I'm back with Creative Fantasy!

I'm back!

I have really missed you guys but I'm happy that I took some time off to be with my family.

Things are a little bit better. I have been dealing with my feelings and it was nice to have a little break from everything and just be. 

But I'm back now and so happy that I am! What is amazing is that while I was gone I got some new followers on Blogger and on Facebook, so welcome!

So this is a look that I have wanted to try since I first saw this post on Makeup Withdrawal.
This look uses loose powder eyeshadow sprinkled on top of your wet nail polish and sealed in with topcoat. Hence her naming it "Sprinkled Nails"

For this I used China Glaze Creative Fantasy, a bright purple that is almost a jelly but dries with an almost rubber finish. Confusion in a bottle. I had to use 3 coats for opacity and you can still see VNL in the picture but not it real life.

1 coat OPI Nail Envy
3 coats China Glaze Creative Fantasy
Sprinkled with NYX loose eyeshadow in Lilac Pearl and Turquoise Pearl
Stamped with BM-301 and Konad Special White
topped with SV


Before the stamp. I should have used a more pigmented powder. Maybe next time, I like this look though.

What do you think? Is this a look you would try?

31 Day Challenge Day 22: Inspired by a Song

Hey ladies!

Today's mani is inspired by a song.

I chose the song Hurricane by Something Corporate.

I have always loved this song and it seems apropriate since last week's appearance of Superstorm Sandy. My family was lucky and the worst that happened at our house was our fence was torn down from the winds. My brother-in-law's house however had a neighbor's tree fall onto the back of the house. Their house is still okay for them to stay in but there is  a lot of work to be done. 

There are a lot of people who weren't as lucky as we were and my heart goes out to them and their families. The Red Cross is taking donations to help people rebuild their homes and move on with their lives, you can find more information on their website.

1 coat OPI Nail Envy

2 coats OPI Swimsuit... Nailed It

2 coats Sally Hansen White On (accent nail)

  stamped with BM-312, OPI Swimsuit and Konad Black Pearl

1 coat Seche Vite

I love this blue it is so pretty but it stained my nails something feirce!

What do you think?

31 Day Challenge Day 16: Tribal Nails

Hey, eeek I'm a day late again. Bad Joanna!
Anyway onto the nails! I have never done tribal nails before and I didn't have a lot of time so I just went with what I know, stamping!

1 coat OPI Nail Envy
China Glaze Dance Baby and For Audry
Sally Hansen White On

stamped with BM-315 and Konad special black
1 coat SV

What do you think?

Check out what the other girls did for Tribal Nails:


 Kimber at Kimber's Lacquer Korner
-Kat at Hooked On Polish
-Diana at Nails By Diana
-Aly at Wonderland Beauty
-Meredith at Perfectly Polished
-Nicole at The Color Republic
-Kate at The Painted Pony Nails
-Cee at Absolutely Cee
-Sam at Polished Art
-Nail Narcotics
-Nicole at Nicole Gets Nailed
-Shelby at Shelby's Swatches
-Stephanie Louise at All Things Beautiful
-Mixed Mama
-Joanna @ Sweet Polish of Mine
-Patty Greenberg
-Liz and Lisa @ Lozlosa 
-Mari at Nailista
-Miss L at Beauty by Miss L 
-Gini at Sassy Paints 
-Chameleon Stampede 
-Pam at Nail-E-Glance
-Me, Myself, and Polish 
- Robin Sparkles  

31 Day Challenge Day 15: Delicate Print

Today's challenge is Delicate Print.

Now when I think of the word delicate I think of two things: lace and girly-ness (is that a word?)

So I did a mani with both!

1 coat OPI Nail Envy

2 coats China Glaze Dance Baby

sponged on OPI Be a Dahlia Won't You?

stamped BM-323 and Konad White

1 coat SV

What do you think?

Check out what the other girls did today:

-Kimber at Kimber's Lacquer Korner

-Kat at Hooked On Polish

-Diana at Nails By Diana

-Aly at Wonderland Beauty

-Meredith at Perfectly Polished

-Nicole at The Color Republic

-Kate at The Painted Pony Nails

-Cee at Absolutely Cee

-Sam at Polished Art

-Nail Narcotics

-Nicole at Nicole Gets Nailed

-Shelby at Shelby's Swatches

-Stephanie Louise at All Things Beautiful 

-Mixed Mama

-Joanna @ Sweet Polish of Mine

-Patty Greenberg

-Liz and Lisa @ Lozlosa 

-Mari at Nailista 

-Miss L at Beauty by Miss L 

-Gini at Sassy Paints 

-Chameleon Stampede 

-Pam at Nail-E-Glance

-Me, Myself, and Polish 

- Robin Sparkles

31 Day Challenge Day 14: Flower Nails

Hello ladies! 

