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.
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”
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 want to cut off my nails.
I am also just really sleepy. Not just sleepy, but really tired. I definitely need more rest.
They say never make big decisions when you’re really tired. So I have tabled my thoughts on chopping my nails off for the time being.
This Sinful Colors “Dancing Nails” is such a soothing shimmer frost. It has some vibrancy and depth, but it feels like a neutral polish. Lets you know it’s there without being ostentatious or forceful.
My best description of this color:
Redwood.
There is a bronze-ish feel with hints of magenta. I love these colors. I might be in the mood for some neutrals.
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?
I still decidedly HATE the Kiss Nail Art Stencils. Either that, or I just really don’t know how to use them yet.
After the last fiasco with the stencils, Viv encouraged me to try them again with a more neutral base. The results this time? Better than that horrible blue, but still needs marked improvement.
Since I altered the regular French manicure on this one, I’ll have to try another stencil with a “standard” French manicure and see if there is any redemption for these wack little “almost sticker” contraptions which do an incredible job of leading you to believe your nails will look amazing once you have these tiny nail art design tools. ALL LIES.
Nope, I’m still completely unimpressed…. so on to the photos:
Sinful Colors “Easy Going” tips &
OPI “Malaysian Mist”
I could have kept this French manicure variation for a little while. It was a nice little deviation from my “all bright everything” preference in polish these days. But the stencil and the silver wrecked it for me.
So, Viv?? do you still like these stupid stencils?? lol
I couldn’t wait to get snow again…. like REAL snow…. so-I-can’t-drive-to-work snow; need snowplows and boots snow; may have to leave work early snow!!!
And even though they aren’t forecasting a blizzard or a very large accumulation…. I’m still crossing my freshly manicured fingers – well, nails – in the hopes of the forecast just being WRONG, and flakes blanketing this place into halting.
Snow is so calming to me. And at the same time, excites me. I might even like it more than sunny days…. but that race is definitely neck & neck.
There was obviously no question about what theme would cover my nails…. it was more a query of how the interpretation would play out….
I went with the typical, and with shimmery silver….. but I tried my first “gradient” and “sponging” manicure. There. will. be. repeats. TRUST. ME.
It turned out to be much easier than I expected and I love the look.
I used OPI “Moon Over Mumbai” as my base.
Then sponged on:
Color Club “Sheer Disguise”
OPI “What’s With The Cattitude”
Essie “Coat Azure”
China Glaze “Sky High-Top”
Sinful Colors “Midnight Blue”
I used a white nail art striper (and a silver glitter one to add to one snowflake on my ring fingernail) to create my snowflakes. White polish with a tiny dotting tool for random dots of snow falling, and Sinful Colors “Queen of Beauty” for some shimmer over the snowflakes.
Sounds like a lot, and I definitely didn’t need to use that many blues…but it was still faster than some of my “regular” manicures!!
& Essie “We Can Do It Pink”
I started here:
just couldn’t make a decision…. Hannah chose the stripes…. Nikki chose the polka dots.
After a trial…. Nikki’s choice looked better on… and then, I do still have that affection for polka dots. LOL.
Essie “We Can Do It Pink” & Sinful Colors “Feeling Great”
I feel like I’m in a strawberry patch. 
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