THE HELLO KITTY'S MEOW

Well I did my final manicure for my Las Vegas trip last night. Since I have not packed yet, and really have no idea what all I am taking, I figured I was going to need all of tonight to get ready. My plane leaves at about 11am tomorrow morning - so I better get everything I need to do done tonight. And of course the BF is soooo worried about what he is going to eat I might have to get a couple of little meals ready so he will just have to pop them in the micro while I'm gone.

I have also been un-patiently waiting for some "fauxnad" plates I ordered on ebay to come in. They finally did yesterday!!! I couldn't be more excited because there is a Hello Kitty design on one of the plates. I have been trying to hold off using my new MAC Hello Kitty nail polishes because I wanted to use them with this plate.

:::EDIT::: I ordered my Fauxnad plates from HERE on ebay. I had great results with this Ebay seller. They do come from Hong Kong - so expect about 1 1/2 to 2 weeks for delivery time. They are called Stamping Nail Art Image Plates. Polish Pixie has orded from here with good results too :)

HERE IS THE LINK for the set of plates that has the HELLO KITTY plate. You have to buy the whole set to get the HK one.

After SEVERAL trial and errors on seeing what would work with the design I had in mind, I used only the MAC - Something About Pink of the Hello Kitty polishes. I will use the others another time.

I am so eff-ing pleased with this Koni I could cuss :) After I finally got the color combo's down, it turned out cuter than I imagined it would. I took a TON of pictures of it and plan on sharing them all with you. So even though it is the same thing over and over again in the pics I can't quit looking at them :)



First the pic's and them I will tell you all how I did it!

For the base I used MAC - Something About Pink. A total Barbie pink in my book! I really liked this color on than I did in the bottle. It was really nice with my skin tone I think. I then used Konad SP in white and used the houndstooth pattern from my konad plate. I then used Konad SP in black to stamp the Hello Kitty heads. I also picked up a great tip off Konad's website, that in order to minimize the streaking only brush over the nail one time with the top coat. "Overworking" the top coat will cause smearing. And as you can see, it really worked good! I just concentrated on covering the black polish and knew I could always come back later and recover the whole nail with another coat of Seche to smooth it out.

Next, you know I had to bling up my nails, after all I am going to the King of Bling city! So I added two clear, round rhinestones for the eyes on all of my nails! How cute is that?

So how do you think I did ladies? Who is ready to come over to my house and get their nails "Hello Kitty-ed"?

BIG PRIZE EXTRAVAGANZA CONTEST

I now have some details on my

BIG
PRIZE
EXTRAVAGANZA
CONTEST

(here on out known as The Big PEC)


I decided that since I wouldn't have time to keep up with my blog for my upcoming trip to Las Vegas I would give you all something to do in my absence. I mean you will have about 20 posts a day fewer to read with me gone - right? :) I decided to have a big prize blowout! I will be having a CONTEST and a GIVEAWAY.

The GIVEAWAY:
Prize List-
(1) Basic Konad Kit
(5) Fauxnad Plates
(1) Maybelline Mirror Image set
(more prizes could be added at a later date)

This giveaway is going to be for those who DO NOT already have a konad system. I really want someone who has wanted one or hasn't gotten one to get this.

GIVEAWAY RULES:
Open to ALL - International Lovely Ladies included :)
Starts March 3rd - March 13th
Enter by leaving a comment with your email address and name (the post for this will go up ON March 3rd)
A second entry is allowed for those who are my followers (Just simply leave me a SECOND comment letting me know that you follow)

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The CONTEST:
Prize List-
(1) COMPLETE China Glaze Summer Collection (all 6 colors)
(1) Maybelline Mirror Image set
(3) Colorama Top Coats in Rock Me, Frosty Pink & Sonic Sunset
(1) Sinful Colors #220 Green Ocean
(1) Sally Hansen Star Opal #01 Pure White Opal
(1) Sally Hansen Nail Prisms #11 Fire Opal
(1) Carolyn New York Mugged On the Six Train
(1) Pumice & Nail Brush Duo
(1) Total Nail RX - Fill Me In surface smoothing base coat
(1) Nailtiques Formula 3 Nail Protein
(more prizes could be added at a later date)


