Random Stamping

Hey all! So, once again, more time has gone past since my last post and I apologize. However, no cookie promises this time as no one responded anyway! ;) However, I will definitely try and do better, although I did just get a part time job today which will make it harder. On the other hand, maybe spending less time on the computer over all will motivate me to spend more productive time on the computer! Anyway, enough babbling!

Today I have two different manicures to show you, they're both just simple stamping manicures that I've been meaning to post for a while so I thought I'd post them both today!

This one is Sally Hansen Coral Reef under a stamp using Konad White Special Polish. I don't know why the colour is so off on these pictures, but I couldn't adjust it without completely changing the colour on the nails.  Right now even though the colour of my skin is off the nail polish colour is pretty accurate, although Coral Reef is a bit brighter and more saturated.  As always, I started with the same base coat and finished with my usual top coat.  I was really happy with this manicure, I thought the white really popped against the coral and provided a nice juxtaposition, plus it was nice and summery!

This manicure is one of my faves! I absolutely love stars, and on my nails over this gorgeous purple was basically my ideal manicure. This is a england Avalon with the stamping done with Konad Silver Special Polish, and on the ring finger and thumb the bottom stars are done with a england Princess Tears.  This purple is absolutely gorgeous and like the other a england that I reviewed was a dream to apply. I will definitely have to do a swatch of this one on its own, as it was complete with little blue and pink shimmers throughout which just made it that much more appealing.  I will definitely be using this star stamp on many other manicures to come as I love the look of it.

Coming up: I finally tried gradient nails and I absolutely loved the outcome, and I tried a flower manicure inspired by one I found on another blog that I will post a link to.  Bye for now!

First Dotting Attempt w/ Essie Mojito Madness

Okay, so apparently I'm just a big liar.  I completely forgot to upload these pics and a post yesterday even though I promised that I would! I strive to keep my promises, and therefore for the next two days I will send anyone who comments a cookie to say sorry! If you're reading this after July 7, 2012 know that while I am still super sorry, you will not be getting a cookie.

Moving right along, here are the pictures from a few weeks ago of my first attempt at dotting as I finally got my dotting tools (woo!).

For the green I used Essie Mojito Madness, and the coloured dots are all different colours of Sally Hansen Hard as Nails Xtreme Wear, which I freaking love for dotting.  I'm really going to have to try and remember what the base colours look like before I do anything to them.  As always, I started out with the OPI Natural Nails Base Coat, and topped it off with Seche Vite Quick Dry Top Coat.

I had been going to do two columns of dots, one of bigger dots and one of smaller dots side by side, but then I decided to just to a zig-zag line, but it didn't turn out looking that way.  I didn't mind the dots, but I think I tried too many colours or I was just having a hard time getting used to the green on my nails or something because I didn't love it. It was good experience with the dotting tools, and I loved the different colour dots but I think that next time I will do it on a white background, or even on a darker neutral background.

That's all for now! I have a few more pictures banked that I just have to write about, so hopefully I will do a few more posts this week! 

Canada Day Manicure

Okay, so in lieu of posting the manicure I did with the dotting tools for the first time, I decided to post my Canada Day manicure instead! I meant to post the first dotting tool one last week and then the week just seemed to slip away, and now I don't want it to be too long before I post the Canada Day one too, so I'll post this one first!  Here are the pictures:

I was super happy with the way it turned out! This is only the second time using the dotting tools, so I used one of the bigger dotters, and then the smaller one on the other end of the tool for the smaller dots. For whatever reason I wasn't too happy with the bigger white dots on the red nails, so I decided to put a second smaller dot on top of the white ones, and I liked it much better! But I have to say I like the white nail with the red dots much better. I think I just ended up putting too many white dots on the red nails.

For the red I used OPI Thanks So Muchness, and the white is OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls.  I loved the red, I thought it was the perfect red for Canada Day, and the added bit of shimmer was just that much better. I always forget to say that I always use the OPI Natural Nail Base Coat under my manicure and Seche Vite Quick Dry Top Coat on top of my manicure, and have in all of the other pictures that I posted as well. 

Thanks for reading and next time I'll post my first attempt at the dotting tools, I swear this time.