Franken Me

Here is my newest franken called Send Me Into Shock.

Send Me Into Shock (3 coats)
Top coat: Seche Vite

Base: William Tell Me About OPI (2 coats)

Then one coat of Send Me Into Shock

Top Coat: Seche Vite

What do you guys think?

Love, Bethany

New Favorite Red

Best red ever!

OPI - Vodka & Caviar (2 coats)
Top Coat - Seche Vite

Look at that jelly gorgeous-ness!

I kept this on for two days, a testament to how much I love it!

Love, Bethany

New Holo

I am back home! My dotting tools and a package from Lizzy at Lizzy's Place were waiting for me! Yay!

Here is my newest holo!

OPI - DS Extravagance (2 coats)
Top Coat: Seche Vite

OMG I love it! Do you?

Love, Bethany

Girly Girl Challenge Day 7: Sugar, Spice and Everything Nice

For this challenge I started with a nutmeg color for the "spice," then added some soft pink for the "everything nice."

Brown: OPI - Over The Taupe (2 Coats)

Pink: Julep - Penelope (3 Coats)

Top Coat: Seche Vite (this bottle is almost empty and even with Restore it's a pain to get onto the nail)

As it turns out, I don't like this brown. The application was perfect but the color just isn't me. 

This mani seems kind of blah. Oh well!

Love, Bethany

Girly-Girl Challenge Day Five: Gotta Love Chick Flicks

I know I just posted a few minutes ago, but I can't contain my excitement over this challenge!

I have two favorite chick flicks, so I decided to do them both!

The first is Runaway Bride starring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere. She abandons a total of four grooms at the altar.

Black: Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear - Black Out
White: Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear - White On
Bride's Skin: Essence - Nude It!

Here are the four grooms and the bride! She's wearing pearls!

(Btw this essence gave me no trouble! It was great!)

The second movie, my all time favorite chick flick is While You Were Sleeping staring Sandra Bullock and Bill Pullman. There's a scene where they're slipping and falling on a big patch of ice. Here are my ice nails:

I layered four different coats of polish for this:

1 Franken - Angel Wings
1 ORLY - Twilight
1 China Glaze - Luxe and Lush
1 OPI - Glitter-ally The Best Silver Ever

Let's all go watch our fav chick flicks now!

Other challenge participators:

Lindsey of Neverland Nail Blog

Ashley of Follow The Yellow Polish Road

Stephanie of A Little Polish

Kelly of PolishEnthusiast

Jodi of Captivating Claws

Danielle of Polish. Glitter. Rock & Roll!

Elly of Polishable

Olivia of Unprofessional Nails

Kate of This Charming Kate

Lizzy of The Do It Yourself Lady

Eugenia of Talon-ted

Johanna of Neues vom Kellerkind

Amanda of Nox Nails

Ashley of Smashley Sparkles

Sarah of See Sarah Swatch

Emily of The Lacquerologist

Jess of LuvMyLacquer

Tressa of O' Natur Nail 

ChiChi of I'm just me...ChiChi 

CR of Color Me Silly

Amanda of Berry Polished 

Robin, Erin, and Anna of Polished Cousins

Love, Bethany

New Favorite Brown

I picked this up in Ulta on the sale rack. I LOVE it. I found out this this is the second version of this color. The first version was a holo.

OPI - My Private Jet
Top Coat - Seche Vite

Tell me you love this as much as me!

I looked up swatches of the first version and I like mine better!

Love, Bethany

Maid of Honor Nails

My mom's wedding was beautiful and simple. My nail polish matched my dress: a purple/wine color. Mom's shoes also matched my dress, which was so awesome! She had a short dress that came down just past her knees, so the shoes could be seen. LOVE!

I got my nails done at a nail salon.

Poor choice. I had bubbles on many of my nails. It made me mad because I can do my nails without bubbles, so I should have just done it myself. My mom's nails came out perfectly though, so that's all that matters!

Purple/Wine color: OPI - Diva of Geneva

I hope no one minds that I posted nails that I didn't do myself! I posted the hand that had the smallest bubbles. I'm not sure you can see any in a picture this size. Maybe the one on my pinky?

I have nail pictures of my own coming soon!

Love, Bethany

Girly-Girl Challenge Day 2: Gimme That Bling

Here is my interpretation of "diamonds are a girls best friend."

