Pink with Holo Polka Dots!

I thought I would try to do a mani with dots, since my dotting tools from eBay arrived recently. I used Nicole by OPI- In the Nic of Time (2 coats) and dotted it with Color Club- Worth the Risque. This picture is without the flash.

Here it is with the flash. In the Nic of Time is part of the Nic's Sticks line. It's pretty much nail polish in a pen. It's a shimmery pink coral. Color Club- Worth the Risque is a beautiful silver holo. It kind of reminds me of OPI DS Coronation but it looks much more holo. I have yet to wear it on its own. I love the look of holo polka dots. This combo kind of reminds me of Minnie Mouse.

Here is In the Nic of Time before applying the dots (pre clean-up). I believe the Nic's Sticks have been discontinued, but I picked up a few at Trade Secret a while ago on clearance for $1 each. I really like how convenient these are, but I would never pay full price for one. ( I think originally it was $7). There is only .135oz of polish in these. You would probably run of the polish in these after a couple uses. The color of this one wasn't terribly unique, it reminded me of OPI- Come to Poppy. It also applied slightly streaky because the brush constantly has to replenish with polish. 

I ordered from All that Glitters a couple weeks ago, and my package finally arrived! The colors are Very Peacockish, Plum and Plummer, and The Gold Rush. I originally ordered Very Peacockish and The Gold Rush, but Kirsten was still waiting on a shipment of bottles from her supplier, so she threw in Plum and Plummer because it took some time to fill the order. This was awesome! I did not mind the delay at all. I believe she has all of them in stock at the moment, so get them while you can! They're very reasonably priced. It's $8 for a .5 oz bottle!

Very Peacockish is gorgeous! I can't wait to try it! 

Dark Green and Amber Halfmoon Mani

  I was looking through my giveaway entries on Rafflecopter, and I saw many suggestions regarding incorporating nail art in my blog. I am a fan of nail art, but I never really have given it a try. I have so many untrieds, and I like to wear shades on their own first before I combine them with others. Also, I don't have a lot of experience with nail art, and my hands are shaky (I have to clean up after painting my nails a solid color!) I also lack nail art supplies. I don't own any Konad products, and I only have a couple nail art polishes with stripers. I just ordered a set of dotting tools from ebay, so I'm going to try to do nail art more often.

I used OPI Opus in Amber and OPI Here Today Aragon Tomorrow for a halfmoon manicure. I saw a tutorial on Pinterest. I put on two coats of Opus in Amber (I actually wore this for a day by itself beforehand). I then used reinforcement stickers as a guide. It turned out alright, but it got tipwear almost immediately after! You have to peel off the reinforcement stickers while the polish is still wet, so I put on a thick coat of Here Today Aragon Tomorrow. That is probably why it got worn on the tips so quickly. 

Here Today Aragon Tomorrow is from the Spain collection. It's a VERY subtle shimmer in a dark green. I actually wore it before and didn't even notice the shimmer. You can see it with the flash, but in person, it's barely noticeable. Opus in Amber is from the holiday 2004 collection. It's pretty old! (definitely the old formula) It's pretty brilliant though.

Here it is without the flash. There's room for improvement, but this is the first nail art that I've ever done. Practice makes perfect!

Here are the supplies I used: OPI base coat, OPI Opus in Amber, OPI Here Today Aragon Tomorrow, Seche Vite topcoat, paper reinforcements for a guide, plastic cuticle pusher to clean up around the edges, and a small dotting tool to fill in imperfections or spots missed

My rarely seen right hand with reinforcement stickers before adding the green. It helped to have the edges stick up for easy removal since my left hand was still wet, but the green got in many places that it wasn't supposed to. Needless to say, my left hand looked so much better.

This is Opus in Amber by itself. I am wearing two coats of it.

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