The Digit-al Dozen Does Nail Heroes--Sveta!

Hi Everyone!! Happy Hump Day!  The second I heard about nail heroes I knew I had to do Sveta Sanders because if you are a stamper and you're on IG you know who Sveta is. She is AHmazing!  She stamps, she water marbles, she decals, she does needle drag and dry marble she just does it all.  My friend Arlene aka @boatmate on IG both love to hate Sveta in that "omg we are SO jealous" kind of way.  

Since she always comes up with some really cool and totally new ideas I wanted to recreate a mani she did with a crocodile look

Pretty cool hey??? Sponged on metallic polish over crackle. 

 I miss crackle I think it should make a comeback don't you?

I thought I had done a good job recreating this mani until I went to get a copy of it and my colors are way off LOL.  I used a metallic green from Avon and SH Silver Sweep but you can't really see the green.

Here's Sveta's it's SO cool!

Ahh If I could only be as cool as her!

She has gorgeous long nail beds too!  It's just not fair!

Most of my crackle dried up and I didn't feel like thinning it so I stupidly tossed them out!  Luckily I had my LCN Croco Top and it wasn't dry at all so I could use it.  You know it's going to make a comeback one of these days and I'm going to be sorry I tossed it all LOL!

This has been such a fun week so far.  I can't wait to check out what everyone else has done!

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It never gets old!

Hi Everyone!  I'm pulling out the crackle today and not just any crackle--I'm pulling out the neon crackle!  Last summer my sweet friend Marissa sent me the whole collection of WetnWild  Craze neon crackles.  This is what happens when you have over 1000 bottles of nail polish--it takes you a year before you get around to wearing an untried!  I decided to haul these babies out and do something with them.  

Neon gradient!

I painted the pink and orange onto a sponge and then dabbed over white for a seamless flow

The pink is Pretty Pink Punk and the orange is Inmate In Love--the names crack me up!

I totally copied my friend Cristina from Clockwise Polish with the stamping and stud idea!  She used the same look for her AIS Sunday Challenge--stamping over saran wrap base

Pretty Pink Punk

Inmate In Love

Right hand looks great too!

And thanks to Rejuvacote the "man" thumb is nice and long--FINALLY!

I stamped using the butterflies from my DRK-A plate

They don't look bad upside down either!

The other day i came across an article where some in the fashion industry where referring to nude polishes as the best choices to wear.  The women they interviewed said nail art, crackle neon and glitter were for 13 year old girls and under.  Not sure who the hell she thinks wears nail polish.  Not too many girls I know 13 and under can afford Chanel, Dior, Essie, OPI, Zoya, Illamasqua and Butter London.  NUDE NAIL POLISH SUCKS!  And all those great quality name brand companies don't make nearly as many nudes as they do fun blues, greens, oranges, yellows, reds and purples!  

Nail art is totally in and it's where you want to be!

Car is going into the shop today to find out what's wrong with him--let's all keep our fingers crossed it's nothing too major!  

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

Hearts n Glitter!

Morning Everyone!! Happy Saturday!  I was mia yesterday because I spent some time with my mom who had to have some day surgery.  My poor mom is one of those people with kidney stones.  She had to have them "blasted" to break them up.  This is the 4th time she's had to have this done in her life.  I finally asked her this last time, "mom why does this always happen to you?" and she said, "you are either a person who makes stones or you aren't"  Geeze I guess I'm glad I'm a non stone maker!

She is doing great though, not too much bruising and just a little discomfort.  I'm going to go over there today and hang out with her and watch some movies and eat some ice cream!  The woman is an ice cream hoarder I swear! She has Dove bars in there from this summer that haven't been eaten lol!

Today I have Pink Clockwork on over black!  Oooooh it's SO hot over black!  I used Revlon Black Pearl because I love that's it's a soft black and not a hard one.  I added some cute Pure Ice Crackle hearts to it as well.

I don't even feel bad for wearing hearts in March because these crackle hearts are so cool!

I think Pink Clockwork is awesome over black!

Glitters this cool are always worth the removal lol!

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

Broken hearts do mend!

Hi Everyone!! Happy weekend!  What do you all have planned this weekend?  I'm going to do some shopping with my mom and spend some time hanging with my sweet grand nephew--Sean.  Winter storm Nemo passed and our official snow fall was 7.2 inches.  It looks GORGEOUS outside!  I'm going to try to snap some pictures of it when I head out this morning.  I know it makes driving difficult and no one likes to shovel but when you see the true beauty of a snowfall you forget about all of that.

Today I'm featuring ANOTHER Valentine's Day mani--let's face it I'll probably do so everyday until the big day arrives lol!  This one was was so easy to do especially with the help of a gorgeous velvet finish polish from Pure Ice

I did a crackle accent nail with Pure Ice Hot Couture over black--I love Pure Ice Crackles--I think they are the best Crackles you can get.  I cut out a heart image in masking tape, placed it on my finger and painted Hot Couture over the tape. I did a simple heart gradient by using the same heart cut out and gradienting with a sponge over it for the other accent nail. And my finishing touch was Pure Ice Stunning for the rest of my fingers.

I absolutely LOVE the Pure Ice velvet polishes!

Even in the shade this mani is adorable!

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

Day 27 Inspired By You!

