Mardi Gras Colorblock

Hey guys! 

Happy Lundi Gras!

Here is my mani for the festivities tomorrow.

I used all Sally Hansen Insta-Dri for the main colors

Lively Lilac

In Record Lime

Lightening

I topped it off with China Glaze Fairy Dust

Thank you stopping by and have a great and safe time at Mardi Gras!!

Cher 

Eiffel Tower Love

Hey Everyone!
Happy Wednesday 

Last but not least of the three manis inspired by my Sassy B Bands is .......

The Eiffel Tower Band

I have a serious love affair with the Eiffel Tower so I could not wait to use my new Winstonia plate of the Eiffel Tower.

Seriously if you have not visited her Etsy page by now....you really need to!

Click here to get some awesome hairbands and remember, she will do custom ones too if you don't see a design you wish was there. 

I wish I had a pink stamping polish to make it match exactly but it still came out super cute.

 Zoya Shelby

Konad Special Stamping Polish White

China Glaze Fairy Dust

 Winstonia W114

Thank you all for coming by and I hope you have a fabulous rest of your day!

Cher

My 35th Birthday Nails!

Hey Everyone!
Happy Friday April 12th!

Today is my birthday and I wanted to show ya'll what I chose to wear today!

I didn't want to do like the typical cupcakes or balloons but wanted to go out comfort zone and do something I've been wanting to try.

I wanted to have some fun and try doing some non stamped flowers.

I used a striping brush for the branches and a dotting tool for the flowers. 

I guess they are kind of cherry blossom inspired.

Julep Jessica

Julep Mandy

Julep Teri

Julep Grace

Julep Fast Dry Topcoat

 China Glaze Fairy Dust

Konad Special Stamping Polish Black

(Since I have not set up my nail room, I am working with all my Juleps and some others. I did not have a brown in my refined stash so I took the Konad black and added a little bit of nail thinner to get it watered down to paint with a stripper brush)

 You can see in above how I put the Fairy Dust just on the branches and flowers to add just a bit of bling. I think something would be wrong with me if I did not use Fairy Dust on my birthday!

Just love that topcoat.

I even did the design on my non dominant hand!

Below is the comparison of the two hands:

 Left Hand

 Right Hand

Not to bad for painting with my non dominant hand. I realized I made the flowers slightly smaller. I guess I have a rougher application of a dotting tool with the dominant hand. lol

Light it Up Blue for Autism Awareness

Happy Tuesday Everyone!

Today is the day to shine awareness on Autism.

I do not have any family members that are affected but I have a good friend I worked with in Savannah who has a son with Autism. 

 I am showing my support with this blue mani I'm sporting today.

 I used these three to create a sponged, mottled effect background and then put a coat of the China Glaze Fairy Dust to just tie everything together.

I also used Marion to stamp on the pinkie.

I decided to do a sort of skittle with the puzzle piece ones. on the index i did the blue background with white stamping. The middle is a lighter blue background with silver stamping and the pinkie is a white background with blue stamping.

Konad White Stamping Polish used on Index

Sally Hansen Insta Dri Silver Sweep  used on thumb, middle and ring

China Glaze Fairy Dust used on all on top of base 

 Bundle Monster BM-321

I tried to use the heart that had the puzzle pieces in it but it kept coming out smeared. I used all my Konad stamping polishes and just never looked good.

Bundle Monster BM-319

This puzzle full nail design was a pain in the butt! 

The bottom part is not etched enough so it never got a full opaque enough of polish, even when using Konad. I tried scraping super light and still nope. 

I got it to work enough to use but man it was causing a bunch of cursing. LOL

To learn more about Autism Speaks Light it Up Blue visit this site.

Thank you for visiting and please visit the above site to learn what you can do!

Till next time,

Cher

St. Patty's Gradient and Stamping

Welcome Back! Happy Friday!

Today I did a little gradient sponging and some stamping.

 I had done my index and pinky in the reverse colors but I fudged up the index and everytime I tried to fix...it got worse. Oh well.

MLS301

Winstonia W105

Bundle Monster BM03

How cute is that mug of beer?

Thank you for stopping by and have a great rest of your day!

Cher

Snowflakes!

Hey guys,
Sorry it has been a while but dealing with looking for new house and one thought had and fell through takes a lot of a person. Hopefully soon the house hunting will be complete and things will be more sane. ;-)
 

Today is all about winter and snowflakes!

 Julep Ivy is just jumped at me for being a great wintery backdrop for some snowflakes.

You can really see the holographic sparkle from Fairy Dust in the above pic.

 Konad Stamping Polish in White

Julep Ivy

I forgot to take a pic of it but I also used China Glaze Fairy Dust.

 Bundle Monster BM-323

Thank you for stopping by and have a fabulous day!

Cher!

Galaxy Nails

Hey Guys!!
I hope you are all doing fantastic.

Today I have for you my first try at a galaxy mani.

I used a whole bunch of colors to get this effect.

Orly Haley Comet

OPI Swimsuit Nailed it

China Glaze Caribbean Blue

China Glaze Kinetic Candy

China Glaze Blue Years Eve

Pure Ice Peep Show

I used the top two, Techno and Fairy Dust as a top coat to add a bit of starry action

 Not too bad right for my first try?

 I was digging it and loved the colors and of course the glitter!

Thanks for stopping!

Cher

Christmas Candy!

Happy Saturday!!
Today I have a super sweet mani for you guys!

I saw Colores De Carol do this design and.....if you know me at all, 

I had to make it mine with a twist and some glitter

I decided to do with a silver background and metallic red. After, I just had to add my favorite holographic glitter topcoat!

We had zero sun today but the glitter just adds such a great shimmer and fun to it!

 Sally Hansen Silver Sweep

KleanColor Metallic Red

Konad Special Stamping Polish Green

China Glaze Fairy Dust

 Bundle Monster BM-306

Isn't it so cute?

 I can't keep checking out my hands with the colors and glitter!

Once again, thank you so much for taking time and checking out!

See ya next time!

Cher

Breast Cancer Awareness Fishtail

 Hey Lovely People, 

As I'm sure ya'll know, October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Here is how I'm rocking my pink!

 Zoya Lara

Zoya Shelby

Sally Hansen Insta Dri Silver Sweep

China Glaze Fairy Dust

I'm really digging the technique of doing the fishtail mani

and of course I had to add my favorite glitter topcoat!

In the sun

 In the shade

Look out for another Pink design next. Its a pink explosion!

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Cher

Nike Gradient!

Hi Everyone!

My wonderful hubby surprised me with some Nike's that he designed for me. Of course I had to do some corresponding nails!

Yellow: China Glaze Celtic Sun (Neon)

Blue: Zoya Phoebe

Sparkle: China Glaze Fairy Dust

I used the makeup sponge technique to do the gradient.

I added the fairy dust the tie it all together and make the gradient look more blended!

I hope you all have a great day and thank you so much for stopping by!

Cher