Wet n Wild "Black Creme" Matte vs Glossy with Gold & Silver Dots

This is another mani, slightly spiced up, that was requested by another friend/follower.  I had been promising I would do a black matte nail with a glossy tip, but decided to add a little more to it.  I used dotting tools to create the polka dots, sealed with top coat and then masked off the tips to preserve the gloss while coating the rest of the nail with Essie's "Matte About You," matte top coat.

China Glaze "Galactic Gray" and Hibiscus Flower Stamping

It is easy to get stuck doing nail art stamping with one color. Trying to use multiple colors on the same stamp takes practice and patience, multiple failed attempts and occasionally you will score and achieve the desired result.  I would say this is a 50/50 fail.  The idea and the color combos are awesome!  The execution, perhaps not so much.  In my attempts to get a dual color hibiscus, you have this mani with one or two good looking flowers, and one or two that I am not too sad they came out a little out of focus!

Essie "Naughty Nautical" and Color Club "Angel Kiss" Zebra Stamping

I was very excited to do this mani because it was one of my first followers request. (Another followers request coming up later this week!)  It is similar to one that I have done before, but for some reason these colors are so much better together than my selection.  So here you have it, Essie's "Naughty Nautical" and stamped zebra print using Color Club's "Angel Kiss."  Of course, it is holographic, my favorite! Two pictures; in the light box and in direct sun light!

Color Club "Miss Bliss" Holographic Polish

Please remember, I warned you that I loooove holographic polishes and that I intend on posting a lot of them!  This one is such a beautiful, mild pink color, I just wanted to leave it alone and enjoy it by itself.  No stamping, not dots, no french tips, just the gorgeous polish color on its own,  Pictures in the light box and you can see how well it pops in natural sun light!  Thank goodness that is in abundance here on the Central Coast!

Mermaid Nails- OPI "Yodel Me on my Cell" and Pure Ice "Heart Breaker" & Gold Stamping

When I broke out the Pure Ice polishes I mentioned in yesterday's post, I not only stumbled across a color combo that looked like peacock feathers, but also a combo that resembled a Mermaid's tail.  Throw in some gold scale stamping and WAALAA!  I apologize ahead of time for not having a photo in natural sunlight as well, but I promise to make it up to you with tomorrows post!

Peacock Feather Nails with OPI "Russian Navy" and Pure Ice "Heartbreaker"

So I have had these awesome polishes I got from Wal-Mart of all places that were calling me to use them.  Wal-Mart carries the  "Pure Ice" brand and they are so nicely priced that it is hard not to collect them all.  However, for this mani I layered "Heartbreaker," a transparent base with green microglitter over the top of OPI's "Russian Navy."  Because the colors combined looked like the color of peacock feathers, I threw a gold stamp in there as well!

Last Days of Summer- OPI Alpine Snow & China Glaze Summer Neons

As summer draws to a close and the kids are all back in school, I was inspired to do something "Summerish" in protest of it ending.  Although I love fall, I just love bright colors!!  So to show them off, I used a fan shaped paint brush to create the brush strokes in neon colors from China Glaze.  The base color is the OPI "Alpine Snow."