Week 2 of 52

Week 2: Jan. 8th - French Tip Mani

I don't know if it's allowed but I did two manis for this challenge. First I wanted something bright because I was sad about being home from vacation and the lack of sun here, then I wanted to do something I've wanted to do for a very long time.

Here is my colourful french tip. I'm not crazy about the base colour, I just didn't have any true neutral colours, this one has a bit of a shimmer and is a little too peachey to blend into my skin. I do love the tips though , wish the pink one was a little bit thicker though. 


The colours I used for this mani were, for the base colour Revlon- Peach Smoothie, all tips other than ring finger China Glaze- Turned Up Turquoise, and ring finger Essie- Punchy Pink.

Here is my good old fashioned French manicure. Please ignore what looks to be a crack in the tips, I think it's a piece of thread or something from my fluffy robe because I do my nails wearing a big fluffy robe. *blushes* For this one I knew I needed a french manicure colour so I finally bought one and really liked it. I would have preferred it look like this after one coat but instead it took two, then one on top after the white tips were painted.


The colours I used for this mani were Revlon- Sheer Petal and L'oreal- French Tip White.


I hope you are all enjoying this challenge as much as I am! :)


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Week 1 of 52

Week 1- Jan. 1st - "Make it Sparkle" Mani.
- Pull out your Best looking glitter, flakie or holo and bring in the New Year with a "Bang".

So since I was at the cottage for new years I didn't have a "New Years" mani. I used the plaid Sally Hansen Nail Strips, I felt they suited the cottage better than some sparkly nails. I know this isn't part of the challenge but I thought I'd add a picture of them anyways :)

Please excuse the very poor application. I did these while waiting for my delayed plane at the San Fransisco airport. I would really like these if I had scissors to cut them to fit my nails better and used a top coat to keep them from coming off so quickly.

Without any further adieu here is my "Make it sparkle" mani! 

The colours I used are Cosmetic Arts no name silver holo and Milani Hi-Res. I really liked this mani but it got chipped pretty easily and didn't look super sparkly like I wished it would 24/7. I will for sure be buying some more of the Milani holo polishes, I'd prefer a linear holo instead of scattered but I can't complain for $5.99 :)

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52 Week Challenge List

Here is the 52 week challenge shared on PAA byimsimply-complex aka LizMarie
I have changed a couple of the challenges to Canadian Themed ones versus American but other than that I have kept her original challenge. They are all listed below.


1. Jan. 1st - "Make it Sparkle" Mani.
- Pull out your Best looking glitter, flakie or holo and bring in the New Year with a "Bang".

2. Jan. 8th - French Tip Mani.

3. Jan. 15th - Color Block Mani.

4. Jan. 22nd - Plaid Mani.

5. Jan. 29th - Newspaper Mani.

6. Feb. 5th - Half-moon Mani.

7. Feb. 12th - "Valentine's Day" Mani.

8. Feb. 19th - Corset Mani.

9. Feb. 26th - "Vintage" Mani.

10. Mar. 4th - Polka Dot Mani

11. Mar. 11th - "St. Patrick's Day" Mani.

12. Mar. 18th - Skittle Mani.

13. Mar. 25th - Ruffian Mani.

14. Apr. 1st - Striped Mani.

15. Apr. 8th - "Easter Day" Mani.

16. Apr. 15th - Dotticure Mani.

17. Apr. 22nd - "Earth Appreciation" Mani.

18. Apr. 29th - Cartoon Mani.

19. May. 6th - Floral Mani.

20. May. 13th - Bows Mani.

21. May. 20th - Fruit Mani.

22. May. 27th - Splatter Mani.

23. Jun. 3rd - Ombre Mani.

24. Jun. 10th - Flag Mani.

25. Jun. 17th - Pride/Rainbow Mani.

26. Jun. 24th - Neon Mani.

27. July. 1st - "Canada Day" Mani.

28. July. 8th - Gradient Mani.

29. July. 15th - "Rockstar" Mani.

30. July. 22th - Water Marble Mani.

31. July. 29th - Crackle Mani.

32. Aug. 5th - Needle Marble Mani.

33. Aug. 12th - Galaxy Mani.

34. Aug. 19th - "Bling" Mani.

35. Aug. 26th - Cupcake Mani.

36. Sept. 2nd - Tape Mani.

37. Sept. 9th - "We Remember 9/11" Mani.

38. Sept. 16th - Metallic/Magnetic Mani.

39. Sept. 23rd - Dry Marble Mani.

40. Sept. 30th - Animal Print Mani.

41. Oct. 7th - "Thanksgiving" Mani.

42. Oct. 14th - "Pink 4 Breast Cancer Awareness" Mani.

43. Oct. 21st - Spider Web Mani.

44. Oct. 28th - Halloween Mani.

45. Nov. 4th - Tribal Mani.

46. Nov. 11th - "Mustach, 4 Movember; Prostate Cancer Awareness" Mani.

47. Nov. 18th - Patchwork Mani.

48. Nov. 25th - Feather Mani.

49. Dec. 2nd - Glitter Sandwich Mani.

50. Dec. 9th - Snowflake Mani.

51. Dec. 16th - Red Mani.

52. Dec. 23rd - Christmas Mani.

Dec. 30/31 - you've learned enough; go all out and show 2O13, what its all about!

