OPI Atomic Orange & My First Ruffian

This is OPI Atomic Orange. Not a color I will wear on it's own much, but a great orange creme with a perfect formula. No clean up on this one!

This ridiculous color combination was inspired by these shoes that many players wore in this year's World Cup. I used this Toma polish because it is opaque in just one coat, which seems necessary if doing this freehand. It turned out pretty well, but I found this technique kind of difficult.

Thanks for reading!
April

OPI Absolutely Alice

I won OPI Absolutely Alice from The Lacquer Lady. It's a gorgeous polish, dense blue glitter in a clear base with a sprinkling of gold glitter thrown in too. It takes three coats for opacity, which is not bad at all for a clear based glitter. While this is lovely, I just couldn't see mysellf wearing it again so I already passed it on to a new loving home.

I'm still way too sad to talk about the World Cup today. I started looking up players and teared up again. I'll try again tomorrow.

OPI Up Front & Personal

I won OPI Up Front & Personal from the Lacquer Lady's giveaway. It's a lovely champagne foil/glitter color. 4 coats. Still sheer but very pretty.

Woohoo USA!!!!! That was a very stressful game! So glad we made it through even though we had not one but TWO disallowed goals this cup that should have been counted!

Today's World Cup hotties are the Socceroos of Australia who played hard but were eliminated today. Special mention for Harry Kewell who couldn't play today because of a red card & Tim Cahill who was today's man of the match.

Thanks for reading!
April

OPI Suzi Says Feng Shui

Will loves OPI Suzi Says Feng Shui, but I'm not so sure. I thought it would be dustier. It's still nice though. Easy application, three coats.

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April

OPI Parlez Vous & Some Wally Pictures

OPI Parlez Vous is a perfect nail polish. Gorgeous color, easy application.

And now for some pictures of my adorable dog Wally Thor, a.k.a. Wally, Wobbles & Wobblers.


I love him so much it hurts.

Thanks for reading and don't forget to enter the MaryMary Handmade Giveaway!
April

OPI Russian Navy Suede With Topcoat & A Giveaway Roundup

I love my OPI Russian Navy Suede! This is 2 coats and a topcoat. I love it with or without a topcoat. Gorgeous! My heart would break if I ever lost the ring in this picture. Without a doubt my favorite material possession. I picked it up in New Orleans several years ago.

There are some really good giveaways in today's roundup. I love blog giveaways because you actually have a pretty good chance of winning! (And you may find yourself some new readers!) Check out the Point Blank Art giveaway (#6) for example. There are only 4 entries at the time of this posting! Go enter and tell me if you win! Also check out #11. You can win an amazing prize pack that includes products from Illamasqua, MAC, Zoya & many more. Anyone who likes traditional tattoo art and handmade awesomeness should check out #15. Only 25 entries so far!

