First Time Fireworks!

It's been over a week! Sorry, I just got so caught up with things, not to mention I went on a road trip to visit a friend for Easter last weekend. It was a little spur of the moment for me considering I was taking off last weeks mani and since I had no time to do something interesting I picked up Pure Ice Don't You Wish, a nice regular old glitter with tiny pink/blue/silver sparkles. I didn't take pics of that considering I didn't want to walk around with naked nails longer than a day. What I did do was as soon as I came home I took off the glitter and slapped on Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Hot Magenta. I wore this metallic, shimmery bright pink all day Monday. Take a look:

I thought I would try something new but I didn't know what exactly, luckily on Tuesday I received my liner brushes so I was all excited to try my hand at something freehand. I've seen a few bloggers out there who have done an awesome job at fireworks so I thought I would try it out. So forgive me on the terrible job I did. I guess my hands aren't as steady as I'd like them to be. It looks great at a distance though, but up close not exactly perfect. I sponged Sally Hansen HD Laser with a paper towel and then used Sally Hansen White Tip for the "fireworks."

Not too shabby for a first time I guess. I know I'll be experimenting with some freehand stuff now that I have my brushes. Thank you ebay for always being so reliable. Now if only my plates from Born Pretty would get here soon enough! Until next time my lacquer lovers.

- Tulip

OPI Moscow Red

Apparently this is one really hard to find color! I keep looking for a place to see it swatched but I could only find it here other than that I decided to show everyone my favorite color this week. It's such a beautiful creme. Every girl should have a bottle of red polish just like a little black dress (although I need a new little black dress soon). Having this gorgeous red on my nails makes me so happy. It's plain right now, I can't decide whether I want to add a little decor to it or not. If I change anything on this mani I'll post it up but for now enjoy it's beauty!

Here's OPI Moscow Red

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I figured I wanted to add a little white to my thrilling red and I don't have my liner brushes yet so I tried to wing it with a toothpick design. Using Sally Hansen's White Tip, this is what I came up with, enjoy!

- Tulip

Serving My Siblings

So it's become a habit for me that every time I go back home I do manicures for my siblings, this set of pictures are the manicures that I did the first time around I went home. I wish I could tell you what polish I used to do their marbling but I don't remember the names. Some of the brands I used were Sally Hansen, Love My Nails and Milani, NYC.

B's Nails:

K's Nails:

S's Nails:

      

Last but not least, I also did my nails that same weekend after taking off my Sally Hansen HD Laser marble.

I know for the base coat I used Sally Hansen's French Tip for the marble itself I cannot recall the names but they were Love My Nails polishes. I dubbed this one "Tye Dye Swirl"

Tomorrow I'll be sure to show you some of the other marbles I did before I finally, finally get to my current mani (probably by Friday). Until tomorrow my lacquer lovers!

- Tulip

What You Missed

Let me start off with completely naked nails. These pictures were taken nearly a month ago and on the 9th.

Here are my nails exactly a month later. Excuse the yellowness/polish, I was in the middle of giving all my sisters manicures and my nails became stained from Pure Ice's Wild Thing.

I'm going to start off with one of the first manicure's I tried with water marbling. This is Milani's Pool Party and Sally Hansens French Tip (SH as base coat).

About a week or so when my mani finally started chipping I decided it was time to try another polish, so this time I tried using Sally Hansen's HD Laser and French Tip.

Well there's that, two mani's should be enough for one day right? Let's hope that tomorrow I'll let you see all the other mani's I've done for myself and perhaps even the current mani. So until tomorrow all my lacquer lovers.

-Tulip