Black and White Challenge Day 1 - Black on White

Finally! This was difficult to photograph and I really missed my sunlight pictures, the newer ones under artificial light make my skin look really yellow. I managed to snap two not fantastic ones in sunlight at least. 

Either way, onto the mani. This time I used Sally Hansen Hard as Nails in Hard to Get for the white and Wet 'N Wild black polish with RedAngel plate 106.

I was actually dying to make this pattern work, I'd tried it previously and it never picked up neatly so I'm pretty proud of this effort! I'm also loving the contrast, from afar it looks like zebra print which is neat too.  The only problem was that every single picture I took looked blurry because of the pattern or maybe I was just having a shaky day.

See you on March 4th for White on Black! (And some regular posts in between as well)

I'm doing a challenge!

I just joined the Black and White Challenge by the lovely Mateja at Purple Glitters and Dolores at Colorful Bottles! It was very last minute since they're starting today with the 10 manicures, which will be posted every 3 days. I'm working on the pictures of the first mani now and I'll have them up later today. I'm actually very excited because I loved looking at the various bloggers do the 31 day challenge but I feel this one is more realistic in terms of the posting schedule. 

There's also some other lovely ladies participating so you'll be able to see much more creative ideas than mine: 

Purple Glitters 

Colorful bottle

Biba's beauty corner 

Taya 

Nail crazy 

Mateji ustvarjata 

My nail grafiti 

Colores de Carol 

Emerald sparkle 

Wacky Laki 
Omgnoodles
LACQUERED TIPS  
WelcomeTo Brianna's World! 
Pink Polish Addic
My Little Vanities
Posh nail art

See you in a bit with my first mani!

Sinful Colors Cinderella vs. Revlon Blue Lagoon

Today I have a comparison for you guys. It's my first one so be gentle! Lately all the drugstore buzz has been about Sinful Colors Cinderella. It's a beautiful light blue with a strong pink shimmer but when I first saw the swatches it reminded me of Revlon's Blue Lagoon (minus the pink) so I decided to pass on it. Then came along the Walgreen's sale and I saw Cinderella there for just 99 cents and I couldn't resist!

Similar, no? See more pics and the verdict after the jump!

Spring Dots and a mini haul!

It all started because I needed cotton balls. So I went to Walgreens and no cotton balls to be found, but I did score two polishes. Then K-Mart and I found cotton balls! And one more polish. Then since Sally's is right in front of K-Mart I had to go in. So two more polishes.

I would have gotten a better pic but someone was being nosy.

So I got Sinful Colors Green Ocean because of Nouveau Cheap's posts about it and Essie Navigate Her because of Vampy Varnish's post. Then Milani Rapid Cherry because of AllLacqueredUp's post. Finally, China Glaze Luxe and Lush just because I wanted it (Yes, I can think for myself) and Some Like It Haute because it was $1.99.

Now, if you read any other nail blog you know about Sarah's contest at Chalkboard Nails. The rules are simple, just use a dotting tool. Today I had so many ideas swirling in my head and I finally settled on this mani. I think it came out cute but I don't think I'll be submitting it just yet, needs some tweaking.

I used 2 coats of Essie Nice is Nice as a base and the "flower" colors are Sally Hansen Grass Slipper (or Limestone) for the light green, Revlon Jaded Night for the dark green accents, Sally Hansen Hard To Get for the white and Bettina Art Deco Purple for the dark purple. Same colors for the dots adding Wet 'N Wild I Need a Re-Fresh Mint.

I messed up my pinky a little bit but you get the idea. I tried different different ways of stamping the dots on each finger since this was mostly for practice so sorry for the inconsistencies!

Hope you like it!

L'Oreal Now You Sea Me (Pic Heavy)

I've never been one to get mad or disappointed when one of the blogs I was following didn't post every day,  but I did think "Well, blogging doesn't seem so hard". Ooh boy was I wrong! So I want to apologize to those bloggers, I get it now. I had planned to have this post up much sooner and another that I still have to edit but this weekend I learned just how hard an overnight shift and having a cold can kick your ass.

Now this post is gonna be pretty massive. I took a buttload of pictures trying to get the color as accurate as possible and I'm pretty sure I still didn't get it, but I tried. Let's see some nails!