Opposites Attract!

Hi Readers!  I'm sure you've heard this one before--opposites attract.  This is something people like to say when they are dating someone and none of their friends can understand why so they say "Oh well!! Opposites attract!"  I'm not really sure about that in love BUT in this mani yes, opposites DO attract!
Remember my jeweled ruffian from couple weeks ago?  I loved it so much I stamped on it??? Well I am still loving the Ruffian mani's so I did another one. This time I took really affordable polishes---LA Color Craze Live--a dollar store polish and WetnWild Craze Nocturnal--a $1.99 polish and turned them into a million bucks!!! Check this out readers!

As you can see after I did the Nocturnal I mattefied it!  I know it looks black here but really Nocturnal is a super dark blue--one coat would have kept it blue I think but I wanted at least 2 coats!  I love the contrast of the shiny metallic and the matte effect!
You can really see the "bling" of Live in the crescent here

I love looking at it like this!

Here it is with flash!

Here are the polishes I used for this mani--LA Colors Live, WetnWild Morbid and Essie's Matte About You

And one more!! Side by Side non flash and flash comparison!

I really love this mani readers!  I'm not sure what I'll do next--will I stamp on it or just do something new???? Stay tuned!!!


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

Not sure if I succeeded--Medieval Mani

Hi Readers!  My friend Ashley and I are both vampire lovers--she vary on which vampires are the best though lol!  She loves Twilight while I love Black Dagger Brotherhood and Mick St. John.  One thing's for certain we both loved the Essence Vampire's Love polishes!  A few weeks ago Ashley did what I thought was a way cool mani with a medieval "feel" using Essence Dawn in Broken from the Vampire's Love line.  Check out that fabulous mani here.  I wanted to come up with a medieval look using my Dawn Is Broken as well and you'll have to be the judge whether or not I succeeded.  

I did alot of work to get this mani.  I actually have a basecoat of black with micro silver underwear on and then two coat of Dawn Is Broken.  I did the acid wash look but taking remover and swiping away at spots of Dawn Is Broken to get a patchy look.  Then I used the same scroll image Ashley used on BM01 BUT I went vertical instead of horizontal so had to stamp four verticals row of that image on my nails.  I could have stopped there I felt I had a weather castle look BUT I added what I'm calling pheasants to it for a tapestry type look.  And yes the pheasants are single image so I had to stamp one right side up and one upside down lol!  The pheasants are from RA102.


Here's a bottle shot of Dawn Is Broken it's really pretty--silvery creme with dark grey and silver glitters dispersed throughout.

Here's a flash pic too!

Here are the polishes I used to get this mani.  The Hema is the underwear for the Dawn Is Broken, the dark grey is one I frankened because I needed a dark grey lol!

I'm not sure about this one--I like it but I think Ashley's minimalistic stamping on hers highlights the beauty of the polish better.  So I'm not done with this one lol!  I shall return!


What do you think readers--medieval or mediocre?


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

Sunday Challenge--blue! Pass or fail?

Hi Readers!  The facebook stamping group's challenge is blue all blue nothing but the blue!  Wow I thought I would do great with this one but really I'm not sure i pulled it off.  I had all these good intentions great blue underwear and tealy blue crackle and them stamping in blue.  In my mind I pictured a blue dragon and it's scales.  On my nails--ug not so much!


I started with a new blue I got from my friend Charlotte, OPI Swimsuit Nailed It. It's a gorgeous metallic blue.  Then I did an aqua blue to teal shift crackle from Pure Ice Called Strike A Pose, then I stamped with China Glaze Adore using plate BM224

See what I mean? Good intentions just not good follow through :(
And look at my pinkie? Where did that wrinkling come from?

I wasn't happy with this.  You couldn't see the cool crackling through the stamping.  I decided to go a different route.  This is better but just not spectacular which is what I was going for

This time I just went straight up Swimsuit Nailed It with Adore.  I stamped using image BM202.  
This design looks good with flash I think!

I was hoping to pull this off as a dragon scale look and leave it on both hands but really BM202 doesn't look too dragony (ha is that even a word? I don't think so!)
I had the camera man home so he grudgingly took a pic.  It didn't turn out so great (as always it seems when I get assistance from the camera man)

What do you think readers?  Do you think a challenge of wearing only blue an stamping with only blue is easy or hard?  I wish this mani would have turned out the way I saw it in my head.  Oh well tomorrow is another day!


