CbL Blond Ambition, Burnt Sugar and My Broken Down Crop Duster

Today's mani is a huge fail.  It starts out freakin fantastic, then crashes and burns.

They can't all be fabulous right? I like to show my fails as it shows I'm only human under the rock from whence I came.  After almost four years of doing this, I'm glad the true fails are getting farther apart.

I just finished watching Frozen.  Yes I'm way behind the hip movie crowd.  That was one cool movie! Didn't you just want to date the guy Anna ended up with?  Man was he a dreamy cartoon character! I am just amazed that it's all done with computers. Everything looks so life like.  I can't say whether I'm loving the voice of the main song that got so popular when this movie came out.  Idina Menzel I believe?  Not that it's not a great song, I'm just not so sure I'm loving her voice.  Like if she came out with a new CD, I wouldn't buy it.

But that's just me.

The inspiration for today's mani came from Iparallaxe.  She has a blog and an Instagram account.  If you click on the link of her name, it will take you to the mani I was trying to recreate.  She used a black and silver holo for hers.  I'm betting Enchanted Polish as she is a huge fan like I am.  She took an amazing picture of her collection of swatches, which she kindly sent me and is now my wallpaper on my devices and on my facebook page.  She takes stunning photos.

Anywho, I needed a brown day as well as a holo day.  My browns just didn't have a big enough contrast for what I was trying to do.  It was very cool in person for me to look at, but not for anyone else to see.  It's what I call a mani for one!

Here is your silly bottle shot.

This is Colors by Llarowe Blond Ambition, Burnt Sugar and My Broken Down Crop Duster.

I finally worked up the courage for a full mani with Blond Ambition.

Indoor Sun

Indoor Sun

Are you freakin kidding me right now??????? This is one amazing holo! I cannot and will not ever stop loving the rainbow happiness in these types of polish.

Then I ruined it.  I did a gradient and I think I should have done top coat before I taped off and reversed the gradient.

But I didn't.

Indoor Sun

Indoor Sun

Now if you look closely, especially in the second picture, you can see the triangles in the middle of each nail.  I actually reversed each nail alternating the dark holo at the tip then the dark holo at the base.  It would have been so cool if I had worked!

Check out my friend Sofie's on her Instagram.  She did this perfectly!  This is what mine should have looked like!

Until next time people.  Any thoughts out there?

Cloudy Winter Day Scene

You can see from my title what's coming today.  I used SO many polish for this one that I can't possibly list them all.

Do you ever do something when you aren't really thinking and then break the item you were messing with?  I did this earlier this morning before the sun came up.  Went outside in my bathrobe to feed the birds and the bird bath was frozen solid-like always in winter.  I had my screwdriver with me as I had just washed the bird feeder and was screwing the parts back together.  I thought hey I can use my screwdriver to pick the ice so I can water the bird bath.

You know what happened right?

You guessed it.  I broke the damn thing.  Punched a hole right through the base with the screwdriver. Dammit! So I had to buy a new one this morning and it won't be here for 6 days.  I grabbed a glass pie dish and put that in the bird bath and am hoping the birds will accept it for the moment.  I did need a new bird bath as mine was pretty beat up but damn I hate when I do something stupid and end up paying for it!

Had I waited and used hot water, I wouldn't be out $40!

Ah the lessons of life learned today.

Now onto a very cool mani.

Here is your silly bottle shot.

There are way too many to list, but you get the drift.

I started with OPI My Boyfriend and a layer of The Devil Wears Polish Mostly Ghostly.

Flash

Flash

Next I used four different greys to sponge the sky then I freehanded.

Flash

Flash

Well????? What do you think? I spent a TON of time on this one.  Let's just say it's gonna have to make up for my next post, which is a HUGE fail!

Until next time people.  Any thoughts out there?

Polish My Life Plum Mums, Stripped and Enchanted Polish November 2014

Gee, if you look at the last few posts I've done, you'd think I was addicted to this brand, Polish My Life!  HAHAH! So freakin true!  I missed out on the 30% off code and don't feel that 20% is enough for me to buy some more, so I"ll wait til later.

