Wear Teal Day for Ovarian Cancer

Teal is one of my favourite colours. I really favour the dark versions and not the light aqua leaning colours.

The base colour I chose for my Wear Teal Day manicure was L'Oreal Blue Reef. Such a lovely colour with great application. I did have to trim some stray bristles in my brush before I started. I had the same  problem with the other L'Oreal polish I have. Would you believe that I applied this colour without the need for clean up? That is a major bonus in my books.

With all of the things I could go with, I ended up stamping with the awareness ribbon design from Bundle Monster BM-321. The polish I used for the subtle stamping was BYS Kung Fu Blue. It may not have been the best to stamp with but it complemented the colour of Blue Reef well for an understated look. Originally I had considered trying to freehand ovaries... I think this was a much better option.

Strawberry Fields Forever

Welcome to my fiftieth post and more of my ramblings.

Bribery and corruption abound. In order for me to get Miss L to clean her room, I promised her a special treat. I would paint my fingernails and her fingernails in the same design. Better than that, the design would be strawberries. Lo and behold the room was cleaned and I was to try my hand at painting strawberries on itty, bitty fingernails.

Here is a picture of our strawberry fields with my hand interlinked with Miss L's.

For the fruiting body I used one coat of L'Oreal 211 Opulent Pink. The brush was a little wild when I first opened the bottle and it seemed rather large for such a small bottle of polish. I found it slightly difficult to use on my small fingernails. One coat? A bonus.

The seeds were created with a single coat of L.A. Girl Glitter Addict in Uninhibited. This is the only black glitter I have. It would have been better to have only the micro glitter. At this point I think it resembles watermelon more than strawberries.

Next was the hard part. I am not an artist and I dreaded the idea of painting with my left hand onto my right. The only way these fingers were going to look like strawberries was to have the calyx painted on.  I was presented by Miss L with one of the brushes I use for clean up. L.A. Colors in Jungle Fever was the green used. I think my right hand my have turned out better than my left. If I had been able to get my bottle of Ulta3 Frog Prince open, I would have tried to add some veins or something to the calyx.

I am very proud of Miss L. She took this picture for me (after a few goes) but this is the only way you can get to see my right hand at the same time as my left without a tripod.

Simple, quick and pretty. I am happy with the end result. And... Miss L and I match. :D

Overload! Nail Polish everywhere. (Picture Heavy)

A trip to the city! Hurray! I had a wonderful trip away and I managed to steal some time to oggle nail polish. There is not much available locally and I went into overload when I saw what one Target had. Sadly, I did not get a good look because I had to take someone to the toilet before heading off again.

Finally, I was able to bash my credit card around at Target, Priceline and Terry White Chemist. There was also a side trip to browse at Myer. Sadly, none of the assistants were interested in helping me there. That is probably a good thing because I may have caused my credit card to commit suicide with Illamasqua. I did have trouble deciding what to get because I think I already have a lot of polish. Admittedly I do not have as much as some people out there but... I need to remember that I have to store it somewhere. Miss L had to take her own picture of the haul.

I was thrilled with finally seeing essence branded polish. Although the bottle is small at 5 ml, I did not realise that it would be cheap as well at $2.55. Some time soon I think I will have to try Absolutely Blue to see what it is like. There was also a "Gel Look" top coat that I grabbed. I have since tried essence gel-look and it did not seem any different to the shine of the Seche Vite on my other hand.

There were a few deals in Priceline and one enabled me to finally get some of Revlon's Quick Dry Top Coat. I had read a good review on this and thought that it was worth trying since it was something I could buy in a hurry if I ran out until I could get other top coats. While I was there I also bought a Colorstay Base Coat.

Also at Priceline, I bought two L'Oreal polishes. Normally I do not buy L'Oreal but Miss L and I liked 613 Blue Reef and 211 Opulent Pink. Blue Reef is more teal than blue and a good addition since all of my teal polishes tend to have some kind of shimmer and are not a creme finish. Opulent Pink was chosen because I want to try a manicure idea with that type of shade. It is not quite the strawberry pink-red shade I wanted but close enough.

Miss L chose two Nicole of by OPI polishes in purple. I adore purple and so does Miss L. These are One Less Lonely Glitter and Virtuous Violet.

Almost there! We have two Chi Chi polishes next. My friend asked me if I was trying to tell her something when I showed her the name of the polishes I chose - Gimme Gimme a Man and Cradle Snatcher. Should I admit I had a giggle over the names and bought them in part because of this? I have an orchid pink in the same colour family as Cradle Snatcher and I hoped for a better formula than the Models Prefer one I have. I am very happy to report that the brush from Chi Chi is much better and the polish stays better.

Finally...

These came from Daring Digits when she had a sale in July. The bottles are 12 ml each and are very elegant. I bought Robin because I thought he would make a good Christmas polish. The other two have hearts in them. Awww, how sweet. The level in First Love is lower because I had to re-take the pictures when I had already used it.

Phew! Done!