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

A Happy Surprise!

Hi Readers!  Today's mani turned out to be a huge surprise to me!  Basically I was too lazy to take off the current mani I was wearing when I got nail mail from my lovely friend Ginger.  Instead of taking off what I was wearing to try out this Icing Duo I got from Ginger I just decided to cover up my current mani.  The Icing Duo I got was the Lippmann Across The Universe dupe Force Of Love and it's "B" side Magnetic Attraction. I know everyone and their mother is gaga in love with Across The Universe but to me it's just ok.  Magnetic Attraction was really appealing to me though so I decided to try and wear that and see how I felt about it.  I needed some dark to cover up my current mani so I went for my OPI Lucerne-tainly look Marvelous BUT I also might have went for it because it was right next to me too lol!
Magnetic Attraction is really intriguing to me.  It's a grey jelly base with copper and blue micro glitter with medium size holo hex glitter--very unique to me.  Sure there are lots of holo hex glitters out there but the combination of those with micro copper and green glitters sets it apart to me.  Let's check out the surprise mani!

Wow! For something I just whipped together out of laziness this far surpassed my expectations for it!  I honestly planned on not even doing my right hand to match lol!  Nope right hand was done as well and this was something I knew I would wear for at least 3 days.  3 days to me is the right amount of time for a mani.  As soon as I get tip wear or chipping my mani comes off--usually 3 days is as long as I'll go before tip wear.
Here's a close up of it!

I'm making do with a pretty old digital camera so I can't get that great of a close up but hopefully you can see some of that copper and blue in there with the holo hexes.  I just found this to be so stunning!
And here it is with flash!!! GORGEOUS!

I just cannot be happier with this mani!


To recap I used OPI Lucerne-tainly Look Marvelous with one coat of Icing Magnetic Attraction over it and then stamped using Konad Special Black on RA108


Have you ever had something like this happen readers?  You didn't have high expectations for a mani and it really knocked your socks off??


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

Go Red For Women Day!

Hi Readers!  In case you didn't know today is national Go Red For Women day. It's sponsored by the American Heart Association.  To raise awareness on the subject of heart disease issues in women, it's a day for red!  Red dress, red shoes, and of course red fingernails!
I'm not rocking a red dress today but I am rocking a red mani and with the Holy Grail of red's if I do say so myself.
Before I show you the mani I'm sporting for today here are some facts on Go Red For Women Day and signs of a heart.


Go Red For Women was started in 2004 to dispel the myth heart disease was an older man's disease.  More women die each year from cardiovascular (heart) disease than from any other cause of death including all forms of cancer.


A heart attack occurs when the flow of blood to the heart is blocked, usually by a blood clot.  If the blood clot cuts off the blood flow completely the part of the heart muscle supplied by that clogged artery starts to die.


Here are signs of a heart attack.  If you ever experience these signs don't wait!!! Call 911 immediately!


1. Uncomfortable pressure, squeezing, fullness or pain in the center of your chest. It lasts more than a few minutes, or goes away and then comes back again.
2.  Pain or discomfort in one or both of the arms, neck, back, jaw or stomach.
3.  Shortness of breath with or without chest discomfort.
4.  Other signs such as breaking out in a cold sweat, nausea or lightheadedness.
5.  As with men, women's most common heart attack symptom is chest pain or discomfort.  But women are somewhat more likely than men to experience some of the other common symptoms, particularly shortness of breath, nausea/vomiting and back or jaw pain.


That's some helpful info on heart attack symptoms always remember never wait things out or try to drive yourself to the hospital if you think you are having a heart attack or stroke!  Call 911!!!


Here's how you can help prevent heart disease in yourself ladies!

• Don't smoke or use tobacco 
• Exercise 30 minutes on most days of the week
• Eat a heart healthy diet--foods low in fat cholesterol and salt.  A diet full of fruits, vegetables, whole grains and lowfat dairy are best for preventing heart disease.
• Maintain a healthy weight
• Get regular check ups

Okay that's the health portion of my post now how about we get on to the mani! This is my take on a poor heart who's owner is not following a heart healthy diet, getting any exercise or who smokes

Poor heart all chained up :(

But look at a heart who's owner is eating well, gets some regular exercise and who doesn't smoke

This heart is so happy it's growing!

