St. Paddy's Mani Take 1

Since rebuilding my polish collection and learning how to fauxnad, I decided to play around with some stuff.  I honestly don't care that it doesn't match all that much.  I also, shockingly, am not my usual anal self upset that it's not perfect.  I think it's different, cute, and was fun to work with. 

What I used: 
Pure Ice - Free Spirit (green)
NYC - French Tip White (white)
No named orange from a Bed, Bath, Beyond set
Nina Ultra Pro - Vintage Velvet (green with gold shimmer for stamping.  not sure if it's still available @ Sally's)
M71 plate from Born Pretty
Scotch Tape
Sinful Colors Quick Dry (love this stuff - $3.99 @ Walgreen's)

The first 2 pics were taken with my iPhone and are pretty crappy quality.  The last 2 were taken with my DSLR.  This is by no means perfect, and I was just playing around.  My cuticles look horrible and my lines are a bit messed up.  I will say that my index and middle fingers on my right hand have a crack below the nail line.  I currently have a Sally Hansen product that I absolutely do not like on those nails.  Fortunately it was on clearance when I got it.  When I take this off, I'll most likely try the "tea bag" method as seen HERE. 

left hand before I stamped the shamrocks on

Right hand.  I put the white on first

Right hand.

Left hand.

TOODLES Y'ALL!!!

Love My Nails: New Love(571) & a no named red

I decided to do these 2 colors together since they're like cheapy cheap.

First off, we have the brand Love My Nails and the color New Love.  I'll admit this polish is ages old.  I don't even remember WHY I bought it, but I think because it was a cheap red & I was really broke at the time.  I haven't wore this shade in forever either and I remember it's because you can't really get much wear out of this.  I think it chipped the day after I wore it.  For this swatch, I only had it on long enough to snap a picture.  When I took it off, it almost slid off the nail in one whole piece. 

inside/flash/2coats

sunlight/no flash/2 coats

This is a really pretty red creme, but I don't know why I haven't trashed this yet.  I checked Bari Cosmetics and this is still available.  I haven't paid much attention to see if this brand is still even at Wal-Mart.  Though I was kinda shocked that Bari Cosmetics makes this because I really LOVE their Pure Ice brand.  Maybe they've changed the formula of their Love My Nails line, but I haven't bothered to try. 



Then I've swatched this next red.  This came from a clearance kit I got at Bed, Bath, & Beyond and you can see the package/kit here.  I've only tried this once and used it for stamping the lip marks on my toenail.  Shockingly it's a thick polish and looks more like a pinkish red.  I still like it though.

inside/flash

sunlight/no flash

Sorry for the reflection on that last one.


TOODLES Y'ALL!!!