NOTD: Purple w/ Pink Flowers Matte

Missed these couple of matte pics when I was doing the last post:

I think that when I matte-ified it, I went around the rhinestones, so that they could still be shiny.  Might have looked cool if I'd matted them too though.

Thanks for reading.

~Colette

NOTD: Purple with Pink Flowers Drag Marble + Tutorial

Hope everyone had a good thanksgiving =) I had 2, one Thursday at Grandma's house & another yesterday at my brother's.  And still a whole 2 days until I have to go back to work!

Drag marbling is to me a great example of low investment high payout, because it's so easy & can be so impressive.  This one I used OPI Vampsterdam as the base color, and the flowers are done with China Glaze Mistletoe Me!  With the rhinestone in the middle I didn't have to worry as much about bald patches caused by dragging from the center:

Here's the tutorial:



Thanks for reading.

~Colette

NOTD: Black & Silver Circles Nail Art + Tutorial

Whew! Time flies when you're ... well, I wish I'd been having fun but really I was sick for almost 2 weeks & absolutely drained tired by the time I dragged myself home from work.

This design started out with a base color of Savvy Chrome, which while it doesn't dry to an actual chrome finish, it is a very nice silver & does not have any issues with brush strokes:

On top of that I added some broken concentric circles with black acrylic & a clear rhinestone in the middle:

Here are my favorite nails:

And here is the tutorial:



Thanks for reading =)

~Colette

Trick or ... TREAT!

If you watch my vids or follow my Fan Page, you'll know I've been planning a giveaway since I ended up with some duplicates of some very nice Orly polishes.  In thanks to my fans for helping me win the colors in the first place, I'm giving away the dupes:

Since it was a Facebook contest that my fans helped me win, this is going out mainly to them & Liking my Page IS a requirement.  The only other is that you are 18 - this is open worldwide.  So if you'd like some lovely pretty Orly polishes, enter & cross your fingers - contest will be open until midnight November 11th.

a Rafflecopter giveaway
Of course, pictures of the awesome mani that won me the contest as well as all the fun stuff I've done with the other colors I won will be coming eventually =)

Thanks for reading.

~Colette

NOTD: Pink & Blue Easter Dots + Tutorial

This was kind of a last minute design, at the time I didn't want the purple swirls on my nails for Easter LOL.  For the base white I used Orly Au Champagne, then the dotting is done with Revlon Coastal Surf & Revlon Passionate Pink:

Here's the tutorial:



Thanks for reading =)

~Colette