It’s freezing outside, so I couldn’t bring myself to use a “Spring” color…instead, I moseyed on over to my China Glaze Metro Downtown collection.
I chose China Glaze “Westside Warrior”
I still wanted it to be “girly”, so I added a flower of Sinful Colors “Vacation Time”, with a dot of gold metallic acrylic paint.
*in my best <and loudest> Mommy Dearest voice*
….or frosts and shimmers for that matter.
In my blog browsing I have seen the most beautiful swatches of the tidal wave of glitter polishes available these days. BEAUTIFUL! And, I, like the rest of the nail polish masses, LOVE them. They lure you with their sparkle and dazzle. Whispering your name like an irresistible lover…
I am putting my foot down.
I don’t want to read any more blogs telling me the easy way to remove glitter polish is by soaking cotton pads, covering my beds with aluminum foil and…….. waiting. Yes, I have a problem with patience. LOL. I’m working on it. haha
Removing the Nicki Minaj collection glitter polish (OPI – “Metallic 4 Life”) was a small test of patience. I can’t even imagine how long it would have taken without my reliable Automatic Nail Polish Remover! Even with it’s superb and consistent results, it took too long for my taste.
SO…. even though the task is still much easier with my polish remover machine….. I’m back on my glitter hiatus.
But I will never forsake my beloved dots.
China Glaze “Concrete Catwalk”
tan acrylic paint dots, China Glaze “Peachy Keen” dots, white acrylic paint dots
can you see the tan dots?!?!?! they are there!!!
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. 
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”
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. 
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. 
Now it’s time for me to go to bed!
Night Night.
had to get rid of the snowflake:
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”
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
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 
I love polka dots!
Mint? maybe. Apple? not to me.
More like "Mint Moss". lol. But that name is not nearly as pleasant as Mint Apple, I suppose.
It’s still a nice color though. I need to come up with a better name and send it to the Sinful Colors Marketing Department….
Sinful Colors "Mint Apple"
w/ orange nail art striper 
Inspired by Kamsamnida’s Mosaic design, which I thought was beautiful.
I treated myself to China Glaze’s “Anchors Away Collection” this past weekend. It was the perfect collection for this design.
Lighthouse – yellow {jelly shimmer}
Ahoy! – dark pink (magenta) {jelly shimmer}
Hey Sailor – red
First Mate – blue
Starboard – green
Life Preserver – orange
outlined with Sinful Colors “Black on Black”
On my left hand I used larger blocks of color, but I think I like the detail of my right hand with the smaller blocks. Of course, it takes longer, but I think it’s worth it.
I hate driving. But I think I hate public transportation in Chicago more.
Last week I was greeted by mail with a Red Light Enforcement Camera Ticket.
FOR ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS?!?!?!? O_O
Now, TECHNICALLY, I didn’t run a red light. I made a right turn. On red. At a permitted right turn on red light.
So, you KNOW I was ready to contest this ticket….. until I watched the video. Then realized that I never really came to a complete stop before the light turned red before I turned. BUT IT WAS BECAUSE THE LIGHT WAS YELLOW WHEN I REALLY STARTED MY TURN!!!!!
I don’t feel like fighting the ticket though. And since I still hate public transportation more than driving right now…. I’m never driving that route to work anymore ever again. Never.
I’m still mad about this stupid ticket!
base – OPI “ Suzi Takes the Wheel” & Sinful Colors “Black on Black”
I used Orly Matte Top Coat on the gray based nails to allow the “lights” to stand out, and topped just the acrylic paint dots with a dot of Seche Vite for shine. Did it work?
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