Summer Fun Challenge Day 8 - Fun in the Sun!

Oooh I'm a bad blogger.  Have you guys missed me?  Gosh I hope so.  So what's my excuse this time?  The same...work.  I had to be at work at 4am today and tomorrow and Wednesday, then 6am Thursday and Friday.  However, I get to come home at noon so that's awesome.

Day 8 is Fun in the Sun!  Bust out those bright colors and crazy patterns, anything goes today!  Well I hate it.  lol.

WHAT I USED:
Julep Hayden - 1 coat base color and orange dots
WnW 9021-Orange - 1 coat
Julep Courteney - green dots


I hate that this is so late, but I really think this week is going to be good for the blog.  I get home so early in the day and I'm not quite tired yet, so I may have a swatch party tomorrow!  Oh and I'm gonna try to get back into Water Marble Wednesday since this challenge is now over.  Thank you to Lindsey from Neverland Nail Blog for coming up with amazing and super fun challenges.  I'm so happy to be associated with her!  I hope I can say we're friends. *.*
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Summer Fun Challenge Day 7 - Summer Stylin'

OMG you guys!  I am super excited about this mani.  This is the one I was most looking forward to.  I even planned it out from the very first day.

Day 7 is Summer Stylin'.  Create a mani inspired by your favorite piece of summer fashion!  Well mine is definitely my swimsuit.  I bought it at Forever 21 3 years ago, and it was love at first site when I saw it.

I was only able to buy the top because they didn't have my size in the bottoms, but I had to have it.  Now what I do is buy separate swim pieces that all coordinate together, so when I go swimming I can randomly pull one top and one bottom, and I know they already match.  Make sense?

Anyway, I loved the print and colors so much that I knew I wanted to use it for this mani.  I tried my very best to make it almost exact...

...and I think I did a pretty FANTASTIC job!  Don't ya think?  Ahhhhh!  I have no fingernails!!  JK! I know you see them, but they blend pretty well.

WHAT I USED:

Sally Hansen White Tip - 2 coats for base color

LA Colors Art Deco striper - black

Zoya Zuza - turquoise splatter

Sinful Colors Luminary - coral splatter

I am extremely pleased with this mani, and I don't even want to take it off.  I'm not even sure I'll be able to do Day 8 of the challenge until this one is completely destroyed.  Unfortunately, that will probably happen at work first thing in the morning.  Enjoy staring at this lovely mani and have a good night.

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Summer Challenge Day 6 - The Big Blue

This is WAAAAYYY late.  I mean I know the challenge rules say 2 times a week, but I like to keep up with everyone else and do my challenge posts on Tuesday and Thursday.  Honestly, work kicked my ass this week and by Wednesday morning, I was already ready for the week to be over.  It wasn't a bad week, just a long one.  But enough of that.  I'm at least keeping to the twice a week rule so here we go.

Day 6 is The Big Blue.  Make some waves with ocean or water nail art.  While I'm sure most bloggers would draw inspiration from beaches they live near or have been to, I could not.  I live near Galveston so if that were my inspiration, this post would be renamed "The Big Nasty", and the mani would be shit brown...that's all.  Just brown.  I hope that was a nice anecdote for you all.

My inspiration was simply tropical waters. (Oh yes, and Sarah from Chalkboard Nails' ruffle mani. )  Ya know those photos you see of crystal clear water that looks like the color turquoise?  Those are the waters I thought of.  Once when I was 12, we took a family vacation to Pensacola, Florida, and it was the most beautiful water I've ever seen.  We waded out up to our necks and looked down, and we were still able to see our feet and the "ocean" floor.  Gorgeous!

That is basically what the bf said when I showed him my nails.  He said, "Oh yeah.  That looks like the bottom of the ocean.  Nice, babe!"  So there you have it.  If he gets it, that's a mission accomplished.

Have a wonderful night and rest of your weekend.  *singing* "Happy nails to you..."
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Summer Fun Challenge Day 5 - Are We There Yet?

Welcome to Day 5 of the Summer Fun Challenge.  We are getting so close to the end!!  I can't wait for you all to see this mani!

Day 5 is my favorite challenge so far.  Are We There Yet? - Show us your most creative road trip or vacation mani.  This one was very easy for me to come up with because if I could go anywhere for vacation right now, I would go to Hawaii!

I've never been anywhere amazing and tropical.  The most beautiful place I've been is Pensacola, Florida when I was 12.  It was just amazing, but I'd love to go to Hawaii or Tahiti.  I really wanna go to Greece!  However, I thought a tropical vacation made for a better mani.

I'm not crazy about my gradient, but eh!  Who cares because I love the rest of it.


WHAT I USED:
Jesse's Girl Julie G Mermaid's Lagoon - turquoise base color; 1 coat
popBeauty Violetta - fuschia
Sinful Colors Firefly - yellow
Kiss Nail Artist fine art pen in black for art


I really, really love this and can't wait to show it off.  Have a great day!
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Summer Fun Challenge Day 4 - We Like It Hot, Hot, Hot!

