Gemma was a Fairytale

In keeping with the fall green trend, I took out another one of my unuseds. This isn't technically a very "fallish" color. Actually, I think this would be more appropriate for Spring. Zoya Gemma (http://www.zoya.com/) is from the Intimate Collection. It is described as a "light muted olive green with an overlay of blue and violet duochrome shimmer." It kind of reminds me of those clay masks you put on at spas....ahhh those things feel amazing!! This is 2 coats.

I also picked up DL Today Was a Fairytale (which I won't go into great detail about because I want to try and do an ombre mani with this...so stay tuned!!) But the blue base in this complemented Gemma's blue shimmer pretty nicely

DL, you are my guilty pleasure!!!! What's your favorite nail indulgence??

Pink Polka-Dots for a Cure...

We're in October already, can you believe it?!? This year is flying by! Yesterday I did the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. This is the second year I participate and this year was even better than the first. Last year, it was just two of us...this year it was 4 (next year...maybe 100!!).

October marks the starts of Breast Cancer Awareness Month and I thought I would celebrate it (and the race) by tweaking THIS mani that Denize did. I fell in love with it immediately. Finding a bunch of pinks that complimented each other yet weren't too similar was a bit tricky. I finally ended up using these:

-Sally Hansen Celeb City
-Hello Kitty Bubble Gum
-Milani Pink Rocks!
-Sinful 24/7
-OPI Ate Berries in the Canaries
-Zoya Lola

I had a great time at the race, there were sooo many people there. It always feels good to be a part of something so meaningful and to see so many people there dedicated to the same cause. Here is a pic of us after we crossed the finish line

I will be trying to go through alot of my pinks this month (along with a few other ideas I have cooking up).

I hope everyone's weekends are going great!!

Chanel...you are my guilty pleasure!

Happy Thursday everyone!

Am I the only one who buys a nail polish with the full intention of not wearing it until (enter time here)?? Before Spring & Summer came, all I could look at was bright colors...now that I "can" wear them, all I want to do is look at vampys and darker colors. I got Graphite a couple of weeks back and I told myself I would wait until it was cooler to wear it. I kind of wanted to wait to build up anticipation because I liked the color so much. (Chanel.com has the fastest shipping ever!) I was bored at home and Bella was asleep so curiosity got the best of me. I just HAD to put this on and see what it looked like. It did NOT dissapoint! It's a dark(ish)silver foil with gold undertones. This is 2 coats

Revlon is supposed to be coming out with a dupe of this, but when I saw it I felt that it anyone could dupe this, it would be Zoya. For some reason the finish on this reminds me of Edyta. I know it's not green like Edyta, but the foil and undertones looks like it has some of the same properties. 

But still, dupe or no dupe...there's just something about having the original feels a little better. I only have 2 Chanels (so far), but they are in my HG along with all my pretties :)

What's your np indulgence??

May the Fourth Be With You...(womp womp womp)

Okay so as I have mentioned before, I'm a big Star Wars fan. So today being May 4th/Star Wars Day, I did another SW inspired mani. I mean come ooonn...who doesn't love Star Wars?!? (Please, don't answer, haha!)

I was originally going to just do R2D2 on my middle finger, but once I did...it was too plain. I think I might have gone a bit crazy with it in the end. I hate when that happens!! :(

Here are the colors I used: SH Celeb City, WnW Black Creme, WnW Blue Wants to be a Millionaire, OPI Fiercely Fiona, and Cover Girl Disco Dazzle.

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I went for light sabers for this. I taped off the lines to make the actual beams of the light sabers. I then dotted where the handles would go.

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This was Jango Fett from Attack of the Clones.

Middle: R2D2. I freehanded the lines and just cleaned them up with a thin brush. There were way too many lines to try and tape this off. This was the first time I actually did this, and it worked really good. I considered doing a tutorial on how I did it, but since I wasn't sure if it would even work (and not smear the silver), I decided against it. I will do a tutorial one day (put that on my to-do list).

