Confetti Water Marble

Hello lovelies! I'm still getting over the stomach flu right now (fun times!), so I won't be very long winded today. It's been a while since I've done a water marble and have been jonesing to do another one. Then I was entering into Mucking Fusser's Magnificent Milestone Giveaway and one of the entries was to post a water marble. Perfect timing!

Glitter Tropical Fruit Smoothie

Happy Monday everyone! How is the start of your week going? The sun is shining bright here, and that always puts me in a good mood!

This weekend I did a gradient with the two colors that I swatched in my Clinique Bonus post. I knew I wanted to do something else with it but couldn't make up my mind. I enlisted some help from ya'll on facebook where it was suggested to do glitter tips. So thank you Shawna! You can't really go wrong with glitter, can you? And thank you Melanie for the idea for the title. You guys are the best! :)

When I do a manicure, I always do my right hand first. I practice my technique and design ideas on that hand so I can fine tune everything before I do my left hand (the one I photograph). My left hand usually looks much better as a result. For some reason though, my right hand ended up looking much better. My gradient looked much more "gradient" like, with the colors blending together more smoothly. How annoying.
In those cases I still photograph my left hand for a few reasons. First, it's just awkward trying to handle my camera in my non-dominant hand. Second, I don't take as good of care of my right hand so my cuticles and nail shape are always a little wonky. What can I say? I'm lazy. Lastly, even though the gradient looked better, I still wanted to use that as my test hand for how I wanted the glitter to look.

What I used:
Clinique Hi Sweetie- hot pink
Clinique Really Rio- coral
Nicole by OPI Stars at Night- bar holo glitter
piCture pOlish Glitter Ball- round holo glitter

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Better Contact OSHA

I had an unpleasant start to my morning. Whilst I was still lying in bed my daughter comes near, grabs two polish bottles from the dresser and starts clinking them together. Then a chunk of glass breaks off one and flies INTO MY EYEBALL! Seriously, what are the chances? I was able to get it out right away, my daughter was unharmed. We'll see how my eyesight is doing in a couple of days... sheesh. This is a hazardous hobby people! Needless to say I will be doing all future manis wearing safety goggles and a hard hat.

Here's a simple manicure that I did to test out my new Essie Naughty Nautical. When this color came out I really didn't think I'd buy it. I generally shy away from green. But the more I saw it in the ads and at the store, the more I heard its siren song. For someone who is not a fan of green, I kinda have a thing for this color. 

The flaky top coat that's on my ring finger is  Nichole by OPI in Heavenly Angel. This is my first experience with a flaky and it's going to take some practice to get the hang of it I know. There were a couple of flakes that just didn't want to cooperate with me. Still, I love the dimension it added!

Three Cheers for the Red, White and Blue

The holiday is past, but I still wanted to post this mani. I had fun trying some things new to me. I love this red and was happy for the excuse to use it. It's the perfect summertime red. I thought the dots turned out fairly well.

On my right hand I was going for fireworks but it looks kind of blobby. It stood out even more to me when I was watching fireworks and realized how much it didn't look like that! Oh well. I like the glitter coat over it. It was good to practice doing more art with my left hand. 

What I have on:

Red Hot Ayers Rock OPI (red creme)

Dating a Royal OPI (blue creme)

My Boyfriend Scales Walls OPI (dull white creme)

Stars at Night Nicole by OPI (glitter topper)