Rainbows of Neon

Hi everyone! I have for you what I think might be the coolest mani I have ever done! I am going to just get right into it!

 I started with two coats of China Glaze "White on White".

Then, using the Color Club "Poptastic" Collection (all but the lightest pink color), I free handed stripes. The lines aren't anywhere near perfect, but honestly, I love the way it turned out! I like how the colors sort of blend into each other!

Color Club: Pucci-licious, Chelsea Girl, Twiggie, Almost Famous, Wham! Pow!, Warhol

I wore it like this for two days and received many compliments! The white underneath really makes all the colors pop, and it is just so much fun to look at! It is pure happiness! After I finished this look and was staring at it, I decided I was going to either stamp over it with black polish or use black crackle polish to achieve the look of that paper that is colorful underneath covered in black and you scratch away at it to reveal a colorful design. Kind of like this:

Shattered on Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day everyone! For those of you celebrating, I hope it's a great one! I decided to keep it simple and kick it old school at the same time... Can crackle be considered old school yet? Too soon? :) 

I started off with a new Essence Color and Go in "Glamorous Life". It's a really pretty deep pink, almost red, with glass fleck shimmer. It reminds me of crushed up strawberries in the bottle! I really love it! And, it was $0.99 at Ulta... can't beat that price!! It's only 5mL but honestly, I love minis! They are cheaper and I don't feel like I have this huge bottle that I will probably never finish! On top I added some China Glaze "Black Mesh" crackle. I added some thinner to it months ago, and I think it has really made a difference in its shattering. I love the way it broke apart on the nail. A coat of Seche Vite and I am ready to go!

Essence Color and Go "Glamorous Life"

China Glaze Black Mesh

Polish Haul!

From Walmart

From Sally Beauty

Busted

Spit Fire

Hannah Pinktana

Night Prowl

Blue Moon

Eggplant Frost

Matte-ly in Love

Beetle

Dahlia My Number

Crushed Candy

Broken Hearted

Fault Line

Lightening Bolt

Black Mesh

Bubbly Bombshell

Purple-xing

This is my first time trying Pure Ice, Nina Ultra Pro, Hard Candy, Wet & Wild... (Well I may have tried them years and years ago... but from what I've seen, they've really stepped up their game!), and Finger Paints... I am super excited, and have LOTS of swatching to do!!! :)

Orange Monday!

Hey there! Hope everyone had a great weekend! The weather in Chicago on Saturday and Sunday was beautiful! FINALLY! Thank you Ma Natch! (Mother Nature) It's cooler today, but I'm hoping snow days are behind us. Although around these parts, you never know! I was watching some Tosh.O last night and settled on painting my nails with Zoya Tanzy. A bright, sparkly, tangerine orange/gold color. It's really pretty, and a perfect spring/summer orange!

I'm thinking about adding some gray crackle over this! There might be an update soon! :)

Update! Tanzy with China Glaze "Cracked Concrete" Crackle polish! I like this combo!

Now, with a top coat!

I'm a fan! :)

More Nails!

So I'm going through all the photos I have saved in various places to try to get them all up here. I know they aren't the best, but once I start taking more, I'll try to get better quality shots. And it will show progress if nothing else! 

This is Orly's Black Out with Orly's Love Each Other on top. Love Each Other is like a clear base with a ton of iridescent purple sparkles throughout. It's so pretty in the bottle but sucks on its own. It definitely needs a dark base to go over... then it totally transforms the polish!

  This is China Glaze's Refresh-mint with China Glaze Concrete Crackle on top. I applied the crackle in haphazard motions to try to break it up, and not make it look like it crackled in straight lines. I think it looks ok. I hate how fast these all sold out. This was the only color left at Sally's! I like the gray, but I really wanted the black, pink, and purple!

 This is Nicole by OPI's Ink a Dink a Pink. It's super florescent and bright! It has blue over tones to it and I think it's so pretty. I am a big fan of bright, obnoxious colors. The brighter and more obnoxious, the better! :)

To add even more, I did scotch tape tips with Milani 3D nail polish in HD. I really love the way this looks! It's like pink dipped in diamonds!

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More to come.... stay tuned! :)