Giveaway Roundup

1. Win your choice of Flirty Aprons from Evenflo & Two of a Kind. Ends 2/1.
2. Win 2 pairs of socks of your choice from Ozone Socks & Mommy 2 Two Girls. I love over the knee socks & they have some really unique options! Ends 2/1.
3. Win a $50 gift certificate to Snapfish from Lipstick to Crayons. Ends 2/1.
4. Win Cowgirl Chocolates from Mommy Loves Giveaways. They make all sorts of hot & spicy chocolates that I have been wanting to try for well over a year! Ends 2/1.
5. Win a Slanket from a Mom's Balancing Act. (The word slanket makes me laugh.) Ends 2/1.
6. Win your choice of prints from Point Blank Art & Nerdlike. You may remember me telling you about Point Blank's prints in my Halloween post. Go enter this one now! There are only a few entries so far. Ends 2/1.
7. Win your choice of shapewear from DuMi & the Funky Monkey. Ends 2/1.
8. Win your choice of Flirty Aprons from Silver Savings. Ends 2/2.
9. Win a Shabby Apple dress from This Mama Rocks. Ends 2/2.
10. Win Hampton Sun Sunless Tanning Gel from Sweeps4Bloggers. Ends 2/2.
11. Win a prize package of beauty goodies worth almost $1000 from Krasey Beauty. Ends 2/3.
12. Win a Kodak Digital Frame from Mommy Goggles. Ends 2/3.
13. Win your choice of Flirty Aprons from a Little of This and a Little of That. Ends 2/3.
14. Win a Sodastream from Sweeps4Bloggers. Ends 2/3.
15. Win a set of articulated paper dolls (these are so cool!) from Illustrated Ink & Tattoo Tales. Ends 2/3.
16. Win a $50 gift certificate to Sanpfish from Rockin Mama. Ends 2/3.
17. Win a $25 gift certificate to Good Judy from Handmade Guru. ends 2/3.
18. Win Cowgirl Chocolates from Fab Find Foodie. Ends 2/3.
19. Win a CleanRest package (for folks with allergies!) from Emmys Boos ans Rawrs. Ends 2/4.
20. Win an Air-O-Swiss humidifier from Thanks, Mail Carrier. Ends 2/4.
21. Win a Parazul handbag from Theta Mom. Ends 2/4.
22. Win an Adi Bakshi scarf from Fashion Fling. Ends 2/4.
23. Win a $50 gift certificate to Omaha Steaks from the B Keeps Us Honest. Ends 2/4.
24. Win a sweater & shirt from Land's End & the B Keeps Us Honest. Ends 2/4.
25. Win your choice of Swanky Aprons from the Adventures of Paul & Natalie. Ends 2/4.
26. Win your choice of Flirty Aprons from Rockin Mama. Ends 2/4.
27. Win a $70 gift certificate to J. Fold from Born 2 Impress. Ends 2/4.
28. Win a $40 gift certificate to Skindecent and a jar of Manicure in a Minute from Handmade Guru. Ends 2/4.

Thanks for reading!
April

OPI - Done Out In Deco

I don't think much needs to be said for this color. It's a very beautiful lavender creme and is from OPI's South Beach Collection.
This is two coats. If you were in a hurry I think you could get away with one coat, which is always a plus.
-Ashley

China Glaze Solar Power with nail art

The base is China Glaze Solar Power, the dots were done with OPI Greenwich Village and the lines with OPI Alpine Snow. This is the first nail art I ever attempted and I think it turned out pretty well.


-Ashley

Masquerade Ball

Ashley and I were recently invited to a masquerade ball. We weren’t planning on attending and then inspiration struck. I had 2 very similar dresses with great colors. We each wore one and matched our nails to the 5 different colored stripes in each dress. It was fun!

From pinky to thumb on both hands in the picture below China Glaze for Audrey, China Glaze Entourage, OPI Blue My Mind, Finger Paints Yellow Bikini and China Glaze Recycle, all with Nail Tek Foundation II as a matte topcoat.

See they match the stripes!

Here are Ashley’s colors. From pinky to thumb on both hands Color Club Blue Light, Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Jumpin' Jade, OPI Red, China Glaze Solar Power and China Glaze Recycle. Also with Nail Tek Foundation II.

Introduction and 4th of July manicures!

Hello, everybody.
This is Ashley. We wanted to let everybody know a little bit about us and why we started a nail polish blog before we continued with the posts. I'm 21 and work at the Tulsa City-County Library.
I've always enjoyed wearing nail polish and a few months ago I started making my older sister (April) wear it. April never thought she'd wear anything other than conservative colors. Now she wants the craziest nail polish available!
We also wanted to tell you about our new business. We recently started 4BrooksDesign, making beautiful decorative concrete. Check out some of our stuff at www.facebook.com/4BrooksDesign.
Here's a picture of a concrete cakestand!


Here are our 4th of July Manicures.

This is April's. She used OPI Blue My Mind with stripes of China Glaze Raspberry Festival and L.A. Girl's Silver Nail Art Brush.

I used China Glaze For Audrey as a base, and on my striped nails Sally Hansen's Vanilla Bean, China Glaze For Audrey, Ruby Kisses' Caribbean Blue and OPI Red