Camo Nails!

I'm determined to keep trying this nail art thing even though it's clearly NOT my forté.  But it IS fun.


Greens, specifically the "army," olive, murky greens, are my favorites so after receiving my new bundle monster brushes and dotting tools, I decided to try something I thought would be really simple.

Camouflage Nails!

And it turns out I was RIGHT!  They're totally easy. I mean think about it - it's random so you can't really mess it up. And another plus is that they look MUCH better at arms-length, which is how you and most people will see them, than they do in these close-up shots.

Camouflage Nails

First thing I did was put on my camo t-shirt and go to my polishes to pick the colors. I ended up using the following:

Nails Inc. Fulham Palace Road for the base
Color Club Positively Posh for the brown
China Glaze Westside Warrior for the green and
Hard Candy Matte-ly in Love for the matte top coat

First I applied a base of Fulham Palace Road

Nails Inc. Fulham Palace Road

Then I used a small flat brush for the Color Club Positively Posh...

Color Club Positively Posh

Then a small short skinny brush for the final color, China Glaze Westside Warrior

Finally a coat of matte top coat and you're done!

And the result was something that looks as good or better on my dominant hand, which is something that always scares me about nail art.  Even I couldn't mess THIS one up!  It's not the best, but considering my previous sucky attempts at any kind of nail art, I was pretty proud. The fact that I've received a ton of compliments on it - mostly from men even - helped too. *grin*

Camouflage Nails 

Camouflage Nails - see how a glossy finish doesn't really work with camo nails?

Camouflage Nails 

Camouflage Nails 

Camouflage Nails 

Camouflage Nails 

What do you think? (Be gentle!) Will you try this?

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Zoya Dree - Swatches and Review

If you've been reading long, you know there's nothing I love better than a creamy, mossy olive drab "yucky" green. Zoya Dree does NOT disappoint. It's all of those. Dree is from the Smoke Collection - a part of Zoya's Smoke and Mirrors Collection for Fall 2011.

Put that great color together with the perfect brush - skinny but cut perfectly - and you've got one of my favorite polishes.

Application was a breeze and Dree covered perfectly in two coats. No clean-up.

Various lighting...

Zoya Dree

Zoya Dree

Zoya Dree

Zoya Dree, indirect natural light

What do you think? If you don't have this one already, why the heck not? =) (Sorry, I'm just a little partial to these types of greens.)

Playing Around with Chanel...for Josh

My nephew is officially OUT of Afghanistan!  I can't even TELL you how proud I am of him and how HAPPY I am that he's out of there.  Of course I have no clue what real camouflage looks like up close or what color camo he lived his days in - probably that sand colored one, but I played around with a military mani.  I say "played around" because it's clear by the photos below that I am not talented with "nail art."  But it was fun.

Chanel Khaki Collection:  Khaki Vert, Khaki Brun and Khaki Rose
Base:  OPI Stranger Tides

OPI Stranger Tides with Chanel Khaki Collection

Chanel Khaki Vert, Khaki Brun and Khaki Rose

Love you Josh! (And don't worry - I won't tell your friends I did a nail polish post in your honor. *giggle*)