Whimsical Ideas By Pam: I Believe In Fairies

Morning!!  Today I wanna share with you a polish I got from my Birthday Group.  I have been wanting to get my hands on some Whimisies for a long time and I was lucky to receive a couple from a great friend for my birthday.  This one is called I Believe In Fairies, it's a beautiful light purple jelly base with lots of little glitters in blue, pink, green, and prob a few others I can't make out, plus some large star glitters.  

Sadly, not one star showed up when I was painting my nails.  Maybe next time, but I still love the look anyway.

Base Coat:  Rejuvacote

Base Color:  Orly Royal Navy (1 coat)

Glitter:  Whimsie I Believe in Faires (2 coats)

Top Coat:  Seche Vite

I def plan on wearing this again soon, but layering over purple.  The blue is lovely and I can't stop looking at my nails

Pam can be found on FB HERE, she doesn't have an Etsy shop, you just e mail her at pea422000@yahoo.com, tell her what you want and she will invoice you.  Super simple!  She has some great stuff I hope to get my hands on.  Until then, I am quit enjoying I Believe in Fairies :)

XOXO  Mandy

Orly: Rock It

Today is just a swatch post.  I LOOOOOVE this color.  A friend and I were out dusty hunting and of course had to go get pedi's.  When looking for a color for my toes, I always go with red.  Orly Rock It caught my eye and I am so glad I used it.  I wasn't able to purchase it from the salon, so when I saw it on a blog sale, I had to snag that baby!  I am so glad I did.  Rock It is a reddish pink with a gold shimmer and it's beautiful.  Two coats for full opacity.

What do you think?

Don't forget, I am hosting a "just because" giveaway, come check it out HERE

Enjoy your Thursday <3

Lazy Days of Summer: Pool Party

Challenge #6 is Pool Party for the Lazy Days of Summer Challenge.  I have to tell you, when I go to a pool party, I mostly sit in a chair and look at all the pretty bathing suits.  My inspiration for this mani is a bathing suit.  If I could go out right now and pick out an awesome bikini, I think I would pick a nice blue with some white accents on it.  So here is my bikini mani for a pool party :)

Base Coat:  Rejuvacote

Base Color:  Orly Royal Navy

White Striping Tape

Clear Rhinestones

Top Coat:  Seche Vite

I have loved wearing this mani.  I have had it on for a few days and no chipping!  Just a little tip wear.

Until next time <3

Check out the other gals doing the challenge

Orly Nail Rescue: Repair Missing Chunk of Nail

I have seen lots of posts about Orly Nail Rescue, it's a great thing.  But I didn't want to post about how easy it was to fix a tear.  It's already all over the internet.  So when I had a chunk of my nail go missing (mishap with the kids) I was stumped how I was going to fix it.  I didn't want to have to cut them all down.  I had finally gotten them nice and strong and at a good length.  So I was brainstorming with a few buddies in PAA and then I decided, since I wasn't going to make it to Sally's for a proper solution, I would do with what I already had.  There is a technique for using tea bags to repair tears, I have done it.  I don't love it.  Which is why I have the Nail Rescue.  Sooooo, with a chunk missing, what was I going to do?  No acrylic powder, resin or wraps to speak of.  I decided I would combine the 2 techniques.  I cut a small piece of tea bag and using the Orly brush on glue, I glued it to my nail, covering the gap. Then I applied another layer of glue and dipped in the Nail Rescue Powder.  Then I filed the top of my nail a bit and then glued and dipped again.  I wanted to make sure I got a nice coating.  I filed my nail some more, made sure you couldn't see any raised edges and then added a coat of Rejuvacote (my new favorite treatment) and done!  Here is the before and after

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I don't know how often a break like this happens, first time for me, but there is a simple way to temporarily fix it :)

I did this repair on my nails 5 days ago, still holding strong!

