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Happy Valentine's Day!

Today we wanted to show you our Valentine's Day manis :)

Ericka's:  She started with 2 coats Zoya Kennedy and then topped it with a coat of Essie Good To Go.  Next, she stamped cheetah print with Orly Liquid Vinyl on all the fingers except the ring fingers and thumbs.  After the stamping dried, she used Ulta Non-Stop Red to add little dots of color to the cheetah print.  On her ring fingers and thumbs, she folded a piece of tape in half and cut out half a heart.  After unfolding it, she stuck it on her nail and used OPI Black Shatter to paint it in.
Brittany's:  I started with 2 coats of Ulta Non-Stop Red on all of my nails.  After adding a coat of Essie Good To Go, I used the same cheetah print stamp with OPI Pink Friday on all my fingers except my ring fingers.  I also added Ulta Glitter Top Coat dots to the dots on my cheetah print.  On my ring finger, I stamped with one of my new Red Angel plates with OPI Alpine Snow.  I also added Ulta Glitter Top Coat to my ring fingers.


Jen's:  She started with 2 coats of Essie Watermelon on all her fingers except the ring fingers.  Next, she used her dotting tool to add 2 dots of Essie Raise Awareness to all her fingers, but on the ring finger she did the opposite, with Essie Raise Awareness on the nail and 2 dots of Essie Watermelon.  She topped everything off with a coat of SV.
 Hope you like our manis!  Have a wonderful day!

~Nailed by Brittany, Ericka & Jen~
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Silver Kennedy

So as everyone knows, Zoya had a promotion last month where you could get 2 polishes by just paying shipping.  I decided that I needed to have Kennedy and I don't regret it for one minute :)  I love this color!  I'm not really sure how to describe it, but its lovely.  I wore this out to celebrate my mother's birthday a couple of weeks ago.  We went out to one of her all time favorite restaurants, but before we had a little nail paint party.  It was a wonderful day.

I started with 2 coats of Kennedy and then stamped it with Ulta Scene Steel-er and one of my new Red Angel plates #104.  I LOVE  the way this turned out.  I feel like its the perfect combo. 


Do you love it too?

~Nailed by Brittany
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Lav-ish High Roller

Today's mani is a quick look that I did a few weeks ago. I didn't even get a chance to clean up my nails before I took photos, so forgive me for the sloppiness!

I started off with 2 coats of Ulta - Lav-ish. This is a dusty lavender with gold shimmer in it. It is subtle and shines nicely in the sunlight. I used Ulta - High Roller to stamp with using Red Angle plate 113. High Roller is a great color to stamp with, although I don't love to wear it alone. It applies nicely in one coat and has a pretty good opacity for stamping.



As far as the Red Angle plates, I love the designs, but don't really love the application. Some of them seem really skinny and don't fit my nails well. Others are engraved too deeply and pocket too much polish, which squishes onto my nail when I try to stamp :(

Any suggestions for working with these plates?

~ Nailed by Ericka ~
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Shrimply Devine Zebras

Ever since our very late "Christmas" exchange, I've been eye-ing up Brittany's new Red Angel plates. Although these plates are super sharp and have already sliced a place mat on our table, I'm still eager to test them out. I've used a few of the designs so far and have really liked the outcome.

After swatching our Sally Hansen collection this weekend, I rediscovered my love for Shrimply Devine (part of the Complete Salon Manicure line). This color is a great cream pink that is bright, but not too crazy for work. I used OPI - Skull & Glossbones to stamp with Red Angel plate 113. (Brittany just did an awesome mani using this color which I'm sure she'll be sharing with you soon!) I finished up the look with Ulta - Glitter Top Coat. I picked up this top coat on clearance over Christmas break and I absolutely love it :)


~ Nailed by Ericka ~

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Summertime Blues

With the snow storm that just hit today, I'm definitely feeling the blues for summer. I can't wait for the sunshine and sandals :) With the gray, snowy skies outside, I decided to search my photos for past mani's from the summer that were never shared. I stumbled upon one that I'm shocked I never posted about!

