Blinding Dots

China Glaze – “Flip Flop Fantasy”
OPI – “The It Color”

The brightest neon pink ever. It’s so pretty. I can’t seem to get the neon quality to show in the photos. The dots make it easier on the retina Smile . I just really like dots.

Summery

Jul27 by Cheryl Cheryl

OPI – “Gargantuan Green Grape” & “Malaysian Mist”

Espadrille Wedges

Jul26 by Cheryl Cheryl

I love these shoes. They are super comfortable… and come on……the COLORS!?!?!?! Perfectly my taste. So my hands will match my feet today.

Sinful Colors – “Mint Apple”
OPI – “I Eat Maine-ly Lobster”

Border nails, with a rose embellishment.

~~~~~~

Top Coat Update!

Sooooooo, I’m going to just accept my impatience! I truly attempted to maintain the same manicure until my polish chipped. It didn’t work. *shrugs* The picture below is after 4 1/2 days of wear, using Seche Ultra V –UV top coat. No chips.

There is a tiny bit of tip wear, probably caused more by my trying to peel off the polish from the cuticle side of my nails than by actual wear from the normal and everyday activity of an average polish wearer. They maintained the greatest sleek “gel nail” feel the entire wear time. The shine could have been freshened a bit, but you can see in the photo, it still exists.

IMG_3974[1]

I am now a believer. The Seche Ultra-V top coat (after UV curing) is exceptional. I love the “completely hardened and dry after 3 minutes” quality. This goes wonderfully with my impatient nature. LOL. I can do my nails and then get up and do whatever else I want to do. The smooth gel feel is also just amazing. I sincerely can’t stop playing with my nails. And who doesn’t want an extra layer of gleaming, shiny protection over their natural nail? Smile This top coat is a win!

Penny Pumps

Jul19 by Cheryl Cheryl

Essie – “Penny Talk”

♫ What more can I say?!?!?!?♫ *Jay Z voice*

I LOVE this mirror metallic. love, love, love, love, love.

I purchased it with the specific intent to stamp it over black! It was everything I hoped for. Everything I dreamed it would be.

Coupled with my new Bundle Monster Plate (BM- 213), I couldn’t be more pleased.

♫ Oh I’m fancy, huh ♪… Winking smile . . . . nails done……

Shelle’s too cute mani

Jul14 by Cheryl Cheryl

Just as I suspected normandlou’s Super Easy Flower Manicure was wanted. The Butterfly wanted it, but my sister chose the design and beat her to her manicure this week.

Turned out GREAT! (Thanks normandlou!!!)

Sinful Colors – “Beautiful Girl”
OPI – “Pedal Faster Suzi”

GUEST POSTING on TFND

Jul13 by Cheryl Cheryl

Check out the manicure I created for The Fashionista Next Door !!

You can read the guest post HERE.

Let me know what you guys think!!! 🙂

Stamping Shortcuts

Jul10 by Cheryl Cheryl

A lot goes into stamping. It’s much more difficult than all the konad enthusiasts, nail polish bloggers, and tv commercials let on. I have much more respect for stampers now. For real.

I couldn’t keep the stamping straight (I tried so hard!) haha…so I had to add some tiny dots to try to distract… lol. I hope it worked.

OPI – “Tutti Fruiti Tonga”
Konad plate - m15 (white special polish)
white acrylic paint dots w/super small dotting tool

I think this is the most delicate design so far.

Now for the shortcut!

I realized that I would be using WAY too many paper towels, cotton squares and ENERGY at this pace. So, I came up with the idea to use an acetone soaked sponge to clean the stamper, scraper and plates…as I stamped.

The apex of this idea came from the Butterfly! She suggested I use a soapdish as the container to hold the sponge!!!!!! This child is a genius. GENIUS!! It’s the perfect shape and the shallow depth accommodates easy swipes of the plates and holder. No paper towel or cotton square waste! And when not in use, I can cover the top. SOLUTION!

Easy Cleanup for Nail Stamping

Butterflies

Jul8 by Cheryl Cheryl

The Butterfly and I hung out. Smile Of COURSE we did our nails…and practiced more stamping! And this stamping thing definitely takes practice.

She chose a really pretty blue: OPI – “What’s With The Cattitude”

Konad plate – m4

~~~~~

I finally settled on a color to match my dress for the party I attended later that evening. (The Butterfly picked out my shoes).

OPI – “Black Onyx”
Konad plate – m54

And we didn’t even use the butterfly stamps at all?!?!?

~~~~~

Signed, Stamped, Delivered…. I’m Yours

Jul6 by Cheryl Cheryl

I can see this stamping thing getting out of hand very quickly. lol

I am in love with the idea of stamping now. So many choices!! I’ve used my stamping kit twice – TWO TIMES – and I have already started searching for more plates. I’ll have them ordered by the end of next week, I’m sure of it. This will be fun! Smile

China Glaze – “Concrete Catwalk”
circle: OPI – “So Many Clowns…So Little Time”
Konad Plate – m36

I dragged my mother into my manicure practice. Surprisingly (PLEASANTLY), she went all the way in…. and even let me practice stamping. YAYYYYY!

OPI – “Bubble Bath”
Konad Plate – m4 & m21

I’m A Stamper!!!

Jul4 by Cheryl Cheryl

Okay, Normally I don’t do this… *B2K/R. Kelly remix voice* (yes, that’s a link, lol)

IMG_3604[1]

but Amazon got me!!!! I was looking for nail tapes… which I, in fact, did order, but they haven’t arrived….. I think they are coming from somewhere in Hong Kong. The Konad Stamper kit and plates arrived much more quickly.

OPI – “Gouda Gouda Two Shoes”

I was against doing my own stamping and resisted this purchase…. but all things in time, I suppose. Here I am practicing my first stamping mani. Starting off gently: