Holy May Polish Haul! *pic heavy*

Hey there!  I hope you all enjoyed the Memorial Day Holiday and took some time to thank a solider!  With our interview with celebrity manicurist Kimmie Kyees being such an exciting post for us, we decided to let it run for a few days!  She really had some awesome tips for us and hearing some of her stories about her work was super fun too!  If you didn't get a chance to read it, it can be found here!

Now onto the business at hand! There is nothing like being able to come home with some new polish and share it with E.  She gets just as excited as I do when I find something I love and the month of May was chock full of some lovely finds!  I really tried hard to keep track of all of my May polish purchases.  So, here goes my attempt at a May polish haul post!

Faint of Heart, Artificial Sweetener, Jealous Much?

Passion Fruit, Orange Punch, Bailamos

Royal Velvet, Fowl Play, Androgynie, Space Cadet

Late Night Rendezvous, Art Dealer Teal-er, Beach Bound

Vermillion $ Painting, Guggen I'm Lime

Jamin' in Jellies, Full-on Brogue, Blue Suede Shoes, Shady Ombre, Step In My Blade!

Base Coat, Top Coat

Tinsel Town, Senorita Bonita, Tantalize Me, Ghoulish Glow

Splish Splash, Surfin' For Boys

Dragon Fruit, Acid Purple

Magnetized, Attract, Electrostatic, Magnetic Field

Awesome Magnets: Star, Chevrons, Multi Lines, Bullseye 

Wooooooooohooooooo!!! My march of the Studio M army!

Thunderbolt, Glitter Astral

Grape Escape, Total Wow, Blue Funk

Glitter Envy, Energy Star 

Orange Sunset, Psychedelic Scene, Neon Caution

De-Luxe-Cious, Ms. Haute

Pure Silver, Baby Pink, Marine Blue, Crushed Pearl

Number One Nemesis

Layla Hologram Effect Mercury Twilight, OutTheDoor, Northern Lights

MASH Fimo Sticks

Cheeky Rhinestone Set

Well, there you have it!  Now that I've finished the post I am sure that I have missed a few!  Maybe I should keep a drawer of the current months finds to make this process easier!  Hmmmmm... there's a thought!  LOL!

I'm loving my May haul and be sure to let me know what your favorites are.  Have you found any awesome deals or colors that you've been looking for?  Please comment below... I love hearing your thoughts!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!

It's Mother's Day and I don't know about all you mothers out there but, I am not doing anything today!  Nothing, nada, zero!  This is my day to sit back and relax and let my hubby and the boys take care of the cooking and cleaning for today!  Hehehehehehehe... I hope they know that!  Anyway, I want to wish all the mothers a super chill and blessed day!

This past week E and I were skype-ing and I decided to bust out my nail art supplies and try my hand at a Mother's Day inspired mani.  I am not the best nail artist but I am trying to get better and practice a bit more.  I had noticed that several people on the nail art train were using acrylic paint on top of polish to produce some really cool art.  I have been known to paint on canvas a bit and have several acrylics in my art box.  So, that is the route I took with this mani.  I used a base coat of OPI Princesses Rule and then got my MASH 15piece brush set out and just started painting!  I really hope you like what I came up with!

Happy Mother's Day!

Again, to all you lovely mother's out there, Happy Mother's Day!  Now,  go out and have some fun or just lay around the house!  It's your day!  

Pointillism... not just for canvas!!!

I love all things art!  I love all things rainbow!  I love all things mani!  Put them all together and you get my attempt at a really artistic nail design.  After several hours spent trying to get a stamp mani done that I liked, I gave up and just started playing with polish.  It's nail play time like this that I usually do some of my best manicures.  I knew I wanted to do something super interesting and something using a rainbow color set.  I started by choosing my polish palette.  This is by far largest number of polishes that I have used on one mani to this date.

From Left to Right: OPI - An Affair in Red Square; Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear - Sun Kissed; Ulta - Sun-Sational; Sinful Colors - HD Nails; China Glaze - Sexy in the City; Wet n Wild FastDry - Buffy the Violet Slayer; Sinful Colors - Snow Me White.  I also used my MASH Dotting Tool Set.

This mani evolved by accident ... I was chatting with E via Skype all the while dotting away.  I think my husband and I even went to grab dinner in the middle of the process!  At any rate, I think what I came up with was pretty cool though! (excuse the shiny shiny cuticles lol I forgot I had oiled up when I took the pics)

So, there ya have it, my attempt at a pointillism mani.  I don't think it will be my last!