Mint Manis for Talia Joy (featuring Funky Fingers Mrs. Mint)

Tuesday July 16, 2013 the beauty blogging realm (and ultimately the world) lost a very talented young woman. Talia Joy Castellano was only 13 years old and battled two forms of cancer over half of her lifetime. She accomplished so much and inspired so many people in her short life. Its always sad when anyone is taken too soon, but especially at her age.

Her last Instagram manicure was a mint polish, thus Mint Manis for Talia was born. Today many of the people she reached are wearing mint manicures in her honor, including myself.

For my mint mani, I chose Funky Fingers Mrs. Mint, a mint green creme filled with subtle gold shimmer. Mint with a little something extra (just like Talia).

She will be dearly missed. In her life she accomplished so much. Her family and friends plan to see all of her dreams fulfilled.

Talia's Youtube Channel and Instagram can be found here.

Creatively Using Crackle

I hope you are enjoying your Thursday! Today I have a manicure to show you that happened as a sort of accident.

I wanted to prolong my time between polish changes, so I decided to add a pretty crackle over my existing polish, Cosmetic Arts In Bloom. So I dug out Funky Fingers Teal Scales. However, it did not crack on the first finger. So I scratched at it. Odd thing to do, but it gave an interesting effect. Not exactly cracks, but more like odd shaped holes. Kind of reminds me of bleach splattered jeans.

Bright Gradient

I hope you are enjoying your Saturday! Today, I have a bright fun combination to show you. I wanted some cheer me up nails, so I decided to do a bright color and holo glitter.

I started with Color Club Limelight, a bright green creme, as my base. The application is great. All the brightness of a neon without needing to layer it over white. It was opaque in two coats. Once it was mostly dry, I sponged Color Club Golden Coast on the tips. I love Golden Coast. Its a clear base with with small gold and holo glitter.

I purchased a small bottle of Seche Vite to see how it compares to my Poshe top coat. I wore this manicure for truck day at work. We are talking eight hours of unloading boxes, opening boxes, stocking shelves, and whatnot. It takes a toll on my nail polish. Yesterday I only had two tiny chips. Normally I would have major tip wear and chips. I'm going to test it with another polish later and see if it was a fluke.

Fingers retail for $2 or 3/$5 at Five Below. Cosmetic Arts retail for $2 at Ross (I'm unsure where else they are sold, if anywhere else).

Funky Fingers Power Chord

I hope you are enjoying your Wednesday! I know its been a couple of days since I posted. I just couldn't get into nail polish when my finger was all bandaged up. I knew it would only take a little while to heal, so I decided to wait to paint my nails until I could paint all of them.

Funky Fingers Power Chord is a very dusty purple metallic. How fun is purple metallic? The application is perfection and opaque in two coats. The metallic finish reflects both purple and gold. It has great dimension.

Funky Fingers retail for $2 or 3/$5 at Five Below.

Everything Blue

I hope you are enjoying your Sunday! Today, I have a layering combination to show you with nothing but blue polishes.

I am really enjoying wearing this combo! I started off with two coats of Ulta Mint Condition. Next, I did a layer of Finger Paints Motley. You can see some of the flakies peeking out behind the crackle. Finally, I did a coat of Funky Fingers Teal Scales. It is a gorgeous crackle with tons of shimmer. The application on all of these is wonderful.

Ulta Nail Lacquer retails for $6 at Ulta. Motley is part of the Finger Paints Special Effects Collection and retails for $5 exclusive at Sally Beauty Supply. Most stores are sold out (given it is Limited Edition)  though some sites online will have them. Funky Fingers Crackle retails for $4 at Five Below.

Funky French Glitter Bomb

I hope you're enjoying your Monday! The Monday Nail Art Challenge is here again. The theme this week is Glitter Bomb. I have done many glitter filled manicures so I wanted something a little bit different. A funky french glitter bomb.

I absolutely love this glitter combination. It reminds me of my high school colors. Though I think it will remind most people of LSU. I used L.A. Colors Nuclear Energy and Pure Ice Cheatin as my purple base. I did one coat of the former and two coats of the latter. Cheatin has blue glitter, along with the purple. I free-handed the gold tips using Color Club Gingerbread Man and Funky Fingers Golden Coast. Along with the gold glitter, there is also holo glitter. The applications on all of these polishes is great.

L.A. Colors retail for around $1 and can be found at most Dollar stores. Pure Ice retails for $2 at Walmart and Bari Cosmetics. Funky Fingers retail for $2 or 3/$5 at Five Below. Gingerbread Man is part of the Color Club Scent-suous Collection and retails for $4.

Radioactive

I hope everyone is enjoying their Thursday! I have what I consider an interesting layering combination to show you today. 

Radioactive nails! Or at least I see them as radioactive. My mom commented that they looked mossy and spring like. I did a bit of layering to get this effect.

I started off with one coat of Wet n Wild Nocturnal, next a coat of Funky Fingers Stage Dive, and finally two coats of Nfu-Oh NFU JS18. Nocturnal is an almost black blue jelly. It applied opaque in just one coat. Stage Dive is great glitter with different sizes of silver hex glitter. NFU JS18 is a sheer jelly with amazing application. I have never worn it alone, so I'm not quite sure how many coats it takes for opacity.

