Spring is here!

Ok, so the day of my surprise birthday party, my hubby took me to the mall after our movie to kill time so that people could set up stuff. When we were there, I told my husband that I wanted to go to Claire's to check out what kinds of polish they had because I had heard that they were cruelty free. I got in there and they were having a sale!! They had buy one get one half off, plus they had clearance stuff! So I ended up getting my first glow in the dark polish, a really cool neon orange that dries in like seconds and is awesome, and then I got this pack of cute pastel spring colors!

On the actual day of my birthday, I was like omg, my nails are naked! I gotta at least have something on them for my birthday!! So I decided to try out some of my new stuff. I also had some nail stickers that I wanted to try out!

The polish I think is kinda cheap, but once you put a good top coat on it looks really nice. I loved the colors and thought they went together very nicely. This polish is good for about one night of wear before it starts to peel. Then again, I am an ocd hand washer, so that might have something to do with it, especially since I don't really use a nail oil. I really need to try some.

In these pics, they look a lot brighter than they are. They were very light and springy. So I took some pics with the flash and some without.

After I decided they looked too plain and I tried to do some stamping on them, but it wasn't showing up very well with the color I wanted to use on them, so I decided to just try some stickers I have been wanting to try. I used these Kiss brand stickers.

I forgot to take an actual pic of the ones I have, so I just found this one on Kiss' website. I used the first sheet with the bright colors. These stickers were nice, but there was something about them I didn't like. I think it might be because it was the first time I used some like this. The other ones I've used before are almost 3D and you couldn't see thru them. They made my manicure look kinda cheap too. I think the design would be cuter on longer nails, or on a little girl personally. They were fun though, just not right for the mani I did!

Without Flash

With Flash

I loved the colors by themselves!!

This is what the package looked like. I don't think they had names on them.

Hope you guys enjoyed my post, sorry it was kinda a downer. I just want to be real with you guys about polishes and products! :D Sorry that I haven't been posting much lately too. I have just been dealing with some personal things lately, feeling a lil down, and then having a bunch of problems trying to get on Blogger, plus getting my pics that I needed off my old computer. My husband is a nerd and likes things to be done a certain way when it comes to his electronics, so I had to wait for him to help me do some stuff. Hopefully I can stay on track now! Have a great week everyone! 

xoLeah

Nail Art Challenge

Hi there :)

For Easter I did my very first Nail Art Challenge. I had SO much FUN doing this. I am not the most awesome drawer or nail artist but I really did have a great time with the designs and coming up with them! Have you ever done any nail art challenges or maybe even this one? Leah and I just joined a group for nail art contests. I am really looking forward to doing more!

The first day's challenge was grass/flowers- I used LA Colors Energy source as a white base with zoya Blu over it for sky. For the grass I used LA Colors Brites Kryptonite & a green polish that I made. For the Sun I used Wet n Wild The Wonder Yellows, For the Bunny I used LA Colors Energy Source with Wet n Wild Black Crémé for the eyes and LynBDesigns Eggs in a basket for the nose, For the flower I used Wet n Wild Fergie Collection Dana and for the middle I used LynBDesigns Eggs in a basket and for the stems I used the green that I made. For the Easter eggs I used LynBDesigns Eggs in a basket ( I seriously love this color!! ) and I used some flower nail gems.
I was really so pleased with this mani! I was so proud of myself!

The second day's challenge was bunnies! I didn't want to do the same kind of bunnies I kept seeing online so I thought who do peeps! I used LynBdesigns Flutter Byes as the base color. For the first bunny I used LA Colors Energy Source for the fur, Wet n Wild Black creme for the eyes and Sally Hanson nail art pen in pink for the nose & Whiskers. For the Carrots I used Wet n Wild 9.0.2.1. Orange and a green nail polish that I made. For the peeps I used The Sally Hanson art pen in pink with Wet n Wild Black Creme for the eyes. I was really mad when I put on my top coat and the bunnies all turned into zombies. I waited for at least 15 minutes before I put it on and I really don't think those tiny little black dots should have smeared !

Day three challenge was Easter Eggs. I used LA Colors Energy Source as the base for all the nails except for the pink which I used LynBDesigns Eggs in a basket. The Thumb I used Zoya Breezi with  glitter on top by Glitter me This. On the pointer finger I used Zoya Julie with LynBDesigns Eggs in a basket. For 'Happy Easter' I used butter LONDON Squatter, For my ring finger I used Zoya Pilaf, Julie and Neely and on my pinkie I used LynBDesigns Eggs in a basket.

The fourth day was Chickies. I used Milani Texture in Yellow Mark. I really loved this texture polish. I used LA Colors Energy Source for the egg shells, Color Club Sparkle & Soar for the beak and Wet n Wild Black Creme for the eyes and little hairs

The fifth and final day of the Challenge was Pastels. I used Zoya Neely, LynBDesigns Eggs in a basket, LA Colors Energy Source, Zoya Pilaf, LynBDesigns Flutter Byes.

Again I had A ton of fun doing this challenge and can't wait to participate in more!

Thanks for reading! I hope you enjoy!

xxooo
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Easter Nail Challenge

I know Easter is done and over with, but I wanted to share with you guys the nails that I did for the Easter Nail Challenge that Galactic Lacquer had for Easter!!

It was really fun and exciting for me to do because I had never done a nail art challenge before!

The first day was grass/flowers. I tried to use mostly sparkly polishes because I thought that would be fun, but I had a hard time taking pics because the grass and sky was blending together. I think they turned out cute though! I did multiple pics for this one when I shared it because of the problems taking pics.

Second day was bunnies!! This was my favorite mani for the whole challenge! I didn't want to take my bunines off, but then started to peel off the next day. :(

Third day was Easter eggs, and since I had already done Easter eggs for my Easter mani, I decided to just use that picture for it! :D

The fourth day was chicks. I didn't know what to do for this one, so I looked up some pics on google for inspiration! lol I thought they turned out ok, but I probably could have done better! Still cute though I think!

The fifth and final day was pastels. This was most difficult for me because I didn't really have a lot of pastels to go with and I was trying not to use colors from my Easter mani, but I ended up using a few of them. Then when I was taking pics they were turning out looking darker than they looked in person. It was frustrating!

Did anyone else do this challenge? What was your favorite one to do if you did do it? 

Hope everyone had a great weekend and sorry I didn't post this yesterday like I normally do, but I had a reverse surprise party for my husband! lol I will explain what I mean by that on my birthday post tuesday!! Have a great week!! xoxoLeah