Monday, April 16, 2012

Frankenpolish attempt #1

Hi everyone!
Well my husband has decided that if he can't beat em join em :)
As many times as I've heard "Don't you already have a blue nail polish!!??" He's now joined the dark side lol
He has tried his hand at frankoning and this is the result, a very glittery jellyish purple.
I'm not sure what all went into this but I think for a first try and no knowledge of how to make a  frankenpolish its pretty nice. :)

Have you or anyone you know tried mixing up a polish?  How'd it turn out?


Saturday, April 14, 2012

Franken Polish! :)

Hi everyone!
I'm so sorry about the stretch in-between posts, school is still new to me, but I'm loving it!
I got a lovely package from The Spooky Bones Company
with this pretty sparkly pink called The Speckled Heart.
Its a nice bright pink with alot of glitter in different sizes and shapes
round and some bars too which is a fav of mine!.
A really cool thing about this polish is it was a bonus with my purchase!
I have a few more pretties from Spooky Bones to share soon too so please stop back :)

Saturday, April 7, 2012

Easter mani

Hi everyone!
Hope your having a great weekend, we're getting ready for tomorrow here and that meant a new mani of course :)
They are pretty simple pastels with a bunny on the left and pansies on the right.
Hope you all have a wonderful holiday weekend! :)



Thursday, April 5, 2012

Essie Sew Psyched

Hi Everyone!
Sorry about the couple days with no postings, I'm getting back into the swing of school after a very long time :).
I did get a chance to use a lovely  color Essies Sew Psyched, I love greens and this one didn't dissapoint at all!
Its a great creamy grey green I think I may use it to try out a camouflage mani :)
Hope you had a great week and are looking forward to a wonderful weekend!


Monday, April 2, 2012

Great Giveaway at Nox Nails!!

Hi Everyone!
Amanda at Nox Nails is having a great givaway to celebrate 50 followers!
Head on over to the party and enter to try and win a couple of very pretty polishes!

http://noxnails.blogspot.com/2012/04/giveaway-time-50-followers.html#more

Sunday, April 1, 2012

Dark with a twist

Hi everyone!
Here is my April fools dark and twisted mani for the Purple Fairy Spring challenge.
I put 2 coats of plain old black with a top coat of Essie Matte About You.
Hope you had a good day!


Saturday, March 31, 2012

Hunger Games 'Girl on Fire'

Hi everyone!
I'm a little late on the bandwagon but I've finally done my version of the Hunger Games manicure :)
I used China Glazes collection ( of course lol) in Electrify and Stone Cold.


Lace and corset

Hi everyone!
Here we have my first attempt at lace and a corset mani. Not a great success but not a complete fail either because I did get some practice :)
I used Sinful Colors in Ciao Bella a very pretty blue with some very nice glitter in it and then NYC in Cashmere creme. 
Used a dotting tool and a white stripping brush for the details.
I have a friend who wants a sneaker or corset mani, Kelly I promise I'll do much better on yours :)


Thursday, March 29, 2012

Tree nail art

In the attempt at one thing it turned into another lol.
So I went with what the paint seemed to want to do, and got a forest/tree theme :)
Hope you all had a great day!


Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Great Giveaway!

The Nail Junkie is having a wonderful givaway of her own collection of polishes!
Check them and the giveaway out! :)

http://www.thenailjunkie.com/2012/03/nail-junkie-spring-2012-polish-line.html

Springy stripes

Hi Everyone!
Hope it was as pretty a day where you are as it was here :)
I have a couple of different stripes cause I couldn't pick just one lol. And since I didn't want to type all the polishes I used I just took a picture, yup I'm lazy that way :)
Thanks for looking and hope you have a great evening!





Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Matte and shine combo

Hi guys!
Hows your day going?
For today's mani I used 3 colors and Essie Matte About You top coat on the center color Agro from China Glazes Hunger Games collection, and the sides are Pure Ice Kiss me Here, and China Glaze Sexy in the City.
How do you feel about matte polishes?



Monday, March 26, 2012

Halloween in spring

Hi guys!

I was in a Halloween mood today. So I did a Frankenstein spooky stitch mani with Sally Hanson 'Grass Slipper'

and a purple I couldn't find the name of ( sorry about that ) then I used some acrylic paints for the rest of the design. Hope everyone likes it. Has anyone else ever felt like Halloween or Christmas when it is totally the wrong time of year?

Dragon Lady Nails 200-500 Follower Giveaway!!!


Visit Dragon Lady Nails for an awesome givaway!


http://www.dragonladynails.com/2012/03/200-500-follower-giveaway.html

Sunday, March 25, 2012

Facebook Page :)

I have also started a facebook page for the Charm of Nail Polish, please feel free to visit there and comment or show off your manicures, nail art, or just ask a question if you feel like it :)

http://www.facebook.com/TheCharmOfNailPolish

Dollishpolish Zombie Flesh

Today's mani is from my first frankenpolish purchase from a month or so ago. I really like it, but am a little disappointed in the way the black glitter sticks to the sides, and no amount of shaking or leaving it upside down seemed to help. My bigger problem though is i didn't get the big bottle :)
Love the grey/green base and the smaller green and gold glitter is very even and great looking.
The photos are 2 coats of Zombie Flesh and one top coat of Seche Vite.
Has anyone else tried frankenpolish?
What did you think of it? 