Stamping Test: Silver

Everyone is looking for the best polishes for stamping.  Konad polishes can get kind of pricey, if you don't know where to shop.  I believe that you should have a black and a white.  All other colors can be duped.  I purchased my Konad polishes from HERE.  Honestly, it's not that much more than a regular polish.  Especially when you are buying OPI for around 8.50 and China Glaze for around 7.00 in the stores.  I have been doing a lot of looking around for good stamping polishes.  It's very well known that the Sally Hansen Insa Dri's are great for stamping.  I have purchased more than a few of them.  There are quit a few youtube videos doing comparisons for black and white dupes.  Honestly, I will stick to my Konad.  But, Silver is another story!!  Every one is looking for a great silver and gold.  I haven't found the gold yet.  But I did get a few of the most popular silvers and decided to do a test.  I have the following polishes:

Orly Dazzle, SH I.D. Silver Sweep, Pure Ice Silver Mercedes & SH I.D. Gone Grey

 ( I know, not silver, but I had JUST picked it up and wanted to give it a test)

I decided to use a Konad plate so there were no discrepancies, Konad is the best, there are other great brands, I have a bunch of them, but Konad really is the best.  I used the zebra print because it's a good full image where you can see all the lines.  I used a base coat of WnW Ebony Hates Chris.  The test images are in the same order as the pic above.  Here is how it went:

Dazzle has more shimmer in it, but it stamps really well.  Silver Sweep and Silver Mercedes are almost identical!  For the price, get the Silver Mercedes.  My Walmart has them for less than 2.00.  Last is the Gone Grey.  I didn't think this was going to stamp at all.  It was a little watery, but to my surprise, it stamped pretty good :)

There you have it.   A few different polishes to choose from for your stamping pleasure.  Hope I was able to  help you decide which polish is best for you.  Thanks for looking and Happy Thursday!

Stamping Sunday: Easter Mani

Yay!  It's Easter!!  Hope everyone has a special day planned.  I know I do :)  This week's challenge over in AIS is Easter.  I don't have any plates with cute little bunnies or eggs.  So I thought I would do a little grass scene on all my nails. It was looking ok, then I decided to start over and do a little layering.  My grass was so cute, green and sparkly....then I started to stamp some flowers, bees and butterflies.  Let me just tell you, this is not the mani you will be seeing today.  It seriously looked I let a 5 year old stamp all over my nails.  It was terrible.  So I decided to go simple and more Spring-y.  I chose to do a pink gradient with a silver full image stamp.  This is by far the best out of the 3 attempts.  Is it Easter-y?  Prob not.  But I WAS going to go with a black mani and call it Easter at night LOL I was sooooo bummed with my first 2 attempts.  What do you think?  Don't the the polish missing on the side of my ring finger.  Got a little carried away with the acetone.

Base Coat:  Seche Retain

Base Color:  NYC Wall Street

Base Color:  SH HD LCD

Gradient:  SH Insta Dri Presto Pink and Flashy Fuschia

Stamping Plate:  Bundle Monster BM 224

Stamping Polish: Orly Dazzle

Top Coat:  Sech Vite

HAPPY EASTER!!

Adventures In Stamping: Circles (FAIL)

I recently joined a group on Facebook called Adventures in Stamping. It's a great group and I love all the gals in there. I am having so much fun! We do a new challenge every week, and this week, it was circles. Seems easy right? Just pick an image plate that has a circular design and stamp! Well, I have a few plates with circular images on them. But, I haven't done a half moon mani before. So I went with my Red Angel 110 plate. I was excited to try something new. I had already painted my nails (for another group challenge) and picked my stamping colors. SH Insta Dri "Wined UP" and Orly "Dazzle" First off, I had a hard time stamping the image in the right spot. The more I went along, the more I didn't like it :( I chose "wined up" for my ring finger to give it a little pop. It pops! I actually love this color. First time stamping with it. However, when I was all done, I didn't like it one bit as a whole. I decided to still take pics and show my failure to coordinate colors and stamp an image on the center of my nail. See for yourself:

I will be removing my mani either tonight or tomorrow. I just wanted to show you my fail so that we can all either laugh at me or you can tell me I am doing ok and keep on going :) Either way, thanks for looking!!

Basecoat:  China Glaze "Beauty and the Beach"
          China Glaze "Fairy Dust"
Stamping Plate:  Red Angel 110
Stamping Polish:  Orly "Dazzle"
                           SH Insta Dri "Wined Up"


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