Today's theme is flowers! I love flowers and I love flower nails. 

So today should have been easy, except I ran out of time. 

It's fall and the days of direct sunlight are going to be few and far between so I spent my free time swatching my holos, something that I've been meaning to do for a while.

Tonight is my old high school's alumni game and I wanted to have some purple on my nails to represent :)

So I multitasked, I slapped on one of my favorite holos Nfu-Oh 61 and added some purple and flowers.

1 coat Nfu-Oh Aqua Base

2 coats Nfu-Oh 61

2 coats Sation Tardy Tart on the ring and thumb fingers

stamped with BM-306 and Pure Ice Silver Mercedes

topped with SV

I love holos and I am counting down the days to Color Club's Halo Hues 7 days!

Check out what the other girls did:

 Kimber at Kimber's Lacquer Korner
-Kat at Hooked On Polish
-Diana at Nails By Diana
-Aly at Wonderland Beauty
-Meredith at Perfectly Polished
-Nicole at The Color Republic
-Kate at The Painted Pony Nails
-Cee at Absolutely Cee
-Sam at Polished Art
-Nail Narcotics
-Nicole at Nicole Gets Nailed
-Shelby at Shelby's Swatches
-Stephanie Louise at All Things Beautiful
-Mixed Mama
-Joanna @ Sweet Polish of Mine
-Patty Greenberg
-Liz and Lisa @ Lozlosa 
-Mari at Nailista
-Miss L at Beauty by Miss L 
-Gini at Sassy Paints 
-Chameleon Stampede 
-Pam at Nail-E-Glance
-Me, Myself, and Polish 
- Robin Sparkles  

TIOT times 4!

Happy Try It On Tuesday!

For those of you who don't know, TIOT is when you wear a nail polish that is already in your stash that you haven't used yet.

Here I am showing you OPI You Callin' Me a Lyre from their NYC Ballet Soft Shades collection and OPI Number One Nemesis from their Spiderman collection both of which came out earlier this year.

I decided to step out of my comfort zone and try something new for this post.

First of all I never wear french manicures. I like to keep my nails shorter so I think they look silly on me. Now some ladies out there can rock a french mani on super short nails and make it look amazing, but I just can't get it to work for me. 

So I decided to try a sponged french mani. I took my inspiration from Marta over at ChitChat nails. She really wowed me with this manicure.

If you haven't seen her blog before head over there and prepare to be inspired!

 

Onto the nails. I used:

1 coat OPI Nail Envy

2 coats OPI You Callin' Me a Lyre?

sponged OPI Number One Nemesis

stamped BM-312 w/ Konad Special Black Pearl

Of course I stamped it for a little extra pop with a plate and image that I have never used before!

What do you think? 

 

I love it! I can't wait to use these colors again but it might have to wait a little bit because of some "nail mail" that I recieved today...

Awakening

So I had a completely different mani set up for today. 

Then I got some chips it before I could take pictures and when I tried to recapture the magic, it just wasn't happening.

This ended up being a good thing because I got a chance to use one of my untried polishes.

This is China Glaze Awakening (not to be confused with Awake) It is a lovely duo chrome shining a a peachy pink and gold.

I originally bought this polish to see if it could stamp (which I haven't tried yet)

I spotted it in my stash and decided to give it a go!

I love it. 

It is a beautiful flattering shade and would probably look good on anyone.

I decided to use another untried in this post as well.

I've used this for nail polish jewelry but not on my nails and can not figure out why.

I used Nubar's Black Polka Dot on my thumb and pointer finger as an accent and I feel like it stole the show.

1 coat OPI Nail Envy

2 coats China Glaze Awakening

Stamped with BM-321 and Konad Special Black Pearl

1 coat Nubar Black Polka Dot as accents

I cut my finger at work, so yes I am blocking the grossness with my watermark, don't judge!

Black Polka Dot is made up of small and large black hexagonal glitters.

Just like many other glitters, I had some trouble "placing" the large pieces but the small glitters filled in the rest of the nail. This helps because it is not as noticeable when the placement is not precise.

Tardy Tart

Hello!

So I have been seeing the brand Sation a lot. 

Then I saw a fellow blogger use the color Tardy Tart and I knew I had to have it.

