Dragon Lady Nails: St. Patrick's Day

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More St. Patrick's Day Manis - Part 7

Ok, this post if my mother's nails that I did today. I did a set of gels (we are trying out a new kind on her, I might try it out myself for S & G too- not sure yet). Then did a quick franken to suit her wishes and painted her nails.

This is two coats of franken, St. Patti. No I didn't typo that. My mother's name is Patricia, she goes by Patti, I made it for her & it's St. Patty's Day...hence the name. ;) I topped this off with some medium green holographic shamrocks and set her out to party!

Hope your St. Patty's was awesome! Coming up next, my last St. Patty's post (at least this year)....the FAILS! LOL! Much Love, The Dragon Lady

More St. Patrick's Day Manis - Part 6

LOL, I just saw 4 other bloggers posting St. Patty's Day manis a bit late...at least it's not just me! Anyway, this one is simple but extremely sparkly! I started off with one coat of Nubar Greener.

Then added two coats of Sinful Colors Call You Later and a coat of Seche Vite.

Man this one was sparkly! I didn't want to take it off, just sit a stare at it. LOL! Only a few more left...you guys sick of green yet? ;)

Much Love, The Dragon Lady

More St. Patrick's Day Manis - Part 5

This one is similar to the one in part 3 but I used a different green and a different glitter, then mattified it. Mmm, mattified glitter. This is two coats of China Glaze Gaga for Green:

...topped with one coat of Emerald Isle (franken):

...and one coat of LA Girl Glitter Addict Synergy.

I finished this with one coat of Seche Vite and the China Glaze Matte Magic once it was dry.

To be honest, I liked the mani with the green glitter, thought I had ruined it with the gold holo glitter, but here at the finish all matted...I really like it. Go figure! LOL! Much Love, The Dragon Lady

More St. Patrick's Day Manis - Part 4

Alrighty, onto the next St. Patty's mani! This one is 2 coats of Wet 'n Wild black Creme topped with 2 coats of Black Irish, another of my St. Patty's Day themed frankens! Black Irish is a translucent black base with green holo shred, small green hex glitter, and green micro glitter.

And for those wondering what Black Irish means, it is a term used to describe the "other" Irish (as opposed to the classic stereotyped pale-skinned, freckled, red-head *cough* me *cough* ). The dark-haired, fair-skinned, green (or blue) eyed Irish person. It can also mean dark-hair, brown eyes, and dark complexion but I have only heard it in reference to the black hair/ green eye combo.

If you can't tell it was really hard to capture the fire in this mani, I think this last picture is the best attempted but still falls short. Much Love, The Dragon Lady

More St. Patrick's Day Manis - Part 3

Here's a quick and simple one. I started with two coats of Nubar Reclaim medium green with light holo-ness) added one coat of Pot O' Gold (a franken) because there just wasn't any sunlight here to bring out the holo in Reclaim. I then added one coat of Sally Hansen Set the Stage and topped off with a coat of Seche Vite.

Much Love, The Dragon Lady

More St. Patrick's Day Manis - Part 2

For this St. Patrick's Day mani, I used two coats of Wet 'n Wild Black Creme on all nails. On accent nail, I used two coats of Sally Hansen HD Resolution. On the remaining nails, I used two coats of Finger Paints Flecked (green flakie).

I decided to see how this looked with a matte top coat, I used China Glaze Matte Magic.

I stamped on the accent nail using Konad special polish in white and BM-03. I added white glitter in the form of Sinful Colors Smoking Hot using a dotting tool.

Much Love, The Dragon Lady

More St. Patrick's Day Manis - Part 1

I hope everyone's St. Patty's Day is treating them well! I spent most of the day at my mother's in another town doing her nails for a St. Patty's Day/Birthday Party she had to go to. I will post her nails at the end of this series. currently, I am happily stuffed with corned beef, cabbage, potatoes, and carrots and sipping on a Midori Sour (YUM! What? Yes, I know it's not "Irish" but it is green and yummy, besides the Irish Cream comes AFTER the kids are asleep).

Sorry I didn't get a chance to get these all posted earlier today or during the week but better late than never right? So I have several for you and a couple of FAILS in my opinion. I think I will post them as I go rather than doing one huge post with them all.

