Canada Day 2013!

Hey guys!

Happy Canada Day everyone, hopefully everyone is enjoying the day.

A couple weeks ago I received Julep's O Canada polish in the mail. it's a glitter topper chocked full of mini multi-coloured iridescent glitter and larger red hex glitter, I knew that I was obviously going to use this in my upcoming Canada Day manicure.

Initially I was just going to do the glitter over white but then decided that wasn't showcasing my favourite colour which is a huge part of the Canadian Flag so I decided to do it over a red & white gradient. I don't know if I'm 100% happy with the way this turned out but my Mom & Grandma really liked it so I guess that's in the plus column.

For this I used

Bed Head - Master Mind

OPI - Big Apple Red

Julep - O Canada

Music Manicure

Hey guys,

So as a disclaimer I'm saying this I am not happy with the clean up on this mani AT ALL. This was done months ago and by the time I finished it I was super fed up with this manicure. I had had to restart on several fingers and as a result the white was all over my fingers.
This was a manicure I did in honor of going to see Pitch Perfect in theaters for the first time, since then that movie has secured a place as one of my top 10 favourite movies, I don't know if I could actually get sick of it, and I love randomly quoting it to my friend Jill, it ranks right up there with She's The Man for quote-ability.

Anyways here you go, shitty clean up and all. Good thing I love you guys. Please don't hate me for this.

For this I used

Bed Head - Master Mind

Orly Instant Artist - Jet Black

TV Inspired: My Little Pony

Hey guys,

So there are a few of you who are going to shake your head at me for this one but you should also not be surprised.

Today's manicure is My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic I just recently started watching this, having been a huge MLP growing up (I still remember watching My Little Pony on YTV on the weekends) and I watched the MLP Movie more times than I can count, I'm surprised my VHS never crapped out. I've known about the whole Brony thing and such for a while now but hadn't bothered to look into it much. Well I'm glad I finally did, it's super cute. Everyone knows that I'm a 5 year old at heart so yeah love it.

For this I did 5 of the pony's cutie marks... or tried to, I realize my colours are a bit off. I left out Twilight Sparkle just because when it comes down to it, the other 5 were friends before she came along anyways. Fluttershy got the thumb because she's my favourite.

For this I used

China Glaze - Lemon Fizz

Zoya - Yummy

Bed Head - Master Mind

NYX - Sunset Blvd.

OPI - Pink Friday

Art Club in Electric Blue & Yellow

Orly Instant Artist in Crisp White, Fiery Red, True Blue, Leafy Green

TV Inspired: Nip/Tuck

Hey guys,

First off I just want to say that I am a huge failure at a self-imposed no-buy. Seriously, lets never do this again. I've been trying to be good, I have serious impulse control problems. More on my short comings next month though.

My manicure today is inspired by one seriously screwed up yet totally awesome shows: Nip/Tuck

I loved this show (got a bit old towards the end, but hey that happens to most) it was totally screwed up and bizarre, but so awesome. Anyways this was pretty simple but follows in the vein of the opening credits

For this I used

Bed Head - Mastermind

Quo Instant Artist - Red

Orly Instant Artist - Black

Avon - Silver

TV Inspired: Duck Dynasty

Hey guys,

 Today's manicure is Duck Dynasty okay so I f*cking LOVE this show. The first time I saw the preview I was like wow really? But never do I laugh as hard as I do watching this. I am so in love with the Robertson clan, and honestly one of my favourite things about this show is the respect that the kids show their parents and grandparents. I'm sorry but that kind of respect doesn't happen often these days. Love it, and I really loved getting to hang out with my cousins and just all laugh our asses off this past November during a DD marathon. The new rule is if you don't love it you can just GTFO of our family. BOOM.

Sorry I love it. Now you probably won't see that many American flags from me, not that I have any problem with that at all it just seems weird to be walking around with the stars and stripes on my nails, although This was my Presidents Day manicure so that seemed fitting. So here we have camo and of course one of Willie's bandannas (I couldn't draw a duck to save my life but in hindsight I should have drawn a beard!)

