Quick Neutral/Neon Polka Dot Mani

I figured I probably shouldn't do ANOTHER gradient even if I love them to death, so I went another direction.  I was gifted a nail dotting tool by one of my friends so I figured I'd give that a shot.  I've been using toothpicks for the past, I dunno, 26 years when I need to make dots on my nails, so I thought the dotting tool would just make it that much easier.  Lo and behold, I kinda suck at nail dotting tools.  I am sooo not used to it- but I think this is just going to be one of those practice makes perfect deals.

Products Used:
Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Wet Cement
China Glaze Sunshine Pop
China Glaze Fuchsia Fanatic

Turquoise Mermaid Nails- 2 Weeks of China Glaze

Well I haven't noticed my nails growing any quicker or anything, but they seem to have gained some strength.  A couple broke right when i started, but now they're all down to about the same length, and maybe it's wishful thinking but something seems to be happening!  Yay!

I picked up this neon in the store the other day and immediately came home and put it on.  Then I found the perfect glitter compliment to it.  I got tons of compliments on this color... I wore it to class, and a lot of my friends commented on how bright the color was, and how much they liked it.  It's a great color for summer!  It's definitely a neon... goes on basically sheer (this is two coats over a coat of white) and dried matte.

In the pictures this looks a little more Tiffany blue than turquoise.  It's pretty robin's egg blue, but it's BRIGHT.  

Products used:

China Glaze Turned Up Turquoise (neon)

Milani #582 Teal

Swatch: LA Splash Blowfish Fuchsia

I happened across these polishes in the store and they caught my eye.  They were totally new to me!  So I grabbed this neon pink and a blue/teal glitter to try out.  The bottles are so cute and little!  Maybe kind of small for the price (about 4 dollars a bottle) but OH MY GOD this color!!!!

Inside, with flash

Inside, no flash

Ahhh!   Perfect!  It's like most neons- sort of matte-ish finish when it's dry.  Perfect for summer.

LA Splash in Blowfish Fuchsia

Starting Over

So I was doing such a great job with my nails.  I mean, a great job for me.  I was painting them multiple times weekly, doing some fun designs, and they were growing!  It was working!

But I'm in grad school.  And doing my practicum.  And it got overwhelming, and the last two months of the school year I got so stressed out and it was over.  A few stressful weeks and I haven't been able to recover!

So I finally got fed up and decided to go get a professional manicure.  Which lasted for like three days.  But my practicum is over now, so hopefully this summer I will be able to recover and spend some time making my hands and nails look lovely!

My poor hands :(

Store mani

Fauxnads!  And a bracelet I made.

Products featured:
China Glaze in Sun Worshipper
Rimmel Lasting Finish Pro in Steel Grey
Nicole by OPI in It's Possible
Bundle Monster B19