Out of this World and Raising Awareness

Oh wow!  This was my first taped mani that I am posting and how pretty is this?!?!  I recently purchased Essie's Raising Awareness for a steal ($2.99) and decided to try it out last night!  Oh my, for my fair skin, this is a gorgeous cream pink!  It went on looking much lighter than when it dried and it makes my hands look like they have a bit of a tan---not that you could tell with this fun filtering done through Instagram... ;)

I paired Essie with another polish I have not used yet, Orly's Out of this World!  Such a gorgeous dark purple with very fine glitter pieces!  I tried to capture the shimmer in the last picture!  It is a beauty! 

Both polishes went on very nicely and I did 2 coats for a very perfect coverage on both.  I used scotch tape to create this fun design to all my nails.  On my ring finger I did a French mani and then taped it as well.  I finished it with 3 rhinestones and then did a topcoat on all my fingers with my beloved Seche Vite!  This is a kinda out there mani that catches your eye right away!  I love the art of expression and creating and this was one of the best ones so far!

What do you think??  Happy Friday!

~Keep Dreamn ;)

Base:  Opi Start to Finish
Polish:  Essie, Raise Awareness and Orly, Out of this World
Misc:  3 rhinestones
Top coat:  Seche Vite Dry Fast <3 <3

Holo again gorgeous!

Happy Wednesday everyone!  Everyone?  Do I have anyone reading this thing yet?  ;)

I just had to try another holo!  This one is Layla Flash Back!  So pretty!  I really like this when it is not in the sun too (bottom picture)!  It looks like a matte metal color, kinda edgy, huh?  I did not use a base coat or top coat and it did chip pretty quickly because of it but I did not want to lose any of the holo effect.  Next time I am going to try a base coat and see if it helps stop some of the chipping without diminishing the holo effect.  I also want to try to stamp with this and see how that turns out.  What are your experiences with this?
 
I found this holo polish at my Ulta in Tucson and it one of the more expensive polishes I would ever buy.  It was $15.50 but I used a $3.50 off of a $10 purchase but still...  How much is the most you would spend?  If I only purchased one polish every couple months that would be one thing but right now I am wanting a new color every couple days!  No beuno for this stay at home mom who would like to stay married!  LOL

TTYL!

~Keep Dreamn ;)

Polish:  Layla, Flash Back

Honk if you like Opi!

I love this color!  In the sunlight it is a beautiful eggplant.  I have been wanting it for awhile now but did not want to spend a little over $8 for it at my local beauty store.  However, I lucked out!  Beauty Brands sent me a coupon for $5.00 off any of their products!  I must say I am not disappointed in the least!  This is one of those finds that I can't stop looking at!  No buyers remorse here!  I did not want to change it too much with stamping, glitter, etc. so I just did something a bit special on my ring fingers.  Very simple and, have I mentioned, I seriously love how it turned out! :)

What do you think of this color?  What is your favorite polish you have?

~Keep Dreamn ;)


Base: Opi Start to Finish
Polish:  Opi, Honk if you like Opi
Misc: White striping, clear rhinestones
Top coat: Seche Vite Dry Fast <3 <3

Peace, bling and simplicity

French tip nails are just the bomb to me!  It goes with everything and just looks so clean! 

My son plays t-ball and is on the Pirates team so decided I would do something in those colors for his game.  He picked out the peace stamp that I did in black and then I added some yellow bling to it.  I have not perfected freehand work yet so I used the scotch tape technique for the tips from one of my favorite bloggers Erika at Chloe's Nails.

Simplicity at its best!

Thank you for looking!

~Keep Dreamn ;)



Base:  Opi Start to Finish
Polish:  Sally Hansen No Chip, Tough Buff (21), tips Konad white
Stamp:  BM07 in Sinful Colors, Black on Black and NYC, Taxi Yellow Creme (114A)
Misc:  Yellow rhinestones
Top coat: Seche Vite Dry Fast <3 <3

Zoo day with the giraffes!

Hello again!  Yesterday I took my son to the zoo and decided I needed a mani to go with the awesome day!  I decided to use my Bundle Monster plates to stamp a giraffe pattern for the perfect effect and then tipped the end of my nail using scotch tape as the stamp did not go all the way to the top of my ring finger nail. 

I am not a big lover of the yellow color I used. The color was perfect but the polish, NYC Taxi Yellow Creme, was hard to apply and I had a lot of balding which was not really noticeable after the stamp and top coat thank goodness!

I am still having a tough time stamping that I decided to just do my ring finger and paint the rest in my favorite Opi color. Opi's You Don't Know Jacques was one of the first colors I saw on Pinterest that started this obsession with painting my nails!  This is the actual photo from Pinterest.  Don't you just love it in matte too? I bought a matte top coat so I can also create a matte look with all my polishes! So much fun!


And finally a picture of the big day at the zoo!  My 5 year old was a bit apprehensive of feeding the giraffe so a friend helped him a bit!  The day was just awesome and the fun mani was just icing on the cake...even my son thought they were pretty cool!

Thanks for visiting! Have a wonderful Friday!

~Keep Dreamn ;)

Base:  Nail Tek II
Polish:  Opi, You Don't know Jacques and NYC, Taxi Yellow Creme (114A)
Stamp:  BM10   
Top coat: Seche Vite Dry Fast <3 <3

Middle photo credit from Nailstah.

Ombre nails

I fell in love with these nails that I saw on Pinterest from Marie Claire's webpage and wanted to try and recreate.  My photography skills sure did not make as awesome of an impact as in the Marie Claire's photo but I did love my nails!  My clean up job was also non-existant as this was one of the first manis I did and at the time I never thought I would share the picture I took with anyone.  Since that time (uh, maybe a whole 2 weeks) I have read a lot of articles and posts on proper ways to take care of your nails and I am improving on the clean up.  And BTW, Seche Vite top coat sure makes any polish job shine! 

I think I need that ring!  Huh? That rocks!  And the clutch too!

I got the Julep nail polish through their Julep Maven club where they mail you your first months polishes for $.01 ($19.99/mo. thereafter)!!  I tried it for a month, got three polishes and a nail file.  The polish peeled horribly on me and I cancelled the subscription.

Thanks for looking!  Have a dreamy day!

~Keep Dreamn ;)



Base:  Opi Start to Finish Base & Top Coat
Polish:  Julep, Helena sponged with Opi, Lincoln Park After Dark and Sinful Colors, Black on Black   
Top coat: Seche Vite Dry Fast <3 <3

Hello holo!!!

This was my 1st attempt applying a holographic polish.  I used a basecoat and I don't think I will do that again.  IMO it did dull the holo effect and this polish could have been even MORE GORGEOUS!  The manufacturer suggests using their nail file that shines the nails prior to application to get the best holo effect and use their Brilliant Due top coat.  I did not buy the file (or top coat) so on my next attempt I will try a file I have to shine the nail, then apply the polish with no top coat and see how that turns out.

I found this polish at Ulta and it does not run cheap.  I paid the high price of $15.50 but used the $3.50 off $10 coupon.

~Keep Dreamn ;)

Base: Nail Tek II
Polish: Layla, Mermaid Spell
Misc.: Silver striping tape, flower decal
Top coat:  None