Reflections, Sassy Nails, and Silly Diversions!: Seche Vite

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Saturday, December 10, 2011

Shine of Times

Hey there...

On a recent trip to Walgreen's I saw a full display of Essie Luxe Effects. I was going to get Shine of Times, but put it back, the price of Essie just kills me!

I ended up going back to get it the next day though.

I also Picked up a Christmas-ie green, Sinful Colors San Fransisco, on a fellow PaA's recommendation. Its a really pretty color.

I snapped those pictures literally right after I capped the polish after the third coat, so my fingers are a little dryish....isn't this a really pretty green?

I was going to do penguins this day, but really didn't want to put the effort into nail art. So I grabbed the Shine of Times (Essie) and put one coat of that on top, then SV on top! And wow! So amazing!

There is about a half an hour left for the franken naming poll! On the left in my side bar....

And don't forget about my Christmas/Holiday Themed mani contest, last day to enter is tomorrow!

<3 Carrie

Thursday, December 1, 2011

It's December!

Okay so I am really proud of myself right now....I did an awesome job with tonight's Mani. Although my pictures suck, there was little light outside, and it was the sunset light so it was orangeish....

Ok So I started out with China Glaze's Passion in the Pacific as a base coat. Then I tipped my pinkie, middle, and index fingers with Finger Paints All you need is color. Then on a plastic baggie I made little white circles with Sally Hansen's Xtreme Wear White on and topped it with Confetti Ice Ice Baby for a 'snowy' effect. Then a made little santa hats on the baggie with China Glaze's Ruby Pumps. I topped the work with Out the Door, let it dry, and then came back to it. I topped my ring ringer with a top coat and pulled one of the white circles off of the baggie and placed it on my finger to the edge of it and toward the tip, pressed it down gently and then took a hat off of the baggie and placed it on top the white circle. I then used a dotting tool and Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Sun Kissed to make a nose, then placed two dots with WnW Black Creme for the eyes and then made a mouth, and then topped the hat with a dot of the white used for the circles. Then went back and dotted all of my fingers with the Confetti Ice Ice Baby....to make it look sparklie/snowie. Then topped it all off with Seche Vite.

*Excuse the blister on my thumb, I burnt it a couple days ago on the oven rack, ouchie!*

Again, I'm sorry about the cruddy pictures, I really need to fix my light box.....

What do you think?

Don't forget to vote in my Franken Naming poll <--------- on the left in the sidebar.

And Don't forget to spread the word about my Christmas/Holiday Themed Mani contest! Grab my button over on the left and put it on your blog for me! Please? Thanks!

<3 Carrie

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

15 Week Challenge......Part One, Week Nine

Testing my Button:

Yay! Back to the challenges. Finally! Today is Rainbow. I went with a new polish I bought just recently, Nicole by OPI It's all about the Glam, one of the K-Dash polishes. It is a really pretty white with a shimmer, blues and pinks come through. It took me three to four coats on some fingers to get it opaque. I'm OK with the brush, a little to square for my taste. Its formula was very nice, It was my first time trying a NOPI.

I then used a dotting tool, and various rainbow colors:
Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Mellow Yellow
Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Blue It
Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Green with Envy
Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Sun Kissed
NYC Big Apple Red Creme
China Glaze Senorita Bonita

Then I topped it all with a coat of Seche Vite.

I didn't clean up as well as I had thought, it was about 11:59pm on a Saturday that I did these....very late. And sorry about my cuticles, I had just cleaned...and moisturized, believe it or not :(

I really liked this design, I saw it somewhere but I don't remember where. Next up is feathers....hmmm, might have to break out the stamp plates for this one.

I am sharing a recipe tomorrow, so make sure you check back and see which one it is, I can't decide if it'll be a desert or a meal........suggestions?

<3 Carrie

Monday, October 31, 2011

Happy Halloween!

Yay it's finally Halloween! (this is a BIG post, beware!) Last day for Halloween themed Mani's! I couldn't decide what to put on my nails....so I did a 5 different things!
On Friday I picked up a Sally's Mini Glow in the dark polish...I couldn't find any other ones :*(
But I found out that this little one, works great! I also found some other beauties, but I will save that for another post!

When I prepared for this, I wasn't really sure what I was going to do... I wanted to try Mummy's, Pumpkins, The blood dripping thing, and my stamps.....

I painted all my nails with Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear's White On. Seche Vited it, and went to dinner, came back with a plan, lol. I did all of the above...

What I used:
My thumb has bats and a church form the Bundle monster plate 224 and 13, using Wet N Wild black creme and Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Blue It, With Sally's Mini GITD on top.
My index has OPI (my one and only OPI- that's sad :( Black Shatter, the glow in the dark is under the Shatter.
My middle has a Pumpkin and old tree stamped on it, plate BM-224, with Wet N Wild Black Creme, and Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Sun Kissed. With the GITD on top.
My Ring is a mummy, using LA Colors Art Deco Striping polish in black, And then a white from a french kit by KISS, and then Big Apple Red Creme by NYC. I forgot to put the GITD under the stripes so I went back and dotted it between the lines and on his eyes.
On my pinkie is the Big Apple Red Creme by NYC, using a dotting tool and the brush from the bottle, with GITD over top.

And I love my toes right now, I have never really used a white as a color, only an accent, but this is really really really pretty! I used an old CQ white polish, with the silver/black pumpkin glitter from this post.

We, I mean Mr. LoveButt, carved pumpkins yesterday while the kids did a craft I picked at Micheal's, and what made me happy was that it didn't need glue, all the pieces had sticky backs, Yay!