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

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!

KOTD a day late....

I did this konadicure on Thursday, but didn't get a chance to post it...it is Diamond Cosmetics "Don't Teal My Heart Away" and my first Color Club, "Worth the Risque" - I used plate M4. I then added a large crystal to the ring finger, mainly because I smudged the stamp - GRRRRR.....I really love this color from DC, and as others have said, this formula is very smooth and opaque in 2 coats. Plus, for the price $2.50~ish a bottle, they are fast becoming my new favorites.

I had read a review (thanks to Fashioned in Finland here) about the Color Club holo, and I am so glad I bought it on that recommendation...it is very hard to really pick up the holo on this stamp, but I was surprised at how well it shows up as a stamp! So good to find other polishes that work with the konad system.....I can't wait to use this as a base color - it's really fab.

I took both of these pics in full-sun, well, as full as our sun was that day. The color is very true to life....vibrant, with a hint of dust....it's beautiful.

The konad reminded me of part fishnet, part tribal, part henna art - I couldn't put my finger on it (no pun intended, yeah right!)....what do you think?