"A Thousand Splendid Suns"

Last night I attended Linkin Park's concert and I'm still in shock. I've been a fan since I was 10, I'm currently 19 so I guess after 9 years I felt what I should have a loooooooooooong time ago: VERY HAPPY.
For the occasion I had more time than I did for the Weezer concert. I spent a lot of time on the detailed work, no one's perfect so when I was doing my right hand I failed so badly. :3

Results: I took this picture right after I was finished, you can tell by the messiness.
Products used:

• Beauty Secrets base coat
• Essie's 'Licorice' varnish
• *Excluding the ring finger* Sinful Colors 'Glass Pink', only one coat to get the metallic effect.
• *Ringer Finger* I made a blend of my own to get the grey glittery varnish. (You can't see the glitter) I blended all the listed:
• Sally Hansen's White 
• Sinful Colors 'Glass Pink'
• *DISCONTINUED* CoverGirl glitter top coat
• OPI's 'Lucerne-taintly Look Marvelous'
• I took a 10/0 thin paint brush and painted in the logo.
• Finished off with Seche Vite top coat. 

Is It Spring Yet?

After the M&M nails I wanted to do Skittles inspired, then Tron inspired. I thought I should go with something simple yet cute and I was gonna hold off on the other ideas. What got me to do these nails is the beautiful weather that's occurring in my area in January. Awkward but very nice :) I also entered Daily Nail's contest to win the American Apparel nail polishes that are sooo gorgeous! I hope I win! :)
Today I came up with this design:
1. I started off with a base coat, the same jumbo bottle from Sally's Beauty Supply.
2. I used OPI's Moon Over Mumbai until it was blend between translucent and opaque.
3. Using OPI's Black Onyx I dotted on the pedals of the flower, some 5 pedals and some 4.
4. Took Milani's yellow nail art and made a yellow dot in the middle.
5. Taking a 2mm rhinestone I covered the yellow just a little so on some of the nails the yellow peekaboos under.
5. Took Love & Beauty from Forever 21 in Teal and a 10/0 brush from Simple Simmons art brush and made the stem.
6. Finished the nails with Seche Vite.

I decided to upload that video. Here it is!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrzFW76eLq0

Two In One.

Before going to NY I did a quick nail polish to help my nails keep strong after the acrylics popped off. It wasn't anything special. Just 1 color and stickers.

When I came back I did this design with more stickers:

1) Primer

2) OPI'S Black Onyx

3) Wallgreens nail art sickers

4) Top Coat

Just yesterday, Tuesday, I got sick of looking at them and decided to do something fun. So I did M&M nails.

1) Primer

2) On the thumb I used LA Colors' Static Electricity, the pointer finger OPI's Atomic Orange, ULTA's Candy Red, Hot Topic's basic green and Milani's yellow nail art. 

3) Seche Vite top coat.

Let It Snow!

I've already removed these not to long ago, I'm gonna get that manicure tomorrow. FINALLY! :)

How I achieved:

1. I used Beauty Secrets Base Coat
2. Two coats of Sinful Colors 'See You Soon'.
3. Konad image plate m59, I used both snowflakes. I used OPI 'Pearl Of Wisdom' (I looked it up online, I basically used a regualr standard white. Mine is a sample from OPI and I forgot the name), OPI 'Dreaming Of Red' and Finger Paints 'Key To My Art'. 
4. On top I used Seche Vite to complete the nails. 

I don't celebrate Christmas but after working at Michaels', the carols playing on the radio get to your consciousness and haunt your dreams.. Ha.. I love snow, I once expierenced snow fall in Lake Tahoe, UT one year; they were actual snow flakes.. :)

Golden Cheetah.

This nail was about a week and a half ago: Sorry for the late-ness.

I usually don't do weird, funky colors or huge 3D nails. The most I go with 3D is sticker rhinestones and that's what I used this time around.

It took me forever to get a good shot. Please excuse the nasty cuticles. Yeesh!
I began with my regular base coat. I guess I'll explain details since I've got a lot of time to kill. :)

• I started using a base coat a few months ago because I realized majority of my entire nail polish collection are staining my nails. I went to Sally's Beauty Supply and grabbed a generic base coat and the biggest size so I won't be making so many trips. This is the one I use, it's a 2.5fl oz:

• I think out of all the animal print in the world zebra, tiger and cheetah are my top 3, not in particular order.

How I achieved:

1. Beauty Secrets Base Coat
2. Finger Paints 'Key To My Art', two coats.
3. Konad Image plate m57 with OPI 'Visions Of Sugarplum'. I think that's a limited edition for the holidays. My sister got it last year. I'm not sure if they're continuing it. 
4. Just on the ring finger, I put sticker rhinestones that I cut individually from a set I bought at Walgreens. I carefully placed them in the middle of the cheetah design.
5. Topped it off with Seche Vite top coat.

Konad Image stamping and plates...ARE AMAZING. I always use m57.. It was the first one I got and it's the pretty much the only one I use... I have more image plates but m57 is my GOTO. 

I got the scraper, the generic one with the one sided silicone pick up/stamper.