Blue gradent mani...

Hey everyone!  I hope everyone is doing great!  I wanted to try and win the Rite Aid nail extravaganza nail art contest.  This is the mani I submitted for the contest.  You can view the other entries here.  Since there is no Rite Aid near me I would love to win this package so that I may try some of the brands I do not get where I live.  Please take a moment to vote for me if you like my design!  There are several entries that are amazing though.  When I wore this mani everyone once again thought I had on nail stickers.  On to the mani...

Mani Ingredients
Base color-Essie Borrowed & Blue
Gradient color-Pure Ice In the Mood
Stamping polish-Kleancolor Black
Image plate-Bundle Monster BM-314
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So what do you think??  I wanted to do a gradient so bad however didn't really have the time to do a full out gradient combining two cream colors.  So I found a way to do a super fast gradient.  I painted my base color as a cream.  By the way this Borrowed & Blue dries so fast!  I used a sheer shimmer polish and used a sponge to do a gradient and it was awesome!  I just sponged with more pressure at the tip of my nail and less pressure in the middle and it was perfect.  So you know you are about to see several gradients following this process so I can see if it actually works.  I have quite a few Pure Ice polishes that are rather thin and shimmery so I am going to try them out.

Have you tried this gradient process??  I am sure it is not a new technique.  Do you have any tips for me on my gradient technique??  Thanks for stopping by!

Textured leopard...

Hey everyone!  I hope everyone is doing great!  Of course I am still in love with textured polish!  I am sorry but when this trend is over I will still be rocking it!  I love it!  I am still planning on begininng the Disney Princess challenge.  If you missed the prompts and dates you can see it here.  Let me know if you wantr to participate so I know if I need to create codes so that we can share our manis with each other.  Okay then on to the mani!

Mani Ingredients
Base color-Solitaire
Neons-Sinful Colors Nail art Me first(yellow),
Sunny day(pink), Sour Grapes (purple)
Stamping polish-Kleancolor Black
Image plate-Konad m57

I wore this plain for four whole days before adding the stamping.  No chipping or tip wear.  I am so in love!  I want a few more colors of the OPI liquid sands.  Everywhere I have been going has them sold out of the colors I want to purchase.  Uggg... hopefully I will get some soon.

What do you think of the textured polishes??  Have you tried nail art over them??  Thanks for stopping by!

Recreate someone's mani from the challenge...

Hello everyone!  I can't believe I have made it to the end of a challenge!  I can't believe it!  I loved everyone's fabric mani's and had a hard time choosing one.  So I got my Hubby to choose for me.  He picked this mani.  This design was created from inspiration from the bloggers purse.  She has a story that went with her post so go check it out.  I don't want to ruin it for you.  On to the mani...

Mani Ingredients
Base color-OPI My boyfriend scales walls
Stamping polishes- Kleancolor Metallic Pink, Aqua and Purple
Image plate Cheeky CH 6
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I think it turned out cute!  I had some issues with the stamp coming off completely so I had to touch up some dots but was happy with how the mani turned out.

I am completely finished with the two challenges I was doing.  I have found so many that I love that I plan to start another on Friday May 31th.  It is another quick challenge that I found.  I would love for everyone who wants to join me to do so!  I will post all the links so that we may share our manis with each other by Tuesday May 28th.  Please join and leave me a comment to let me know you will participate.

I want to do the Princess challenge.  This is NOT my challenge I created however I did add Princess Tiana from the Frog Princess to the list because I love that movie.

Here is the list:

Disney Princess Nail Art Challenge 

• May 31th-Jasmine
• June 7th-Snow White
• June 14th-Mulan
• June 21th-Sleeping Beauty
• June 28th-Cinderella
• July 5th-Pocahontas
• July 12th-Belle
• July 19th-Ariel
• July 26th-Tiana 

I hope everyone who is interested joins me in this challenge!  Please share this with anyone you think will be interested on your Facebook, blog, and instagram.  Thanks for stopping by!

Girls just want to have fun...

Hey everyone!!  Today marks the last prompt for the Girly Girl Challenge.  I am so excited to have finished a challenge!!  Woot woot!!  I enjoyed it!  I hope to do another soon.  I found so many that I like on the internet.  I was going to go all out on this mani but decided I just love to paint my nails.  That is one of the things I love to do for fun.  So I chose to just do a mani.  I didn't put bells and whistles into this mani I just chose some colors and a stamping plate and did my nails.  I think it turned out pretty cute myself.

Mani Ingredients
Base color-OPI Can't Find My Czechbook
Fan brush paint-Neon Pink Folk Art Acrylic paint
Stamping polish-Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Whirlwind White
Image plate-Cheeky CH50
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I love this base color.  Shoot I just love OPI!!  Every time I use an OPI polish I remember how much I love their polishes!!  I think its the brush that gets me.  I love the width of it.  I have trouble with Insta-Dri brushes due to them being so large.  I still love them but they all ways flood my cuticles because my nail beds are so small.

So does this mani say fun to you??  What do you do for fun??  Thanks for stopping by!

Favorite nail art technique...

Hey everyone!!  I have my favorite nail art technique for you today!  Of course it is stamping!!  Woot woot!!  This is one of the only things I can't mess up!  I am such a klutz and free hand is not my strong point.  I do want to try the free hand roses...yeah mine would look a mess though.

News on Baby Brother...he is pulling up!  I can't believe it!  He is only 7 months.  He is such a busy and happy baby.  In the next few posts I will add some pictures.  Or if you are curious you can check out my instagram.  My instagram name is jmmama1.  I have pics of both my boys on there.  Cutest kids I ever had.  LOL!  I also have pics of some mani's I did before I started a blog.  On to the mani...

