Red Dotti-Cure

wow ---that Witchcraft red glitter is something else..... it really glows! This mani is a base of Icing Sandy Beach, multi-sized dots made with Kozmic Colours reds, Sally Hansen Red Comet, and Witchcraft Red Glitter. I used a matte Top Coat from N.Y.C. The bland base polish really made this dotti-cure extra special.

before TC

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Wet n Wild glittery red nail art

 Todays mani is a bright red from the Wet n Wild MegaLast Collection. I used a thin striping brush to make curved lines with Wet n Wild Wild Shine Burgundy Frost, a swipe of Wet n Wild Mega Last in On the 101 = a pretty, multi-sized glitter in a black jelly base. I also added a few strokes of Witchcraft Red Glitter, for maximum glittery-ness

 I added a coat of Pro-FX TC. This smoothed out any bumpy-ness -  but I find that this TC takes alot of work to remove with regular polish remover becuase it is sooooo thick.

Stuff I used for this mani

This is a lively bright red, 3 coats

..... with the addition of Burgundy Frost

  then glitter and top coat

I used Pro-FX TC for this mani

 Indoor flo

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pretty pink Gradient sponge with opalescent TC

 i was happy to find this Icing Top coat in the bargain bin at the closest Icing store to me in Minot N.D. in the summer of 2013. Icing Baby Doll top coat has multi-sized opalescent glitter. The formula is the same as most Icing brand nail polish that I have tried, it didn't do much to smoothe out the lumpy sponged polish, and I dont feel like it sped up my dry time, the multi-sized opalescent glitter is mesmerizing. I think that this will be very pretty over a dark royal blue or even black...... next time.

The base of this Mani is a gradient sponge of 2 pretty pink no-name nail polishes from Kozmic Colors that I found at the DollarRama. I have about 75 of these Kozmic color polish's they are found at the Dollar Tree and also at the DollarRama in Canada. They are dirt cheap and this company is cranking out new collection every 6 months, and so I try and get the whole collection at once when I see it.

yes I know this is janky masking tape,  I try to recycle whenever I can 

in dimmer lighting for maximum opalescent-ness.......opalescent-ey......opalescent-tivity

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SORRY! ................ and Kosmic Colors Zebra nail art from the dollar-rama

 I had to erase my blog-roll and do a bunch of other stuff to my blog layout ---- hopefully everyone has blog-lov'in or some other type of blog-reader-thingy, and won't miss my massive list of NAIL BLOGS for a week or two. When i have time this weekend i will have to figure out what to do about that. i wasn't able to edit it and people who abandoned their blogs, somehow their blogs turned into ads for companies and things I do not want to be associated with - so I had to erase the whole thing and I will have to start over.

I get bummed out when some of my favorite blogs stop posting, or don't post as much as usual, and so I am  sorry for doing that myself. I am straight up addicted to the Internet. = I could stay online from morning till night reading and looking at pictures of all sorts of things. I wish I had dial up cuz I would get frustrated easily and only have the patience for 1/2 hr of Internet a day LOL! So I have to just stay away all together

I am still alive but I am trying to not buy nail polish, and not spend 3 hours a day looking at nail blogs, nail art pictures, Pinterest and DIY websites (decor and do-it-yourself blogs) It is super duper hard!

 I have also been bribing myself with new nail polish PURCHASES when I get things done around my home = it's not really working but I have reduced my ass-to-couch time quite a bit, and I am pretty proud of that. I still do my nails and try all the new easy nail art technique's I have found on-line. I am still only allowed to buy bottles of nail polish if they are under $2.00 CAD, The Dollar-Rama in Canada has been a goldmine for polish lately.

Which brings me to today's post. This is 2 pretty polish's from the Kosmic Colors line that I picked up last summer.... ( summer of 2013)  I used 3 coats of the No-Name Pink, and used a small liner brush to make the Zebra Stripes in this No-Name Red. I added a sloppy coat of the Wet n Wild ' Clear Nail Protector that I found at The Dollar-Rama......

stuff I used

 I haven't really put this to the test, It dried pretty fast and shiny but didn't totally disguise the bumpy finish of my Zebra nail art. I am trying to stay away from thick, but incredibly shiny and smoothe Top Coats and am trying to use thinner Top coats. I'll make the sacrifice and have a lumpy/bumpy texture mani, to prevent having to use Acetone to remove polish if I can.

