Taking a Walk on the Wild Side

Today I have a neat gradient plus stamping manicure to show you.  I've combined three of my favorite Zoya summer colors together and topped everything with sparkles and combination animal print stamp.  I've been admiring Zoya Wednesday since their promotional photos for the 2012 Beach and Surf Collection appeared on the internet.  Because I'm a sucker for punishment I held off on purchasing it; but finally it is mine!

For this manicure I painted my whole nail using Zoya Wednesday, a gorgeous green turquoise cream.  Then I sponged Zoya Mira over 2/3s of my nail.  Mira is what I think of when I think of the colors purple, not too dark but not too light.  On my tips I ended up using a stripe of Zoya Kieko, then sponged a little bit of it around to blend it (I couldn't get Kieko dark enough simply by sponging).  Because I'm in love with a little bit of sparkle, and I really think glitter ties everything together, I added a coat of Wet n Wild Wild Shine Kaleidoscope. Finally, I stamped M.A.S.H. plate m78 on top using Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Black Out.  The final effect?  A pretty wild manicure for me to wear.  What do you think?

More Hearts

Happy Valentines Day!  Just another simple Valentines Day manicure over here.

This is three coats of China Glaze Strawberry Fields as the base.  I then stamped the hearts image from M.A.S.H. plate m78 with Orly Luxe.  I picked this color because it perfectly matches a sweater I'm wearing today!  It's bright pink with small gold accents, just like Strawberry Fields.

Lavender for Innocents

Its been hard to ignore the media onslaught regarding the Casey Anthony case, especially this week as the verdict was released Tuesday.  Regardless of whether or not you think she's guilty, we can all agree that young Caylee didn't deserve what happened to her.  I painted my nails Caylee's favorite color (lavender) but I'd like to dedicate my nails to all the innocent children who have perished before their time.

Child abuse can happen anywhere.  If you suspect abuse, or want to report it, there are many places you can turn to such as:

• Child Welfare Information Gateway
• Childhelp
• Prevent Child Abuse America

For this manicure I used Sally Hansen Nailgrowth Miracle in Loyal Lavender with the butterfly image from M.A.S.H plate m78 stamped using Konad Special Polish White.