Untried Polish Challenge: Creme

Today is the final day of the Untried Polish Challenge. And I think I have ended with one of my favorite manis in a while! Today's prompt was: Creme.

I used China Glaze Recycle (two coats). Such a lovely grey creme! Can't go wrong with this color! :)

I then stamped using Konad M83 and A England Saint George. Saint George is such a perfect stamper polish! Just look! Bah! I love it!

And of course I used HK Girl Top Coat, the perfect top coat for stamping! I have never had it smear my stamping! Fabulous! :)

Well, this challenge is over and I went through quite a few untrieds! Hallelujah! Now onto my next challenge that starts next week! What could it be? How about a video clue?

Or another one?

And another (just 'cause I really like these last two songs and their take on a classic!)

Untried Polish Challenge: Prettiest

Today's prompt for the Untried Polish Challenge is: Prettiest. Ugh, that's so hard! How do you choose the prettiest? I mean, aren't they all pretty? Isn't that why you chose them?

This here is two coats of China Glaze Snap My Dragon. It is a super gorgeous hot pink that capture more red in my photos, sad day! But at least you can still see the shimmer! Which is one reason it's the prettiest.

Kept it simple and added one coat of Orly So Go-Diva, a copper/brown glitter in clear base. Pink and brown are a fav combo of mine!

A close up of So Go-Diva. Wow, camera and polishes not playing nice today. I promise the glitter isn't black but actually brown! :)

Untried Polish Challenge: Cheapest AND The Digit-al Dozen Does Tape Manis

Final day of The Digit-al Dozen Does Tape Manis. Phew! I made it! Didn't think I would! ;) I also did the easiest tape mani ever today! That's alright, I love it! 

Also today is Untried Polish Challenge: Cheapest. Both of the polish I used are untried but the glitter is the cheapest. It is Hit Polish Nail Lacquer: Like, Gag Me with Glitter! This is my cheapest because I won it! Yep. Hit Polish Nail Lacquer was having a name that polish contest and my name for the polish was chosen! Thank you Hit Polish Lacquer!

This is my base, Joe Fresh Teal. A few Canada trips ago I bought a few Joe Fresh polishes and haven't used them yet. And this one is gorgeous! A shimmer too!

And here is Hit Polish Nail Lacquer: Like, Gag Me with Glitter! It reminded me of the '80s and Valley girls! Hit Polish Nail Lacquer has such amazing polishes! Just look at that glitter! So purdy!

And of course I topped it all off with HK Girl Top Coat! So shiny!

Well, it's Friday so you know what that means. Yep, today was a TGIF: Thank Goodness, Indy Indie Friday!

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Untried Polish Challenge: A Gift AND The Digit-al Dozen Does Tape Manis

Day 4 of The Digit-al Dozen Does Tape Manis and another Untried Polish Challenge of a gift! Both of these polishes were a gift! :)

Here is Orly Sea Gurl, a Christmas gift from two Christmases ago! Yep, it was still an untried. Oops! But not any more! This is one coat. It's a very interesting polish. I like it!

I then used striping tape and made some designs and used OPI DS Mystery, a gift from April over at Munia's Nails. This is a gorgeous deep purple with flakies! Yum!

I used HK Girl Top Coat to finish it off. I am almost done my bottle of this top coat and it hasn't gotten thick! Awesome! Now I wish the brush was a little longer so I didn't have to tip the bottle to get some out. :)

Don't forget to check out the other ladies and their fabulous tape manis!

Untried Polish Challenge: In Season AND The Digit-al Dozen Does Tape Manis

Day 3 of The Digit-al Dozen Does Tape Manis in which my tape mani kind of looks like a slide or even a high heel. Huh. And today is also In Season for the Untried Polish Challenge. I don't have many brights or neons so I was happy when Birchbox sent me one and even more happy when I had a color for the In Season part of the challenge!

Here is Color Club Reign in Spain. A bright coral. Looks more orange here, but now I understand the problem of photographing neons! They hate cameras! This is one coat.

I then used this weird nail guide sticker, like an arch or something, who knows. But I do know it looks like a slide or high heel. I painted over the guide with Layla Softouch 09, Aqua Zen (another untried). I then used my dotting tool and Milani White on the Spot to add a bit more something to the design. I topped it all off with HK Girl Top Coat.

And don't forget to check out the other ladies and their tape manis!

Untried Polish Challenge: Glitter AND The Digit-al Dozen Does Tape Manis

Day 2 of The Digit-al Dozen Does Tape Manis and also Glitter Day for the Untried Polish Challenge! So um yep. Today's tape mani isn't so much of a win. But! I did use two amazing untried polishes!

