Hi Everyone!! Happy Friday! After last week's short week this one seemed to last forever! I'm looking forward to some down time and hoping to get some much needed Spring cleaning down around the house this weekend.
I decided to haul out one of my A Englands for a manicure because every one of them I have is just so lovely. I love the glowing effect you get with a scattered holo. A Englands never take away from the gorgeousness of their color with a strong linear holo which is why I tend to love the scattered holos a bit more.
For this one I grabbed my fave--Briarwood and paired it with OPI Honey Rider and some simple stamping
Briarwood is such a gorgeous chocolate cherry type color
I think those might be my favorite type of brown colors the ones with the hint of red in them.
Honey Rider is a lovely gold textured and these two looked great together
And I found another use for the ginormous Pueen Buffet set too, I may get some use with these plates after all.
So I've got Spring cleaning for some plans this weekend how about you all? Anyone doing anything exciting?
Thanks for stopping by! I hope you all have a fabulous day!
Hi Everyone! Today's theme in the Crumpet Nail Tart's 31 Day Challenge is Inspired By Nature. This mani all came about because of how bitterly cold it is here! This morning I didn't want to get out of bed because it was minus 2 outside with a wind chill factor of minus 20! OH MY GAH! here we were thinking we were going to have an easy winter and BAM freeze fest! Yesterday when I was thinking about what to do for inspired by nature I thought about doing another ho ho gradient with maybe a horse in the sunset. Why I don't know. Truth is I'm afraid of horses. I don't mind petting them but there is no way I'm riding on one.
So because I was way too cold to get out of bed and face the cold day I lay there thinking about what I could do for inspired by Nature. Lord knows I could have done snowflakes but instead I remembered a little box of dried flowers I got awhile ago and never used. And TA DA a mani is born!
I used the lovely A England Bridal Veil and one of my favorite red's OPI Wocka! Wocka! for this beauty
i really love the look of this dried flower on here! I should have used it for my texture day!
I stamped with BM323 and DRK-A for the ring and thumb
I really love how this turned out! There is just something so gorgeous about red and black together.
We're almost done with this challenge! I can't believe it, this one really wasn't as hard as the last one. Let's see what's in store for tomorrow!
Inspired by a game--hmmmm I hope I can come up with something good for that one!
What has Nature inspired in my fellow Tartlet's??
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!
Hi Readers! Today is day 4 of the 31 day challenge and we're all about the green today! OMG I am starting to really love greens and slowly but surely I'm filing up my green drawer. I really didn't know what I wanted to do for today's challenge because I wanted to use Zoya Edyta as I used it just the other day and it was gorgeously amazing. BUT I thought of another green untried I have so hauled out my A England Dragon. With a name like that staring me in the face readers I had no choice other than to do a dragon mani!
This is outside in the sun as it was shining today!
I love scattered holos more than linears because let's face it, indoors linear holos suck. And where do we spend most of our time Readers? Indoors! At least with a scattered holo you get a pretty color and not a flat dull looking blob on your nails like you do a linear.
Hmmm to me this looks mermaidy lol! but turn this baby upside down and BAM instant dragon! I know! I know! I can't help it, I love, love, love anything mermaidy or dragony LOLOLOL.
I got a little help from Nails Inc Elm Park Gardens with the stamping!
Yummeh!!!
Here's a couple of pics with flash, but my camera really has a strong flash which really glares off my white skin!
The Elm Park Gardens almost looks black here!
I used Elm Park Gardens as a base and then stamped using A England's Dragon with Mash-39 for all but the accent nail. Accent is Dragon with Elm Park Gardens stamped over it using BM217
Here's a picture of the polishes I used
I totally blame Sheila from Pointless Cafe and Ashley from Ashley Is Polish Addicted for my recent love of green! These gurls are killing me!
So far so good with this challenge. Let's see what's in store for tomorrow
BLUE! I wonder if Blue will blow you away??
Thanks for stopping by! I hope you all have a fantastic day!
Hi Readers!! Today some of you might have to cover your eyes! Awhile ago my Wonder Twin and I did a mani using the zipper image from the 2nd Bundle Monster set. I really loved how Crystal did hers and have been wanting to do one like it. I had purchased A England's Bridal Veil from Ninja Polish a few months ago but hadn't used it yet so an idea was born! This is it readers this post is rated NC-17 so I hope you're old enough to keep looking!
Ha!!! Were you worried for a minute??? Remember how I had to censor the zebra awhile back???? LOL! I just love this--it's both edgy and cute--how can that even happen???
Look at the lovely scattered holo of Bridal Veil--it's one of my favorite blacks!
For this mani I did ONE COAT of A England's Bridal Veil (all the of polishes I have from The Legends are one coaters--Bridal Veil, Dragon, St George, and Ascalon) and then stamped using the Silver Chrome pen from Sally Hansen using image BM202. For the lips I used both China Glaze Emotion and Kleancolor Metallic Red using BM02.
While I was doing this mani someone in the room was not old enough to view such racy content so he had to cover his eyes!
Poor Baxter!
I hope no one had shock with this one readers lol! Thanks for stopping by! I hope you all have a fantastic day!
Hi Readers! I have this love/hate relationship with half moon mani's. I love them, they hate me. I finally figured out how to make them work for me! The secret you ask--circle labels instead of reinforcement tabs! I cut them in half to make them more pliable and YES success! Over the next few days I'm going to try a few half moon mani ideas so I hope they won't bore you! First up is my teal look. This is A England's St George with China Glaze For Audrey
While I loved just the creme on top of the scattered holo I felt the need to dot and I think it turned out great!
Here's a nice shot with flash
What do you think of this mani readers? Are you liking the pale creme over the dark scattered holo?
Thanks for stopping by! I hope you all have a fantastic day!
