Funky Frenchie

Hi everyone, I hope y'all are having a great week!

Today, I have a super quick post. 

I haven't done a funky frenchie in a while. For this I used a red creme as my base color and did the tips with gold and black. I love this mani! It reminds me of the Nutcracker. The red is a classic red, I just love it! Everyone should have a classic red in her stash! The gold is a color I'm working on and the black is a creme I made last month. 

I hope you like it!

Don't forget it's Thankful Thursday! WOOT WOOT! Take just a quick second and tell someone thank you or just stop and smell the roses. 

Have a great day! 

Fine Friday

Hi everyone! I hope you all had a great week and have some great plans for the weekend. I played with mixing polish all week. How awesome is that! I was mixing colors for an upcoming Fine Friday post and went overboard on the white and made a pink instead. Y'all know how I feel about pinks! Haha! Anyway, if you follow me on IG that was my Pink Wednesday mani.

Today's Fine Friday is Robin Thicke. I had to mix it up before y'all start to think I only likes me some chocolate! I had to add a little cream to this here party! Haha! I wonder if Mr Robin Thicke knows he's cream and not chocolate? Hehe! And, don't think I'm being discriminatory, because I'm not. Please don't e-mail me or comment about white vs black and how dare I say such a thing. Ok, back to the fun stuff. When I was first introduced to Robin Thicke I was like, "Look at this white boy doing it and doing it good!" When it comes to music I must admit I am a bit slow. It's my bff who introduces me to music (Ok, not Lenny and KEM), as books are my thing. Thanks bff for introducing me to Robin Thicke! I was watching TV and he was promoting his latest song Blurred Lines, very catchy tune. So, I decided to watch the video. There's two versions the cut version and uncut version. I watched the uncut version first, I couldn't help it! Hehe! Anyway, my first thought was, "Ooo...You nasty!" Haha! If you've been with me for more than five minutes, you know I do a model catwalk every Friday. Yeah, this is the song I strutted to. :D When I first started working on colors for this post I was originally going for a gold. Instead, I went dark cherry red with a ton of gold shimmer. It turned out awesome! I absolutely love this color! It's opaque in just two coats. I did put four coats on my thumb, I couldn't help it! Ok, I used three coats and caught myself at the fourth. Lol! To show I do have some self control when it comes to red I did use only two coats on my index finger. :D I'll post a video on IG later today so you all can see the shimmer!

 

Ooo...You nasty! :D

 

Cut version

I hope you like!

Have a great day!

Disclaimer: I was not paid to do this post. Photos and video of Robin Thicke are not mine.

It's Hump Day!

Hi y'all! I hope you all are having a great week! I know I've MIA for a while, work has been keeping me busy, busy, busy!

Just a quick post.

I wanted something bright and fun for today's mani. What could be more fun than yellow and red! The yellow base coat I made last summer. I've shown a similar version of it before. I used two coats and used one of Athens' glitter creations. And, just because, I decided to do an accent finger in black. I used two coats of glitter on the yellow and one coat of the black.

Have a great day!

Sandwich

Hi everyone! It's Wednesday already! My week is just flying by! I hope y'all's is too!

I didn't have time to do a new mani per say, so I sandwiched yesterday's mani. I'm quite pleased with how this turned out. I added a thin coat of Vibrant from my Every Woman Collection and added SH TC. I love how the blue peeks out in this. Love, love, love!

Have a great day!

Terrific Tuesday

Hi everyone! It's Terrific Tuesday! WOOT WOOT! I hope y'all's week is off to a great start!

Just a quick post. I made a glitter polish last week and I'm so in love with it! I'll post all the colors in one post next week. This is 2 coats over a red I made last year, then topped with SH TC. I had to force myself to add the glitter. I just love a classic red!

Have a great day!

Fabulous At Forty!

Hi everyone, I hope y'all's weekend has been great so far!

Warning: Long post.

First, I want to say, thank you Jesus for another wonderful year of life! Thank you for Your unmerited favor. As I look back on my life, I know it's not anything that I've done, but all that You did for me at that cross on Calvary 2000 years ago. All I can say is, thank you! I'm ready and willing to receive every good thing You have in store for me! In Your name Jesus, Amen.

Today is my birthday! Go Minnie, Go Minnie, it's your birthday, it's your birthday! We gonna party like it's your birthday! Fabulous I am! Hehe! Last night we celebrated me being fabulous at forty at The Houston Texans Grille. Yes, I know I'm not a fan of football. But, I wanted something that everyone would enjoy and not everyone loves sushi as much as I do. Go figure O.O The weather was awesome for a night on the patio. I couldn't have asked for a better night. Thank honey for putting it all together and everyone that celebrated with me. Y'all are the best, I'm so blessed to have wonderful people in my life.

