Basketball and Nail Polish: 30 Day NBA Challenge Day 8 *TRAILBLAZERS*

Today's challenge: Portland Trailblazers
Team colors:White, Silver, Red, Black

Hi Guys,

Sorry again for another late posting.  I have been so busy but I finally had the time to do this manicure for you.  I'm happy the way this turned out.  I hope you don't get dizzy looking at the swirls. Lol! 

I used Stamping plate DRK-A I thought my swirl design was the closes I could get to the logo

Red: SinfulColors GoGo Girl the texture is like an inky red jelly if that makes sense

Black: SinfulColors Black on Black

White: SinfulColors Snow Me White used 2 coats

Silver:  Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Silver Sweep.  It's fantastic to use for stamping!

Before stamping I applied 2 coats of white, 1 coat for the red and black

History

The Portland Trail Blazers, commonly known as the Blazers, are an American professional basketball team based in Portland, Oregon. They play in the Northwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Trail Blazers originally played their home games in the Memorial Coliseum, before moving to the Rose Garden in 1995. The franchise entered the league in 1970 and has been based in Portland throughout its existence. The franchise has enjoyed a strong following; from 1977 through 1995, the team sold out 814 consecutive home games, the longest such streak in American major professional sports.^[3] The Trail Blazers are the only sports team in the "Big Four" sports leagues located in the state of Oregon. After the Vancouver Grizzlies and the Seattle SuperSonics left and relocated to Memphis and Oklahoma City respectively, the Trail Blazers are also currently the only NBA team based in the binational Pacific Northwest.
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*Other Bloggers taking the 30 Day Basketball Challenge
The Exotic Lacquer
Lovin Nailz

See Challenge Day 1 *Lakers* HERE
See Challenge Day 2 *Thunder* HERE
See Challenge Day 3 *Spurs* HERE
See Challenge Day 4 *Clippers* HERE
See Challenge Day 5 *Mavericks* HERE
See Challenge Day 6 *Rockets* HERE
See Challenge Day 7 *Grizzlies* HERE


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Until next time please have a great nail polish day. (✿◠‿◠)

Borghese Rapido Limoncello

Hi Nail Beautiquers,

I'm still hauling polish.  There is so many collections out.  I was good and only picked up a few.  This Fall/Winter are lots of goodies coming our way. So many glitters!  Get the aluminum foil ready lol!

I have been meaning to put on Borghese Rapido Limoncello and finally got to it.  This one is from the Summer Collection 2011.  I bought it from Ulta with a few others from this collection.  I haven't seen this brand in the Drug Stores for a while now. Hmm, I wonder why.

Limoncello is a lemon/lime shimmer the color of a dirty-ish tennis ball. I absolutely love the color and brush.  The brush is wide allowing me to stroke down the middle covering  my whole nail.  I used 3 coats to get the opacity that I wanted.

For my middle nail I used Sinful Colors Snow Me White (it's a pretty good white polish)  and Black on Black. After applying 2 coats of Snow Me White I place the blacks dots with a large dotting tool then I place Limoncello with a smaller dotting tool.

Have you seen Borghese at your local Drug Stores lately?

Until next time please have a great nail polish day. (✿◠‿◠)

Beverly Hills

Good Morning,

After browsing around on other blogs I heard there was a new collection of SinfulColors called Beverly Hills.  I went to my local Walgreen's after work to take a look.  Most of the colors are repromotes.  I noticed a lavender color that I didn't have so I grabbed it.  Beverly Hills is a soft springy lavender creme.  I needed three coats to cover well.

This collection has rings on the tops of the bottles.  Isn't it cute *-*

Did you find this collection?

Until next time please have a great nail polish day. (✿◠‿◠)

Blue Monday, Teal and Purple

Blue Monday by Annie Lee

Good Morning, I hope you had a great weekend.  The weather here in Florida was great!  One of my Walgreen's had a Managers special on Sinful Colors for 50 cents.  I told one of my friends that's starting to love nail polish she bought every color they had. Lol!  I picked up a few colors that I didn't have and I'm featuring one of them today.  

Savage  I don't know why they named it that.  It's a beautiful teal cream.  To my surprise it applied like a jelly but it dried to a matte finish.  Of course I applied topcoat  and now it looks like a cream finish.  Savage is very opaque no problems with the formula.  I noticed the brush is different then my other ones from this brand.  The brush is wider and I just love it.   

My dress is the exact same color.  The inside lining is purple so I used Revlon's Top Speed 670 Violet to my middle finger and used my new Konad Plate M82 with Konad Special Polish White Pearl.

My camera would not capture this color well.  It's more teal then blue 

Outside shots

Do you have a collection of SinfulColors?  Which ones are your favorite? 

Until next time please have a great nail polish day. (✿◠‿◠)

Go Green Friday! Giveaway Ocean/Irish!

                        (Live Green, Love Green, Think Green)

Good Morning Nailbeautiquers,  Here in the sunshine state the weather is superb.  Lots of green trees blowing in the wind.  Aw, so serene. This morning I don't have a lovely swatch to show you.  But, I have a really nice giveaway that I think you may be interested in.  I know some have been looking for Sinful Colors Green Ocean.  A clear base with green flakies, green and blue glitter.  I think it would look fantastic over it's partner Sinful Colors Irish Green and it's a vibrant green jelly! It can't get any better than that. Woohoo...

This giveaway is available to all my lovely followers international too!!


Here are the rules:

1. You must be a follower of Nails beautiqued through Google Friend Connect (GFC). Please state your user name and provide an email address (please don't forget this) in your comment. 1 point

"Make sure you state in your comment each entry (Please put all your entries in one comment along with links ) I'll be checking *-*

Extra Entries:

2. Retweet about this giveaway. (clickie click at top) 2 points

3. Follow me on Facebook over on right side bar and Click 'Like button'. 2 points

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6. Add my blog to your blog roll. 2 points

Total of 12 points

This giveaway starts right now and will end Friday March 18, 2011 at 11:59 EST


I hope you win!

Going Green Tip:  Turn office computers at night. Don't just put them to sleep. You will save an average of 4 cents a day which adds up to $14.60 a year.  That's enough to buy some polish. Lol!   

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Until next time please have a great nail polish day. (✿◠‿◠)

A Funky French Crackle

I went to dollar tree and found a couple of old school Cover Girl Crackles.  For this mani  I waited for my base color to dry before putting on the crackle polish.  Did you find these?  Which colors?  Which do you prefer a cracking glass effect or a shatter effect?

Sinful Pink Forever and CoverGirl Ghost Crackle

It took some patience for this crackle to crack.  I waited at least 7-8 mins. It wasn't easy to clean up either  but, it was well worth it.  

Here is my  Funky French Crackle

On my tips I used Wet N Wild Black Creme

Strawberry Swirl...Hmm!

Until next time please have a great nail polish day. (✿◠‿◠)

Painting The Whole Town

By rmcandlelight
Sinful Colors Soul Mate
OPI Black Shatter

I am having so much fun with black shatter!  I could paint the whole town with it. Lol!  ~_^

Without topcoat

With Seche Vite Topcoat

I added the white lines using LA Colors Art Deco nail art lacquer

Applying Black Shatter thick makes larger cracks.  I'm addicted to C R A C K.  ~_^   

Until next time please have a great nail polish day. (✿◠‿◠)