Happy Birthday, America!

This is my 4th of July mani!

Left hand

Thumb detail.

Here's what I used:

1. pinkies - Collection 200, Hot Looks, "Show Off"
2. rings - SH, "White On"

3. middles - Colortrends by Chic, "113"

4. pointers and thumbs - CG, Millenium
I used the following plates:
BM 02
T37

H1

D08

M14

I stamped with Konad Special in Cool Red, White, Blue, Blue Pearl and CH Millennium.

Topped off with a couple of little (cheap - ya'll know me LOL) rhinestones and stars......and Seche Vite. On my ring and thumbs, I used Konad silver glitter topcoat. On my pointer, I used a little dusting of Icing "Epic Winning".

Gigi says HI and Happy 4th!

Be Pawlished!

~Tiffani

The First Sponge.

Is old news, but I have to tell you, this is one of my most favorite NsOTD ever.... I didn't want to ever take it off....

(blogger - wth...why is this photo rotated???)

1. 2 Coats SH Insta-Dri in "Petal Pusher"

2. Sponged at the tips with Orly "Lemonade", "Snowcone" and "Pixy Stix"

3. Top coat with CG "Fairy Dusst"

4. Little pink metallic heart - from who knows where.... LOL

5. Seche

So, there's another oldie, but goodie....I am going to sport this look again when and if my nails ever grow out again.

Be Polished!

~Tiffani

I believe in Yesterday....

1. DC Super Base

2. 1 coat SH Insta-Dri Petal Pusher.

3. 1 coat CG Visit Me in Prism.

4. Tips - DC Chainmail Charm

5. 1 coat DC Super Dry.

6. Black and White Art/Deco stripes.

7. Konad m5 and fauxnad H23 in Special white.

8. Seche

And it is SO hard to capture holo with no sun, I did my best...hope you can use your imagination!
I like this little mani...

Crazy GAME DAY nails, SEARS and Giveaways!

A little bit of randomness coming your way compliments of a few blogs I frequent, SEARS and WVU BBall....(and a little leftover V-Day and past NsOTD). Ah, where to begin:

1. Yesterday was WVU BBall game against Seton Hall....Here are my Crazy GAME DAY nails!

Maybe not as crazy as some, but I didn't have a lot of time the night before to get them done.

1. DC Super base

2. 2 Coats of Milani Holo 3D (wish there would have been more sun for this photo)

3. Coat of DC Super Dry before art....I wasn't sure if I was going to use Konad.

4. SH Insta-Dri, Blazing Blue for the angled tips and dots - I used a dotting tool.

5. Coat Seche.

Next is a teeny-weeny little rant. Check the pics:

Oh, now what could be wrong with these two pictures of great mail-haul polishes? OK, first of all, I ordered 3 Milanis - the blue never showed up (they sent an email apologizing) and for my trouble, they waived the shipping on this order. (so far, so good, eh?!?)....The issue is that this order came in two separate shipments - in TWO separate size 20 boxes; that's big enough for a bed pillow........AND - the two Milanis were not even wrapped, protected OR boxed. So, when I got them they were rattling around loose in that HUGE box along with the packing slip.......that was a broken bottle waiting to happen. Luckily they were safe, but shame on you, SEARS....what a waste of postage and boxes.

(I also would like to apologize for the dead ladybugs in the background of those photos.....)

Here are a couple of old NOTD to help you relax from the above story! LOL!

What I really wore on Valentines Day. Pink and Vampy....I only bought this polish for the name - The Commish often calls me his "Trophy Wife". I tipped in Art/Deco, and man was it shiny - almost as much as Liquid Leather!

Diamond Cosmetics Midnight Passion and some fauxnad....tipped with Art Club Steele and added little silver dittys, also Art Club. This one lasted all of about 12 hours - I had to get ready for the game.

And for a Giveaway roundup!

1. Lacquerized is having an awesome H&M giveaway celebrating 250 !!!!

2. Nooberellas is having a giveaway for reaching 100!!!

3. Rock 'n' Nails is having the coolest giveaway-swap thing......very cool!

4. Makeup by Celly is also giving away some cool stuff - be creative!

5. Concrete and Nail Polish is giving in honor of their followers!

There are a ton of giveaways right now - I'll edit as I stumble upon them....

Be Polished!

~Tiffani

The Olympics

Winter here is crazy ~ just like DC, Baltimore, and Philly, we are getting hammered with snow....OK, OK, I know we do live in the mountains, but we are not usually this crippled when it comes to the powdery stuff. (Too bad they aren't getting this in Vancouver.....I probably won't watch much of the Olympics, but I really do like Curling and Downhill.)

So here is my very labor-intensive Olympic-style mani:

1. DC Super Base

2. CG Platinum Pearl - 2 coats

3. SH Extreme Wear - White On - 2 coats (on thumbs)

4. DC Super Dry before stamping

Pointer finger ~ I wanted to represent the 3 medals; Gold, Silver and Bronze...this year they will be hung from a blue ribbon, so I free-handed with Art/Deco Blue Glitter over a layer of CG Glacier. The Medals are from Art Club, "Pretty Shiny Things" kit, which I ordered here.