Other bloggers taking part in the challenge:

Liz Marie at http://imsimply-complex.blogspot.com/

Kristen at http://darlingnails.blogspot.com/

Sarah at http://prncesssarah02nailloving.blogspot.com/p/challenge-time.html

Jenna at http://www.jennafroggy.com/

Rachel-Karina at http://polishedcriminails.blogspot.com/

Charlotte at http://charlottes-nails.blogspot.com/ 

Liz N at nothingbutnailpolish.blogspot.com

Cindy at http://squarepolish.blogspot.com/ 

Kaki at http://www.glitterobsession.com/ 

Gypsy at http://gypsysglitter.blogspot.com/

Christmas Manicure

I know this is super late but hey that seems to be my style :P This was my first attempt at stamping and I like to think it turned out pretty well. I just really need to work on placement. I found the santa themed nails on Pinterest but they weren't linked to a blog or else I'd post it.

The colours I used were SpaRitual- Spellbound as a base then put one coat of Revlon- Frankly Scarlet on top. For the stamping I used Essie- Blanc and Joe Fresh- Tin. For the Santa nail I used Wet&Wild- Black Creme, Essie- Blanc and Revlon- Gold Coin.

Jade is the new black

OPI Jade is the new black is a polish I have wanted for the LONGEST time, probably since I first joined PAA in June. I don't know what it is about this shade of green but I have just always loved it so much. I ordered this polish off Nail Polish Diva and it was the first polish I tried as soon as I opened my package.

You can see a bit of shrinkage on my middle finger but that's because I used Seche Vite. You can't really tell in this picture because they don't look very shiny. I didn't like the coverage, I had to use about three coats with lots of drying time in between. I don't really care for OPI formula but I love the colours!

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Fowl Play

I was so excited to get Orly's Fowl Play I put it on the night I got it. I was being lazy so I put it over a similar colour so I would only have to do a couple coats. I used two coats of Barrielle Hidden Hideaway as the base and did two coats of Fowl Play. I took a picture the next morning because it needed sunlight to do it justice.

Before this purchase my only flakie was Kleancolor Chunky Holo Black. I would pick Fowl Play over CHB any day! such a nice application if you let it dry between coats, if you don't the flakes get smushed around.

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Halloween Manis

I know I am suuuuper late to post this but I just haven't been around my computer enough lately to sit download pictures and upload them to my blog ( I know, bad girl!) I am going to try and blog at least once a week from now until my vacation on December 16-30. Let's see how that goes! So here is my super late post about the two halloween manis I did.

Please excuse the super dry cuticles and just skin in general. I saw a girl post a full candy corn manicure on PaA which I loved but wanted something a little more simple. I thought about doing all yellow nails since it's the base for the candy corn but decided the orange was more halloween-y. Not only is this mani super cute, it also glows in the dark!! Thank you ghoulish glow! I don't think I can explain how much I love Ghoulish Glow. It smooths everything out so nicely and glows so well! Every night I'd snuggle under the blankets and giggle because my nails were glowing :) this lasted about 4 days but then I got bored of it and changed it. The colours I used were Kleancolor- Mango, Urban Outfitters- UV, Essie- Blanc amd China Glaze- Ghoulish Glow. In this picture I don't have a top coat on. I put on Beauty Secrets top coat afterward.


This is my second halloween mani. I thought of it ( I know not very original) then the day before I did it I saw an almost identical mani online so I was embarrassed to post mine because hers was so much better. I don't remember who it was so I can't give them credit. If you know who it was please message me so I can give her the credit she deserves.

This was my first attempt at a nail design and my first time using a paint brush on my nails so don't be too critical please. I'm super old fashioned and love love love french manicures. I used to do them allll the time when I was younger and I have never grown out of loving the look. I was trying to think of a way to use the Wet and Wild Fantasy Makers Creepy Pumpkin so I'm so happy I thought of using it for this manicure. The colours I used were Finger Paints- Black Expressionism, Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear- Sun Kissed, Wet and Wild Fantasy Makers- Creepy Pumpkin and Seche Vite. This was my first time using Seche Vite, I fell in love instantly! The smell made me a little woozy but I learned to not have my nails so close to my face when I use it haha. This lasted over a week long! Well those were my halloween manis, I hope you enjoyed them!



