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Autumn Stripes

Autumn Stripes, I love stripes but I don't have the patience it takes to make them perfectly straight like I prefer so I don't do them often. That is until I got my manicure tape from China. It took about 2 weeks and I got about 10 rolls for just a couple of dollars and no shipping. Pretty good deal if you ask me. So I chose to use Essie True Love again for the base and the following colors: OPI Chopsticking to My Story, China Glaze Trendsetter, Orly Sapphire Silk, and OPI Louvre me Louvre me Not. I wore this manicure for a whole week and that's along time for me lol. I almost added a black stripe over the top of all the stripes to give a framed looked but decided against it. I figured less is more.

Thoughts? Feelings? Concerns?

St. Patty's Day Mani

I was inspired to create a St. Patty mani with my dotting tools that I have not used as of yet. My cousin sent me a picture of her manicure which featured this cool dot design using alternate colors. I was so surprised at how easy the dotting tool was to use. Definitely will incorporate into my future manis. For the thumbs I used Jade: Sparkle Emerald and I caked it on as best I could but still didn't get the coverage I wanted. I should have used a different base color. Thoughts? Feelings? Concerns?

Orly: Wandering Vine, Milani: White on the Spot, OPI: Jade is the New Black, OPI: Mermaid Tears, Jade: Sparkling Emerald

What a compliment!

Another quick way I like to spice up my mani is by putting complimentary colors together. In the same way I did in the Modern Gold Diggers mani. Thoughts? Feelings? Concerns?

Revlon "Hot for Chocolate" accent finger Milani "Gold Glitz"

Ulta "Mint Condition" (thumb, middle, pinky) Orly Bailamos

Ulta "Total Eclipse" accent nail China Glaze "Brownstone"

Close to My Heart

There are some colors that truly touch my spirit as corny as that sounds. These colors make me feel so gorgeous, and applying them only enhances my initial love for them in the bottle. They are definitely Close to My Heart. Thoughts? Feelings? Concerns?

Essence "Date with the Night" is one of my all time favs. This is $.99 of pure joy

Nina Ultra Pro "Mossy Britches" is the prettiest green I own. It combines emerald. peridot, with gold undertones. Gorgeous!

OPI "Designer De Better" the first swipe of the brush I literally gasped in awe. It's like liquid platinum with flecks of gold. Amazing!

Ulta "Dance Teal Dawn". This is so deep and true to it's name. Literally the color dances in the light and switches from blue to green and back again. Great teal.

Orly "Ingenue" reminds me of OPI "Its My Year" It goes from fuchsia to the golden tan sparkle you see below. Another one that dances in the light.

China Glaze "First Mate" is a great blue that reminds me of my favorite jeans. Its the only blue that in my mind feels like a neutral color that I can wear with anything.

China Glaze "Unplugged". I was looking for a metallic chocolate brown and I found it in this color. I have a love of earth tones and metallics and this color combines both.

SH Diamond Collection "Save the Date" This is my absolute favorite color I have EVER worn. Not ever seen, but I have to say when I picked this up I didn't think I would love this so much. Lets' just put it this way: if the house was burning down I'm coming for this bottle.