Hubby's Picks (HP35) Skittlette anyone?

I thought I'd do a pretty skittlette mani a la i Heart Pretty Polish (who is no longer blogging for the moment which is a sad, sad thing, but I understand). Check out her past posts for pretty skittle manicures that became a signature for her along with her sweater shots.

At any rate I really admire her so that makes this acceptable to do on Hubby's Picks to honor her. I added my own flair, but here you go:

The line up this week is: Fingerpaints Plum Startled, Sinful Colors Nail Art in green (a striper), HITS Air Glow, and Picture Polish Warning. I know I have a ragged cuticle in there. I'm a mommy. This happens.

This is actually a super easy week to see how to do so I'm just going to focus on some striper tips. These are a really useful nail art tool that people sometimes struggle to utilitze.

• When getting a striper pull the brush out and look at it. If there are hairs sticking out just clip them off with scissors. This will help you get a nice line. Don't be afraid to snip the tip if some hairs are longer then brush itself.
• When doing tips place the brush on the tip of the nail and rotate the nail NOT the brush. This helps get a straight line across the nail. Flip the brush and do the same from the opposite side.
• Every couple strokes put the brush back in the bottle, close it up, and gently shake it. The polish at the top tends to start to dry out and this will help get nice lines that don't smear or clump.

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Hubby's Picks (HP33)

Hey Hubby I did it! The only sad thing is that the flash of color change was almost impossible to pick up due to the sunshine suddenly feeling shy. I shouldn't really be shocked. This is Oregon after all. This week's picks were Glitter Guilty In A Round About Way, Picture Polish Warning, Lime Crime Peaches 'N' Cream, and Girly Bits Shift Happens.

You can kind of see the shimmer of the red shift in the above closeup. I love all the swimming glitters in Glitter Guilty A Round About Way.

• First I built up Glitter Guilty In A Round About way.
• Next I taped off the bottom portion of the nail and painted Picture Polish Warning. I went a little thicker on this one to make it a bit more opaque.
• Using a double-sided dotting tool I used Lime Crime Peaches 'N' Cream to do make the dots running the border of the two polishes.
• Finally I topped it all off with Girly Bits Shift Happens. Toppers like this really pull a look together.

That concludes this week's Hubby's Picks. We'll see if he can stump this next week. If you try out the Hubby's Picks shoot me an email and be featured on the next Hubby's Picks post. Email mommydoes @ live . com (removing the spaces of course). Have a great night!