Hello Kitteh!

Hello Kitty is one of those things that I love, yet shouldn't. I'm not really that "girlie"... except for my nails, and shoes, and makeup. But other than that! :) I had wanted something simple yet cute for this mani. This is OPI "Oh Waiter!" (also known as "Skull and Glossbones"). Target sells lots of Hello Kitty stuff for children in the makeup department. These stickers are part of a set, and there are 30 or so on the sheet, and it comes with a nail polish (which really sucks, but that's another story) and a little Hello Kitty key chain, and it's only $1.99! The stickers are very thick. This is 3 coats of Seche Vite over them, and they still stick out some. Again, my nails are very curved and things have a tendency to not cooperate with that, but it works out! Hope you all had a good weekend!

It's just.....ok

Dear readers,
I have been slacking on my polish posts! I hope I am forgiven. I still have no members on my blog, so I don't know if anyone takes offense :) At any rate, today's polish is not my favorite, but I thought it was ok enough to post. I believe I have an issue when using my black stamping polish. No matter how thin or thick I put it on, no matter how long I wait or how quickly I stamp, and no matter how lightly or firmly I press the design, it never really turns out as well as I hope for. I had originally wanted to put a purple stamp on top of this pink, but it wasn't enough of a contrast, but not a tone on tone sort of effect either. So I carefully removed the purple and did this black one. I always get streaks when I apply top coat on the black. I let it dry for at least 15 minutes. Maybe I just need a new bottle of black stamping polish! :) On to the items...the pink base is OPI "Strawberry Margarita", Konad special polish in black, and Fab Ur Nails image plate Fun 2. Thanks for stopping by!

Sorry for my absence

My life has been upside down. I won't get into specifics, but let's just say things have really stunk. ANYWAY, I wanted to do a weird color combo and wanted to use orange. Orange is my second favorite color, green is the first. I kept looking for a nice orange stamping polish, but the Konad shades were just...meh. So, I had heard about success with Sally Hansen Intsa-Dri polish as a stamping polish and decided to give it a try. The orange color is called "Snappy Sorbet". It's more peach/coral than I would have liked, but it turned out well over this blue. The blue/gray is Zoya "Skylar". I used Fab Ur Nails plate Fun 2. Thanks for stopping by!

Sweet!

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Hampstead Gardens

I'm always in search of a yellow polish that I can pull off with my skin tone. So far I've had no luck. While shopping online, I noticed that Sephora had this Nails Inc color on clearance, so I thought I'd give it a whirl.

By itself, it reminded me of all those great 70's kitchen appliances. Also, in indoor lighting, it almost looked nude on me...Am I mustard color? I decided to jazz it up a little, make it more "Autumn" and used a brown gradient effect. This is actually in outdoor, natural lighting. Looks kind of weak, I know, but the weather is not cooperative as the remnants of Hurricane/Tropical Storm Isaac close in. The color is called "Hampstead Gardens" and I used Konad Princess polish in Brown for the gradient. This is actually a plate by Bundle Monster and not the sponging technique. I like that plate, and actually was the reason I bought the set in the first place. I don't know how I feel about the polish overall, but it's a unique color to have around. I only needed 2 coats and it dried to a smooth shiny finish, top coat not really needed.