Monkey See Monkey Do Monday--LuvMyLacquer!

Hi Readers! Happy Monday!  I had today's MSMD mani pinned for AGES!  I'm so glad I went though my Pinterest board to look check out some stuff I had on there.  I love Pinterest everything you want to see is in one spot for you---AWESOME!
This mani is nice and sweet and simple.  I had forgotten how much I loved to just do one color and then stamp lol!  My gradient obsession might have taken over lately LOL!


I used two Zoya's from the Beach Collection Lara and Arizona and then since I didn't have the glitter Jessica used I did a coat of China Glaze Fairy Dust and stamped using Mash M78

It's summery! It's cute! It's fun! and it was easy!

The beauty of this baby--you can wear something pink OR orange with it lol!

You can find Jessica's original post for it here  and be sure to checks hers out because that glitter was so cool!


Be sure to check out my partners in crime for

Debbie at The Crumpet - http://thecrumpet.blogspot.co.uk

Missy @ Gnarly Gnails - http://gnarlygnails.blogspot.com

Melissa - http://www.misadventuresofawannabemartha.com/

Laurie - http://dressedupdigits.blogspot.com/

Layka- http://www.kawaiinize.es

Elizabeth http://nailpolishismycrack.blogspot.com/

Kristin http://www.manicuredmonkey.com

Erin http://erinsbeautybumbles.blogspot.com

Nayade at Toxic Vanity - http://www.toxicvanity.com

Jenn at Polish Crazed http://www.polishcrazed.blogspot.ca/

Jen http://jenspaintedtips.blogspot.com/

Amber www.amberdidit.com

Cristina http://theclockwisenailpolish.blogspot.pt/

Kirsten - http://geekyowl.blogspot.com/

Alyssa at Fancy Phalanges - http://fancyphalanges.blogspot.com/

Ashley http://followtheyellowpolishroad.blogspot.com/

Amber http://nevernakednails.blogspot.com

Emily Esqueleta: http://macabremanicures.blogspot.com/

Misha @ Enigmatic Rambles: www.enigmatic-rambles.blogspot.com

Carrie @ LeSamowen:Life, Love, and Nail Polish: http://lesamowen.blogspot.com/

Basia (or Bazzia) @ polish my mind: http://polishmymind.blogspot.com/

Helena: www.nailwish.blogspot.com

Ana Cris: http://www.estacerradaladrogueria.blogspot.com.es/

Kim @ www.apolishedaddiction.blogspot.com

Emma http://manicurity.blogspot.com/

arlene @ : http://euzefelus27-nailart.blogspot.com

Gwenn: http://www.sugar-nails.com

Ney "Neivys": http://maquiclubgirl.blogspot.com/

Ana at cherrys Sweets http://cherriessweets.blogspot.com.es

Isabel - Little Fairy: http://isaspinods.blogspot.com/

Stella - My Wet Nails: http://mywetnails.blogspot.com

Michelle-Lacquer Or Leave Her!: http://lacquerorleaveher.blogspot.com

Sheila: http://pointlesscafe.com/

Angie: http://ourpaintedworld.wordpress.com

Veronica http://gorgeois.blogspot.com

Angi @ Angelina´s Nails & More www.angelinaswelt.blogspot.de/

Kia @ Lacquered Libra  http://lacqueredlibra.blogspot.com/

Susy @ http://susyincolor.com

Dina @ http://secretarysnailart.blogspot.no

Candace @ http://lifeakandistar.blogspot.ca

Emily @ http://emily-nailtales.blogspot.com

Sandy-http://beachingnails.blogspot.com/

Courtney - http://www.cute-iclechronicles.com/

Rin- http://www.rinsnailfiles.com/

Bee - http://www.beepolished.blogspot.com/

Joy (Julianne) - http://drugstorejunkie13.blogspot.com/

Reynolds Wrap for your nails???!!

Hi Readers!  Today I'm featuring foils again!  Ages and ages ago--okay it was really more like a year ago I saw this way cool mani on Enamel Girl's Blog.  Do you follower her readers?  If yes then you know all about the awesome stuff she does and does with foils.  You can find the mani I lusted after forever here.  I knew I would have to try to recreate this.  Now Kay did angled stamping using two images but I was too lazy for that lol!  I used on stamp to give me both the images!  The foil I used is called Rainbow Swirls and I got it from a haul from Dollar Nail Art (http://dollarnailart.com/)  I stamped using image plate M78 and Sally Hansen Whirl Wind White

Here's a nice close up!

I love image plate M78 and this is one of my favorite's as I'm sure you know because you've seen it before lol!
I also transferred foils onto a lucite ring--check it out!

This foil is from my last order and I just got 10 more of them in a recent order lol!  I can't wait to try them out and show them to you!


Thanks for stopping by! I hope you all have a fantastic day!