Hot, hot, hot doesn't even begin to describe it here in Hell, er, I mean South Texas.  Yesterday was 110 degrees and it sucked.  What sucks even more is that I forgot my camera at work again.  lol.  HOWEVER...I managed to upload just one photo last night of my challenge mani.  Yea!!

DISCLAIMER: PLEASE DISREGARD MY WRINKLY FINGERS.  THIS PHOTO WAS STRAIGHT OUT OF THE BATH.

Day 4 of the challenge is We Like It Hot, Hot, Hot!  Design your nails to match the summer's scorching temperatures.  Don't burn yourself, though!  Lindsey from Neverland Nail Blog is so cute.  She comes up with the most creative things.

Yeah, it's another marble, but this time with the fire theme.  I love this one way more than my last fire marble because it actually looks fiery unlike the other.

WHAT I USED:

Cult Nail Captivated base color

Orly Rock the World

Naturistics Pink Flirt

BBCouture Dark Knight

I got all these in a swap yesterday so I had to use them all.  I couldn't wait any longer. (:
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Summer Fun Challenge Day 3 - Pool Party

More like Poop Party.  I'm so made and unhappy with this mani.  To you all it may look harmless, but the truth of the matter is that every single nail gave me issues.  I had to redo it AT LEAST 5 times.  So I don't even want to talk about it.  I'm done looking at it so here you go.

Day 3 is Pool Party.  Make a splash with a pool party inspired mani,  Swimsuits, floaties, and sunscreen...oh my!

Pinky:  Obviously it's the sky.  I just love laying by the pool and watching the clouds.

Ring:  It's a frozen margarita!

Middle:  BASTARD NAIL!  It's waves I guess.

Pointer:  It's the retarded lime for my margarita...I guess.

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Summer Fun Challenge Day 2 - Summer Lovin'

Hey Everyone!  I know this is super late, but I was fighting with my polish.  I'll explain.

Day 2 is Summer Lovin'.  We're having a blast and it happened so fast...show off your lovey-dovey design.  Well I'll tell ya what happened fast...my polish drying too quickly in the water.  My initial idea was to use neons and create this awesome Lisa Frank style water marble in a heart pattern, but NOOOOO!  Not happening.  I mean the marble happened, just not the way I wanted.

Eventhough this wasn't my idea for Summer Lovin', I am lovin' it.  I think I chose a super awesome color combo.  I think the pastels are sweet and make me feel like I want to cuddle up with the bf.  So that's what I'm gonna go do.

WHAT I USED:

Sinful Colors Cinderella - 1 coat for base

Sinful Colors Cinderella

Sinful Colors Luminary

China Glaze Lighthouse

That's pretty much it.  lol I hope you all love it too.

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Summer Fun Challenge Day 1 - Grill Master

Welcome to Day 1 of the Summer Fun Challenge once again created and hosted by the lovely Lindsey of Neverland Nail Blog.  This girl comes up with the funnest stuff.  If you recall, she was the creator and host of the Girly Girl Challenge that I participated in back in March.  It was my first challenge and I'm so happy she came up with this one because it was a no-brainer me.  I was in as soon as she announced it.  So let's get on with it.

Day 1 is Grill Master.  Fire up those nails with grilled inspiration.  Try smoke, food, or grill marks!


Well I definitely wanted to try food.  As soon as I read Grill Master, I thought HOT DOGS!

LOL I freaking love this.  So my ring finger and middle finger are hot dogs because I thought doing every finger may have been overkill.  But what is this blobby, checkerboard on the rest of my fingers, you ask?  IT'S GINGHAM!  Hot dogs make me think picnic and this is the Summer Fun Challenge after all.  It was so difficult to do the gingham and as you can see, right when I picked up my camera, I dinged my pinky pretty bad.  I would have fixed it, but I am just too tired so there's a blooper for you. (:  Next I'll tell you what I used, but be prepared.  It's a lot and I had to do some mixing.


WHAT I USED (HOT DOG NAILS):
hot dog bun - Zoya Avery and OPI You Don't Know Jacques! mixed 2:1
hot dogs - Zoya Codie, Zoya Avery, and Kiss Nail Art Red mixed 1:1:2
ketchup - Kiss Nail Art Red
mustard - Zoya Pippa and China Glaze Trendsetter mixed 1:1
relish - American Apparel Army Jacket and China Glaze Paper Chasing mixed 2:1


WHAT I USED (GINGHAM NAILS):
Sally Hansen White Tip - base color
Sinful Colors Soul Mate - gingham stripes
Sinful Colors Soul Mate and Kiss Nail Art Red mixed 2:1 - checks on gingham


Whew!  That was a lot, but I wanted to you all to know exactly what I did in case you want to replicate it, and also if you're like me and don't have all the right colors.  I wanted it to be super accurate.  So anyway, I know these are the best looking hot dogs, but I'm not the best a free-hand and I really tried.  I think that counts for something. (:



Have a great night!
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