My Stamping dilemma and Color Obession!

Ok.. So I know that I really like the color blue.. But I think I need to branch out a little on my manis and use a different color!!!! Like Woah! Most of them include some sort of blue in them, today's included. I am going to try some summery color combo for my next maini.. Promise!

On to my dilemma.. How do you do a full nail stamp/konad when your nails are bigger than the stamp? Today's mani the majority of my nails are fine (the stamp barely missed the tips) but my thumb!!! Yikes! It's just a rectangle in the middle of the nail.. I need to learn some tips of the trade on that.. Or maybe I have abnormally large thumbs (please say no)?

This is China Glaze Black Diamond with Sally Hansen Color Quick in Turquoise Chrome. Let me say, I LOVE the Color Quick pens for stamping. This is also Bundle Monster Plate BM19.

See what I mean with the thumb? How can I fix this?

On a side note, Zoya is running an AWESOME promotion right now on their Facebook page. You can get Ivanka and Charla for FREE with ANY purchase (excluding color spoons).. I have already placed my order!

Hard Candy- Sky

I am still working on my stamping skills so they are definitely a work in progress. Here is my most recent mani.

Two coats of Hard Candy Sky with Essie Coat Azure for the tips and image.

My sister Raina came over last night and let me practice on her nails. This is OPI Ogre-The-Top Blue with China Glaze White on White. Both images are from BM16.

Cuticle Cures?

First off I want to apologize for A) the bad picture quality B) the poor polish job and C) my HORRENDOUS cuticles! I don't really know how to fix them. I use Burt's Bees Lemon cuticle wax and I recently bought a Sally Hansen cuticle oil and a supposed cuticle remover... They haven't been working.. Or maybe I am not using them correctly. However, at this moment in time my cuticles are horrible.

Enough about my cuticles and on to today's mani. So today my Bundle Monster plates came in... FINALLY!!! I have been waiting like a week (I know, very impatient). But I was sooo excited to try out my stamping skills. Final verdict... I love the designs, but I still need A LOT more practice. So without further delay here are todays attempts.

Base color is Essie Midnight Cami and the stamp is Nicole by OPI Rich in Spirt. 

Plate BM20

Again please ignore the horrible quality of everything.
But oh how I love polka dots! Plate BM19

NOTD- OPI Ogre-The-Top Blue

This manicure started off with just OPI's Ogre-the-top-Blue.. Then I decided to do some stamping, (I just love this argyle pattern) and tips (Sinful's Black on Black). Hopefully I will get better at photographing my manicures and their progress, blogging, as well as the whole manicure/ stamping process in general. Wish me luck!!

Number 1

So this is my first attempt at blogging.. Here goes! 

I started using Pinterest a while back, which introduced me to nail polish.. It's not like I have never used nail polish before but, it wasn't anything special. Plus I wasn't that great at it. Well it all changed when I saw pictures from Chloes Nails OMG she is amazing! Let's just say that is when my nail polish obsession started!

Since that time I need to buy more colors and try new techniques. I love the funky french (which I am still trying to perfect) and I also starting stamping (not as hard as I expected). So here are the manicures that I have done so far. Thanks for reading!

China Glaze Frostbite with Glacier over it.

Funky French same colors as above

Milani Ruby Jewels Funky French

China Glaze For Audrey with stamp from plate M60

Im' not too sure how I like this color combo but whatev..
OPI Skull & Glossbones with Mermaid's tears for the design from plate M60

Sally Hansen Yellow Kitty and Grass Slipper. Sinful Folly for the center of the flowers.