Nail-Venturous Nail Lacquers Crawfish Boil

January 31, 2012





This is a matte polish (called Crawfish Boil) I made as part of my Louisiana Hospitality Collection! This is two coats and of course no top coat. 





The photo below shows the Nail-Venturous Crawfish Boil with a shiny top coat over the ring and pointer finger. 





I stamped on a nail design with Kleancolor Metallic Red and Konad Stamping Plate M70.








Here is another one of my frankens from my Louisiana Hospitality Collection called Parti Gras!!!! 





Here is another one of my frankens from my Louisiana Hospitality Collection called Southern Belle!!!!  You can see it as one coat by itself, over light blue, over dark blue, and over black.

Pretty and Polished Power House

January 29, 2012





This is two coats of Pretty and Polished Power House. This polish is so pretty, and it is my kind of polish. It is the perfect jelly sandwich without all the layering... Application was flawless and the glitter pieces came out of the bottle so easily and in the perfect amount!


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Then I stamped on some roses (which I could not photograph very well. They look blurry in the photo but that is because of the reflection of the top coat) with Kleancolor metallic purple and Konad Stamping Plate M65.

Glitter Gal Lizard Belly

January 27, 2012





This is two coats of the gorgeous Glitter Gal Lizard Belly with no top coat.








I saw a similar nail design by Linda over at Copy That Copy Cat, and of course I decided to copy it! Hers looks better... I should have copied it exactly, but I thought I would try to put my own touch on it. And I don't really like the finished manicure. I like hers WAY better! 


I used Red Angel stamping plate RA-11 and Ulta Quick Silver to stamp on the pattern. Then I used a dotting tool, Kleancolor Fashionista, OPI Mermaid Tears, and Orly Pure Porcelain to add in some more detail.

China Glaze IDK

January 25, 2012





This is two coats of China Glaze IDK with no top coat. SO amazing!








Then I stamped on some little hearts with Kleancolor Metallic Purple and Red Angel stamping plates RA-110 and RA-114. 


This has to be one of my favorite manicures and was made with someone special in mind! 

Born Pretty Store Review

January 22, 2012





Today I have a Born Pretty Store review for you! This is two coats of Shiny Violet Shimmer Nail Polish Glitter Nail Art #11. It is a very lovely polish, and application was wonderful. It dried quickly. The second photo is more color accurate. This polish is NOT good for stamping. 








Then I added one coat of Born Pretty Crystal Purple Pink #63 Nail Polish. In my opinion, this polish is pretty once you get it applied to your nail, but it was a tiny bit of a struggle to get the glitter out (not even enough to really complain about, but enough to mention). It is a holo glitter that changes between pink and purple depending on how the light hits it. It is awesome!







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Color nails in trendy 2012

Nail-Venturous Nail Lacquers + a giveaway!

January 22, 2012


Wow! I am so pleased to hear all the positive reactions to my three frankens I posted on Friday. After much thought, it is clear to me I am not ready to sale polishes through my blog or Etsy. I feel that it would be very time consuming and overwhelming to have to make so many polishes and process orders. My true passion is trying new polishes, doing nail designs, commenting/reading others blogs and BLOGGING! I worry that selling through my blog and/or Etsy will be too time consuming and take the fun out of it --turning it into a job. I would hate to lose all my free time and not be able to enjoy doing my nails and sharing that with you. I have already noticed that I haven't had time to read other's blogs and I hate that. Maybe in the future,  I will sale, but for now I want to enjoy what I love. I hope you understand!


To make up for my indecisiveness, I am pleased to be giving away three bottles of EACH polish. So that is a total of NINE winners. All you have to do is comment to this post with your favorite and your email address! Giveaway ends Feb 5, 2012


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As I show you my future polish creations, I will be giving some of those away too!


Here are the three polishes again!





Pinkerbell








Orange you Unique!??!





And Floam!

Nail-Venturous Nail Lacquers Floam + Pinkerbell + Orange You Unique?!!?

January 20, 2012

UPDATE ON JANUARY 22, 2012:
I am so pleased to hear all the positive reactions to my three frankens I posted on Friday. After much thought, it is clear to me I am not ready to sale polishes through my blog or Etsy. I feel that it would be very time consuming and overwhelming to have to make so many polishes and process orders. My true passion is trying new polishes, doing nail designs, commenting/reading others blogs and BLOGGING! I worry that selling through my blog and/or Etsy will be too time consuming and take the fun out of it --turning it into a job. I would hate to lose all my free time and not be able to enjoy doing my nails and sharing that with you. I have already noticed that I haven't had time to read other's blogs and I hate that. Maybe in the future,  I will sale, but for now I want to enjoy what I love. I hope you understand!
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I am excited about today's post because I thought I would share three of my franken polishes with you. I plan to have my shop up and running by the end of this weekend. I will be selling through my blog for the time being. I am nervous to jump on Etsy until I feel "worthy" haha.. I will post all the details once the shop is up and running such as pricing and how to order. You are more than welcome to check out my shop policies.


 I hope you enjoy! Feedback negative and/or positive are welcome!





This is two coats of Nail-venturous Nail Lacquers Orange You Unique?!! with one coat of top coat.


 Orange You Unique?!!  contains specks of ultra fine neon blue, neon yellow, light pink, and light orange glitter in an orange base. The neon blue is darker than what is shown in this photo. These polishes were very difficult to photograph, but I did my best to accurately show the color of the polish.











This is two coats of Nail-venturous Nail Lacquers Floam with one coat of top coat. 


Floam contains specks of ultra fine neon blue and neon yellow glitter in a clear base. 


The neon blue is a darker, richer blue than what is shown in this photo. These polishes were very difficult to photograph, but I did my best to accurately show the color of the polish. Although the photos make it appear to not have full coverage. In person this polish has full coverage in two coats.


A special thank you to my polish friend, Rhonni, for helping me name this one!








This is two coats of Nail-venturous Nail Lacquers Pinkerbell with one coat of top coat. Please excuse my red cuticles. I have been swatching many polishes lately... 


Pinkbell is one of my favorite polishes. I am wearing it right now and have had it on for three days now. I am sad that it is time to change my polish...


Pinkerbell contains specks of ultra fine neon yellow and ultra fine neon blue glitter. The base is composed of SUPER ultra fine pink glitter. The consistency of the pink glitter is almost simliar to a pigment.


The neon blue is a darker, richer blue than what is shown in this photo. These polishes were very difficult to photograph, but I did my best to accurately show the color of the polish

New nail style 2012