Belated St Patty's Mani!

Hey hey! I'm a terrible blogger.. been a few days since I posted. I'm sawwy :( Work has been aw-ful this week, and when I get home I usually crash land somewhere comfy. 

This is my St Patty's Day mani!! It was so easy to do, and I promise it looked better in person. I got tons of compliments on it. I did two coats of Orly Bonder Base Coat, then two coats of Essie Pretty Edgy. Then I freehanded the tips in China Glaze Blonde Bombshell. Middle finger- Two coats of Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Whirlwind White. Then I used a random stamping plate I won in a giveaway for the adorable clover. Pretty Edgy wasn't opaque, so I went over it with a dotting tool. Then I did random polka dots of Blonde Bombshell.

I really enjoyed this mani, and the beverages I had last night. Whew. I deserved it, though!! Maybe..

Hope you like it! Sinful Colors swatches to come tomorrow. What did you do for St. Patty's Day??

Don't forget the giveaway!! Ends in a week!

Katie's Nails: China Glaze Techno and OPI Ink

Hey everyone! How is your weekend? I bought 15 Sinful Colors... oooops. 99 cent sale at Walgreens ends tomorrow, and a new collection is out! It's called the Castaway collection and has 8 gorgeous new colors, most with Grecian themed names. Of couuurse I bought all of them.. you know me and my Sinfuls! So I'll have a swatchfest soon and post them all. Yay, and thank you Nouveau Cheap  for letting me know about this great new collection. :) 

So I have family in town this weekend! My grandmother, aunt, uncle, and three cousins. Needless to say it is busy around here and I am one happy girl. I love my family being around and I wish they'd come more often! My awesome cousin Katie lets me do her nails, and they are lovely. Long and thick. I wish I knew what her secret is! So for this mani she picked OPI Ink, one of my new favorites, and because she has a soft spot for mattes, we used Hard Candy Matte-ly In Love as a top coat.

THEEEN we sponged on some China Glaze Techno for a sort of funky french-sponging combo! They had one gorgeous baby, lemme tell ya. Here's a few pics- aren't her nails beautiful??

lamp light

blurred- look at that holo!

One coat of Seche Vite Quick Dry to smooth out the glitter, and voila. Beautiful.

I hope everyone is having a great day! Special thanks to Katie for the use of her lovely nails as my canvas. YAAAY

Love,

Rachael

Smoooch!

Hello dolls! Here's my first Valentine's Day mani. I was playing around with my new striper brush and came up with a really cute design, but it was time consuming and I'm exhausted. So that one will come later! For now, here's a simple funky french with some stamping. I used Orly- Au Champagne for the base. It's a beautiful pearly white that dries almost satiny. I found it on sale at Sally's today, and was so happy! It had been on my wishlist. Please excuse the dry skin by the way. meh. I used some french mani tape guides and they kinda suck, so my lines are wicked uneven and I'm too tired to care. It looks good from far away, haha. For the tips I used Zoya- Dita, which is inaccurately pictured below. Dita is a beautiful warm creme pink, and the pics look red. I could NOT for the life of me get it to photograph correctly. The kiss stamp is from a BM plate and it was done with Dita, too. It is more color accurate. I hope you like it!

two coats Au Champagne, two coats Seche 

Practice makes perfect, so I'm gonna keep trying :) Thanks for coming by, and have a wonderful day.