Holly Leaves

Ok I've wanted to try out a Nailside tutorial for some time but I've been nervous that it wouldn't come out anywhere near as clean and crisp as her amazing and perfect nails. Or that it'd be too difficult. So I was a little stunned when I pulled this one off nearly perfect my first try.This is done using her Holly Leaf tutorial:

Obviously I need a bit of practice with this technique but all in all not bad! No tape is needed for this one - you just have to really take your time and be patient. For the holly the base color is Julep Emilie and the top color is OPI Thanks a Windmillion. The vein on the leaf is a mix of the two and the holly berries are Sally Hansen Red Carpet. The other nails are done in Julep January and topped with Essie As Gold As It Gets.

Can we say Christmas??? LOVE it!

When you get a chance head over and check out her tutorials - this honestly wasn't hard to do and has serious wow factor. No tape to do this manicure which is the best part. I really want to try out more of her tutorials now. Happy holidays and Merry Christmas to everyone!

Champagne and hearts (HP14)

Hubby's Picks proved to be a little simpler this week as hubby picked a really fantastic array of colors. After doing the cute hearts on my toes yesterday I was still in sweetness mode so I came up with a stamped design:

It's not a full plate design. It's Konad plate m3 which was one of the first two plates I bought (I now own well over 50 of varying brands). This one is was a cluster of 4 hearts: two outline and two filled. I stamped each nail with Julep January anywhere from 2-6 times depending on the size of the nail and then used a smaller dotting tool to fill some of the hearts with Sally Hansen Purple Pizzazz to accent the design.

Wait. There's only three colors here. But didn't hubby pick four.....?

He did and I took the liberty of layering OPI Pros and Bronze with Orly Winter Wonderland for this incredibly smooth and wonderfully shiny champagne type effect. I totally LOVE it!

The thumb was the one I had to stamp 6 times. Despite that it was a fairly easy design to do and I just love the finished manicure so much I plan on rocking it this weekend. Hope you have something fun planned! Get out and enjoy that wonderful sun <3

Happy 4th of July...and Hubby's Picks!

This manicure actually looked a little different in my head. Not to say it's bad...it's just not what I had imagined and you know how that can be:

Thumb and pinky are based with the Snowman glitter in fine red glitter and topped with Love & Beauty multicolored glitter (thank you guys for being original with your naming conventions). The pointer is a base of NYC Skintight Denim and stamped with my fave white for stamping: Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear White On, and the two middle fingers are a base of Sally Hansen White On and striped using tape with Julep January.

So we're on tough times here which is kind of hard sometimes. But I made a million cupcakes for that baby shower so I have tons frozen. You know, sometimes you just need a cupcake:

Ironically all I have is Easter themed sprinkles so yeah...so shimmery and pretty and so Easter like! I make amazing buttercream frosting from scratch and this is my absolute favorite. Lemon buttercream! It, literally, melts in your mouth while exploding on your tongue with the most amazing zest. Mmmmmm - may I recommend it? Heaven <3

Now the moment you've been waiting for *drumroll please* Hubby's Picks!

 Ugh....this time I am stumped because I had gotten that Sally Hansen Maximum Growth in a surprise box I bought on clearance for like 5 bucks and it is UGLY. I had it hidden in a box and he found it! He would >.< It's called Trust Mauve. So from left to right we have: Wet N' Wild Blue Wants to be a Billionaire, Wet N' Wild Ready to Pounce, Sally Hansen Trust Mauve, and Zoya Kotori. Both of those blues are SHEER. Wish me the best with this one cause I'm going to need it BIG time!