Flip/Flop February Day 28! Last Day!!

Hi lovies! So, it's actually March 1st. I'm late, sorry haha. Shhhh, lets pretend its yesterday still LOL!

So the theme was to recreate your favorite day, but I was running short on time so I didn't have time to recreate my real favorite, my rainbow gradient with the zebra stripes! I will do that at some point in the further though, for sure!
So, I cheated a tiny bit I guess and recreated my second favorite day: the matte drips!

And honestly, they were better the first time I did it. LOL.

So, that's it for this challenge! This was the longest one I've ever completed, and probably the funnest one I've ever done! The whole way it was set up left so much room for creativity, I loved it!
So a huuuuuge thank you to Jilltastic for all her hard work setting this up for us, and to all the awesome creative people we had doing it with us! It's been super fun guys, and I hope to see you all in the next challenge! <3

Make sure to check out all the other bloggers final days too!

Flip/Flop February Day 27: Recreate Someone Else's!

Hi guys! It's Day 27 of Flip/Flop February! Tomorrow's the last day! I can't believe February went by so quick. This year is already flying by and I still keep saying 2012 LOL.

So today's theme is really fun, you get to recreate someone else's mani! And let tell you, it was soo hard to choose which one to do! All the girls in this challenge have been so creative, it was really difficult to settle on which one inspired me the most.
But, I finally settled on recreating the mani that Corrine from Galactic Lacquer did for her Rainbow day!

Here's the link to her original post:
http://www.galacticlacquer.com/2013/02/flip-flop-february-rainbow.html?

She did this goooorgeous mani with a blue backdrop, and rainbow dotting all the way down. I love it! :)

So here's my attempt to recreate it! (Hers is soooo much better!! Lol:) )

For this mani I used a base color of Essie - Lapiz of Luxury
And then for the rainbow dots, I used:
N.Y.C. - Big Apple Red
Wet'N'Wild Shine - Sunny Side Up
Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear - Mellow Yellow
Ulta - In The Lime-Light
Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear - The Real Teal
Wet'N'Wild Fast Dry - Buffy The Violet Slayer
Then I sealed with one coat of Seche Vite top-coat.

Don't forget to check back in tomorrow for our final day! And as always, go check out all the other bloggers manis! :)

Flip/Flop February Day 26: Favorite Polish!

Hi lovies! It's time for Day 26 of Flip/Flop February, only three days left!

So, today's Flip/Flop was A Theme You Missed/Favorite Polish, and amazingly, I actually didn't miss any themes on this one! :) I was kind of all over the please and late alot (sorry again about that lol) but I always caught up, so I didn't miss any! :)

So, obviously I went with favorite polish. This one was a no-brainer! :)

My favorite polish of my whole collection has definitely got to be "Not Like The Movies" from the OPI Katy Perry Collection.

This polish. Is so. COOL!
It's a duo-chrome shimmer, and it changes to soo many different hues!
There are actually some that I wasn't able to capture on camera. In addition to the ones you see, it can also turn this really light silver shade, then in the right light can look close to aqua. Then the green, the yellow-ish brown, dark brown, dark purple, and light purple. It's amazing.
I remember when I first bought it, I was texting the pictures to my sister and she was like "that's the same polish?! NO WAY." It's amazing. If you didn't see it change right in front of you, you wouldn't believe it would be the same polish, but it is! :)

I like how in some of the pictures, you can actually see the color change on some of the nails. Notice on the purple how it's shifting on my index finger to the lighter purple, and how on the yellow it's shifting to the silver on the bottom of my middle and ring fingers.

I love this polish so much, it's my absolute favorite that I've ever owned. It's so distracting when I wear it, especially if I'm out in the sun LOL. I just stare at my nails in a trance. :P

So that's my favorite polish in my collection! What's yours? Let me know in the comments, and leave links if you have pictures! I'd love to see! :)

And of course, don't forget to see what all the other bloggers favorites are! :)

Flip/Flop February Day 24: Tissue Paper/Rainbow

Hi lovies! It's time for Day 24 of Flip/Flop February! We're really nearing the end here now! :)

Today's Flip/Flop was Tissue Paper/Rainbow, and surprisingly, I actually didn't choose rainbow! :p
I've been wanting to try the tissue paper technique for awhile now, so I gave it a shot!

