52 week challenge week 9: vintage mani

Apparently this manicure was a way to save nail polish back in the day. Two things I learned about my nails from this one: you can only see a tiny bit of the moon on my ring and pinky fingers and my nails are yellow! Painting sideways was a very strange experience too as I didn't use French tape guidelines, I just free-handed this shiz. I actually like this style but in the future I'll either make sure I've buffed the yellow out of my nails or use a neutral base coat. This is two coats of Essie After Sex (which I bought solely for the name)

52 week challenge week one

Well, I've been gone. Inexplicably and really there was no reason for it. Since my last post I'm now engaged and along with planning a wedding I also will be combining my house and my fiancé's house into one. I'm not really sure where to start but I do know I need to get started soon. One room and one thing at a time.

January 1st is New Year's Mani, make it sparkle. I already had my nails painted when I decided to do this challenge and it just happened to fit. I'm wearing Essie Mesmerize topped with Finger Paints Special Effects in Twisted. Mesmerize is a beautiful blue cream that reminds me a lot of Deborah Lippman I Know What Boys Like, but it's not a jelly. FP Twisted is an amazing flakie polish with flakes in every color of the rainbow. It's beautiful!

Essie is available online, I got mine off eBay. The Finger Paints Special Effects collection is only available at Sally's Beauty Supply and seem to be hard to find. They are also available on eBay for exorbitant amounts of money.

Hope you enjoyed my mani, sorry for the cell phone pictures. I'll get my camera set up soon so I can post better pictures.

Loves!