I started this mani with a base coat of Orly - Snowcone (what a fitting name for today!). After topping this with a coat of SV, I used the sponge from a paint brush to dab on a darker blue. Since this was such a long time ago, I honestly can't remember what blue I put on top. This was my first attempt at sponging and I was pleasantly surprised with the results. To finish it off, I stamped with Ulta - Scene Steeler. I've I said before, this is a great silver to have in your collection. Great for stamping, tape mani's, and so much more :)
Plate m73

Natural light

Look at that grass :)
Hooray for a glimpse at the sunshine to come. If you're enduring this snow like us, stay warm!

~ Nailed by Ericka ~
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Fall Foliage

Welcome to November! Here in Ohio, that is a welcome to the blistery winds, frigid temperatures, and mountains of snow to come... thank goodness for snow days :)

After finishing off a pink-filled October, it is finally time to share some different colors. Yesterday, Brittany showed you Revlon - Tangerine... an awesome orange that we both wore to celebrate Halloween. Being slightly lazy, I decided to just stamp on top of this color. I gathered up colors that reminded me of fall and leaves on the ground and started stamping with one of our plates with a leaf stencil. I stamped with China Glaze - Vertical Rush and Emerald Fitzgerald, Revlon - Hot for Chocolate, Ulta - High Roller, and Finger Paints - Vintage Velvet.

I tried to make it look like the leaves were blowing across my nails, so I scattered them among my fingers, while layering them on my thumbs. Overall, I really like this mani. It was something I had been thinking of and couldn't wait to try out.






One of the gnomes from the Gnome and Garden Show at Holden Arboretum... my nails reminded me of him!
Do you have a fall mani you are waiting to try out?

~ Nailed by Ericka ~
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Happy Halloween!

Hope everyone enjoyed their Halloween.  Ericka and I weren't able to pass out candy because we live in a closed apartment building, but that's ok.  Just wanted to quickly show off our Halloween manis.  We both did 2 coats of Revlon Tangerine.  I added a spider to my ring finger for a little more spookiness :)

And since we were both wearing the same color, I had the brilliant idea that we could take pictures together.  So here is your official warning...these may be the weirdest photos that you have ever seen.  So either enjoy....or leave now.
All the pictures were taken outside with a flash.  It gets dark early now.  Boo!


We are pretty boring, but this orange is very pretty.  I'm not a huge fan of orange polish and I think this looked a little weird with my skintone, but I still really liked it.

Do you have any favorite orange polishes?  Let us know!


~Nailed by Brittany (& Ericka's nails)~
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Pink Cheetah

I decided to finally get around to using the cheetah print stamp. Brittany and Jen both have showed you this stamp before, but it's my first time using it. I usually gravitate toward the swirls or patterns, so an animal print was a bit of a change.

I started this mani with 2 coats of China Glaze - Strawberry Fields. This color has a lovely gold shimmer in it. The application was amazing and the finished look was beautiful. To spice it up, I used Orly - Liquid Vinyl to stamp the cheetah print. I know Liquid Vinyl also comes up quite a bit on this blog, but it is honestly the best black I've found to stamp with.

I'm going to apologize in advance for the poor photo quality. I've been getting home from work late and the weather outside has also been rainy, so indoor photos will have to do.




P.S. Keep entering the giveaway!

~ Nailed by Ericka~
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Double Take Blue

Since both Ericka and Jen are busy with work currently, you will just have to endure another post from me :)  So I didn't think that I would be posting 2 days in a row, so I didn't prepare better.  I have another blue polish for you today.  This past weekend I went home and Ericka went nail polish crazy.  I received a text from her on Sunday saying that she had purchased 10 new Ulta polishes.  Lets just say that I was beyond excited!

So I decided to test out Into Astrono-Me?  Its a lovely dusk blue (yes again) but this time it has a teal shimmer in it.  I had a little trouble with the first coat of this polish.  I couldn't get it to go on smoothly and I was having trouble with balding spots.  But the second coat fixed all of the problems.
These were taken inside on Monday night, cause it was yucky outside :(
Funny Story: So the carrot in this photo was due to the fact that I forgot that I had the polish bottle for this color.  I was thinking that it was Jen's polish and that I didn't have the bottle. So after a few photos, Ericka found me and asked what I was doing.  It was definitely a facepalm moment.
Due to my laziness, I decided to keep this polish on for another day.  But to change it up a little, I decided to stamp.  I used another one of Ericka's new polishes called Scene Steel-er.  This polish is a beautiful dark silver foil.  I truly love this polish for stamping and I'm sure you will see it again.  Its an excellent one coater.
Out in the sunshine. YAY!

