whatever will be, will be

Red: Revlon Top Speed "Fire"

White: Sally Hansen Xtreme Nails "White On"
Black: Kiss Nail Art
Silver: Kiss Nail Art

Now, just to explain, the tips of my nails are not showing, they were originally white on top of the red but it just didn't look great to me so I attempted to paint over them, as we see, this failed, so I later redid this manicure, I just don't have pics of the redo.

pink wednesday

So, I stumbled upon this concept before I started my blog but never participated.

Here's the banner & a link so you all can check it out!

http://onwednesdayswewearpink.com/

Although I had a yellow manicure for my brothers graduation I decided to do a really quick, really rough pink manicure just to use my neglected pink polishes and to participate in this awesome idea!

Base: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri "Sonic Bloom" - 2 coats (In the bottom picture, it's the middle stripe)

The top and bottom stripes are two shades of pink from Kiss Nail Art.

they call me mellow yelloooow (:

I had my brothers grade nine graduation and despite the fact that today is Wednesday and we wear pink on Wednesdays (See next blog), my dress is black, white and yellow. So, without further adieu, today's manicure.

Base Coat: Sally Hansen X-Treme Wear "Mellow Yellow"

FIVE coats. This polish just was not working for me. As you can see in my top pictures, there's a couple flaws that just would not cover so I let the nail art cover them.

The nail art is Black nail art by Kiss. I kinda liked this manicure better with 2 flowers on the thumb and then just 1 on each other one but I got a little carried away.

lightening

So, this is the BEST yellow polish i've ever used. I've had it for years and wear it regularly. It is the least streaky yellow i've ever used and I took a picture of the first and third coats to show this.

It's by Sally Hansen Insta-Dri and is called "Lightening".

1 coat

3 coats

With Black Nail Art paint by Kiss

White Nail Art by Kiss

Finished Product, finished off with Silver Nail Art by Kiss and a top coat.

monarch mani.

I did this manicure today, adapted from the many, many, many times i've seen this done in different ways. I was inspired by a tank top I bought today and needed a new manicure to match it.

The orange base is actually just from a dollar store; the brand is SHC but there isn't a color listed on the bottle.

The designs are again done with Kiss Nail Art Paint; black for the outline, white for the dots and silver for a little added glam!

dandelions.

So, I was inspired for this manicure by MaD Manis, one of my favorite blogs, check them out!

I did this manicure yesterday, before I got the idea to start a blog so I didn't swatch the base coat on it's own. Not the best pictures, but if I duplicate it, I will update the pictures.  For the base coat I used Sally Hansen's Complete Salon Manicure: Gray by Gray. Next time I change my manicure, i'll swatch it but for now, I took a picture from google.

For the dandelions, I used "Kiss Nail Art Paint" which comes in a kit of three different colours with some stencils. However, the stencils aren't very useful as i've found that they rip after a few uses.

This nail polish is great! It lasts long (although I change my manicures daily) and is really easy to freehand designs! I used the black to do the stem, adding a sepal to the top. Then, I used white to add the flower - just a bunch of lines. The fly away seeds are also done in white. Lastly, to add a little glam, I added three thin streaks of silver into the flower part.

This manicure was really easy and really fun to do!