Line and Shine

Nov29 by Cheryl Cheryl

China Glaze – “Hook And Line”
Essie – “Shine Of The Times”

The simplest combinations can be so perfect. I wish everything were this easy.

Purple Pebbles

Nov28 by Cheryl Cheryl

I needed inspiration. Phoned a friend. Winking smile

I LOVED the finished design.

OPI – “Nein! Nein! Nein! Ok, Fine!”
& a myriad of other purple and gray polishes Laughing out loud

Cirque du Soleil

Nov24 by Cheryl Cheryl

China Glaze collections make me happy. I picked up their “Cirque du Soleil – Worlds Away” collection last week. Even the super bright happy colors seems totally winter appropriate to me. lol. I guess I love a bright color no matter the season.

It already feels like a circus on my hands, and I only used three colors from the collection this time. Looks like the big top tent.

“Hanging In The Balance” (Blue)
“Surreal Appeal” (Coral/Pink)
“It’s A Trap-Eze” (Glitter in Milky Base)

I think my favorite color is the melon/coral/pink color. (“Surreal Appeal”) It’s so super warm and glowing! Oh, and it looks amazing against my skin. LOL. So I LOVE it.

I used “White on White” as a base for the glitter polish. (“It’s A Trap-Eze”)

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Yay for polish!!

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Polish2Times

Nov20 by Cheryl Cheryl

Yep, dots. All day! I love them, love them, love them.

I can’t believe I haven’t done this design sooner.

Sinful Colors – “Black on Black”
acrylic paint dots

FOUR. MORE. YEARS.

Nov7 by Cheryl Cheryl

I won’t lie…. I just knew we would be waiting a week to find out the final results of this election.

The excitement and calm that I experienced with the election result that Obama would be our president for FOUR MORE YEARS!?!?!?!?! I slept so much better last night.

And WHAT A RELIEF not to have to see another negative political ad for this election! Smile

This Obama-inspired manicure was done for my beautiful client Sophia for her VIP attendance at the McCormick Place election night CELEBRATION for Obama! And her nails most definitely captured the mood of the event!!!! I loved them.

OPI – “Unfor-Greta-Bly Blue”
OPI – “The Living Daylights”
China Glaze – “White On White”
Julep – “Sienna”
w/acrylic paint in blue and red for Obama “FORWARD” logo

GO OBAMA!!!!!!!!

Lines Lines

Oct26 by Cheryl Cheryl

So…..

Yesterday Obama was in town. Early Voting. Yayyyy! I was seriously considering early voting until I heard about all of the lines…. and realized that the lines may be non-existent on election day. I’m DEFINITELY voting either way! Regardless of lines.

Well, because Obama was here…. traffic! My first appointment for the evening had to reschedule. Result: DOWNTIME IN THE SALON SURROUNDED BY POLISH… WONDERFUL POLISH!!! Smile

I took the opportunity to pamper my own spoiled nails (that have been feeling neglected because they haven’t gotten as much attention these days).

In my OPI obsession, I just started pulling colors from the 2012 Germany Collection… but this one color from the Skyfall collection just had to be included.

OPI – “Berlin There Done That”

“Casino Royale” (Skyfall Collection)
“Don’t Talk Bach To Me”
“Nein! Nein! Nein! Ok Fine!”
“Schnapps Out of It”

Bond…James Bond

Oct16 by Cheryl Cheryl

Excitement about OPI’s new Bond Collection “Skyfall 007”!!

I finally picked up the collection over the weekend. The colors are definitely season appropriate.

I LOVE Bond movies. And really, I love the old black and white ones. Pierce Brosnan was a great Bond…. so this manicure will be my mini- ode to him. LOL. But my FAVORITE will always be Sean Connery.

OPI – “GoldenEye”

The glitter is so dense, it looks like textured gold foil on my nails. It’s a dark amber gold, so even though it’s blingy, it seems tamer. Like understated sophistication.

This will be perfect for Christmastime manicures. I can’t wait. Smile

Swirlin’

Oct13 by Cheryl Cheryl

This was a complete accident, albeit a pretty one.

I was testing out a nail decal method and folded the paper in half because I wanted to start over. But when I saw the effect on the paper, I immediately had to try it on my nail. So I smashed the paper onto my nail bed, and…..

…loved it! Now I wish I had done this with no-chip polish. Smile

It was simple too. Just messy, lol. Just like a water marble.

Sinful Colors – “Innocent” “24/7” “Love Nails” “Midnight Blue”
Mac – “Vice Is Nice (Frost)”

October is . . .

Oct5 by Cheryl Cheryl

Breast Cancer Awareness month.

And so…….

This is a no-chip polish design, so hopefully that will curb my urge to change it up so promptly. I love pink.

I “designed” my left hand, and my super duper wonderful colleague nail technician/educator Lashawn created my right hand design. I am now in LOVE with foils like the ones on my ring finger (right hand). Guaranteed to “bling up” a manicure – INSTANTLY! It’s hard to resist the shiny stuff Smile . And she does a most incredible French manicure, as evidenced by my sassy pink pinky nail.