So, yeah, I think I found my perfect mannequin hand polish! Essence Cafe Ole. Isn't it purdy! It's got a shimmer too! And since it is an Essence polish the formula is perfect! I love it! I used HK Girl Top Coat to help with the taping.

I then used Roca Tacoma from Sonoma Nail Art's Tacoma Nail Art collection. And it is amazing! Usually I'm not a huge gold fan but this is stunning! The pinks in it really tones down the gold. Gorgeous!

And since my tape cross thingy didn't really work I had this huge empty spot. Well, I didn't participate in Bling Week for The Digit-al Dozen so I thought I would use an item I had planned on using then! This rhinestone is from my scrapbooking supplies. And it is a lot smaller when not on the nail! :) Though it was intentional, I kind of like how it ended up! :)

Don't forget to check out the other ladies and their amazing tape manis!

Untried Polish Challenge: Most Expensive AND The Digit-al Dozen Does Tape Manis

Welcome to another installment of The Digit-al Dozen! This week our theme is Tape Manis! Oh crap! These are my nemesis! Shoot! How am I going to do this? Five whole days! Seriously? I can barely do one!

Well, I put on my big girl panties and settled in to crank out the manis this week! Some of them I am pretty impressed with; others.......not so much. >_< But I tried and completed all five days! Huzzah! Shall we see day 1?

I also combined this tape mani week with the Untried Polish Challenge that I am currently working through. So today is: Most Expensive.

Here is ManGlaze Santorum. I fell in love with this polish after seeing it on The TraceFace Philes. Here photos of it are stunning! I used some chevron-like nail guide stickers that I got on ebay to create this mani. I love working with matte polishes for tape manis. They dry quicker! :)

Sorry it's a bit blurry but I wanted to show you the stickers I used. And then all I used was HK Girl Top Coat over the glorious matte Santorum!

Look at the sparkle! That is was sold me on this polish!

Here is a swatch shot for you! Isn't it purdy! :) One coat as well! Sa-weet!

As you can see on my pointer I waited a bit too long to pull up the stickers so there are those wispies. Oh well, it really only shows up on camera. Cameras always show things you don't want others to see!

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Don't forget to check out the other ladies and their fabulous Tape Manis!

Untired Polish Challenge: Newest

My newest polish that I used for the Untried Polish Challenge is Hit Polish Lacquer Oatmeal Raisin Cookies. This is two coats and as you can see it is still a bit sheer. But look at that shimmer! Those glitters! The colors! Bah! I love it!

I just love this brand! Her glitters are amazing and unique! And the mini bottles (which I love) last forever and are super cheap! (especially when she has her sales!)

Here it is with three coats. Much better. The only sad thing is that you lose some of the color in the purple glitters because none of them applied on the third coat. But that's ok, I still love it! :)

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It's Friday so I brought you another TGIF: Thank Goodness, Indy Indie Friday! Don't forget to check out Emma's TGIF post over at Manicurity!

Untried Polish Challenge: Ugliest

So from here on out I am mixing up the order of the Untried Polish Challenge. Today is Ugliest. This is hard, because I love the ugly colors! :) They need some love too!

I chose China Glaze Budding Romance (two coats). This is a pea-soup green color that I love! This is actually my favorite color! 

I tried my hand at some stamping. Need to practice some more. But I thought this was fun. I used Rimmel Steel Grey (also an unused polish!). I specifically bought this polish because I heard it can stamp! And it does! Nicely too! I used Vivid Lacquer VL006 for the chevrons. Some of them I didn't line up well so it gave it a french mani look! :)

Don't you love how it matches my blog background! :) Hahaha!

Untried Polish Challenge: Oldest

Untried Polish Challenge prompt for today is oldest...........crap! I have so many that are older that I haven't used! Double crap! How to narrow it down! Grrr! Well, off to my handy dandy massive Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Collection I go! When I first started getting into polish I was buying this pretty puppies up every time I went to the store! I have so many!

 And you know what? I forgot how nice they are to use! I thank Emma of Manicurity in reminding me of the beauty that is Sally Hansen Mint Sorbet. This is two coats, though I could have just used one and been fine.

I then added Rainbow Polish Taffy, one of the older Indies that I have and haven't used! (See what I did there?) This glitter is sweet goodness (again, see what I did there?) Hahaha!

Here is a macro shot of Rainbow Polish Taffy over Sally Hansen Mint Sorbet. Please excuse the bubbles in my top coat. It was a hot day and I had my fan on when I applied HK Girl Top Coat. Totally my fault! But either way I love how the glitter is suspended in the top coat! :)

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