FLORAL NAIL TATTOOS!

I have a fun one for you today ladies (= I was giving the kids at work tattoos when I frigged one up and noticed it stuck to my nail.  I remember seeing a long long time back something about temporary tattoos for nail decor.  I thought they were a special brand or a specific product, but they aren't!

Nail Tattoos!

 I started with 3 coats of white underneath, put a topcoat and let it set.  About 20 minutes later  I started tattooing.  This is what I used:

Five Below - $1

 Forgot to take picture THEN cut. Oops.

So I went floral, I wanted good coverage and shapes that made sense.

Right Hand.

I used the tattoos according to the instructions which is really easy.  Peel the acetate off, apply to nail and hold a wet towel until it slides off!  Super simple!  I patted the design down with the wet paper towel to get it to hug all of my nail curves and wait about 10 minutes before applying my topcoat.

There is a new strange kind of clean up involved though.  You can see on some of my fingers that there is some glue looking stuff.  The tattoo that adheres to the skin is tricky to get off without ruining the design on your nail.  Somewhat time consuming, about 20 minutes for a half-done looking job.  I suppose cutting the tattoos to your exact nail shape could ease clean up.  But like i said, this was my first time and there was some trial and error.  I can't wait to do this again (=

What do you think?!

watermelon mani and a confusing haul

HELLO! It's 2:00am. Ever just wanna type in caps? I really do right now, I want to yell this post at you. But I won't. I just want to megaphone this whole post. But again, I will do no such thing.  I wanted to make two separate posts but decided to make on mega post because it felt right.  I will be covering a haul and a watermelon inspired manicure. Onward!

WATAMELON.

It's "inspired", therefore not a direct representation of a watermelon.  I've done the watermelon manicure on the kids at work: red base color, green french tip and black polka dots.  It's actually cute but it wasn't working for me this time so I dodged it.

2 coats of Essie "too too hot" (red)
3 coats of L.A. Colors "Energy Source" (white)

My biffle, Coryn, gave me the Essie.  SO WATERY. It flooded my cuticles before I even knew what happened.  But for once, it didn't take 42 coats like all my other attempts with Essie have, so can't complain!  It's really pretty though, once I realized it was watery I just used less polish and it was fine.  Then I added black and white dots with my dotting tool.  The watermelon shapes I got at Sally Beauty Supply for $5.50 along with a bunch of other fruit shapes.

They're flat. My nails are not.  A tiny bit of practice and I'll be able to get them to lay flush in no time!  Super cute designs though.  They also had a flower wheel but I was really drawn to the fruitsies.  OK HAUL TIME.

So it's official.  My drawers used for polish are PACKED full.  So any polish I've been purchasing lately just sits on my desk.  Right now I count about 25 just sitting here.  I can barely move my mouse anymore.. so what does this girl do? DUH - SHE GOES TO A DOLLAR STORE AND BUYS A TON MORE.

"dizzy" - "yellow aura" - UGH THE STICKER IS GONE.

"Hallucination" - "Nude" (wtf?) - "Floral Wind"

"Hallucination" looks like glass slippers to me, love that!  The middle polish is a clear jelly base with holographic glitter, stars and moons. So, naturally, it's "nude"?.....?? This dollar store brand takes their business seriously as you can clearly see.  Also, the random decision to capitalize some polish names and leave others makes me "lol".  One I have from a month or so ago actually has a typo and is "royal puple". NOT A WORD.

"Broken Hearted"- "Black Shimmer" - "Planet"

 WRONG. WRONG. IT'S ALL WRONG.  First, this picture sucks. It's really dark; my bad.  Second, "black shimmer" is actually black glitter. It LOOKS like its in a black base, but oh no, dollar store scammers got me this time.  Its CLEAR. It's black glitter in a clear base.  And it's not even glitter, it's just tiny black plastic squares, lol. In this case, I got what I paid for. So now I have 9 new polishes to add to my desk.  Nice, I'll just keep my diet coke on my head.

essence "Where is the Party?"

