February Tri-Polish Tuesday #3

I am sticking with the same polishes I picked for this month - yay!

This time I only used the pink and brown polishes.

• Essie Your Hut Or Mine
• Ulta Chocolate Kiss

I wanted some fun stripes so I went with a striping tape mani.

I started with one coat of my usual white undie polish and then added 2 coats of the pink.  I put a layer of Seche Vite down to get it to dry quicker and randomly added the striping tape on the nail.  My wonderful husband cut all of the strips of tape for me while I painted the base layers!  I love the support he gives me! I did each nail individually to help with the clean lines.  I added 1 thick coat of the brown on top of the tape and quickly pulled each strip off.  The lines came out really crisp because it was still wet polish.  I waited as long as I could to put the final layer of Seche Vite on as I didn't want it to smear.  

I love this one so much, I might just keep it on all week!  I am super swamped with work so I am not sure how I am going to do another mani this week.  

Tri Polish Challenge February #3

1. Vic and Her Nails: February Tri-Polish Tuesday Day	2. tara c (lokis lacquer)	3. Eva's nagelart	4. Nail Newbie: Tri-Polish Tuesday Pink, Grey and Bro
5. Lane's Lacquers	6. My Adventures in Nail Art	7. My Nail Files:Tri Polish Tuesday-Dotted Half Moons	8. Fixin To Faff: Furry Marbles
9. Hey, Darling Polish!	10. NailsDownSouth	11. To boldly polish	12. Enigmatic Rambles
13. Druid Nails	14. Fledgling Nails	15. pk glam-madam	16. Brandy's Nailtastic Blog
17. Myristine	18. Clarena	19. The Lacquered Landlubber	20. Bénédicte @I'm A Nail Art Addict!

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February Golden Oldie Thursday #2

Valentine's Day is kind of "blah" for me this year.  My husband and I have really been through the ringer over the last year and we have spent a lot of time just cherishing each other lately.  So, I just don't see the need to specifically celebrate this one day.  With that said, I still love the pretty colors used for Valentine's Day mani's.  There are some stunning submissions to today's challenge!  Be sure to take a look at the bottom of this post.

• China Glaze Elfin' Around
• Zoya Sooki
• Milani White On The Spot

I stuck with a simple gradient this time and used some red polishes.  The Elfin' Around leans kind of orange with the glitter effect in it but I still love it!

This is roughly 3 passes with the polishes for the gradient effect with a layer of Seche on top.

I used some heart sequins I purchased from the Born Pretty Store a LONG time ago now.  There are 3 different colors (pink, white, purple) on the middle nail but because there is a bit of iridescence on top of them, it is hard to see clearly.

Be sure to take a look at the other lovely work done by these talented women below!

This is the linkup page for the Golden Oldie Thursday Challenge - "GOT Polish Challenge" by the Crumpet's Nail Tarts (https://www.facebook.com/groups/purplecrumpetfairy/)

13th Feb - Valentines

Open 6 - 20 February!

A reminder of the rules :

* the polish you use should be at least one year old

* if you haven't been a polishaholic that long, you can use the oldest polishes you have

* the polish should be previously used, but if you're stuck, you could free a yearling from Mount Untried (seriously, some of mine are reaching puberty out there)

