Shades of Grey Ombre

Hi y'all, this is a quick mani I did with Silver, Greys and Black.

Silver is Maybeline Silver Aluminum, Grey is Ulta Smoke Screen and China Glaze, Topped with crack (CG Fairy Dust)

Halloween Skittle Mani

 Happy (almost) Halloween Y'all! Today I have my Halloween themed mani.  I consider this a skittle mani because each nail is different.  There's patchwork/stitches, spiderwebs, ruffles, and skeletons OHMY!

  Outdoor Flash

Mossy Oak Camo French Tips

Hi y'all, today I have a mani I did for my awesome early birthday present my brother got me this weekend, tickets to the Miranda Lambert concert :)


This is one coat each of China Glaze Liquid Leather (black), and the accent is Ulta Sun of a Gun.  Then I (painstakingly) applied the water decals I ordered on ebay after trimming them to fit and look good, and topped with clear coat.

The only issue I have had (other than being a pain in the butt to apply) is the tips wouldn't really wrap with the decals so I'm fighting to keep my free edge clear coated because I feel like the decals will peel off.  I'll update on wear when I remove it :)

Glitzology Country Girl- LONG REVIEW

This was a special mani for me, because it was for my son's 1st birthday party :)

We had a farm themed party and I knew I wouldn't have time for animal nail art, so when I found this john deere themed polish on Glitzology's site I knew I had to have it!  They were having a 50% off sale so I got this polish and a Cupcake scented cuticle oil (it smells like heaven).

I used the 3 Minute Artificials as my base, then 2 coats Barielle Lily of the Valley, 2 coats Ulta Sun-Sational for accent nails, then ONE coat Country Girl, followed by 2 coats of Gelous topcoat.

5k Walk Multiple Sclerosis Mani

Today I'm sharing a mani I did for another charity/fundraising walk this weekend.  This 5k walk is benefiting the Multiple Sclerosis Society, to help raise money for researching a cure.  If you would like to donate towards our team, you can do that here.

The orange nails are two coats of Zoya Sharon, topped with one coat Zoya Sienna.  The white fingers are two coats China Glaze White on White, the orange is Ulta Sun of a Gun, black is CG Liquid Leather, & green is Sally Hansen Grass Slipper topped with Milani Hi-Tech.  All nails have one coat of Sally Hansen Insta-Dri.

Matte Flakes- Zoya Opal

Happy friday everyone :)

This week I have a matte flakie mani for you!  I love flakie polishes but somehow this is the only one I own.  I was actually having a hard time picking a polish so I grabbed 3 nail wheels and let my son choose a wheel and then a polish (he's 11 months and mostly wanted to eat them, so this was purely luck of the draw lol).  Without further ado...

this shows the green side of Opal

Two coats Ulta Little Black Dress, two coats Zoya Opal, one coat Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Topcoat (to prevent chips and extend wear) and one coat NYC Matte Me Crazy Topcoat.

this shows the blue side of Opal

LBD is a black polish with silver shimmer, its subtle though, I use it most times I need a black polish.  Opal is a green to blue flakie polish.  Micro to medium sized flakes, suspended in a very slightly green tinted base.  (For me,) The flakes seem to shift green in lowlight, and blue in direct light.  This is one of those polishes I can stare at all day, which is exactly what I needed because my christmas present (my new engagement ring!) from my husband came in this week and I cant stop staring at that either!

close up, please excuse the flakes all over my finger, you can't see them IRL or I would have cleaned them, haha! on the right is my beautiful new ring!

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Rudolph & Santa Mani

Good morning y'all :)
Here is this week's christmas mani,  Rudolph & Santa nails. I love how they came out, my dominant hand Rudolph is a little wonky but all in all not that bad! 

One coat Pure Ice Creme Siren, one coat China Glaze Ruby Pumps, one coat Sally Hansen Insta-dri Topcoat.

Santa's Belt (middle finger)

Black belt is Zoya Storm, buckle is Pure Ice Silver Mercedes and L.A. Colors Art Deco Silver Glitter.

Rudolph (index finger)
Two coats China Glaze White on White, Rudolph's head is a no name Color Workshop brown, antlers are Ulta Chocolate Kiss, eyes are China Glaze White on White and Wet N Wild Ebony Hates Chris.

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Turkey Day Nails

 Hope y'all have a great Thanksgiving! Here are my Thanksgiving nails :)

 

One coat Wet N Wild Megalast Wet Cement, 2 coats Ulta Chocolate Kiss, one coat Finger Paints Fall of Surprises and one coat nyc matte topcoat.

Love how this matted glitter looks! The chocolate kiss is very sheer which is why i used the wet cement under it. This is my first matte manicure and while i love the look, the tip wear us horrible, not even had it on 12 hours and have touched up tips once and they need it again!

