Easter Mani #2 - Easter Water Marble Skittles

Okay, first off I feel the need to say that I have only water marbled a couple of times and the last time was back in September 2011. That said, ready for my newest attempt? LOL! Of course, if you don't zoom it's not too bad! ;)

 

I used China Glaze Dance Baby, Sinful Colors (an unnamed light yellow), Color Club Twiggie, Sinful Colors Cinderella, and Sinful Colors Zeus. I used two colors at a time and used one of those colors with another on the next nail. The swoops and design came out okay but I guess I was having trouble with the water temperature? It's very cold were I live right now, so I was using filtered water warmed up and it was either too warm or too cold for my attempt. I tried several times (3?) and this was the best one. Dang those stupid air bubbles! They totally messed it up! Oh well.

I tried a coat of China Glaze Fairy Dust to see if that hid the bubbles a bit....not so much!

Then I tried one coat of Wet n Wild Kaleidoscope, that did a better job but also kind of covered up some of the water marble pattern. These water marbles might have to wait until summer. =(

Much Love, The Dragon Lady

Easter Mani #1 - Easter Eggs

So for my first Easter mani, I was trying to think of something that symbolized Easter for me. Easter eggs! My first attempt was kind of scary as I really had no plan and was just slapping stuff here and there. It wasn't exactly a fail but I felt the need to reattempt.

My second attempt actually was done with a plan. Polka dot eggs. I used China Glaze Dance Baby, Sally Hansen mellow Yellow, Color Club Twiggie, China Glaze Bahamian Escape, and Revlon Charming.

I dotted one some dots with my set of dotting tools and Milani 3d Holographic nail polish in:Digital,3D, Hi-Tech, Cyberspace, and Hi-Res. I topped it all off with a coat of Seche Vite.

Here's the finished result:

Hope you liked it. Much Love, The Dragon Lady

Giveaway Winners update

All five giveaway winners have now been emailed and I have heard back from one of them already. So a big congrats to ev @ Plisherrific for being one of the winners. Still waiting to hear back from the other four, they have 48 hours to respond before I pick a replacement winner. Not announcing who won what just yet as I may need to replace someone (I hope not!) and if that's the case the person below them in the picking order.

I will post the winners' names once they have responded on the Rafflecopter widget itself. As well as probably editing the post with the names of the winners too. Okay off to edit some Easter manis and get them posted. =)

***EDIT@ 5:18pm ***
Another winner has responded, congrats to Tonya @ 31 Lacquers for being one of the winners! it's kind of funny I had no idea that either ev or Tonya had their own blogs until they responded with the link in the email (now following both btw). I know one of the other winners has one, but I will laugh (hysterically) if all five winners do. I knew their are a lot of nail bloggers out there...but wow! ;)

***EDIT@ 8:24pm ***
Another winner has reported in, congrats to Flow @ Heart's Made for being one of the winners. Flow was actually the first and I have decided to let her choose her prize. The other winners will get to choose theirs as well in order. =)

***EDIT@ 11:22pm ***
 Another winner has responded to my email, congrats to Kandistar @ LifeAsKandistar! I don't believe she has a blog, if I'm wrong please let me know and I'll correct this. Scratch that she does! ;)

***EDIT 4/8 @ 9:19pm ***
Hear back from the last winner. Congrats to Tinny! I have now heard back from all of the lovely ladies who won and as soon as the last person picks their prize I will be mailing them out. 


A HUGE thank you to all my followers. I enjoy reading all of your comments! I am trying to get better at replying as well. I am also hoping to get ahead on posts so I can play with my polish making supplies. I also have some jewelry supplies to play with as well. I am hard at work trying to get stuff together for a 750 follower giveaway as I am only a few away.

Much Love, The Dragon Lady

200-500 Follower Giveaway Winner #2

Just sent out the email for winner #2! I will send the others out in 1 hour increments for the last 3. easter manis soon to follow!

Much Love, The Dragon Lady