Tiny Dancers

Hi Readers!  Today's Sunday Stamping Challenge is black and white.  I haven't done the last two because I seemed to be off kilter with them I think.  This one seemed pretty straight forward black and white.  But holy cow some things just aren't as clear as black and white lol!  A long time ago I made a franken that didn't turn out as I had envisioned.  I noticed it recently while in the process of updating my stash list (which is WAY too freaking big!).  It sat next to me on the table staring at me as if willing me to fix it somehow.  So I did what any normal person would do in this situation I added glitter!  I wanted this to look like glistening snow when I made it, white with iridescent flakies and hexes. For some reason it just didn't work for me.  So last night I added some micro holo glitter I have and SHAZAM it's super pretty now!  
Here's a pic!

You can't see the flakies in here but they are definitely present.  Check out the cool hexes in it

There's just only problem with them--they are all stuck on the bottle!  Hardly any of these transfer to the nail :(
I decided to name it Lost and Bound and I used it for the Sunday Stamping Challenge.  I added some nice butterflies and one of the faeries from the Red Angel plate and the mani turned out really cute.  I'm going to show it to my niece to see if she'd like to wear this for her prom mani.

I like how the sweet butterflies and faerie are black--kind of like naughty butterflies and faerie lol!  This is the best pic I could get of the buried flakies and iridescent glitters in the polish

All in all I like this mani!  I'm one of the lucky ones who ordered the Red Angle plates right when they came out because versions of the faeries now don't all have wings.


Thanks for stopping by readers!  I'm off to have corned beef dinner with the family and get my butt kicked in Guesstures!  I hope you all have a fantastic day!

Good things come in twos!

Hi Readers!  Don't you love with you can get two for the price of one???  Today's mani features another one of my birthday gifts from Igor.  She got me the Serena set in Love Is A Racket and Pros & Bronze.  I have to tell you the Serena sets are fantastic!  I also have Grape, Set, Match and Servin' Up Sparkle.  I feel like I'll need the other sets as well!  As much I love Love Is A Racket on it's own when I layered Pros & Bronze over it I loved it more!  

What a gorgeous layering combination!

I stamped over it with Sally Hansen Chrome Pen in gold using plate M78 and really like this design!

I really love this Serena set and can't wait to find some more uses for both Love Is A Racket and Pros & Bronze!

How about you readers?  Do you have any of the OPI Serena sets?

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you all have a fantastic day!

Liger Liger Burning Brite!

Hi Readers!  My apologies to William Blake but today's mani is so cool I had to steal a line from his poem!  I think I've mentioned before I have a super nice nail friend named Destany.  I like to call her Igor, but her name is really Destany. She's the driving force behind Confessions Of A Sarcastic Mom.  For my recent birthday she sent me some awesome nail mail!  I'm not a huge fan of pastels or light colors--I'm all about the vamp.  BUT I absolutely love and adore all things glass fleck.  Here's a pic of my bday mail from Igor--does she know me or what???

Here we have OPI Black Cherry Chutney (a lemming of mine for awhile now) Spoiled in Bite Me, a one of a kind franken made just for me, and the Serena set with Love Is A Rocket and Pros & Bronze.
I've heard about how pretty Pros & Bronze is for layering but I was blown away by how truly pretty it is.  I had the perfect idea in mind for a mani using it now let's see if I pulled it off!  I was going to need OPI Brisbanne Bronze and some tape along with it though!
Here's my tape mani so far--2 coats of Brisbanne Bronze and then two coats of Pro & Bronze taped off!

And then the stamping!

I just love how this turned out! Here's a nice closeup

I can't stop staring it!

To get this look I did a 2 coats of OPI Brisbanne Bronze.  I taped off Brisbanne Bronze so I could do 2 coats of OPI Pros & Bronze.  I did a coat of Seche Vite and then stamped with Kleancolor Black using M78.  It looks complicated but really it's not!
Here are the polishes I used

I love the "liger" image on M57 it's really versatile in my opinion.  


Just what is a liger?  Leopard and a tiger I would guess!  I don't think William Blake was thinking of a liger when he wrote this famous poem though

Tyger! Tyger! Burning bright,

in the forests of the night.

What immortal hand or eye

Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

In what distant deeps or skies,

Burnt the fire of thine eyes?

On what wings dare he aspire?

What the hand dare seize the fire?

And what shoulder, and what art

Could twist the sinews of thy heart?

And when thy heart began to beat,

what dread hand and what dread feet?

What the hammer? What the chain?

In what furnace was thy brain?

What the anvil? what dread grasp

Dare it's deadly terrors clasp?

When the stars threw down their spears,

And watered heaven with their tears,

Did he smile, his work to see?

Did he who make the Lamb make thee?

Tyger! Tyger! Burning bright

In the forests of the night.

What immortal hand or eye,

Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?

Did you have to read that poem in high school or college readers?  I read it in high school and loved it.

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you all have a fantastic day!