I tracked down an e-tailer who sold this brand and I bought it :)

Polishes

OPI- Nail Envy Base Coat

Sation- Tardy Tart

Konad- Black Pearl

Seche Vite Top Coat

Stamping Plate- BM-314

This stamp is wonderful. The image is nice and deep and all the little lines stamped so crisp and clear.

I love this color! It is so bright it's almost neon. This polish is so opaque it is almost a one coater and it applied like a dream. Since it is so pigmented I think it might me able to stamp...

 

What do you think?

NYX Ink Heart

So, when I used this polish last week I said it made me want to do a glitter sandwich and I couldn't help myself, I had to do it!

This jelly polish is just so pretty that I had to pick an equally beautiful glitter to match it.

I chose OPI's Servin' Up Sparkle.

 This is one coat of Ink Heart, one coat Servin, another Ink Heart, the stamp and a coat of SV 

I stamped on it with one of the new Bundle Monster plates BM-305 and Revlon Metallic 

I love that silver glitter polish for stamping it is my go-to silver!

A close up shot with flash. I know that this washes out my already pale skin but it gives you guys a good look at that glitter!

Coming soon... I finally found the package I've been waiting for at my door...
OPI Black Spotted!!!

Movin' Out

Hey guys! Today I have a polish that is so hard to photograph!

It is OPI Movin' Out. I have it here over Sinful's Black on Black.

This polish is a beautiful multichrome and I have not done it justice here,

It shifts from purple to pink to gold to green.

You need three hands to photograph this polish!

I think I am going to get the hubby to help me take a better pic of this :-)

Then I added a stamp with one of Bundle Monster's new plates BM-314 and Revlon Metallic

What do you think?

My Boyfriend Scales Walls, Busted

So, good things to come! I won a bottle of OPI Black Spotted off of Ebay!

It is a France exclusive in their Spiderman collection. 

So as soon as it arrives I will get some pictures on here!

I have been so busy lately I am so surprised that I have been posting as often as I have, which is not often at all compared to some other bloggers. I am always painting my nails though, so I am building up a little archive. Soon I will have enough to have a bunch of scheduled posts ready and will be able to post more often :)

This is a mani I played around with when my sister was visiting.

Of course this is with one of the new Bundle Monster stamps because I am obsessed!

Polish

OPI- My Boyfriend Scales Walls

Sinful Colors- Black on Black

Pure Ice- Busted

Tools

plate BM-318 

I left the accent nail matte because I am really liking this matte to shiny contrast look lately...

What do you think? Do you ever leave your nails half matte? Are you excited for Black Spotted?

Meg Stamped

So my sister and I went to Ulta the other day. It was tons of fun and nice to have some girly time and pick out some new polishes. We noticed that a lot of brands were buy 2 get 1 free, including Zoya! Plus I remembered that I had a coupon for 15% off of the entire purchase in my car. So each polish was about $4.55, what a deal!

I noticed that there was one lonely bottle on a restocking cart from the Zoya Surf collection so I snatched it! There was no other bottle from the Surf or Beach collection in the entire store, Believe me I looked! This bottle was meant for me. 

This is Zoya Meg. She is beautiful. 

Since I am also currently obsessed with the new Bundle Monster plates they were used too.

What is better than one new image? Two new images!

Sometimes less is more, but not this time. I was unhappy with my first stamp so I added another.

I first stamped with the new "water marble" image, then when that was not exciting enough I added the butterfly image.

I liked how the stamp was semi-matte, so I left it like that :)

Polishes

Zoya-Meg

Revlon- Metallic

Konad- Black Pearl

Tools

BM-320

BM-307

What do you think of Meg?

On a side note while I was in Ulta I noticed a display with "Ulta Exclusive" OPIs, this would have been really cool but it seemed like every color had been taken out of previous collections and renamed... I know OPI has a habit of this but these were pretty recent and well known collections. I didn't buy any of these but there were dupes from a lot of the Pirates of the Caribean collection and a dupe for "Last Friday Night" and "Not Like the Movies" from Katy Perry. I wasn't sure if I should be annoyed because OPI was trying to pull a fast one on us or snatching up some colors from collections that I may have missed out on? What do you think? Annoying or second chance?

Ruby Pumps + New Bundle Monster Plates!

I received my new Bundle Monster plates today! 

I was already wearing China Glaze Ruby Pumps so I went ahead and stamped on it with my new plates!

This is plate BM-317

 These stamps are awesome! I have so many ideas for these plates!

Another picture of the glittery shine of Ruby Pumps because it is so pretty!

What do you think of these new plates?