Hi Everyone!  Wow what a harried day today's challenge became!  Today's theme in the Crumpet Nail Tart's 31 Day Challenge is Inspired By You. I had all these super good intentions for a fabulous mani for today.  Inspired by me I mean come on!  I could fit chinchillas, food, hot cowboys, crackle, magnetics, gradients, foils mermaids, dragons, animal print and stamping onto 10 fingers somehow!  What ended up happening instead were a few hours spent in the Emergency Room with my mom and sister.  We had to call 911 for my mom yesterday and she thought she had the flu and was very dizzy and could not even lift her head.  Turns out she has a raging kidney infection due to some kidney stones.  Mom has had this kidney stone problem before but never got so sick from it.  So after a few hours in the ER and her getting settled back at home with a babysitter of Lynelle my little sister last night, I got home to try to work on a mani.

I knew I would be back with mom today so I stayed up late--and by late I mean LATE working on this thing.  I tried to get as much as I could into this mani but also had to settle for something that looks good as today is our office Christmas party.  So I settled on a crackle, magnetic, gradiented dragon look starring some of my favorites--The Bohemians!

My index is Ninja Polish Nebula with SoflaJo Black Dagger on it! How cool is that???!!!

This really took hours but only because I redid my ring and pinkie a couple of times until I got a look I liked

 Here's my left hand in the "claw" lol!  Look at the thumb. Don't you just love a Bohemian sponged on gradient????

Here it is up close

GAH I love The Bohemians!!!!

I used BM313 for the ring and thumb and BM217 for the index

The pinkie is just black with China Glaze Oxidized Aqua over it.  I tried to use a few of the crackles I have and nothing really looked as good until I did the Oxidized Aqua over black

Check out the shade pics

That matte over Nebula is just amazeballs AND the magnetic gradient in the shade looks really cool too

Maybe one day I'll be able to fit more of "me" into a mani.  But for today I have to say this one kicks some serious A$$!!!!!!!!

Almost done now, what's up for tomorrow???

Well this will be interesting because my favorite color is yellow and yellow nail polish is something I don't have a lot of!  Nor does yellow look good on me in any way shape or form LOL!

What makes up my fellow Tart's?? Check em out!

Monkey See Monkey Do Monday--Colores de Carol!

Hellooooooo yes it's me with the broken record--not an Olympic record broken but instead sounding like a broken record for doing yet another Colores de Carol mani for MSMD lol!  BUT how can I not?  She is freaking fantastic! She comes up with the super coolest stuff!  I started with a base color of Nina Ultra Pro Blue Blaze, a neon blue and then I hauled out my LCN croco top coat in black and put it over it.  Do I need to tell you all how much I love crackle???? I LOVE CRACKLE PEOPLE!  I love all kinds of crackles, the big kind the little kind, the croco top and the Spotted--I LOVE ME SOME CRACKLE!  I didn't have the exact plate Carol used for her mani so I relied on my DRK-A and voila a cute as heck mani!

I had to ask a few of my friends if I was too old for skeletons and they all said no, you're never too old lol!

It's cute but definitely something I can only wear for a day so it's a good thing I only wear a mani for a day lol!

Please be sure to check out Carolina's original mani here because it's super duper cute!

And check out all my partners in crime in

A trip down memory lane

Hi Readers!  Happy Friday!  Today's mani is sort of a trip down memory lane for me.  The other day when I was out and about I saw an old black Chevelle that really reminded me of my first love--Dave Haas.  He was sort of the bad boy and I was definitely the goody goody two shoes girl but man that guy held my heart for a few years lol.  He had a few cars the years I knew him but the last one was this black Chevelle "muscle" car.  When I first saw someone sponge on a crackle polish the effect to me looked like the back seat of this car--those seats weren't in the best condition lol.  I decided to haul out my flocking and combine the sponged crackle with it to come up with trip down memory lane mani

It might be hard to see the flocking in the pics as my camera isn't too high tech lol but for a day only mani it was pretty cool.  Notice the pristine white of my goody two shoes angora sweater lol!

How cool is this??!!!  I have to save I love, love, LOVE sponging on crackle!  It's just so cool!

The little heart I glued on there lasted the whole day too!

Have you ever seen something out of the blue that makes you take that walk down memory lane Readers?  I did get a little smile out of this one I will say.  

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

Monkey See, Monkey Do Week--Kayla Shevonne!

Hi Readers!  Day two of Monkey See, Monkey Do week and it's a doozy!  I think you've heard me say before I have  love/hate relationship with Kayla.  Basically I'm jealous as he double hockey sticks of her fantastic nail art therefore I love to hate her nail art lol!  Why she puts up with me as a friend I'm not really sure hahaha!  Anyway the other day she used one of my favorite types of polish--no it's not a magnetic lol but it's the "other" favorite of mine---CRACKLE!  To check out Kayla's mani go here and check it out.  There's LOTS of mani's I love by Kayla but honestly she free hands WAY better than me so BAM this is one I not only love but can do!  Here's my Rainbow Crack mani

I'm not a neon lover readers--I live in Wisconsin and I'm pale--I'm happily pale actually and even when it is warm I'm not one to hang out in the sun.  Therefore bright, fun, sunny neons are sort of wasted on me.  I think this mani might have looked better with some brighter neons though.  I think I'll pick some up and try this again.
Here's a close up

I've said it before and I'll say it again I LOVE CRACKLE!
Here's the side by side of both mine and Kayla's

Now this is some nail art of Kayla's I can copy!!! Woot!


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