In order to win all the great prizes listed above you must submit to me a picture of your nails done up in some sort of nail art. You can konad them, hand paint them, use stickers or jewels * anything * as long as it is nail art! You can pick any theme you want as well. I just want to see some creativity! I will be the sole judge of this contest. However if a tie breaker is needed I might consult the bf :)

UPDATE: YES!! Acrylics are ok to use! WE are acrylic friendly here at Getcha Nails Did :)


CONTEST RULES:
Open to ALL - International Lovely Ladies Included :)
Starts March 3rd - March 13th
The nail art submitted must be done by YOU!
Enter by sending me an email getchanailsdid@yahoo.com
Your email must contain:
SUBJECT LINE: NAIL ART CONTEST
Please include pictures of your nails showing me your nail art.
Please list what nail polish brands/colors you used.
Please make sure there is a way I can contact you IF you are the winner.

OK! So there you have it ladies! I have included the most prizes in the Contest because that's the one I really hope to get the most entries for. I really hope you all give it your best shot and get a little creative with your nails!

YOU MAY ENTER BOTH THE CONTEST & GIVEAWAY

REMEMBER: Both of these start TUESDAY MARCH 3rd. I will put up a special post for the Giveaway and that is where you will enter your comments for the Konad :)

I am hoping to maybe pick up a few little Vegas mementos to add to the prize lists too!

Good luck ladies!

SURPISINGLY I LIKE THIS COLOR!

We all know what a huge fan I am of the BRIGHTS and the GLITTERS, right? I still buy the "bland" colors too, I just don't really expect to like them when I try them on. However, Pure Ice - Taupe Drawer (huh???) is a color that I not only sorta liked in the bottle, but I really liked it on! It was really kind of a strange color, but it looked nice on me. It turned out much darker than I thought it would be for some reason, I think that is why I like it. It is a bland color with a dark kick :) I almost kept it on my nails - that's how much I really liked this color.


Pure Ice can be purchased at Walmart and are fairly cheap nail polish. I think around $2.00. Here are some pics of the color on it's own:

(Sorry for the bad clean up - I was doing this in the middle of bath time and I was a little rushed)




OF course I had to Koni it!
WHAT I USED:






HERE IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE:

I think this looks "very mature" and something my mom would let me do on her nails. Everything about this screams my mom :)

As a side note I thought I would share with you all a couple pics of my son while I was trying to take pics of my nails last night:

Can you see the little "raisin" fingers in this pic? It was right after his bath and his fingers were shriveled - lol!

I LOVE my son! :)

We also made cupcakes last night - now you see the DIRE need he had for a bath! Can you guess what flavor the cupcakes were?? lol

(Also - can you spot the Dinky in this picture?)

KONI - THANKS COLETTE!

Colette from My Simple Pleasures coined the name "koni" for Konadicure and I think it's perfect - plus it's much shorter and faster to type :) So from now on I will be using this word to describe any Konading I do in the future. Great job on the word Colette :)

This is a koni I did last night. On my last Trans Design order I finally got New York Summer - Amaranth. A beautiful bright green with a jelly finish. This color did not disappoint! And it is really cheap too, it was $1.49! I thought the polish applied really well. It went on sheer for the first coat but was opaque by the second one. I would have added a third coat if I was to wear this alone, but since I knew I was going to Koni it, I didn't. I thought it was a pretty good polish for only a buck fifty.

I also ordered another New York Summer color called Dollar Bill. It's green too and I really just liked the name. Reminds me of Dolla Bill from the movie The Players Club. Bernie Mac played Dolla Bill and I think he really stole the show in that one! I used to quote many a line from him. Such a great comedian lost way before his time. Anyway, that used to be my favorite movie and the soundtrack used to be playing in my car like 24-7 - lol! I haven't tried this color out yet, but I will soon! I will have to Koni something with that color that goes with the movie, like maybe putting a little stripper pole on each nail or something - lmao! I know, I play too much :)

WHAT I USED:

Not shown: Konad Special Polish in White

WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE:

This patten kind of reminds me of the handkerchief pattern, you know the one I'm talking about? It is usually red and white or navy and white. I really like this when I got done with it.

