THANK YOU KRIS PRIMPS!!

I got a heads up over at KRIS PRIMPS that Ross had some Color Club nail polish on the cheap. So at lunch today I ran over to a local Ross and look what I found:


THE MUSIQUE COLLECTION!!


The best part, the price:

Yes, $7.99 for the whole kit and kaboodle! (Remember Caboodles???)
I snagged the last one though.



Also found this Poshe set:


I think for what I paid for this whole set would normally only get me the top coat, so a huge score on this. I have never tried the other two products that came with this, only the top coat. I am interested to see how I like the other items.


I never even thought to check at Ross for nail polish. Thanks for the heads up Kris!

NOTD

WHAT I DID TO GET THIS LOOK:

1 Base Coat of Orly Bonder

2 Coats of China Glaze - Tickle My Triangle

1 Coat of China Glaze - Let's Do It in 3-D along the nail tip

1 Top Coat of Poshe Super Fast Drying Top Coat

RUBY PUMPS TEST RESULTS

Before I left, I did a post on China Glaze - Ruby Pumps, found here. Basically I painted my nails before I left town, and I wanted to see how long it would last on my nails.

First I painted a coat of Orly - Bonder, three coats of China Glaze - Ruby Pumps, and a final thick coat of Poshe Super-Fast Drying Top Coat. I must admit that I am AMAZED at how long this lasted! First off I painted these on Tuesday night November 25th and the pictures I am posting up were taken this morning on Monday December 1st. That is a full 6 days!

Can you believe it??? Minus a little tip wear and they have dulled, they really held up! I was very surprised. I have to owe this to my Orly - Bonder. I think that was the difference maker here. What have you guys used that have stood the test of time on your mani or pedi?

I forgot to take a picture of my toes, but they have held up better than my nails!

THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE . . . . . . . . DALLAS????

Today I'm rocking China Glaze - Ruby Pumps. A gorgeous color with tons of red glitter in it. Glitter is your friend, people! :) Anyway since I am heading out of town I decided to do a little experiment. I am going to see how well my manicure will last.

First of all I removed my artificial nails last night. Then I did a base coat of Orly - Bonder. I love the nasty, yellowish color this stuff is in the bottle for some reason. I then applied 3 coats of China Glaze - Ruby Pumps and then a thick coat of Poshe Super-Fast Drying Top Coat, my personal favorite choice for top coats. I am curious to see if this will last through my vacation and with how much wear and tear. I also applied the same things to my toes as well, hey it's not often that they match!

WHAT I USED:

INSIDE PICTURES:

OUTSIDE PICTURES:

AND MY RUBY PUMPS TOES:

CUTE LIL' DOTS

My nails I did today can only be described as CUTE. I had really big plans for these nails. I had some jewels and other little things I was going to add, but when I got them painted and put the dots on I thought they were just to cute to do anything else to, so I left them as is. However, maybe tomorrow I might do some playing around with them. This nail is maybe even one some of you non-lovers of nail art might like because it is so simplistic and could work on shorter nail lengths too.

WHAT I DID TO GET THIS LOOK:

I used Orly - Flirty Girl from their French Manicure line, a really girly shade of pink. I also used China Glaze - Moody Blue, baby blue creme. I alternated colors, painting only my tips. I did three coats of each because they were pretty sheer to start off with. For the last coat I painted the entire nail with one coat of it's corresponding color. I then applied little glitter holographic dots to each nail tip. I then topped everything off with one coat of Poshe.

OUTSIDE SHOTS:

You can't really tell from my pictures, but those little dots pack alot of bling to them. It looks like I have diamond studded nails, and like McDonalds - I'm Lovin' It!

So I now ask WHAT DO YOU THINK - something you would wear, or still too much "nail art" going on??

SATIN PURPLE ROYALTY

***UPDATE: When I got home and looked at my bottle of polish I saw that I got the name wrong! The name of the polish is Orly Satin Hues - Satin Royalty - Sorry for any confusion!