* you can use more than 1 polish as long as it fits the theme and the rules

Lane's Lacquers   Brandy's Nailtastic Blog   A girl and her chicken named Betty   The Lacquered Landlubber   Cristina@PeeBeforePolish   pk glam-madam   GOT Full nail water decal - Valentine's hearts   Nerd Colours: Va!entine nailart   Love Letter | Flight Of Whimsy   Light Your Nails!   Delight In Nails   NoMoreNailPolishMum!:GOTPolishChallenge -Valentine   Aglaya   Ten Tiny Paintings   Pretty Polishes   Valentine Mani   Loki's Lacquer: GOT Thursday - valentines theme   Druid Nails   Nataliciosa.com   Dancing Phalanges: GOT: Valentine's Day!   Life in Color!: GOT Polish: Valentines   Lacky Corner   Wishes of a Blue-Eyed Girl   Talon-ted but tawdry: GOT Polish: Sweet Heart   Hey, Darling Polish!   To boldly polish   Pokénailart: GOT challenge - Valentines   Nikki NeverWithoutPolish   Nail Newbie   Shamelessly Polished   Vic and Her Nails: GOT Day 6 - Valentine   Oje mi hani nerde?: GOT Polish Challenge - Valenti   Linziino: Golden Oldie Thursday - Valentines   Naileymabob   The Rite of Aging…Early   Sam @ FingerFood   Enigmatic Rambles: GOT Nail Challenge: Valentine's   My Adventures in Nail Art   lost and found: GOT- valentines   Lauriestrodes Fun With Nails   MegsManicures   Polish&Patterns   Valentines - Lavender, white and MM31   Sheila at Pointless Cafe   My Nail Files: Valentine's Day Nails   Polished Elegance: GOT - Valentines   Myristine   Crumpet’s Got Polish Challenge – Valentines Day |   Addicted to nails...: GOT Challenge: Valentines!   GOT Polish Challenge – Valentines | Brijits Digits   My Design Nails: GOT Challenge: Valentines.   Fixin To Faff: Valentine's Hearts Argyle   Kerruticles   Life's Glitz Pageant

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February Tri-Polish Tuesday #2

Time for another tri-polish Tuesday manicure.  This will be a quick post as I am struggling to stay awake tonight.

• Essie Your Hut or Mine
• Zoya Zeenat
• Ulta Chocolate Kiss

This is a little bit of a skittle-let... I used my newly acquired Pueen plates (Pueen 43, 35) for these stamps and I used my trusty Milani White on White and American Apparel Hassid.  I also have some sticker decals on my pinkie and thumb from Pueen that I got off of Amazon a little bit ago.

I was a bit disappointed in my top layer of Seche with this one.  I am not sure why it smeared everything! Even the sticker decal had a little smearing!

It is a cute little Valentine's Day mani...

Tri Polish Challenge February #2

1. Vic and Her Nails: February Tri-Polish Tuesday Day	2. Eva's nagelart	3. Helly - NailNewbie	4. Druid Nails
5. Two by two, Nails of blue	6. ~Cute-icle Chronicles	7. Fixin To Faff	8. Enigmatic Rambles: Tri-Colour Nail Challenge
9. Hey, Darling Polish!	10. To boldly polish	11. Roz's Nail-scapades: Tri polish challenge #2 Febru	12. Light Your Nails!
13. Naileymabob	14. The Lacquered Landlubber	15. The Rite of Aging…Early	16. Myristine
17. Talon-ted but tawdry: TPC: Reverse Leopard	18. My Adventures in Nail Art	19. Brandy's Nailtastic Blog	20. Loki's Lacquer: Tri polish tuesday (actually weds.
21. NailsDownSouth

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February Golden Oldie Thursday #1

I am late on this post and for that I apologize.  Work has been a bit crazy and there just hasn't been time.  I'm sure you will all forgive me.  LOL!

I did a double whammy with this manicure: GOT - Green & Summer from the Nail Challenge Collaborative.

• China Glaze In The Lime Light
• Color Club Unknown
• Kleancolor Starry Meteor

I started with my usual white undie polish and started doing a sponge gradient with these colors.  It was a failure so I just started layering the polishes to get a gradient effect.  It is a bit harsher than I had intended but it was so late and I just didn't want to start over!  

I added this little dragonfly decal I got from Winstonia to an accent nail.  It's so cute!  For the other nails, I put one coat of the Starry Meteor over top, followed by a layer of Seche Vite.

It's simple and BRIGHT!  

This is the linkup page for the Golden Oldie Thursday Challenge - "GOT Polish Challenge" by the Crumpet's Nail Tarts (https://www.facebook.com/groups/purplecrumpetfairy/)

6th Feb - Green

Open 30 January - 13th February!

