China Glaze High Hopes Funky French

Happy Hump Day! Hope your week is going well so far.

Before I get into my NOTD I just want to welcome

and thank all of my followers!

It really means a lot that you guys take the time to look at my posts so I really

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Ok ok, onto the post :)

Thequeeneileen did a french manicure tutorial with For Audrey and

I fell in love with it!

I changed it up slightly and am really pleased with it :)

I used China Glaze's High Hopes from the Up and Away Collection for the tips and then just a random striper from The Icing

It was really easy to do. I got tons of compliments on it at work :)

NOTD: Zoya Savita

Today's NOTD is a matte, my only one!

The first time I tried this I didn't even get around to putting on a second coat

before deciding I hated mattes. Today I decided I should give it one more

shot before getting rid of it.

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I am really glad I gave it a second chance. Its a really pretty deep purple with

a little pink shimmers GAW-GEOUS

The pink was even more apparent (in real life) with a top coat.

Now I am thinking of ordering some of the new summer mattes!

Happy Easter NAILARToftheday

I really wanted to get this post up earlier but there was no time!

Busy day, lots of food :) Visited cousins, and godparents for Easter breakfast and dinner.

I hope you all had a great Easter for those that celebrate.

I was so inspired by all of the Easter manis on MUA I wanted to do my own!

Here's a breakdown

Thumb: OPI Parlez Vous OPI, Color club Alabaster, Sally Hansen Insta Dri Fuchsia Flare, SH Inta Dri Jade Jump

Index Finger: Fuchsia Flare, SH Insta Dri Blue Away, Zoya Pippa

Middle Finger: ALL COLORS LISTED ABOVE

Ring Finger: Jade Jump, CC Alabaster, Fuschia Flare, Blue Away

Pinky: SH Blue Away, Pippa

This was a lot of fun to do !! I wish Easter lasted more than one day so I could keep it on longer haha.

NOTD: China Glaze White Cap

I went through about 4 mani's in 2 days this past weekend. I was unsatisfied with EVERYTHING I came up with.

I finally ended up with something pretty simple.

I did 2 coats of Color Club's Alabaster

and 2 coats of China Glaze White Cap

White Cap is one of my favorite nail polishes. It looks great over pretty much ANY color.

Someone mentioned it looks really pretty over plain white so I decided to try it!

Unfortunately, it was a gloomy day so I couldn't take pics outside to

capture more of the gold flecks that show!

What are your thoughts on White Cap?

WEEK 3 Weekly Round up

I apoligize I do not have the pictures, I was unable to view them on my mac.

Enjoy these pretty ladies nails anyway though :)

Grace is staying on trend rocking the colour block ooooohpretty

TheNailAddict

Here is LingLing's classy twist on an old favorite

Stacie went wild and got a tumblr account and posted a Kate Middleton Engagement Ring inspired manicure! http://kawaiinailart.tumblr.com/

Sharon was feeling beautiful in blue

Trisha broke a heart or 2

Jen played with her new bundle monster plates to make this Spring dream manicure

Check out Claire’s paw print French tutorial

Have a great weekend!

Shredded Tape Mani

Last week I received a few Avon polishes. Since my blog thus far has consisted of mostly

blue I figured I would share a green with you guys!

This is Electric Green from Avon. This is my first polish from Avon but I have heard

this particular one is a bit thinner than the other polishes.

This is 2 coats, the 2nd one a bit thicker to make it more opaque.

It is a really nice bright green with yellow undertones - GREAT for summer

I also bought one of the new Petite Color Fever polishes a couple of weeks ago and thought

it would look great over Electric Green! Daze is a bright, almost lime green with pretty glitters in it!

This is 2 coats of Daze over Electric Green

Finally, I finalized the mani with a tape design created by the ever so creative Chloe!

I usually can never stay satisfied with a polish for more than 1-2 days so I thought

this was a good way to change it up everyday!

NOTzd: Essie Coat Azure

I went through my untrieds today and picked Essie's coat Azure.

Blue is my favorite color to wear, a majority of posts on my blog so far

have been blue. I need to incorporate more variety but I just can't help it lol.

I thought this was a good choice too since it is still Autism Awareness month!

Coat Azure is a really pretty light to medium blue with pretty shimmers!

For some reason me and Essie don't get along! The brush is way too small for

my liking and I found this formula a little thick. Actually, if your in a rush this could probably

be a really nice one coater!

I was unsure about picking this up. I had seen a lot of swatches on blogs and MUA and each time I saw it, it looked different. Im glad I got it though - It's gorgeous!

I added a BM later on

Plate: BM16

Stamped w* SH Insta Dri in Blue Away

Dots: Zoya Pippa

Weekly Blog Round Up!

Grace made a great tutorial video on how to use a konad and have these fantastic nails

Emily watched put a twist on the usual nautical manicure. Watch out for the sharks!

Stacie went all a flutter

Sharon dragged her way to a perfect manicure

Jen played with fimo this week and came up with this awesome design

Nicole is pretty in pink with this Fauxnad design

Dawn kept the doctor away with this fantastic apple design

Lovin Nails used China Glaze Four Leaf Clover for a gorgeous accent nail manicure

Claire was rocking with this cool shellac tutorial

And as a little bonus we love this tutorial by the lovely Leanne at do not refreeze

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I hope you enjoy looking at these talented ladies work!

Pink Fauxnad Fun

The past couple of days I have been browsing tumblrs dedicated

to nail art.

There is such amazing creativity on tumblr its unbelievable

Needless to say, I was totally inspired & replicated a fauxnad

mani:

On my pinky I used one of the new Sally Hansen Insta-Dries in Rose Rush. I stamped it with BM19. On my ring finger I used OPI's Show It and Glow It (borrowed from a darling friend). I painted my middle finger Flawless by Essie and stamped it with BM17

On my index finger I used OPI's I Think in Pink and stamped it with BM02 using Konad white and Sally Hansen Rose Rush. I used American Apparel's Dynasty on my thumb and 2 images from BM17.

Mon Coin a Moua's Giveaway

I normally don't do separate blog posts for giveaways

but this one is so huge I feel like I have to!!

To thank her 1000+ followers moncoinamoua is hosting a giveaway

with 100 items!

you can check out this giveaway here:

http://moncoinamoua.blogspot.com/2011/03/my-biggest-giveaway-ever.html

Blue Nails for Autism Awareness

The other day on twitter @ColourCoated (check out her blog here)

asked if anyone was interested in participating in a Blue Nails for Autism Awareness project.

April 2nd is World Autism Awareness Day

Everyone is encouraged to wear blue in order to raise awareness, encourage early diagnosis and early intervention and to celebrate the lives of those that we care about who have autism.

A family friend of mine has a 6 year old boy with autism, and with my love for blue nail polish

I had to participate!

Throughout the month of April I will do a series of Blue Nails for Autism Awareness month.

For my first Blue mani I have incorporated China Glaze's For Audrey, a very pale blue.

I was inspired to do this mani after Steph's Closet St. Patrick's Day tutorial

This is my first attempt at a plaid mani and while it took a while, I think

it came out decent. Mind you, photographed is my left hand & unlike many of you

that is my dominant hand!

I was shocked my lines came out as straight as they did considering this was done with my right hand!

Here are the products I used. Some of the stripes were done with Sally Hansen's Nail

Art Pen. Without this baby the mani probably would have been a disaster!

Most of the hotizontal lines were done with a striper from The Icing.

Are you wearing Blue for Autism Awareness Day?

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