Taupe Tips

First came two coats of OPI Meet Me On The Star Ferry, then I taped off the ends of my nails and painted a french tip in Pure Ice Taupe Drawer. I also noticed at this time that I have two Pure Ice polishes that are labeled Taupe Drawer. One is more pink and the other is this more purple colour. Sigh...

Spoiled Pink Lemonade

This mani had potential. A great idea from one of my sisters... I just didn't feel like I had the right colour of pink in my collection for this. But I'm on the hunt for one! First layer is the Pure Ice Taupe Drawer, then scotch tape for the tip: Sally Hansen Mellow Yellow. The dots are simply Finger Paint Papier Mache. Can't wait to try this again with a pink that makes me happy.

Nebular Sparkle

I started with a gorgeous dark purple base, Pure Ice No Means No. Then I added a couple of layers of my favourite 'glitter' to date: Nubar 2010. I love that the flakes are flat. I covered this all with SV Topcoat for durability then painted a layer of Matte Magic. I love the contrast of matte polish with a glitter. This mani got lots of attention too! It doesn't photograph well, especially in the sun, but it's fantastic in person. I know, some of the pics are blurry, but that's to show the sparkle better. Plus... I take all of my pics with my iPhone.

Pink with Pink Stripes

This was the worlds fastest mani. First of all, because I didn't have much time and secondly, because the zebra Konad plate is very forgiving. Both colours are Pure Ice brand. Two coats of the base colour of course. I'll have to update later with the exact colour names.

Ok.... so, for this lovely mani I first polished my nails with petites' Twilight polish (no pic, sorry). I've read that using white or sliver as a base for more sheer colours can help them pop. I've done white plenty of times but wanted to try silver. I liked the way it turned out. So, then I did a couple of coats of Insta-Dri's Instant Iris. I love this colour, but I haven't used it much because it's very sheer without a good base colour. Anyway, after that I did a quick coat of SV just to lock everything in. Then I used China's Glaze's Matte Magic. I LOVE MATTE MAGIC. It's one of my favourite topcoats. It takes any polish you have and makes it matte. Love it and I loved what it did to Instant Iris. I would wear this colour by itself. So... After that I used a Konad plate to stamp on some swirly tips with Pure Ice Scandal, then another plate to stamp a little sliver heart (same colour as my base). and finally I outlined the hearts with a Sally Hansen black nail art pen. I will say that you MUST put a topcoat over these art pens or they run at the slightest hint of water.

Shattering Tree Hugger

For this mani I started with two thick coats of Ice's No Means No. Then I used scotch tape to tape off the section that I wanted to be China Glaze's Tree Hugger. After everything was dry I just painted OPI Black Shatter over Tree Hugger and of course SV over everything. This mani would be more suited to Halloween I think.

Electric blue

Finally got around to using one of the new bundle monster plates I purchased. I started with a Finger Paint white base coat so that I wouldn't have to paint so many layers of the blue (also Finger Paint, Sexy In The City). Once that was dry I did a layer of Seche Vite then stamped the design in a dark purple and finished with SV topcoat. It's very bright! Makes me think of some kind of candy... I'm just not sure what.

Sonic boom

I'm loving the OPI DS Original So much I did another mani with it!

Girly Swirls

New Plate

Opposing thumb

Yellow Does Work

Salmon?

Dots to match a dress

Purple Polka Dots