NOTD: Gunmetal

Hey all....taking a break from my challenges to show you this cool polish. It's Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear - Gunmetal. Its a frost/pearl finish or metallic finish. Link to an awesome glossary of finishes here.  It had obvious brush strokes when you look closely, something I hate....It was a pretty color though, leaning toward the blue side of the grey family. I do not like the brushes in this Xtreme wear line...the don't make a nice line, this is why there is such an obvious gap. I wonder how this polish would look if I added in some spectra flair? Here is a post abut how to use it!     

Oh, I was playing around with some settings on my camera, trying to get better quality pictures, let me know if you see a difference, and what you think!

Hope everyone has a fabtabulous day!

My 15 Week Challenge.....Part Two, Week One

Hey guys, so here is my second installment of the week. It was glitter. (See below for my list of challenges-and feel free to use it on your blog as well, if you do-let me know by commenting!)  I chose to do a glitter fade...or is it gradient? I don't know, but whatever its name is, it was very fun to do and very pretty looking. It only stayed on though for a day and a half, it was so thick on my nails....

Here's what I used in this order:
Gelous-base coat
Wet n Wild- Gray's Anatomy
China Glaze- Fairy Dust
NYC- Starry Silver Glitter
China Glaze- Techno
Wet n Wild- Party of Five
Seche Vite- top coat

Let me tell you how much of a pain glitter is to get off.....yes I have read about the 'foil' method, but I just don't see myself taking that much time to wrap each finger in foil, it would be so annoying, so I just cotton balled it, lol....several times!

excuse that nasty cuticle up there...

15 Weeks of Nails Challenge:

Week 1: Red Nails
Glitter

Week 2: Orange Nails
Half Moons

Week 3: Yellow Nails
Galaxies

Week 4: Green Nails
Water Marble / Dry Marble

Week 5: Blue Nails
Drag Marble

Week 6: Violet Nails
Inspired by a Favorite Thing

Week 7: Black and White Nails
Glitter Sandwich

Week 8: Metallic Nails
French Manicure

Week 9: Rainbow Nails
Inspired by Feathers

Week 10: Gradient Nails
Layered Nails

Week 11: Polka dots
Inspired by Dots

Week 12: Stripes
Inspired by Lines

Week 13: Animal Print
Inspired by The Outdoors

Week 14: Flowers
Inspired by a Tutorial

Week 15: Matte Nails
Retro Nails

NOTD: Las Vegas Showgirl style!

I was planning on doing a lightning bolt manicure, but haven't gotten to the 'bolt' part yet, but this polish combo is so great....its AWESOME! And the pictures aren't capturing its true beauty of course! I used Sinful Colors Midnight Blue with Pure Ice Strapless on top! It is so sparkly in the sun, its almost blinding, Mr. RSNSD said it looked like it should be in Las Vegas on stage!

Picture Spam:

Told you it was picture spam...

Hue Rang?

Hey everyone! Just a quick couple of posts....this is Hue Rang? from Finger Paints. I picked it up at Sally Beauty. Its a very yummy purple, like grape icing.....Formula was smooth and easy to work with.
The spot on my ring finger was from my bottle/brush of Seche Vite, ignore it...oopsie! Have a great weekend!

NOTD: Caribbean style!

Hi! This is China Glaze's Caribbean Blue. Its very blue, with a bit of shimmer in it. Sooo pretty.

It went on well, nice and smooth. This is two coats, with a bottom and top coat.

Here you can see the shimmer - and my dry cuticles!

Then I stamped it with Bundle Monster's 04 plate from their first original set, Has anyone gotten the new set yet? I know they just got them in, I'm wanting them, but can't excuse the purchase yet....so I'll have to wait. :(



I actually got alot of compliments on this manicure! This was my first successful stamping!

PS, I realize now that I spelt 'Carribean' wrong in all my pictures! Oooops!

NOTD: Tantalize me.....oh how I wish, lol....

So I wore China Glaze's Tantalize me. It was a very very very pretty color. It was almost Holographic! It was a purplie pink color and had some blue tones in it. It went on so well, nice and smooth. I loved it!
I wore it to Busch Gardens, and it looked so pretty in the sun! Please excuse my cuticles, I hate lotion and am still learning to apply it everyday or more, and so I have dry cuticles....sorry! :(

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NOTD: Dying Love...

From my big purchase I chose Misa's Dying Love. Its a nice rich, deep charcoal black! Goes on very smooth. This is my first Misa, and I love it!

In the morning I did a tape manicure, four squares....with China Glazes Sexy Lady. I wasn't thrilled with it at all.....I think the pink was very muted with this black, and I should have used a brighter pink or a differnt color all together...plus it shrunk after my Seche Vite top coat, so it showed the black underneath it....

I liked the black alone better than this....Oh well, Live and learn, right?

PS, tommorrow hopefully I will get up my stash photos!
PSS, You can click my pictures to enlarge them ;)

NOTD: Zoya-Roxy

OMG! I am in love! I saw this polish on Lyra's Blog (found Here). I fell in love then, and again when I recieved it in the mail from Ebay, and then again when I polished my nails with it! It really does look like jelly on your nails, you could almost lick it off! It has a deep pink -purplie -red tone to it, almost burgandy or magenta with silver glitter through out it (this glitter turns a pretty, shiny color inside this Roxy!) It is absolutely amazing....I think this will stay on my nails for awhile!

I overloaded with pictures, lol, you can click on them for a better view! When I stepped outside last night to snap these pictures My husband asked me what I was taking a picture of....I replied My Zoya!

I took these this morning.

I really am excited to have this polish! It went on very smoothly. This was three applications of the color plus a base coat. A Seche Vite top coat last night, and a regular top coat this am, after I cleaned it up a bit!