nail art

This week I went a little crazy with the first mani, yes, first.

 I used Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear's Mint Sorbet and Celeb City, mixed in some cosmetic glitter and  Milani Nail Art silver [ADD in some white hand-painted flowers and pink rhinestones]

 

I used the good-old masking tape to do a slanted design. I recommend doing the base color HOURS before using the masking tape and sticking the tape to something before using it.

 

Well, after all that work I took it off the next day. It was just too much. 

It's dark and rainy here in northern California - so I chose my trusty Jessica Midnight Moonlight.

I couldn't resist a little sparkle (and had to cover an imperfection) - I love Essie's Set in Stones.

 

This will probably stick around until Sunday - no St. Patty's green for me!

for girly girls #2

Still on my never-ending search for a nude that works for me. Let's cut to the chase - this is not it. But never-the-less, here is this weeks mani link-up with the Nail Files!

SH image via

This weeks manicure - Sally Hansen Complete Manicure - Nude Now. I topped it off with Essie - All-in-one, which I mentioned last week. The whole idea behind this line of SH polishes is you don't need a base or top coat - but I am a skeptic. I NEED a top coat. If I can make a manicure last 4 or 5 days, I am overjoyed. This is actually already off, for a total of 4.5 days, since tomorrow is cleaning day at our old place and it would get ruined anyways.

Anyways, this is just not my color. Too orange for a fair-skinned gal like me. I got this at Wal-mart, but I recently looked at Rite-Aid and they have a ba-jillion more nude-tones that I would have rather tried. Ugh. On to the next nude for me!

P.s. please don't judge my cuticles.