Maybelline Iced Queen Dotticure

Hi girls! I just want to say how completely bummed I am that I have not done ONE Christmas mani so far this holiday season. This is my favorite time of year and it deeply saddens me that life has gotten in the way of it! I am finishing the first part of my Thesis, which I have to defend on Monday. I have been a big ball of stress lately! 

The mani I have today is a fun dotticure! I ordered dotters from Amazon a while back and just got around to using them. Here is a break down of what I used

Base: Maybelline Iced Queen

Dots:

Dark purple = Model's Own - Pure Purple

Holographic: China Glaze IDK

Dusty purple: American Apparel Dynasty

Thanks for looking <3

China Glaze Marry a Millionaire

Ah, tomorrow is hump day! Ever since I started my job in January I have not had as much me time as I would like - aka paint my nails and relax time! I work 8:30 to 7 most days and by the time I get home from the gym I am pooped! All I want to do is read blog posts haha

China Glaze had the right idea - Marry a Millionaire. No work, just nails :) I bought this polish sometime around the holidays and tried it on its own. My mistake - I really dislike wearing glitters on their own so this time I layered Marry a Millionaire over Model's Own Pure Purple. I enjoyed the results of this much better! 

Thanks for stopping by ! 

Models Own Pure Purple

Well hello! Hope you all had a great weekend. Are you American's as eager for Thanksgiving as I am?? I have family coming on Wednesday and will be prepping until then -buying pies and yummy treats!

Today I have another mani inspired by a photo I found on pinterest.

(http://lovemaegan.tumblr.com/post/12306250517)

I used Models Own Pure Purple, which I won from OMGPolishEm's give away ages ago!

I wish i had more access to Models Own polishes. Their formula is amazing.

The two cremes I have tried so far have been so opaque, apply evenly, and wear fairly well.

I added a stripe of OPI's It's My Year to give it a little sparkle :)

As you can see I ended up with a different look due to all the little glitters, and not many hex glitters, but I love it just the same.

Green Striped Mani

A while ago Oooh Shinies posted a Striped Mani and I fell in love with it!

I keep a folder in inspiration mani's and did this on a whim the other night.

Instead of using blue I picked out 3 greens - Models Own Lime Green as a base

I then striped it with OPI Greenwich Village and Jade is the New Black

Originally I was going to use tape to get clean lines but it had gotten late and I didn't feel like waiting for each polish to dry. I carefully did one stroke of OPI Greenwich Village and used the thinner side of the brush when striping Jade is the New Black.

Despite freehanding the stripes I think they came out pretty good.

I will definitely be trying this mani out again!

Models Own Pink Lady (Flower)

A while ago I won OMG Polish 'Em's blog give away and I am so sorry I have

not posted anything about it until now!

I received 2 konad polishes, plates, and 4 Models own Polishes.

I was very excited when I won because I don't have access to Model's Own

in stores around me.

The first one I tried was Pink Lady. I love the name - Grease is one of my favorite movies!

Pink Lady is a medium pink polish with a blue shimmer. SO PRETTY!

On my accent finger I did a few coats of OPI I Think in Pink.

At first I thought I was going to need 3 coats because it was a little bit thin the first coat.

But the 2nd coat was just enough.

I added a stamp using BM 12 and the Konad pink and white I received from the giveaway.

:)