A reminder of the rules :

* the polish you use should be at least one year old

* if you haven't been a polishaholic that long, you can use the oldest polishes you have

* the polish should be previously used, but if you're stuck, you could free a yearling from Mount Untried (seriously, some of mine are reaching puberty out there)

* you can use more than 1 polish as long as it fits the theme and the rules

Nataliciosa.com   Druid Nails   Dotted Green Gradient | Flight Of Whimsy   pk glam-madam   A Little Polish   Polished Elegance: GOT - Green   Nail*ine It!: Green Nimbus Nails   Dancing Phalanges: GOT Challenge: Green   My Design Nails: GOT Challenge: Green.   Enigmatic Rambles: Green   Just Me and My Nails: G O T Challenge - Green   Lucky Lucky Lacquer   Life in Color!: GOT Polish: Green   Myristine   Wishes of a Blue-Eyed Girl   My Adventures in Nail Art   GOT Polish Challenge – Green (China Glaze Adore)   Sam @ FingerFood   MegsManicures   Lauriestrodes Fun With Nails   A Show of Hands   Addicted to nails...: GOT Challenge: Green   NeverWithoutPolish   Nerd Colours: No-marble nailart.   Irmak OMHN   Hey, Darling Polish!   tara c (lokis lacquer)   Cristina@PeeBeforePolish   Life's Glitz Pageant   Nail Newbie: GOT Polish? Green!   Bénédicte @ I'm A Nail Art Addict!   Brandy's Nailtastic Blog   ColorMeSoCrazy   GOT Polish Challenge – Green! | The Adorned Claw   My Nail Files: Got Polish Challenge - Green   Light Your Nails!   Talon-ted but tawdry: GOT: Springtime Flowers   Kerruticles   Shamelessly Polished   A Mani Maniac   Vic and Her Nails   Incognito Nails: Green   Tes Did It Nails   Girls Game with Color   Aglaya   Pretty Polishes   Pokénailart: GOT challenge - Green - Shaymin   Delight In Nails   Lacky Corner   NoMoreNailPolishMum!   Lane's Lacquers   The Rite of Aging…Early

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1. A Little Polish	2. A Girl and Her Polish: The Nail Challenge Collabor	3. Brandy's Nailtastic Blog	4. The Polish Playground
5. Sam @ FingerFood	6. Southern Sparkle Nail Art	7. Glam Fiend: NCC Summer #1 - Baring it in Phoenix	8. Pokénailart: A shark tale
9. Lit From Within

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February Tri-Polish Tuesday #1

Brown, Pink & Grey.  Brown, Pink and Grey?  Brown. Pink. Grey.

This took a lot of time for me to wrap my head around this color combo.  I struggled with it for sure!  I chose my design and painted my nails last night and I am running very late on putting this post together.  I'm going with a diagonal french tip kinda look.  I have been admiring all of the submissions today - these girls are TALENTED!!!

Here's mine...

• Essie Your Hut or Mine
• Zoya Zeenat
• Ulta Chocolate Kiss

There is a lot of polish on these nails!  I started with a base coat then put one coat of my usual undie down.  I used 2 coats of the Zoya grey color (probably could have done 3 as this a very light color).  I then put a layer of Seche Vite down to seal it in and get ready for taping.  I taped off about 1/2 the nail and added the Essie pink color (1 thick coat), quickly removed the tape and added another layer of Seche.  The next round of tape was added so that I could do one final coat of the Ulta brown color and another round of Seche.  

My pinkie is my favorite. 

Tri Polish Challenge February #1

1. Vic and Her Nails	2. Lokis Lacquer (aka Tara C)	3. Nails of Blue	4. Helly NailNewbie
5. Druid Nails	6. Fixin To Faff	7. Eva's nagelart	8. My Adventures in Nail Art
9. Nail Addict	10. Sam @ FingerFood	11. My Nail Files: Tri-Polish Tue -Pink Hearts & Lace	12. Hey, Darling Polish!
13. Naileymabob	14. Lane's Lacquers	15. Enigmatic Rambles: Tri-Colour Nail Challenge	16. Polished Elegance: TPC - Funky French
17. Light Your Nails!	18. Talon-ted but tawdry: TPC: Grayscale Water Marble	19. Clarena	20. Beauty-Shoes-Nails-Fun
21. Brandy's Nailtastic Blog	22. Myristine	23. The Rite of Aging…Early	24. Tes Did It Nails
25. Girls Game with Color	26. Bénédicte @ I'm A Nail Art Addict!

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