Polish Olympics

I'm super excited for today's post, it's my first post participating in Polish Days!

A while back on twitter, I was seeing all these #polishdays hashtags and countdowns to polish days and I was curious and somewhat jealous I wasn't in on the in!  Doing a little research (it wasn't that hard, everyone was talking about it), I found what I was looking for.  Hannah at Polly Polish has set up Polish Days, a monthly event for nail bloggers to produce a themed manicure and share it with the world!  I was super excited it was so easy to sign up and couldn't wait until the next month's theme was announced.  And what a theme it is, OLYMPICS!  I know you can't be sick of the Olympics yet, so what if all your favorite shows aren't aired for two weeks and all you can find on tv is unending coverage of speed walking and beach volleyball - the Summer Olympics ROCK!

My mani is inspired by the bathing suits Canadians, Meaghan Benfeito and Roseline Fillion, wore to win a bronze medal for Canada last Tuesday for synchronized diving (10 metre).  I actually managed to catch this on tv and it was pretty amazing!  I also caught a globe and mail video on them that was aired during the event, which gave a brief history of their career and friendship.  These two are the absolute cutest, they are best friends and make me super proud to be Canadian!

I won't post the inspiration pictures directly on my page, but if your curious, click here and here to see the suits they were wearing!  How did I do?

Base Coat:  Orly Bonder

Main Color:  Wet n Wild - Black Creme and Wet n Wild - Private Viewing (nude color)

I used acrylic paint for the white lines and Sinful Colors Nail Art  - Me First

Top Coat - Seche Vite

Check out the other fabulous bloggers who have participated in Polish Olympics!!

Holla, N

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  A Lacquered Affair
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  Alena - Why Hello Nails
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  Alexis - Glitter Tips
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  Ariane - The Frenzied Polisher
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  Chiro - Nail of this Week
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  Cuti-CLUE-les
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  Deborah - Love Varnish
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  Hannah - Polly Polish
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  Heidi - Pretty Painted Nails
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  Inky - Inky Polisholicious
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  Ishah - Ishah X Beauty
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  Jen - The Nail Polish Project
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  Jenny - Beauty by Jenny
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  Jessica H - Sparkles & Shine Nails
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  Joanna - The Treasure Chest
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  Joanne - Northern Nails
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  Karine - Karineaoa
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  Kat - Hooked on Polish
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  Kate - Polish CART
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  Keisha - Refined & Polished
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  Lani - Nail Photos by Lani
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  Maria - So Marvellous
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  Melissa - The Crimson Petal
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  Mihaela - Lacquer Buzz
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  My Nail Polish Online
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  Nail Tart
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  Nicole - Nearly Nailed
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  Polish Obsession
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  Pris - Pris Nails
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  Sabine - My Polish Stash
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  Samantha - Polished Art
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  Sammy - The Nailasaurus
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  Sophia - Unhas a Trois
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  Stephanie - Sincerely Stephanie
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  Wendy - Wendy's Delights

Olympic Fever - Part Deux

Hiya!  I'm officially on vacation for 10 days and because I don't need to see people every day, I don't normally do my nails.  But because I'm super paranoid they are going to break with no polish, I've done my nails as usual.  Today's mani is the second part to yesterday's mani, 2012 Summer Olympic Fever.

I've often wondered if nail artists that do super complex nail art on their non-dominant hand, skip their other hand.  I've done this a couple of times, especially my munchkin nail art, there is no way I would have been able to get that detail on my right hand! Or I end up doing something easier on my right hand, but that matches my left.  Yesterday's mani wasn't overly complex, but I'm a little anal and like things perfect and I know it would have been difficult to get yesterday's design on my right hand.  So here's what I came up with for my right hand, super simple, but I love this no name gold glitter I got from Sally's - the ones in those super tiny bottles.  I only picked this up because I thought I would use it for yesterday's mani, but ended up not using it, but I really love it over bright colors!

Base Coat:  Orly Bonder

Main Colors from Thumb to Pinky:  China Glaze - Man Hunt, Wet n Wild - Black Creme, Sally Hansen Extreme Wear - Cherry Red, Sally Hansen Extreme Wear - Mellow Yellow, China Glaze - Four Leaf 

Clover

Top Coat: Sally Girl Gold Glitters and Seche Vite

Holla, N

2012 Summer Olympic Fever

I love the summer Olympics!  My favorite thing to watch, which I've managed to miss all of, is gymnastics.  My favorite thing to say after they've completed a particularly amazing routine is "I can do that."  Obviously, I can't but I'm waiting for someone to say "You can?"  I love how proud the athletes are to represent their country, even if they lose.  It also warms my heart to see the parade of athletes in the opening ceremony, especially the countries that have only a handful of athletes.  Can you imagine how amazing that would be to have your whole country know who you are and be rooting for you!

I've done two Olympic themed mani's this week and will be sharing the other for Polish Days (August 7th).  My inspiration for these nails was the outfits worn by Great Britain at the opening ceremonies.  Despite the flack, I loved their outfits, they were so flashy and you can't go wrong with white and gold.

Base Coat:  Orly Bonder
Main Color:  Barielle - Going to the Chapel
Gold Accents:  Savvy Femme Couture - Gold
Olympic Rings:  China Glaze - Man Hunt, Wet n Wild - Black Creme, Sally Hansen Extreme Wear - Cherry Red, Sally Hansen Extreme Wear - Mellow Yellow, China Glaze - Four Leaf Clover

Holla, N