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purple polka dots

Hi y'all!
This week is purple polka dots :) This is a color i got from Ulta a while back but haven't worn yet. Its called Femme Fatale. Its a shimmery dark red based purple. I used two coats for full coverage. The tan dots are Wet 'N Wild Megalast Wet Cement and the silvery off white ones are Sally Hansen Teflon Tuff in Rhinestone Frost (vintage polish).

I noticed less smudging withy new Sally Hansen Insta-dri Topcoat, but i also noticed my nails chipping very quickly (like one day quick) so this time i used one coat of through Insta-dri Topcoat then one coat of the Sally Hansen Instadry Clearly Quick polish. I'll let y'all know if this combo works better.


Just for fun, here is a stash picture :) just polish, tools etc are in another bag. Last count i'm at 84. I also got a new polish this weekend from target, N.Y.C. Matte Me Crazy Topcoat. I haven't tried it on a full mani yet, just a nail wheel but i like it!

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 ***  Edited to add: the day i took this polish off i realized why i loved this color combination so much. Because i made a necklace back in march (before i even had the purple or tan polishes) that matches this mani perfectly and forgot to wear them together :( guess I'll just have to wear this again soon :) here's a link to the necklace on my jewelry page, fifth picture :)
 http://steelandsashes.blogspot.com/2012/03/more-new-designs.html

Nail Wheels :)

1.  Wet n Wild- fastdry- ebony hates chris
2.  Sally Hansen- xtreme wear- black out 24
3.  Ulta- little black dress 3403
4.  China Glaze- stone cold 1125 (matte)
5.  China Glaze- lubu heels 601
6.  China Glaze- some like it haute 1052
7.  Max Factor- Diamond Hard- midnight silver
8.  Ulta - smoke screen 3423
9.  Ulta- chic peek 3409
10.  Wet n Wild- Megalast- wet cement
11.  The color workshop- chocolate brown
12.  Pure Ice- iced penny 827cp
13.  Finger paints- fall of surprises 806611
14.  Sally Hansen- teflon tuff- rhinestone frost 22
15.  Afterthoughts- attitudes- soiled silver 233
16.  Pure Ice- silver mercedes 988cp
17.  Maybeline Express Finish-Silver Aluminum
18.  Sally Hansen- crackle overcoat- fractured foil 03 (over black)

1.  Love My Nails- Milky way 1584 (over black)
2.  Sally Hansen- diamond strength- diamonds 120 (over black)
3.  Sally Hansen- teflon tuff- rhinestone frost 22
4.  The color workshop- peach shimmer
5.  Pure Ice- twinkle 984cp
6.  China Glaze- thataway 093
7.  Pure Ice- strip tease 979cp
8.  Pure Ice- Splash 970cp
9.  Sally Hansen- diamond strength- ruby sequin 43
10.  Revlon- passion punch shimmer 196
11.  Pure Ice- flirt alert 617cp
12.  Claires- neon fire (matte)
13.  Pure Ice- creme siren 603
14.  markwins- deep red
15.  The color workshop- dark red
16.  Goldie- wulung
17.  China Glaze- ruby pumps 182
18.  The color workshop- dark mauve

1.  No Name- Metallic purple
2.  CoverGirl- NailSlicks- grape ice 110
3.  Revlon- scented- grape icy 330
4.  Claires- vegas (matte)
5.  The color workshop- eggplant
6.  Love My Nails Franken- deep violet 120
7.  Ulta - chocolate kiss 3405
8.  Ulta- femme fatale 3404
9.  Sally Hansen- diamond strength- save the date 28
10.  Finger paints- Skeych-y 806235
11.  Sally Hansen-xtreme wear- blue me away 130
12.  Revlon- top speed- first class
13.  China Glaze- shower together 650
14.  Sally Hansen-xtreme wear- marine scene 280
15.  Sally Hansen- instadry- mint sprint 440
16.  Finger paints- Tough art to follow 806172
17.  China Glaze- paper chase 720
18.  Nina Ultra Pro- lime light 709 510 (matte)

1.  Sally Hansen- instadry- spring green 03
2.  Ulta - limelight 3413
3.  N.Y.C- lime 110a
4.  Ulta - sun-sational 3414
5.  Naturalistics- Inspire
6.  Ulta - sun of a gun 4018
7. Zoya- Storm 645
8. NYC- Matte Me Crazy Top Coat 274 (over black)
9. Orly- Nite Owl 48725
10. Orly- Winter Wonderland 48623
11. Pure Ice- Pardon My French 655cp
12. Pure Ice- Viva Las Vegas 845cp
13. Zoya- Opal 583 (over black)
14. Revlon- Blue Lagoon 92
15. Revlon- Radiant 441
16. Deborah Lippmann- Across the Universe 2006B
17. Daring Digits- Blood diamonds
18. Wet N Wild- Speak When Spoken To 33825

