Day 22 - Inspired by a SONG

For today's post, I honestly had no idea what song to pick. I had no clue. Until I looked at my desk and realized the perfect song. Like the true college student that I am, I have a solo cup near at all times. So then I thought of Toby Keith's Red Solo Cup. LOL. This song is so ridiculous. Kind of like my nails.

So here is today's manicure! And by today, I mean this should have been posted yesterday.

Down at the bottom you can watch Red Solo Cup if you have not yet heard the song, and also there is a picture of where I originally saw the beer pong outline. 

Polishes Used: For my thumb nail, I used Sinful Colors Black on Black and ULTA Non-Stop Red for the lettering. For my pointer, middle and ring fingers I used Non-Stop Red, ULTA Blue Streak, and a white acrylic paint for the person and pong ball. For my pinky finger I used a Color Club red nail art and Sally Hansen Wet Cement for the base color.

Sources:

Red Solo Cup

Beer Pong Man

Google Image Search

I had so much fun doing today's challenge!


Be sure to check and see what the other girls did for the challenge!!

• Polish & Diamonds - @Lindsay
• Morie's Nail Art - @Adri
• My Nails. My Polish. - @Nicole
• 2 The Last Drop - @Tiffany
• Nail Art by Tawny - @Tawny
• Nail Polish Rehab - @Holly [That's me!]

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Day 19 - Galaxy Nails

Late again. Whomp. But these nails look pretty cool if I say so myself!

This is going to be a little picture heavy, I doubt any of you will mind though :)

At the bottom will be pictures of polishes I used!

Left to Right:
Seche Clear
Sinful Colors Black on Black
Orly GothOrly Snowcone
e.l.f. Mint Cream

Left to Right:
Revlon Oh My Magenta
Orly Spark
Sally Hansen Sun Kissed
Sally Hansen Deep Blue Sea

Left to Right:
Zoya Noel
Orly Fowl Play
Sally Hansen White On
China Glaze Wireless Holographic Top Coat
Seche Vite

I'm in love! I honestly couldn't take it off, so that is why you will not be seeing water marbling until tomorrow. Sorry!!

Check out what the other girls did if you have not seen yet!

• Polish & Diamonds - @Lindsay
• Morie's Nail Art - @Adri
• My Nails. My Polish. - @Nicole
• 2 The Last Drop - @Tiffany
• Nail Art by Tawny - @Tawny
• Nail Polish Rehab - @Holly [That's me!]

P.S. Like my page on facebook!

Day 9 - Rainbow Nails; USE ALL THE COLORS!

Day 9 - Rainbow Nails

Today is rainbow nails! What better way to show off my inner 90's kid than with Lisa Frank inspired nails. If you don't know who Lisa Frank is then you have not lived.

Obviously a fashion icon. 

That is what it looks like when you throw up rainbows. Lisa was ahead of her time. Little did she know we would all be copying her rainbow gradient with animal print 20 years later. Looking through the shop confirmed how timeless Lisa Frank really is. She's been selling the same exact stuff, for what, 30 years and kids eat this up like its a brand new idea. Marketing geniuses. Now if only she'd come to the land of grown ups and collaborate with Betsey Johnson or someone who would accept her inner wild child and make some rainbow leopard/zebra print pumps! Seriously. I'd buy them in a heart beat.

So I guess I'm done rambling for now, onto the manicure!

Here are the polishes I used. When I said in the title "USE ALL THE COLORS" I literally meant I used so many colors.

Left to Right:
Sinful Colors - Black on Black
Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear - White On
Zoya - Ginessa
Stripe Rite - Black
Stripe Rite - White

Left to Right:
OPI - Go On Green
Orly - Snowcone
Orly - Sweet Peacock
ULTA -
Sally Hansen - Deep Purple

Left to Right:
Zoya -
Sally Hansen - Sun Kissed
Orly - Spark
Julep - Leah

Left to Right:
Seche Vite
Seche Clear
China Glaze - Wireless Holographic Top Coat

There are a few polishes I can't remember names for at the moment so I'll update them later when I get the chance!

If I didn't make it clear earlier, I just want to say that I freaking love Lisa Frank. She combines all of my favorite things: bright colors, glitter, animal print, cute furry animals and makes these fantastically horrible creations with them. What more could a girl ask for in life? Nothing. Well... except maybe some more nail polish.


