Prom 2010

I am way over high school (in age, that is) but tomorrow I am going to prom.  I will be attending an all ages, special needs prom as an escort to some fun girls who are attending.  So, of course, I had to do my nails accordingly.  I'm rocking an updated 80's theme with a vintage dress and shoes and I matched my nails to suit.  I am so excited about how they turned out (hence the crazy amount of pictures), but more excited about PROM!!!

The inspiration:

Left Hand:

Right Hand:

Camouflage:

Extreme Close Up:

I first painted my nails with China Glaze Frostbite.  Then I sponged the following colors on top: China Glaze Liquid Leather, Heli-Yum, L8R G8R, Turned Up Turquoise and Essie Perky Purple.  I added dimension by adding glitter.  I used two coats of Seche Vite to finish it off!

Steam Crunk

I was commissioned (again, by Kari--well mostly cuz I asked) to do steam punk.  But it was kind of a hard concept for me on the nails--hence the "crunk".  I wasn't sure if it was quite "punk", so in case it's crunked up, then I was right not to give it an official steam-punk label.  But purple nail polish rules!  Too bad it seems to be the color that chips on me the fastest.  But then again, chipped polish is definitely punk...

I used a base coat purple of China Glaze Grape Pop, I then added a layer on top of Flying Dragon (Which has an awesome, subtle sparkle I hope you can see in the close up).  I used Konad plate s6 with the color Awaken and applied gemstones to each nail.  I coated twice with Seche Vite.

Featherd and Fabulous

Kari requested feathers and, although she maybe told me to go more edgy than pretty, I LOVE this look.  Thanks for the idea (I always welcome input from anyone....I'm always looking for new ideas for manicures)!


Extreme Close Up (Thumb):

Close Up (Pinky):

I first painted about half of my nail with China Glaze In Awe Of Amber.  I then added So Easy Stripe Rite in Black for the feathers.  I painted over the black with China Glaze Sexy In The City and Coconut Kiss for the purple and blue iridescent look of feathers.  I also added OPI Goldilocks Rocks towards the edge to make a more gradient gold look.  I painted over everything with China Glaze Golden Enchantment for the light sparkle.  I added sparse glitter to the end and then topped it all with a coat of Seche Vite.

May Day (A Day Late)

I did these nails for May Day and I was sporting them yesterday for the occasion, but haven't had the time to get them posted.  So happy May!  Flowers, start to bloom!

I used as a base color, China Glaze Heli-Yum.  I then striped and topped the flower stems with So Easy Stripe Rite in Aqua Metallic, Ivory Metallic, Purple Metallic, Hot Blue, Blue Glitter, Orange Glitter, Red Glitter.  I topped some flowers with gems and coated with Seche Vite on top.

Finicky Flowers

Here is my mood polishes with an addition of a Konad design.

A more clear shot of the varying color change:

I added Essie Hello Yello with Konad Plate m60 with one coat of Seche Vite.

Moody

This post is for a current fad of mood changing nail polishes.  I had seen these polishes on other sites and wanted to try them for myself and was fortuitously at the mall and stopped in at Claire's to pick a few bottles up to try them out.  They actually work pretty awesomely (even with base and top coat).  These are the two colors I picked out side-by-side on my nails.

This is a depiction of how the colors come out from the bottle:

This is the start of the "mood changing" effect changing from purple to pink and grey/green to yellow:

The colors are found at Claire's and I bought Calm/Wild and Daring/Innocent.  Unfortunately there isn't a page on their website, but you can find more out about their other products and trends here.

Balloons!!!!

I have a computer again (YAY!!!!) and have to catch you up on the nails I've been sporting for the last week.  With this manicure, I knew that I wanted to use brights/neons and was thinking more along the lines of bubbles, but when the manicure started coming together, it was pretty clear that they ended up as balloons.  I actually didn't really like this look until I added the black and it still wasn't one of my favorites, but it ended up getting so many compliments and people talking about them.  It always amuses me when people notice them--like at the drive thru, when I'm shopping, coworkers etc.  




The colors I used: Essie Hello Yellow, Perky Purple.  China Glaze In The Lime Light, Sexy In The City.  Orly Passion Fruit.  So Easy Stripe Rite Black and White.  Coated twice with Seche Vite top coat.