The way I did it was, I cut out small pieces of the tissue paper with the design I liked, then put a coat of clear polish (I used Seche Vite top-coat) on and stuck the tissue paper to it. I smoothed it out and held it for a few seconds until it stuck. Then I used a cuticle stick and a file to get off the excess paper, then sealed it with another coat of clear polish. :)

Make sure to check out the other bloggers manis as well! :)

Flip/Flop February Day 23: Lightning/Bows

Hello lovies! Time for Day 23 of Flip/Flop February! :)

So our Flip/Flop for this day was Lightning/Bows, and I went with lightning!

For the base I used Zoya - Storm, which I think works awesome because its basically a storm in a bottle! :p
Then for the lightning bolts I used Sinful Colors - Snow Me White.

Don't forget to check out the other bloggers manis! :)

Flip/Flop February Day 22: Plaid/Mustache!

Hello Lovelies! I'm all caught up on this Challenge, and now it's time for Day 22! :)

Today's Flip/Flop was Plaid/Mustache and... I did both! I did plaid with a mustache accent nail!

For the plaid I used:
Sephora by OPI - What Aura Gonna Wear?, I'm Wired, and Read My Palm.
For the mustache I used: Zoya - Storm (because why not have a sparkly mustache?! If I could grow one I'd totally cover it in glitter all the time. :D)
Then I sealed with Seche Vite top-coat. :)

Make sure to check out all the other bloggers manis! :)

Flip/Flop February Day 21: Flames/Dots

Hello lovies! It's time for Day 21 of the Flip/Flop February Challenge!

This days Flip/Flop was Flames/Dots.
I went with dots because I've been wanting to try the interlocking dots design for awhile now. :)

This was soo fun, the only thing I have to say is, I wish that my camera would've picked up the green color right! This is definitely NOT color accurate to that polish, it is for the pink but for some reason my camera decided to make my life difficult and not pick up the green correctly at all. It's such a pretty green too. Grrrr.

Anyways, for this mani I used:
Sephora by OPI - What Aura Gonna Wear?
Color Club - Wild Cactus
And then I sealed with a coat of Seche Vite top-coat. :)

Please don't forget to check out all the other bloggers manis as well! :)

Flip/Flop February Fay 20: Flowers/V-Gap

Hi lovelies! Time for Flip/Flop February Day 20!

This days Flip/Flop was Flowers/V-Gap!
I'm not big on floral print myself, and I already did some flowers in this challenge, so I decided to give V-Gap a shot.

Now I'm not gonna lie, I have to google what V-Gap was LOL. I don't know how why I've never seen this style before, but I had no clue it existed. I like it, it's a cool new style. I'm not completely in love with it, but I could see myself wearing this again.

There are a few different ways to do V-gap, I went with a technique that I saw on a YouTube tutorial, and painted the base color and then used a striping brush to paint the shape in the center.

For the base color I used Rimmel 60 Second Dry - Climax and for the v-gap shape I used Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear - Rockstar Pink. Then I sealed with a coat of Seche Vite top-coat. :)

Don't forget to check out the other bloggers manis! :)

Flip/Flop February Day 19: Wings/Outline. (Gamer Girl Nails!)

Hello lovelies!! :) it's time for Day 19 of the Flip/Flop February Challenge!

Today's Flip/Flop was Wings/Outline, and since I recently did some butterfly wing art before the start of this challenge, I decided to go with the flop and do outline!

I wanted to get creative with it and not just do a boring old two-tone mani, so I thought about and came up with something really fun! What do I think of when I think of outlines? Well, as sone of you may or may not know, I'm a nerdy gamer girl, so when I think outlines, the first thing that came into my mind where the buttons on my favorite console... Playstation! I've been a Playstation gamer since the PS1 came out all those years ago. Last year my sister and I split the cost and bought a PS3 together.