Middle and Ring fingers ~ I just stamped snowflakes like crazy from the following plates:

m59, m69, m70, m5 and m 20. I used CG Bermuda Breakaway, SH Insta-Dri Blazin' Blue, Konad Special Blue, SH Salon Pedal to the Metal and SH White On.....layered and layered.

On the ring finger, I added some CG Glacier.

Pinky ~ I wanted to represent the Olympic torch and flame. One layer of CG Glacier; I used Konad Red and Yellow and m63 close to the tip, and the same colors with plate GCOCL A01

(little accents from poinsettia flowers that kinda' looked like flames.)

Thumbs ~ SH Extreme in White On....On left, Olympic Rings are stamped using m18 (the letter "O") using Konad Blue, Black, Red, Yellow and Green....the little snowflakes are from plates m5 and m70, stamped with SH Salon Pedal to the Medal. (I did this nail 3 times...that blue ring just didn't want to go where I had planned, so I left it...Oh, well...you get the idea!)

On right, I used m14 (minus the U.S.A.....would not pick up!) using Konad Red and Blue, the same plates and polish as above.

WHEW!!! That was probably the toughest mani I have ever done.....I really would love to get some sunlight pictures, but, you know......snow.

Hope you enjoy!

Be Polished.

~Tiffani

Crazy GAME DAY Nails!!!

Here are today's CRAZY GAME DAY NAILS!!!!

~1 coat DC Super Base on all nails.

~1 coat SH Insta-Dry "Blazin Blue" on pointer, middle and pinky, and tips.

~2 coats (dabbed) CG Medallion (OMG is this pretty in person!!! got it on sale at Sally)

~stamped with SH "Blazin Blue" using M18 for the "WVU" on my ring finger and M52 for the BBall on my thumb.

~Seche on all nails.

Now you know I could,'t leave this one as is, right????

I added little teeny tiny BBalls from M52 and used Konad yellow....just a little randomness! Another coat of Seche, and I am finished!!!!!

Holo-French-V-Day Mani

It started as just another "swatch" day that turned in to a fabbo V-Day mani! In the beginning: SH Insta-Dry "Petal Pusher"

This color was just opaque enough, yet sheer enough to look like when I used to get my nails done at the salon. A little buff, a little pink....I used two coats, and really could have left this as is.

HOWEVER :

I decided to free-hand some french tips. I used Diamond Cosmetics "Chainmail Charm" - an incredible grey-brown holo.....

What I couldn't figure out was what color to use for accent gems. So, I put the holo in the sun to see what colors actually reflected and saw tons of purple-ish glow. I chose a little heart from the Cina Pro Kit, and the little teeny tiny dots (which took forever to place) were from that same kit. The usual suspect, Seche finished the look.

Here are some more looks: (can you tell I sorta' like this one?)

This mani took me about an hour to do ~ those little gems are super tough to pick up and place, but I had fun and it was quite relaxing....do you like it?

Shout out to Diamond Cosmetics - this holo is A-mazing!

Best Blog Award and CRAZY GAME DAY NAILS!!!

It's official! KONADomania just tagged for this wonderful award. I have seen these on all kinds of blogs, and secretly wanted to be tagged myself.....well, today it happened, and THANK YOU SO MUCH. I am honored and humbled.




The rules for the award are as follows:

1. To accept the award, you must post it on your blog with the name of the person who has granted you the award, and a link to their blog.

2. Pass the award on to approximately 10-15 other blogs that you recently discovered and think are great!

3. Contact the bloggers to let them know they have been chosen for this award.

Here are the blogs I've discovered recently:

Susie's Home and Hobbies

Magic Maid

Konad & Me

Manicure Mommas

Marble Nails

Vamping with Stamping

Polish or Perish

Kitty Luvs Color!

Iceomatic's Nails

All about nails

Pretty Random

MANICURE-LATINO

I am sure there are many I have missed.....You are all so pretty and "polished"....I love looking, becoming inspired and joining these blogs........XXXOOO!

Tiffani

Here are my CRAZY GAME DAY NAILS!!!!!

Let's Gooooooooooooooo Mountaineers!

For this mani I used Diamond Cosmetics Super Base, 1 coat. 2 Coats of CG Golden Opportunity...this is a beautiful, shimmery gold. And SH Insta-Dry in Blazing Blue (stamps VERY well) and plates M72 (just got this one!) and M52 - one coat of Seche....

I didn't have time to add more basketballs, but I got tons of compliments on this at the game!!!

(for you Susie)

Purple and Gold

First of all, I am posting this a little late because I had 2 senior portrait sessions to shoot today, back to back....I'm a little tired. I did, however before my 1st appointment get my nails done in very short order......SH Insta-Dry and Art-Deco quasi-french...adding little Viking horns and footballs with Konad Special Polish in white. The usual two coats of Seche finished it off.

(I have to tell you that I am not a huge Vikings fan it's just that ~ I HATE DALLAS.), we are Steelers fans here in WV, but they are, well, NOT in the playoffs.

The little horn came from the pony tail on M71 - who knew! Looks just like the Viking's helmets!

The football is from M52.

What are your favorite teams? When I get to 100 followers, I should do a contest where everyone does a mani cheering on their favorite team.....soccer, basketball, football, baseball ~ just whatever! What do you think?