Week 7 - "Valentine's Day" Mani

This is the mani I wore today for Valentine's Day. Sorry I didn't get it posted earlier I got distracted. I used Color Club Warhol (2 coats) with one coat of Sally Hansen Byte. On the accent nail I used Wet n Wild Black Creme (2 coats) topped with one coat of China Glaze Fairy Dust. I stamped with Konad Special polish in white and black using BM02, SE18, SE20, RA-110, SH01, and m71. I also added a pink rhinestone heart for fun.

I hope you all had a wonderful day (even if you don't celebrate V-day). I had a long day and I'm beat. Sweet dreams!!!


Much Love, The Dragon Lady

Valentine's Mani - part 5

Second to last Valentine's Day themed mani and so far my favorite! This one is an anti-valentine's mani! For this one I used Orly Au Champagne, Nubar Fire Sparkle (ring finger), Queen of Hearts (a franken - on thumb), and Konad Special Polish in black and red. I also used the following plates: SE18, BM-02, BM-03, BM-11, RA100, OB5, m13.

I will post the mani I am officially wearing for Valentine's Day later this afternoon.

Happy Valentine's Day all! Much Love, The Dragon Lady

Valentine's Mani - part 4

 For this one I reattempted my earlier (part 2) mani using different colors. I think this one is definitely an improvement. My oldest daughter picked the colors out. I used Orly Au Champagne again, but this time used China Glaze Harmony and Cherish for the stamp.

Decided to put a matte top coat (China Glaze Matte Magic) over it to see how it looks mattified.

What do you think? Is this an improvement over this one?

Much Love, The Dragon Lady

Valentine's Mani - part 3

For this mani, I choose red and black. I used Color Club Cadillac Red, Wet n Wild Black Creme for the base colors. Then I stamped with Konad Special Polish in red, white, and black using BM02, SH09, and SH01. I used Wet n Wild Behind Closed Doors (black based red hex glitter) on my thumb. I used my franken, Bloodsucker (red jelly based red micro and black hex glitter) on my pinky. 

I thought it needed something else so I added another one of my frankens, A Holo ♥ (a red and holo micro glitter with red hearts in clear base),to the middle three nails. When I went to stamp the red lips onto the black, I actually expected the red to show up...well it didn't! So I stamped the design on white, then attempted to stamp over it again in red. I got close but not right on top, however I kind of like the way it turned out.

Again I liked it but the colors were a bit too harsh for my nubbins I think.

Much Love, The Dragon Lady

Valentine's Day Mani - part 2 (FAIL)

Ok I wasn't going to post this one but figured "Eh, why not!" It "looked" so much cooler in my head. I started off with Orly Au Champagne (2 coats), one coat of Seche Vite, then stamped with Konad Special Polish in red and green using m65. Excuse the crappy lighting, I didn't like it enough to haul out the lightbbox.

I am calling it a FAIL because even though it turned out okay, it reminds me of Christmas rather than Valentine's Day. So, I may try this again later using different colors and maybe it will work better for V-Day.

Much Love, The Dragon Lady

P.S. If you noticed the band-aid, I got a pretty nasty cut from a fauxnad plate as I was removing the protective plastic cover. I'll be doing a review of those plates soon and will go into detail then.

Valentine's Day Mani - part 1

Sorry about the late start to the Valentine manicures but I have been trying to be good and get some homework done. Anyways, here is the first one I came up with. I was going for sweet and innocent with Baby Barbie (my light pink franken) and stamped it with Color Club Hot Like Lava (metallic pink) using OB18.

I thought it was cute, but probably not something I'd wear for long.

Much Love, The Dragon Lady

Fav or Franken Friday - Valentine's Edition

Sorry for both the late post and the late start for the Valentine's Day manicures. I decided to do something very girlie for my first one. I had yet to make any frankens for Valentine's Day so I sat down and made several. Almost all of them are basically glitter topcoats to compliment my collection of pinks and reds.

I used Color Club Sugar Sheer (light baby pink), stamped with China Glaze Emotion (metallic rosey-pink), and one of my new frankens, Sweetie, on the rest. Now as the name implies, Sugar Sheer is, well, sheer. It took three good coats to get even coverage. I used 2 coats of Sweetie on all but the accent nail. For the accent nail, I stamped using the xoxo image from the SE20 plate. SE20 is a new plate for me so I tried stamping on a 3 x 5 card about 12 times before I got a decent, clean pickup. I placed it on my nail then grabbed a topcoat and *DOH* wrong one! I grabbed the one that smears the stamps. Oh well!

Sweetie - bottle macro

I'll try to catch up on the V-day manis and post a few more over the next couple days. Bedtime for now though. Sweet dreams!

Much Love, The Dragon Lady