Hey Guys, Check out my Fa...........

.......errrr, umm.... Fanny means WHAT in British, South African, Australian, New Zealand, and Irish slang? Oh dear. 

Around these parts, where I live in central Canada, Fanny means 'Bum-cheeks'. Well, that's what it means to me and everyone I know. Hopefully I won't get kicked off blogger for writing Fanny for the next little while, because these $1.00 CAD polish's from the dollar store are really, really pretty, and I plan on wearing and posting on them for the next little while.

I have absolutely no idea what colour description to give mani today, I don't have any other polish's similar to this colour - anywhere near this colour, actually.

I found these pretty polish's for $1.00 each at a dollar store in Wpg. Canada. The shimmers all require 3 coats, they dried super shiny and all the brushes I got were perfect - no wonky bristles! I suspect that the green above and deep dark blue on the end below will stain my nails - they are intense colours....... the glitters also have surprisingly decent glitter coverage.

Like most Dollar store nail polish's, none of these have real names..... so I gave them my best description. Has anyone else spotted any of these polish's out there?

gorgeous green, dark shimmery grey, light blue, aqua, and dark blue shimmer

 teal, grass green and hot pink glitter

...... there is the slightest aroma of bad chemicals in these polish's, any familiar names listed here that can be found on the polish ingredient 'no-no' list?

Also what's with the '12 month' label, I have polish's that are 15+ years old......

 @ the dollar store.....

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a break from the purples & fun with acrylic kits

Sally Hansen hard as Nails Tahiti Sunrise 3 thin coats without TC

But First - I found a blog - AGAIN - with many photos from different blogs and places around the web. What are these 'mirror' blogs? what is the purpose of them? There is no comments or contact info, so I don't understand what the point is.

( EDIT) Thanks again stompy boots.... i thought it some shenanigans and tomfoolery was afoot, but wanted some input)

moving along.................

These Hard as Nails polish's are being discontinued in Canada, pretty sure that they are on sale everywhere. I picked up a few at a little drug store in my town on clearance. This is a shimmery orange with some subtle lite gold flash. It took a bit longer to dry then the X-treme Wears,  which was disappointing - but it is a pretty colour. I did not apply TC as I had some fun nail art plans......

My ring nail is an acrylic kit that I applied over my natural nail. I did not grind it down so there is a 'hump' towards the tip of my nail. Acrylic kits are not hard to work with but the are stinky! Normally I would do this the normal way by applying a 'tip' over the tip of my nail extending the length, then apply the acrylic kit. I find that using the sticky guide to form an entire nail is way to hard and takes too long.  This is a test run to see the longevity of this product in regards to my application and activities.

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indoor flo

I do not have alot of Orange shades of polish. Here is the few I have with some links. A few of these are technically not orange but more on the coral side ~ I lump these into the same category.

SH Coral Pink, ColorRama Sunrise Sensation, Claire's Dreamsicle, 

Sally Hansen Tahiti Sunrise, NYC Spring Street

Icing No Name neon orange creme, Billie Orange, (or here) Billie electric Coral, 

Claire's Neon Burst, Wet n' Wild Sunny Side Up

I know I have a few more oranges somewhere.... these few were easy to spot in my deez-elmer.

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... and here is a quick experiment I did with acrylic.  There is many great tutorials on you tube so if you want great video tutorials check it out!

...........a few different acrylic kits

Oh now I remember why I don't use these often.... they smell terrible! I can hang my head over multiple bottles of polish for hours and acetone does not bother me but these are soooooo strong - even with the windows open & fans going.

It is easy to do, and when used with nail tips can get some decent results - but for me the scent is a huge deterrent - so I just use glue on artificial nails - they are way easier.

So - on my ring nail I did the two part acrylic kit, there is many videos on you-tube on how to do this, I will get some nail tips and do a picture tutorial in the future but for now I have just applied the acrylic on my ring nail. I did 4 polish changes and the acrylic hung on like no-ones business! I pried it up and added some acetone into the separated area- the acetone helped to release the acrylic from my natural nail. I still had to pry it off (which you shouldn't do).

