ABC Challenge 'T' - a-England Tristam

Hi all!

Super short post, I'm very sleepy and have a massive headache at the moment but I really wanted to get this post up today!

I believe this was just one coat of a-England Tristam, which has been a lemming ever since it came out and it is finally mine thanks to Radha from The Polish Owl! Then, I added some holo stamping with Color Club Harp On It (because scattered holo + super holo = happy me at work) and a Pueen stamping plate (if anyone is interested in a review of these plates, please let me know).

I'm very sorry about the tip wear, this is another mani I've been wearing for almost a full week (still wearing it as I type) and last time I tried to fix the tips it looked all lumpy so I figured this time I'd show just how well its wearing. Needless to say, I love this mani to bits.

Have a great day loves!

All the lovely participating ladies...

1. Over the Top Coat	2. Polishaholic RiaG	3. Criminal Nails
4. Small Budget Beauty	5. Glittery Fingers & Sparkling Toes	6. Marii @Nailista
7. Light Your Nails!	8. Pee Before Polish	9. Kimber's Lacquer Korner
10. Miss Nail Polish	11. A Polished Prance	12. Patty and Goldie's Day Off
13. Sunshine Nails	14. I Relish Nail Polish	15. Liz @ A-Mani-Maniac
16. Hooked On Polish	17. Nail Art Novice	18. Lisa @LOZLOSA
19. Perfectly Polished

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ABC Challenge 'S & R' - The Red Angels are Sew Psyched

Hi all!

NOT DEAD! How about that? Sorry for my super extended absence, between work and getting everything done for graduation in two weeks plus my own personal down-time, it's been harder to get a post up. The biggest reason for my absence though? The sad sad state of my nails :'(. They've been peeling so badly recently and just brittle and dry that they're pretty nubtastic at the moment.

However, since I don't want to just disappear from the challenge altogether, I have a half-assed attempt to cram two challenges in one post! My base color is Essie Sew Psyched (for the S day) and I did a little accent stamp from RA-107 (for R day). I also stamped with Essie Good as Gold.

If the tips look weird its because I wore this for almost 5 days (!!) before taking the pictures and I had to retouch the tips a bit. Still, 5 days with barely any tip wear is pretty fantastic if you ask me! I never knew how to appreciate a long lasting mani until now.

Have a great day and (SPOILER ALERT) I'm actually wearing my 'T' mani as I type so be on the lookout for that post soon! (Could it be? Two posts in a week? EGADS).

Thank you for reading!

All the lovely participating ladies...

1. Lisa @LOZLOSA  2. A Polished Prance  3. Over the Top Coat  4. Pee Before Polish  5. Polishaholic RiaG  6. Nail Art Novice  7. Small Budget Beauty  8. Nicole gets Nailed  9. Glittery Fingers & Sparkling Toes  10. Light Your Nails!  11. Criminal Nails  12. Perfectly Polished  13. Kimber's Lacquer Korner  14. Sunshine Nails  15. Marii @Nailista  16. Liz @ A-Mani_Maniac  17. I Relish Nail Polish  18. Pattyandgoldiesdayoff  19. Miss Nail Polish  20. Kat Hooked On Polish

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ABC Challenge 'P' & 'Q' - Pueen Q=17

Hi all!

So, since I missed two challenge posts in my absence, I decided to mash 'em up into one! I've known what I wanted to do for the 'P' challenge for a while but 'Q' was impossible, so I slightly cheated. I knew I wanted to use one of my new Pueen plates so I counted which letter Q was in the alphabet and decided I'd use that number plate. Luckily, the plate had a quilt-like image so it all worked out!

Started with two coats of OPI Russian Navy Suede (got really lucky at a beauty supply store recently and found 3 of the OPI Suedes!) then stamped my pointer and ring finger with PUEEN-17 and Essie No Place Like Chrome.

Tried going for a half-moon look with the stamp since the bottom edges on this plate are all half-moons. Not sure why, full review on the plates to come. I swear I did not like Russian Navy Suede until that macro. Just look at that depth and it's only one coat!! Only thing I'll say is that I didn't love the formula. Got thick fast and if you brushed one certain spot one time too many, it would pull the previous polish clean off, as seen on my ring finger macro.


See you soon for day R of the ABC Challenge! :)

All the lovely participating ladies

1. Light Your Nails!  2. Me, Myself & Polish  3. Over the Top Coat  4. Pee Before Polish  5. A Polished Prance  6. Glittery Fingers & Sparkling Toes  7. Small Budget Beauty  8. Nicole gets Nailed  9. Polishaholic RiaG  10. Criminal Nails  11. Whisky in Teacups  12. Liz @ A-Mani-Maniac  13. Miss Nail Polish  14. Beauty Obsessed  15. I Relish Nail Polish  16. Marii@Nailista  17. Lisa @LOZLOSA  18. Kat Hooked On Polish

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