Diagonal Dotted Stripes

I loved Avon Touch of Taupe so much, I wanted to use it again. This time paired with Pop Beauty Punk'd, and Confetti Black Tie.

Pink Week: Day 7

Fact Source

Today is the last day of Pink Week, so here's the final Breast Cancer Awareness fact, and a pink mani.

Busy Girl's Summer Nail Art Challenge - Mix Match

I decided to do all water marbles for this week's challenge! I was playing around and testing out different combinations in the water, and just picked five that I liked to put on my nails for today.

Confetti - Spicy Little Thing

I've had this polish for about a year and never used it. I actually only bought it because it was on sale for $.50. I wasn't super excited bout the color, and I'm not a big fan of pearl-finish polishes. But... as a polish hoarder, we all know too well that the following is more than appropriate...

Gradient-aholics Anonymous

Maybe 5 different gradients at once will fulfill my lust for them? Doubt it!

But, oh, you know how it goes...

December Nail Art Challenge Week 3: Days 9-15

Flakie/Glitter Layering and Homemade Peel-Off Base Coat Experiment

Using Elmer's (or any type of) school glue as a peel-off base coat has been popular lately, so I decided to finally try it out.

I had a preliminary fear of it, I didn't want to end up peeling off a layer of my nail or anything! But I figured a little  buffing could always take care of that if it happened.

When debating on what polish to try it with, I thought shimmers, glitters, and flakies are the hardest to remove, so I'd layer all three and test that. Over 2 coats of a 3/4 glue and 1/4 tap water mix, I started out with one coat of a shimmer, My Favorite Martian from Confetti, put a coat of Zoya Apple over that, and finished with 2 coats of Sinful Colors' flakie Green Ocean.

Falling into Autumn

For this look, I started the background with two coats of Confetti Show Stopper, a taupe-ish, pink-ish brown color and sponged on two coats of Chunky Holo Black by Kleancolor. I sponged this because that soaked up a lot of that nasty purpley base that is Chunky Holo Black so that it wouldn't discolor Show Stopper as much,  it was more glittery per sponging and, as we all know, Kleancolors take a century to dry, so this helped alleviate that problem too. 

For the leaves, I used Avon Tangtastic (orange), Nina Ultra Pro Like Butta (yellow) and NYC Park Ave (brown). I mixed each color with a plain black and a plain white to have three shades of each. The stripes on the leaves are done with a Kiss striper in black.