Guest Blog for My Boyfriend Hates Makeup - April

World Penguin Day

I love that I am being guested over at My Boyfriend Hates Makeup. Lacey has had a busy few months and at least one more ahead of her. So when she asked for help from her fellow bloggers, I offered to do a few guest blogs to help her out. I am doing one a month from January till May. This is my April guest blog, and today is a World Penguin Day mani.

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February Nail Art Challenge Day 1 - Galaxy Nails

This is my day 1 Galaxy Nails mani for Erica's Nails and More's February 9 Day Nail Art Challenge.

A big part of her challenge is to support her current No Buy by using either untried polishes or ones that haven't been used in awhile. So in support of that all the polishes I used fell into one of those two categories.

I wanted to do something different with this galaxy mani than I have done on my previous ones. Instead of using a dark blue or black base color I used I Love You by Sinful Colors. Which is a beautiful dark purple glitter. This is an untried for me, I have had it for ages and never used it on myself.

I then used a makeup sponge piece to apply Endless Blue to start creating my nebulae. This is another untried color which I love. However you can't really see it in the final results of the mani.

I followed this up with Unicorn by Sinful Colors another I believe untried, if not it hasn't been used in forever. I then did a few spots on the nebulae with Tantalize by Sinful Colors, a recent gift that had yet to be tried.

I then used a nail art brush to dot and draw a few bigger stars on with Tantalize. My last step was to do a very thin coat of Glitter TopCoat by Claire's. This was a Christmas present, (which had not been used yet) from a friend I have had my whole life, how well she knows me!!!

She is very big into science and I wanted to make sure I was using the correct term for what I was attempting to create on my nails. I have provided a link attached to the word nebulae in case you would like to know more about what it means.

I hope you enjoyed this slightly different looking take on galaxy nails!!!

Please take the time to check out the awesome creations from the other lovely ladies participating in this months challenge.

Polishes used:

Base color: I Love You by Sinful Colors

Nebulae: Endless Blue, Unicorn and Tantalize by Sinful Colors

Painted/Dotted stars: Tantalize by Sinful Colors

Glitter stars: Glitter TopCoat by Claire's

Perplexing Plaid

Perplexing Plaid

I love this color combination!

This the first plaid I have attempted, and it was done completely freehand. I think next time I may try to using striping tape. 

I used colors from the Sinful Colors Haute Rebel collection.

Colors used: 

Sinful colors: Mauve, Rainstorm, and Ardoise.

Kiss Nail Art: Silver and Silver Glitter.

Revlon - Whimsical

Whimsical by Revlon

This is my first Try It On Tuesday swatch.

I am not for sure when I got this polish, and I can not 

believe that I have yet to try it. So that is why I picked 

Whimsical by Revlon for my Try It On Tuesday polish.

 I love the light blue gel base with it's large and small 

light pink and blue hex glitter. 

It did take three coats to get to this look, but I did not use 

anything under it, and I think it would have a better effect 

were it worn over a base of white. I will try this next time 

and I will add those pics to this post then.

World Diabetes Day

Today November 14th is World Diabetes Day. 

I decided to do a blue manicure to support all those suffering from it and to do just a little to help spread awareness. 

I have many friends and family members who have 

diabetes, and would do anything to help them.

 I also found these really cool polishes that you can buy and they donate to Diabetes Research Institute, here is the link again http://tips4type1.com/ . 

I hope you enjoy this mani as much as I do.

I used Finger Paints: Laugh My Art Off and Easel Come, Easel Go!

The rhinestones I bought on Amazon.com are by Cheeky.