For this I used

OPI - Stranger Tides

China Glaze - Agro

China Glaze - Mahogany Magic

Bed Head - Master Mind

Cult Nails - Time Traveler

Orly Instant Artist in Crisp White & Fiery Red

Essie - Matte About You

TV Inspired: Mad Men

Hey guys,

So yes back to work today for me anyways (the worst part of long weekends is the first day back to the grind. So depressing) Guess my weekend of smutty novels (I read a total of 4) and guilty pleasure movies (Magic Mike anyone?) had to come to an end. 

So today's manicure comes from Mad Men, I totally dig this show, even though I'm still only in season 2. My friend Jill and I decided to start watching this one together, and to do that I had to wait something like a month, so to keep me happy that prompted her to start sending me a "Daily Hamm" which is exactly what it sounds like. Daily pictures of Jon Hamm who is a flippin stone cold fox!!

Anyways love how this turned out.

for this I used

Bed Head - Mastermind

Orly Instant Artist in Jet Black & Fiery Red

TV Inspired: Veronica Mars

Hey guys,

So today's manicure is inspired by a show that for me never gets old, Veronica Mars. The first two seasons of this will go down in history (well my history) as some of my favourite television ever. Everything was awesome, until it moved from UPN to The CW and shit hit the fan. Suddenly season 3 started and none of our questions went answered and, well, yes I'm clearly still quite bitter about season 3. Could have been epic, but no. Anyways Kristen Bell is still one of my favourite actresses, I think she's beautiful.

So for this I have, Veronica's camera (please excuse my shitty camera drawing skills), the Mars Investigation logo, her faithful side-kick Backup! and then the lined paper from the opening. (excuse me while I start singing the Dandy Warhols)

For this I used

Bed Head - Master Mind

OPI - Don't Pretzel My Buttons

OPI - Suzi Loves Cowboys

China Glaze - Stone Cold

Sally Hansen - Black Out

Orly Instant Artist in Crisp White, Red & Jet Black

TV Inspired: The Vampire Diaries

Hey guys,

So our manicure today is The Vampire Diaries.

Here's a fun fact: I went to high school with Sara Canning who plays Aunt Jenna in the first couple seasons. We had a drama class together. She's probably one of the nicest people. 

That being said now that Elena is all over Damon I'm not very impressed. I tend to fall for the super broody good guys, it disgusts my friend Jill but it also means that we never usually fight over guys.

So here I have the Salvatores Day ring (thats an S not a $ just for the record) and Elena's locket.

Along with some super cheesy vamp teeth. I also took this opportunity to use one of my polishes I made.

For this I used:

Sally Hansen - Black Out

Bed Head - Master Mind

Orly - Stone Cold

Nails Inc - Trafalgar Square

Avon - Silver

Hoof Polish - Matinee Rouge

Orly Instant Artist in Jet Black & Fiery Red

TV Inspired: White Collar

Hey guys,

I'm typing this while I watch The Lion King and Mufasa just died... ack! Sorry had to get that out of my system. Pretty much anyone who is a Disney fan with sympathize with this.

Today's manicure comes devoted to one of my new favourite shows. This was one my coach Jacquie has been telling me that I have to watch for a long time now. Well I finally did and holy crap! Love it.

White Collar, I wanted to keep this pretty clean and simple because when you see any of the promo material for this show, it more or less is just black, white, blue & Matt Bomer. Perfection.

For this I used

OPI - Step Right Up

Sally Hansen - Black Out

Bed Head - Master Mind

Art Club - Neon Blue

Orly Instant Artist - Blue J

TV Inspired: One Tree Hill

Hey guys,

So today's manicure belongs to my all time favourite show One Tree Hill, I've talked about this before (heck I did a whole OTH series last year. I still can't believe this is the first TV season without it. I really can't think too hard about it or I get all choked up (I was pretty damn committed, even have an OTH inspired tattoo) 

Anyways so I wanted this to be different than any of the manicures I did last year. So this one is a bit more artsy. This was my first time trying out striping tape. So far in my opinion it's kind of a pain. It worked well on the black polish but wanted to pull up the white.

For this I used

OPI - Call Me Gwen-ever

NYX - Sunset Blvd

Bed Head - Master Mind

NYX - Titanic

Sally Hansen - Black Out

TV Inspired: Chuck

Hey guys,

So quick blurb before I get into today's post.