Nocturnal is part of Wet n Wild's Craze line, which has been discontinued. As with any discontinued line or collection, there was usually bottles to be found online. If you're lucky, you might be able to purchase them in a set from a store that still has some in stock. I got mine in a set of six for four dollars at Dollar General during Christmas time. Funky Fingers retail for $2 or 3/$5 at Five Below. Stage Dive is part of their Heavy Metal Collection, so I'm honestly unsure if its still available in store since there are no Five Below stores located near me (if anyone knows, please let me know so I have accurate info here). Nfu-Oh retail for $12.50 from Fabulous Street, the distributor for that brand in the USA.

Untrieds Day 22 - Funky Fingers Golden Coast

Today I wanted something simple that reminded me of Autumn since Thanksgiving is right around the corner. Brown and gold sounded perfect. So I layered Funky Fingers Golden Coast over Julep Olivia.

Olivia is a nice one coat creme polish, while Golden Coast is a gold glitter polish with holo glitter as well. It has amazing sparkle and is a dream to apply. I only needed one coat of each polish.

Please check out the other lovely bloggers participating in this challenge. :)

Alexandria at Je T'aime Lacquer

Alyssa at Always Polished

Amber at The Polished Momma

Andrea at Addicted to the Allure of Beauty

Caitlin at Something Creative

Carly at Lacquered Lover

Caroline at Good Lack, Nail!

Caroline at Shadow's Nail Art

Chelsea at Pretty and Polished

Ingie at Limited Addiction Nails

Jacki at Adventures in Acetone

Jamie at Nails Adored

Lindsey at Nailtopia

Nory at Fierce Makeup and Nails

Rachel at Cherry Glam Girl

Sarah at Lucky Lacquers

Shaina at Haute Lacquer

Taylor at Nailed to the T

Thalie at Glazed Talons

Untrieds Day 18 - Funky Fingers Burgandy Scales

I seem to be loving the layering during this challenge. :) Today, I've layered Funky Fingers Burgandy Scales over Cayman Island from the same brand.

I was a bit disappointed when I first painted it on, but a top coat changed all that. The top nail has a top coat, while the other doesn't. The shimmer does not show without it; its rather matte on its own.

I absolutely love this combo! Its a nice Autumn mixture in my opinion. Burgandy Scales crackled very well and has a pretty shimmer. I love how forgiving crackles are. You have to paint them on quick so its never perfect, but you wouldn't know it. Any missed spots blend right in with the cracks.

Please check out the other lovely bloggers participating in this challenge. :)

Alexandria at Je T'aime Lacquer

Alyssa at Always Polished

Amber at The Polished Momma

Andrea at Addicted to the Allure of Beauty

Caitlin at Something Creative

Carly at Lacquered Lover

Caroline at Good Lack, Nail!

Caroline at Shadow's Nail Art

Chelsea at Pretty and Polished

Ingie at Limited Addiction Nails

Jacki at Adventures in Acetone

Jamie at Nails Adored

Lindsey at Nailtopia

Nory at Fierce Makeup and Nails

Rachel at Cherry Glam Girl

Sarah at Lucky Lacquers

Shaina at Haute Lacquer

Taylor at Nailed to the T

Thalie at Glazed Talons

Untrieds Day 17 - Funky Fingers Cayman Island

Today I have a unique color to show you. :) I haven't seen another one quite the same color.

Cayman Island is pretty sheer, even after three coats. Next time I'll layer it. But it is a very pretty color. And I plan on layering another polish over top so it being sheer is not an issue. 

This polish has a slight shimmer to it, which shows up more with a top coat on. However these pictures are without a top coat. If you check out my next post, you can see it with crackle and a top coat.

Please check out the other lovely bloggers participating in this challenge. :)

Alexandria at Je T'aime Lacquer

Alyssa at Always Polished

Amber at The Polished Momma

Andrea at Addicted to the Allure of Beauty

Caitlin at Something Creative

Carly at Lacquered Lover

Caroline at Good Lack, Nail!

Caroline at Shadow's Nail Art

Chelsea at Pretty and Polished

Ingie at Limited Addiction Nails

Jacki at Adventures in Acetone

Jamie at Nails Adored

Lindsey at Nailtopia

Nory at Fierce Makeup and Nails

Rachel at Cherry Glam Girl

Sarah at Lucky Lacquers

Shaina at Haute Lacquer

Taylor at Nailed to the T

Thalie at Glazed Talons

Funky Fingers Sand and Stilettos

I got my very first Funky Fingers yesterday. I was so excited to try it. So tonight, I sat down to do just that. It is amazing! Sand and Stilettos is packed full of holo glitter. Basically a glitter bomb. It was opaque in two coats and has so much bling.

The first and third are blurred a little so you can see all the colors. The last is with a flash. I am in love with this polish! Its has so much sparkle! I have never had so much glitter on my fingers before.

I also got some more nail mail today and made a trip to Sally's Beauty Supply. My mother wanted the hand scrub that came with my Julep Maven Intro Box and since it was cheaper to order the box instead of the scrub, she became a Maven. I got the rest of the goodies though since she's not into polish at all. I received Olivia, Miranda, and Essential Cuticle Oil. I smiled when I saw the cuticle oil. I got their nail therapy base coat in my intro box, so getting the cuticle was a lovely surprise. I used it before my Funky Fingers mani and it is amazing.

I also got some rhinestones from an Ebay seller from China. Same one as before. I ordered another set of 3mm and two sets of 2mm ones. I love them!

From top to bottom the bottles are Essential Cuticle Oil, Miranda, and Olivia. I also took an up close of the 2mm rhinestones, since I've already posted about the 3mm ones.

At Sally's Beauty Supply, I grabbed the biggest bottle of acetone I've ever seen and some polish thinner. If you need any polish remover, Beauty Secrets has all their 32 ounce polish remover on sale for $4.99.