3 coats. This is from the french manicure collection. No application problems. This was such a pretty baby pink color.

Another great glitter from Hard Candy! I haven't tried anything other than their glitters from this line but I think I have to, these are all so great. If you haven't seen them: Lava, Mr. Wrong and Sweet P are all gorgeous glitters with the best application of their kind and if you like glitter you NEED them. Here is 3 coats of Sweet Pea:


And I've had these for awhile, some Flip Flop Fantasy fun...this is topped with Cover Girl City Lights, 2 coats:
Stamped with China Glaze Millennium- I loved this mani!-
Polka dot and disco balls go well together, don't ya think?

Woot- girly nails! Here is what I used:
Revlon Gum Drop 5 coats, base
Color Club Take Me To Your Chateau, blue tips
Franken "Peaches n' Cream", peach tips
Sally Hansen Pronto Pink, bows stamped on blue
Sally Hansen Whirlwind White, polka dots
Color Club Holo glitter nail art, glitter line
Konad plates in M79 (dots), M59 (bows)
Craft jewels

I really like these! I was expecting absolutely no color payoff but these are really strongly pigmented. They can be blended much more than the above swatches. I personally love cream blush because it blends better and looks more "natural". I will be looking out for more shades in this line!

I seem to have caught a nasty cold so just a quick update. Orly Wild Wisteria is a midnight purple cream from the Bloom collection. I honestly had no interest in the collection until I spotted this color in CVS. Application was amazing- one coat was nearly enough but I did two. None of the usual streaky mess of application you usually get with dark colors. I then stamped over it with Sally Hansen Blue Blast (so good for Konad!). No matter how hard I try I can never get the konad on straight. Oh well!

Because I will never get enough of the Hello Kitty plate! Sally Hansen Black Diamond is a really pretty black with silver sparkles. Stamped with China Glaze Millennium and little crystals added to the thumb and ring finger (which lasted about 10 hours).


And meet my new pup, Apollo. She is a year old chihuahua/rat terrier mix and as sweet as can be. Now if she was only not afraid of the cat...

A friend of mine wears press-on nails and I get to decorate them :) Here are three sets that I have done:

Sinful San Francisco is a pretty popular polish. I never picked it up until a little while ago and I have to say it is pretty...but not uncommon. I will have to swatch and compare but I think I have a dupe to it in my collection.

This is three coats + Essie Matte About You + Konad (must look up plate...) done with China Glaze Millenium. And I will say again how FANTASTIC the China Glaze metallics are for Konad. I will be picking the rest of them up for this reason alone :)

I rarely create franken polish but this is one of those cases. When I bought Peachy Keen from China Glaze's Up & Away collection I expected a milkier peach than what I got. I still like Peachy Keen but I decided to make myself that creamy light peach I was searching for and couldn't find. Despite being married, I'm not big on Valentine's so no hearts from me, just something pretty and feminine.
What I used for this franken: about 1/2 bottle of Wet N Wild French White, about 1/4 bottle of China Glaze Peachy Keen and a splash of Zoya Sweet to give it a little extra pink tone. Didn't quite make a full bottle but pretty close and I've really happy with the results.

Remember you can always click the photos to see them bigger :) Stamped with Konad m56 plate using China Glaze 2030. I have to say that this was one of the easiest Konad manis I have ever done. Something about the metallics are just great for it!





Any suggestions on a name for this franken? I suck at naming them :P

Happy Valentine's Day everyone!

Sugary cotton candy or strawberry milkshake pink. Swatches shown are 3 coats. Not really feeling this color personally. I always have difficulty wearing pinks though I own a ridiculous amount of them.


Konad- gray is China Glaze Recycle and the black is Wet n Wild.

Just a quick post to show something I tried. I was curious if a matte coat would work out stamped over regular polish...not so well. I also tried a matte base with the same color stamped over it...also not so well. It worked but you can barely tell. I may try this again with a bolder Konad design at some point.

Click these bigger for better quality!

What I would call a manicure from HELL

Entourage and Custom Kicks are from the China Glaze Kicks collection. Entourage was VERY disappointing. Not the color, but the application. What you see here is 4 coats- still not opaque- and it could have used another. If you look in the above picture at the right ring finger you can see an example of "pulling" which I had A LOT of with this color. (Pulling is what I call when you apply another coat and it pulls the coat before it off- leaving a bald spot). It also seemed to take forever and a day to dry. Which, when doing 4 coats is NOT fun! You may also notice some kitty fur embedded in this manicure caused by the taking forever to dry.

Entourage is however a nice lime green with silver shimmer while not being too in-your-face-neon. I love the finish on it but I don't think it is worth the effort.

Custom Kicks I cannot wait to use as a base. Beautiful medium teal with gorgeous gold shimmer. I have high hopes for you, Custom Kicks. Don't let me down! It worked wonderfully with the Konad.

And then the Konad...why do your all over plates have to be the same size as my nails? I love all over plates but how annoying. I had to stretch the zebra lines out by hand- not fun either.