Friday, March 23, 2012

Summer Time Glitter gradient

It was another pretty day yesterday so I wanted another summer mani :)
This is Sinful Colors in Why Not and Courtney's Orange (had to buy that one when I saw the name! ) then Pure Ice in Beware for the glitter.


Wednesday, March 21, 2012

10 Followers !!!

Woohoo I have 10 followers :) and that makes me think I'll have to start planning a givaway!
When I have 50 followers I will have a nice givaway, not sure what all will be in it, but I defiantly have a Sinful Colors Cinderella to put in it :) I'll add as I find stuff and gain followers!

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Sinful Colors Sugar Sugar

Hi! For today I used Sugar Sugar  which is a great red with some glimmer to it. And then I added some flowers with China Glaze White on White, they turned pinkish, but I kinda liked the effect :) added a little Dollishpolish in 'I wanna do bad things to you' for some glitter and there you have my entry for the Purple Fairy Challenge  'Big Flowers' day tomorrow.
Hope you like it!  :)


Monday, March 19, 2012

China Glaze For Audry and Sinful Colors Olympia

Well today's mani is inspired by a beautiful weekend full of sun and a wonderful time with a group of mommies. 
Sorry I missed a couple days, but I was off having a couple days to learn and grow as a mama  :)
The For Audry is a great blue and just right with the pale green of Olympia for a fun summertime mani, which the last few days have felt like is well on its way!  :)
You may notice my nails are not all the same lenghts anymore. I decided to soak off my acrylics and let my nails relax for a bit, hopefully grow out some too :)

Thursday, March 15, 2012

Pure Ice 'Kiss me here' and Essie 'shine of the times'

Today's mani has the 2 polishes listed.
The Pure ice is a nice creamy grey and the irridesent of the Essie with the gold and pink goes really nicely with it I think. I topcoated with Seche Vite to add to the shine
What's on your nails today? :)

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Easter/Spring mani

Had some fun today with some spring pastels and added the bunny on the advice of my 3 year old :)


Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Bulb into flower

Hello, hope everyone has a beautiful day where ever they are, like we're having here.
Here is my version of a bulb into a flower for the Purple Crumpets Fairy Challenge.
It was fun to do :) and so fitting for today.


Monday, March 12, 2012

St Patricks mani

Another St Patricks mani,  it is one of my favorite holidays :) Erin Go Bragh!!


Saturday, March 10, 2012

In celebration of Buffy

I did this in honor of the birthday of Buffy the Vampire Slayer which first appeared on Match 10 1997. 15 years later and it still a great show!
I did my best on the Buffy 'B',and a few other bits and pieces :)


My Gradient for the Purple Crumpet Fairy Challange

This is my 1st attempt at a gradient mani.
Tried a purpleish but it turned out a lil dark...



Friday, March 9, 2012

Mr Blue Sky

My Mr Blue Sky mani


My first Julep delivery!!

Came home and found a cute box with a lovely package inside! I am now the proud owner of Juleps Melissa, Charlotte, and Jodie, and I will soon post some pretty swatches!



Thursday, March 8, 2012

China Glaze Stone Cold with magnetix in Attraction

Today's mani includes the 2 polishes in the title and a few flowers in acrylics.
I really like the matte finish on the Stone Cold and just wanted to try a little something springish :) especially with the nice weather we've had the last couple of days.
Hope you enjoy :)


Tuesday, March 6, 2012

China Glaze Agro, Love it!!

Just got a few of the China Glaze polishes inspired by the Hunger Games movie coming out.
I love this polish its a fantastic color I can see using alot.


Saturday, March 3, 2012

Daffodil garden

This is my attempt at daffodils for the Purple Crumpets Fairy Challenge.  It was fun :) hope everyone likes it too


Friday, March 2, 2012

Glitter fade with Revlon Whimsical

Today's mani I used 3 layers of Whimsical and did a glitter fade with Pure Ice Beware.
Loved the Whimsical! 
Also got all registered for school, I'm so excited!!!! Start in April and I can't wait!


Wednesday, February 29, 2012

China Glaze 'For Audry' and 'Ingrid' used a dotting tool and Essie 'Matte About You' top coat

China Glaze 'For Audry' and 'Ingrid' used a dotting tool and  Essie 'Matte About You' top coat
Got good news from the school I was looking into, I qualify for the fasfa and can start the first week of April!!!!! I will become a esthetician/nail tech :)

Tuesday, February 28, 2012


This is one of my first attempts at nail art, I got inspired by watching a Robin Moses youtube tutorial.
Not the prettiest, but hey neither are zombies ;)




BRAINNNNSSS

First Blog, heres to a long and happy blogging career

My first blog is just to say what I hope to do on this blog.
 I love all things zombie, and nails, I'm also a Mom, which is what I love the most.
I also like to read, not only zombie books, but they are in the top of my reading list, I also like to knit, not any good at it but I like to do it when I have the time.
I'm hoping to post mostly my nail experiments, and swatches when I find goodies, I love to try nail art, and I will on anyone I can get to hold still long enough :)
I'm hoping to go to school for managing aesthetics/nail tech as soon as I can.
I will always welcome peoples thoughts on my posts and hope to hear from as many as possible :)