I did not do a stellar grinding job- so there is a malformed area towards the tip of my nail,  I did not want the dust floating around after inhaling the acrylic liquid lol.

here is what it looked like when I first applied it over my natural nail.

I did not file this or buff it to a high shine - I always keep my nails painted so putting the effort in to having a clear acrylic nail is not for me. I used acetone to prep my nails and this acrylic hung on through dish-washing, and around the house stuff. I changed my polish 4 times, too.

after 2 polish changes

after 3 polish changes

I used a toothpick to gently pry the already loose acrylic nail from my natural nail. I dipped a small brush into acetone and let the acetone drip in between my natural nail and the artificial nail.

I wear artificial nails because my natural nails are thin, sharp and dangerous. Even when they are short I still run the risk of hurting myself, so I keep them covered up with artificial nails. 

For whatever reason that I may not be wearing my artificial nails this summer, I may do a test run of the acrylic kit on my shorter natural nails just for fun. Though I do prefer to use basic artificial nails that can be found at drug stores and department stores.

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Against All Odds Franken

Franken 'Against All Odds' 4 coats - no TC

Okay, it's not an 80's hair metal song, but Phil Collin's had alot of awesome hits in the 80's, and this is a wicked song.....plus I ran out of ideas for franken names and ended up watching dozens of Phil Collin's videos on You Tube.

I made this franken with NYC East Village, and Icing Starry Eyes which is a silver micro-glitter in a sheer lite blue base with blue iridescent flecks scattered throughout. ( Starry Eyes is discontinued  - it was very plain on it's own)

I am not sure if I should call the silver glitter in this polish fine glitter or micro-glitter..... it is very small but still obviously glitter.

The base colour did not change much for this franken. It was still very sheer, I may add some white creme polish to this in the future, but for now I am happy with how this turned out as well. I have 2 more frankens to share which were made with NYC East Village. So far they have all worked out perfectly.

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fuzzy indoor fluorescent pic

sun!

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HAPPY ST.PATRICK'S DAY!

 Claire's Evergreen, Icing Manic Monday sponged at the base and 2 coats of Sinful Call You Later w/1 coat of Nailene Top Coat. I think that is this best green glitter out there..... It has 2 different sizes of green glitter, along with gold micro-glitter = it is a good combination and very pretty.

 A sponge glitter gradient never fails me! I tried a few different things before I decided to go with a fail safe glitter gradient mani. My base was multiple coats of Claire's Evergreen. I brushed and sponged on Icing Manic Monday (dark green) at the base of my nail - like a ruffian manicure, then applied Sinful Call You Later over the area where the two polish's met.

Thankfully I was able to get some outdoor sunshine photos today ~ but seem to be experiencing technical difficulties with blogger, hopefully everything works out♥

w/ Claire's Evergreen

w/ Sinful Colors Call You Later

brushed on in ruffian shape - then sponged over, 1 coat of glitter, 2 coats of glitter

SUN!!!!!!!!!!1

Shade

 Indoor Florescent

glitter particles are tough to get off my cuticles - even with an acetone clean up

this was my Irish Meadow mani from the other day.... I removed the design from my ring nail and then tried water marbling - FAIL!!!!! I have done some pretty marbling in the past, but this did not work, so then I tried a patchwork mani ( a la chloe nails) and that didn't work either. so I went  with the safe glitter gradient - looks good every time

.... and a 'syrup' mani fail. I know it is supposed to be a sheer polish that is used for a syrup/graduated manicure, but this is waaaaaaay too sheer. it is a pretty colour, but needs alot of coats to opacity. I will layer this over an opaque base polish.

