Painted Paint Splatters

I have been seeing a lot of paint splatter nail designs, so I decided to give it a try myself. I could not for the life of me, get splatter on my nails by using a straw, so I drew them on instead. I used OPI Alpine Snow as my base coat. For my paint splatters, I used Color Club Almost Famous, Sally Hansen Xtreme Blue Me Away!, OPI Green-Wich Village, Nox Black Tie, and Revlon Midnight Affair. I topped this all off with Seche Vite.

What are your thoughts on paint splatter designs Polish Addicts?

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Monarch Butterflies

Sun has been coming out more and more, so I decided to do a monarch butterfly manicure which has been on my to-do list for awhile. For my base coats, I used 2 coats of China Glaze Secret Peri-wink-le, a pretty cream blue with a mix of purple. Next I used Sally Hansen nail art pen in black to try my wings, and outlined them thicker using a brush with Nox Black Tie. Finally, I added white dots using Sally Hansen nail art pen in white and topped it all off with a coat of Seche Vite.

I included both an outdoor and an indoor shot. Thanks for dropping in!

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Pink Plaid

It is finally February so now I can try out some Valentine’s Day themed nail designs! Up first is a cute feminine plaid design that I saw in a magazine and painted my own version. I used 2 thick coats of Nox Chiffon as my base color. Next, I used Sally Hansen Xtreme in Black Out, White On, and Twisted Pink to paint my plaid stripes. Finally, I used China Glaze Cheers to You and silver striping tape to line my smile line. I topped it all off with CND super shiney.

More valentine day nail art to come!

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100 Followers Giveaway

As of around 10pm yesterday, I finally have 100 followers! Thank you all so much for reading and commenting on my blog. When I first started out, I was not sure how long it would be until I reached 100 followers, but here I am!

To show my GREAT appreciation, I have been collecting some of my favourite polishes of 2010 and all of you will have a chance to win this little collection!

Here is what it will include:

MAC Mean and Green – swatch seen here; it has been sold out everywhere, but I bought 2 when the collection first came out J

Orly Rockin’ Rockette – color seen partially here

Nox Sangria – swatch seen here

Sephora by OPI mini Leaf him at the Altar – swatch seen here on the thumb

Rules are as follows:

To enter you must be a follower via Goggle Friend Connect. New followers are always welcomed but your account must be more than a month old. Giveaway will end on Jan 28^th, 2011. This giveaway is open to all international readers as well! There are 2 ways to get an extra entry in: one by blogging/reblogging/sideblogging about this giveaway and another entry by signing the petition here to help stop sex trafficking of children and young people. It is the third largest criminal industry in the world, and it is about time to raise awareness of it and change some laws.

Thanks so much once again for reading and any comments on what you would like to see more of in the future is greatly appreciated!

So what are you waiting for? Fill out the form!!!

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Sangria

Nox Sangria is a deep reddish-purple wine color. It is opaque in 2 coats, but I am wearing 3 thin coats. The brush is a little longer than I like, making application just a tad more difficult. The formulation was very smooth and it was not streaky at all. I am quite pleased with this brand so far and would be willing to try more from this brand. Have you tried any?

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Water Marbling with Vaseline

Here are 2 water marble designs that I tried a couple weeks back, sorry for the lack of clean up around the nails, I was too excited to wait and take pictures! This time I covered my fingers with Vaseline and this method seemed to work the best. Previously, I had tried taping my fingers here, and using cuticle oil here. For both water marbles, I used Sally Hansen White On as my base coat.

For the blue water marble, I combined Misa Dirty, Sexy, Money and Sally Hansen Xtreme Ivy league together. For the pink water marble, I used Nox Sangria and Sally Hansen Xtreme Twisted pink. I find that most Sally Hansen Xtremes work really well for water marbling and it is a cheaper nail polish to boot, so even though you are using more nail polish than usual, it is not that bad.

PS – I finally got my hands on Nox nail polish! Who knew twilight could contribute such a nice color and packaging? The silver crest on the bottle makes it look so pretty.

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