Monday Challenge: Polka Dots

I have missed a Monday or two, but I am back this week with a new challenge.  This week we are doing Polka Dots.  Yet another mani I have not tried.  I wanted to do some thing a little different than just putting some dots on a plain base.  I also wanted to step away from the Spring colors and get back to some of my favs.  I have this wonderful blue called Blue Year's Eve from China Glaze.  I decided to pair it with some silver.  I used SH Extreme Wear in Celeb City.   It's a great one coater.  Not real good for stamping though :(

I applied 3 coats of Blue Years Eve, wish it was a one coater too, but it's not.  I did a coat of SV and then taped off my nails diagonally and painted the lower half silver.  I added my dots along the tape line in opposite colors then filled in with smaller dots and topped with a coat of SV.  This would have looked better if my blue was a once coater like the silver.  The thickness would have been more uniform.  All in all, I say not bad for my first try.  Thoughts?

Base Coat:  Seche Retain

Base Color:  China Glaze Blue Year's Eve

Accent Color: SH Extreme Wear Celeb City

Top Coat:  Seche Vite

EDIT:  I forgot to mention that I did not create this design.  I saw it some where and couldn't remember where.  But thanks to Nicole, now I know :)  You can see the original design over at Nail Polish Wars.  Thanks Nicole for bringing this to my attention and thanks for the great design :)  

Monday Challenge: Picture with your pet

I recently joined a group on FB called Polish-Aholics Anonymous  It's a great group of girls to talk polish with, swap polishes or even have an over seas buddy send you some thing special from their neck of the woods.
Challenges are every Monday.  This week's?  Take a picture of your Mani with your pets(s).  Could be any Mani and if you don't have a pet, you can use a stuffed animal.  I have 4 mini doxies.  Rosebud, Marbles, Pinky and Harry.  However, EVERY time I take a picture of one of them, they look like devil dogs with their glowing eyes.  So I opted not to use them in my photo.  Instead, I got a cute little rubber ducky from my kids' bath tub.

This mani is actually for another group challenge tomorrow.  I will explain then.  Until then, enjoy my little rubber ducky :)


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