Happy New Year!

Hi Everyone and a very happy New Year's Eve Day to you all!  I am off work today--a big WOOT to that!  We've talked about getting out to see a movie but it is about 5 degrees outside with a windchill factor of negative 11 so um yeah that's not happening!  Instead I'm sitting inside and reorganizing my polish stash--looks like I'm getting rid of a lot of glitter right away to start out 2014 LOL!  I'm going to do some snuggling with the cats and chinchillas and do some reading and of course catch up on all my blogs!

I did do a pretty kick ass New Year's Eve mani and it matches my new bracelet and ring perfectly!  

Here it is my first ever Waterfall mani and I just HAVE to thank Ashley from Ashley Is Polish Addicted because I did one first that just did not look good.  she helped me figure out exactly what was wrong with it and I just love this one!

I used black, white, silver and some China Glaze Sexagon for my sprakle!

Too cold to go outside for pics so we have to settle for shots in the bathroom!  I promise I was fully clothed at the time!

Here it is with some natural lighting by the window

And here it is with my new ring and bracelet!!! Woot!!!!

Definitely loving this easy yet dramatic look for New Year's!  The waterfall look has been around for awhile now but I do believe it was first created by the very fab and talented Sammi of The Nailasaurus.  If you haven't tried one yet why not make it the first mani you do of 2014?

I'd like to wish you all a very happy, healthy and joyous New Year!  I hope 2014 is good year for each of us.  Thank you for following me and taking time out of your very busy days to look at my nails!

Happy New Year!

Hi Everyone!  I'm a little early I know BUT no one does a mani for New Year's Day, you do one for New Year's Eve and it's usually all about the bling!  I'm not a huge glitter person, there I've said it.  When I first started this "obsession" I bought A LOT of glitters.  Come to find out I'm not a huge fan of them lol!  It's hard to stamp over glitters, especially the big chunky ones.  We all know I almost always stamp which is why I don't wear a lot of chunky glitters.

When the China Glaze Prismatics came out I passed on them because I heard they were pretty gritty.  My sweet friend Marissa got me the WetnWild Coloricon dupes for them though and I'm SO glad she did!  These are really pretty glitters!  Duochrome pigment with tiny sparkly glitter, easy to stamp over it's a win win!

I used the Coloricon's before to do my abalone shell mani so I decided to try them again for a New Year's Eve mani.  After spending the day yesterday trying to figure out what I would wear for New Year's and this was the last one I did and the one I loved the most!

Basically I "blobbed" all five of the WetnWild Coloricons on each nail.  It was really hard to get a good picture of this because I don't have a high tec camera, but here's a shot of it without stamping

I stamped over it using my new Gals set I got for Christmas and Cheeky

The Champagne Bottle and flutes are from CH09 and the Bubbles/Circles are from GA26

I put the bottle image on my thumb too but didn't take a pic with my thumb showing LOL!

Here's a pic in the shade so you can see the glitter when it's subdued

I'm pretty happy with this mani!!!

A few of my friends thought it would be great to do a mani for New Year's Eve as well be sure to check them out!  Happy New Year to you all!!!!!

Aaaaaaaand the winner is????!!!!!

Hi Everyone!  Yesterday I had the whole day to myself!  It was the first time in over a month I didn't have to work AND didn't have to go anywhere or do anything.  How did I spend it?  Well let me tell you I didn't even shower or get dressed!  I lazed around in my pajamas all day long and it felt darn good! I tried to sleep in but that didn't happen.  Actually I didn't sleep in today either but that's okay.

Yesterday I worked on coming up with an idea for what mani to wear for New Year's Eve.  I'm not going out, but I will be going over to my little sister's for a fun party.  Today I thought I'd show you the designs I came up with that didn't win and then tomorrow I'll post the winner!

First up is my gradient using A England Bridal Veil, China Glaze Let's Do It In 3D and Sexagon.  I love, love, love the Kaleidoscopes.  I prefer them over any other holo.  

I did an accent nail using my holo hex and black glitter franken, Midnight's Master.

Since I didn't have any true fireworks design on a plate I stamped using BM02 

This one turned out just as I had envisioned, but I had a few other ideas so I kept on going.

Next up is my gold and silver mani!  I started with OPI Designer DeBetter and then gradiented with Funky Fingers Platinum Record.  My accent nail is Sally Hansen Silver Sweep and Maybelline Bold Gold. I stamped with the cute "spermy" balloons on BM20

My nails are much too long for the first Bundle Monster set but I managed to double stamp which made me happy.

Here's a pic in the shade, it's still quite lovely even if it's not sparkly!

My next design had no stamping whatsoever.  I hauled out the precious OPI DS Original for the 2nd time since I've owned it, which is a little over 2 years.

I just did a little tape mani based on a picture I'd seen way back when on Chloe's Nails.  It's been getting pinned again recently which prompted me to try it for the first time

This one didn't really wow me, but got a few likes from my FB friends.  The purple I used along with DS Original is my very fave purple creme which is Nails Inc Vicious

My last attempt before the winner was another mani from a pic I'd seen on Pinterest.  I just loved this when I saw it.  Unfortunately I don't have the Summer Cheeky set so I had to settle for the stars on BM21

I think I did a fantastic job double stamping those babies!

I chose Nfu-Oh 51 to both wear and stamp with.  It stamps darn good I think!

So there are all the "failures"  What do you think?"  Do any of them float your boat?

Tomorrow I'll be posting the winner mani I chose--it turned out really good!

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