FRANKENSTEIN VS WITCH

My client came in today and said I could do whatever I wanted on her nails so this is what happened! I used acrylic in nebula, lime rind, and purple passion. I alternated different colors on the nails and tips. I also used a frankenstein and witch fimo clay from kennickkreations.com. Of course I had to add a few dots here and there. HAPPY HAUNTING!


These nails are done with northern lights and then I used purple passion acrylic at the smile line and faded it up into the white. I used clay witches on the ring fingers from none other than kennickkreations.com.

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JACK O'LANTERN NAILS

These are acrylic nails in nebula black with ezflow candy corn orange at the tip. I added fimo clay jack o'lanterns from kennickkreations.com on the ring fingers. My client was feeling wild today so we went even further and added black and orange dots with polish at the smile line.

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BOO!

These nails have a fimo clay BOO! on the ring fingers. I painted black tiger stripes at an angle on all of the nails.

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Finger Paints Yellow Bikini

So far this is the only yellow in my collection. I tried China Glaze Solar Power which is beautiful but not with my skintone. Yellow Bikini works well though. This is 3 coats. It was a little thick and goopy but I hear that is how most yellows behave. The ring and pinky have Nail Tek Foundation II for a matte effect. Doesn't look so great with this polish. I was wearing this and I put on a red skirt and a blue shirt. I kept looking in the mirror trying to figure out what was so strange, when I finally realized that I looked like Wonder Woman going in for a day at the office. I changed clothes.
Thanks for reading.
April

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Is your nail polish WHIP IT worthy? Zoya is

All this promotional advertising for the movie Whip It has us thinking about our own Drew and Ellen. Aren't they lovely?

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Goodbye Summer Nail Art Contest - Winners!

First, thank you to everyone who entered this month's nail art contest. Lots of fabulous entries here, and it was hard choosing a winner! Without further ado, here are your contest winners!

Lisa from Nail Art World was my #1 pick for the first Grand Prize, with her "Sunset Heat" manicure. I think this really represented the "sunset" of summer, and the execution was very well done. Congratulations, Lisa!
Anna S. won the People's Choice vote and the second Grand Prize, as you can see by the poll to the right. She entered this stunning leaf manicure...and it was one of my personal "runners up" as well. Wonderful job - Congratulations, Anna!
Finally, I decided to award Thriszha of FAB UR NAILS an Honorable Mention, for her lovely "Highlighters" manicure that was a very clear second in the People's Choice vote (and another of my personal runners up). Thriszha, you'll get a set of Halloween Decals as your prize. Congratulations! Wonderful job, ladies, and great job to all who entered! I loved seeing all of your lovely artwork. Winners, please email me your mailing address, and I'll get your prizes sent out right away.

What do you say - anyone want to do this again?

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Zoya in Posh is good for both Body + Soul

Whole Living, Body + Soul Magazine (a Martha Stewart Publication) picks up on the season's hottest nail trend - matte nails - and puts the focus on Zoya's top selling MatteVelvet shade, Posh!

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OPI Gotta Get Pink!

Another US exclusive! Only found in Ulta's around Valentines this year.

I love Gotta Get Pink, this is my kind of nude.

It is a really nice formula, nothing wrong with it at all. I really hope you girls were able to find a bottle :) If not, OPI Let Them Eat Rice Cake is really quite close, just a bit more nude toned. Not much more nude toned though!

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Chanel Jade Nail Collection

Ah, the color all us green nail fanatics have been waiting for. After much anticipation, it finally came out and I ordered it right away. And I can honestly tell you.....nothing special. We've got a lot of nice mint greens out, MAC's Peppermint Patti, OPI Damone Roberts 1968, etc. Sure when you let the sun shine on it, you can see the very subtle hints of shimmer, but who's always out in the sun anyways? And for $25? *heart drops*


Jade - application was okay, a little thick. For Chanel prices I would've expected their application to be flawless. But all their nail polishes are thick and gooey which makes it really tough too apply plus it's not heavily pigmented. This was done in three coats.


Jade Rose - A dusty rose pink. PLEASE ignore that dent I made, my nails weren't dry yet and yea... anyways, OK remind me again why did I buy this? It's more pink in person but I took this picture indoors, which makes it appear nude ish. The shimmers on it are barely noticeable.

This collection sort of reminds me of MAC's peppermint patti and their seasonal peach. The colors match up quite well, hmm...competition?

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Nearly Plaid & Barefoot

Wow! 336 votes in the People's Choice Contest so far! Haven't voted yet? Click here. Then come back to see this week's nail art design.

Haircare Discounters, an online company who sells the entire line of OPI polishes (for less than you'd find it in stores - links in the sidebars) was kind enough to send me a couple of free polishes this month. OPI "Barefoot in Barcelona" was one of my free bottles, a sort of dark rose pink that I think is a wonderful neutral. I was late getting to my manicure this week, and tired, so I decided to use my black and white migi pens to create a simple design.
First, the base - two coats of OPI "Barefoot in Barcelona". It's been awhile since I dug into my OPI collection, but this formula is to die for! Notice my cuticles (yeah, aside from the serious dry skin)? Most of my polish jobs are messy to start, but this polish was just a dream to control going on. Far less mess than normal.
Then, after using my thumbnail as "practice" to see how far I'd take the design, I decided on just two offset crosses in sort of a beginning plaid design. I started with white.
Then added black on top. If you try this, you can do it while the polish is still wet. Just make sure not to let the tip of the pen touch your nail or the paint.
A couple coats of top coat, and it's all done (you can see my "experimental" plaid thumbnail here too). Remember that most nail art colors "drag" or bleed when you go to apply top coat, so do the first coat in one swipe over the artwork, not letting the brush actually touch the nail. After that dries, you can brush the final coat on as normal.

