chartreuse and puce

 Probably two of my favorite colors plus they just sound awesome. I felt like this was a little less flashy than the past couple of days but a bit more appropriate for work ;)

• base coat - China Glaze - Electric Pineapple
• image plate - BM20
• design - China Glaze - Senorita Bonita & Sinful Colors - Nirvana

gold rules.

I picked up the most beautiful gold polish today from Orly. Its called Luxe and it looks incredible on. I also got a bottle of Seche Vite top coat and it absolutly lives up to the hype.

• base coat - Orly - Luxe
• image plate - M57 with Konad black stamping polish
• top coat - Seche Vite

sunday is the new friday

I have been trying to get more of OPI's suede line but I've only found one color so far. I love the matte finish, so I picked up a bottle of Matte About You by Essie which gives a similar effect. This mani is very subtle but I'm happy with the end result.

• base coat - Konad stamping polish in Black
• top coat - Essie - Matte About You
• image plate - M57 with Konad stamping polish

rose garden

I got the Island Escape collection from China Glaze yesterday and I just don't know what to use first! I've seen this style of rose mani a few times and I love how girly it is. It was really easy to do and it went pretty fast.

• base coat - Mint Sorbet - Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear
• roses - Hazard- Sinful Colors, Speedy Sunburst - Sally Hansen Insta-Dri
• leaves - Cha Cha Cha - China Glaze

cherry blossoms!

I had completely forgotten that I had ordered image plate M66 from Konad last week and it arrived today along with some other pretty great stuff. I love the designs on this plate, and they transfer so well! I decided to use just the cherry blossom stamp...

• base coat - China Glaze - For Audrey
• branches - Sinful Colors - Nirvana
• cherry blossoms - Sally Hansen Insta-Dri - Speedy Sunburst

I'm really happy with how this turned out and am tempted to leave it on for more than one day ;)

laser mani

Saw a tutorial for a laser mani done with tape on the blog Nailside and was super excited to try it. I have to say, this was probably the most time consuming mani I've done so far, much more difficult than it looked! Mine were nowhere near as neat as hers but I think it was a good first attempt. I used Blue Away and Brisk Blue by Sally Hansen Insta-Dri

bows 2.0

I recieved some new image plates from Konad today and I love how much bigger the designs are! Bundle Monster doesn't quite cover my nail and lining them up has not worked out too well so far.
I used image plates M79 and M59 with OPI Russian Navy Suede, Konad white stamping polish, and Cover Girl Continuous Color in Preppy Pink.

leopard love

I did these to match a dress I bought yesterday. I realized I've been using mostly image plates and I was a little nervous about doing these free-hand but  I'm pretty happy with how they turned out. I used Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Wet Cement, Sally Hansen Insta-Dri in Sonic Boom, and Konad stamping polish in black.

They ended up being a perfect match :)

saturday night stripes

Since I can't seem to get the Bundle Monster designs to cover my whole nail, and double stamping the designs hasn't gone so well, I decided to just break it up. I used Maybelline Express Finish in Racy Red with image plates BM20 and BM11.

I like how they turned out, but I had a few chips by the end of the night. I might need to try a different top coat, right now I'm using Sally Hansen Hard as Nails top coat.

friday i'm in love......with orange!

I saw a tutorial on The Daily Nail for a design called Whats the Mod-er? and thought I would give it a try. I have an adorable orange/black/gray summer dress and I wanted to use these colors without it looking too halloween-ie.
Here is the dress......

and here are the nails :)

I used Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Sun Kissed, and Wet Cement, and Konad special black stamping polish. This was super black, but it got goopy very quickly.