Leopard for Landa

When I first started blogging, I got so much encouragement from several established bloggers who were more than happy to help me on this crazy nail journey! Over the past few years, we have all stayed cyber-friends and become a nice little network of friends. I have had the most wonderful conversations with these girls, whether I needed a bit of encouragement or a swift kick in the pants!

Because I love my girls so, I am going to try and do some "Tribute" nails based on their designs and/or blogs.

Much thanks to Landa for being a great far-away friend! Love you, girl!

Here is what I used.

Caronia -"Sweet Surprise"

Caronia - "First Crush"

Cult Nails -"Devious Nature"

Muwah! -"Jess Kidding"

To do this design, I painted a yellow stripe down the middle of every nail, then sponged purple and pink on the sides.

I stamped with Konad Special Black using M57.

AND here is my final product! Love my Landa! Thank you for being YOU!

~Be Pawlished!

Tiffani

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

TINS and stamps

This was a swap polish from a LONG time ago - so long ago, that I forgot who sent it to me! It is beautiful on it's own....TiNS, "The Prestige Champagne". 1 coat!

But, of course, I couldn't leave it alone. LOL! Enjoy!

I stamped using Special Polish in Psyche Pink, Cool Red and Pop Green

I stamped all over with BM-203, then used HB 42 and H06 to add the other details.

Be Pawlished!

~Tiffani

PRINCE!

Well, I partied like it was "1999", but I forgot my Raspberry Beret....bummer. I did, however wear this awesome mani - I wish my name was Nikki and I had a Little Red Corvette.

(outside, full sun, no flash)

Inside - with flash.

Ring finger detail - with flash.

Here is what I used:

1. essence "Blossoms etc......." in Bloom-a-loom (1 coat!).

2. Fauxnad A13 plate for pinky.

3. FABurNAILS by JAKS plate (custom) for ring finger.

4. thumb is C-D XL plate C.

(all were stamped using Konad Special in Violet).

The squares and tears are from Dollar Nail Art, because I love cheap....and I couldn't find a "Dove" stamp...so I just did the "Cry" part. Yes.

Happy Birthday Prince!!!!

Be Pawlished!

~Tiffani

Baseball and Flowers

REALLY quick mani today. Now, we have all seen these Misa polishes, and yet again, I can confirm the beauty and wear of this polish. Why, you ask? Because I did this little design on THURSDAY. (um, today is Tuesday....that is day 5!!!). There is a little tip wear, but I think for 5 days, it is manageable. I could touch it up a little, but, I'm going to throw a change-up. ;)

Misa - Mermaid Dreams (one coat!!!!), stamped with Konad Special White.

GCOCL plate C01 and Konad M52. Top coat is Seche.

Now, why this angle? Well, can you see the difference in the color? It's probably hard to tell here, but there is a little touch of pink in this light.

Baseball. Yes. My Roo plays Little League ball for the Dodgers, here in our little town. I wanted to have something blue and white for his game.

Be Pawlished!

~Tiffani

Nails for a Cause.

My son's little school (I mean little - pre-K through 8th grade and 160 students!!!) had a mini Relay for Life last Friday. We were unable to attend because Roo was home sick, but I did my nails for the occasion, anyway. I was also supposed to be there to help, but you know, sometimes life has different plans.

This is S-he 301 - a beautiful light pink/purple/shimmer/frost...it's one of my favorites for using as a base for a French mani....I tipped with Rimmel white and dotted with Golden Rose. I used plate m63 for the light overall design with Konad special Grey and the ribbon is from D08. The ribbon is stamped using Konad special Violet.

Carry on, Cancer survivors! We are all fighting with you!

Be Pawlished!

~Tiffani

Brown and Pink

(be on the lookout for a giveaway ...... at 500 followers!!!!!)

Today's Mani

Brown San San called "Burnt Copper" from my dear Z.!!!!!!

I really wish you could see the gold glimmers in this polish...it has been raining and snowing here, so the best I could do was with flash. humph.

Great Philippine brand!

Then I used BM plate 16 to stamp an all-over flower design, but the pink special polish didn't show up....So, I stamped the coordinating flower on the tips in white. I think it looks more like leather.

I added a little pink rhinestone to each nail and topped with Seche.

Oh, why brown and pink? Because I was wearing my MOST favorite Tommy track jacket and it's well, brown and pink. ;)

~Be Pawlished!

Tiffani

A few NOTDs and Valentine's Gift.

Laker's Game Day Nails

....at $18 a bottle I think the title is a bit misleading.

However, it is GOLD AND PURPLE!

