The theme today is Girls Just Wanna Have Fun!  I think animal print is very fun, and I did a sparkly bright rainbow colored gradient for my base.


The colors I used for my gradient are all part of the summer collection from Color Club, Take Wing.  The specific colors are Wing Fling, Sparkle and Soar, Daisy Does It, Fly With Me, and Metamorphosis. I will be swatching this collection for you guys in the next week or so, since I couldn't find much info on the collection myself when I looked.

I stamped with Konad M57 and Finger Paints Black Expressionism.

Hey guys!  I am a day late with these, because Mr. Sparkles and I went on a little day trip yesterday to check out some Texas wildflowers.  The state flower, Bluebonnets, grow like crazy in huge fields around Texas.  It was so beautiful to see.  We also stopped at the Blue Bell Ice Cream factory while we were in that area, and I knew I wanted to do ice cream nails for my sweet inspired nails!


I have been wanting to try this drip mani for a little while now, so here was my chance!  I like how they turned out, and I will definitely be trying these again with different colors.


For these I used 3 coats of China Glaze Dance Baby, and then added the chocolate drips with OPI Suzi Loves Cowboys.  I just used the regular polish brush to paint the drips, no fancy nail art tools.  It was so easy!!

Hey guys!! So last week I missed my Stamping Sunday due to some long hours I put in at work, but I'm back with it again now.  Our challenge this week is to only use black and white.  I knew right away that I wanted to do one of the cool geometric patterns on my Red Angel plates.


The plate I used was Red Angel RA-114.  For my base color I used OPI Funny Bunny.  (As you can tell this is my go-to white... I never thought when I bought it that it would get so much use from me, but I really love it.)  The black is Finger Paints Black Expressionism.


After doing this challenge I feel I need to try to find a better black stamping polish... maybe I need to just pony up and get the black and white Konad polishes.  What do you all use for your black and white stamping polishes?

I did today's nails in her favorite color, purple, and her favorite pattern, paisley.

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One of my favorite songs is the Cell Block Tango.  The photo below helped me come up with a design to do.


So here is what I came up with! I used OPI Malaga Wine, Finger Paints Black Expressionism, China Glaze Riveting, an LA Colors black striping polish, and Orly Instant Artist in Beige.

I don't really follow fashion as closely as I probably should... I did some googling for this challenge of Fashion Week 2012.  I found a dress that inspired me from the Marc by Marc Jacobs show.


This trend is color blocking, and I used scotch tape to achieve my nail look.



I was actual quite in love with this mani... this is one of my favorites that I have ever done!  I think I will be trying to use other color blocking in fashion to inspire future nail designs.

I started off with 2 coats of Essie Braziliant, then did a coat of quick dry top coat.  Once they were dry enough to withstand taping I taped the off center square and did one coat of OPI Roadhouse Blues.

Hello again lovelies!  Here are my nails for the third day of the challenge.  Today's theme is Delicate and Elegant.  (Adorn yourself with a lovely pattern, color, or technique.)  I knew I wanted a light base with a gold stamping for this... to me the jelly white of OPI Funny Bunny is definitely one of the most delicate polishes I own, and the gold of Color Club Antiquated is certainly elegant.

I was really happy with how this turned out!  The stamp I used was from my Red Angel set, plate RA-109.    It is a pattern of flowers and vines which is so pretty.  This is probably one of the most feminine manis I've done, which I suppose is appropriate for the Girly-Girl Challenge!!



Stephanie of A Little Polish

Kelly of 

Jodi of Captivating Claws

Danielle of Polish. Glitter. Rock & Roll!

Elly of Polishable

Olivia of Unprofessional Nails

Kate of This Charming Kate

Bethany of  A Plethora of Nails

Lizzy of The Do It Yourself Lady

Eugenia of Talon-ted

Johanna of Neues vom Kellerkind

Amanda of Nox Nails

Sarah of See Sarah Swatch

Emily of The Lacquerologist

Jess of LuvMyLacquer

Tressa of O' Natur Nail

Hey guys!  Here is the second post for the Girly-Girl Challenge.  The theme is Gimme That Bling. (Diamonds are a girl's best friend, so put some sparkle on those nails!)  Unfortunately, I didn't have a very sunny day to help me capture this mani's true sparkly-ness!

I started with one coat of Color Club Revvvolution, a black holo, on each nail.  I then added one coat of China Glaze Some Like It Haute, a graphite and silver glitter with larger holo glitters scattered through it. Finally, I took the diamond part of this challenge literally and stamped two diamonds on my ring finger.  I used the pattern from Bundle Monster plate BM-09, and stamped with Color Club Worth the Risque.


Stephanie of A Little Polish

Kelly of 

Jodi of Captivating Claws

Danielle of

Elly of Polishable

Olivia of Unprofessional Nails

Kate of This Charming Kate

Bethany of  A Plethora of Nails

Lizzy of The Do It Yourself Lady

Eugenia of Talon-ted

Johanna of Neues vom Kellerkind

Amanda of Nox Nails

Sarah of See Sarah Swatch

Emily of The Lacquerologist

Jess of LuvMyLacquer

Tressa of O' Natur Nail

Hi Guys!  I have decided to participate in a nail art challenge that was created by Lindsey from .  It is a 4 week challenge, with 2 theme days per week.  I will be trying to post on Tuesdays and Thursdays, as are most of the other participants, I believe.  Everyone is free to choose the days they post on though, so there may be some different ones.

Day one requires you to use pink polish.  I decided to use China Glaze Strawberry Fields, because it is a gorgeous color and I don't reach for it enough.  I did 3 coats of that, and topped with one coat of OPI I Lily Love You.  Then I mattified the whole thing, because who doesn't love matte flakie polishes!  I use Essie Matte About You as my matte top coat.


I tried to choose a "girly" stamp, and used one I hadn't done before.  I used Konad M57 for the leopard lace design.  I stamped using Finger Paints Black Expressionism.


The last picture is from my light box which washed out the color a bit, the flash photos are more true to the color of Strawberry Fields.  Its a bit easier to see the flakes and the design on the light box photo though.

Thank you all so much for entering my giveaway and following my blog!! The winner of the OPI DS Sapphire is Cari from Cari's Little Corner.  Let's all congratulate her!

Stay tuned for another giveaway soon!