BLUE LAGOON

I did a sponge gradient using blues and greens.  I LOVED the sponge gradient, but after that it kind of went downhill.  This is one of those mani's that I had great idea's in my head, but they never really happened on the nails.  I'm gonna re-do the sponge gradient and just take pics of that, because I really liked that.  I wish I would have done the flowers in white instead of gold too.  So much I would change about this mani, lol.  Anyway - on to the pics!

For the sponge gradient I used Nubar - Blue Raspberry, Diamond Cosmetics - Magens Bay Blue & P2 Color Victim - artful.  Then to stamp I used Sally Hansen Insta-Dri - Brisk Blue and China Glaze - Passion.

Shany Cosmetics - SH 222

Mo-You London Pro Collection XL - # 11

PURPLE SPOTTED FEATHERS

Hello :)  Today I have a purple spotted mani with a feather design stamped on.  I started out with a base coat of Kleancolors #16 Neon Purple.  Then I added 2-3 coats of J brand nail polish #JNP108 Purple Spot.  Some nails I added the third coat to if I thought it needed more spots.  Next I stamped a long feather design across 4 of my nails and on the accent finger I stamped a southwest zig zag pattern.  I used Konad special polish in white and I thought it was too stark in comparison to the purple so I topped it off with OPI Sheer Tints Don't Violet Me Down.  It added the perfect accent to let my stamp stand out without over powering the whole mani.  This really got me inspired and I have a few ideas I want to try out this weekend using my sheer tints.

Hope you all have a great weekend!!

(inside, no flash)

(outside, full sun)

(outside, shade)

(inside, with flash)

(Kleancolors - Neon Purple, J - Purple Spot, OPI - Don't Violet Me Down)

(Mo-you London Explorer Collection #14)

(Mo-You London Pro XL # 01)

DRUNK DIALING?? IN THIS CASE, YES!!

Today I'm showing off a fabulous polish by Super Black Lacquers.  This one is called Drunk Dial.  I love this color!  It's a super pretty violet purple jelly base with orange, red and holo yellow glitters.  A color combo I wouldn't think would work, but man does it WERK!  I wanted to stamp it, but I didn't want to completely cover the polish up, so I went for a more open all over stamp and used black that just kind of blended in without taking away from Drunk Dial.  I used one of my new stamping obsessions Mo-You London to stamp the design with.  I used a plate from the Time Travellers set, the 70's #02 plate.

EDIT: I forgot to add - I used Kleancolor nail polish in black to stamp with, bought for $1.00 - look how wonderful it stamped!!  Just as good as konad.

(photo taken outside, full sun)

(photo taken inside)

(photo taken inside, with flash)

(close up, outside full sun shot)

Mo-You London Time Traveller: Back To the 70's #02

BLING BLING.....ANYBODY THERE???

HEH!  Yup, I'm still a big dork! lol  I'm giving blogging another go.  I have really missed blogging you guys! It took me a few years to miss it, but it did eventually happen :)  After giving it some thought, I've decided to give this another go 'round.  I had to think long and hard about what I was getting in to again, and try to figure out the reasons why I stopped. Some of those reasons are out of my control (negativity, post/photo stealing to name a few) but others I decided I could change!  I realized blogging became a chore, another JOB that I wasn't really getting paid for. Yes, I would get samples but I came to realize my blog became nothing but sample swatches and that's NOT why I started this blog in the first place.  So I've decided to go back to what makes ME happy and I can forego free nail polish and get back to posting nail art or anything else I darn well please!  That's not to say I won't post swatches but it won't be my main focus and I won't break my back (or nails, lololol) to get a new collection swatched.  So with that said, I'm going to ease back in to things. 

Some things have changed though - for those of you that are my friends on facebook you already know most of this.  Anyway, I just recently had a baby, she is 17 1/2 months old.  I love her dearly, expect to see pictures of her, like ALOT of pictures of her :)  But with that, I don't get to paint my nails like I used to, so I really don't know how often I will be able to do posts.  I've been painting my nails after she sleeps at night but I don't always get to do it, so the frequency of posts are up in the air right now.  I also got my twitter back up and going again and have started Instagram, so there are even more ways to find out whats up with Getcha Nails Did.  My facebook is my personal page and I might end up changing that with time, but it's baby steps at this point.

I wanna say THANK YOU to all of you gals who were so positive and had such nice words of encouragement when I posted that I was thinking of coming back.  You ladies are literally THE reason that I decided to come back.  So thank you so much for that.

Ok, well now that's out of the way, let's talk nails!  I forgot to get nail polish names (first day back and I'm already screwing it up!) but it's all about the jewels on this mani anyway.  I got the big jewels from a flea market here in the city, but I'm sure you could find something similar near you or on the internet.  I remember scouring the internet for nail art stuff like this and couldn't find it, like couldn't find ANYTHING, and now, just a few years later and it's so much more readily available.  I surrounded my big jewel with lots of little pink jewels to give it a more finished look.  Then for fun I added some heart jewels to my thumbs and surrounded them with little pearls.

TESTING THE WATERS

Just testing the waters at the moment... :)

SUGARY PINK FEATHERS

I bet y'all thought I abandoned you again, lol! Nope, I'm still hanging with it. Of course right when I decide to make a come back I have something HUGE happen in my life. So, I'm doing a little bit of juggling that right now and trying to get back into the swing of blogging - so bear with me girls ;)

I really loved this soft pink look of this mani I did! The colors I picked worked really well together and I kept this on for several days. For the base I used Nubar Strawberry from their Jelly beans collection. I LOVE the finish of this polish, it has a slight jelly finish to it, I think it really resembles the look of a jelly bean. Then I applied a coat of Misa Candy Girl, a shimmery sugary pink glitter top coat. I then stamped using China Glaze Joy. Wouldn't you know I forgot what stamping plate I used! I'm pretty sure it is a bundle monster one though.

IT WAS ALL A DREAM

I'm not saying Im "back" back, but I'm gonna give it a shot. I know I disappeared, for almost a year!! And those who follow me on facebook should know some of the reasons why I left. But to put it in the simplest terms - all the joy of blogging was gone and it turned into all work and no play.

Sooooo, I'm gonna give this a go again but under MY terms. I really wanna get back to what made me want to start blogging in the first place - a love of painting my nails and doing nail art. I think I got a little too wrapped up in product reviews and having to post all the new collections and all the new stuff first, and honestly that isn't what motivates me, nail art and painting my nails is what does. I'm not saying I won't do any reviews in the future, but they will be few and far between or done on a collection that I just really love!

These pictures were of a mani I did last night. I couldn't quite capture it with my phone so I busted out my real camera and it just brought back some good old blogging memories. So here we go ladies!!

I used Nubar Swiss Chocolate. For the accent nails I used a bright pink base color and then covered those babies in LA Splash loose glitter.