A group of my polish friends decided to embark on yet another nail related challenge. That's right, tape manis. I just so happened to be doing some blog hopping and I found a manicure I wanted to recreate.

Some of you may know that April Sally's has buy 2 get 1 free on their entire stock of nail polish. Being the polish hoarder enthusiast I am, I had to indulge.

Sunday was Earth Day and while I intended to have this post ready by then; it would have involved me to wake up out of my I'm-too-tired-from-work-so-don't-wake-me-for-anything-less-than-Justin-Timberlake nap. And that brings us where we are now.

Step 1. Base Coat - I used Nail Life Gripper
Step 2. Base Color - Revlon Posh
Step 3. Let base color dry and apply nail art foil glue.
Step 4. After the foil glue has dried to a clear, tacky finish, apply nail art foil. - In this case it was Jungle Tides
Step 5. Apply a "normal" top coat i.e. a top coat that isn't quick dry or anything special. I find that OPI Top Coat works pretty well.
Step 6 (optional). brush glitter on tips of nails. - Milani Jewel FX Teal
Step 7. Now you can apply your top coat of choice. - Seche Vite

Alrighty then! I've gotten a few requests for a swatch of this and the that post has only been up for a few hours. So ...here it is! Icing Blackout!

About a month or so ago I swapped with Rebecca over at rebecca likes nails and this is what I got.

I typically have some form of an introduction for my posts, but today I just want to show you pretty pictures. Besides, its not like I'm being graded for this anyway.

Remember that unseasonably warm weather I was telling you about a few posts back? Welp, this too shall pass. And it did. How do I attempt to get over such a traumatic event you ask? Play with my polish... duh!





Do you happen to know a whole lot about photography and want to teach me a few things so I can avoid a struggle with color accuracy?
Tune in. Drop Out. Love polish.

I really liked the stripes from a recent post of mine so I decided to try them with a different color scheme.

I know its been awhile since I swatched a new Icing polish, so here we are.
I was in Icing a few weeks ago and picked up the only polish I didn't already own. I then waited a few weeks to post about it out of my own pure laziness. So, lets stop reading and just look at some pictures.


As cliche as what I'm about to say is, I just can't sign off this post without saying it. Besides its not like you didn't see it coming.
Ice ice baby!
Tune in. Drop out. Love polish.

I recently placed an order from Born Pretty and I said to myself, "hey self, you should use these studs immediately! You know, since you've been trying to hunt them down for almost a year now." And of course I listened to the little voices in my head.

If you've been reading my blog for any amount of time you'll know that I absolutely, positively love neon colors. But, today I've decided to tone it down (well, tone it down by my standards anyway).