Supernatural Stamping

Welcome to my new obsession! I've always liked the TV show Supernatural, but these last few months my interest has exploded into obsession. So when cruising my nail art group on Facebook someone mentioning a Supernatural stamping plate caught my undivided attention. Sure enough, Apipla made a small plate (I mean really small. Like 2 inch by 2 inch) dedicated to Supernatural. I may have squee'd a bit when it showed up. Super excited I slapped this mani together real fast. A bad french tip white by Color Workshop I had lying around made the base. I used two coats, but maybe I could have used a third because you can still see some streaking in it. I stamped with Wet 'n Wild "Black Creme" and added a little splattering with Essie "5th Avenue." Sorry for the dry cuticles, work has been rough on my hands these last few weeks.

On the plate you have the Enochian angel banishing sigil, 2 pairs of wings, Bobby's face, the Impala, the front of Castiel's trench coat, Ruby's knife, the anti-possession tattoo, a gun, what I assume is Dean's face but it's not too clear, and the words I <3 SAM!, I <3 CAS!, I <3 DEAN!, I lost my shoe., and I'm Hunter!. I think the I'm Hunter! is a typo and it should read I'm A Hunter!. I think if I ever use it I'll grab the A in the middle of Sam's name to add to it.

I'm loving this manicure. Supernatural is new tomorrow night with the return of my favorite character Charlie! Perfect nails for the occasion.

Sherlock Wallpaper

The season finale just aired last night for Sherlock season 3 and wow! I really enjoyed it. Shame there is only 3 episodes a season. So here is my new Sherlock inspired nails. Not the best job, but fun none the less. Orly "Mirror Mirror" as the base with Cosmetic Arts "TGIF" as the stamp. I used Color Workshop's stamping plate. It was tricky, Color Workshop's stamps are narrow so I had to double stamp many of my fingers to get full coverage. I freehanded the smiley face in Sally Hansen "Lighting".

Oh, and for those that don't know, here is a pic of the wallpaper in question. In one episode Sherlock paints the face on the wall and shoots at it because he's bored.

Christmas Clearance

Christmas is over and all the stores are trying to get rid of all their leftover Christmas product and gift sets. Including manicure, nail art and polish gift sets! Here is a quick look at the haul I made yesterday. I'll prolly write up proper product reviews on them later.

This was the set I went looking for. My nail art group on Facebook was talking about a cheap nail stamping kit at WalMart and I just had to get a look. My luck was in as I hit my second WalMart and found the last one on the shelf. That and it was 75% off! Two and a half bucks for a new stamping set. Even if every thing in here is rubbish, it was still worth it.

Sorry for the glare, I'm still learning
how best to use my Ott Light.

I've started to grow interested in Hard Candy so finding this set of mini bottles for 75% off was awesome. The mini bottles look kinda like their crushed chrome collection so another $2.50 was worth it to try them out.

These were in WalMart's regular clearance section and they are still a little pricey. I looks like they are getting rid of the Heart 2 Art collection Fing'rs came out with last summer. Shame, I really liked the idea of introducing all the different forms of nail art to the mainstream. Even if the product was a bit cheaply made I still liked it.

Another Heart 2 Art that I picked up solely for the fan brush. I've been wanting one for a while to play with but never got around to it.

The whole reason I picked this up was cause it was $2.48. Then Mom mentioned lips for Valentine's Day, so I'm gonna pretend that is the reason I got it.

31 Day Challenge: Day Twenty-Five ~ Inspired by Fashion

I have never done a fashion manicure before even though they are rather popular in the nail art world. I had no idea where to even find the dress to mimic. So I went to my ever trusty Google Image search. I just typed in "Red Carpet Dresses" and this neat gown popped up.

Apparently she is Kelly Rowland at the 2013 Grammy Awards in a Georges Chakra Couture gown. I really don't know much about any of that, but that is what it said on Google. I'm not sure I really captured the dress all that well, but it was the first time I have ever done this. I freehanded a simple french tip on all my nails but for the accent using Color Workshop french pink and white. I taped off the stripes with striping tape on my accent then used Orly "Liquid Vinyl" over the tape. Peel it off and you have the open mesh areas of the dress. Again I'm not sure I used enough tape to get the idea across, but I like it. Simple and elegant.