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My first Kleancolor and Barrielle

So first of all I would like to apologize for my lack of posts lately. I started a new/ second job so I've been very busy and haven't been around the computer much. I'm now a nanny and a receptionist haha very random but I love my jobs, the best part is I'm employed by the same person for both jobs so it equals one big pay cheque instead of two little ones :)

Ok, enough about my life. On to the polish! So for the longest time I've seen the ladies on Polish-aholics Anonymous posting about their Kleancolor hauls so I decided to look into it. Loved what I saw and placed an order for 8 of them. I was so excited to finally have some in my collection when I saw Chunky Silver at Fairweather I just grabbed it. This was even before my payment had processed for the order. I couldn't wait to add a new brand to my stash. I don't really know how I feel about this polish. It's pretty thick, the glitter tends to stick together and the smell...omg don't get me started on the smell of Kleancolor! I guess that doesn't really make it sound like I really like this polish. Well I do!.... but I've only reallly liked it over Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Pacific Blue so here's a picture :)

And for the Barrielle! So I bought this one at Winners for $4.99 because I thought it was pretty and as I said before I like adding new brands to my collection. I haven't done a mani with it yet so I only have a bottle picture and it does it nooo justice! I'm sure if you googled swatches of it you could find a beautiful one! In real like it's a very nice purpley/ burgundy colour, perfect for fall :)

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Gel nails for my cousins wedding!

So I hate to admit it but once in a blue moon I do get fake nails. I wish my nails grew long and strong naturally but they don't! So for very special occasions I tend to go all out. These nails were done in a way I had never seen before, it was so cool! it's actually 3 different types of powders that when combined with I believe it's acetone or something of that sort turn into gel. 

What the lady did was cover my whole nail in the clear gel the used a template to scrape off the piece for the tip and filled that with white gel. Then she used that same template to make a diagonal dent in the white right down the to bottom (you could see the purple on both sides) and filled it with a shimmery purple. I love love loved how these turned out and if I ever need to get my nails done in Vancouver again I know where I'm going. Very conveniently my other cousin (they are brother and sister) is getting married this June! So I get to go back...hmm what colours will I get next time??


Of course I can't blog about a wedding without a couple pictures! Here is my cousin and his beautiful wife!

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John Deere Themed Birthday

My boyfriends cousins son turned 1! His birthday was John Deere themed, it was great and inspired this mani. I don't know which I like more, I'm leaning toward just the plain colours before I did the alternating coloured tips.

 Colours used
Urban Outfitters- UV
Sinful Colors- San Francisco

My try at an ombre manicure

I got my inspiration from All Lacquered Up but used a few more colours instead of trying to make a gradient with just two. I like the purple much better than the pink, but was too lazy to try and make enough of the colours to do both hands. What I did was do purple for one hand and pink for the other.

Colours used (purple)
Thumb: Revlon Top Speed- Lily
Index finger: Mix of Revlon- Lily and Color Club- Pucci-licious
Middle finger: Color Club- Pucci-licious
Ring finger: Mix of CC- Pucci-licious and A purple I got from Urban Outfitters
Pinky: Urban Outfitters- Purple

Colours used (pink)
Thumb: Mix of Essie- Blanc and Essie- Hot Pink (the label peeled off)
Index finger: Essie- Hot pink
Middle Finger: Mix of Essie- Flirty Fuchsia and Revlon- Sweet Tart
Ring finger: Mix of Essie- Flirty Fuchsia and Maybelline Wet Shine- Rasberry Punch
Pinky finger: Maybelline Wet Shine- Rasberry Punch

Girls Night Out

So I chose to do this manicure because I was wearing a LBD and wanted something cute but not too flashy. Sorry about the messy cuticles, this was a few months ago and I'm still trying to perfect my cuticle clean up.

Colours used
base for all nails except ring finger: Finger Paints- Black Expressionism
base for ring finger: Chine Glaze- Turned up Turquoise (neon)
top colour: Finger Paints- Art you wondering?

I'm back!!

I finally got a new charger for my computer ( yeah that's all that was wrong!) my computer is pretty old so the chargers are pretty rare unless I wanted to pay $90 for one. I chose to wait and find one for less, got mine for $25! Why waste $90 when that could just go towards a new computer. Well enough about my computer, and on to some new posts! I actually have some followers now so maybe I'll get some views :)


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My apologies!!

So I haven't had my computer for a few weeks ( I need to get it fixed just haven't found the time) so I haven't been blogging regularly. Seeing as I actually have followers now someone might notice!! So unfortunately I can't post the pictures of nail stuff I've done/purchased lately because I can't upload pictures to a public computer (I'm at the public library lol that desperate) As soon as my computer is fixed I will have a bunch of pictures to upload and will upload my collection of polish! yay!

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Kyle's Run 2011

Please check this out! My boyfriends family lost a member, Kyle Hall in November of 2008 at the age of 25. This run is in support of the Canadian Liver Foundation and in memory of Kyle. Any donations would be much appreciated or even better sign up for the run and participate!

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First Pink Wednesday!

I know it's a little late ( almost a week!) but I've been busy. This is my first addition to Pink Wednesday and it turned out great other than being super thick. I used 3 coats of Revlon Sweet Tart with Nicole By OPI You're an angel on top. The Sweet Tart needs about 3 coats and to get a nice sparkly look (you can't tell by this picture) I had to use about 3 coats of the You're an angel so it got pretty thick by the time I used Rhinestones Only! to put on my jewels and then a top coat. After a few days it started to push up from the tips of my nails, that's never happened to me before so I'm guessing it's because it was so thick.