These are my real nails! - I can't beleive it either!

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Wet n Wild Mega Last in Canada?

So has the new line-up of Wet n Wild MegaLast shown up in Canada yet? the last time I was in a Canadian department store they had 12 shades of MegaLast polish, pretty cremes and subtle shimmers. However, on a recent trip to the U.S.A. I picked up a handful of the beautiful glitters - but am craving more. I am so glad I popped into the Dollar General store because it was a nail polish goldmine!

 Is that collection supposed to end up in Canada? Anyone know? I hope so because there is at least 12 more that I want!!!!!!There is some seriously beautiful polish's in that collection and they have a great formula and a good price.

This mani is 2 coats of MegaLast I Red a Good Book with 3 coats of Club Cabaret layered over it. I just saw  on Nouvea Cheap's blog ( U.S.A.- Sorry rest of the world  ) that these two polish's are being sold together for 2.99 @ Walgreen's. I think these are under $3.00 \cad, but I can't remember how much for sure.

 Wn'W Club Cabaret is a pretty red/silver multi-sized glitter. My only complaint is that there is not more of a colour distinction between the larger hex glitter and the smaller round glitter. I think the small bubbles helped fill in some glitter-sparse areas - lol.

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So close..... Canada day nails.....

well, it's sorta Canada day-ish... just 3 days late. This was 2 coats of Billie Cosmetics French White. I applied fancy blue office tape and swiped on a bright red polish so that I would only have to use 1 coat of LA Colors Stripe polish in Red Glitter. When it was dry I peeled off the tape and added TC..... It was ridiculously humid out when I did this mani ( it still is ) and I did not want to press down on the tape - so my lines are not as crisp as I would have liked.....

I have to add that coming up with inspiring 4th of July nails ( USA) is easier than Canada Day nails

Happy Independace Day!

I used blue office tape to mark off the red sections, then slapped on a bright red polish so I would only have to use 1 'coat' of the la colors stripe polish.

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LA Colors Red Glitter with Sinful Colors Rich in Heart

 This red glitter polish is sooooooo pretty -  I needed 3 coats of Top Coat but it was totally worth it!!!!! I looked at the LA Colors website and there is no comparable Color Craze polish to match this stripe glitter, I would love to see LA Colors come out with glitters just like this in different colours.

This LA Colors stripe polish is called Red Glitter and is a red translucent base with tiny red flecks, and two different sizes of round glitter.......

The base of my mani today is 2 coats of Sinful Colors Rich in Heart - I layered this over 1 coat of Wet n Wild Black Creme. I added the LA Colors Red Glitter to my nails in a gentle curve diagionally across my nails and used much more top coat then I care to admit - This pretty glitter polish is super grainy but totally worth it.

And here is a few more blogs I added to my blog list, I like it when other people do this 'blog roll link thingy', I feel like I never have enough time to hunt around for new nail blogs/tumblrs, but every week I find 5 or more = sooooo awesome.

Polish Obsession 

basecoat//topcoat

Esmalterapia

The nail movement


 stamp 'n' polish

 dare to be beauty 

 nailsymo

 nails on the cheap

Wickless and Polished

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the floor is Lava!!!! - Klean Color Bite me and Ardene Crackle

 of course I waited to find black crackle nail polish for as low priced as I could........I'm not paying 9 bucks for half a polish job lol.....

 this is gonna be a quickie post & run =  I started with a base of 2 coats of Klean Color Bite me and added 1 coat of Ardene Crackle in black. It dried matte which looked really cool -  I added 2 coats of TC to this. I found this crackle polish at Ardene Stores ( Canada ) for 3 bucks.

My pinky nails I added a coat of clear and the the crackle immediatly after and I got random shaped crackles while the rest of my nails have long random crackels.

WARNING - holy craaaaaap! I tried to remove this tag on the crackle polish and black polish flicked EVERYWHERE all over my nail polish area and my hands/face!!!!!! be careful removing this ( or it might just be that I am a major clutz! )

2 coats of Klean Color Bite me no TC

This polish stained my nails badly. Both my real nails and the artificial nails in the photo. It dried shiny and quickly for me.

 indoor flourescent

sun

sun

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