OPI - Keeping Suzi At Bay - Habitat for Humanity Women's Build Manicure

Hey Everyone! Today's post is a manicure I did last week. I had participated in my first Habitat for Humanity Women's Build last Thursday and it was AWESOME! Of course I had to do a special manicure for the occasion. If you've never got a chance to participate in a Habitat for Humanity event - DO IT! It's so much fun and very rewarding to have a chance to give back to your community.

For this look I used OPI - Keeping Suzi At Bay for the main base of my manicure and Essie Mojito Madness on my accent nail. For the flower and hammer detail I used Sally Hansen nail art pen in white and I used a dotting tool with the blue for the flower petals. I thought this nail art was fun to do and the Sally Hansen Nail Art pens are amazing! You can create your nail art over and over again, if you mess up you just wipe it off with water and a cotton ball. Once you get your nail art the way you want it... just seal it with a top coat. Which is what I did with this look - I had a hard time getting the hammer to look right but that was okay, I just kept re-doing it until I got it they way I wanted! :)

Now on to the pics!!!

OPI - Keeping Suzi At Bay

OPI - Keeping Suzi At Bay

Essie Mojito Madness

OPI - Keeping Suzi At Bay

Click on the picture below to find out more information about Habitat for Humanity Women's Build!!

Earth Day Manicure - OPI Don't Mess With OPI

Happy Earth Day! I wanted to do a quick post of my Earth Day manicure....I had a hard time getting a shot without a glare over the accent nail - but you get the point :) I used OPI Don't Mess With OPI for the base and for the "recycle" symbol I used my "go-to" white polish - China Glaze White on White. I created the symbol I just free-handed it with a small paint/art brush I bought from Michael's a while back....

Enjoy the pics! Did you create a special Earth Day mani?  If so comment a link to you pic so I can check it out :)

OPI - Don't Mess With OPI

OPI - Don't Mess With OPI

OPI - Don't Mess With OPI

China Glaze - White on White

Essie Play Date and Nicole by OPI Roughles Sand in My Shoe - Easter Manicure

Happy Easter Everyone!

This year's Easter manicure I decided to do something simple. Honestly I just came up with it this morning and finished it as my family was arriving for our cookout. I used Essie Play Date for the main part of my manicure and Nicole by OPI Roughles in the shade Sand in My Shoe on my accent nail. I thought both of these colors were really "spring/easter" like. This is the first time I've used the roughles type of polish - I really like it :) I am not sure if I would use it on all my nails or not but I really like the texture and color too! To create my little bunny I used China Glaze White on White and a Sally Hansen nail art striper in black for the eyes. Now on to the pics... I hope everyone had a great weekend and a great Easter :) 

Nicole by OPI - Roughles Collection - Sand in My Shoe

Essie - Play Date

Essie - Play Date

Essie - Play Date

SIDE NOTE** I think I would like to start doing some nail art "how to" videos on YouTube - would anyone be interested in that? Comment below and let me know :)

Essie - Avenue Maintain - Spring Collection 2013

Hello Everyone :)
Today's manicure is of one of my new favorite colors - it's called Avenue Maintain and it's from Essie's Spring 2013 Collection. This is such a beautiful blue color and I think it's a great Winter to Spring transition. Here in Indiana we just can't seem to shake the winter season off - Saturday was nice and sunny - no jacket required and yesterday it snowed! I am so ready for spring I just can't stand it! Hope the weather is cooperating for you all and if you've got some sunshine, send it our way :)

Now on to the pics! I used OPI Nail Envy and China Glaze Strong Adhesion as my base coats, I then applied two coats of Avenue Maintain and topped it off with Seche Vite top coat.

Let me know what you think! Do you have any of the other colors from this collection? I've also got Maximillian Strasse-Her which is a really cool grey/green that I am dying to try!

Also don't forget to start following Pass the Polish Please on bloglovin... if you've not heard yet, Google is going to be getting rid of Google Reader soon and you won't be able to see new posts - so click on the link to the right so you won't miss anything :)

Have a good Monday!!

Revlon Emerald City - Elf Movie Nail Art

Hey Everyone! Today I have another Christmas themed manicure. This is based off the photo below that someone had posted on my Facebook wall last week. They asked me to recreate it - so I figured I would give it a try :) After doing some research on the internet - I believe I found the correct source/credit of the photo - if anyone knows for sure and I am wrong - please let me know. I am not by any means trying to pass this off as my own original idea. I believe the artist/owner is *lovesac from the website Deviant Art.

For my version of this manicure I started out with OPI Nail Envy as my basecoat, then used 2 coats of Revlon Emerald City for my index, middle and pinky fingers and used Wet N Wild French White on my ring finger and thumb. For the nail art and text I used my Miji Nail Art pens. For the buckle on his coat I used a toothpick and Orly Tiara. I then used Essie Good To Go as my top coat on everything.

