NOTD 143 – Ruby Sequin

Ugg back to work. 😦 We had off on Thursday and Friday as we had a trip down the shore planned for our Annual American Legion Convention. Thursday we went to Atlantic City for the day, we ate breakfast, played some slots and some tables, even tried our hands at Craps. We ate lunch at Carmine’s, OMG some of the most amazing food you will ever taste! Friday and Saturday it was off to Wildwood for the Convention, we were up on the boards most of the time, playing games, cranes, and winning all kinds of prizes :). When we weren’t on the boards we were hanging out with the other Legion members and our family, then the  Parade was Saturday. We drove home late Saturday night to avoid the Sunday morning traffic… 🙂 Then Sunday we went to see Superman and then watched the Season premier of True Blood! 🙂 Such an amazing, and relaxing weekend! So I have some other pics for you in addition to my mani.

First up, a picture of my lillies finally blooming in the center of my Citrosa (mosquito plant).

Here are a couple of photos from the shore this weekend. A picture of the high ferris wheel and pictures from the top.

Now my True Blood bow waiting for last nights premier

Now on to “Sally Hansen – Ruby Sequin”. This color is part of the ‘Diamond Strength – no chip nail color line’. I put this color on, on Thursday night and Monday morning still good as new, no chips, no wear, nothing! This is two coats of the beauty now 🙂

Alright well that’s it for now, stay tuned for this weeks Featured Color Friday, ‘Darling Diva – Channeling Coco’

 

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Blogiversary Day

Today, one year ago, I posted my very first post here on WordPress. I started my blog, and its gotten crazier and more fun each and every day. I get so excited when I get emails for comments and likes and can’t wait to go respond. I have made so many friends, met people from all over the world, found other amazing blogs to share my journey with, it’s just been amazing! In just one years time, I have gotten over 1,300 followers, and I love each and every one of you!! 🙂

With that being said, I am now going to announce the two winners to the Blogiversary giveaway. IF you are not one of the winners, This was not my first giveaway, and certainly won’t be the last so be sure to stick around for next time 😀

THE WINNER OF PRIZE ONE IS……. POLISH ALCOHOLIC!!!!!!!

THE WINNER OF PRIZE TWO IS……  SIOBHAN from For the love of Makeup and Nail art!!!!

I have just sent the winners emails, please respond within 48 hours your full mailing address so that I can send your goodies!!! Congrats to the winners!

 

A Christmas Story – Bunny Suit

The second weeks challenge was “gifts”.

The first thing gift giving makes me think of is those horrible gifts you would occasionally get as a kid (Bad Christmas sweaters etc.), which reminded me of one of my favorite holiday movies “A Christmas Story” and the terrible christmas gift that Ralphie got from his Aunt Clara, the infamous “Bunny Suit”. So I ran with it and decided to go with a ‘Christmas Story’ theme for my nails, including some of the gifts therein.

I first painted two coats of “Sally Hansen – Platinum Frost” on all of my nails, then the inspiration for each nail is as follows:

Thumb: Christmas tree to put presents under in their living room on Christmas day, Painted by hand with a brush using “Urban Decay – Mars” then did some random sized Christmas balls using “Barry M – Red” and “Milani – white”

Pointer: Ralphie’s stocking where Santa leaves him stocking stuffers, using “Barry M – Red” and “Milani – white” I painted the stocking with a brush and used a toothpick and “China Glaze – liquid leather” to write Ralph.

Middle: Ralphie in his bunny suit was all hand painted with a tiny brush using “Julep – Kelly” for his face, “Milani – white” eyes, toothpicked “China Glaze – Liquid leather” and made it look like his eyes were rolling, mouth and nose using “Sally Hansen – Ruby Sequin”. The bunny suit was painted using “OPI – Think in Pink” for the light pink part of the suit, and the under the ears the brighter pink is the Ruby Sequin. I then painted his hair using “OPI – DS Classic”, and his glasses using “Sally Hansen – Forbidden Fugde”

Ring: Red Ryder BB Gun, painted with a tiny brush “China Glaze – liquid leather” and “Revlon – Stone” I then with the same brush wrote out Red Ryder using “Barry M – Red”

Pinky: Ralphie’s dad had won a Leg lamp which was his gift, I used “Julep – Kelly” for the leg shape, and “China Glaze – liquid leather” for the shoe and the fringe on the lamp shade. I then lastly manipulated my “KandNails CK-02” fish net stamp to just go over the leg with liquid leather.

Without further adieu, here is the look!

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Thank you so much for everyone’s support thus far, I absolutely do not think of myself as an artist, and I am completely honored to be participating with some great artists.

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