Here Kitty Kitty!

I was feeling frisky (hehehe) so I went with actual tiger tips tonight. 

I've done multiple stripes like these but never over orange.

Plus I added a cute paw print. The best part was posing the nail art with my kitty.

It's late, I'm a tad tired. I get giggly when this happens.

"Ok Slater," (this is my mow mows)*giggles* "Now sit still. No seriously, sit still."

*giggles*

*cat pulls away due to high nail fumes*

"SLATER! Sit still so I can take a picture with you. CAT! Sit the BLEEP still darn it!"

*giggles*

"Thanks a lot Slater, these pictures suck!"

*giggles*

Ok so after some giggles and many blurred pictures, I got a few good ones...

Summer Gradient

Inspired by LOVE4NAILS

I think it turned out pretty cute!
Sponged method.

 Sorry for the blurry pictures!

Tips - Funky Cheetah

Like everyone else, I've been yet again, inspired by Pinterest! If you haven't followed me, please do so with the Pin box to the right ----->

But when I came across this mani, I fell in love. The colors are so unique together. So I had to try it! I think its the most complimented-on manicure I've had so far!

The orange is some non-named bright orange by Color Club done with my awesome French Tip Dip.

Blue is ORLY Snowcone (totally diggin' this color)

Then a small art brush with W & W black for the cheetah marks.

Tips - Orange Hello Kitty

I'm feeling the summer fever! At request, I did another Hello Kitty manicure.

Similar to my last but better, I think.

My kitty is sporting orange today!

Thanks to my French Tip Dip, I have an awesome kitty and tips!

Plus, fimo bows this time (instead of acrylic paint).

Avon Springtime Tips

Well after I saw the new Avon Spring colors I had to buy them.

I opted out of the pink as I have lots of pinks already and don't wear those often.

(Right, like I dont have enough of every color!)

So after applying them, I decided that darker tips on them would look cool.

So I sifted through my stash and pick some darker shades and this is what we have.

Day 24 - Inspired By A Book

It's been years since I've read this book but when I saw this challenge, I knew this was the book I wanted (out of the dozens I've read within the past year even!).

My book is Intensity by Dean Koontz.

Awesome thriller book. I tried to replicate the cover art as best as I could.

The spider and web are pertinent to the book because there is a scene where the killer eats a spider which helps him understand how the spider feels etc etc. Again, been a long time since I've read it. Guess I'll have to jump back in it!

The final result:

The products I used: 

*2 coats French Tip Dip Bright White for bright base

*2 coats Sinful Colors Dumpling (I cringe whenever I read this name)

*2 coats China Glaze Breakin' for accent nail and stripe stamps

*Wet N' Wild Black Cream for spider and web stamps

*Bundle Monster stamps BM 13 & 20

Before the art:

After the art:

 My copy of the book's orange is actually a bright neon orange but many copies I've seen are the darker orange like on my accent nail. My neon orange didn't look good so I went with the darker...

 More  book covers:

Day 2 - Orange Nails

Day 2 of the challenge and I caught myself thinking all day of what design I would do.

Now I know most gals are doing solid colors for this part of the challenge but I'm not most girls.

I find myself getting bored with plain colored nails. 

Mine need spice! So here's my day 2 : Flamage!

*2 coats French Tip Dip miami sunrise (south beach collection)

*1 strip NYC times square tangerine cream #112

*1 strip Avon Matte red velvet (tips and flames)

I should have snagged a pic before I put the top coat on because the Avon Matte looked amazing!

Still a kick-butt mani though!

Orange nails, no flash

Nails with design, flash used

Design with no flash

I watched this tutorial, by Robin Moses, as a guide. Mine is no where near as amazing as hers but that's because I'm not a pro!

Happy Halloween!

Just in time for trick or treating with my kiddos.
My Jack O' Lantern nails :-)
*2 coats China Glaze breakin for base
*2 strips Wet N' Wild fast dry segreena the teenage witch for the tips
*1 coat China Glaze fair dust glitter layer
*Kiss nail art paint in black for faces

Angry Birds!

Was feeling a little angry hehehe.
Another 2 hour polish job that isn't too bad for me being awful at art :-)
I had bought a nail art brush set including a dotting tool last night so I had fun testing them all out.
Not too shabby for being freehand, I must say.

*CG breakin' for all beaks
*French Tip Dip bright white for all eyes
*Wet N' Wild black for brows and stripes

From pinky to thumb:
*CG carribean blue base
*FTD bright white under NYC taxi yellow for base
*Sinful Colors black on black base
*Avon grey cement matte for belly and eye base
*CG breaking and Sally X grey area mixed for brows
*Petites rockin red for base
*Pure Ice free spirit for base
*Sally Hansen green with envy for nose

Give Me Something Good To Eat

My attempt at candy corn nails!

*1 coat French Tip Dip bright white
*3 coat NYC taxi yellow cream (very splotchy)
*1 strip China Glaze breakin' for the tip
*1 strip Kiss nail art paint in white

This was my first time using nail art paint brushes and it was hard to keep a steady hand.

Fall into Fall

Wow I got behind!

Ok so I did these nails a couple weeks ago for a Fall Bazaar I did.

China Glaze Breakin as the base, 2 coats. 

Avon Matte Red Velvet and China Glaze Gussied Up Green for leaf stamps.

Then for a final touch, i added China Glaze Wireless Holographic top coat over the leaves only.

4 out of 5 polishes for gorgeous color. Wear wasnt as long as I wish but it took the stamps like a champ!