On to the first, this is one of my St. Patty's frankens, Irish Cream, over Sally Hansen's Mint Sorbet. I used two coats of each.

Then I decided to stamp on top with image plate BM-03 using Konad special polish in dark green.

Hope you enjoyed this one, the next is on the way! Much Love, The Dragon Lady

Another St. Patty's Day Mani

I liked the pink and green St. Patty's stamping mani I did for Pink Wednesday and as I was looking at it, it hit me! Neon! It would look awesome in neon. Now I didn't want to completely copy my previous mani so I opted to paint the Irish flag on my thumb and ring finger and then used to color for that on the other three fingers. Green on pinky, white on middle, and orange on index. First I painted all my nails with two coats of my base coats franken (does any one else fraknen their nail treatments?), then two coats of Orly Au Champagne.

Here's what I used for the orange on my index finger and in the flags I used one coat of Color Club Wham! Pow! toppped with one coat of Fantasy Makers Creepy Pumpkin then one coat of Seche Vite.
For the green on my pinky and in the flags I used one coat of Cosmetic Arts unnamed neon green (might be the same as Color Club The Lime Starts Here but not sure since I don't own that one). Topped with one coat of Jesse's Girl Firefly (I know it looks white in the bottle but over this green you really only see the green flash of the glitter) and topped again with one coat of Seche Vite.For the white on my middle finger and in the flag I used one coat of Sinful Colors Smoking Hot over the already there 2 coats of Orly Au Champagne. Topped with one coat of Seche Vite.

Obviously before clean-up. LOL!

I then proceeded to stamp over this once dry with Color Club Wham! Pow! and Cosmetic Arts neon green using the plaid design from m60. The rest of the stamps are using Konad special polish in black using RA-116, SH12, and BM-03. I wish that the plaid had come out a bit brighter but I still love this mani. I think I will sport this one for the day and try to post some more tonight.

Hope you enjoyed this one! Much Love, The Dragon Lady

Pink Wednesday - St. Patty's Style

So my goal this week was to get in at least one St. Patrick's Day themed mani from Sunday's Year Challenge post through to St. Patty's Day itself (Saturday). Unfortunately, I just haven't found the time to post them yet. It is POURING down rain here. The wind is insane. I was running late this morning. So I am kind of playing hooky this morning to get all my St. Patty's Day manicures posted.I figured since it was Pink Wednesday I would do a special pink/green St. Patrick's Day mani for to get these posts started.

For this mani I used 2 coats of Color Club Peppermint Twist (pink) and on the accent nail 2 coats of Color Club Twiggie (minty green). I topped these off with one coat of a quick dry top coat. On a side note, I am not very happy with my current quick dry top coat (it's slow, smears stamps, etc) and will be switching back to Seche Vite here very soon. I then stamped images from RA-116, BM-03, and SH12 with Konad special polish in white, China Glaze Cherish, and my trusty green foily snowman polish.

I felt it still needed something so I added one coat of an unnamed holo & iridescent glitter top coat franken.

I will be posting more St. Patty's Day manicures later today and for the rest of the week...and for those of you reading this here's a sneak peek at my giveaway that I'll be posting on Saturday.

Much Love, The Dragon Lady

Week 11 - "St. Patrick's Day" Mani

For this week's year long nail art challenge, I decided to do something kind of simple because I am exhausted and I also plan to get in several more St. Patrick's Day manicures in this week before St. Patty's Day on Saturday. Being an Irish girl, this is one of my favorite holidays! I used 2 coats Wet n Wild SaGreena the Teenaged Witch and 2 coats of one of my new frankens, Emerald Isles (med & large green hex glitter with green micro in clear base).

I am loving how GREEN and sparkly this is. I did this mani after the sun went down here, I hope the sun will poke through tomorrow so I can get some shot of this in the sun.

I thought I'd use one of my new shamrock shaped nail art confetti to add that little something Irish to my accent nail. I opted for the silver holographic one.

I also decided to toss on a coat of China Glaze Fairy Dust for more sparkle.

So, what does everyone have planned for St. Patty's Day? I am taking my daughter to her softball practice then coming home for some yummy corned beef, cabbage, carrots, and potatoes probably served up with some hot, fresh sweet french bread. Then....probably some drinking after the kids are in bed! ;)

Much Love, The Dragon Lady

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