15 Week Challenge......Part One, Week Twelve

Hey girls...

Remember me telling you I was skipping week 11 because I had done dots lately and just didn't feel like? I also mentioned that I had done some of my cousin's daughter's nails on Christmas, and they just happen to be Polka Dots.

So here are those, sorry for the crappy cell phone pictures, I had forgotten my camera, and had to use Husbands cell phone.

Top is Hannah's Silver with red/green glitter snowman, and bottom is Jordan with Black Diamond and dots with some of the prisms colors.

This is Aliya, she had a dark blue with a shimmer blue on top.

This is Chloe, had Prism Diamond as a base, and a pink a maroon i forget the names of as dots.

Thank you girls! I enjoyed painting them as much as you enjoyed letting me. The only one I don't have a photo of is Keira's, they had left before I thought about it. She was who I had brought my supplies along for, she is four I think. She asked her mommy if her nail polish cousin could do her nail, LOL! So Sweet!

Ok so onto this weeks Challenge. Stripes. I almost chucked the out the window because of the candy canes from this post, but decided to go ahead and do it.

I used NYC Skin Tight Denim as a base, it was .25 cent CVS clearance purchase!
For the stripes:
Pinky: Zoya Phoebe
Ring: Finger Paints Winter Sky
Middle: Essence Bella
Index: NYC Empire State Blue
Thumb: NYC Cashmere Creme

I just used very little polish with the brush they came with... I like it.

See ya next time!

<3 Carrie

Back to my Challenges....

OK girls, so back to my challenges! This should pick up on Week Ten, Part Two, BUT....it is layered nails, and in my past two post's I did layering...so I'm kinda done with that.
The next challenge is Polka dots, I feel like I have done that too, I won't be doing that one either and then part two of that week's challenge is Inspired by dots. Hmm.....too many dots, lol. I do have one pictures of my little cousin's nails that I did at Christmas, I will upload those for you to see for replacement of me not doing those challenges, They are on my husband's smart phone, I forgot my camera on Christmas, AND Thanksgiving, I was so mad at myself!!! So they aren't going to be great photo's but they'll have to do.

The next official challenge I will post will be Week Twelve, Part One: Stripes

I sort of did that one here. But I will do again, I love stripes.

Any thing involving stripes you specifically want to see?

<3 Carrie

15 Week Challenge......Part One, Week Ten

I decided to skip the Part Two Week Nine: Inspired by Feathers, because, well I'm not... :/
But here is one of my favorite pictures of one inspired by feathers:

See Her here

So onto the next challenge, Gradient. I wasn't successful with this, I should have used a sponge...

look how thick it is....ick!

thickness...

I used Zoya Jo as my base. And then NOPI Kendall on the Catwalk, then Sinful Colors Frenzy, and then NOPI Rainbow in the S-Kylie.

Hope your having a great Sunday. My Husband is at America's Got Talent Auditions today! He is singing Lady by Styx. I wish you lots of luck Hunny!

<3 Carrie

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

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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

15 Week Challenge.....Part Two, Week Eight

Hey there....Did you see I am up to 101 Followers! You know what that means? A Give-away!!!! Check back tomorrow for details!
I decided to skip the 'metallic' challenge, I am not into that look....
So here is the next challenge, A french Manicure. I did this one a couple weeks ago, free hand, I was pretty impressed with the results.
I used Orly Fifty Four, and a white that came with a french manicure set by KISS.

And then the little princess wanted a mani too. I used two Sinful Color's on her.

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Coming up this week: Give-away Details, and A Birthday Club.

<3 Carrie

15 Week Challenge......Part Two, Week Seven (Halloween)

Hey guys! I have another Halloween based challenge for ya! This challenge was a glitter sandwich. I picked up a new polish over the weekend, Sinful Colors Cloud 9, its an Orange glass flecked/shimmer polish. Its like sparkly Orange Juice on my nails! It really is super pretty, and I don't care for Orange. I had bought Tangled in my Web, and two others, and was waiting for them to come in the mail and they did, yay! (nail mail post later on this week) So I put on a few layers of TMW from Wet N Wild's On the Prowl collection, and then topped it with one more coat of SC's Cloud 9. It is totally awesome, kind of looks like poppy seeds in Orange juice now, lol....the Orange also made some of the TIMW look Hunter Green, perfect for Halloween/Fall!

So here is my Glitter Sandwich! (totally picture spam, sorry)

Pretty awesome, right?

