Bat-Mani!

Tonight I am going to spend around 9 hours sitting in front of the big screen. It sounds awful, but it will be Batman! Batman is worth 9 hours in a horrible seat next to other sweaty nerd bodies, oh it just makes me tingle. Anyway, I thought that Icing Shredded would make great clouds of bats. So, I made a black and grey gradient (been wanting to try that for some time) and put two coats of shredded over the top. Perfection!

I painted the bat symbol with acrylics. Love it!

Have to go get ready now.

Happy Bat-icures!

MOAR COLOR CLUB!

I am just obsessed with the Color Club Take Wing collection.  It just makes me so happy! I picked up Dazzle by Orly as one of my first purchases when I started doing nail art again.  I love how nicely it covers in just ONE coat and how shiny it is.  Well, I decided that I wanted colors like it.  I started mixing Dazzle with the brightest colors I had.  These frankens were ok, not great.  But then I saw swatches of color club.  I was sitting in my car reading the blogroll from my phone, and decided then and there that I would own all the colors.  I also made a purple(which color club did not make, sadly) and the rest is history.  For this mani, I wanted something simple and incorporating some layering.  It turned out to be a pain in the a$$ but it was pretty.  The green (Fly With Me) is a very yellowish green. So it looks yellow on my nails. But it's still cool, and please excuse the total crap that is my pinky. LOL

I love the sharp lines on the purple, I think that happened because I put a layer of Seche Vite over the green so I could do the purple faster. Look for a Seche Vite review soon, that stuff is the bomb.

Happy Manicures!

Product Feature: OPI Nail Envy

So, Today I think I will tell you about one(of many) of my favorite products.  This is a great nail strengthener by OPI called Nail Envy.  I use it under every mani I do.  Before I started using it, my manis wouldn't last long, my nails would flake and peel and with it would come the polish.  I didn't think there was anything I could do until I saw one of the blogs I follow, (probably Nailasaurus, Polishaholic, or Let Them Have Polish, let me know if you use it too!)  It was quite a while ago so I don't remember exactly who mentioned it.  I went in search of this amazing thing.  I found it, at $16.99 a bottle! Whew! Way too much for my little budget.  But I had tried a ton of others with absolutely no results.  I decided to try this stuff even with the giant price tag. (should've started at ebay where I recently found 2 bottles for $11.95, *facepalm) I will never put regular polish directly on my nail again! This is the most amazing product I have ever used! I have strong long non-peeling nails all thanks to OPI Nail Envy. It's amazing! It's actually hard to clip my nails, they are so thick and strong. Try it. It's awesome.

Also, here is my new favorite polish again in a spongy mani.  Color Club - Take wing, With Orly - Dazzle, and Wet n Wild - Black Creme`. Love this!

So, I hope you like my little showcase and I hope it helps you out!

Happy Manicures!






disclaimer: I was not contacted by OPI in any way and I decided to do this review of my own accord.