Orly Butterflies

This is a semi-sheer neon pink. Application was great. I added Essie Matte About You.

Two coats, no top coat

With Matte About You

Revlon Whimsical - 1

I wanted Revlon Whimsical as soon as I discovered its existence. But, alas, I couldn't find it for some time. When I finally did find it (it was at Ulta) I was under a no-buying-of-polishes ban in an attempt to squash my nail polish addiction. But my sister knew how much I wanted it so she bought it for me. Thank you sister!

Note: My fiancé and I each decided to give something up for three months. I gave up buying polishes and he gave up fast food. As a reward, we will each buy the other person something they want for themselves but wouldn't spend money on now because we are saving up for our wedding. I haven't bought any polish for 1 month 1 week!

So here is OPI Sitting Under the Apple Tree as the base and Revlon Whimsical on top.

One coat of Whimsical

Two coats of Whimsical. It's so pretty!

OPI Sitting Under the Apple Tree

This is a perfect Spring-y green with gold shimmer. It is sheer, but that only means it would work for a jelly sandwich manicure. ;-)

Concert Nails!

My fiancé bought Foster the People concert tickets. It was great! Kimbra opened and Foster the People started with my favorite song of theirs.

I did this manicure to match my concert outfit. I immediately regretted adding the Cina Rhinestones but was too tired to redo the nail. I loved the gradient though. I used Orly Sweet Peacock and OPI Clubbing Til Sunrise.

Rhinestones for My Mom

I used China Glaze Sex on the Beach and Cina Rhinestones on my mom's nails.

With Flash

In Indoor Lighting

Cupcakes - Poll Winner

I always wanted to try out the cupcake look. This was much harder than I had expected but well worth the time. I think they are so cute! I used Grace Advantage French Beige, OPI Pink-ing of You, Essie Turquoise & Caicos, Lapiz of Luxury, and Blanc, and Ulta Duty Free Shopping Spree along with Cina rhinestones and Recollections microbeads for chocolate sprinkles on my ring finger.

Grace Advantage French Beige was used a a base for the whole nail. Grace Advantage is a smaller brand and their polishes are salicylate, formaldehyde, toluene, camphor, and dibutylpthalate free. The formula was sheer, as it should be, but was a little streaky with two coats.

Pictured with Essie Blanc

Pictured with OPI Pink-ing of Your

Pictured with Essie Lapiz of Luxury

From left to right, top to bottom: 1. Paint a sheer base color and, once dry, paint 1/3 from the tip of your nail up with a color (pink). 2. Using a thin brush, paint stripes on the pink using a different color (purple). 3. Paint a strip of white right above the pink and purple. Use your nail polish brush to round the white polish to try to match the curve of your cuticle. Then, with a dotting tool or round end of a small makeup or paint brush, drag some of the white polish onto the pink and purple stripes. 4. With a dotting tool, make your sprinkles and add a rhinestones on top.

Balloons or Lollipops?

This is an older manicure that has so many colors I can't remember them all.