Royal and Orange Ruffian
Today’s manicure is a quick ruffian: this is a base of China Glaze Orange Knockout, followed by one coat each of China Glaze White on White and Revlon Royal. Husband picked the colours, which look great together I think. :)
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Happy Valentine’s Day <3
Happy Valentine’s Day, Happy Wing Day, Happy Thursday… whichever you choose, I wish you a lovely day! This V-Day manicure is pretty much the same design I did last year, but I kind of love it way more in these colours. The base is Deborah Lippmann Naked, and the heart …
Jungle Queen Leopard Manicure
Here’s a quick and dirty manicure: the base is China Glaze Jungle Queen, with Pelican Grey and Liquid Leather leopard spots. From a distance it reads more like camouflage – I think I should have used something other than black to make it pop a little more. We’re currently doing …
Bone Pit French Tips
I was recently contacted by Ria, from the blog Brush Me Blush, about a 30 day series of French manicure inspired nail art tutorials she is running and she asked if I would be interested in trying out one of her tutorials. I think this is a super fun idea …
Holiday Nail Art Challenge 3: Trim the Tree!!
This manicure is for the third and final installment of the Holiday Nail Art Challenge hosted by NailPolishCanada. The theme for the week is Trim the Tree: Lights, ornaments, tinsel, frosting, heck, even popcorn on a string if that’s your thing. Let’s see your nails all dolled up like a …
Holiday Nail Art Challenge 2: Gifts!!
Hey, guess what!? My submission for week one in the NailPolishCanada Holiday Nail Art Challenge won!! Thank you to everyone who voted for me, I’m really excited :D This manicure is for the second installment of the Holiday Nail Art Challenge hosted by NailPolishCanada. The theme for the week is Gifts …
Holiday Nail Art Challenge 1: Snow!!
This manicure is for the first installment of the Holiday Nail Art Challenge hosted by NailPolishCanada. The theme for the week is snow – snow fall, snow flakes, snow men, snow angels – snow anything! It took me a while to come up with an idea for this challenge but …
Lapis Lazuli Manicure
Thanks to the efforts of the lovely Poindextra, I am now the lucky owner of the Zoya Gilty Pleasure 18k Real Gold Topcoat box set (thanks lady!). I wanted to do something fun with it, so I did a lapis lazuli inspired manicure (this one’s for you, Erika <3). The …
Black and Gold
Today’s manicure features SpaRitual Conglomerate from the Fall 2012 Rock collection, and Deborah Lippmann Cleopatra in New York from the Holiday 2012 collection. Conglomerate has a medium grey base with a strong olive green/gold shimmer and small, pale grey and black glitters. It is a completely unique addition to my …
Sookie Sookie
Our local Holt Renfrew got in a very limited number of the Deborah Lippmann True Blood sets last week so I picked up the Sookie Sookie duo (there were three True Blood themed sets in all, inspired by the HBO show). Ah True Blood, how I want to love you… …