If you haven't noticed already I have posted a link to my stash spreadsheet in the pages above. It's not as detailed as my spreadsheet I keep on my desktop and there really isn't any ryhme or reason to the way I split it up by sheets. I'll probably continually be tweaking this so keep checking. Or don't thats cool too, I promise I won't be mad.

Second is that I have grand plans to make up a few of my own indie polishes, I haven't decided whether I want to make them for mass consumption or not, it'll really depend on how things work out. I already have all my ideas and inspirations in place. To start I'm only making 4 different ones, and I've only gotten enough to make 4 bottles of each (didn't want to get in over my head) So watch for swatches some time in March!

To the polish! Today's manicure is inspired by none other than one of my Top 10 fave shows of all time. Chuck there is just nothing about that show I don't love. It's another one that should have lasted longer, but on the flip-side at least this way it didn't wind up burnt out like so many great shows.

For this I used
Bed Head - Master Mind
Island Girl - "Tarzan"
Essie - Lacquered Up
Orly Instant Artist in Jet Black & Crisp White
Art Club - Yellow
Quo Instant Artist - Red

TV Inspired: Doctor Who

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Today's manicure is Doctor Who I am a huge Doctor Who fan, and if you follow me on Pinterest or Instagram you'll know this (and obviously if you know me in person) I have a TARDIS bobble buddy on my monitor at work, along with a handmade charging station that I made. The rule is pretty much if it's got anything to do with a Time Lord I'm all over it. Plus I'll never get back all the tears I've cried over that show. 

For this manicure I kept it pretty simple, I used a couple DW inspired (or just named) polishes and then I have (half of) the TARDIS, the new logo and then the 11th Doctor's bowtie.

For this I used:

OPI - Dating A Royal

Cult Nails - Time Traveler

Dollish Polish - It's Bigger On The Inside

Bed Head - Master Mind

China Glaze - Mahogany Magic

Orly Instant Artist in True Blue, Jet Black & Crisp White

Quo Instant Artist - Red

TV Inspired: Pushing Daisies

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So a few weeks back I talked about my brand new obsession of Pushing Daisies I love this show I'm so bummed that it only lasted 22 episodes. Seriously what kind of crap is that??! Sorry, it makes me sad that it didn't last cause this show was super adorable. Anyways this would up being the first TV Inspired Manicure I did.

We obviously have the daisies, the green rolling fields of daisies, and of course a pie. 

For this I used

Zoya - Breezi

China Glaze - Starboard

China Glaze - Lemon Fizz

NYX - Blood

China Glaze - Kalahari Kiss

Sephora by OPI - Neutral Beauty

China Glaze - Fast Track

Bed Head - Mastermind

Dot Christmas Tree Manicure

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So I don't know about all of you but I have half a day left of work!! So excited to say GOODBYE to dress pants until the new year!! Today was a good day for surprise polishes! I wound up with 5 new polishes that I'll have to swatch soon although at the size of my swatch pile it may not be until the new year.

So I saw this dotted Christmas tree design on Instagram and couldn't wait to try it.

For this I used

China Glaze - Snow

Zoya - Holly

Zoya - Isla

Bed Head - Uptight

Bed Head - Uptight

Hey guys,

So I had another sitting on my leg sleeve last night, it's almost done! Maybe two more sittings? We'll see. I can't wait to show you guys the finished product. Also I got my Cult Nails order! And my Dollish Polish Girls Rule, Boys Drool! The only thing I'm waiting on is my secret santa package.

So keeping in the theme of the holidays I feel like this polish totally fits.
I really like the Bed Head polishes, although I'm pretty sure production on them has gone the way of the dinosaur.

This is

Bed Head - Uptight

Movember Manicure

Hey guys,

So tonight marks the end of one of my favourite months: Movember. A month filled with some excellent 'staches and a LOT of greasy nasty 'staches (I love them all) 

I've seen a few of these types of manicures and more than a few sets of moustache nail decals on Etsy.

I used a nail pen for mine so up close they look a bit wonky, and I totally messed up my pinky finger when I applied my top coat (dang!) but they look a lot better from a bit further away.

For this I used

Bed Head - Master Mind

Sally Hansen Nail Art Pen - Black