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15 Week Challenge.....Part One, Week Seven (Halloween)

Yay, Black and White! I went with a halloween themed Mani, because well, its that time of year, perfect! I started off with Finger Paints Where art Renoir? Its a black creme with some silver shimmer. Its on the thicker side, I have noticed most of their polishes are like that, I picked up some thinner and dropped a few drops of it in the FP WAR, and shook it up and it was much better!

I ordered some gems online for .99 cents, there was a post about it on the FB page PAA, and I jumped it, who could pass that up?  Well I forgot about them until I just got them day before yesterday, love getting surprises!

Ok, back on track....

I then added ghost guys, using Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear White On and a dotting tool. Then I used Sinful Colors Black on Black with a dotting tool and did the eyes and mouth....

Added some gems to one ghost...

Then on the other hand, I was just messing around...
I got out my stamping plates, picked out a witch, and a web and spider, stamped those...eh their ok...I used LA Colors silver.

I used a dotting tool to create me own web, same color LA Colors Silver.

A ghost again...

And then some really cool creepy eye, using my new gems...

And for fun, Here are some Pumpkin toes...I used Essie Meet Me at Sunset and a sharpie.

So what do you think?

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15 Week Challenge......Part Two, Week Six

Halfway there people, Halfway there!

So this challenge I had to choose a favorite thing....well I couldn't, so instead i did a few of my favorite things...
I love cats...
I love the color blue...
I love roses...
I love flowers...
I love flowers... Again...

I used China Glaze Sexy Lady as a base, its pretty, its pink-not my favorite color, bright and fun. Its a creme polish, it went on nice and smooth.

On my thumb, I stamped a cat. I used Sinful Colors Black on Black and the Hello Kitty plate (M71) from the Born Pretty store. I then made cat paw prints with the same black polish and a dotting tool.

On my index, I just slopped some sparkly goodness from Revlon-Blue Mosaic. It is super pretty with lots of different sizes, and some green in there.

On my middle, I went with a purple rose....if you look close you can see the tiny sparkles from Orly Velvet Rope. Plate used was: BM14.

On my ring I used a Fimo flower decoration...

On my pinky I went with flowers again, and stamped Sinful Colors 24/7 on first using plate BM16, then used Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear's Lacey Lilac and plate BM12. Very Subtle and dainty.

Pretty.
What are your favorite things?

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15 Week Challenge........Part One, Week Six

Hello there....I have been slacking on the posts....well the guts of the posts anyhow! I am sorry. The kids have got me all up in a bind, so much with school and wanting to play outside, and then all the stuff that needs to be done inside is just outrageous! Mom's/wife's shouldn't have to tackle everything! I need to make a chart....with who gets what chore...or else I am going to go insane...

I need to decide on what my chart will include and who will do what and when and then get a big poster board, write it all out and then have it laminated, I want to have that up by Saturday! So anyone out there have any ideas on who to delegate which chores to....you know the basics....pick up clothes, put away clothes, clean toilets, mop floors, vacuum, etc....Dishes after dinner....what are the most important things that I need the kids/husband to help with?  My kids are 8.5, 6.5, 4 and almost 1!

This weeks challenge was Violet. I found this purple a couple months back at the dollar tree. It is very very purple! Goes on smooth, no problems, very opaque, creme finish. Love this color, it doesn't have a name...You can see a bottle shot here. I wanted something extra for this Mani, so I added some sparkle to my ring finger, China Glaze Techno.

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15 Week Challenge.......Part Two, Week Five

DRAG MARBLE!!!

I have only tried this one other time, and it looked okay, but this is much better!

I used Sinful Colors Black on Black and Orly's Mineral FX collections Rock-it. I did the black first-which is a great one coater, and smooth....and then while still wet I dropped six or so dots of Rock-it - awesome as well- on my nail and drug a small dotting tool through them in a zigzag line.

(please bear with the photo's I'm still playing around with settings to find the best one and the best lighting, and all that goodness)

This last one is blurry, but you can see the swirlyness in them! My normal hand I photograph was all whacked up....It was 'bubbly' and ridged.....like I dug to deep with the dragging....so in other words, be careful when dragging your tool...

What do you think of this?



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15 Week Challenge........Part One, Week Five!

I chose Tealy-Fast by Sally Hansen Instant dry line. Its pretty....I couldn't capture it well enough, I need to wear it again on a sunny day and take more pictures... Let me tell you this....I hate this brush! Hate it! I won't buy another of this line because of that....This polish to me is a duochrome, because in one light its a blue, in another light its a teal-green color with the most beautimous green in it! So pretty, again, my pictures don't capture it! So disappointing. Also ALOT of tip wear in one day!

maybe here in the middle finger in the light you can see that pretty green?

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