Yesterday, I wanted to do some stamping for my birthday mani but was at a loss for inspiration. So, I decided to blog stalk for inspiration. I immediately went to Colores de Carol She has awesome stamping skills! I saw several I loved but, I didn't have the plates. I was so bummed. I really need to update my plate collection. So, instead I decided to go through my stash of frankens. I came across a beautiful vampy blood red glitter I did earlier this year. I don't know why I've never worn it before. It's such a sexy color color! The bad part is for the life of me I cannot remember which micas I used to make the base color. I know I used two, but which two, is the question. It has gold shimmer, red micro and hex glitter, with a very small amount of holo bits. It can be worn on it's own with two coats, but I used one coat over one coat of a brown creme. It is a very thirsty glitter! I used 1 coat of Nails Inc matte TC and one coat of Poshe TC. It was shiny with a bit of texture. I think one more coat of TC was needed for a smooth glossy finish. Ok, on to the pics!

The first 2 pics are inside under artificial light.
The 3rd is in the shade.
The last 2 are inside in my one room that gets direct sunlight.

 

Have a great day y'all :D

Vibrant layered with Champagne Wishes

Hi everyone! I hope you all had a fabulous weekend! Mine was wonderful. Friday I did a little retail therapy. Saturday I organized and more retail therapy. Macy's had an awesome sale. So awesome I walked out with 5 dresses! Not to mention sunglasses from Marshalls and shoes from Sears. O.O  My weakness (besides nail polish) are sunglasses. Sometimes I pay retail, sometimes I don't. Especially now that I've discovered Marshall's and Ross I can really stock up! I did find a great pair of Versace's, but I wasn't going to pay $70 at Marshall's for them. It's still a great deal, but I'll just wait til they get marked down more (if someone doesn't snag them 1st.) Instead I bought a pair of Steve Madden's for $10. My honey says they're ghetto fabulous. Haha, whatever! I'll just have to find the perfect outfit and be ghetto fabulous! HEHE Then Sunday for Father's Day, we took my honey's dad to Carabba's Italian Grill. If you've never tried it, you should! IT'S SO GOOD! Anyway, that was my weekend :D

I'm going off subject here for a bit. Last week I had to get a new laptop. This photo program is a bit different than the last one I was using, so please bear with me as I get acquainted with this one.

Welcome new comers! I'm so thrilled to have you here! :D

If you haven't entered my giveaway now's a great time, just click here. Oh, I've also created a new tab to Funky Nails Shop :D

I always wear red on Mondays, it's my happy color. I love red! I'd bathe in it if I'd look like a goddess in red instead of Scary Carrie. HAHA! Anyway, I have on vibrant layered with Champagne Wishes. OMG, this is awesome! Vibrant is a classice red with holo glitter, layered with Champagne Wishes it just sparkles like no tomorrow! Pictures do this absolutely no justice! Sara over at Lacquer Addictions has swatches of Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous Collection on her blog. She does an awesome job with her manis and takes great pics. Check her out and follow while you there. :D

I broke a nail last week. I'm in the process of reshaping them oval, so they look kind of cray cray. Sorry :(

Direct sunlight.

Inside with artifical light, no flash.

Every Woman Swatches

Hi everyone, I hope you all are having a Terrific Tuesday and had a great weekend. I've been so busy the last few days.

Saturday, was a day filled with parties. Sunday and Monday I was labeling bottles, setting up store, swatching, and buying supplies. Today, I have to finish labeling bottles, inventory bottles, print business cards, and figure out this shipping matrix, make 75 bottles of polish, swatch four more polishes. Not too much. LOL Anyway, you all don't want to hear all the boring details, on to the post.

I realized, I haven't properly swatched the Every Woman Collection. Yesterday was an awesome swatch day. The sun was shining, providing me with the perfect time to swatch these for you. Sara over at Lacquer Addictions will have swatches of this collection, Lifes Styles of the Rich and Famous, and For the Troops on Saturday.

All pics are 2 coats with SV BC and no top coat. Each pic is in direct sunlight and shade, with the exception of Chic. I didn't ad it because the shade pic was more accurate.

Vibrant is a classic red with holo glitter.

Diva is a black purple with purple and red shimmer.

Daring is a seaweed green with green shifting to blue shimmer.

Exhilarating is pink with pink and purple simmer.

Chic is a tan nude with gold shimmer.

Have a great day! :D

Vibrant

Hi everyone, I hope y'all's week is off to a great start. I was supposed to post this yesterday, but I've been so busy. I have only 3 weeks left of class time and then I go on externship. It's going to be a busy 3 weeks, but I'll try to post regularly.

Just a quick post.

So, this was my Monday mani. Vibrant, from my Every Woman Collection. I love this red. Ok, so I love all reds!  My camera went crazy, so I had to take this pic in the shade. It has an awesome holorific shimmer. I don't want to take this off EVER! Haha

Have a great day :D