Where is the party, you ask? On my nails evidently.  Duochromes remind me of disco balls but not for the obvious reasons, lol.  I think they're both fun to watch.  It's OK, I'm 65% crazy, so either judge or move on xD

3 coats of Essence "Where is the Party?"

I did 3 coats, but 2 was enough.  I started the 3rd coat and realized it didn't need it but finished because, well, just because.  I also smudged my ring finger on my car keys, oops.

It's purple!

And then it's not!

Greeeeeeeeen!

Sunlight shows its rainbow (=

WOW.

Then I ruined it with "silver shatter" and took it off.

With my experiences with Essence, I've never encountered any problems.  Fantastic formula, great cover and application and decent wear. I got this for 99 cents at Ulta and absolutely recommend it for anyone who finds it purty.

yellow rainbow and ladybug mani

LOOOOOOOOOOOOVE yellow.  I was fiddling with my yellows and thought I would show them to you.

Bundle Monster plate 13

 Eek dry skin! Sorry, I took this right after I got out of the shower and removed it before I checked the photos, so this is the best I could do given those circumstances.  The cuteness factor should totally override the dryness factor though.  I used Wet N Wild "Black Creme" and "Red Red" for stamping.  An impatient me evidently applied the topcoat too soon.  There was some streaking which I should have known better to avoid. sadsad.

My yellow skittles (=

3 coats of each.

 I can't decide what I like best.  Warm golden tones like "Sundancer" are always enticing to me, but the brightness of "Lightening" is really summery and fun.  "Unicorn" and "Yellow Kitty" are softer which remind me more of springtime and as mentioned a few posts before, "Cayman Island" is pretty (to me) only under specific lighting.

Anyways, which is your favorite yellow swatched here?  What about your all time favorite yellow?

green jelly, naked nails and a disapproving kitty

This post is pic heavy, but hopefully you'll enjoy it.  Naked nails, a fail, a kitty and a fabulous green jelly!

B.S.N Lacquer in "Ivy" - 2 coats.

This is a dollar store brand.  My local shopping center opened a huge dollar store with a TON of nail polish!  BSN stands for "Beauty Sense of New York".  I am not sure if these are 3FREE as they have a unique smell to them.

Squishy!

 "Ivy" is a medium green jelly that applied WONDERFULLY! I don't care for most greens but this is really fun.  This is two thin coats.  Could have used a third but too late for that.

So then I was all, "Hey, what should I add to it?!" - I wore it for a full day before ruining it, though.

OPI "Black Shatter" & "Silver Shatter"

And then, I went, "Hey, lets layer shatters!" and that's where it got ugly. I didn't put a topcoat between the layers of shatter, so that is where the ugly is coming from.

Enlarge to witness epic fail man's disapproval.

 Ew. It's chunky and nasty. Don't do what I did. Even if i put the topcoat in between it still would've been fug.

Even Ralphie is judging me.

 And then the fail continues..

DINGY GREEN STAINS.

 That's my first photograph of naked nails too, by the way. But I fixed it really quick, I just used a fine grit buffer block.

All better (=

 And now I get to do it all over again..

funky fingers "Kingston" neon nail polish

Considering I am not crazy about oranges or neons really, I enjoyed this nail polish!  Under the fluorescent lighting at Five Below, it looked a little pink (like, deep pink) but it really isn't. Anyways, look!

2 coats of Funky Fingers "Kingston" over 3 coats
of some random white polish.

Excuse the tipwear.  This was after a day and a half of wear and a full day of work.  I also didn't wrap them at all.  Also, as you can see, I messed up my index finger when cleaning up the edges and didn't have the energy to fix all those layers so I left it as is.  Looks a little wonky but you should get the idea.

In the shade.

In the sun. Looks like tomato color here (=

Completely unaltered!

I can't believe how much it glows.  None of these pictures are edited in any way.  Well  I cropped them, but that doesn't count.  This is the first time I've used white underneath, and the results were stunning!  I bought this at Five Below with two other polishes which came out to 3 for 5$.