Tri Polish Challenge- February

So today(yesterday) is tri polish Tuesday and I had wanted to do tiger stripes but I could not find my nail art brushes.  So I improvised and used my smallest dotting tool. This did not already help the fact that I am very new at dotting tools.  But, I tried my best.  

The polishes I used are Sally Hansen Extreme Wear Coral Reef, Color Club Positively Posh, and Sheer Disguise.  Thanks for looking,
             Clarena 

 

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Liebster Award

 
Can you believe this? I know I can't. Gracithey  from Addicted to nails.... nominated me for the Liebster Award. Thank you! So,who can get nominated?, this award goes out to bloggers that have under 200 followers.  So the rules are- 

If you get nominated you must acknowledge the blogger who nominated you

Write 11 random facts about yourself

Answer the 11 questions that the blogger who nominated you asked

Nominate 11 people who have less than 200 followers and create 11 questions for them to answer

Let the 11 nominees know that you are nominating them

    
11 random facts about myself 
1. I love avocadoes
2. I am willing to try new foods, like Thai food.
3. I love tropical foods.
4.My favorite candy is Almond Joy. 
5. I love planning parties. 
6. I would love to visit Ireland someday.
7. I have red hair. 
8. I am a bookworm.
9. I do not like melons.
10.  I would also like to visit the Paris Opera.
11.  I like shopping, especially at craft stores. 
      
Gracithey's Questions 
What was the first blog you started following? 
The first blog I followed was moogly.

Do you have an unusual fear or phobia of something?
No, maybe the dark? 

 Matte or Gloss nails? 
Matte! I would love to get some matte polish. 

What's your favourite high-street store? 
Tiffany and co.

 What did you dream of doing as a job when you were little? 
I think I wanted to work with animals.

 Have you got any nicknames? 
Wendy, or carrot head.

 What's your favourite celebrity at the moment? 
I am not sure..

 What's your current colour on your nails (or last)?
Pink 

 Last 'sweet treat' you had? 
Rice Krispy Treats

 Do you prefer your hair up or down? 
Up :)

 Current favourite film?
Frozen!
 
My nominees
A polished Prance
Casa de Polish
Ehmkay Nails 
Petite & Polish 
Polish and Patterns  
Vicky Loves Nails
The Bubbly Brunette
The Nail Polish Addict
Polish and Prejudice
Buy All the Colors 
Apply Polish Here 
 Make sure you check out these amazing bloggers and follow them!, they are awesome.
11 questions
1.  What is your favorite brand of nail polish?
2.  If you could go anywhere in the world, where would it be?
3.  If you could only wear one nail polish for the rest of your life, what would it be?
4.  What is your favorite dessert?
5.  Crackle, do you love it, or hate it?
6.  What color is your hair?
7. Do you have any favorite TV shows?
8. What is the best thing about blogging?
9. What nail polish color dominates your stash?
10.  What blog do you look forward to reading everyday?
11.  Do you have a favorite nail polish effect? 

Congratulation's to all of the bloggers I picked and thank you so much for nominating me! Wow, I think this was longest post I have ever done :) 
                                                                      Now off to write a much belated Tri polish Tuesday post, 
                                                                                                                                      Clarena

Nail Mail Round 2

Hello, so today I have the round two of my nail mail that I ordered from different companies. These two packages are from Born Pretty and Amazon. 
                                               Here is an overview of what I got-

                                                        This is what I got from Born Pretty

                                                          I ordered three nail plates and a lucky bag, the bag came with two sets of nail stickers and striping tape.

 I ordered this set of five dotting tools from amazon. Both orders were free shipping, so they took longer than the packages that charged you on shipping.  I cant wait to show you my nail art for tomorrow's Tri Polish challenge.  
                                                                                      Thanks for stopping by,
                                                                                                                                 Clarena

Tri Polish Challenge- Pink, Brown, Grey

Hello!,  this months tri polish colors are pink, brown and grey.  I only used pink and brown for this first one. I did a skittle with a bunch of different techniques. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 I think it turned out decent, I still have to get used to using dotting tools and nail art brushes.  Thanks for looking,
                                                                Clarena
 

GOT polish challenge- Dots

Hello! You might have noticed I wasn't able to participate in the last Tri polish challenge for January, before I knew it Tuesday was over and I was never able to get the nail art done, but, I am back and hopefully ready to post every other day.  So today's challenge theme is dots. I have two oldies in my collection, one I use all the time and the other is the first time I have ever used the polish.  I used Revlon Emerald and Revlon Scents Beach.   This is what I came up with-