Mani Ingredients
Base colors-China Glaze Dance Baby
Stamping polish-Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Teal-y Fast
Image plates-Pueen 27 and Pueen 43

I am totally in love with Dance Baby!!  I absolutely love it! It is my new favorite pink!  It is so bright and beautiful.  I do have problems with it chipping quickly though.  Oh well I am still going to wear it!  I may put it on my toes next to see how that looks.

Do you have trouble with polishes chipping quickly??  What do you do for quick chipping polish??  Thanks for stopping by!

Inspired by a blogger...

Hey everyone!  Today I have a mani inspired by a blogger.  I decided I have been neglecting my gray nail polishes and decided to pull out one I have never tried.  So in case you missed my many posts of me telling you how much I love Valentines Day manis...I will fill you in again.  I love hearts!!  I do not only use them during Valentines Day.  I use them when I feel like seeing some pretty hearts on my hands.  I found out about Bunny Nail's image plates through Canadian Nail Fanatic.  She did a beautiful design with the plate that I immediately purchased.  The color scheme I used is somewhat the same.  Check out her design here.  When I saw her mani I thought this is a mani I love and must do!  Let's see what I came up with...

Mani Ingredients
Base colors-China Glaze Pelican Gray and Sinful Colors 24/7
Stamping polishes-Sally Hansen Whirlwind White and Kleancolor Black
Glitter accents-Color Club Candy Cane
Image plate- Bundle Monster BM09 and Bunny Nails HD-B
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I love how this came out.  Everyone that commented on my nails when I wore this mani thought I had on nail stickers.  LOL!  I love it when my manis look that "professional".  I actually have never tried nail stickers yet.  I can't create a reason enough for me to purchase some of them.  I have so many stamps and polishes I could create just about anything I want in any color I want.  I keep hoping I win some in a giveaway or find some super cheap.  That will be the only way I try them because I can't justify enough reason to purchase them.

What do you think of nail stickers?  Have you tried Bunny Nails image plates??  Thanks for stopping by!

Sugar, Spice and Everything Nice...

Hey everyone!!  I hope everyone is doing great!  Today's prompt for the Girly Girl Challenge is Sugar, Spice and Everything Nice.  You can do a sweet or spicy mani.  Since this whole Girly Girl Challenge has been about sweet and girly I chose to do a spicy mani.  Let's see what I came up with...

Mani Ingredients
Base colors-  Nails Inc. Leather Effect Noho and China Glaze Cranberry Splash
Stamping polishes-Kleancolor Black and Pure Ice Silver Mercedes
Image plates- Konad m57 and Messy Mansion MM06
Heart studs-Pueen (Amazon)

I think this mani is so sexy and I loved wearing this!!  So so pretty!  I love this China Glaze color!!  It is one of the best holiday colors I have ever purchased.  Well this far...  I hope this isn't too dark and vampy for some of you but you will learn one thing about me I do not care the season I will wear whatever I feel like on my nails.  I have no problem rocking neon pink or yellow while there is snow on the ground.  I just love that I can wear and create any kind of mood that I want on my nails whenever I feel like it.  There is nothing anyone can do to take the simple joy out of nail polish for me.

So what do you think about wearing colors that aren't in "season"??  Would you wear neon's in the winter??  Thanks for stopping by!

Inspired by my favorite color...

Hey all!! Today's prompt is inspired by my favorite color. I have never done a ombre mani with the colors spread out over all my fingers so I thought no good time like the present to try it. Also I could not decide on one pink to use for this mani.

Mani Ingredients
Base colors-Sinful Colors Easy Going, China Glaze Something Sweet, Dance Baby, Nasty & Traffic Jam
Stamping polish-Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Presto Pewter
Image plate-Pueen 26
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What do you think of this??  I love this new set of stamping plates!  I love designs like these because they are so easy to work with especially if a full design does not cover your whole nail.  Although I have short nails and small nail beds I still have problems with full image designs on my thumbs at times.  These new Pueen plates gave me no problems covering my whole thumb.

Here is the code for this weeks Girly Girl Challenge: 

<a href=http://www.inlinkz.com/script.php?id=255665&nojump=1&key=IL5pRsOI0F6Fw>get the InLinkz code</a>

What new stamping plates have you picked up??  Do you plan on getting the new Pueen plates??  Thanks for stopping by!

Inspired by me...

Hello everyone!  I hope everyone is doing great!  Last night my auntie had a barbecue for my uncle and we had such a good time!  Baby brother was dancing around and playing all night.  It is fun to spend time with the family.  The food was amazing as well!  I have a mani inspired by me today.  Since I love pink I had to incorporate it into my mani.

Mani Ingredients
Base color-Kleancolor Neon Pink
Chevron color- Orly Rock Solid
Stamping polish-Kleancolor Black
Image plate- Bundle Monster BM-201
Studs-bornprettystore.com

I think this mani is so cute!!  I will say it is a bit sloppy as far as the chevrons under the studs are concerned.  Overall I love the concept.

So what do you think??  Have you tried any of the Kleancolor nail polishes??  Thanks so much for stopping by!

Who Inspires You...

Hello everyone!  Today's prompt is who inspires you??  It is supposed to be a female role model mani in their honor.  I chose the beautiful Nia Long.  I absolutely love her.  If there was ever a chance that someone would make a movie about me I would choose her to play me.  LOL!  So I went to google and found a picture of her which I have posted below and used the picture as an inspiration for this mani.  Let's check it out...

Mani Ingredients
Base colors-Orly Dayglow and Milani Texture Tainted in Red

Image plate-Messy Mansion MM03

Glitter accents-Acrylic paint folk art confetti

Stamping polish-Kleancolor black

Black rhinestones bornprettystore.com

This is the picture that inspired my mani.

So what do you think??  I think it turned out great!

If there was a movie about your life who would you want to play you??  Thanks so much for stopping by!