Canadian Nail Fanatic - 300 Follower Giveaway

Canadian Nail Fanatic 300 follower giveaway

Contest closes on June 19, three prices will be drawn, check out the link above for more details and how to enter. Some pretty sweet polishes could be won!!!

Relay Nails - Patchwork

My Nails for Relay.  This was after one day of wear so please forgive the tipwear.
Thank you to Kayla for the tutorial.  I wanted all three colors for Relay and i wanted to try to show each of them equally on each nail.

Colors used
Base - Funny Bunny 2 coats (not best but as OPI was most other colors felt it was the best base)
Orange - Brights Power - OPI Brights collection
Blue - No Room for the blues - OPI
Yellow - Mellow Yellow - Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear
Black lines - Black silkline & Kiss Nailart
Top coat - Seche Vite

As per Kayla's pictures tutorial the first step was making the black lines for the template.  And the last step was also making the black lines again.  I found some nails i was horrible at coloring in the space and running my colors on top of each other or painting overtop the black line.

I got lots of people commenting on this design, and the time it must have taken to do it, i found it was an easier design to do, but as my nails are still on the short side i used my paintbrushs to fill in the colors the nailpolish brushes were too wide.  It was amazing even at the end of the Relay (6:00 am) it still didn't look too bad, lots of chips but i only had 2 casualty nails in all the hauling and packing and unpacking of stuff.

Today is my Birthday

OMG, last night while i had some insomnia i wrote this post, previewed it, then tried adjusting colors and accidentally deleted it, so i thought let's get out and see if the draft was saved.  But off course it wasn't.  Then noticed the preview was still in another window so i quickly took a screen shot.  Sorry i'm too lazy to retype this you will just have to read it like it is.
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Where i am at

Hey everyone, i want to post more, swatches and nailart etc.  But our Relay for Life is occuring next Friday and i have a ton of things to do and anxiety to try to combat.  As some of my readers know- i'm the chair for our Saskatoon event - i feel the cause is worth my volunteering time to help fight the world of cancer - more of my story can be found on my participant page....if you are interested.

If you wish to view my participant page and make a donation for the cause, here is the link:
Click here to visit my personal page.

Here is more information about Relay for Life.

Hi,
Join me in the fight against cancer by pledging me for my participation in the Canadian Cancer Society Relay For Life.
The Canadian Cancer Society Relay For Life is an overnight non-competitive relay that celebrates cancer survivors and pays tribute to the lives of loved ones. It involves teams of 10 people who take turns walking, running or strolling around a track to raise money to support the work of the Canadian Cancer Society. It's a night of fun, friendship and fundraising to beat cancer. Every step you take in Relay raises money to help the Canadian Cancer Society save lives.

Funds raised through Relay For Life make a difference. They help the Canadian Cancer Society fund the most promising research projects in the country, provide information services and support programs in the community and advocate for public policies that prevent cancer and help those living with it. Join the Fight by pledging my participation in Relay For Life – just click the link at the bottom of this message to view my personal page and look for the orange "Donate now" button to support me in this event. Online pledging is secure and it saves the Society money by reducing administrative costs. No amount is too small, or too big.

Thanks,
Click here to visit my personal page.
If the text above does not appear as a clickable link, you can visit the web address:
http://convio.cancer.ca/site/TR?px=1356650&pg=personal&fr_id=9014&fl=en_CA&et=a7PsZ6CkNE2lRuEoKj1eKw..&s_tafId=168436
Click here to view the team page for Get Real Think Teal

New BM Stamp Mani with Commander in Chic

I love this color.  It's gorgeous, purple but like a muted purple with grey/lavender mixed in.  (Edit...the color is lavender, follow the link to Eva below, she has great images)
I visited JQ from flippery digits on Sunday and we ended up playing with our nails...huh you ask two nail bloggers playing with their nails that's unheard of.  I got to sample the new BM plates and i am lemming them right now and they will be mine (as soon as i have a roommate with a deposit in hand)...oh i digress.  Also got to cruise JQ's stash, so much polish, so many colors, so many more than me.  I learnt some tricks in the night too.  How to layer polish, how i should stamp very quickly and not fuss so much about placement, how to be patient and let the nails dry, how doing nails with a friend is very fun & handy especially when you get a cotton ball fuzz stuck to the wet polish of the ring nail;  she was able to acetone my nail and i got to save all the other nails...i have such bad luck with that sometimes.

Okay, let's get to the mani pics already.


These pics are not base color accurate in the pic this looks brown  but in real life the nails are light lavender (Eva's link).

What's with the thumb fuzz...damn unforgiving camera.

no topcoat

Our workstation...so much room

Legend
Base coat - Sally Hansen Complete Salon Commander in Chic
Stamp color - Gosh Metallic Purple
Plates - BM205 & Konad M60
Topcoated with Konad tc and Seche Vite

Thanks for reading, what you think of the mani?
Wait till you see what JQ did!! It was awesome and so fun to watch her develop it and have so much fun in the process.