Whats Up Nails Vinyls and Dazzle Dry Pastels

Hi Everyone!!

I am slowly continuing to make my way through folders of unposted nail art. It is kind of fun to go back and remember those manicures. It has also been inspiring me to keep playing around and making more nail art. I debated splitting this post into a few different ones, but eventually decided it would be better as one. All three of the manicures that I will show today use nail vinyls from Whats Up Nails and the pastel shades from Dazzle Dry Sweethearts collection whose swatches I posted a couple of days ago.

Chevrons!
First up is a manicure created using chevron nail vinyls...

Zoya Awaken and Monet Swatches and Review!

I'm finally back to swatching post my nail break and I would like to start out by showing you the Zoya Awaken Spring collection and a special topper named Monet. The Awaken collection includes six shades which are perfect for the season and remind me of Easter candy shades that invade the stores this time of year...

Mint to Be...

I broke a few nails and decided to trim them all off instead of messing around with fixing corners. Right now my nails are shorter than they've been in a looooooong looooong time. I have no desire to swatch or create nail art so I'm taking a bit of a break from that. In the mean time I will be showing you manicures that have been patiently waiting for their shot in the spotlight.

Starting off today is a stamped manicure that I created after swatching the 365 Days of Color Romantique collection. The delicate mint shade called for an equally delicate floral print pattern in a color to match the beautiful golden flecks it contains..

365 Days of Color Romantique Spring Collection Swatches and Review...

Hi Everyone! Today I have swatches for you of the beautiful 365 Days of Color Romantique collection. True to it's name, these soft and feminine shades make me thing of spring and romance. The collection features seven jelly shades filled with glass fleck shimmer...

Nicole by OPI New Nail Lacquers for 2014 Swatches and Review

Today I have prepared for you swatches of the new 2014 Nicole by OPI nail lacquers! I'll leave my blabbing to a minimum because this post is very photo heavy. Consider yourself warned! Let me know what you think of these new shades!

31DC2013 Day 16 - Tribal Print

I am now a day behind  in the 31 Day Nail Challenge so today I would like to show you day 16 of the challenge which is 'tribal print'. I must confess that I always admire those who attempt tribal print nails. I happen to be unreasonably scared of trying them for myself, probably because I need lots of practice with freehand. I was tempted to do this challenge with stamping, but decided to be brave and try it freehand, so be nice to me :)

Barielle Summer Fun Collection

Everyone is starting to show off the new Fall collections and I'm making a desperate attempt to hang on to Summer just a bit longer by showing you this beautiful Barielle Summer Fun collection from last year. It features soft creams that are perfect for the sunny weather that I'm hoping will be sticking around despite the rain we had yesterday...

Mint Mani for TaliaJoy

I'm a day late with posting this, but I really wanted to take part in Nail Polish Wars' wonderful idea to create a mint manicure in honor of Talia Castellano aka TaliaJoy18. If you have not heard of Talia, she was a beautiful 13 year old girl, a talented make-up and nail artist, honorary Cover Girl and an all around sweetheart who never stopped smiling. Sadly, she lost her battle with cancer last Tuesday. Her last Instagram pic was a mint manicure, so to honor her here this is my mint mani...

Nicole by OPI Modern Family Stripes

This manicure was inspired by a coworker. She had created a black/white/gray version with random lines and I liked it so much that I thought I would try a more colorful version. I used polishes from the Nicole by OPI Modern Family collection that were still hanging out on my table after being swatched. This is a bit different for me as I tend to shy away from the random and abstract, but this was really fun to create and wear...

Fashion Friday: Coral Summer Wish

After last week's fashion inspired manicure, I seem to have gotten the message via everyone's sweet comments that you would like to see more of such fashion inspired posts. So, in response to that, I present you with another fashion inspired look. As usual, I stumbled upon this on Pinterest and the colors really caught my eye. With Fall so close on the horizon, this summery dress is just what I wish to hang onto...

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Colorama Absinto Cowgirls Up...

I think I may have really lost it when naming this post. In any case, today I wanted to show you another Brazilian polish that I got in a swap with Fran of Francirocks. This is Colorama Absinto. According to Google translator, Absinto means Absinthe which is a green aromatic liqueur. I tend to picture Absinthe much brighter and greener, but I'm no liqueur expert so we'll leave it at that.

piCture pOlish Tiffany Boxed Up

The last piCture pOlish in my collection is Tiffany. It carries the very appropriate and cute tag line of "diamonds with breakfast!" With a name like that, there wasn't a doubt in my mind that I wanted to put a ribbon and bow on this manicure.

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Mint Sorbet

I have been really attracted to pastel blue and green turquoise colors lately and Sally Hansen Mint Sorbet from the Xtreme Wear line fit the bill. It applied well and only took two coats to get even and fully opaque coverage. Before I even looked at the name I kept thinking that it reminds me of mint ice cream so the name in my opinion fits it perfectly.

This is two coats plus a top coat...

I added two coats of Pure Ice Oh Baby! (989CP) for some shimmer. The photos don't do it justice. I tried photographing it from all different angles and in different light, but no matter what I just could not capture the shimmer. Most of time the blue shimmer is visible (what you see in the photos), but in certain light you get a flash of gorgeous purple (which the camera refused to capture). Click on the photos to zoom in for a closer look.

Here is Mint Sorbet before the shimmer was added, outside (overcast)...

And with Oh Baby! added on top. Again you can click on the photos to get a closer view...

I can't stop starring at this one... loving Mint Sorbet and enjoying the added shimmer that makes it fun :)

Brand: Sally Hansen Collection: Hard as Nails Xtreme Wear Color Name/Number: 340 Mint Sorbet Formaldehyde, Toluene, Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP) free.

Thanks for looking!
Anutka :)