So I made the buttons!! :D these are sooo geeky and fun and I love them. They didn't come out perfect, but it makes me want to just button mash my pinky and upper-cut everyone!! Mwahaha.

For this mani I used a base color of Sally Hansen - Graphite Gravity, and for the buttons (L to R) I used:
Ulta - In The Lime-Light
ELF - Fab Fuchsia
Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear - The Real Teal
N.Y.C. - Big Apple Red
Then for the PS logo I used Sinful Colors - Snow Me White and sealed it all off with a coat of Seche Vite top-coat! :)

And hey! Press that ring finger and JUMP on over and check out the other bloggers! (I'm dork, I know. Sorry I'm not sorry! :p) :





ALSO!! A lovely follower of mine named Jaimie from A Ginger's Nail saw that I was hinting about my PS nails on my Facebook fan page, (I was too excited, I couldn't wait! xD) and she made these AMAZING X-Box nails so we could thumb wrestle. LOL.
So GAME ON!! Go check it out, her blog is great! :)

Here's a link to her nails:
http://agingersnail.blogspot.com/2013/02/xbox-nails.html?m=0

Flip/Flop February Day 18: Galaxy/Rhinestones!

Hello there lovies! It's Day 18 of Flip/Flop February! :)

Today's Flip/Flop was Galaxy/Rhinestones, and I chose the flip! :)
I've never actually done galaxy nails before, but I've always looveddd the look of them and have wanted to try them.

So for my galaxy I started off with a base color of Sally Hansen - Graphite Gravity, then I sponged on N.Y.C. Black Lace Creme. I thought it gave it a neat little metallic/black base for my galaxy.
Next, for my cosmos I sponged on Sephora by OPI - Just A Little Dangerous,
S-Age Is Just A Number, and I Think I Cayenne.
Then I dotted on a few stars using Sinful Colors - Snow Me White, then topped it off with a coat of Sephora by OPI - Meet Me At The Disco.
I really liked the addition of the holo glitter, I think it gave it a really cool starry look. :)

As always, please make sure to go check out all the other bloggers creations as well! :)

Flip/Flop February Day 17: Delicate Print/Newspaper!

Hi loves! So today is 17 of the Flip/Flop February Challenge!

Today's Flip/Flop was Delicate Print/Newspaper.
I totally intended to do newspaper nails, but I failed miserably when I tried it. LOL. So instead, I guess you could classify these as Delicate Print. I used a nail art pen to write cursive writing, so it sort of looks like newspaper print? LOL. I actually didn't hate these though.

For this mani I used a base color of
Sephora by OPI - Thyme For A Mani
And then used a black Sally Hansen nail art pen to write the lettering.

I decided for the words, rather that just having random lettering, to make it be some lyrics! So I used lyrics from one of my favorite songs, "Ours" by Taylor Swift.
This one part of the chorus is some of my all-time favorite lyrics, where she says:
"Don't you worry your pretty little mind. People throw rocks at things that shine, and life makes love work hard."
It's a little tough to see because of my crappy camera lol, but that's what it says. :)

And of course, don't forget to check out the other bloggers manis!! :)

Flip/Flop February Day 16: Animal Print/Stripes!

Hi lovies! It's time for Day 16 of the Flip/Flop February Challenge!

Today's Flip/Flop was Animal Print/Stripes.
So what did I go with? Well both, kind of. Zebra Stripes!! (Surprise, surprise! ;p)

And, in typical me fashion, they're rainbow zebra stripes! :D
This is actually my first shot at freehand zebra stripes, and I love the way they turned out! :)

To do these nails, I started off with a base of Sinful Colors - Snow Me White.
Then I sponged on the rainbow gradient using:
Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear - Twisted Pink
Sephora by OPI - And A Cherry On Top
Wet'N'Wild Shine - Sunny Side Up
Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear - Mellow Yellow
Ulta - In The Lime- Light
Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear - The Real Teal
Wet'N'Wild Fast Dry - Buffy The Violet Slayer
Then I used a black Sally Hansen Nail Art pen to freehand the zebra stripes, then sealed it with Seche Vite top-coat! :)

As always, please make sure to go check out all the other bloggers manis!