.... and a much nicer picture of Claire's Evergreen - its very sheer

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Wet n' Wild Caribbean Frost

 Wet n Wild Caribbean Frost, 3 coats with a coat of Nailene Top Coat

I have had this polish for a long time and never worn it alone to photograph, and it deserves some recognition. these photos were taken a few weeks ago and I did not post them for whatever reason........I think for most people this will be a 4 thin coats polish. It is a beautiful shimmery teal that is very in-expensive and easy to find.

I whipped up a pretty pastel franken polish using just white and Wet n Wild Caribbean Frost ~ I have worn it many times since I created it. I think every franken polish I have made, using Wet n Wild Wild Shine polish's have turned out perfect♥

and a bit of crummy news, I did quite a number on my model hand, I had to visit the ER for treatment. I'll spare everyone the details.

Friggen ouch!

I know I have written about my cuticle care and stuff before, but i want to add that applying any lotion, and letting it sink before removing polish has helped my cuticles alot. I think I was pretty lucky in having healthy cuticles in the first place - but applying lotion and letting it sink in before I use polish remover and then applying lotion with a small brush around my cuticles -before- polishing, so that any polish mistakes can sometimes be peeled off ( and making an acetone clean-up alot easier and gentler), have made them very healthy looking and soft.

Take care of your hands! I hope I am back in shape by next week.

Below is a franken I made with Wet n' Wild Caribbean Frost and a white creme, I have worn this franken quite a lot, and have worn it on my toes at least 6 times since I created it.

.... and one more time

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Wet n' Wild Lavender Creme with Icing Hazelnut / Icing un-named comparison

Here is a mani I did a few weeks ago but never posted for some reason, Wet n Wild Lavender Creme with a comparison of Icing Hazelnut and a mini un-named similar colour form an LE 5 set. There is a slight difference, very slight. The Icing mini polish has a tad more red to it.

Icing Hazelnut is a brown shimmery frost, that with careful thin coats does not leave alot of brush marks like many frosts do ( those nasty, nasty frosts)

 Icing Hazelnut, un-named mini, Icing Hazelnut, un-named mini

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 I have to mention that I wore my last mani, Wet n Wild Teal of Fortune for 5 3/4 days! It is very very pretty. Luckily there is 6 versions of this very same nail polish available all over the world. I did find that it stained my fingers when I removed it, even though I applied moisturizer all over my hands and into my cuticles before removal..... just a heads up.

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Below; 3 thin coats with TC - Wet n Wild Laveneder Creme is a bright fun pink, I had this for months and months before I even tried it. I really like it and have used it quite a bit in the last few weeks.

 I love this diagonal mani look, its simple to do ~ but I can never get it to look as sharp just using the polish brush, I need these french tip guides. I even tried using a stripe polish to get a diagonal line, (and then fill it in of course) but they don't seem to come out even.

Left Icing Hazelnut, Right un-named Icing Mini polish from a 5 mini set

Middle nail is the un-named mini, L & R is Icing Hazelnut

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... another one of these.....

This is the easy type of nail art. I applied 2 coats of the Icing No-Name red shimmer, and when it was dry I applied Nailene Straight French Tip Guides and then added 2 coats of Sally Hansen Extreme Wear in Emerald city - I removed the nail tip guides ASAP, I found that I got a much cleaner line this way, and added the copper glitter striping polish. ( I love that brush It is awesome! )


 I am trying to work through my untried polish's but after I applied this I searched my own blog and found that I have already worn this for a N.O.T.D. ! This Icing polish is a very pretty polish but looks a little on the pink side in most of these photo's. It is from the Alice in Wonderland knock-off set found at Icing stores

(also  ~ For Danielle - the multi-coloured glitter in the Icing set above is unlike OPI Mad As A Hatter in that the Icing polish does not have Forrest Green, deep purple or Navy blue like Mad as A Hatter does)

L-R; Icing no name shimmer red, SH Xtreme Wear Emerald City, Stripe Rite Copper Glitter Nailene TC

2 coats each

w/ glitter and TC

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