Showing off the pretty sparkle from the Revlon Cloud & Party of Five Glitters manicure!

Two coats of Revlon Cloud, topped off with Wet ‘n’ Wild Party of Five Glitters (a supposed dupe for Deborah Lippman’s Happy Birthday).

Cupcake Nails!  Tutorial on these nails from: Cupcakes Clothes.  I just used random polishes that matched colors.  She used all Models Own polishes. 

An ombre spring manicure! I never wear yellow… so I thought I’d try.  Hope these don’t look too much like egg yolks… or PEEPS!

Products Used:

• Sally Hansen Insta Dry - Whirlwind White
• Sally Hansen Insta Dry - Lightening
• China Glaze - Peachy Keen

I’ve been seeing a lot of cloud manicures out there and they are super cute!  I thought I’d give it a try with a new twist.  Check out my Roy Lichtenstein inspired comic cloud manicure :)

Products Used:

• China Glaze - For Audrey
• Rimmel - Midnight Blue
• Sally Hansen - Whiteout
• No topcoat applied yet, but will probably put some Orly Sec ‘n Dry on later!

I got a little psycho with the glitter… but it like it! Loose green glitter is layered ombre style over blue green polish with thick topcoat.

Products Used:

• China Glaze - Tronica Collection - Techno Teal
• OPI - Katy Perry Collection - Last Friday Night
• BonBons - No Color Name… whitish blue glitter. :-)
• Loose Green Glitter on the Tips
• Seche Vite Top Coat

A springy pink manicure.  I have been lemming for Sally Hansen’s Hidden Treasure… but it is nowhere to be found in my local hunting grounds.  Soooo I ordered its supposed dupe: Nubar 2010.  I don’t have Hidden Treasure to compare it to, but it doesn’t matter! I LOVE 2010….oh it is so pretty and dimensional! Pics are not doing it justice! When painting it on, it layers in a way like I’m performing some alchemy and witching up a little opal on my fingernail. Beautiful!

Products Used:

• OPI - Elephantastic Pink
• Nubar - 2010
• Orly - Sec n’ Dry Top Coat

Feather Manicure over China Glaze’s Cyberspace from the Tronica collection.  It looks amazing in person. I can’t wait to try different feathers and color combinations!

Supplies: 

• Feathers - from Michael’s.  They have a wide variety, but small detailed patterns are going to give you the most bang for your buck.
• OPI - Nail Envy as base coat
• China Glaze - Cyberspace
• Seche Vite Dry Fast Topcoat*

*I am going to be using this product sparingly due to its nasty chemical formula.  But for this type of manicure a THICK topcoat is necessary.  I’m on the hunt for a Seche Vite replacement - if you know of one, let me know!

Monarch butterfly wing style manicure.  Yes I painted these all by hand!  

Colors Used:  Too many to list, but several OPI and Pure Ice colors were involved.

Hand painted with a tiny brush & dotting tool.

Photo taken by C. Wade

Hot pink! Playing around with the chess pieces at the ice cream shop. That is one of my favorite rings too!

Products Used:

• OPI - That’s Hot Pink

Photo by:  C Wade Photography 

Happy St. Patrick’s day!  I know I’m early, but I wanted to try something new. I don’t wear a lot of greens - but this turned out alright :-)

Products Used:

• OPI - Jade is The New Black (base)
• OPI - Greenwich Village (shamrocks)
• Sally Hansen X-Treme Wear - Green with Envy (shamrocks)
• OPI - Katie Perry Last Friday Night (on accent nail)
• Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat

My Lady Gaga inspired manicure!  I built off the image from the “Born This Way” single cover.  I wanted to keep it mostly grey-scale but with accent colors and lots of flash of course… Enjoy! 

Products Used:

• Acrylic Tips (painted before I put them on…cuz yeah…these are claws)
• Gems, glitter and pearl hearts from craft store
• Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat

Base Colors -

• Sally Hansen Insta-Dry:  Whirlwind White
• Sally Hansen Insta-Dry: Brisk Blue
• Rimmel 60 Seconds:  Grey Matter
• Orly:  Winter Wonderland

Accent Colors -

• China Glaze:  Shocking Pink (Neon)
• OPI:  Black Shatter
• Sally Hansen X-Treme Wear:  Fuschia Power

The best most fun way to dry your nails (and cool your humid summer apartment).  A 1960’s oscillating table fan.  That thing hauls some air :)

Photo of me drying a manicure by friend C. Wade

It seems the polish hoarding addiction has spread.  This is a friend of mine’s latest manicure!  

Products Used:

• Base Coat: Rimmel 60 Seconds- 600 Deliciously Dark
• Red Glitter:  ORLY - Star Spangled
• White Moons: Stripe Rite - White
• Topcoat: Essie - Matte About You

Yummy! Black and gold manicure.  This one was easy - but still tough to decide what color to layer under OPI’s coveted new Black Shatter.  I decided to go with gold!  I started with a white base coat, gold, then the shatter coat.

This is a fun polish.  Thanks to my sweet co-workers I got a bottle before Ulta sold out!

Products Used:

• White: NYC White (yes the cheap stuff! who cares if you’ve got a good top coat!) 
• Gold:  OPI - Glitzerland (Swiss Collection)
• Shatter:  OPI - Black Shatter (Katy Perry & Serena Williams Collections)
• Top Coat:  Seche Vite Dry Fast Topcoat