Cult Nails Feelin' Froggy

I was gifted Cult Nails Feelin' Froggy not too long ago by a friend. I decided to use it along with some dried flowers I ordered from eBay ages ago to create a super summery mani. This is my good-bye to summer mani as fall is definitely here in Wisconsin.

Dollish Polish Dino-mite Yoshi

For my final Dollish Polish to show you, I have Dino-mite Yoshi.  I layered 2-ish coats over OPI The "It" Color. As usual, the formula for this Dollish Polish was great.

Dollish Polish The Hero of Time

Today I have the other half of the Legends of Zelda Duo from Dollish Polish.  You can see Hylian Princess here.

I put The Hero of Time over Nina Ultra Pro Mossy Britches.

Dollish Polish 1-Up

A while back, I managed to get quite a few Dollish Polish polishes. I love them all. I've already shown you all quite a few during the 31 day challenge, but I want to show you the rest.

For today, I have Dollish Polish 1-Up.

I layered it over Ulta Encore Pink and Zoya Bevin. While I do like it over Bevin, I really LOVE it over Encore Pink.

I know I've said it before, but get yourself some Dollish Polish if you don't already have some. The formula is great and the glitters are easy to put on: no digging or dabbing with these babies.

Onto the photos!

China Glaze Cling On

I can't believe it's been 5 days since I posted! I meant to do it on Wednesday, but things are just so crazy around here lately. We have tons of stuff going on in these last 2 weeks of September (dentist appointments, OB appointments, pediatrician interviews, birthing class, weddings, etc.). I'm also trying to optimize the time my husband is home so he can help me with the big stuff for getting ready for the baby.

For today's mani, I have China Glaze Cling On. It's a magnentic polish. I didn't buy the China Glaze magnet because I already have one attached to a a bottle of Nails Inc. so I used that magnet for this polish. It worked well.

Sorry for the dark pictures. We've had a few stormy/blistery days (not that I'm complaining, I love them!) I did try to lighten them up a bit in Photoshop.

Ozotic 532

Just a quick post today. I'm being trying to get everything I want done before the baby comes (just over 10 weeks doesn't seem like a lot of time!) so I haven't been doing too complicated of manis.

For today, I started with 2 coats of Sinful Colors Amethyst. Then I added on one coat of Ozotic 532. On my ring finger, I used some tape to mark off triangles and then painted on Ozotic 532. I added some black detailing on there next.

Pure Ice Vinyl Remix

It's been a bit since I posted, but I took a much needed mini-break from blogging. I'm going to start blogging again, but still stick to my schedule before the 31 Day Challenge so expect to see posts from me every 2-3 days.

For today's mani, I was finally able to play with the Pure Ice Vinyl Remix crackle colors. I have Rock Star and Vintage Remix (or the purple and teal ones). For these, first you need to paint your nails using the white base coat. I used 2 for mine and stopped there even though it was still patchy.  You don't need to worry about mixing up your white base coats because the magic is in the crackle coats.

Next, use whatever crackle polishes to make a design. 2 things to remember: the pattern follows your brush strokes, and the color appears underneath the black crackle.

Here's what I came up with.

31 Day Challenge: Day 31, Re-create Your Favorite Challenge

Today's theme is Re-create Your Favorite Challenge.

Today is the final day of the challenge! I'm so excited that I was able to complete every challenge on time. I'm looking forward to being able to keep a mani on for a few days too. It was sad to have to take off some of them :(

Today I really wanted to do a water marble again and I loved the blues that Sally from Nail Pron used in her water marble so I went from there.

I started with a base coat of 1 coat of Revlon Blue Lagoon. For my water marble colors, I used Revlon Royal, OPI Fly, and Zoya Skylar. Skylar probably wasn't the best choice since it didn't spread out well, but I managed to get it to work. I topped everything with INM Northern Lights Silver.

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31 Day Challenge: Day 30, Inspired by a Tutorial

Today's theme is Inspired by a Tutorial.

For today's challenge, I spent a ton of time on YouTube and Pinterest browsing ideas. I have a ton I'm saving for later, but I kept coming back to this one.

I used this tutorial to create this marble-y nails. I tried the method she used, but it just didn't work for me. So I changed it and used the plastic wrap to sort of sponge on the gold polish. I like this technique, and I need to experiment with it more.

The base color is 1 coat of Wet N Wild Black Creme and the gold is Revlon Gold Coin.

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31 Day Challenge: Day 29, Inspired by the Supernatural

Today's theme is Inspired By The Supernatural.

I started off with a base coat of Misa Toxic Seduction. I used two coats for this mani.  Toxic Seduction is a beautiful dark green with hints of teal with tons of shimmer.

I was just going to stamp on some ghosts, but the name Toxic Seduction inspired me to do this slime manicure. I used Sally Hansen Green With Envy for the slime.

This mani would be totally awesome for Halloween.

This last photo is a slightly awkward pose, but it shows the shimmer in Toxic Seduction nicely.

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