Flip/Flop February Day 15: Stamping/Jelly Sandwich!

Hiii lovies! Grrr, I'm a fail so much LOL. I fell so behind this weekend on this challenge, but I am now back on track, I promise! :)

This is day 15 of the Flip/Flop February Challenge, and our flip/flop was stamping/jelly sandwich.
Of cooouuuurse I went with jelly sandwich! I love me my jelly sammiches! :)

For this jelly sammich I used:
Sephora by OPI - And A Cherry On Top, which is a beautiful red jelly, and
Sephora by OPI - Justa' Pinch Of Glitter, a super pretty gunmetal glitter. :)

Don't forget to check out all the other bloggers manis! :)

Flip/Flop February Day 14: Valentine's Day/French Manicure!

Hi again! Do, I'm late. Again. I'm sorry. LOL. But it's time for Flip/Flop February Day 14: Valentine's Edition!

So I completely blanked on posting this yesterday, I'm so sorry, and today's post won't be up until tomorrow along with tomorrows post, so I'm sorry about that too. I'm a fail lol.

But anyways, the Valentine's Day Flip/Flop was Valentine's Day/French Manicure.
I had every intention of doing both and having two different manis for this post, but as you can tell time kind of got away from me LOL. So only one mani today unfortunately, and that is the Flip.

For my Valentine's Day themed mani I decided to do a classic Valentine's candy: Conversation Hearts!
These were actually not terrible up until my dreadful handwriting ruined them. Poo. I guess I should've used a stamper like most people do, but I don't have one with words on it haha.

So to clear up what they say incase you can't decode my chicken-scratch
(I don't blame you), starting at the index finger they say:
Be Mine
Kiss Me
I <3 You
Hug Me
And of course, because I was celebrating Single's Awareness Day this year, (coughAGAINcoughcough) I just had to include one of those little passive aggressive hearts, so my thumb says,
WHATEVER. :p

I wanted them to be matte, but I had no matte top-coat, nor any cornstarch. So I decided to try something I've been wanting to try for awhile, the turning old eyeshadow into nail polish trick! :)
It really does work, and it really make them matte! I will be doing this again in the future for sure.

The eyeshadow I used may or may not be an ancient old palette from when I was a really little kid back way in the 90's/early 2000's that has been sitting in my make-up box untouched since I was 6... LOL.
Uhm, yeah. I started going through my older make-up trying to decide what to use and found this old fossil. I couldn't even believe that I still had it LOL. It's one of those little "my first make-up" type things, I remember being like 6 and sitting at my little tykes vanity and slapping this stuff on along with my lip smackers, then going out with my 101 Dalmatians purse and feeling like such a grown-up woman. xD
It's apparently called the "Petite Miss Designer Collection" palette.

I'm not very smart and forgot to take pictures before I destroyed it, but it wasn't very pretty beforehand either, it was a toddlers make-up after all. :p

To show which powders I used, I marked the photo. To be cutesy since this is a Valentines Day theme, I marked them with little hearts. You're welcome. :p
I actually used the blush for the pink, and it worked pretty well. It came out a tiny bit thicker than the others that I did with the eyeshadows, but it was still usable.

To do this, I scraped off some pigments of eyeshadow, crushed it up as smooth as possible (I just used a cuticle pusher stick and my finger) then dropped in a few drops of clear nail polish. Then I used a medium-sized brush to mix it and paint it on my nail, and voila!

Then I went and wrote on it in my scribbles and messed it all up. LOL.
The color I used for the writing is ELF - Fab Fuchsia.

So that's my Valentines day mani! I don't know how to feel about this one. It was a win until I failed all over it with my writing LOL.

I hope you all had a wonderful Valentine's Day filled with love! Or a wonderful Singles Awareness Day filled with pizza and Netflix, like me. :P

Don't forget to check out the other bloggers V-Day manis! :)