Hi Everyone!!! Happy Hump Day! Halfway into the week and so far so good. The weekend is coming up fast and it looks like it's going to be mine all mine! If the weather is nice and by nice I mean not cold or rainy we may check out a haunted house.
It's been chilly here. Yesterday morning there was frost on the car in the morning. UG frost on the car means snow is definitely in the near future. I'm going to have to manage my time between manicures and crocheting some wrist warmers, hats, mittens and a blanket LOL. I like the crochet blankets in the Fall and Winter because it keeps you warm as you work on it.
Today I've got a nice and easy mani. The end result is a dramatic without any fuss at all!
I painted most of my nails with Kiko 646 a lovely black and silver textured polish and then did some accents with just black and dried flowers.
I think the flowers look perfect with a black backdrop
Easy nail art but really pretty!
Thanks for stopping by!!! I hope everyone has a great hump day!
Hi everyone! I missed saying Happy Monday yesterday--sorry about that! I was plumb tuckered out yesterday and was too busy vegging to get a post up! What a freaking slacker I am! Awhile ago in a Facebook group I'm in one of my friend Donna posted the cutest little mani. I thought it was genius because she took and image and created something completely alive with it! I'm not normally a "cute" person but I just had to recreate her look. And while I'm at it I decided to pair her cuteness with a totally cute look I saw over on LacqLustre's blog!
This little monster mani reminds me when I was little. I was forever having nightmares about monsters and even though I was the big sister I would always wake Lisa up and ask her if I could sleep with her LOL!
She ALWAYS said yes. When I crawled into bed with her she would tell me I had to sleep against the wall. And I gladly did it! We had a window in between our two twin beds I always thought if a monster came in through the window he would eat her and be too full to eat me so he'd leave me alone!
She thought the monster would come up from the crack between the bed and the wall and eat me and be too full to eat her and he'd leave her alone!
Neither one of us knew this about the other unti we were adults! Hahaha!
To get this looked I used Sally Hansen Snappy Sorbet and Sally Hansen Fuzzy Coat in All Yarned Up on my accent nails with some googley eyes--an idea I saw over on LacqLustre. And the rest of my nails are done in Snappy Sorbet and stamped with Konad m65. This is the cute idea Donna did! I had to double stamp thumbie but this image is pretty forgiving when double stamping.
This is a pretty cute Halloween type mani for sure!
Thanks for stopping by!!! I hope you all have a fantastic day!
Hi Everyone--it's that dreaded time of year for me again. The month that everyone comes out of the wood works raising awareness for breast cancer. When your sister, who happens to be your best friend dies of breast cancer, you are completely aware of breast cancer. You see everything as it happens to the person you love, then you become aware of what happens to you, and even after she dies you are continuously aware of the devastation breast cancer causes.
So YES--yes we are all aware of breast cancer. We know it is a cancer that affects both men and women. We know it affects every race. We know if affects both young and old. But here are some little known facts about breast cancer you may not be aware of
Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer among women after skin cancer. It is the second leading cause of cancer death in women after lung cancer.
The left breast is statistically more prone to developing cancer than the right--and scientists still do not know why.
The incidences of breast cancer is highest in more developed countries and lowest in less developed countries.
The United States has more cases of breast than anyone else in the entire world
White women have a greater risk for developing breast cancer than African American women, however more African America women die from breast cancer than white women.
Breastfeeding has been shown to greatly reduce the risk for getting breast cancer. The longer the duration of breastfeeding the great the benefit to you.
While long thought the risk of developing breast cancer increases if there was an occurrence in the mother's side of the family, the risk is just as great if there were occurrences in the father's side of the family.
The BEST thing you can do is educate yourself. Get a mammogram if you are 50 and older. If you have a history of breast cancer or ovarian cancer in your family start before you are in your 40's. Go to your yearly OB/GYN appointments. GO TO YOUR YEARLY OB/GYN APPOINTMENTS! You should not be afraid of your OB/GYN. You should go with a doctor YOU like and feel comfortable with. You shouldn't pick a woman just because you are a woman--you shouldn't feel like only a woman can know how you feel because you are a woman. Don't stay with someone who don't like or feel comfortable with just because you were told he/she is the best.
Your doctor should be your advocate and help you do what's best for you. Don't lie to them about your lifestyle. They need the right information to help you be healthy.
My Manicure today for Breast Cancer Awareness is how breast cancer affected me. My sister was not a survivor and while I rejoice for all those who are--breast cancer will never be about surviving for me.
