Valentine's Day: Skittle mani

I'm not a huge fan of how this turned out, but I'll share it anyway.

I did a base of Wet N Wild French White Creme. On my thumb and pinkie, I added a coat of Wet n Wild Sparked, a pink glitter. It's pretty, but I wish it was more dense.

On the other fingers, I added two coats of Lynderella Mon Petit Chou Chou. It's soooo sheer! This is layered over white, and you can see how sheer it still looks. Not a fan.

I used Migi Nail Art Pens to do the details on my ring finger.

This mani came off the next day. It just didn't work for me.

Neon blue skittlette

Here's a mani I did earlier this summer, but didn't get around to posting yet.

The base is Wet n Wild Teal Slowly and See (not really a teal at all) topped with one super thick coat of Lynnderella Bird Brain Blue. I had to do some digging for glitter in this one. I also added some studs for an accent.

Black Poppy Skittles

I belong to an awesome nail polish group where we swap polish but also post polish for free (just pay postage!).  Today's feature polish is one that I just paid postage for :)

This is a dark teal polish courtesy of Black Poppy. Black Poppy polish is sold at PacSun. Unfortunately, that's all I found out about this company. This is also no name or number on the polish.  But it's gorgeous!

I used two coats of the dark teal as my base coat. It was wonderfully opaque in one coat though. I needed the second to help cover up brush lines though and even things out.

The dark teal is soooo opaque that it stains though :( It's also watery so it flooded a bit and was hard to control. (Maybe that's why I got it for free).

But I still like it. The color is just too pretty not to! I left the dark teal polish by itself on my middle finger.

On my ring and thumb, I layered a coat of Lynnderella Connect the Dots.  I added a simple stripe on my index using China Glaze Stone Cold and left the matte finish there. On my pinkie, I used Wet n Wild Black Creme to create a gradient effect which looks so great with the dark teal.

I loved how this mani turned out so much that I couldn't stop myself from staring at it! That's especially dangerous while driving ;)

OPI Canberra't Without You

I did a swap not too long ago and got this beautiful polish. I've been on the look out for some paler/nude polishes that can function as nice bases for nail art or for French manicures.  I think OPI Canberra't Without You fits the bill.

Canberra't Without You is from the Australia Collection released in Spring 2007. It's still available on Amazon though, if you're interested in snagging it.

I would call this a sheer peachy nude with tiny flecks of silver which really makes it stand out. Other reviews say the silver tends to stick to the side of the bottle but plenty made it onto my nails! You can see them pretty well in the first photo and in the macro shot below too.

Since I can never leave a polish alone, I decided to add some glitter (glittah!) on top.

I went with one of my favorites Lynnderella Connect the Dots. Normally, I only use it over bright colors, but I love how it looks over this nude too.

I totally should have made a jelly sandwich with these two polishes! Too bad I didn't realize it until now :( I'm not wearing this mani at the moment.

Orange Cream Easter Skittles

I recently picked up a few new Sinful Colors and thought they would be perfect for Easter themed manis! Today, I used just Sinful Colors Orange Cream.

I used one thin coat and one thick coat for this mani. Orange Cream isn't very orange, in my opinion! It's a peachy orange that leans heavily toward pink. I don't have any colors like this. While I don't usually wear pink, I decided to step out of my comfort zone, and I'm glad I did! I think Orange Cream looks great on me!

You may also notice my super short nails. Well, I had a deep side break on my middle finger that I patched. A few hours later, I got one on my index finger! So I decided to chop off all my nails! I also chopped off all my hair yesterday (went from almost mid-back to chin length). It's spring (or almost here in Wisconsin) so it's time for fresh starts all around.

Orange Cream also had a beautiful micro shimmer that is hard to see from far away, but you can see it in this macro shot.

I added some random designs on my nails using Rimmel French White Nail Tip Liner. The pinkie is sort of like a flower or sun design. Make sure you wait long enough to add top coat! I didn't on my pinkie, and the color dragged a bit.

On my other two fingers I added two coats of Lynnderella Connect the Dots. I love Connect the Dots over brighter colors. It really pops!

I hope you all enjoyed today's mani! I'll have another Easter themed one later this week that features a bit more nail art.

31 Day Challenge: Day 11, Polka Dots

Today's theme is Polka Dots.

What I love about challenges it that they are pretty open to interpretation and it's nice to see everyone's different ideas about how to interpret the theme of challenges.

Instead of doing the standard polka dots with a dotting tool or stamping them on, I decided to go simple.

I started with a base coat of Zoya Happi. It's a really nice pink with this sort of duochrome gold effect. While it is a nice pink, pink is soooo not my color. On top, I layered 1-2 coats of Lynnderella Connect the Dots to add in my polka dots.

This photo is the light coming through my screen door, but I kinda like the effect of it so I'm adding it onto here.

Check out some other polka dot manis below.

Lynnderella Love, Lace, and Lilacs

Just a quick post today since I need to finish getting ready for a wedding we are going to tonight, but I did want to show you what I'm wearing.  I have on 2 coats of Sinful Colors Easy Going followed by 2 coats of Lynnderella Love, Lace, and Lilacs. I've have LLL for a while, but I was waiting for the right occasion to wear it. A wedding seemed like the perfect choice! LLL has 3 different sizes of white hexes, white bars, and tons of micro shimmer. This look isn't something I would normally wear because it's so soft and feminine, but it'll look great for tonight.

Onto some picture spam!

Lollipop/sucker

For day 5 of my Food Nail Art Series, I did some lollipops/suckers. This isn't as much of a fail as the pizza, but still it's kinda bad.  I do really love my index/pinkie fingers as you'll see in just a second.

The base in Sunful Color Dream On, and I layered it with that gorgeous super popular color Lynnderella Connect the Dots that I just got in the mail the other day. I love the layering and cannot wait to see what other beautiful combos I can come up with.

As for the sucker, I think where I went wrong was the stripes on it. I redid those nails each twice and decided I was done messing with it.

Sigh. I'm really hoping I break out of this funk with nail art that seem to be having and soon! Or I'm going to have to take a break from my food series for a bit.