My lines aren't all that straight - my hands were shaky from a day's worth of physical labor. But I don't think it turned out too bad. My husband says it reminds him of some popular art style.

Next week starts four weeks of Halloween nail art, starting with some brand new Halloween decals the folks at Cina sent me to show you. They'll be available exclusively at Sally Beauty Supply during the month of October...come back next Tuesday for a peek!

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ZOYA Goes BOGO-A-GOGO

As a special thank you to all Zoya fans and followers we wanted to say HAVE ONE ON US by offering a BOGO (buy one get one) promotion* because all our fans ROCK!!!

The promotion is simple. Just buy a Zoya Nail Polish (all available online colors are fair game) and receive another bottle of your choice of Zoya Nail Polish FREE. There is a limit of 6 FREE bottles (you can buy up to 6 and get up to 6 free).

The CODE: BG3

When: 9/29/2009 - 3 PM EST through 9/30/2009 11:59 PM EST

Where: http://www.zoya.com/

*This promotion is valid only for new orders placed on or after 3 PM EST on 9/29/2009 that contain the promotion code associated with this promotion. This promotion is not valid in conjunction with any other code or promotion. This promotion is valid in the Continental USA only and shipping and processing charges apply. Retail pricing only ($6.00 per bottle).

How It Works:
Add your favorite bottles of Zoya Nail Polish to your shopping cart. Enter Code BG3 a credit (discount) will show up that reflects the cost of the FREE bottles.

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Greeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen Nail Polish is InStyle!

Zoya's perfect green nail polish, Envy, made the InStyle Magazine Beauty Buzz this month as the color of the moment according to top editorial manicurist Jin Soon Choi.

We hope Drew knows there's one with her name on it available for fall too!

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A Kardashian Wedding and Zoya Nail Polish

Well sort of... Zoya Nail Polish in Posh was featured in the most recent issue of Life & Style Magazine as one of Fall's hottest beauty trends.

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Black Lace Manicure

Recently i have been crazy about black,white and orange nail colors. Is it a good sign?
I really enjoy this look, i think it is gentle and stylish. I again was inspired my Boudoir collection from CC.I mean, seriously, just look at those gems - aren't they stunning? And i really love that even with the top coat over it, they are still super sparkly. Again, it is a little piece of mirror in every gem.



Right Hand

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HALLOWEEN

It's time for Halloween nails! I added acrylic in candy corn by ezflow at the smile line. On the ring finger there is a fimo clay spider from kennickkreations.com. I also added black tiger stripes at an angle with a striping brush. Happy Halloween!

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AUTUMN

I used two colors of acrylic here in purple spinel and plum loco. I added fimo clay leaves that I purchased from kennickkreations.com. I also added dots with polish.

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Flakes

Just some random polish pictures.
Flakes polishes are gorgeous and this one delivers really deep and awesome Halloweenish look. This is quit rare that i decide go without design on the nails, but this polish is design itself





Matted with Essie Mate top coat

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Rescue Beauty Lounge Fall 2009 Blogger Created Collection

Happy Monday everyone. I'm so happy to have this Monday off to catch up on my sleep and all my school work :( But I took the time out to make a post on the Rescue Beauty Lounge Bloggers nail polish. I think this was one heck of a collection because these 3 colors were NEVER seen before (at least to me)


Scrangie - a blue green shimmer with purple base. It looks gorgeous and my picture does no justice for it.


Orbis Non Suffucit - grey greened creme. I don't have any greens like this at all. And knowing me, I have all the possible green nail polishes out there (except for Nars Zulu) and this sure isn't like any other greens I have.


Mismas - purple creme. This is ALMOST ALMOST ALMOST close to the perfect purple creme I've always wanted. But nevertheless it's a cute simple gorgeous shade!



And adding Color Club's Fashion Addcit with Zebra konad, makes it look so amazing. I really like the Zebra designs :)

That's all I have for you today. More coming up!

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"Good Bye Summer" nail art contest!

OMG! All the nails are super beautiful, you must come and vote! just click HERE
My nails are number 9 :) Unfortunately Jamie scaled pictures, so my nails are kind of small where, but here are some other bigger pictures of my entry .The idea behind this manicure is a change of season, because for this super worm summer look, i used polishes from fall and winter collections(orange and red glitter)
Anyway this is super tough to wait for results till Wednesday.

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Goodbye Summer: People's Choice Awards - Vote!

I've made my choice - now it's time for you to vote for the nail art design you like best! Each design is numbered, so you can vote for the design of your choice using the poll to the right. Voting closes at midnight on Tuesday, September 29th, and the winners will be announced on Wednesday. One vote per person, please.

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Voting is open now! Good luck, ladies!

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