Superbowl Nails Did

Okay they aren't REALLY Superbowl nails but close enough. You see, I have an obstacle in my path to actually doing REAL Superbowl nails and that obstacle is this guy right here:

Now normally I would have featured logos from the teams who are actually IN the superbowl but that isn't going to fly with Ben who as I'm sure you can see is a die hard Giants fan. So I did the best with what I can do without hearing "BOO" all weekend long whenever I flashed my hands.

Thumb (NFL logo): CG Liquid Leather for the black, CG Sexy in the City for the blue, CG White on White for the white and nail art pen for the red

Pointer (NY Giants logo): CH White on White for the base, nail art pens for the blue and red

Middle (Football): Rimmel Torrid for the base, CG White on White

Ring (Field): Nubar Forest for the base, nail art pen for the lines

Pinky (Superbowl Trophy): CG Liquid Leather for the base, nail art pens for the silver and black

Now the pinky I'm not in love with...so if anyone asks I'll just respond - LOOK AT THAT THUMB!!

Gildedangel's awesome giveaway!

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I'd get on it. Those polishes are awesome, and its always fun to support a fellow blogger on a milestone!!

Don't Adjust Your TV Nails Did

As you may or may not know I work in the glamorous world of TV managing TV promotions for 7 Canadian stations including (but not limited to) W Network, YTV and CMT. And when I say glamorous I mean not actually glamorous at all. Actually radio was like 100x's more glamorous...but only because I got free swag like ALL the time: movie tickets, beer, clothes, video games. In TV I can't even steal decent office supplies! Oh well, at least my nails look snazzy!



Today my nails are inspired by the industry I know and love. And the screen we see at least once a week. Good old Rogers cable!  I used this picture as my template:

To start off and to make things a wee bit easier I drew lines on my nails as a sort of grid to where I was going to draw in the colours with a pen and then I set to work. I used a lot of colours so I'll just list all that I used:

• Frankened grey from China Glaze White on White and Liquid Leather
• CG Solar Power
• CG For Audrey
• Nail art pens in Red, Green, Purple and Blue
• CG Neon Purple Panic
• CG Liquid Leather and Sexy in the City for the dark blue
• CG White on White

Then I just filled in the boxes one by one with a small brush until they were all full.

I topped it off with Seche Vite to make everything stay in place. SO - this was a long mani I'm not going to lie. Between doing frankens, drawing grids and painting everything with a small brush  by hand I was running about 2.5 hours. BUT I did it watching House and Ultimate Cakes and Ben rewatching the Giants win the superbowl (for the 3rd time :S) so I had some time.

Phew...next time though I'll lean on the side of something a little simpler LOL. But they look pretty cool so I guess the time spent was worth it!!

Matte Blossoms Nails Did

Yea so as I thought the purple mani was completely ruined by the nail party LOL. I should have gotten a picture of it but just imagine the purple mani with a bunch of neon polish smeared on top. Those kids love their neon with contrasting neon tips!

So, at the party I learned that Shelby's little sister Megan is about as obsessed with Asia as I am! So when I got home, despite the fact that I had just spent the last 6 hours doing mani's I wanted to redo mine. I realized I've developed a bit of OCD when it comes to my nails now...if they chip just the slightest I'm pulling out my nail polish remover! LOL. I remember the days when my nails would be so badly chipped that I wouldn't even care and I'd just sit there picking at the remnants - not anymore!!

Anyway, I wanted to do some more cherry blossoms. I had done them before, but thought I'd use my Japan inspired Konad plate this time. Plus I wanted to do a matte red look inspired from this post by Guildedangel at Naive Nails.

So that all combined got me my NOTD.

I used OPI's Thrill in Brazil for the red, China Glaze liquid leather for the black. And then I used Konad plate M66's cherry blossom design with Konad special polish in black for over the red, and CH White on White for over the black. Topped it all off with CH matte magic and I really like this one.

Granted I have another idea for a mani in mind that I want to do NOW, so...this may not last as long as it should after all. Maybe I'll accidentally chip it...then I'll HAVE to redo them! LOL.

Purple Matte Stitch Nails Did

I figured since I would be doing multiple mani's at the nail party that I'd take the opportunity to mess around with my nail polish and Konad plates since I knew it was just gonna get ruined. And somehow I thought going to a 10 year old's party with corset nails maybe wasn't the most appropriate thing LOL.


So I used China Glaze Neon Purple Panic for the base and then Konaded CG Liquid Leather and CH OMG with plate M60. I turned the OMG stamp just a bit to get the lines going in a different direction.


Then I used Nubar's holographic glitter to just fish around and pick out a few pieces of chunky glitter to place here and there.

I topped it all off with CG's Matte Magic and there you have it. All in all I think for just trying whatever it came out pretty cool!

Polish Party Nails Did - Happy Birthday Shelby!

When I was asked by my friend Simone to be a part of her daughter Shelby's 10th bday party I thought it would be fun. And it was! 13 mani's later (one of them 3x's), my back may have been hurting and my own mani quite ruined but the thank you's and hugs were worth it :)

Happy Birthday Shelby! I hope you and your friends had an awesome time! I know I did :D

Guest Nails Did - Lovely lady Kim

One of the first times I met Kim she was coming in for an interview with me to be one of my reports. Well she dodged the bullet on that one! After that we linked on facebook and have grown a very healthy relationship fueled by mutal hate for M. Night Shyamalan's Ava-crap and Twilight. But also a mutal love of Joss Whedon and nail polish!

Turns out she's also an excellent Konad'er. She actually taught me the way of the q-tip to clean up - SO SMART! She's like my Konad Yoda.

Here is her mani of the moment. She used What's a Tire Jack? matte for Sephora for the base with konad plate m57 and Konad's black nail polish.

It looks awesome. The end result: a lovely velvety two tone black look. It looks very Velvet Underground. LOVE IT!