I had no idea that mint green and red was a thing...

I had no idea that mint green and red was a thing until Mo told me, but I guess it is. Google says so, if you don't believe her. In a thousand years I probably never would have thought of this. LOL So thank you, Mo, for helping me with color. That is something I always need help with.

So I know those are not my most creative nails, but my mint green is a textured polish, so that limits what I can do with it. Maybe I'll topcoat them later to see how they do, but you generally aren't supposed to do that because then you can't feel the texture.

Obviously, I did not paint lines that straight on my own. Tape was the magic behind these nails. 😉

Research polishes;
Taping technique

I am so lazy right now.

I am so lazy right now.  I was so lazy last night, too.  I was gonna paint my nails and stuff, but I ended up playing Dr. Mario for hours.  LOL  I did, at least, take off my chipping polish and cut and file my nails.  Now I have naked nubby nails!  I didn't mean to get them quite that short, but they were really long and bugging me and they'll grow back, so whatever.  And I moisturized the holy shit out of them, which they desperately needed.  Maybe I'll do that again today because they look healthy and happy right now.  🙂

I do plan to paint them later, though.  And I have two ideas, but I have no clue which one I should try first.  Both involve tape.  One idea involves a possible holo polish, and the other idea would use my new texture polish.  I guess since it's stormy and not sunny, a using a holo doesn't make sense.  I think I've found my answer!  So, what color goes nice with mint green?  I suck at colors.  😐

So... the screen on my camera went out.

So... the screen on my camera went out. But I can still take photos. I just have to... point and shoot, literally. This is the best shot I could get, and it was the only one with all of my nails on it. I didn't realize before, but this one doesn't have an eye-hole to look through. So DANG. 🙁

Anyway, this is another holographic polish. This one came from bornprettystore when they were on clearance. It's more of a sheer coral color, but I layered it over a bright bubble gum pink to get this look. Holos are too pretty to cover up with a lot of other stuff, so I opted to put a flower water slide decal on one finger. Now I'm looking all girly today. 😃 And look at those rainbows! It shows the best on the middle finger. LOVE THAT. I'll be looking at my hands non-stop. 😃

Research polishes;
unbranded decal from BornPretty;
Waterslide Decal

Oh man. I FINALLY jacked up my nails...

Oh man.  I FINALLY jacked up my purple and blue holo nails in the shower.  Now I can paint them again.  😃

I was holding out since that stuff is hard to find.  I've probably had the same paint job on for a whole week now.  Madness.

So I'm obviously still hung up on that purple...

Gotta do some yard work so I thought I'd photograph my nails before I jacked them up. 😃

So I'm obviously still hung up on that purple I've been wearing. I bought a back-up bottle because I love it so much. I think it's one that is being discontinued so if you like it - go find you one NOW.

As for the blue, that is one of the China Glaze Hologlams I got on Friday. See the rainbow? It's so pretty in real life, but you can only see it in the sun and certain other lights. I'm gonna be looking at my hands ALL THE TIME with this stuff on my nails.

My three favorite things about summer: 1) Lizard walking, 2) holographic nail polish, and 3) 4-day work weeks. Woohoo!

Violet Voltage by Sally Hansen and Take a Trek by China Glaze;
Bundle Monster plate BM-322;
Taping and Stamping techniques

Polish freaks:

Polish freaks:  Get yourselves to Sally's NOW. They have the China Glaze Hologlam collection on clearance. I wouldn't pay full price for the amount of holo they are, but for cheapsies - HELL YES.

I'm surprised there are any left - the last time CG did holos they sold out fast and became a collectors item. Like, people went "$30 on ebay would get you a half empty bottle" kinda crazy. (Not me - in case you are wondering.)

I'm guessing they didn't sell out because they were over-priced and hyped WAY UP - so much that they were kind of a let-down. Honestly, they don't look like much in the store in the bottle, but get them out in the sun on your nails - and BAM. Rainbows. 😃 People who aren't crazy into polish probably didn't have a clue what was so special about these. I don't recall the display being particularly impressive.

Also, tons of other manufacturers are making holos now - much stronger ones, even, though you mostly have to buy them from other countries. Not that I shop in fancy stores much, but the only other place I've found a good holo was at Ulta. And I didn't $15 love it so I didn't get it then.

Anyway, me and Shaun both got some cheap awesome polish today. I guess you know what I'll be doing tonight! Happy Friday to me! 😃

I'm not usually into stripes OR bows...

I'm not usually into stripes OR bows, but I thought these were SO CUTE.  Too bad I couldn't make the bow stay put for long.  I do too much stuff with my hands.  I knocked it off a thousand times.  😳

Research polishes;
Embellishment and Striping Tape from BornPretty

Mermaid nails!

Mermaid nails!

I've had the stamping plate with the mermaid on it for a while, but she's long so I had to wait until my nails were kind of long to fit her on there. I usually keep them a bit shorter than this because they start to get in the way.

Anyway, I'm really digging these. I hope I don't mess them up for a few days. I really like my scaly ring finger. I put some layers of flaky polish under the scale stamp to make it more realistic. I don't know if I did enough layers, but it looks pretty when it catches the sunlight. No complaints here! 😃

Research polishes;
Winstonia plate W108, Mash plates Mash-39, Mash-43, Mash-49, and Mash-50;
Stamping technique 

Gradient + stamping.

Gradient + stamping.  I like these, but I only have a tiny bottle of white stamping polish and it's drying out - as you can probably tell by the missing specks in my design.  That's a bummer, but I'll buy some more as soon as I'm working more hours.

Research polishes;
MagnoNails plate B;
Sponge Gradient and Stamping techniques

These are the bizarro, fugly nails I did.

These are the bizarro, fugly nails I did.  I'mma go ahead and admit that I did NOT have any plan when I sat down to do these other than that I wanted to practice my gradient-ing.  😂  So the base is one of my FAVORITE EVER greens.  Then on top of that at the tip I sponged a lighter green glitter, and on top of THAT I sponged the edges a very dark green.  Since that just apparently wasn't enough going on I added the round disc glitter things at the cuticle.

It's like, glamorous Swamp Thing or something.  😂😂😂  They are definitely INTERESTING if nothing else.  And I think that my gradient skillz are coming along.  I just don't know about these.  I look at them and I kind of like them for their weirdness, but on the other hand... ehh... I just don't know about that.  😛

Research polishes;
Embellishments from BornPretty;
Sponging Gradient technique