Add a Little Lace!

Hello, dolls!

Happy Saturday to you all!!  I hope you had a fantabulous week and are enjoying your weekend :)  Today's post is a simple one.  I've really been into black/dark polish the last couple of weeks.  There is just something so elegant about dark polishes... I dunno lol...

 Colors Used:  Rimmel - Black Satin, China Glaze - Champagne Bubbles

I started with 2 coats of Black Satin and Champagne Bubbles (from CG's 2011 Holiday Collection).  I feel like it's the perfect shade of yellow gold for me.  Sometimes gold polishes can make my nail look gangrenous.  It's not cute haha.

I then applied a lace applique from a Fing'rs "Lace Up" kit I found at Walmart a while back.  I seriously love these stickers.  They make nail-arting a cinch when you're in a hurry!

I added the crystal at the last moment and then top coated with OPI Rapi Dri :)

 Gotta love lace!

Alright lovelies, I'm off to do a million and one things!  Have a good one :D

Until next time! 

Stef <3

Church Mani: Concertized Lace

Hello, lovelies!

I'm sorry I was MIA this weekend :(  I had my final spring concert with my chamber choir on Saturday, stayed out way too late that night celebrating with friends and fam and then had to be up early for church the next morning.  While I was prepared for that and painted my nails accordingly, I was surprised by how tired I was when I got home SUnday.  I just did not feel like blogging haha.  Enough of my schpiel, onto the mani!

 Colors Used:  Love & Beauty - Beige, Rimmel - Black Satin

I was inspired by a mani that I saw by Neverland Nail Blog :)  I did 2 coats of each base and then free-handed the babe of the the lace design.  I added the details with my dotting tool and then topcoated.   Unfortunately, I only managed to get 2 decent pics of this mani *sigh*

This is definitely a design that I an going to try again soon :D

I hope you all have a very happy, peppy Monday!

Until next time!

Stef <3

Say Hello to Gloria! :)

Heeeeeyyy!  How's it going?  I hope your week started off well :)  I have nothing new to report and I'm super excited about this mani so I'm just gonna jump right in lol.

For today I decided to use Julep - Gloria, and man oh man am I so very glad I did!  This polish is unbelievably awesome!!  I almost wore it alone but decided at the last minute to add some lacing...

I applied 3 coats of Gloria (2 probably would have sufficed but I wanted to make sure there was no streaking).  Then I applied 1 coat of Seche Vite.  I've always had a love for the color coral and this polish is just so... nomtastic!!  hahaha :P

Photo's of the mani outdoors:

The formula on this polish is perfection.  I think it my be the best polish in my entire collection.  Have I gushed enough about this beauty???  I'm just not too sure ;)

*sigh* I'm a happy lady, that is all...

Until next time!

Stef <3

Church Mani: Nail FAIL! :(

Hey there ladies,

I hope this Sunday has treated you well :)  My post today will probably be ranty and full of angsty irritation. Grrrr....

For starters let me just say that I am having a terrible, no-good, very-bad nail weekend (and it makes me mad!).  I bought some lacey nail stickers that I thought would be really cute as french tips on my nails for church today...

I bought these for $1.99 at a Rite Aid  drugstore

I applied 2 coats of CG - Love Letters to my nail beds.  Then I added 1 thin coat of  Sally Hansen -  White On to the very tips of my nails to "wrap" them.  And then I busted out the nail glue (to help secure the stickers) and started applying away...

I should mention that I did these yesterday afternoon before getting ready to see an LA Philharmonic concert (date night, woohoo! lol).  A) These were a pain in the butt to apply. B) From far away they were cute but up-close they looked like a mess.  Partially my fault, I suppose.  C)  They started to lift / peel off by the time we went to dinner 3 HOURS LATER!  I applied 3 coats of SV to these suckers and still they couldn't hang!  I was pretty peeved!

When we got home I immediately took them off and decided to do a simple frenchie with stickers on my ring-finger beds (because those were the only ones that stayed on well).  Aaaaand I mucked it up horribly!

Colors Used: Sally Hansen - White On, China Glaze - Fairy Dust

I was impatient with this mani because I was tired and I just wanted to go to bed.  I did a terrible job with the tips and then I didn't wait for them to dry before adding the Fairy Dust.  BIG mistake.  HUGE!  The Fairy Dust made the White On do this weird bubbling / smearing thing, but with only 5 hours of sleep left to look forward to, I wasn't about to start over.  So I Seche Vite-ed it and went to bed.

My tips for today:  Be careful as to what products you choose to use on your fingers and BE PATIENT!  Good manis come to those who wait lol :)

Until next time!

Stef <3