Pink Flowers & Pearls

Well last night, I decided to do a subtle male mani, lol. What I mean, is a mani that won't stand out to much to men, since I have a big dealer meeting this morning, I didn't want to do anything too crazy but still fun.

For this I used, a base of Essie Merino Cool, Pure Ice Busted over top & then did the stamping with Pure Ice Outrageous.

This was my final mani :)

I started with 1 coat of Merino Cool

added 1 coat of Busted

Then stamped with Outrageous

and then, because they were sitting next me, I added some ivory pearls in the center of the flowers, on my ring fingers.

 

Polkie Dots with a Kick!

Yep, I said 'Polkie', lol. Now as you all know, I love polka dots, purple, scotch tape and matte manis, so why not do a mani, that has it all!!!! Here is the mani I did. I used Ulta Cocktails Anyone?, Sally Hansen Slick Slate and Essie Matte About You. I know I'm holding China Glaze's Matte Magic in the last pics, but when I was taking these pictures, that was on the end table, and to be honest, my butt was too lazy to get back up and grab the Essie, lol. Hey....I was tired and comfy, lol.

I started with 2 coats of Cocktails Anyone?

Then I did the polka dots with Sally Hansen Slick Slate and a Bundle Monster Plate

next I taped off half the mani, diagonally, and used Slick Slate again

Then for fun, I re-taped my nails, and added Essie Matte About You :)



Slick Slate, White Cap & Essie Matte About You= BFF's for life!

Another day, I just couldn't let my mani be....lol. So while at Rite Aid,  saw 2 Sally Hansen Insta-Dri's that I didn't own, and I love these for Konading, so I of course had to get them. Plus I'm a sucker for the shroom colors. Well this is Slick Slate, isn't she sooo pretty??? Now, I know there are TONS of dupes out there of this color, but I didn't have one that I could stamp with?!?! I can't wait to try it out.

Okay, well, this is where the boredom started, lol. 2 coats of Slick Slate

Then I added China Glaze White Cap over top. BTW, White Cap was the only one I had any desire to get from that colection.

Then I added Essie Matte About You. What do you think?! I am really liking this!

my little nub is trying sooo hard to blend in with the rest of the group, lol.

My "I'm ready for Paintball" Mani................Patchwork Camo

So my hubby and about 20 people spent this past weekend at our family cabin, to play paintball!! We play about 5-6 times a year. Well I wanted a mani that would hide my butt, lol. Well after a few too many tries, I finally found colors that I liked together. I did this the night before we left. You may notice in some recent manis, following this, I now have a burn going down my ring finger, %^$#@!$*&#!, well I didn't get hurt playing, but I did have to much to drink, and so did everyone else. Well, we decided that cooking hot dogs over the fire was a great idea......but it wasn't. I burned my finger on one of those pokey cooker thingys! What was my hubby's 1st response........................"How can you even stand to take pictures now?" meaning for you guys! GRRRRR

Anyways, I used Sinful Black on Black, Essie Sew Psyched & CC High Society, then topped it off with China Glaze, Matte Magic. Of course using Scotch Tape for the design :)

Here is a pic, of my hubby and I, a few trips ago. I don't have the new pics ready yet. Oh, and yep...my gun is pink! WOOP WOOP!

Maybelline Colorama #43, Playing with Flakies..

I love my flakies, A LOT! Well I whipped this out of hiding, forgot I had it, and decided to give it a go. I love all polish over black, if you don't know by now, so that's what I did, put it on black, and LOOK!!

And being me, I had to add black tips :P

I get bored very easily, so I made the tips matte.

Doesn't get much better, than a flakie, funky french with matte tips!!!

Essie: Resort Collection da Sephora! Un piccolo sguardo...

Grazie alle mie agenti segreti su Facebook ;-) (grazie Anastasia) ho saputo che da Sephora (per Roma sia a Porte di Roma sia a Roma Est) sono atterrati i mini set Essie per due collezioni:

La resort collection
e la
Summer Collection.

I miniset costano 19,90 euro e contengono 4 smalti da 5ml l'uno...

Io non ho resistito e siccome non ho ancora capito come e' la situazione distribuzione Essie in Italia li ho subito presi...


Ragazze un colore più bello dell'altro...spero al mio rientro dalle vacanze di riuscire a prendere anche il cubo della Summer Collection :-).

Ecco uno swatch veloce con luce naturale.

E' senza top coat, sono laccati e sono lucidissimi!

Da sinistra verso destra:

• Lapis of Luxury
• Turquoise & Caicos
• Splash of Grenadine
• Playa del Platinum
  

Sono tutti bellissimi ma vorrei spendere due parole per il Playa del Platinum un beige ingrigito...fenomenale...chic da morire con il mio tono di pelle chiaro sta divinamente (alla faccia della modestia ;-) )...
Si vede che avete lo smalto ma con classe ;-)
Per la durata non vi so dire, lo sto per sottoporre alla prova mare, dove ogni smalto trema già solo al pensiero ^_^...
V farò sapere!