This mani was inspired by the colors of the Ethiopian flag, I sponged on red, yellow, green and black on the ring finger and thumb and used “Orly “Iron Butterfly” (another matte that I like shiny) on the rest of the nails.
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Another new Revlon matte that I picked up is “Ruby Ribbon.” Here it is with topcoat. The next day I added one of the Sally Hansen HD polishes. I forget the name, but it’s the pink one with purple and blue shimmer.
This is Revlon “Fire Fox.” It’s a bright sparkly red that dries matte. I put a topcoat on and stamped a swirly design in gold. I really like matte polishes, mostly because of the fast drying time. It seems I always add a topcoat though. Here it brings out the shimmer!
I've been away from the computer a lot this week, but I've still been painting my nails, and they've been growing!
This is Loreal “Imperial Plum” It looks like a more of a really dark brown, than a plum to me though. I stamped some roses with Orly “ Rage” and topped it all with Revlon Glimmer Gloss.
I'm not going to tag people, because I'm sure everyone has seen these floating around the web, but I do want to say thanks to everyone who stops by to look and comment on my blog!!!! I appreciate all your kind words!This is a mani that lasted much longer than expected, almost 5 days! I topped OPI “Jade is the New Black” with OPI “Catch Me In Your Net” using a sponge. On the ring fingers I tried water marbeling again using the above 2 colors along with silver and white. I love how this turned out!
This is just a little off topic vent...
I don't know what’s been up with me lately, but work has been a little more “anxiety provoking” than usual. I absolutely love my job and career choice (I’m a psychiatric RN) but I feel like I’m doing too much “extra.” Anyway, I am actually nervous about work tomorrow because I’m afraid my manager is going to complain about my overtime again. (Jeremy says I need to tell her to provide the tools for the unit that would make make the issues in the following rant resolved, but I really am too nervous!)
This may really weird and naïve but I find it hard to just go to work, assess patients, give meds, chart and leave. I get too bogged down in the many challenges and opportunities that occur in any given shift. It’s like when I see something wrong with a process I have to try to fix it. It’s mostly an “information” issue with me. I want everyone to know what’s going on, and who they need to talk to in order to get their needs met. And I like things to be pretty, or at least organized. I want our floor to have the best possible patient care and staff satisfaction. I’ve only been working there 10 months, but I can almost feel the enthusiasm being drained out of me. I have a notebook that I write in constantly during work, because I cant go an entire shift without thinking of things that could either make my job easier, make the unit look more professional or improve communication to patients and staff. Getting information to patients faster, and in a way they can understand is another passion of mine. (yes besides nail polish) I know I will see all the changes and ideas I think of happen eventually. Some are already in place. I just don't want to get ambivalent like many others there. More on this boring topic later, haha! By the way, thank you Shirley for all of your support; it really means a lot!
Lots more nail pics coming up very soon!!!
This is my first attempt at a water marble manicure. I used a white polish as a base on the ring fingers, and then just started mixing colors and experimenting with designs. I will definitely be trying water marbling again! The rest of the fingers are Sally Hanen “Blue Blast” topped with China Glaze Wireless Top Coat.
I got this tiny bottle from WnW’s new vampy/Halloween collection. It seems some of their bottles are getting smaller. $1.99 for 0.29 oz. Hmm. Anyway, “Prowler” is black with purple glitter. This is 2 coats, and 2 coats of top coat., because it dries kind of matte and bumpy.
I got this CD by Santigold yesterday and absolutely love it! It came out in 2008, I’m late I know) Its like a mix of hip-hop, techno, reggae and rock. I am horrible at describing music, but check her out for yourself! She sounds a little like another favorite artist of mine, MIA. My NOTD was inspired by the gold and gray in the cover. (hence the over the top gold vomit explosion on my thumb and ring finger, haha!)
I used Sally Hansen “Wet Cement,” On the ring finger and thumb I used OPI “Glitzerland” and gold foil. Then I used LA Splash “Sparkling Gold.”