What do you guys think?

And does anyone else remember Dolla Bill from the Players Club?

TOTALLY AWESOME WEBSITE

As I have told you all before, if you leave a comment and are new or add yourself to my "followers" list I check your profiles and look at your blogs. Well this was the case Sunday afternoon! I came across a really good blog that I want to share with you all. I am such a HUGE fan of creativity and creative people, that when I see something really creative I like to share it. Kimberly Tia's blog is called Kawaii Amigurumi & Crafts By Tia and she creates the cutest little "yarn crafts"! I am amazed by her skills. I also read where she does most of these just by looking at pictures - she doesn't use patterns - are you kidding me??!! I really hope you all check out her site and look at all the cute little things she creates. I grabbed a couple pics from her site so you could see a sample of what she does:

Hello Kitty

Cute little cupcakes that you can fill up with treats!

She designed this kitty from the pic above!

Eggs and toast! My last name is Bacon - I think I need to get her to make some bacon to go along with these two - I mean what breakfast is complete with out bacon, right?

WARNING - This next one might be for the mature, so if you don't want to see it "x" out now :)

I think we all know what this is! I about died laughing when I saw this! I just adore creativity and a sense of humor only makes it better!

I have commissioned Kimberly Tia to fashion me a little "Dinky Dog" in yarn complete with a pink dress! I can't wait to get it, and of course I will share the pics with you all as soon as I get my Dinky in the mail. Her prices are VERY reasonable - $25.00 (shipping included) to do the Dinky Dog. ( I added the dress so the price went to $35.00 - still a great price).

Also, I noticed that she does have a beauty blog too called Kimberly Tia. I haven't gotten to check this one out as much just yet, but I will and I think you should too!

MORE DETAILS ON SINFUL

Guess what my Walgreens finally put out on Friday after work?! The Tropical's collection!! I also found ANOTHER collection that my Walgreen's had out (more on that in a minute), so Friday night with nothing better to do I set about trying to find out if these are new colors or old colors. Amid different comments I had gotten in the comment section from these are new colors to these are old colors, I wanted to find out the truth.

On the Tropical Colors Collection:

119 FUJI - This is a color I found on Sinfuls website and Walgreen's website. I would consider this a repeat color.

282 LOVE NAILS - This is a color I found on Sinful's website and Walgreen's website. I would consider this a repeat color.

850 BIG DADDY - Not found on either website. New color.

851 BOOM BOOM - Not found on either website. New color.

853 CLOUD 9 - Not found on either website. New color.

854 BOOGIE NIGHTS - Not found on either website. New color.

855 SCANDAL - Not found on either website. New color.

857 BIANCA - Not found on either website. New color.

NEW Lumines Que Collection:

Although this was labeled as NEW, I found all of these colors available on Walgreens website. Sinful's website I must say is just terrible! While I didn't find these on their website, I DO believe that all of these are OLD colors released in a "new" collection. Here are the colors in this collection:

114 SAUSHA

123 PRETTY IN PINK

179 OPAL GLITTER

300 EASY GOING

309 FLIRTING NAILS

314 BEAUTIFUL GIRL

387 BALI MIST

837 SHIRLEY & BUDDY

SO just what did I find out. ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, lol! Sinful please - get with the times! Update your website and provide us more information! I have sent two emails to sinful and no answer from them as of yet. I'm still keeping my fingers crossed that I will hear back from them.

I'M AN EVIL TEASE ....

FOUR WORDS FOR YOU:

BIG

PRIZE

EXTRAVAGANZA

CONTEST

BWAHAHAHAHAAH..........

DETAILS ON MONDAY!