Valentine's Scrabble

Saw this on Pinterest and just had to try.

After deciding that I had to jazz it up then failing at every attempt to make my background color look like wood grain, I ended up again with just the plain simple background. My freehand it poor but I can still tell they're scrabble letters :-)

It was fun anyway!

Animals - Monkey

Shit is bananas! B-A-N-A-N-A-S!
(stuck in your head now, right?)
Kinda reminds me of the crazy monkey's on Jumanji, yea?

Lol. They didn't turn out cute and cuddly. And my fimo's were being total bitches and not doing what I wanted.

So after throwing every 4-letter word at my nail art last night, I was so frustrated that I skipped out on taking pictures and uploading them last night. So I'll present them today!

I also skipped on explaining all the polishes I used :-s

Gosh why is it that you don't notice issues until you see the pics? So please excuse the scratch on my middle finger. The joys of a playful kitten :-)

And to further get the song stuck in your head...

Animals - Hooters :-)

Ok get your mind out of the gutter! It's just owls!

I'm really liking this color combo and polka dots going on...

Kinda dark but I used Color Club New Bohemian, SH Whirlwind White, OPI Suzi Loves Cowboys and Decades of Shades, CG Fairy Dust and OPI Who Needs A Prince? Plus, of course, a dotting tool :-)

Animals - Piggy In Pink

Day 2 in my animal week of manicures. I did pigs! All my light pinks were so translucent that the two shades I chose were so close its hard to see the detail.

My inspiration came again, from Simply Rins.
She has some amazing art work!

I was given a HUGE tub of about 75 polishes from my aunt on Christmas Eve, mostly OPI. I've found some pretty gorgeous ones. Tonight's brown came from the collection.

Went for 2 accent nails tonight, stray from my usual

Hand dotted white dots

I used:

*OPI Shim-Merry Chic 

*Sinful Colors Beautiful Girl

*Pure Ice Peony

*W&W Sally Hansen Whirlwind White
(thanks for the mistake pointing Liz :-p)

*Kiss nail art paint in black

*Off brand yellow fimo bow

Red Nose Reindeer - Tutorial

Yep, that's Rudolph! 

Tonight's manicure shows off just that. Was pretty fun.
My inspiration came from Simply Rins.
This is also my first tutorial.

It's picture tutorials because I have no clue how to video edit. So without further delay...

The final result:

The products I used:

*Base coat - Color Club Nomadic in Nude

*Head - Color Club Earthy Angel

*Eyes & Nose - Wet N Wild white, Kiss art paint in black

*Antlers - OPI Suzi Loves Cowboys

*Cheeks - Avon Pink Power

*Rudolph antlers - OPI Suzi Loves Cowboys + Princess Collection #2043

*Rudolph nose - Color Club Art of Seduction + Bundle Monster red rhinestones

Here we go with the tutorial!

-Apply base coat (I use Rimmel London Base Coat/Top Coat Pro)

-Add color base (I used CC Nomadic in Nude)

Paint a half moon shape for head (I used CC Earthy Angel).

Add ears using a small paint brush...

Next I added antlers using OPI Suzi Loves Cowboys using that same small paint brush.

Then their cute button noses (I used SH nail art paint in black).

After that dried, I applied Princess Collection #2043 to Rudolph's antlers. 

It's a gorgeous gold, red and green glitter.

Don't forget Rudolph. I applied CC Art Of Seduction first then the rhinestone.

Now its time for some eyes...

I used a small end of a dotting tool to make these a little oval.

While you've got the white out, add a SMALL dot on the edge of the black 

noses to give the illusion of depth and shine.

Using a dotting tool and a light pink, add cheeks.

Then add small black dots to the white part of the eyes for pupils.

Add your top coat and you're done!

More pictures:

Here is a good shot of his sparkly antlers. Cuz he's just cooler than the rest...

Football Season!

I'll be attending my first football game tomorrow so I figured football nails were only appropriate. Our rooting team, the Seattle Seahawks!

*Football base is 2 coats OPI suzi loves cowboys
*Stitching is Kiss white art paint
*Accent nail is China Glaze starting with base of midnight mission, then blue island ice tea in the middle and finishing the tip with Nubar reclaim.