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! 

Seeing Navy

Happy Thursday Bloggers! Only a few more days until the Fourth of July, looks like I will have to get cracking on some red, white, and blue nails pretty quickly here. In the mean time I was scoping out Pinterest and saw these adorable navy striped nails that I totally loved. So imagine my surprise when one of my BFF's actually text me a picture of the same exact manicure saying that she found a super cute manicure she thought I should try. So of course then I had to try it! 

This was as close as I could get, but man was it time consuming!!! I started with 2 coats of a gorgeous dark/ navy blue by Kleancolor called Neon Sapphire

On the example I was following they easily made their stripes using the Sally Hansen strips found in their French Manicure kit. Unfortunately, I didn't have this, so I was forced to cut up and use scotch tape to tape off the striped sections for white. I felt like this worked pretty well despite all the time it took. For the white polish I used Snow Me White by Sinful Colors which it seems like I always use. (Sadly it's currently the only white polish I own now due to an unfortunate mishap moving all my nail bins to make room for new furniture. Needless to say there were accidentally several polishes harmed during this move since my boyfriend did not know those plastic bins weren't all one piece and came apart. If you think that is bad, you should see my carpet. Agh horrible! I am in the process of watching a million You Tube videos to find the best way to get rid of it.If you have any advice I will gladly accept it! I will have to post a picture of the spill, it is seriously horrifying.)

Then instead of a Red Heart I decided to use a pink. For the hearts I used a hot pink by Sinful Colors that must be pretty old because it was their old bottle design and the sticker with the name was gone (sorry). I just used an old art paint brush to paint on the hearts. Hope you like it! Not quite as good as the one from Pinterest, but it was fun trying! They've been very eye catching at work as many of my customers have loved them., so let me know what you think! 

Vacation Dreams

So is it just me or does everyone seem to be on vacation right now?! I know I wish I was. Unfortunately I couldn't afford it this year so I decided to put it one on my nails instead! Also I was dying to try out sponge painting on my nails so this seemed like the perfect excuse!


I started by doing two coats of Sinful Colors' Snow Me White. Then I really debated about whether or not to use a fast dry top coat. I don't know this for sure, but I just felt like it would blend better if I didn't. (If anyone knows the answer to this please feel free to leave it in my comments LOL) 

Next I grabbed an unused make up sponge I had laying around to dab on Sinful Colors' Neon Melon (the neon yellow), Hazard (the coral), and Funky Fingers' Pop Artist (the hot pink), trying to blend them. However, it was hard not to get carried away with too much polish on my sponge. 

As you can see I was a mess and just got this all over my fingers, but it was still fun! Then I knew I had the perfect tropical plate for the palm trees flowers and pineapples. I used my Konad Stamping plate M29. 

Makes me feel a bit more tropical LOL. Then I added yellow rhinestones to the center of the flowers. Just ignore those dry cuticles, that's what happens when you have to use acetone to get rid of all the polish I had everywhere... They are a bit of an eyesore there sorry~

Coral Hazard & Stamping

Hey bloggers! Hope everyone is having a good summer so far! I know I am despite the fact that I am peeling like crazy from my trip to the beach. After having some darker colors I knew I wanted something using three of my favorite colors for summer, Coral, White, and Gold. I had a beautiful Coral by Sinful Colors called Hazard that I had only tried once on my mom's nails so I couldn't wait to try it. 

The accent fingers is 2 coats of Snow Me White also by Sinful Colors with two coats of Jewelry Heist by Spoiled. I also sponged on a bit of gold glitter to make the tip a bit more sparkly. This was my first time using Spoiled brand polish. I was always a Walgreens girl having worked there in high school. Since I recently had to switch to CVS Pharmacy you know I couldn't help but peruse their nail polish section too! I really loved Jewelry Heist. I highly recommend it if you like glitter polishes. It is a bunch of golds mixed with some subtle pastel toned glitters. It's kind of hard to tell from this picture. I wish I would have taken one of the bottle.  I couldn't leave enough alone though and decided to stamp on some nail art too! (Hey, I know what you are thinking, but don't judge LOL! At least I didn't add rhinestones on top of that!)

Sorry these all came out a bit blurry... My camera has been super weird lately. Either that or I just couldn't sit still to take the picture! For the stamping I used Konad Stamping Polish in White and my Red Angel plate #104

This is without flash and the following is with flash. I just love the gold on white, even though for the most part I am not usually a gold kinda person. 

Boho Summer

I still had some Sinful Colors that I had picked up at the last $.99 sale at Walgreens that I had not tried yet. I am just now getting around to it over 2 months later LOL. 

I was going for a kind of summer bohemian look. For this look I first applied 2 coats of  Sinful Colors in Mint Apple. 

This is a gorgeous shade of mint green with kind of a gold shimmery undertone. I loved it! Originally I was going to stamp in black on it but once I saw how much I like the color I decided white might look better instead. I used Bundle Monster stamping plate BM20 for the pattern. I'm not sure what you would really call this pattern to describe it. Maybe a lace? Then I used plate BM02 for the flower and attached a rhinestone to the top coat. It turns out I didn't really care for the patterned fingers, but I ended up loving the accent finger. At this point I think it was like 2 in the morning so I didn't even want to think about starting all over again LOL. What do you guys think?

Summer Blues

Ok well not really LOL! But I do absolutely love this blue for summer!

I started with 3 coats of 220 Volts which is this vivid blue by Funky Fingers. It had kind of a jelly look to it which I didn't like at first.

Sorry it's kinda blurry!

But once I added the top coat I was in love! This is with 2 coats of Seche Vite.

Then I taped off my ring finger as an accent nail and applied a Gray Stripe. I bought this gray polish two summers ago from Forever 21 but unfortunately the sticker with the name on it must have come off so I have no idea what it is called. Sorry :( But here's a pic of what it looks like if that helps???

Then once the Gray dried I used one of those Sally Hansen Pens in black to free hand some lines on there. Hope you like it!