Sparkling Neon Gradient

HAPPY FRIDAY!!

I've been waiting for today to come since....Monday...HAHA

We all know how much I love gradients...and how much I love my neons.

Since I now sport these breakfast sausage fingers...

I decided that I'm allowed to wear obnoxious colours like these to work.

For this look, I used the following:

Color Club- Wham! Pow! and Warhol

Wet n' Wild- White Creme

China Glaze- Fairy Dust

I did this gradient over white because the orange didn't show up as much as I wanted to on the pink.

Then I added on 2 coats of Fairy Dust....Look how pretty...

The shimmery goodness- magic of Fairy Dust.

My camera DID NOT like these colours at all. It was nearly impossible to capture the true colours of this mani. But! That tells me that this mani has just the right amount of obnoxiousness I was looking for. 

I think I'll put on more shinnies later on when I get home!! 

Oh, one more thing!

I stuck my hand under my desk to see just how bright these are...

Oh, they BRIGHT!

Have a fantastic weekend, lovers!

Nail-Wheeling It

HAPPY HUMP DAY!

This week is definitely not moving fast enough...actually it's been feeling that way for several months now.

I think the crappy weather is to blame.

Today I have another nail wheel to show you...

It all started with: 

"I'm going to do a full wheel of animal prints and such! "

(DO ALL THE ANIMAL PRINTS!!!!!)

Then it quickly turned into.... "I wonder what it'd look like if I do THIS!"

(I love this one!!!)

Then these happened....

Told you I'm random....

Have a good day, my lovelies!!

Old English Calligraphy

Hello my lovelies!

If you follow me on Twitter / Instagram, you would have heard me whine all weekend....

 *le sigh*

Since Saturday, I have broken 3 of my 10 nails...how I managed to do so...I don't know.

But I'm uber sad because they're no longer pretty and I have to wait another week or so to get them fixed :(

It's pretty major when you're a nail blogger right?

Anyway...so this week we're going to experiment on the nail wheel!

Today, I practised the Old English Calligraphy on my set of wheels.

I used two different sizes brush and black acrylic paint.

I'm quite pleased with the way these turned out!

Would you sport this font on your nails?

Thrifty Nifty

Ahh....Monday....My most favouritest day of the week....(not!)

It's been a while since I shared my cheap finds with you. So today is the day.

First up!

NYC's Matte me Crazy

I've been looking for a nice matte top coat for a while. I've tried: 

CND's "Super Matte" (DO NOT RECOMMEND!!)

Sephora/OPI's Matte Top Coat

and Butter London's Matte Finish.

Out of the three, Butter London was the best one...it delivered a perfect matte finish....but the thought of spending $24 on a bottle of polish made me want to cry a little. So I kept looking...

I came across this one in Rite Aid. Tried it on, and decided that it was going home with me.

This retails for $1.99 USD, I have yet to see it in drugstores in Canada.

I go absolutely gaga when it mattifies glitters, shimmers, and holos.

SO PRETTY!

So if you see this at your local drugstore, pick it up. You won't regret it.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!

Next up,

Jordana's Quick Shine Topcoat and Extra Garlic Basecoat

If you're like me, waiting for polishes to dry is torture, I never am patient enough to let it dry completely. 

So needless to say, speed dry is important!

I was strolling around the cosmetic section in my local grocery store this weekend and found these babies.

The quick shine topcoat claims to dry within 60 seconds. 

Let me tell ya, it did not disappoint!!

As I tried on this top coat, I immediately associated the smell with Seche Vite.

That's when I knew I may have hit the jackpot...lol

Unfortunately, Seche Vite still contain harmful chemicals in their formula (Formaldehyde)

All Jordana polishes are TFF & DBP free.

 TFF & DBP Free: do not contain Toluene, Formaldehyde, or DBP – Dibutyl Phthalate

At the beauty supply store I go to, they have this section full of garlic base coats. 

I was super curious but decided against it.

This Garlic base coat goes on smoothly. Dries almost clear with perhaps just a tint of cloudiness.
As for the nail growth claim, I will have to update you on that since I just bought it two days ago.

...and no, it didn't smell like garlic...

BONUS!

I got these Jordana polishes for $1.99/ each

Hope you found these reviews helpful!

:) Have a great day, lovelies!

Happily Ever After

Hello loves! I have a short post for you today!

I had a show this past weekend with 4 other lovely ladies and this was the mani I wore.

The colour scheme of the production was baby blue, white and silver. 

I used Color Club- Platinum Record (!!!), China Glaze- For Audrey, and white acrylic paint.

This mani grew on me...I wasn't sure if I loved it at first....but then I put on this ring....
Yup! I like.

*sorry for the blurry*

and this was my outfit! 

(from the left: Missy, Dani, me, and Charf)

(Photo credit: Dani @ Call It Beauty)

Being the regular genius me, I forgot to take pictures of anything with my actual camera....

(-_____-)"

The RAWR Shop- Mystical Unicorn

Hello lovers and friends, today I'm very excited to show you my latest creation.

Mystical Unicorn

I had the pleasure to meet the awesome Donna off Twitter, and yesterday we finally got together to put some "RAWR" on her nails. Twitter is pretty amazing for bringing people together, I must say!!

 We chatted for some time, and decided on the following colours:

China Glaze- Fairy Dust

Rimmel London- Wild Orchid

Revlon- Fashionista

and VOILA! The Mystical Unicorn was born!

Donna has the cutest nails!

She was worried that they might be too small for nail art but look what we have accomplished!

We originally only had the two colours without the Fairy Dust. But during our chat she mentioned that she was into fantasy/mystic novels. I thought adding the Fairy Dust was necessary.

After finishing off with Fairy Dust, I told Donna that I feel like I need to draw a unicorn on her because it looked so magical....lol

(PS- I drew this unicorn freehand. You should all be very proud.)

"I fart rainbows!!"  

-Donna's interpretation. lol

What a beautiful gradient this turned out to be. I might even have to try this on myself when I heal :D

Thanks Donna for visiting the RAWR shop!

I hope you return soon :D

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For my local readers:

I'm offering $15 for Nail Art for the Month of June as an introductory rate!

So come and get your nails RAWR'd!!

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*sad face*

Hello lovely readers,

I'm sad to inform you that I have to take a break from doing manis on myself...

After getting my refills done at ProfessioNAIL, my nails encountered a series of unfortunate events.

Not exactly sure what happened, or what caused it...

but long story short...I got blisters in my hyponychium (skin under nails) and rashes on my cuticles.

I went to see a doctor and he didn't think it was a serious enough infection...YET.

SO

I'll be taking a break....and maybe take off these "gel" nails

<insert ugly crying face here>

I have one more mani cued up...then I think I'll post the work I've done on people at The Rawr Shop

If I get any customers....

Please still love me... 

(source: Tumblr)

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