daisy

 Another great polish from my nephews - this burnt umber orange polish.  I wasn't quite sure how I was going to use this polish.  It is an odd but pretty color.  Once fall comes, I know I will be using it a lot more.  For the time being, I new I either had to go with a flame or a flower paint job.

Just a basic yellow base color and a fun flower stamp with the orange.  Presto - a summer daisy paint job.  Nothing fancy but I like the over all look.

OPI - Deutsch You Want Me Baby?
Sally Hansen - Mellow Yellow
plate - Cheeky CH44

february polish days - back to nature

This month's Polish Day is "Back to Nature".  At first I thought I would do a sunset paint job, but I just did a paint job that was very sunset-esk.  I decided on something I have been wanting to try but have always been too chicken - animal prints.  Well, animal print on one hand, dandelion on the other.

*more photos after the jump*

Water Flowers

The hounds tooth was too simple now that I had so many options to pick from.  I decided to do a quick polish that I knew didn't have to last too long (back in the kitchen over the weekend).  I am still working on getting the stamp to be in the center of the nail.  It is harder with these individual stamp designs verse the whole nail pattern.  It doesn't look bad being off center with this flower, but some other images might look a little funny.  I only gave one polish coat with the purple/maroon polish (over the base coat).  The pinky only had one coat of white.  While both the thumb and pinky were still wet, I gave them a little glitter fade.  The stamp was easy and quick especially since I only had to wait for one color polish coat to dry.  The rhinestone was just stuck on with a little base coat.  I like some things about this paint job but I don't know if I will ever do it like this again.  Maybe just the flower on one finger and the glitter on another.  There is a lot going on and seems busy even though there are only three colors used.

MAC -Dark Angel
Sally Hansen - White On
Plate - Cheeky CH2

What do you consider too much for a paint job?  Do you think this paint job was too busy?  Do you have any tips/tricks to getting a single image stamp in the center of the nail?