 I think this design would also work for saint Patrick's day.  This nail art is so easy to make with dotting tools.  
                                                                            Thanks for looking,
                                                                                             Clara

Got Polish Challenge- Blue

Hi! Today is the third day of the got polish challenge and the theme for todays challenge is blue. I was very surprised when I looked at my collection hoard of nail polish and their were only 3 "oldies" that were blue, I had the choice of a sparkle topcoat, a crackle and a sparkly blue, I chose the sparkly blue :)  The polish is called sea siren and is from the brand L. A. Colors, its a mini that I got from JoAnn's.  I decided that for nail art I would use my nail image plates and create an ocean inspired design.

 
 
You can almost get away with one coat with sea siren but it was a little bit streaky so I used 2 coats.
 

I had a lot of fun stamping ocean designs and dots with my new dotting tools.  I guess you can say that I like the color blue and ocean animals :)  What did you create with your golden oldie polishes? 
 Thanks for looking,
                            Clarena 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 

Tri Polish Challenge- Red, Orange and Yellow

Hello!, sorry for the long break but it was nice to relax for a couple of days.  So today is the third tri polish Tuesday, I cant believe I have made it this far! I was at loss as to what nail art I wanted to incorporate into this challenge so I looked up tri polish challenge and I found this amazing design by Crazy Polishes. So I decided to recreate this design with this months colors. The end result-

 I first started with a layer of yellow and then with regular tape I made triangles with the orange and then dotted around the edges of the orange with red.  The yellow took about 3-4 coats and I had to do-over the nails a few times before it was what I wanted. (A note about tape: when you take all of the tape off be sure to wash your hands right after, the tape leaves a sticky residue which catches every particle of dust that is in the air, it left disgusting stuff on my nails) I love this nail design, its cute and dotty, but also geometric.  
                                                                  What do you think?
                                                                                         Clarena

GOT Polish Challenge- Stripes

Hello!, I cannot believe that it is almost Friday! So today is the second challenge of Golden Oldie Thursdays and the theme is stripes. I thought this would be a great way to try out my new striping tape that I got for Christmas.  For this challenge today I used a really old polish that's gets some use once in a while, the reason, I re-discover it because it looks amazing in the bottle... then, not so much, it took around three coats for it even to be bareley opaque and even then it looked terrible, it also has a VERY long dry time between each coat and chips easily.  Do you want to see it?

I was actually very surprised at how nice the striping tape was, I have heard many complaints about the tape getting nail polish under it but I had no problems with it at all (except for trying to find the start of it) The trouble-some polish that I used was Mary Kay Snow Dance and Sally Hansen Diamond Strength Save The Date (I love this polish!) 
                                                                 Clarena

Tri Polish Challenge- Red Orange and Yellow

Hi! So today we are in the second day of the tri polish challenge, so here is what I came up with.  

   I think this came out better than I expected. The design I did was a leopard-ish print that included all three colors.  I really liked this, so much that it lasted 4 days!  The polishes I used were what I used last time.                                        Thank you so much for looking,
                                                                                                                                       Clarena

Nail Mail Round One

Hello! So today I got some nail polish in the mail with my Christmas money (its like a second Christmas!) And two of my four packages came today.  So from my first package I ordered from 8ty8 beauty and I got 8 nail polishes, four from China Glaze and the other four are from Color Club. ( If you don't know what the website is about it is a discount nail polish e-store.)  I ordered my nail polish last Wednesday,  and it got here today.  Luckily none of the nail polishes from either package were damaged.  Here is what I got in the first package. 

From left to right: White on White, For Audrey,  Aquadelic and Turned Up Turquoise



From left to right: Worth the Risqué, Positively Posh, Sheer Disguise and Uptown

 I knew I wanted teals so I got the china glaze wait teal you see ombre set for $9.00.  I am really excited to try this out! I also needed a grey and a brown for the February Tri Polish Challenge so I managed to get each of those for $3.00.  Uptown and Worth the Risqué were ones that I really wanted, one of the first holo polishes in my collection and also one of the first multicolor glitter flakes. (Those were also there dollars each.) I was going to order a textured polish from 8ty8 beauty but decided on this one from Amazon-



This one is from the Sally Hansen sugar coat textured polishes.  The color is red velvet which I thought would be perfect for a valentines manicure.  I cant wait to get my other two packages and also try on all of these nail polishes! 

                                                Bye for now,

                                                           Clarena