Muffin Monday!! Pretty & Polished Tomboyish

Oh My!! 

  Yes, you are seeing correct! Muffin is back!! I don't even remember how it has been since I last did a Muffin Monday, even Muffin forgot what it was all about lol. For those of you who may be newer to LTHP Muffin Mondays are a feature that I started back in 2010 and I used to do it EVERY Monday. Basically I would like up random polishes and which ever shade Muffin "picked" I would feature in one way or another.  As I started to get busier and busier it because harder to keep up with the weekly Muffin Mondays. That said, so many of you lovelies reached out to me asking where Muffin was, I had to bring it back!!

  For today's feature miss Muffin picked me one of my new Pretty and Polished acquisitions, and one of the coolest polishes I've played with in a long time! 

 To see Muffin's pick in action just continue reading ♥.

 Muffin picked me the great Tomboyish by Pretty & Polished. This amazing shade of smokey Teal changes colors, drastically, with warm and cold temperatures. I had played with color changing polishes before but none with a change as noticeable and awesome as Tomboyish. In the picture below you see Tomboyish in it's "cold/natural"state. I really love this beautiful shade of smokey Teal creme and all the pretty shimmer suspended in the base. 

 This look is inspired by the name of the polish, in a backwards sort of way. I wanted to give Tomboyish a very delicate and girly look. For the lacey stamps on my Index and Pinkie fingernail I used Cheeky plate CH23. For the bow stamp on mr Ring fingernail I used Konad plate M59. To accent my stamps I used some small pearls set into my top coat. On my middle finger I did an accent of Lynnderella Connect the Dots.

 In the photo below I have dipped my fingertips in warm water to get the color shift. Tomboyish goes from a deep, smokey Teal to an ethereal, shimmering Green-ish- White. I kept switching the water from cold to warm to see the nail art pop and "disappear" with the color changes of the base.

 And here you can see Tomboyish before any nail art was added. This beauty has a fantastic formula and I only needed Two coats for full opacity.

 This pretty does dry a bit dull and gritty so a top coat is a must to bring out shine and smooth out the surface. Other than that, I am so very impressed with every aspect of this awesome nail color.

 What are your thoughts on color changing polish? Do you own any? You can color me impressed with this beauty. I'm thinking that I might need to head to P&P's shop and pick out a few more of these fun pretties!

 Are you happy Muffin is back?!

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31 Day Challenge 2012! Day 22: Inspired by a Song

Happy Caturday!

  Today is day 22 of the 31 Day Challenge and Sam, Rie and I have to be inspired by a song. I had some serious mental block when trying to decide on a song... So I didn't :D! I started up my Pandora on my favorite station, Sleigh Bells, and decided that what ever song came on first would be the one I would use as my inspiration. 

  The song that came on was "Riot Rhythm" by Sleigh Bells. To this day I still have no idea what that song is about. So I watched the video, which made as much sense as the song lol... But it did have a lot of cool imagery... 

 Every nail is inspired by an aspect of the video. These nails make as much sense as the video does lolol. It's an awesome song though. I love Sleigh Bells! 

I'm going to break this mani down by nail to make it easier. 

-Pinky nail: base color; Cult Nails Enticing. Gradient done with China Glaze 2012 Neons in Splish Splash, Love's a Beach and Sunkissed. The stamp is from one of the Cheeky plate sets, CH02, and I used Konad Black Special Polish. 

- Ring nail" Cult Nails Nevermore accented with opalescent rhinestones. 

-Middle Nail: base color; Cult Nails Nevermore. Taped off accents in CG Def Defying, Bettina Premium Wash and Milani in Yellow Whiz and Rapid Cherry. Topped off with Seche Vite and INM Northern Lights.

-Index nail: base color: CG Tree Hugger and stamped with Cheeky plate CH03 in Konad Black. The splatter accents were done with Zoya in Robyn and Lara. 

 Here is the video that inspired the nails! 

Now don't forget to stop by my challenge partners Rie and Sam's to see their Song Inspired looks for day 22!

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Muffin Monday!! Nicole by O.P.I Listen to Your Mom-ager

Happy Muffin Monday!!

  It has been about a month since Miss Muffin has made an appearance on LTHP and I was feeling bad about that... SO! I made it a point that when I got home from work last night I would absolutely work on a Muffin Monday for you guys. I figured I'd limit her choices to some of my most favorite Blues since it is the last day of April, Autism Awareness month. So here is what I did with her pick.... It got quite involved(for me) It's been a while since I've done nail art... And yes, I did all Ten nails :D. I fully intend on rocking these for a few days because I LOVE them!

 It's been SO long since I've done nail art that I get to actually WEAR! I'm kind of excited (DORKNESS). So she picked for me Nicole by O.P.I Listen to your Mom-ager, I absolutely adore this shade of deep Royal Blue shimmer. So for the stamping I used Cheeky plate CH06 and White Konad polish. I feel like my stamping is a little sloppy since it's been a while since I've stamped, especially dots. For my index fingers I did Two coats of Windestine Asbestos over the Blue base (LOOOOOVE this nail!!). On my Ring and Thumbs I did matching rhinestone accents. The stones were a present.

 Hee hee! MUFFIN!!! <3! She did not make this easy.

I just love this look! Maybe a bit "Holiday" but I could care less... It also comes off a bit prom... So it fits in at the same time haha!

So.. Epic nails are epic :D? Oh BTW, I am LOVING my new Cheeky stamping plates. This is probably my favorite set right now. I wish I had more hands!!

Thanks for stopping by!

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Black & White Challenge! Day Four- Color on White

Good Morning!!

  Today we are heading back to the Black and White Challenge for Day Four. The task today is color on a White base. I knew exactly what I was going to do for Day Four from the get-go. I'm not even gonna blab anymore and I'm just gonna show you some pics because I freaking love this so much!

 So I was kind of inspired by fine china for these. I absolutely love how the stamps turned out. I started with a base of Three thin coats of Nicole by O.P.I Others pale by Kim-parison. For the stamped nails I used Konad Red SP and Red Angel plate RA-109. I accented the flowers with some Red rhinestones. I did a kaviar nail because I could not put off playing with my beads any longer (LOVE this). I was supposed to do a stamp on my index nail but ended up changing my mind last minute and doing a glitter gradient in O.P.I Getting Miss Piggy with It. I seriously love this look!!

I cannot wait to see what my partners came up with today! Don't forget to stop by  Sam The Nailasaurus, Rie Nails and Noms, Esther at Fab Fingertips, Stephanie at Sincerely Stephanie and Emily from The Laquerologist to see what they have in store for us today!

Dates to fit for April as follows:

1.       White base with black (Apr. 1st 2012)

2.       Black base with white (Apr. 4th 2012)

3.       Black base with color (Apr. 7th 2012)

4.       White base with color (Apr. 10th 2012)

5.       Color base with black (Apr. 13th 2012)

6.       Color base with white (Apr. 16th 2012)

7.       Black & white with glitters (Apr. 19th 2012)

8.       Sponging (Apr. 22th 2012)

9.       Water marble (Apr. 25th 2012)

10.     Manicure of your choice with black and white (Apr. 28th 2012)

Thanks for stopping by!

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