Fast mani makeover :-)

Oh you all...baseball season is making my life crazy! We've been playing two and three nights a week so we can makeup games we missed at the beginning of the season due to Mother Nature's crying jags. I haven't had much time to do my nails, and I've been refreshing two and three day old manis so I don't have to spend much time on them.

This mani started with ellagee The Only Water In The Forest. I describe this color as a dirty mint green. It has shimmer to it too, and I'm on a green kick lately, so I decided I was going to use it even though I've already featured it on the blog :-)

After a couple of days, it was looking pretty scruffy, so I got the idea to use it as the base for a watercolor mani--

For this I used ellagee Forgetful Lucy, a Cover Girl lavender, and Zoya Edie. I just polished on some blobs and used a brush dipped in acetone to mix and smooth them. Then, I topped it with ellagee Rainbow Syrup, because, well, you should Rainbow Syrup all the things!! It took me roughly 20 minutes to do and my mani was refreshed and ready to go for another 2 days :-)

Rainbow Syrup all the things!

The Unprofessional Polisher

Spring Dotticure!!

I am so excited for this post! I have had a horrible time learning to use dotting tools effectively...for some reason they have rarely worked for me in the past. Today I decided I was going to tackle it again, and I wasn't quitting until I got a dotticure I felt was good enough for me to post. I don't know if I scared the dotting tools into submission or what but this was my first attempt!!

One thing I did learn is to use a tool about two sizes smaller than you think you need. I attribute that to my success. Onto the dotticure!

I wanted something that said Spring is FINALLY here! Pastel colors always say Spring to me so I chose a light pink and a lavender cream for this. First I painted two coats of Cover Girl Outlast Stay Brilliant #145 (why do they not name their polishes I ponder), a lavender cream, on the pinky, ring finger, and thumb of my right hand and my index and middle finger of my left hand. Then I painted two coats of ellagee Forgetful Lucy, a light pink cream, on the index and middle finger of my right hand and the pinky, ring finger, and thumb of my left hand. After that dried completely, I dotted #145 over Lucy and vice versa.

I love how these turned out and hopefully my skill with the dotting tools continues to improve!