French Mani With Bows

HI all, hope everyone's year has started out great. I decided to help me celebrate the new year, I needed a new mani. It's French Tips with bows.

The base is Chi's P-Chi's And Cream. And this is a polish that has no swatches on the web. So I guess I am the only one who owns this color. I got it at a Tuesday Morning about three years ago. Now you can find it at Style21.

P-Chi's And Cream is a sheer apricot based pink. I used three coats and then decided French Nails would be great for this design. It would have taken four coats to completely cover my nail line. But of all my sheerer polishes, this is the only one I have with this orange leaning tone. And I think it mades a great base for glitter.

My glitter is Sonnetarium's Lenten Rose. This is another wonderful Indie who is no longer with us. Lenten Rose was one of her more popular polishes. It's so delicate and beautiful. When it came out Chalkboard Nails layered it over China Glaze's Audrey which shows its versatility. 

The French Tips were done in Zoya's Purity. And the bows were drawn with one of my white paint pens.


And finally, a shot of P-Chi's And Creme by itself. This was the whole reason for the mani. I needed a shot of this for my Pinterest Boards. 

Well, that's wraps it up today. I still have this one on but am getting a feeling I want some gold on so it's back to the polish shelf to see what I can come up with. 

Take care and until next time, Terri

Inspired By Turquoise

This is another post that I am bringing over from the Journal. Last Fall when I finally really fell for nail design, what was new for me was sometimes old hat for others. Crackle polish is an example was this. Although, I now know that crackle is not favored anymore, it has (I feel) laid the path for the incredible textures that are going on this Spring. I think it has value in color layering designs. I think silver on top of certain colors can be beautiful. This is one of my interpretations of that. And I can tell you now that there is a new idea going on in my head about a summer design using crackle. Enough said, here is the post.

It was time for a new manicure. Two objects inspired me; a necklace that I finally got strung and a modern lace bracelet. 

I fell in love with these cubed semi precious stones, but they sat for two years in my bead collection. Last month,  I finally bought a silver toggle and made the necklace. 

As mentioned, the second color inspiration was the beautiful modern lace bracelet that I got for Christmas from my daughter (shown below). She is a fiber artist and makes these on the side. She has a different color combination available for purchase in her Shop.

The Manicure

Base Coat: Teal or No Teal-Wet N Wild-got at CVS for $1.99

Top Coat-Silver Shatter-OPI-got at TJ Maxx for $4

Edge Tip-Sexy In Stilettos-Chi-got at Tuesday Morning for $2.99

The lace bracelet-This color combo is called Atomic Ranch-right up my alley

Have you notice that TJ and Tuesday Morning have their polishes up by the check out? It's like when you have kids and the candy bars. I stand there waiting and find myself looking at polish. One usually ends up in my basket. Fortunately, lately they haven't received new merchandise in the polish department and I have been fairly safe.

Close up of lace

That sums this design up. Usually, the nail designs that I do have a context with something. So I guess, I really don't know where that puts me as a nail blogger. I am not that much of a polish swatcher, except on my reference collection wheels. My family thinks this is probably a tad eccentric.  I record every new color on a color family wheel. I always know what I have without having to rummage through bottles. Does anyone else do this?

So until next time and I hope tomorrow brings you a beautifully polished life.......Terri

  

Two Moon Mani

Today I am showing Rainbow Honey's mare of the moon. This has to be on of my favorite RH colors. It is a stand alone (two coater) satin polish that is a beautifully hued blue violet with just the right amount of glitter.

This polish also gave me a chance to play with a theme. The half moon shaped glitter led to the idea of the half moon technique. These moons are in two layers. Layer one is a silver (Chi's Sexy In Stilettos) and the overlaid in silver glitter (Pure Ice's Beeware). 

There was nothing wrong with the satin finish, but for this design, I wanted shiny. I finished it off with a top coat of Julep's Freedom Top Coat. This polymer top coat is becoming one of my favorites. 

If you are not familiar with Rainbow Honey, check them out. A Brooklyn based company, they are now distributed in Europe, Philippines, and Singapore. Here's a quick link.

Beware, Sexy In Stilettos, mare of the moon

Does anyone else have Rainbow Honey? What colors do you have? 

Rainbow Honey and Chi are cruelty free. Pure Ice is not cruelty free.
Have a nice and polished day.