Fab Friends Friday

So here's my Fridays: I get up and rush, rush, rush to get kids ready for school and out the door. I score a quick shower while they eat and clean up with a bath towel in my hair, my bathrobe on and pants I managed to throw on before the dirty diaper smell hits me. Is it worth it? OH YEAH! Because at 10:30 my girlfriends start arriving for our weekly Bible study/playdate/nail painting party! My sister blog Constantly Redone is run by one of these girlfriends and when our stashes combine it is nail nirvana. Check out the pictures to see the array of personalities that come to play every week:

Mine are the cupcakes (I'll be blogging the story behind that soon!). Constantly Undone is the orange ones (Zoya Jancyn stamped with Zoya Kimmy and the darker color is Sally Hansen Xtreme wear Crush), next to her is our friend Mary's nails sporting Zoya Breezi stamped with Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear White Out (it stamps soooo nicely!), I'll explain mine in my next post. Next to mine is Sheree wearing Sally Hansen's HD Resolution topped with Zoya Apple and next to her is Melissa with the Zoya French Twist Promo of Dove stamped with Caitlyn. Such a great time with a great bunch of gals!!

Green with envy...

...that my nail art didn't work out that is. I picked up Sally Hansen Green With Envy a while and seeing it sitting next to Zoya's Breezi inspired me to swatch it then try a bit of stamping. For the record a lot of cream Zoya's will stamp to some degree - you just have to stamp them on a lighter shade. The problem occurred when Shawn siddled up and begged to be stamped too (honestly it wasn't my fault!). Well here's what happened:

 

First the swatch. Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Green with Envy paints out nice and evenly and becomes opaque with 2 thin coats or one generous coat and is this wonderfully vibrant, avocado with a slight lime twist to it. More of a yellow green then a blue green, but NOT a yellow green at all. I'm not a fan of the Xtreme Wear brush as it seems to shed every so often but what can you honestly expect out of a 2-3 dollar polish? By the way I picked this one up on a buy two get one free and use three 1.00 coupons for a grand total of 2.58 for all!

 

So I was going for art deco - I got it in a "paint splashed on my nails" kind of way. Basically a mess. You can see that I'm taking it off but thought I'd take a picture so you can see the mess I made. 

On another note I tried out the Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure Cleared For Takeoff. Take it from me - when you find your top coat stick with it. I love the brush but I do not like the results. Chipped in one day! So sad....The other polish is one I bought last night and intend to try it out today - I printed a coupon for it and got it for .99 cents - it claims to last 10 days - review to come!