I plan on doing this evening to bring in this new year:  Calmly chilling with a nice sparkle.

 

 

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

All the best to you and yours! Be safe out there!

Crayola-ish

My nails wanted to make a statement.  Wanted to be “heard”.

So I pulled out bold and bright primary & a couple secondary colors in the loudest temperature I owned. And let them scream.

For some odd reason the blue base in the purple is so strong it’s difficult to differentiate it from the blue in the pictures.  If I can get a clear picture to show PURPLE instead of blue, I will post asap!
It’s basic…… Crayola.

blurry but captured the color

Sinful Colors:“Pull Over” “Let’s Talk” [“Green” by Color Club] “Ruby Ruby” & “Midnight Blue”

 

Beautiful Girl

Felt like a princess with a little crown after this manicure.

Maybe my expectations are too high now because I am not at all enamored with the formulation of this polish.  It’s a pretty color, but it’s thin, and slightly streaky.  You will most definitely have to use a minimum of two coats for any remote coverage and opacity.  I will still use it again… because like I said, it’s a pretty color.    Plus, I feel like a beautiful girl with it on. 

Sinful Colors “Beautiful Girl” gold acrylic paint dots

Over Christmas

I loved the Christmas polish adventures…. but being happy that it’s over, I don’t really want to see anymore red and green polish for at least a couple of weeks!! 

so I ventured as far away from Christmas as I could when I painted my nails this time.
…but just some little freehand dotted flowers.

China Glaze “White On White” – acrylic paint dot flowers

As many others have reviewed “White On White”…. they are all right.  It’s a very pretty and creamy white polish…. once you get enough coats of polish on.  It’s a streaky polish, but I only had to use 2 coats to achieve these results.  I had initially planned on purchasing OPI Alpine Snow… and actually, next time I will.  #NoDiss

Santa's Belt!!

OurPaintedWorld!!! <—(click for link to blog) 

Cutest. design. ever. 
As soon as I saw it, I knew I had to try it. 

So, I used my favorite… OPI “I’m Not Really A Waitress”… striped OPI “Black Onyx” across and made a “Glitter Hologram” buckle….

Voila! Santa’s belt. 

 

I absolutely love this design. So fun! Really may work for any time of the year – if you’re a diva…. it’s all in the context.  Because it’s almost December 25th, we’ll just say this is holiday nail art. ;-)

a notebook

I was looking in the office supply section at Target and I saw this notebook. 
couldn’t help myself.

worked with colors I already had instead of searching for these specific colors.

 

Essie “Turquoise And Caicos” light green & white nail art stripers

 

Mistletoe

I’m still trying to get into the holiday season spirit.

I’m going to start holding my fingernails above my head…. and see what happens. lol

Sinful Colors “Out of This World” metallic red & metallic green acrylic paints

 

Candy Canes!!

I did it.

Now I can truly say Happy Holidays….. and mean it.

Shamica requested a candy cane design. And now I’m happy she did. I feel like my fingernails will taste like Christmas candy.

Sinful Colors “Ruby Ruby”, white, glitter red & glitter green nail stripers

Shock Value

funny that people are paying attention even if you don’t think they are….

my coworker commented that I didn’t do a design on my nails “today”….. but my “new french” manicure (from yesterday) IS a design!!!!!!  classic…. but still a design, no doubt….

I had an extremely long day, so, to unwind, I had to stir things up.  And “do a design”  lol. 

this color just caught my eyes.  and the new purple paint I got this weekend was waving over there from the side, so I splashed some dots on. I can tell when I really like my nails….. I look at them over and over……. I can’t keep my eyes off these.

Sinful Colors “ Hazard” w/ purple acrylic paint dots
 

A Dream Deferred

expression…

good for the soul??

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Reality better than expected:
OPI “Sparrow Me The Drama” green acrylic paint & Color Club white nail art striper  
    
inspired by:
TopCoatIt’s "argyle nails”

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i love it.

 
Essie “Chastity” (base)
Color Club – Nail Art Stripers  “Mint” & “White”

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Sally Hansen -- Gray by Gray

Blue.  I thought it was blue.  But the name is “Gray”.  so, ok:  Blue-Gray.  Or maybe Dark Gray with a very blue base?

Very creamy.  Opacity on “10”.  The formulation and applicator brush (wide and flat) is similar to the Sally Hansen Insta-Dri colors.  And it dried fairly quickly, so that’s a #win.

 

I added a few light blue dots just to set off the color.  I think the light blue dots made the gray look even more blue.  lol.  I just can’t give up on the idea that this is blue  – not gray!

The Ohio State University

I am from Ohio. First from Dayton, and then we moved to Columbus.
My Dad is a Buckeye fan…. so, of course, SO AM I!!!!

Contributor Dee Dee and I will have a “forever feud” about her wack Michigan team versus those auspicious Buckeyes!!

With Monday’s announcement of the new head football coach at The Ohio State University, I felt it was a wonderfully appropriate time to show some Scarlet & Gray love.

Maybelline Express Finish “Racy Red” OPI “Suzi Takes the Wheel” white acrylic paint (dots)
Color Club black & white nail art stripers

I took inspiration from Urban Meyer’s press conference tie & mic cover. I may have to practice writing out “Ohio State” with my nail art tools. lol

GO BUCKEYES!

The Ohio State University Nail