Mario Bros. !!

Since my contest is Mario Bros themed, I decided to try my hand at it. Ive never done Mario nails before which is one reason I decided on that as a theme. I like to push myself to see what I can do artistically so this seemed liked fun. I'm pretty happy with how they turned out.

Thumb-Graffitti "M" from Mario Sunshine

Index-The man himself, Mario!

Middle-Fire Flower

Ring-Boo

Pinky-Bullet Bill

Index-Power up Mushroom

Middle-Yoshi

Ring-Luigi

Pinky-Chain Chomper

Fad or Fabulous??

Okay, so I'm a little slow to catch on to new trends. But I finally decided to try the diy school glue base coat for glitter. Word is, it's supposed to just peel off when you're ready to remove it, just like when you would get glue on your fingers in elementary school. I cleaned out an almost empty polish bottle to put my glue mix in. I added a small amount of water but you dont have to. I think it made it a little easier to apply. Give it a good shake and....voila! You have a much cheaper version of a pricey product, yay!

 I did a side by side comparison of my normal glitter removal method and removal with the glue base applied first. I used my normal base coat on my middle finger and the glue base on my ring finger. I brushed on one coat of Finger Paints Sugar Cookie For Two (one of my hardest glitters to remove)  then sponged on a second layer.

I let my nails dry overnight and waited till the next evening to try to remove it. I started picking at it around the cuticle and to my surprise, it lifted up easily.

I used a cuticle pusher and just slowly worked it off the nail and it came off in two pieces very quickly!!

I used my normal glitter removal method (medical finger cots with acetone soaked cotton ball)

 and this was after 10 minutes soaking...

My final thoughts? FABULOUS!! If you ever plan on using glitter polish, even just once in your life, DO THIS FIRST! I really was shocked with my results. It was always one of those "too good to be true" things in my mind but it does work. 

So, what do you think about this? Will you be trying it? I hope you do. Your life will be sooo much easier!!

Get To Know Me

Since this is my very first blog post, I thought I would take this oppurtunity to tell you a little about myself. I am a mother of two wonderful boys, ages 19 and 12, and one furbaby (puppy). I am married, going on 23 years now, to a wonderful man. I started taking better care of my nails in high school where I took a cosmetology course for three years. I had my license for a short time but didnt keep it current so, I will be returning to school at the beginning of next year to get my license back and make my hobby a career. On Mothers Day 2012 my boys gift to me was a Wet n Wild summer bucket full of polish and nail art supplies . That was all the push I needed. The world of polish and nail art has grown sooo much in the last decade and I am so excited to be a part of it! My blog will have swatches, reviews and very frequent nail art. I will be working on how-to nail art tutorials also. I am a self confessed polish hoarder and don't see any reason to stop now! I am definitely not a professional, yet, but would love to have you join me on my adventures through this amazing world of NAILS!