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Does anyone recall the "Satin" line that Orly had? Well last night I came across my Orly Satin and decided to use it. Of course, to use it right would be without a top coat, that is what gives the polish it's satin finish. However, since I added some jewels and nail art stickers I had to use a top coat. The color is still pretty though.

WHAT I DID TO GET THIS LOOK:

First I painted all my nails with one coat of Orly Bonder. Then I took some french manicure stickers in the "chevron" shape, and placed them on my nail. I painted three coats of Orly Satin - Purple Royalty on the bottom section, from the sticker down. I then pulled my stickers off and let the nails dry a little bit. Next I used my Strip Rite NAP - Silver and painted two lines following along the chevron shape left by the stickers. Then I placed one purple square shaped rhinestone and placed it in the diamond shape position. Then for my two thumb nails I added some nail art stickers that look like royal crowns. I topped all of my nails off with a thick coat of Poshe.

INSIDE PICS:

OUTSIDE PICS:

See how easy it is to look like Royalty???? :)

HALLOWEEN DOT - 2- DOT

Here is some Halloween inspired nails.

WHAT I DID TO GET THIS LOOK:

First I applied 1 coat of Orly Bonder to my nails. Then I used Color Club - Orange Revenge and painted only the tips of my nails. I did 2 coats of the orange. Then I used Nubar NAP 129 Black and my new dotting tool and made little dots. I just used the brush end of my NAP and coated the dotting tool with it. I then used the same Nubar NAP and drew a black line along the smile line of my nails. Lastly, I topped it off with a coat of Poshe. That's it! Easy as 1-2-3.

ARTSY FARTSY INDEED...

Well I did get down and dirty in the polish and n.a.p.'s (nail art pens). However, I am not too pleased with how my pictures turned out. My camera did not take very good pictures last night. I think it was in part due to it was 10 pm and the lights in the house were not the sort of bulb or watt that I needed. Anyway - on to the pics!

I tried to change the brightness contrast on the camera, so take your pick of the snaps above that you like best and just ignore the other ;).

Below I have up close pics of each nail and the details of each pic.

THUMB

The base was painted with two coats of NYC - Saffire. I then used my So Easy Stripe Rite - White n.a.p. and painted a ghost outline and painted the inside completely with white. Next I used Nubar NAP - 129 Black and made two little dots for the eyes and an oval shape for the mouth. Top coat was Poshe.

INDEX

The base was painted with Finger Paints - Shades of Dark. You can see in the pic that there was some cuticle drag with this color. I then topped it off with Black Radiance - Hot Steppa. This is such a gorgeous color!! It is clear with gold and copper colored glitter in different sizes. The colors remind me of fall leaves. Final coat was Poshe.

MIDDLE

This is a cat, I know the picture is b-a-d. It turned out so cute though! Disappointing to say the least. Anywho, the base was done in China Glaze - Cat's Eye (that's where I got the idea to do a cat face). Then I painted on a face, ears and whiskers using different n.a.p.s - So Easy Stripe Rite - Gold Glitter & Silver Shimmer and Nubar NAP - 129 Black. I did two dots of the gold glitter for the eyes and it reminded me of those old pins that had the cat face and rhinestone eyes. Top coat is Poshe.

RING

This is a leaf. Once again the picture does not do all my hard work justice :( For the base I used Black Radiance - Tease. This is such a pretty shade of gold, and it looks orange in the picture - just so wrong. I used Nubar NAP - 151 Emeraldes to outline the shape of the leaf. This is a green color with green glitter. I then went over the green with So Easy Stripe Rite - Gold Glitter, but leaving some of the green to show through. Topped off with Poshe.

PINKY

A witch's hat. The base was 3 coats of Color Club - Yell-Oh!, a very neon yellow color. Some cuticle drag with this, but not too bad. I used Nubar NAP - 129 Black to draw a hat shape, and then I filled it in. I used So Easy Stripe Rite - Silver Shimmer to make the band on the hat. Top coat of Poshe. This was super shiny. The base neon yellow color just made this look pop, and once again disappointing results with the camera.

Anyway, tell me what y'all think! Only 13 more days until Halloween.........