1. GlitterDaze- QueenB
2. 365 Days of Color- Funfetti
3. Treasures by Tan- Always A Bridesmaid
4. Sinful Colors- Call You Later
5. Sinful Colors- Ice Dream
6. Zoya- Daul
7.  Zoya- Fei Fei
8. Zoya- Natty
9. Zoya- Song
10.  China Glaze- For Audrey
11.  China Glaze- Water You Waiting For
12.  Orly- Fowlplay
13.  China Glaze- Fairy Dust (over black)
14.  CoverGirl Outlast Stay Brilliant- Always Autumn
15.  Sinful Colors- All About You
16.  LA Colors-  Wired
17.  LA Colors- Bashful
18. LA Colors-Reckless

1. China Glaze- It's A Trap-Eze!
2. LA Colors Color Craze Metallics- Pink*
3. LA Colors Color Craze Metallics- Fuchsia*
4. LA Colors Color Craze Metallics- Purple*
5. LA Colors Color Craze Metallics- Blue*
6. LA Colors Color Craze Metallics- Green*
7. LA Colors Color Craze Metallics- Grey*
8. China Glaze- Red Satin 1111
9. China Glaze- Frostbite 634
10.  China Glaze- Winter Holly 1115
11.  China Glaze- Pizzazz 1120


*The Color Workshop polishes and LA Colors Metallics are not named, these are just what i have labeled them.

*This doesn't include white creams, clears, base or top coats. 
 

 
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Week 3 of October manis- candy corn mani

Ive been looking forward to this mani all month :) no base coat, two coats of yellow Ulta sun-sational, orange stripe is Ulta Sun of a gun, and white stripe is China glaze white on white, top coat is sally hansen instadry clearly quick.

unfortunately i forgot my base coat until i had one coat of color on already. Im lazy and had a 8.5 month old who is teething so no base coat for this one and ill just deal with the staining later. (the yellow stained in the three minutes of me testing the color)

sun-sational yellow was horribly streak and full of brush strokes even with 2 coats. Its also brighter than what i wanted but the polish is not to fault for that. Sun of a gun orange was fine, nothing bad to say but nothing amazing either. The China glaze white on white is amazing. It covered yellow, orange and black when i was testing colors. And that was with a quick one coat.

All in all this worked out well, except that my freehand stripes aren't nearly as pretty on my left hand and When i added my clear coat the Sun of a gun bled on a few nails. Im not sure why, nails were completely dry as i did my clear coat nearly 24 hours later..

 Next week will be frankenstein :)

Oh and to update on that peel off layer? It did not work with mod podge. I plan to try again but i don't have high hopes this time.

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Week 2 of October manis- black & orange glitter

2 coats Ulta little black dress and 2 coats sally hansen instadry clearly quick. Accent nail is 2 coats Ulta sun of a gun with orange glitter (walmart) sprinkled on while wet, and topped with 2 coats sally hansen instadry clearly quick also.

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Week 1 of October manis- Halloween polka dots

Two coats Ulta smoke screen with L.A. Colors basecoat. Polka dots are Ulta Sun of a Gun orange, Ulta little black dress, and China Glaze white on white.  Top coat is two coats sally hansen instadry clearly quick.

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New polishes :)

I just got 9 new polishes in the mail today! 5 Ulta's and 3 China Glaze. I let my husband pick a color combo and design and this is what he picked. It kind of reminds me of Freddie kruger lol. Base is 2 coats Ulta smoke screen, stripes are China glaze ruby pumps 182, and 2 coats sally hansen instadry clear. Both colors had good formulas and were true to color. Smoke screen could have been a one coat had i paid attention while i applied it. I have been wanting ruby pumps for a while and i love it. Packed with glitter in a red jelly base it probably wouldn't take but 2 coats to be opaque. This manicure looks much better in person however because my clear went wonky a week ago and is leaving tons of tiny bubbles but you can't see them in person. No bubbles in the bottle but it is hazy/foggy and i don't know why, its probably 2-3 months old.

 

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chic peek stripes

This is two coats Ulta chic peek and two coats clear accent nail is sally hansen diamond strength save the date, wet n wild wet cement, and Ulta chic peek. Stripes made with scotch tape.

 

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Fall mani

This (L-R) is wet n wild wet cement, Ulta chic peek, the color workshop brown, and pure ice iced copper. All are two coats color and two coats clear.

 

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pure ice flirt alert

Two coats and two coats sally hansen instadry clear. Accent nail is Ulta little black dress with flirt alert polka dots. Flirt alert could be a one coat bit i prefer two, little black dress is a little more sheer and needed two coats. I used the end of a straight pin for the dots.

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wet cement\chic peek

One coat wet n wild megalast in wet cement (201C), 2 coats Ulta chic peek (one good coat wouldve worked but i was sloppy), 2 coats Sally hansen insta-dry clearly quick (110).
Love the chocolate milk color of the wet cement color but it was very runny, would definitely need 2+ coats for full coverage, the Ulta was a bit thicker than im used to but with a brush full of polish it went on smooth. Love this clear coat, i was leaning toward trying Seche vite clear coat but read somewhere this was just as good

 

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