I'm obsessed with this manicure. Usually I post these manicures hoping people will like them, but this one I don't even care because I'm obsessed enough for everyone.


Be sure to check out what the others did for today's mani! And follow us on twitter too!

• Polish & Diamonds - @Lindsay
• Morie's Nail Art - @Adri
• My Nails. My Polish. - @Nicole
• 2 The Last Drop - @Tiffany
• Nail Polish Rehab - @Holly [That's me!]

P.S. This manicure is dedicated to my roommate! She had a poster over her bed sophomore year that was most definitely Lisa Frank. Even though she swears it was just some abstract grown up rainbow splatter thing, I know better. I can spot a genuine Lisa Frank creation a mile away. So here's to you Erin, embracing your inner 90's kid before it was cool.

Day 8 - Metallic Nails; Orly - Rage

Day 8 - Metallic Nails

Orly - Rage


The challenge for today was metallic nails. Rage is from Orly's Foil FX collection. It is a rose gold metallic foil. I've had it for quite some time now and I constantly find myself returning to this polish.

Like most Orly's I have dealt with it only requires 2 coats, and you could probably get away with one if you wanted a semi-sheer polish.

Macro shot of polish in the bottle

Then I added some black dots using Sinful Color's Black on Black. It was the first time I ever used a dotting tool. Such a noob. It took me a while to get used to the technique and amount of polish to use.

 

This polish is definitely one of my favorite metallics. The only con I would have to say is, what I like to call, Edward Cullen hands. When removing the polish it leaves this glittery residue all over the tips of your fingers. It's so annoying. It comes off after washing your hands a few times and wiping your fingers clean with acetone, but I still wish that didn't happen. Rather than magnetic polish they should make magnetic nail polish remover that picks up all the left over glitter particles from your fingers. That'd be great. Someone get on that. (And don't tell me glitter particles don't have magnetic attraction. As Tim Gunn would say, "Make it work.")

As always be sure to check out what the other girls did for today's challenge! Follow us on twitter too!

• Polish & Diamonds - @Lindsay
• Morie's Nail Art - @Adri
• My Nails. My Polish. - @Nicole
• 2 The Last Drop - @Tiffany
• Nail Polish Rehab - @Holly [That's me!]

Has anyone else tried polishes from the FX collection? 

e.l.f. - Nude & Wet n Wild - Rain Check

• e.l.f. - Nude
• Wet n Wild, Wild Shine - Rain Check
• Sinful Colors Nail Art - Flower Girl

I really liked the way this turned out. e.l.f.’s Nude is great! It only took 2 coats for full coverage and didn’t look streaky or anything like that. The brush is a bit stiff, but that really helped (me at least) keep the polish on my nails and not all over my fingers. I used a Palladio fast dry top coat, which surprisingly worked pretty well. I wouldn’t say it is as great as Seche Vite, but it dried pretty quick. Palladio’s just doesn’t have that super glossy look that SV has.

I used tape and one coat of Wet n Wild’s Rain Check. It is a metallic bluish-grayish-lilac. Depending on the light it can be any of those colors. I really liked it!

Sinful Colors Nail Art in flower girl was okay. It was a bit watery making it a little hard to control. Obviously if you have too much polish on the brush the line gets thicker, but you could try to get the least amount of polish and it would just run down the brush pretty quickly. [Hope that makes sense!]

Overall, I love e.l.f. Nude and Wet n Wild Rain Check! The Sinful Colors nail art is okay, but worth the $2 price tag. 

Sinful Colors - Frenzy

Hii everyone,

Today I have a polish I bought a while ago and just got around to trying it. This is Sinful Colors in Frenzy. I layered this over e.l.f.’s Dark Navy [which I was not a fan of—i’ll do a separate review for that one] and I think it looks pretty nice. As usual I had a hard time photographing my nails to capture the glitter/color. I think it always looks most realistic when it is out of focus so the last picture shows it like that! 

I used 2 coats of Dark Navy polish and then 2-3 coats of Frenzy. I then used a top coat to get rid of the gritty texture from the glitter. You could probably use this polish alone, but it would definitely take a few more coats so there were no bald patches. I like layering my glitter polishes though. 

This is your typical glitter polish. It takes about 6 cotton pads and half a bottle of nail polish remover to get off, but if you love glitter like me you’ll pull through. <3

xo Holly