Hi Everyone!! Happy Hump Day! So far it's looking good for having no snow on the commute in to work this morning. The past 2 days have sucktastic. It's almost as if everyone has forgotten what it's like to drive in the snow and we've had over 63 inches of it this year so you'd think they'd be pretty used to it by now LOL!
I bought the limited edition polishes Red Dog had up for sale a few days ago so I could get my Mardi Gras on and man are they lovely! Both Harlequin Ball and King Cake are once again incredibly original and absolutely stunning. I decided to start with Harlequin Ball because it has diamond shaped glitter in it because YES I love diamond shaped glitter and I was sooooo glad I did!
I topped it over Elevation Tronador simply because it was also new and sitting next to me--Tronador is quite stunning and will get a post all on its own shortly!
Harlequin Ball is filled with gold and purple circle holos both large and small as well and green and gold diamond glitter and of course it has Red Dog's signature micro holo shimmer.
I had to settle for pictures under the stove top light since there was no sunshine out for these pics!
I stamped using both Pueen 46 and BM420
This is just such a fun mani! I really love the look of Harlequin Ball over a dark color but I want to try it over something light too. And you know I'll shre it with you when I do!
Thanks for stopping by!!! I hope everyone has a fantastic day!!
Good morning everyone!! I don't speak French so I can only hope this says Let the good times roll! I googled it so I should be safe. This morning it is cold and snowy here. I got up at the butt crack of dawn thanks to the naughty cats AND probably the fact I fell asleep at 10pm. Let me just tell you the Kindle Fire hurts when it hits your face. My old Sony Reader didn't hurt that bad when I fell asleep while reading and it dropped onto me--the Kindle Fire A WHOLE DIFFERENT STORY!
Yesterday I had toyed with the idea of doing a Mardi Gras gradient then decided to wait until today. Since I was up so early I decided to go for it AND it does not disappoint.
I used Illamasqua Viridian and Baptiste for this and an unnamed Pure Ice
The colors are so rich!
Mardi Gras means Fat Tuesday in French. It is the celebration of eating the last of the fatty, rich foods before the Lenten season where some Christian religions practice fasting
Mardi Gras is a HUGE celebration in New Orleans. The city celebrates with a huge parade where people dress up and wear masks and toss out beads and trinkets
The colors of Mardi Gras are green, gold and purple. Green is for Faith, Gold is for Power and Purple is for Justice
I'm pretty happy with how this turned out. I think using the rich colors of the Illamasqua's really helped!
For good measure I took a shot with flash
Today we're watching the Superbowl. I'm definitely not cheering for the San Francisco 49'ers who beat the Packers. I'm rooting for the Ravens all the way! I hope this mani gives them some good luck!
Thanks for stopping by!!! I hope you all have a fantastic day!
