St. Patrick's Day Mani!

Tomorrow is St. Patrick's Day! My FAVORITE holiday!


Why? Well, it's just a happy day. No one expects anything so no disappointments. No money to spent on gifts, no fretting over WHICH gifts.

And it's IRISH! What could be better?

I made several attempts at a great St. Paddy's Day mani. Several FAILED attempts. The failed tape mani resulted in polish up my arm and tape on my elbows. Yes, I'm super talented that way. The striper brush free-hand brought out the OCD in me and nearly drove me over the edge. The stamping resulted in profanity - I cussed everyone from whoever thought of stamping to start with to the manufacturer of the plate, stamper, scraper, etc.

So this is what I finally ended up with...not original, not complicated. But I've gotten so many compliments on it!

I was, however, surprised at the number of people who don't know what the Irish flag looks like. SHAME ON YOU if you don't!

Zoya Jancyn, Milani White on the Spot and Sinful Colors Exotic Green

Yes, I made the shamrock!

I hope you guys are rockin' the green this St. Paddy's Day!

ERIN GO BRAUGH!


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Zoya Demi, Audrina, Rica and Jancyn and an I Told You So!

I've said multiple times that I SUCK at nail art. That includes even the simplest things. In my best Yoda voice: Proof I offer you.

Not really sure how anyone can mess up a half moon mani USING GUIDES, but I did it!

I am going to show you though because I used fabulous colors!

First I applied one coat of Zoya Rica, part of Zoya's Sunshine Collection for Summer 2011. It's a great pinky orange coral with coral shimmer  and it is fully opaque in two coats, but since I was covering most of it, I only applied one so it would dry more quickly.  My nails are really stained from my base coat tests I've been doing and they look dirty, but they're NOT! With two coats, it looks just like the bottle and reminds me of a juicy orange!

Zoya Rica

Then I carefully applied the hole reinforcements as guides.

So far so good, right?

Then I layered on Zoya Jancyn, part of their 2010 Flash Collection, which is a creamy bright orange, also fully opaque in two coats.

Zoya Jancyn

I actually loved the color combination, but my OCD couldn't take how crooked it was. I saw every mistake.

So I decided to give it one last try with two cremes.

Zoya Audrina for the half moon and Zoya Demi for the main color. Demi, from the Dare part of Zoya's Truth or Dare Collection for Spring 2009, is a fantastic medium purple creme, opaque in two smooth coats. It's one of those hard-to-photograph purples though. It's a bit dustier and a deeper purple in real life than it photographs.

Zoya Demi with Audrina Half Moon

Zoya Demi with Audrina Half Moon

As you can see, my technique didn't improve much with the second try, but aren't the colors GORGEOUS?



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