This was my first time using this stamp and I really like it!
Bonus Pic:  Here is a pic of the 2 blues.  Finger Paints Art Thou Blue (pinky and middle fingers) and Ulta Into Astrono-Me? (ring and pointer fingers).  As you can see in the picture, the shimmers make these polish look really different.  But they are both equally beautiful!
Do you have a favorite stamping polish/great one coater?  Let us know!

~Nailed by Brittany~
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Feeling a Litte Blue & Guest Nails

So, last week I decided that I wanted to test out Finger Paint- Artistic Azure.  I have used this polish a couple of times to stamp with, but I had never actually worn it alone.  I'm so happy that I did.  I applied 2 coats, and topped it off with a top coat of SV.  The color of the polish is amazing.  Its a deep, rich, but still bright blue.  Depending on the light the color would read differently.  Below are inside pictures without a flash.

I also wanted to show you the nails that I did for my mom and her friend last weekend.  They had their 30th high school reunion and wanted to have their nails done.  My mom loves the stamping so I stamped both ladies' nails.  Here are the results:
Used Ulta Salon Formula Encore Pink as the base (2 Coats) & Concrete Evidence for the stamped imagine
Used Sinful Colors Love Nails as the base (3 coats- this is a very sheer polish) & Finger Paints Artistic Azure for  the all over stamp imagine.  We also added silver flowers to each nail using Wet n Wild Silvivor.
~Nailed by Brittany~
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Dance (and Stamp) Teal Dawn

Since discovering the wonderful world of nails blogs, the thought of painting my nails a solid color has flown out the window. I really love stamping and can't believe that I was in the dark for so long. There are just so many possibilities! I'm still on a bit of a learning curve (I will blame that on the catholic school I went to that thought wearing nail polish was a crime!) and my clean up definitely needs work. That being said, I was pretty happy with results.

I started off with a base coat topped with two coats of Ulta Salon Formula - Dance Teal Dawn. Since I love sparkles, I added Wet & Wild - Blue Wants to be a Millionaire. The stamp was from Konad plate 63 with Orly - Gum Drop. As always, I finished the job with a coat of SV.
Used Ulta - Dance Teal Dawn & Wet & Wild - Blue Wants to be a Millionaire

Used Orly - Gum Drop & Konad plate 63

~ Nailed by Ericka ~
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Funky French

So when I paint my nails, it usually takes me longer to decide on what I want to do compared to the actual painting. Today I spent at least an hour trying to decide what look I was going for. I decided to trying out a stamp and french tip combo.

I started off by painting two coats of China Glaze - Flying Dragon (Neon). I really like this color, but it looks matte once it is put on. I topped this off with a coat of SV to bring out the shine. For the stamping, I used Finger Paints - Paper Mache and Konad plate 73. The Finger Paints seem to work really well with the stampers. I also like to put cuticle oil around my nails before I stamp. It helps get off the overlap on your fingers without too much clean up.

I finished off the look with some Scotch tape to tape off the tip. I used the Paper Mache again. And as always, I finished topped the entire design with a second coat of SV.

Used Finger Paints - Paper Mache, China Glaze - Flying Dragon (Neon), & SV Top Coat
Konad plate 73 stamp and french tip.

~ Nailed by Ericka ~
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Conservative Cheetah

For my first post, I'm going to show you a new design for me.  After receiving all of our stamping plates, I've decided that I'm in love with the animal prints.  Animal prints are not my normal forte, but I feel like you can go a little wild on your nails. The zebra print has been used fairly regularly but this is the first appearance for the cheetah print.  

I started with 2 coats of Wet n Wild- Private Viewing.  This color is lovely, but its very similar to the color of my skin.  So I don't think that I will be able to wear it alone.  Next I stamped on the cheetah print using Ulta- Smoke Screen.  At first, I was nervous that this color combination was going to be strange, but I'm happily surprised by how much I like the 2 colors together.  To top everything off, I added Nubar-2010.  This was my first nail polish purchased via the Internet.  After seeing it on multiple blogs, I just couldn't resist.
Used Wet n Wild- Private Viewing, Ulta Salon Formula -Smoke Screen & Nubar- 2010

~Nailed by Brittany~
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