Ivanka I Love Zoya's Frida!!!

   My child loves blue and the school colors are green and gold so you can see how I chose this two colors.

     Frida is my first jelly from Zoya but it will certainly not be my last. The color in the bottle does not do it justice once it is on the nails. This polish offers so many looks. One and two coats offer a hint of color to place glitter on top of. Three coats offer the ability to have not have it be so dark with a great shine. I actually put on four coats just because I do not like being able to see any hint of my nail. I have included shots of all coat levels below.

     I really had on plans on doing anything other than a simple single paint manicure however as I was putting away my supplies I noticed Ivanka and thought how good it would look on an accent nail. We know that it was not hard for me to pick which nail was to be painted. While the nail made the mani pop (my childs favorite expression) it did so without over shadowing Frida.

I am signing off until next time and remember keep on polishing.







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Black Butterfly

     I have never been good at drawing yet I really wanted to get a butterfly mani done so I sucked up my no art having nerves and decided to try it on my nails.

     I first purchased some art brushes from my local art supply store. I first painted my nails two tone using Sally Hansen Blizzard Blue and Zoya Faith.

     I then took Wet n Wild Black Crème (424a) and painted the nail at a angle first. I took the 1/10 brush and then drew a arch from left to right mimicking a half moon or crescent moon. I then drew lines from the angle to the arch (generally about three to four lines only). You will have to go over the lines and the arch twice to make it as dark as the slant at the top of the nail. I made the dots using my dotting tools and Wet n Wild French White (449c).

     I think not to bad for my first try. Practice always makes perfect so I can not wait to do this one again.

As you know Keep On Polishing.

Magnetic Polish

Hello everyone, I know that magnetic polish is so last year, LOL. I was given these polishes compliments of Teddi's Tips because she was having problems getting them to work. If you have ever seen her nails you know they are beautiful and generally anything she tries she gets it perfect on the first go round. I have because of that fact had the polishes for several months but was scared to try it figuring I could only do worse. Today I tried one of the two polishes and was so happy with the results that I decided to blog about just in case someone else was having problems with polish as well.

I used Magnetix Nail Polish in purple. I loved the color when it separated. I got it to separate so well because I held the magnetic about a quarter of a inch from the nail for at least 15 seconds. I found less time did not allow the pattern to become as defined. I also would slowly turn my nail left to right.

Well until next time keep on polishing.

$.99 Buy for Some of the Best Colors

Walgreens is my favorite place today. They have Sinful Colors polish on sale for $.99. This basically adds up to but one get one free since they are normally $1.99. This sale is until 10/27/2012.
I have done a month of blogs about Sinful Colors polish. The color below is Cinderella. This color is a pale blue with small pink shimmers visable in light only. I only did a basic mani in this color because I found it hard to find something to do with the color that would not destract from the colors simplicity. Okay little sappy if I do say so myself. LOL.
Well I hope you take advantage of the sale because I know I did. Until next time keep on polishing.

My First Dot Gradient

     So this idea was born out off my over use of my new dotting tools and my epic failure(my person feelings even though others said it wasn't bad) at a regular gradient. I was looking for something where I could give my fingers a break from all of the color because my nails were beginning to turn yellow. Yes, I do use a base coat to those that are thinking that is what my problem is. I just think I need a new base coat but I have not decided on what I am going to use. I am still doing research on that.

     I started off with my current base coat and then placed on one layer of Sally Hansen Hard as Nails. I then keeping with my theme of 30 days of Sinful Colors used my dotting tool and started with Sinful Colors Bali Mist (a purplish pink). Kismet (pink with brown undertones) is my next dot. The final color comes from the recently released Sinful Colors metallic line called Hot Wired. I finished it off with my Sally Hansen Top Coat and Viola! it is done.

   I am quite pleased with the my first attempt at so many dots and a gradient. I am sure it would have been neater had I not decided to do my nails during the second presidential debate. Jumping around and hollering at the television is not a good thing when painting your nails.

A Newbie's Must Have Color!!!!

    Okay I have only been this excited about a color one time before now. This Metallic Sinful Color Hot Hot Heat is my new go to color!!

     I knew after the first coat that I had a replacement for my previous favorite color. I want to paint my toes fingers and anyone else's fingers and toes with this color. The color is flawless in application. Whatever is in this formula I am begging Revlon (who recently purchased the brand) to make sure that this formula is kept and even duplicated to other colors.

     I dare you to find another color that can go on this easy and make your nails look this good with this little effort. I don't even have accent nail and you know that is not normal for me. There is only one picture with no top coat because that is all is needed.

Until next time keep on polishing.

Winter's Coming And Boy Is It Beautiful!!!

Today's Sinful Color is Winterberry. I chose this color as a tribute to National Domestic Violence since it is October.

I sort of get the feeling that a little pink and grey were mixed in with a grape purple. The color alone after only two coats was beautiful. This is the first polish of the Sinful line that I can say I do not have a compliant about. It went on smooth and even.

The sparkles are coming from NYC Starry Glitter. I originally was only going to do a accent nail but I mistakenly painted the wrong nail. I liked it so much that I decided to paint them all.

Well until next time keep it clean and simple.

Sinful's Courtney Orange

     Well I know that Halloween is a ways off and that most people would have left this color for review at that time. I however do not celebrate Halloween and I felt like seeing what my first orange nail polish looked like on my hands.  This color Courtney Orange is from Sinful Colors 2009 collection.  
     Since this blog is for people like myself just getting into polishing I decided this time to show you what my hands look like from start to finish. I knew after a polish test that I would need to double up on the base coat. I always do a polish because I like to be able to sometimes where nothing but clear polish and need them to be white. A good base coat keeps the nails looking like the picture below. I also overlapped the base coat just to make sure that I could get any mistakes cleaned up easy.
     I only had to use two coats of the polish due to the richness of the color. I have to say this also went on without any streaks or splotches. I really liked this color and I am not a orange person. I think the color while vibrant is not loud. My accent nail was done with my dotting tools I purchased from amazon.com. I would like to say thank you to Teddi from the blog Teddi's Tips. I placed two drops of Caribbean Cocktail by Sephora by OPI on a piece of paper. I then took my large dotting tool and just dipped it in one time and then placed it on the nail. This was the first time that I used the tool and I found that I am going to need to find a way to make the polish thicker for the larger dot tool. The larger dots are the only dots that ran. They had more of a oval shape then circular one.
     Well until the next sinful moment have a great time.

I'm a Nail Junkie on the island of Fiji.

After my first attempt at a water marble I really began to like Sinful Colors nail polish. After picking up some hard to find colors I decided to do a month long tribute to Sinful Colors.  This first manicure is of two colors.

Fiji is a beautiful purple. It starts off looking like a thin layer of grape jelly. As you apply more coats it gets to be so much deeper with almost a mirror shine. I have on four coats. I would have gone to six because I just could not believe how great this color was looking. It went on smooth. This is one color that I was not putting on more coats to cover up streaks.

Nail Junkie is light blue base with multi colored and size glitter. I only put one coat on because I wanted the Fiji to still be seen but just jazz it up a bit. While I only did this as a accent nail I will one day make this my complete manicure. I feel that it is interesting to wear as a night out on the town but still professional enough to wear to the office.

Clean up of the excess polish was easy since it was only the first coat that was outside of nail bed. I can not wait until my next polish! Check back and see what color I do next.