Dot Marks the Spot

Has it really already been 2 weeks since I posted last?! Wow time flew by. Don't worry I have still been doing my nails all this time and taking pictures of them to the mocking amusement of my boyfriend. I just haven't blogged them for some reason. Oh well, guess I'll have a ton for the next few weeks LOL. I was in a pinch for some cheap summer clothes so I ran into Dots to kinda peruse around and found some really fun summer polishes. They were on sale, so I ended up getting 4!!! Whoops! 

from L to R: Light Orange, Light Green, Spectra Green, Neon Orange

The Neon Orange one looks kinda pink in the picture but it is definitely a neon tangerine in person. I knew I really wanted the colors to pop, so I started by putting on a coat of white polish. 

Unfortunately, I didn't realize how sheer and shimmery Break the Ice, a Megalast polish by Wet 'n' Wild, was but it still worked nicely as a base under the neon and dried super fast. Then I used two coats of the Neon Orange on all my fingers except the ring finger which I wanted to keep as an accent finger. On the ring finger I used two coats of the Light Orange. (Sorry I hate that the orange is showing up really pink?!)

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Then for some stamping fun I used my Red Angel nail plat # 103 to stamp polka dots with the Neon Orange polish on my accent finger.

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Hope you like them! They were super bright and really pretty simple! Took me no time at all! Over all I would have to say that I was fairly impressed with how well the Dots polish went on and the quality of the polish. I wasn't really sure what to expect since I only paid $1.25 a polish. So, if you get the chance to try them, I would say give it a go. They worked well for me. 

Fourth of July

Well you know I couldn't pass up the chance to do some patriotic nails for the 4th of July. Hope you all have a very happy and safe 4th of July! 

The glitter polishes I used didn't show up too sparkly in this pick but in person the red looks like Dorothy's Ruby Red Shoes from the Wizard of Oz. 

I started with 2 coats of MR. Pedicure red on all my nails except the ring finger.  Then I put 1 coat of Kleancolor's Chunky Holo Scarlet and Red Hot. That way I had both small glitter from the Holo and Large Glitter from Red Hot. Then on my ring finger I used 2 coats of Sally Hansen's HD polish in 02 Blu. This was still a bit transparent but I had a gorgeous Nichole by OPI polish called Kendall on the Katwalk which is a gorgeous mixture of blue, green, and purple sparkles on a blue base. The Kendall color was so pretty it made me want to do a manicure of my whole hand with it. Guess it'll have to wait for next time. 

Finally I use my Bundle Monster Stamping plate BM20 to do the stripes and BM05 to do the star. Then I put a Rhinestone in the center of the star to finish it off, but I don't think I got a picture of that... I heard that Bundle Monster is now coming out with a 3rd nail stamping set and I can't wait!!! Hopefully I can get it soon!