31 Day Challenge: Half Moon

Day 18: Half Moon. Half moon was the first 'nail art' I ever attempted, (see here!) so it sorta has a special place in my polish-lovin' heart. As does the color purple, Butter London, and, well, glitter. Also I haven't even used No More Waity Katie since i bought it long ago at the BOGO sale. so finally... i broke out the big guns. (i don't know why i just said that. possibly because my husband and i were watching Sons Of Guns earlier tonight...) like i was saying, what you are about to see combines 4 of my favorite polish possibilities!

What I used: Butter LONDON No More Waity Katie, SH Black Out

So this is one layer of NMWK over Black Out. The color may seem darker than how NMWK normally looks layered over itself.

What a beautiful polish!!!

Look at my poor nubins thumb. i rammed something under it the other day and it hurts to do clean up around it. pure acetone going under the nail... open would... skeeksecch!!!!

You guys, this half moon mani makes me so happy inside, i don't want to take it off tomorrow!!! D: I WANT THE WORLD TO SEE!!!!

Thanks for reading! I'm doing galaxy nails tomorrow. (yay, i get to compare my old galaxy to the new ones!)

31 day challenge: Gradient

Day 10: Gradient Nails! mhm mhm! I got my Nail Mail from Germany just in time. it included two sets of the Essence nail art twins. One of the sets being bella and edward (love the nail polish, hate the movie/book/whatever). i was super tempted to use Edward (the glitter) as an accent nail...but this mani is about gradients, not glitters. SO i stayed strong :P

What i used: KleanColor 142 Pastel Teal, Ulta Mint Condition, Essence 06 Bella.

Has anyone else noticed that Kleancolors dry incredibly slow!?? i've never used them for a tape mani so i never really paid attention, but, it took at least an hour to not leave fingerprints. 

So my base color was the Pastel Teal, then i did a half moon mani over it with Mint Condition.

Then i taped off the rest of the nails, and did the tips/ other 3rd of the nail in Bella.

Sometimes i wonder if there are some smaller circle stickers out there

to use for the half moons.

my pinky is so narrow you almost don't see the curved shape from the sticker.

So normally when i paint my nails i leave a window open, and put a fan in the window to blow some fresh air in. well this weekend a cold front blew through NC, (highs in the 50's) and let me just say that if this is an indication of what's to come this winter, i'm going to be doing my nails in a winter coat, and fingerless gloves! BRRR!!!

Thanks for reading!

Harry Potter Nails

Here are my nails for the upcoming HP movie. I didn't have a good gold, so i used a yellow and put a sheer gold with sparkles over it. it had lots of layers, lots of drying time, lots of do-overs.
The red is actually a mini holiday OPI color, but the bottle was so small i just held a similar color. ha! anyway,  it gets the point across.