Beauty and the Beast

Nope, not the Disney movie….

Audrey Hepburn & Nicki Minaj

Now as much as I detest Nicki Minaj, that’s a pretty girl!! She’s not a beast, but she is a M –Effin Monster. lol, pardon my pun.

Monster–Nicki’s verse

I am not necessarily a fan of Audrey Hepburn either. I just have different honorees. I haven’t even seen “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” but after my manicure, I DID add it to my newly acquired Netflix Instant Queue. (shoutout to the sweetheart KK…. and my should-be boo, Oh. )

China Glaze “For Audrey”
OPI “Metallic 4 Life” (Nicki Minaj Collection)

and it really matches:

PS. – I did use a base of black polish on my accent nails before applying 2 coats of “Metallic 4 Life”.

Mary Kay – Satin Hands

After my manicure, I used this sample from my new Mary Kay consultant—->> Nikki

(click for link to her site)

Yes, this stuff works! With all the drying acetone and alcohol swipes I use, my poor hands take a beating. My hands feel sooooooooooooo nice after using this! Moisturized without feeling greasy; And my skin feels protected! YES, you should try it.

Soft, young looking hands are a good thing.

Ombré Vert

Feb2 by Cheryl Cheryl

a/k/a Money Tips. haha. Needed green in my life. I’ve been thinking to attempt this for a while.

Ombré
French derivation. meaning shaded. It is used in relation to textiles (a) as an adjective to describe fabrics with a dyed, printed, or woven design in which the colour is graduated from light to dark;

shaded or graduated in tone: said of a color

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Do you realize how difficult it is to find five shades of the same color family that GRADUALLY move from light to dark??!?!?! Try it. -_- Still easier than creating the shades myself though.

I have three other color families to attempt. Smile

OPI “Gargantuan Green Grape”
OPI “Green-wich Village”
China Glaze “Four Leaf Clover” (showing up more blue in the photo than in real life)
China Glaze “Starboard”
OPI “Jade Is the New Black”

Matching

Jan31 by Cheryl Cheryl

When did this become important? From bra & panty sets….. to socks…. to belts & shoes.

I don’t even know when I started… or when I started caring. But, I had to do it.

yep, they match Smile ….. at least for today. lol.

China Glaze “Sea Spray”
topcoat “Northern Lights” – gold holographic glitter

look at that holo glow!

after a morning mani… on the way to work

Shhhhhh

Jan30 by Cheryl Cheryl

I love this combination. It is such a light and nude display… but so whimsical and intriguing. One of those manicures that doesn’t call attention to itself, but when you catch a glimpse, you’re taken.

Love Letters is polish that is the equivalent of a whisper. So soft.

Pictures can’t do the holographic flakies in Shine of the Times justice.

So if you’re not into bright colors or wild and crazy nail art…. this one is for you. Finished and fancy.

China Glaze “Love Letters”

Essie Luxeffects “Shine of the Times”

polish collection

Jan29 by Cheryl Cheryl

I think I have finally organized my “workspace” for my polish. Smile Here’s where I sit to unwind and paint.

I purchased a nail polish rack from the beauty supply store for my desk – I think it was $23 (maybe $28?? don’t remember)… should hold 60 bottles but because OPI polishes are “fat” only 11 fit on each level, but 12 Sinful Colors fit on each, so I managed to fit 59 bottles on this rack.

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Last night someone asked me how many polishes I owned. I didn’t really know…. so at the time I said maybe about 100. So today I counted…. the ones that were out…. and not including the nail art polishes…. nor including basecoats and top coats:

165.

That sounds like too many…. but it doesn’t even seem like that much when I’m sitting in front of them. It does, however, explain why I don’t mind doing my nails basically every day though. lol.

Here’s where I keep the other bottles and more nail art supplies. I have to keep everything in view and easily accessible.

I found the cutest expandable rack… probably created for spices or something, at Target, for about $15.

<—click for Target website link

It’s a nice rack too. It has non-slip gripping pads so keeps the polish stable. I can fit 2 rows of polish on each level, so it holds a good amount of polish. Keeps them neatly organized and accessible.

So that’s how and where I keep my polish.

Good Night, Sleep Tight

Jan27 by Cheryl Cheryl

What I want more than anything right now is just a REALLY good restful night of sleep. The resting part of the evening has been evasive this week. Sad smile

I’m tired. Not all that sleepy, but my body (and mind) want rest!

Sinful Colors:

“Black on Black”,“Midnight Blue”, “Out of This World”, “Pull Over”

The base color is black, then I sponged on the midnight blue from the middle to the tip of the nail, and then sponged the silver on the tips…. After that, I added the crescent moons, stars and a couple of “zzz’s”…

that one star looks like a snowflake… and well, it IS snowing outside again, lol. So, it’s alllll good. Smile

Now it’s time for me to go to bed!

Night Night.

had to get rid of the snowflake:

First Dance

Jan27 by Cheryl Cheryl

My plan was to use a topcoat of Essie’s “As Gold As It Gets”. And I’m certain it will be pretty if I ever get around to doing it….. but something in my soul just prevented me from marring this beautiful polish. I couldn’t do it.

There is just something about a pretty red nail…(ask Our Painted World’s hubby Smile )

classic.

Essie “First Dance”

STOP!

Jan26 by Cheryl Cheryl

Stop signs have been lingering in my thoughts. I had to get my vehicle emissions test done, and get my license plate renewal sticker. I guess traffic stuff has just been on my mind.

When I looked up a stop sign image online, I came across this website with the history of stop signs. Interesting.

http://www.myparkingsign.com/MPS/article_history-of-stop-sign.aspx

and an image:

Sinful Colors “Ruby Ruby” & “Pull Over”

Glam_azon-ed

Jan25 by Cheryl Cheryl

Stripes are NOT my friend.

I clearly got hoodwinked into attempting stripes…again. lol. I tried. The light pink lines weren’t showing up so I tried to add dark pink lines…. I can’t say that helped though.

I’m never giving up my dots. NEVER.

OPI “You Don’t Know Jacques!”

p.s. Duana, I hate stripes…. at least until I can paint them nicely. haha

Cupcakes & Aisha

Jan24 by Cheryl Cheryl

I really wanted to cut my nails from last week, so I just needed an excuse. So when my pinky nail started to crack, they had to go. Now I have a new workspace for nail art!!

I have grown to love the color combination of pink and brown…

…that is all Aisha’s doing. And now, every single time I see the combo, I think of Aisha. She has great taste.

And every time I look at this design on my nails, I just think of cupcakes….

Cupcakes and Aisha. lol.

OPI “A-Taupe The Space Needle”
w/pink acrylic paint dots