Summer Challenge: Summer Lovin'

I'm finally doing another theme from the Summer Challenge! The theme today is Summer Lovin'. I decided to draw from one of my favorite summer songs about love. I've already shown my love for Katy Perry on this blog before and it didn't hurt that I just saw the Katy Perry movie and ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT! Go see it, it's fabulous!

I remember exactly when I first heard this song. I had spent half my summer studying abroad in Rome and heard California Gurls pretty much every day. They were obsessed with it. Then I got home and went on a road trip with my best friends. They were watching VH1 in the other room and I was curling my hair in the laundry room (it was a weird house). I heard the song through the water heater vent. I was so mesmerized that I put my straightener down and went into the other room to hear the whole thing. I was in love with it.

Here are the specific lines that inspired the nails:

"I'm a get your heart racing in my skin-tight jeans be your teenage dream tonight"

"I finally found you my missing puzzle piece I'm complete"

"Let's go all the way tonight no regrets, just love we can dance, until we die you and I, will be young forever"

"We drove to Cali and got drunk on the beach"

Colors used: Julep Mila, China Glaze Orange You Hot?, Splish Splash, Man Hunt, Flirty Tankini, OPI Last Friday Night, Essence Romeo & Julia, Color Club Turn the Other Chic, Kleancolor Funky Yellow, Sally Hansen Whirlwind White, Bundle Monster Plate BM 319. If you'd like any more details, leave me a comment :)

Make sure you check out the other awesome blogs participating in the challenge! Click the image above if you'd like to join us!

Untried Month Day 4: Models Own Indian Ocean

Models Own Indian Ocean is from the Summer Beetlejuice Collection. This was part of my Spring Surprise. Whenever I pulled this bottle out of the bubble wrap, I was entranced by it's beauty. It's really sheer, so I layered it. I started with two coats of Julep Susie and then added two coats of Indian Ocean. 

Isn't this gorgeous! I couldn't stop staring at it. It's really cold and kinda icy. And reminds me of cotton candy. I think that's because of the pink flash within the light blue. And it makes me want to sing Shake Señora ;)

Be sure to check out the other ladies' untrieds!

Helen at Nail Newbie

Alyssa C at Polish Junkie Ninja

Ashley at One Nail to Another

Nicole at The Epitome of Superficiality

Zoe at Obsessive Compulsive Nail Painting Disorder

Lexi at Finger Painted

Miagi at Pretty Kitty Claws

Teal Tuesday: Animal Print

Whenever animal print was announced as the winner for today's Teal Tuesday theme, I got a really great idea that I was excited about...and then promptly forgot it haha. Luckily, I eventually remembered it :) This mani was inspired by one of my favorite pairs of earrings.

It's a peacock! While teal isn't really the main color here, the teal-ish color on the earring inspired me, so that totally counts...right? Sorry about the black specks. It was really late and I didn't get the chance to clean up.

Colors used: Zoya Apple, L.A. Colors Circuits, OPI Brisbane Bronze, OPI Fly, Ulta Dance Teal Dawn, Julep Marisa. The teal spot is Fly for the opacity+Dance Teal Dawn for some shimmer. I drew the designs with some different sized paint brushes.

I was having difficulties taking pictures of this because it was so shiny. I decided to add a coat of NYC Matte topcoat. It also kinda makes the effect similar to the earring.

I am head over heals for this mani! I love it a lot and don't want to take it off!

Check out these other Teal Tuesday blogs!

Missy at Gnarly Gnails

Rhonda at Nails Beautiqued

Kirsten at Geeky Owl

Amanda at Mandy's Polish

ColorSplash Nails

Simple-and-Beautiful

Aimee at Persistently Glittery

Nat at No Holos!

Spring PCFC Day 19: Bird's Nest with Eggs

I really love trees and bird's nest jewelry, so I was really excited for this challenge :)

One coat China Glaze Kinetic Candy. Then I painted the branch with China Glaze Mahogany Magic, leaves are China Glaze Starboard, nest is CG Mahogany Magic and Julep Diane and the eggs are China Glaze Aquadelic.

Please visit these other fine PCFC Blogs for more amazing challenge manis!

Angelina's Nails & More

Bee Polished

ColorSplash Nails

Confessions of a Nail Polish Junkie

The Crumpet

Fanning the Fumes

Geeky Owl

The Girl with Rainbow Hands

Gnarly Gnails

Happy Nails

The Key to Jennasis

Manicurity

MeMa's Mani's

Munia's Nails

The Nail Newbie

No Junk Nail

Obsessive Compulsive Nail Painting Disorder

okay now joy!

