So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish!

I recently read Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy and absolutely loved it, I can't wait to read the next one. So I knew that I definitely wanted to do nails based on it's sic-fi amazingness.

Arthur Dent perfectly embodies To Boldly Go... even if he didn't really have a choice in the matter. At least he has a towel. The look I was going for was stars with 42 and the Hitchhiker's logo, but it looks more like polkadots. Oh well. 

I used:

Maybelline Onyx Rush

Pure Ice Platinum Magic Base Coat

Blick Acrylic Paint

Polish Days- Seven Deadly Sins

I know it's way late to be doing Polish Days, but I really like my idea for this one and couldn't pass it up. I decided to go with wrath, since I just watched Sweeney Todd for the first time the other day. The whole movie is based around Todd wanting to kill the Judge Turpin for stealing his wife.

I was inspired by the ending part where Sweeney had killed Turpin, and the white stripe in his hair is stained with blood. Kinda gruesome I know, I get really weird ideas sometimes. The songs from the movie have been running around my head, especially Little Priest and Johanna. I was shocked to find out that all the actors did their own singing, I didn't know Johnny Depp could sing.

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I used:

NYC French Tip White

Revlon Red

Clair's Black Nail Art Pen

I rather like this sliver of gradient look, I'll have to do it again sometime. Maybe with less deamon barbers though.

Polish Days- Vintage

 Hello lovelies! I have had a wonderful nail art filled day today. In Nevada we have proficiencies (basically tests you have to pass before they will let you graduate) today and since I passed all of mine last year as a sophomore (well I didn't pass the math one but I re-took it earlier in the year and passed it that time around) I got the day off, so I spent it creating lots of designs. Pretty good day if you ask me. 

Since it is the first Tuesday of the month of course its Polish Days, this time the theme being vintage. Fun Fact: anything from 1960 and below is considered vintage, anytime after that its called retro. So you can't have vintage 80's groovy glasses or whatever it is my mom's generation wore. I wish she would have kept some of her stuff, she was rockin' the full on big bow in her hair and everything. Anyways I'm getting off topic, I decided to do my nails based on a tube of lipstick passed down to me from my great-grandma. I have no idea what brand it is, but I know it's old. It's pretty much used up, the color is red with a kinda pinky coral tone to it. I would post a picture but its kinda dusty and grimy.

I used:

Maybelline Bold Gold

Sally Hansen Black Out

I used a saran-wrap method I learned here. Except I didn't actually use saran-wrap, somehow we don't have any of that so I used the plastic wrappings Raising Cain's puts on their plastic utensils since we had that for dinner last night. I really like the result, It looks very similar to the lipstick. It feels good to be posting again too, tune in tomorrow for something totally new for my blog! 

You are My Sunshine, My Only Sunshine

Hey everybody! I know I've been sketchy with posts lately but I'm trying to catch up! This month's Polish days theme is Getting Back to Nature, kinda like what the weather has been stuff. Vegas has had mostly sunny skies with a few clouds, and the temperature is picking up so thats nice too. ^-^

I really love this look, its happy and sunny, pun intended xD.

I used: 

Sally Hansen Brisk Blue

Stripe Rite Yellow

Clair's White Nail Art Pen

So how's the weather in your part of the world girls?

Polish Days- Something New

I'm really excited to share this manicure with you, this one turned out great! This is for Polish Days January, and this month's theme is something new. Whether its a new technique, polish, stamp, decoration, ect. I killed two birds with one stone on this one, this is both a new style I have never tried before, and a brand new polish!

The new style is called Ruffian, its like a backwards moonicure. I have seen this styles loads of times, but only recently learned the name for it from Chalkboard Nails. The new polish is Revlon first class, a gorgeous creme blue. For the sliver of gold I used OPI Rising Star. And there's one more new thing...

A blue dress that matches the polish! I thought it was quite serendipitous when I realized they matched so well. This is the dress I wore to that new years dance I told you about, I guess I got three birds with this post!  

So tell me girls, what are some new nail polish trends you're excited to try in 2013? :)

Polish Days- MANicure

I love the idea of polish days, and I'm excited to participate in my first post! So this months theme is MANicure, to go along with Movember. Movember is like October Pink for breast cancer awareness, except this is for men's health awareness. Guys participating don't shave for a month and call each other MoBros I believe. I some how convinced my boyfriend to participate, so heres my Movember participation.  

 
Mini mustachios! And a teeny bowler hat :). I know not the most original idea, but it gave me an excuse to match my nails to this rad necklace:

Mustache and Bowler Hat necklace from ZAD, came in my Little Black Bag 

 

I used Essie We're In It Together, Sally Hansen Xtream Wear Black Out, and a silvery purple nail art pen from Midgi

   I can't wait to see other Polish Days Participants' MANicures, in the mean time I'm celebrating my Dad's birthday, happy 46th!