As you read this, it is technically New Year's Day.  It is also perhaps the single greatest free hand mani I have done EVER! What a cool way to start the new year eh? I have to say that I am addicted now to these scenery manis.  Stay tuned for more as I can't get enough at the moment.

Back in my party girl days, New Year's was just another excuse to party.  Nowadays, it really doesn't do anything for me.  Except where I live in redneck central, they shoot off their guns at midnight. That scares me as I always think one will go through my wall and kill me.  Yes these are the things I think of at night.  I just want life to go back to normal.  Once January 5th hits, it's back to regular life.

I don't really have anything to talk about and I'm way too excited about this mani!

Here is your silly bottle shot, taken in my new Foldio light box.  Now I'm still playing with it and it was not a good idea to have the room light on and set it up in front of a sunny window, but yeah I think it's gonna be awesome!

I'm using the white background for this.  It comes with black, grey and white ones.  A 9 volt battery powers it.  This is Polish My Life Stripped and Plum Mums with Enchanted Polish November 2014 in the middle.

I started with a full mani of Plum Mums.

Indoor Sun

Indoor Sun

Isn't this gorgeous?  A tad more purple in real life.  Next, like last post, I sponged on Stripped and some November and then free handed.  I've been using my Mundo de Unas stamping polish for the free hand stuff. It works amazing!

It's a night sky forest scene!

Indoor Sun

Indoor Sun

OMG! I am in awe of myself on this one.  Yes the trees need some work, but damn this is good.  The sparkle from the holo just makes it that much more awesome!

I am very happy with myself on this one!  Happy New Year's to me!  HEHEHEH!

What do you think?

Until next time people.  Any thoughts out there?

Polish My Life Eye Sea, Stripped and Enchanted Polish December 2014

Today's post is the mani I actually wore on Christmas Day.  I am quite proud of it and hope you love it as much as I do!

I finally talked to my boss about the rumor that that nurse is leaving.  She told me that she had heard that rumor as well, but the official notice to quit had not been submitted.  She told me that there is in the works another nurse coming on board early January who actually has experience in the clinic that the other nurse may be leaving.  That made me feel tons better.  I told my boss there was no way that I wanted to do that clinic full time and no way that I was going to be taken out of my regular clinic in order to cover that one.

I was told that she can delay letting the other go as long as six weeks.  So yeah, that's a relief.

I have gotten in my three grey OPI from the 50 Shades of Grey set.  I haven't tried them out yet, but they look funny to me.  Like swirls on the bottle sides like it's not mixed up all that well.  I don't think they are fakes-but who knows nowadays right?  They are pretty and I really have only a couple other greys in my stash so it's a good thing.

I've noticed that my reader numbers the past week or so is down to 150 or so instead of my normal 200.  Are you guys still out there reading my drivel? I don't want to be talking to myself here! Although I do talk to myself ALL the time.  People make fun of me at work for it!  I also don't want to pay big bucks to redesign my blog if you guys could care less!

So let me know-are you still out there?

All right.  I can't wait to show you this mani!

Here is the silly bottle shot.

This is Polish My Life Eye Sea and Stripped with Enchanted Polish December 2014 in the middle.

I started with a full mani of Eye Sea.  This is one freakin gorgeous blue!

Indoor Sun

Indoor Sun

This was one popular post on Instagram!  Next I sponged with the white and a bit of December to make a gradient.  I did take pictures of that step, but they looked so awful I can't show them here!

I then took my Mundo de Unas and freehanded.  Here are the very cool results.

Indoor Sun

Indoor Sun

How awesome is this???? Yes, I need more freehand practice! My snowman looks a little anorexic and bad ass.  I love how the gradient came out and I have an idea to do this with a dark purple background like a night scene.

Gonna work on that today.

So tell me-are you guys still out there reading this????

Until next time people. Any thoughts out there?