Anne by Julep

Just some quick pictures from my Instagram.

Here's my base color of Anne by Julep. It was super hard to get the color to photograph right, especially with a iphone camera. the picture above shows it without a top coat. i wanted to show you that it dries kinda like a neon. :)

Then I added ChG Marry a Millionare for some glitter, and then i tapped off sections
and added Barry M Crackle.

I wanted so badly to use Barry M Croc effects, but it just wasn't happening with the julep color. or maybe my timing was off as to when to put the croc top coat on.

Does anyone have any tips on how to tell when to put it on, especially when you're doing a two coater nail polish?

Valentines Day Fun - Part 1

You know it's coming. There's nothing you can do about it. Single, or taken, Valentines Day wants to get into your personal space and make you feel warm and fuzzy. Don't blame me, blame a baby with wings, shooting love arrows. I'm getting started early on Valentines Day nail art because it's a good excuse to wear hot pink on your nails in the middle of winter. Enjoy! <3 <3 <3

 I've always wanted to do a double stamp, and i finally did with the two hearts,

I love the way it looks!

The holographic glitters in the Barry M polish really stand out in this pic,

it also has great magenta colored rectangles.

Thumb has a diagonal swept shatter coat on it. fun fun!

Hearts right side up!

From the Nicki Minaj OPI collection I bring you Pink Friday as my base color. LOVE it. Stamps were done in DS Reflection and DS Extravagance. Super Bass Shatter was used over two nails, and lastly Barry M rectangular glitter.
[sorry, i can't think of the name of that one right
 now and it's not showing up on their site.]

NOW GET TO FEELIN' THE LOVE!

31 Day Challenge: Inspired by the supernatural

Day 29: Inspired by the supernatural! what a dumb idea, hah seriously if it wasn't for Halloween being next week i wouldn't have done today's theme. haha sorry, is that spoil sportish of me? oh well. Luckily this week i received the perfect color for this mani, and an awesome back crackle!

What I Used: SH Black out, Barry M 311 Nail effects (black crackle),  Mint Green, Pumpkin head glow in the dark.

This show was my inspiration. Ghost Adventures. It's so very silly. but i like it a little bit, 'cause it's on netflix.

Okay, here you will see a walking apparition, a ghost, a "spirit orb" and flying rod... hahah.. or at least that's what they call them. Oh my.

Barry M's nail effect polish won an award i think, and i can see why. Best crackle i own.

Just do you know, these DO glow in the dark, but i think the Out The Door top coat i applied may have kept them from glowing as well. i couldn't get a decent picture at all. So use your imagination! also imagine being terrified by these terrible creatures!!!

Yellow + Grey crackle!

yellow and grey is one of my favorite color combos (um, yeah they were my wedding colors) so i figured it was about time i did some sort of yellow and grey mani. Turns out yellow and grey is a very commonly seen color combo... it's on all the ROADS! haha, that's what i think this turned out looking like. crackle sorta looks like tire tracks to me anyway.What do you think?


I tried some different brush directions on my right hand, horizontal and diagonal. My favorite is the diagonal, (on index and thumb) i wish i would have done my whole left hand that way. Have you ever done different brush directions with crackle polishes? whats your favorite????? :D :D :D
P.S. the yellow is essence 51 mellow yellow.

without top coat. (just for funsies)

left hand in the sun

right hand in the shade

close up right hand in the shade

Close up left hand, in the shade