Hold the Mayo

Happy Cinco de Mayo! What is everyone doing to celebrate today? I painted my nails- woo! :-P However, in today's spirit, I painted them with margaritas!! :-D I also used one of the new glitter polishes that I picked up at the International Beauty Show a week and a half ago. It is awesome, it has an orange jelly base, with tiny holo glitter, stringy holo glitter and huge hexagon holo glitter!! I got it from a company called LECHAT, and the nail polish line is called Dare to Wear, so far, my experience with this brand has been great, I have no complaints!!



I used Dare to Wear Get Funky from the Disco Tech collection as a base, with Dare to Wear Inspiring surroundings for the nargartia, topped with Zoya Tangy, then shaded with Zoya Midori. For the glass, I mixed American Apparel Cotton with Color Club Pure Energy, then used the Color Club Pure Energy to shade the glass as well. For the salt on the rim, I dabbed American Apparel Cotton on with the tip of the brush along the rim. Topped everything off with 2 coats of Seche Vite top coat.

Got a free ticket to go see Lance Burton tonight- it's gonna be maagggggic. :-P

FingerPaints Scenery Greenery & Konad M44

Good morning, Dear Reader, and happy Cinco de Mayo!

For my Cinco de Mayo manicure, I used FingerPaints Scenery Greenery with Konad plate M44.  Scenery Greenery is one of the new FingerPaints, and it's a nice one - a two coater green creme.

FingerPaints Scenery Greenery Nail Polish, Two Coats

I used Red and White Konad Special Polishes with the stripe pattern from plate M44, alternating nails.

FingerPaints Scenery Greenery Nail Polish, Two Coats with Konad Plate M44

That's the best Cinco de Mayo manicure this Irish woman could come up with today.  That's it for now, so until next time, love and nail polish to you!  

May the 4th Be With You

So apparently there is this saga which involves 6 movies, a guy in a black cloak and helmet, some white armor clad things, some teddy bear looking things, a little green guy, and the force...but here's the thing... I've never seen them...ever. I know that I'm one of the few, and possibly the proud, but yeah, nope, not likely to happen. However, I recognize that 90% of the world (probably more) have seen these movies and love them, worship them, and some actually LIVE them I think, so in honor of today (and a suggestion from reader Rebecca, who brought the holiday to my attention), which is Star Wars Day, I decided that I would suck it up and do Star Wars nails. I understand that by having never seen any of the Star Wars movies, that I am sure to lose my nerd cred, but I feel like I have to be honest. :-D



I used American Apparel Cotton as a base for the Stormtrooper helmets, and American Apparel Hassid for the black, as well as for Darth Vader's helmet. I also mixed a little of the American Apparel Cotton to make a dark grey to paint the features of Vader's helmet, which, unfortunately, are hard to see. I topped everything off with 2 coats of Seche Vite top coat.

...I AM your father.