Manly Polish Days!

Hey all!

I'm taking part yet again (though a bit late) in the awesome Polish Days coordinated by Hannah over at Polly Polish.

Today's theme was to be MAN-icure, a nod to Movember, month in which we raise awareness to men's health issues. Since the theme was basically anything related to men in your life, I did something inspired by my boyfriend. Technically, the idea was for him to paint my nails but life happens so he couldn't. OR WOULDN'T. Point is, this is for him.

Since he couldn't do my nails personally, he did the next best thing: boss me around. His rules were: it had to be blue, he wanted something matte and he liked the holo glitter in an old post of mine. I suggested striping tape and he was all for it so I decided on a variation of THIS mani from Ms. Polly Polish herself!

I started with two coats of butter LONDON Blagger and, after doing the same stripey lattice design from Hannah's mani, I added a coat of HITS Hefesto on my ring and middle finger, and Apolo on my pinky and pointer. Obviously, pinky and pointer aren't too noticeable because I usually eff some part of it up. Then, I added the matte topcoat. But it looked hideous and lumpy so I added a shiny coat instead. Sorry babe!

He saw these and said he loved the symmetry and geometric shapes which I took as a huge compliment. If I allow myself to be mildly sappy for a moment, I have to admit I consider myself lucky to have met him. He just makes me happy and that's all I could ask for.

Hope you like this post and I will now get started on my 'Inspired by Artwork' mani for the challenge. I have a really cool idea in mind, just hope I can execute it!

Have a looksie at the other ladies taking part in Movember Polish Days!

31 Day Challenge Day 3 - Yellow (& 'Glequins')

Hi all!

Today the challenge was yellow nails and, I have to be honest, it's another color I haven't really warmed up to yet. I can enjoy certain yellows but, a whole mani of just yellow nails is too much for me even though I've been told it looks good with my skin tone.

For today's look, I did two coats of a Mattese Elite polish named Almost Famous and it was a streak fest. The thickness of the formula was awesome, I barely did any clean up, but the color was SO streaky! I had to cover it up with something and, since I've been craving holos, so 2 coats of Hits Hefesto went on top.

I love this look! The silvery tint from Hefesto dulled down the 'in your faceness' of the yellow and made it look soo good. I still needed something else though....Enter KKCenterHK store. A while ago, they sent me some loose glitter for review and I've been thinking of color pairings for it ever since. When I saw the little tub next to my nails I decided it was time :D

I did a couple of different and haphazard looks just to show you some of the ways you can use these. If you're not familiar with Sammy from The Nailasaurus, she's been doing looks like this with what she's now called 'glequins'. Her glequins appear to be larger so they work better for covering your entire nail, I would save these for smaller accents, like my 'Hurricane Nails'. The little tub is HUGE so these will last you forever. I don't know if they would be solvent-resistant to franken with though, so take that into consideration.

If you're interested, you can find these glitters HERE under 'Nail Art Glitters'. These are 1.0mm in size and they do offer VERY cheap shipping, though it may take a while to get to your hands due to the distance. Also, they offered a special coupon for my readers! When you check out, just enter the code 'hookedonpolish' for 10% off your order, good until Jan 31, 2013!

As always, stop by the other blogs participating in the challenge!

 

-Kimber at Kimber's Lacquer Korner

-Kat at Hooked On Polish

-Diana at Nails By Diana

-Aly at Wonderland Beauty

-Meredith at Perfectly Polished

-Nicole at The Color Republic

-Kate at The Painted Pony Nails

-Cee at Absolutely Cee

-Sam at Polished Art

-Nail Narcotics

-Nicole at Nicole Gets Nailed

-Shelby at Shelby's Swatches

-Stephanie Louise at All Things Beautiful

-Mixed Mama

-Joanna @ Sweet Polish of Mine

-Patty Greenberg

-Liz and Lisa @ Lozlosa 

-Mari at Nailista

-Greta at How Was Your Day?

-Miss L at Beauty by Miss L 

-Gini at Sassy Paints 

-Chameleon Stampede 

-Pam at Nail-E-Glance

 

Hope you enjoyed today's look and have a good weekend! (Or what's left of it :\)  

Summer Fun Challenge Day 3 - Pool Party

Hey all!

I'm back with day 3 of the Summer Fun Challenge by Lindsey at Neverland Nail Blog and it's sure to go swimmingly! Get your floaties and join us for a Pool Party. Be sure not to hold your breath!

Let's dive right in! (I promise that was the last bad pun, couldn't help myself). Today's mani was inspired by pool water (err duh) and one of my favorite bathing suits (which I am currently trying to fit back into). I did a pretty subtle gradient with Revlon Dreamer and Sally Hansen Hard as Nails Blue Me Away then I stamped with an unnamed American Eagle mini and plate DRK-A and layered Hits Hefesto over it. Because I can. For the 'pistol accent' nails I started with a base of Essie Blanc and used a couple polishes to recreate the design on the bathing suit. If you want to know any particular color let me know and I'll happily oblige!

I took a tiny bit too many pictures so you know the drill, collage first pics later!