No H8

Even though I'm not too popular in the nail art community, I still wanted to say something about this. 

I actually just read about this this morning, browsing some of the other blogs that I read daily. And I'm glad that I did. I actually wasn't too aware that things were this bad, that people were 

I'm glad that I had a purple mani in storage too. lol

I used Kleancolor here, it doesn't have a name though, as the base. 

And for the glitter top coat, Icing Written in the Stars.

Bullying is not funny. It is not cool. It is not right. And more importantly, it is not okay. 

Most of us are, thankfully, residents of countries that support tolerance and many of our families have settled in these places simply for that reason. Generations later, it is our responsibility to perpetuate that message of tolerance across our new social platforms, including the internet.

As members of the nail polish blogging community, we all share a love of beauty, color, and lacquer. Other than that, we are remarkably different: from our race to our religion to our hair color...even to our polish application techniques. To marginalize anyone because of those differences is completely unacceptable and today I take a stand against that. I refuse to allow other people's view of "normal" dictate how I behave, believe, and blog. 

In solidarity with a multitude of bloggers linked below, my purple manicure represents my proud commitment to the No H8 movement. Today, November 8, I dedicate my post to ending bullying of any kind and to encouraging diversity and imperfection among our colorful community.

Wet n Wild - I Need a Refresh-mint with Nail Art

I bought this polish a long time ago and never used it. Man, have I been missing out! 

It really is a gorgeous color and I really love it, now I see what all the hype was about over this color. And it's dupe For Audrey. 

I Need a Refresh-Mint - this is a pale blue color that is reminiscent of Tiffany blue. It is creme and would likely look great with a matte topcoat. I used 2 coats for this.

I bought this for about $1.99 at Walgreens.

Not the greatest picture ever... and I didn't clean it up off of my cuticles, so it doesn't look all that great. 

It was actually my first time trying out this double ended Revlon Nail Art polish. It wasn't that bad, but it was top heavy, so it was a little hard to handle. The brushes are the same as any other polish, maybe a tad thinner, so I don't really see how they would be for nail art. 

The reason I decided to try it was I got it on sale at Walgreens for $1.99 where the regular price is around $1 dollars (Not $1, I meant to put $8), I think. Don't take my word on that.. I never looked too closely at these polishes before they went on sale. 

This polish is quite similar to Mermaid to Order by Sephora by OPI, but it does have more of a blue tone, whereas MtO has more of a green tone to it. 

I do like this polish more just because I like blue better than green. I do have both of these on a wheel, I can show them someday. 

Oh! And this is called Revlon Nail Art FrenchMix - Over the Moon. The other side is a really sheer pink with darker pink sparkles/shimmer. 

I used MASH 45 to stamp this. 

Pure Ice - Super Star

I made another trip to Walmart, and fell in love with this polish. 

But I have to say, it doesn't look as good on my nails as it does in the bottle, it's just not as dark. I don't know if putting on more coats will make it darker, because there are only two here, but right now I really don't like it. 

I had it on for about two hours, only because I had to run to class, but immediately when I got home it was off of my fingers! 

Super Star - this polish is a deep red with prominant gold shimmer in it. It might be a jelly?

I bought this for $1.97 from Walmart.

Milani and LAColors Nail Art

I actually really like how this design came out! 

Only my second time doing a gradient and I think it came out pretty good! Though I did actually watch a few tutorials this time, that seemed to have helped. Note to self: if you're going to do something for the first time, watch some how to videos. lol

I used one of my LAColor polishes for the first time here, none of them have names, but it's the blue metallic one.. I used it for the base. 

I used Milani Silver Dazzle for the gradient. 

The LAColors, I got those in a pack of seven for like $6.99 or about that.. from Ross. 

And the Milani polish, I got from Walmart for about $3.50.

Sally Hansen - All Fired Up

I bought this polish on sale, originally it is about $8, but I got it for $1.99! 

Walgreens was having a major sale on this partically brand of Sally Hansen, just the Complete Salon Manicure, all of them were $1.99. This was really the only color that I liked that was left, all the rest were really sheer or just not my taste. 

Sorry my polish is chipped, this manicure is a day old. 

I didn't have time to take pictures before I had to go about my day, my brother came over to visit! I don't get to see him very often and I just did my nails really quick before he came over, they weren't even dry before he came in the door! lol

But now, as you can see, this polish doesn't have a whole lot of lasting power since it didn't even last 24 hours. 

All Fired Up - I do love the color of this polish, a very simple orangish-red creme; however, I do have a few polishes like this already just in my small collection: Revlon Fearless and Wet n Wild Megalast Red Tape. So it is definitely not a unique color.  This needed 2 coats.

Icing - I Like the Nightlife

I bought this along with the other polish, Forget You, at Icing with their buy 1 get another half off sale. 

I really love this color, it has to be one of my favorite blues in my collection. 

Sorry about my horrible clean up... I had to leave for class. 

I Like the Nightlife - it does seem like a jelly polish to me, but I can't be sure of that. It does have a lighter blue shimmer/glitter in it and a light purple sheen to it when the light hits it directly. This took 2 coats.

The price of this polish is $4.50 but I bought it on sale. 

Konad Stamp M66

I've had this design loaded in my camera for a while, it's just been needed to be downloaded to my computer from there, but of course that is the most difficult part. I've also been going through Midterms for the last couple of weeks and that has been taking up a lot of my time! 

But now I should be back to posting on a regular basis and I have a bunch of images that still need to be posted because I was still doing my nails through Midterms, I just didn't have time ot upload them or write a whole post about them. 

But now to the actual post. 

I finally used my Konad plate! And let me say that it was so much easier to use than the MASH plates, all the little lines came out perfectly the first time, I was so amazed with the difference! But I still love my MASH plates, even with their fickle-ness. 

I did stamp using m66 on both of this designs, the red design is my left hand, while the green design is right hand. 

I love the little lotus flower! It is so pretty and delicate! 

With some more practice I'm sure the cherry blossom branches would come out better.

I tried stamping twice onto my middle finger, here, and that's why it's all messed up.

Polishes Used:

Red: ORLY Moonlit Madness (Bought for around $7-8 from a local beauty salon)

Green: Sinful Colors Last Chance (Bought for $1.99 at Walgreens)

Grey: Sinful Colors Slate (Bought on sale for $.99 at Walgreens)