Here's a close up!  Which one looks happier to you???

LOL I had to throw this out there!  Anyone who knows me knows my absolute favorite stamping image is the chain!!!

Now remember I said the red I used is the Holy Grail of reds in my opinion?  Do you know what it is readers??? Can you guess??? Take a look at the bottle and see if it helps you

Did you figure it out??? Still need a little hint?

OMG VAMPIRE STATE BUILDING!  I love this polish.  It's the best red EVAH!  I wore this polish until the bottle was gone back in 2000.  Little did I know I wouldn't be able to easily get my hands on it again.  Lucky for me my friends Brie and Wendy & Carly had my back.  With the three of them combined I have almost a full bottle of it!  This isn't an everyday red for me even though it IS any everyday red.  I have to be real careful with this stuff now!

How do you feel after today's post readers?  Do you feel you know a little bit more about heart disease and how if affects women?  Are you going to promise not to sit around and wait it out if you have any heart attack symptoms but instead call 911 right away?

How about that red polish readers?  Do you have Vampire State Building?  Do you have a red you consider the Holy Grail of reds?  If yes please let me know which one it is!


My friend bloggers who have also gone red for today are:
Sarah
Jacki
Amber
and Rachel
please stop by and see what they've come up with!



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

Throw Back Thursday--I lied!

Hi Readers!  Remember my gorgeous Ruffian jeweled colors from last week?  You know the one I said was too pretty to stamp on? Well I lied!  The next day I DID stamp on it and IT'S EVEN BETTER THAN BEFORE!  I really had no idea if this would work, I wanted to stamp using Illamasqua but didn't know if they would stamp well.  I talked to a few of my nail polish friends and they all said go for it so I did!  I stamped with the corresponding base color on top of the It's My Turn and for the most part they all worked.  Sally Girl Phat was a bit light but that's okay.
Here's the amped up Ruffian!

Isn't my peacock ring cool??? I got it on ebay awhile ago!
Here's a close up of the mani

And of course a shot with flash!

Wow I am so glad I didn't let this mani just sit at no stamping!


To get this look I stamped over my Ruffian Mani with the corresponding base coat color then I filled in some of the holes in the stamped image.  I used BM212 for my stamped image.
To recap from last week here are the polishes I used

What do you think readers?  Was I smart to take the plunge and stamp over an already great looking mani or should I have left it as is?


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

Wonder Twin Power Activate! Form of . . . a gorgeous mani!

Hi Readers!  Are any of you old enough to know what today's title means??? Obviously I am lol!  The Wonder Twins were part of the Super Friends cartoon--Zan and Jayna.  Zan can transform into any state of water--solid, liquid or gas.  His twin sister's Jayna can transform into any kind of animal real or mythological.  
Here they are in case you needed a blast from the past!

I have a wonderful friend Crystal whom I loving refer to as Wonder Twin--you've seen her fingers before here.  Recently she was CRAZY enough to sell this to me in an attempt of hers to do some polish house cleaning!

Orly Galaxy Girl!  Holy cow it's gorgeous!

It's really unique, to me it's a red brown type jelly with this incredible blue sparkle. Here it is with flash

This one is actually pretty enough to wear with no stamping but we all know what happens when I say that!

Yep I stamp on it!  Isn't this gorgeous readers?????!!!!!!

Here's a flash pic of it--I really don't like the flash on this new old camera I got because it overexposes my hand SO much BUT beggars can't be choosers!

I love this image!! It's from RA-109

To get this look I did 2 coats of Orly Galaxy Girl then used China Glaze Adore and Emotion by just blobbing them in different spots on the flowery image on RA109. Here are the polishes I used.

I really like my Wonder Twin--she's super nice and very sweet--a little foolish to give up this Galaxy Girl though if you ask me!  Here we are together

I'm on the left and she's on the right--kind of hard to take a decent looking pic of yourself lol!!!
Now of course the above pic is just what we look like in our every day lives when we are the Wonder Twins we look like this!

Hahahahahah! OMG this picture of us cracks me up!


Well that's it for today readers great polish, great mani and great Wonder Twins combo!!!  Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you all have a fantastic day!