My index is Zoya Arabella and the rest are the lovely OPI Pussy Galore.
I think Lisa would die of embarrassment if she knew I was wearing a polish with the word "pussy" in it! LOL!
I stamped using BM418 on the index and BM411 on the middle and ring.
Here's a lovely shot with flash--I think we all know I love a textured polish!
I miss my beautiful sister Lisa every single day. They say it gets easier but what they really mean is you learn to tolerate the emptiness you feel inside.
Here's a picture of one of the happiest times I spent with my two sisters! They are both beautiful--I could not have asked for a better family than the one I have.
Lisa is on the left, Lynelle is in the middle and that leaves me on the right this was our last ever Lutze family vacation. We went down to visit our parents in Florida in 2007. It was the best time EVAH!!
I hope someday no one has to lose their sister, or mother, or daughter, or aunt, or wife, or best friend to breast cancer.
Hi Everyone!!!! Happy Friday!!! Yay it's almost the weekend! I am SO ready for it! Tonight I'm going to a wine tasting fund raiser with my good friend Angelika. In addition to the wine tasting there will be a jazz band, a chocolatier, yummy appetizers AND silent auction stuff! I can't wait! Saturday I'm doing nails for a birthday party for a sweet 10 year old girl and her best buds AND celebrating my nieces birthday. Sunday I hope I'm doing nothing but laying around, watching the Packers play and reading some hot cowboy romances!
Today is the last day of Skittles and I think I saves my best for last! I made up a lovely color shifting holo with some pigments I had laying around and decided to call it The Bikini Diaries. The Bikini Diaries is one of my fave erotica books by Lacey Alexander--she's the queen of the naughty romances if you ask me.
I tried to catch the green to silver shift of this beauty and it was not easy!
I stamped each nail with a different image from MoYou Back To The 70's plate--I just LOVE that plate!
First up some pics without flash
You can see the silver/green shift pretty good here
Now that is yummy!!!
Here's some pics with flash
I really love this mani!!!
Here's some pics in the car. Yes I sat in the car at the grocery store taking pics and I did not care one bit who was looking!
Gorgey Town!!
Who else is going out with a bang today???!!!!
Hi Everyone! The weekend is almost here! Oh YAY! I cannot wait. I'm tired and would like a couple days break AND my niece's birthday is on Saturday AND both she and my nephew are coming home from college so we can celebrate. You know what that means???!!!! Ice cream sundaes and family game night! Woot!
You might not be able to tell but I actually have a really hard time with skittles. I don't know what it is but perhaps I'm just not random enough to come up with great ideas for them! I tried to throw something together the other night and it's actually not too bad AND I water marbled!
I pulled out Zoya Caitlin, Pepper and Farah and added a bit of OPI Germanicure which you can't really see dang it!
To me these colors are all neutral even Pepper LOL! I just don't "do" nudes!
Marbling just two fingers for me is quite enough!
The week is almost over!! It's been a lot of fun and once again I'm blown away by all the mani's my friends have done!
Hi Everyone!!! Happy Hump Day!!! Woot we are halfway through our week! I've got a super fun mani to show you today! I finally got my hands on all of the Bond Girl Sands--I've been wanting them forever. I thought it would be fun to put some cute skittles together with them along with my a plate from my new Bundle Monster set!
Here we have James Bond in his dapper tuxedo and with him is Tiffany Case, Honey Rider and Vesper. I stamped using BM-420.
Don't worry!!! I didn't leave out the lovely Pussy Galore!!! She's on my thumb!
I have loved seeing what my friends have come up with everyday!! What's up for today??!
Hi Everyone!!! Anyone who knows me personally knows there is one thing i super love and that is COWBOYS! Yes oh yes I love me some hot cowboys. I love nothing more than to spend a day lazing around reading some hot cowboy romances by Lorelei James or Vivian Arend. One day I hope to got to Montana or Wyoming and meet some live cowboys!
Until then I'll have to settle for some cowboy love skittles!!
This all started with a lovely gradient of Zoya Flynn and Louise
I was lucky enough to do this mani over at Stephanie's house on Saturday. Lucky I say because she had the Konad s5 plate and it's all about the cowboy!
Here's some pics with flash to show off that bold gold!
I love this brown gradient!!!
It's so luscious and reminds me of chocolate lol!
Now that I think of it, cowboy's AND chocolate really are a great match!!