This was 3 coats. :/

Mountaineers vs. DePaul Game Day Nails

They WON!

Let's see, this was CG "Golden Opportunity"

Special Polish in Blue

Blue Starburst foil on the ring finger.

(SO WISH I COULD FIND A NON-WRINKLING TOP COAT!!!!!)

Dotting tool and Rite-Aid Blue Snowman

Valentine's Day Nails

CG Emotion, stamped with Special Polish White and Red.

Silver topcoat on tips.

Little pink rhiney on the heart.

Valentine's Day gift from the Commish! swoon.

Tiffany&Co......ALWAYS good!

And a cute pic of the Gigi puppy. She is too funny. Whenever I take laundry out of the dryer, she HAS to climb in! Her little bandanna has love and hearts...for all of you! *woof*

Tuesday's Mani

yes, from Tuesday. I love feathers. I love Peacocks. I love purple. I love my blog. (although lately, I am sure it feels neglected ~ as do you, my lovely readers).

Here we go:

L to R. China Glaze "2030", essence "my little orchid", Kleancolor "Jazz Olive", China Glaze "Emotion" and the Rite-Aid Snowman in blue glitter.

Thumb detail of the peacock.

Little jewels.

So that is the Purple Peacock..........hope you enjoyed.

~Be Polished!

Tiffani

Scary, ain't it!!!

The fact that I am actually posting! My Hallowe'en nails were super fun!

My thumb was painted with Essence "Sun Downer" from "Return to Paradise"...officially my favorite non-neon orange - THANK YOU LYRA!!!

Stamped with Special Polish Black using the Coraline plate bat and kitty.

Black fingers are painted with wet n wild Crystalic in "Heavy Metal" (I really wish they wouldn't have discontinued this line of polish! I have them all....they are great.)

I sponged my pinky with China Glaze snow and made a "moon" with a large dotting tool and Color Club "Worth the Risque".

Here is the picture of everything I used for this kondicure:

Be Polished!

~Tiffani

It's Always the 4th!

HAPPY FOURTH!

The celebration for the 4th of July (Independence Day) lasted from Saturday until Wednesday!!

Here's what I used:

1. Diamond Cosmetics Super Base

2. Finger Paints -Easel come, Easel Go on thumb and pointer.

3. Essie - Well Red ans China Glaze - Nova on middle.

4. China Glaze - Snow on ring.

5. Orly - Royal Navy (LOVE THIS!) and Art Deco Silver Glitter on pinky.

I used BM plates for the firework and Konad plates with Special polish in Red and Blue Metallic - the silver is China Glaze Millennium!

Be Polished!

~Tiffani

My Original RAOK

If you're not sure what this stands for, well, please read on. When I started this blog a few years ago, I had 2 followers....and needless to say, they were friends just being nice. (LOL) It was all about my crochet and photography of the articles I had made;scarves, baby stuff..it's still on here, too. Yeah, there was some political humor, but when it was all said and done, not successful at all. I kept up with it faithfully, waiting, longing and really just wanting a place I could vent and share.

It lasted a few painful, lonely months.

THEN, the Commish and I took a trip to Vegas in November of 2009. (most of you have read this story before). While there I was "introduced" to Konad at the mall. Yes, those little annoying kiosks we all have to pass to get to Victoria's Secret or the GAP - you know what I mean. Well on this day, I am so glad I wandered up to the little "street cart" replica and met the most wonderful sales gal ever. She sent me home with a starter kit and a "free" m19 plate. The rest, as you can see, is history.

I decided to get the blog thing going again, but in a different direction. Don't get me wrong I still love my crocheting and heck, the photography thing is now a career, but my nail sisters???? What a great bunch you are.

So herein begins the real story behind this post. I had oh, maybe 10 or so followers...and I suddenly got an email from Laura aka "Sawan" asking if she could send me the Claire's Mood Polishes......well, what do you say, but YEA!!!!! A week or so later they arrived and I got to swatching and photographing the darlings. BUT, it was snowing and snowing and snowing....in excess of 3 feet. I did the best I could, so here is how they ended up:

I have posted before about this exchange, but never in it's entirety...I do have swatches of these, but I just wanted to share them by themselves. Besides, it was snowing so much, my swatches were "eh" to say the least...my hands were too cold to tell what was going on...now I am nubbified (stupid bowling ball) so they might have to be re-swatched.

SAWAN-LAURA - you were one of my first followers and my very first RAOK provider, so again, thank you for making this happen.

Until next time...........(let the swap posts begin!)

Be Polished!

~Tiffani

(the luckiest nail gal in the world)