Butterfly Tattoo

I hope you are enjoying your Friday! I have attempted to use regular temporary tattoos as part of a manicure twice. The first time was a bit of mess. I tried cutting down a large tattoo to fit across all of my fingers. I had trouble lining it up well. It just did not work. I'm happy to say that the second attempt went much better. I used a smaller design and only did an accent finger.

I cut a blue butterfly temporary tattoo in half, one piece for each ring fingernail. I applied it exactly as you would to skin. Press the paper on, tattoo side down. Wet with water and hold for several seconds. It transferred very well. Top coat did not smudge or drag it at all. Removal was also very easy.

I love the look of it. Little bits of sparkle show through the blue. A temporary tattoo makes for a very easy design. Quick and simple.

Butterflies!

I hope everyone is enjoying their Wednesday! I have a pretty butterfly design to show you, using nail water decals.

I recently received a set of butterfly nail water decals. I decided on a yellow background for the butterflies. I selected NYC Taxi Yellow. Its a beautiful shimmering yellow that is opaque in two coats. The water decals were super easy to use. You can see my review of them here, along with step by step instructions.

I love everything about this mani. Shimmering Taxi Yellow and the delicate little butterflies.

NYC Long Wearing Nail Enamel retails for $1 at Walmart, Riteaid, and Family Dollar. KKCenterHK Nail Water Decals retail for $2.64 on their website. These particular decals that I'm wearing are item number WDBLE1395.

Maggie from KKCenterHK was nice enough to give me a unique coupon code for all of you. Just enter coupon code followtheyellowpolishroad to get 10% off through January 31, 2013.

Blue Butterflies

Spring has arrived! And its on my nails! 

This week's Stamping Sunday on Adventures In Stamping is Blue. All the polish has to be blue.

I used Cosmetic Arts Sky High as a base and stamped Color Club Cold Metal using plate BM09. Sky High applied well, opaque in two coats. I'm not sure if it was the brush or polish, but it was impossible to paint within the lines. Clean up fixes that though. I love this polish despite the flaw. I have been looking for a pretty sky blue creme. I was so thrilled to find this polish. Cold Metal stamped very well. I have heard all of the Color  Club Foiled Collection stamps well.

Cosmetic Arts can be found at Ross for $2. I'm not sure where else they can be found. Color Club polish can be found on the Color Club website. They retail individually for $8 and $48 for the sets. I bought my set at Ross for $8. Most polishes at Ross do not have name labels on them, but you can easily find the names on the Color Club website.