NOPI Hard-Kourt Fashionista!

 I swear I'm such a horrible blogger!  I create a post one day then reappear a month later, lol.  I'm sorry I'm just getting into the swing of things!

Valentine's Day 2012

This Valentine's day I was NOT in the mood for lovey-dovey crap! lol.  While everyone was posting beautiful Valentine's Day manicures and swatching the best new Pinks and Reds available, I was at home with the acetone removing my 52-Week Challenge mani (which happened to be v-day related (-_

I needed something pretty and that shouted "Liz", that's when I came across the recently acquired Hard-Kourt Fashionista from Nicole by O.P.I Kardashian Kolors.  Kourtney is probably the most level headed out of the entire Kardashian Klan and reminds me of myself, just a tad, so I had to try it!

Hard-Kourt Fashionista is an opaque dark brown creme with great coverage and unbelievable wear.  I wore this color for almost an entire week with no chips and minimal tip wear.  I absolutely love it and believe it's a great brown for any collection.

LizMarie ;-]

Let's Play Catch Up! Weeks 1-10.

I created this 52- Week Challenge towards the end of last year and disappeared off the face of the planet but I've been doing the challenge religiously every week, even when I was uninspired.  Here are the results for Week's 1 - 10 ^_^

 

Week 1 - Jan. 1st 

"Make it Sparkle" Mani.

Fumky Fingers - Sand & Stilettos

Week 2 - Jan. 8th 

French Tip Mani.

Color Club - New Bohemian with WnW - Black Creme stamping.

Week 3 - Jan. 15th

Color Block Mani.

My take on color blocking with Zoya - Kristen & Caitlin.

Week 4 - Jan. 22nd 

Plaid Mani.

Nails Inc. Basil Street w red, white and black striper.

Week 5 - Jan. 29th

Newspaper Mani.

OPI - Skull and Glossbones

Week 6 - Feb. 5th

Half-moon Mani.

OPI - Big Apple, Essence Twins - Chuck & Blair.

Week 7 - Feb. 12th

"Valentine's Day" Mani.

Sally Hansen X-treme Wear - Mellow Yellow.

Week 8 - Feb. 19th

Corset Mani.

China Glaze - Flyin' High.

Week 9 - Feb. 26th

"Vintage" Mani. 

OPI - Mermaid Tears, Sparrow me the Drama + stripers.

Week 10 - Mar. 4th

Polka Dot Mani

Sally Hansen CSM - Thinking of Blue + Instra Dry - Whirlwind White

 Thanks for Stopping by,

LizMarie ;-]

Funky Cheetah! Yay!

I recently joined a FB group called Polish-aholics Anonymous.  At first I must admit I felt like the only cornball doing so but I love the group and have learned so much being a member in such a short time frame.

Every Monday they have a nail art challenge.  This weeks theme was animals, so I decided to try out this Funky Cheetah look I've been thinking about.  I looooooove animals prints BUT for some odd reason was never able to do it on my own, but this week I tried really, really hard and while it's not perfect I like it because it's so ME!

Funky Cheetah! Rawwr!

All the polishes used during this manicure!

Top Row: OPI's Original Nail Envy (Base Coat), Ruby Kisses -Yellow Bikini (Base Color), Seche Vite (Top Coat)

Second Row: Funky Fingers - Pop Artist, 220 Volts, Tortuga, Power Play (spots)

NOTE: And obviously I used some plain black polish to outline the dots.

Tools used for this manicure.

Angled Nail Art Brush and medium sized dotting tool.

What do you think?  Do you like?

;] -LizMarie