Base: OPI - Steady As She Rose
Bling : Born Pretty Store
Top Coat: Seche Vite

Isn't Steady As She Rose gorgeous??

Lindsey of Neverland Nail Blog

Ashley of Follow The Yellow Polish Road

Stephanie of A Little Polish

Kelly of DevilishPolish
Jodi of Captivating Claws

Danielle of Lacquer Lover

Elly of Polishable

Olivia of Unprofessional Nails

Kate of This Charming Kate

Lizzy of The Do It Yourself Lady

Eugenia of Talon-ted

Johanna of Neues vom Kellerkind

Amanda of Nox Nails

Ashley of Smashley Sparkles

Sarah of See Sarah Swatch

Emily of The Lacquerologist

Jess of LuvMyLacquer

Tressa of O' Natur Nail 

ChiChi of I'm just me...ChiChi 

CR of Color Me Silly

Amanda of Berry Polished 

Robin, Erin, and Anna of Polished Cousins

I hope you like it!

Love, Bethany

Why So Many Posts?

Sorry I'm posting so much today! I just get so excited about the swatches and/or nail art that I have to show you! I've spent at least half of my day just looking at other blogs. I LOVE nails!

So here I have a color block mani! I've been wanting to do one of these for awhile but I didn't know what colors to use. Then inspiration came in the form of my new Fossil Purse! This must have been fate because it corresponds with the nail art competition from More Nail Polish! She asked for a mani that had been inspired by something!

I used tape to make the lines as straight as I could!

Red: OPI - Red Lights Ahead...Where?
Brown: Revlon : Espresso
Blue: OPI- I Have A Herring Problem
Top Coat: Seche Vite

Here they are:

My inspiration:

So excited about these! It took me a long time. I hope you like them.

Love, Bethany

Spring Time

I am so ready for Spring! I decided to do a spring flower bouquet mani! I'm also entering this in Ooh Shinies nail contest! 


Base: OPI - Stranger Tides
Stem: China Glaze - Holly-Day
White Flowers: Revlon - White on White
Yellow Flowers: Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure- Yellow Kitty
Orange/Coral Flowers: Essie - Tart Deco
Top Coat: Seche Vite

 Stranger Tides by itself:

Don't you love Spring Flowers?

Love, Bethany

Sweet Swatches from OPI Holland Collection

I got four nail polishes from the OPI Holland Collection and I wanted to swatch them for you!




First up is Pedal Faster Suzi (3 Coats)

A sweet baby pink with light silver shimmer.

Next is Kiss Me on My Tulips

Hot pink creme. Does anyone else feel like an idiot pretending to speak French when you use the word "creme" or is it just me??

Next is Red Lights Ahead...Where?

Coral/Red creme. 

Last swatch is I Have a Herring Problem

Blue/Grey with gold shimmer. Seems like a darker version of I Don't Give a Rotterdam to me. 

If you want to see I Don't Give a Rotterdam (my favorite so far) you can look back at my previous post Once In a Blue Moon.

Which is your favorite?

Love, Bethany

Once In A Blue Moon

I had this color on my nails for two days. I'm in love with it!


OPI - I Don't Give A Rotterdam!
Top Coat - Seche Vite

Then I put a layer of crackle polish over it. 

China Glaze - Latticed Lace

I hope the glare doesn't make it too difficult to see!

Love, Bethany

Make It Matte

I put a coat of Essie - Matte About You on top of my nails from the last post. I love it!


Pinky: Sally Hanson Hard As Nails: Xtreme Wear - White On
Ring: OPI -Skull & Glossbones
Middle: OPI - French Quarter For Your Thoughts
Pointer: A Franken of French Quarter For Your Thoughts
Thumb: Sally Hanson Hard As Nails: Xtreme Wear - Black Out

Love, Bethany

Black to White

Ombre Nails are so fabulous! I saw this idea first on Chloe's Nails . Hers look better, but I'm still excited about mine!


Pinky: Sally Hanson Hard As Nails: Xtreme Wear - White On
Ring: OPI -Skull & Glossbones
Middle: OPI - French Quarter For Your Thoughts
Pointer: A Franken of French Quarter For Your Thoughts
Thumb: Sally Hanson Hard As Nails: Xtreme Wear - Black Out

No Top Coat because I want to Matte-ify them later!

Terms:

Ombre: Taking one color and going from light to dark

Franken: Mixing two or more nail polishes together to make your own color

Love, Bethany