Only Always Soccermom

Persistently Glittery

PishPosh & Polish

Polish Me Lovely

Purple Fairy Dust

Tales of Knit and Nails

January Haul

Hello everyone! Here's all the polish I got in January. I didn't really realize I'd gotten this much...

OPI: Pink Friday, Fly, Not Like the Movies, The One That Got Away, A Rose by Dawn...Broke by Noon, Metallic 4 Life, Did It On 'Em, Yoga-ta Get This Blue, Teenage Dream, Siberian Nights, Planks a Lot, Stranger Tides, Skull & Glossbones, Pamplona Purple, Here Today...Aragon Tomorrow, Steady As She Rose, Sparrow Me the Drama, Brisbane Bronze, Manicurist of Seville, Wocka Wocka.

Nine of these I got in a Buy One Get 2 Free sale, and the Pirates ones were on Clearance, plus I used a coupon :) The Nicki Minaj colors and Teenage Dream were $8, so I didn't pay full retail for any of these!

China Glaze: Salsa, Peachy Keen, Sun Worshipper, Re-Fresh Mint, Starboard, Four Leaf Clover, Ingrid, Recycle. I found Starboard on clearance for $2 at Ulta in Dallas. Four Leaf Clover, Sun Worshipper and Recycle were from my Secret Valentine :) The rest I bought at Sally's using a $10 off of $20 coupon :)

Love & Beauty Misc. Glitter and Royal. MIA: Matte teal. All regular price @$2.80.

Zoya: Paz, Mitzi, Ivanka, Charla, Julieanne, Tao. Paz and Mitzi were on clearance at Ulta, plus I used a coupon, so I got those and Starboard for $7! The others were from the Zoya New Year promotion, so I only paid shipping!

Julep: Nail Therapy, Hayden, Leah, Megan. Ulta: The Jungle Look, Wild Night, Pinata Yada. Nicole by OPI Rainbow in the S-Kylie. The Juleps were in my January Maven Box. Ulta was buy 2 get 1 free. I bought those with Rainbow in the S-Kylie using a 20 % off coupon!

Jordana: Gemstones. Sinful Colors: Cinderella. Wet n Wild Duo. Essence: Choose Me!. Revlon: Carbonite, Whimsical. NYC: Skin Tight Denim. Sally Hansen: Lady Luck, Wedding Crasher. Pure Ice: Rio, Purple Reign. The Wet n Wild and Carbonite are from Big Lots. Lady Luck was also from my Secret Valentine. Everything else was regular price (which is pretty cheap).

a England: Tristam. Orly: Dazzle. Icing Written in the Stars, Epic Winning, Golden Age of Glitter, Party Confetti, Magnetix in gold, pink, silver and blue. Gelous base coat. MIA: Icing After Party. I got Tristam in the a England anniversary sale. I also bought the Orly and Gelous with my Sally Coupon. Icings were buy one get one half off (as always).

Total: 75 bottles added to my collection. Wow! There are a couple more polishes that I've ordered but haven't gotten to me yet. On their way to me are Essence Twins Chuck & Blair, Edward & Bella, Gabriella & Troy, Romeo & Julia, as well as Deborah Lippmann Across the Universe, Happy Birthday and Today Was a Fairy Tale! :)

31 Day Challenge: Day 12-Stripes

For stripes day I decided to do a skittle mani and get 20 untried colors out of my unused bin! I couldn't find any tape in my house, so I just freehanded with a random brush I found in a junk drawer.

The left hand is bright Spring-like colors.

Right hand was more dark Fall-like colors.

Both hands together:

Colors used: (Right hand thumb to pinky) Color Club New Bohemian with Julep Olivia, Zoya Phoebe with Julep Leah, Orly Lucky Duck with Sally Hansen Jade Jump, Julep Hayden with Sally Hansen Hot Magenta, OPI Skull and Glossbones with OPI Fly. (Left hand pinky to thumb) China Glaze Atlantis with Sally Hansen Uptempo Plum, OPI Metallic 4 Life with Sally Hansen Blue Streak, China Glaze Westside Warrior with Orly Rock-It, China Glaze Paper Chasing with Sally Hansen Midnight Sky and OPI Sparrow Me the Drama with China Glaze Concrete Catwalk.

Also doing this challenge is Emma of Manicurity, Bec at Laquer Dreams, Julia at Julia Loves Nails, Linda at Nail Polish Enthusiast, and Jenna at The Key to Jennasis. You should definitely check these lovely ladies and their nails out!