I left my ring finger alone because this was at the point where I realized my mani was wayyy too busy. Otherwise I was going to try and recreate the Death Star on this nail. My pinky was supposed to be the "stars". I'm still mehh about this one.

I found this online, how cute is he?!?

Overall I like the mani, I seriously can't get enough of the silver/blue combo. I feel like a superhero when I wear it, lol.

Anywho....happy Star Wars Day! It's my not-so-secret guilty please and I don't care who knows it!! Haha :)

What's your secret guilty pleasure?



La Vida Es Una Lucha

Happy Tuesday (or my Wednesday, since I'm off on Friday)!! So I HAVE to get one of these tees. The guy who is doing my shoes is a crazy awesome artist and this is one of his pieces. How awesome is this?!? It's a play on words because Mexican Wrestling is called "Lucha Libre". This is roughly translated into Life is a Fight.

He said he thought it would be pretty cool to do this on nails, so because curiosity got the best of me I HAD to try to recreate this somehow. Here is what I came up with:

The blue I used is WnW Saved by the Blue (it's a gorgeous cobalt blue, reminds me of SH Co-Bolt Blue, only lighter), Sally Hansen Celeb City and WnW Black Creme. I scotch taped the lines on my thumb (I was going with the wrestling theme and this was the "ropes"). I freehanded the mask with the brush end of my dotting tool and then just filled it in. His face was made with a dotting tool and filled in with a brush.

We got into talking about how I do my nails since he works mostly with markers. Like...a major conversation about what I can/can't do my nails with and he posed a really good question. Could I use the same oil based acrylic markers he works with on nails? I stopped by my art supply store and picked up a few colors just to try them out. It was an EPIC FAIL! The colors stayed on the nail just fine, but the moment I tried to put any TC on, the colors ran and the image distorted. I Googled this and in theory, it SHOULD have worked, but I'm not sure why it didn't. His solution was to just apply the clear coat he works with (a spray) and tape off the nail so it wouldn't get everywhere. But, what about the rest of us who don't have clear spray paint? I think maybe if it was acrylic paint that is brushed on it would have worked? Have any of you worked with acrylic paint before? Anywho, needless to say..I have extra pens that will more than likely find a new home :|

Nail Art Challenge (Day 6)

Happy Sunday everyone, hope your weekend is going well. Yesterday I did the Crushed Candy over Glitz & Glamour. Today I decided to do the silver version of this with CC over SH Celeb City. The application was a bit messy (this was on my left hand hence the backwards writing)

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This is still really simple. But I'm feeling a whoooole lot better. Still have NO idea what I will be doing tomorrow. Any ideas/suggestions?



The Heart Truth

So as you may know, February is Women's Hearth Awareness Month.

Here are a few facts taken from The Heart Truth:

-Heart disease is the #1 killer of American women.

-Almost eight times more women die from heart disease than breast cancer,  and more women die of heart disease than all forms of cancer combined.

-Women's heart disease risk starts to rise in middle age.
-About 3 million American women have had a heart attack.
-A woman suffers a heart attack every minute.
-Sixty-two percent of American women who die suddenly of a heart attack had no prior symptoms.
-Americans can lower their risk of heart disease by as much as 82 percent just by leading a healthy lifestyle.

I've been seeing the limited edition Diet Coke cans, and they are seriously really cute!

So I was inspired to do my own take on it...

Yet another excuse to use Obey Me. I am seriously loving this RED! 

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Celeb City with the red glitter Im holding. I used a dotting tool to make the heart, as you can tell from the lopsidedness of it. The little person was made with a nail art pen. I have found these pens Kryptonite though....Seche Vite! It cracks like crazy when you apply SV over it. Or at least it has for me.  

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Konad accent (this came from the plate that has the alphabet) made with the special Konad polish. I tried Celeb City, but I'm not sure why it did not want to work for me. I actually thought SC would be perfect for stamping...but I think I'm starting to notice that thicker polishes are better for stamping. Has that been yall's opinion?

Take care of your heart, if you don't....who will??

xox...L