Let me know what you think!! Any requests/suggestions for more Christmas nail art? Just let me know :)

On to the pics! Enjoy♥

Added Essie As Gold As It Gets

Have A Good One :)

March/April Purchases!

Hey Everyone!! So this post is going to be long and with lots of pics :) Basically it's just pics of all the polish I hauled in March and April... I have been buying a lot of polish lately - so I figured I might as well share them with you - these aren't the most color accurate photos so if there is a certain polish you want to see me swatch... just let me know!!

Some of these I have used already - some I haven't! Here they are!!

Urban Decay - Apocalyptic Collection

L-R - White Widow, Gunmetal, Apocalypse, Grunge, Meltdown, Big Bang, F-Bomb

I got this collection from HauteLook.com - which I am obsessed with btw :) - It was on sale for $10 - so there was no way I was going to pass that up. I have heard of Urban Decay before - but never bought any of their products.



Peregrine Pinks Nail Polish Trio

L-R - Natural Territory, Berry Tart, Pink Macaroon

 I got this little set at Payless - I think it was on sale for like $4.99 - Regular price was $9.99

Orly Plastix Collection

 L-R - Retro Red, Old School Orange, Purple Pleather, Viridian Vinyl

I got RR, OO & VV from CVS - they were out of the Purple Pleather - so I ordered that from TransDesign.com - along with some other things. I had the hardest time getting this polish, they sent it to the wrong address and it ended up taking 2x as long to get it. I was very mad at TD for awhile - but I am sure they will get a second chance :)



Zoya Summertime Collection

L-R - Sooki, Tamsen, Areej, Kieko, Mira, Breezi

I got this collection when Zoya had their great BOGO sale - love these! :)



Summer Ready Nail Polish Collection



 L-R - Mango Madness, Lilac, Fuchsia, Purple Pleaser, Blue Mist

I bought this little set/collection from Target - it was $4.99



Milani Neons



 L-R - Totally 80's & Awesome Orange

I got both of these polishes at CVS - $4.99 each



Sally Hansen

L-R - Midnight in NY & Thinking of Blue

 I got Midnight in NY from CVS for like and Thinking of Blue from WalMart for like $7 each



Orly

L-R - Fancy Fuchsia, Ancient Jade, & La Playa

I got FF and AJ from Sallys - they are both from the Precious Collection - I got La Playa from CVS



Essie

Essie Watermelon - I got this polish from Beauty Brands for $8

Unforgettable Moments

L-R - Blueberry Punch, Boyfriend Blue, & Liquid Candy 

I got these 3 on sale at Payless along with the Zoe & Zac polishes - these are normally $2.99 - but they were on sale for $1.00 I think :)



Sinful Colors - not color accurate

L-R - Dream On, Innocent, Happy Ending, Savage, & Mint Apple

I got all of these but Dream On at Walgreens - which we don't have in my hometown - we have like 10 CVS stores and no Walgreens.. lol anyway - I bought Dream On at Target - which I am so excited they are carrying now :)

Revlon

L-R - Siren & Electric

Siren is from the Vintage Collection - which I love the different look on the bottle. I got both of these from CVS



Nailtiques



 This polish is called Maui - I got it from... surprise, surprise... CVS lol - I believe this was $7 or $8



Pop Beauty



 L-R - Berry, Tomato, Strawberry

I got these polishes from HauteLook.com - I got all 3 for $11.97 - which is a great deal since they are $10 each on Pop Beauty website.



10 Professional

This is another polish that I got at CVS, it's called Twilight Nights - I think these are like $2 or $3



OPI

 L-R - Cajun Shrimp, Don't Mess With OPI, Ski Teal We Drop, Russian Navy, & Lincoln Park After Dark

I bought all of these polishes from Beauty Brands - $8.50 each

Avon

 L-R - Mambo Melon, Urban Grey, Coral Bikini, Strawberry, Sunshine, Lagoon & Viva Pink

I bought all of these polishes from my mom who is an Avon Rep - I got all of these for $15.

Sally Hansen Salon Effects

These are called Kitty Kitty - I got them at CVS - they were BOGO 50% off - I picked up 2 - I also bought Wild Child - which is the Zebra one. I think I will be putting that into a giveaway.



China Glaze

L-R - Lemon Fizz, Pink Voltage(Neon), Rose Among Thorns(Neon) & Coconut Kiss

I got all of these at Sallys - I got Rose Among Thorns and Coconut Kiss during the Buy 2 Get One Free special - I actually think that is till going on.



OPI



L-R - Black Shatter, The One That Got Away & Black Shatter

I bought these from a salon at our local mall - called Maxx and Mia. Honestly I wasn't really that psyched about the whole shatter craze, but decided I would give it a fair try myself and not just go off pics. I tried it the other day and I have to say, it's pretty cool! I think I like watching it shatter more than anything lol

I bought two of these b/c I will probably be putting this in the giveaway as well.

So that is it! Let me know what you think and if there are any you want to see swatched :)

Have a good day!