Wednesday, April 24, 2013

P is for Purple and Patterned

Hiya polished friends!

Welcome to "P" day - lol, and of course I giggled because I'm a 10 year old boy in real life!!  Do we seriously only have 10 more letters left for Kimber's Lacquer Korner's ABC Challenge?  WOWza time flies by, hey?  What's our next challenge?  The New 31 Day Challenge??  All in favor?

Originally I was going to do a mani inspired by Heather over at Peace, Love and Polish, but it didn't turn out as I had hoped - I may or may not show it, we'll see.....Doesn't it suck when you have the best idea and it doesn't turn out!!  GRRRR....

Anyhoodle, I went on a bit of a polish binge this weekend and bought 22 polishes - eeks!!  I went to my local Shopper's Drug Mart and found NOPI's for $3.99, I grabbed a couple of those and a pink Essie for $1.99 - there was 3 - I bought them all...I don't feel guilty.  Plus our Walmart's finally got Salon Perfect and Pure ICE, so I stocked up - I actually went to two Walmarts to find what I needed - which was a lot apparently.


I used new plates that I got a while ago and haven't really used until now.  I bought the 2012 Cheeky Plates, you get 3 XL Jumbo plates for 14.99.  I mistakenly thought Jumbo meant they would fit on my nails, but see that purple moon there, ya that wasn't my intention - the plates don't fit my extremely long nails(okay, they aren't extremely long, but they're long for me!!).  I still love how they turned out so, yay for new nail stuff!!



Some of you asked which color I used for my O is for Oscar De La Renta Inspired mani and I don't want to disappoint so here's what I used:  Two coats of Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Mellow Yellow (thanks Gini) and then two coats of Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Sunny Side.  Sunny Side is super sheer and I couldn't get coverage even with multiple coats, so I used both.

Be sure to join me in checking out my fellow challengers and their "P" mani - giggle!!

Holla, N


18 comments:

  1. Wow that half moon stamped effect looks awesome ^^ I hadn't seen it before on real nails, and I am quite impressed :)

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  2. Lol! I HATE it when those great ideas don't turn out!!! One time, I spent two hours trying to stamp and I never could!!! Arrrgh.... I totally get you.
    On the other hand, these look amazing and I bet you spent a good couple hours doing them ;) it sucks that the 'jumbo' nail plates don't fit, they should make them larger!

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  3. I just love it- I haven't seen even a sililar design before!
    amazing.

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  4. It's so beautiful - and shopping like that is sooo fun LOL

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  5. The half moon effect doesn't look bad even if it wasn't your intention. I love bargain shopping! Wow, 22 bottles!

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  6. Love the way your nails came out! They look great.

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  7. ohhh i really love love this!

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  8. These are fantastic!! I love the purples! And I want to go polish shopping with you!

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  9. I have to get back to stamping - I LOVE that plate you used. Geometrics are my favorite. And the half moons are unexpected - I think I like them better this way than if you had full stamping on the nail.

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  10. This looks superb. I wish I was good at stamping, I really suck at it haha

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  11. You are so creative and your works are always so precise an clean! *_*

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  12. "Anyhoodle" makes me crack up every time I read it in your blog lol Anyway, beautiful manicure as always. I'm jealous of your duplicate Walmarts nearby. We don't have them in Chicago, so I can never get the Pure Ices that I want. *sigh* Nail blogger problems, eh? ;)

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  13. I love the design you picked! You are really rockin the stamping lately chica! I want to see a haul post now on all the awesome goodies you got during your splurge!! Pwetty pwease! LOL

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  14. This is so cool! It always irks me when "jumbo" plates don't fit on the nail, but this has such a great effect. It's like the half moons were intentional!.

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  15. I'm in favor!!!! Of The New 31, that is! :) Yeah, can't believe...just 10 more.

    Great job on this crazy gorgeous man, AND smart move with the short stamp plate. Those "half-moons" are perfect.

    I don't know who these plate manufacturers are making their plates for. 12 year olds? LOL.

    Your nails are amazing.

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  16. I'm glad I wasnt the only one who giggled at the "P Mani" lol. I love your stamping too. And hurray for all the new nail stuff!!

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  17. If you hadn't told us those half moons were not meant I would have thought they were!

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Thank you for commenting! I love getting and reading all your comments, feedback and questions. I will always try my very best to answer each and every one - thanks for checking in!! Holla, N