Bundle Monster Mustaches

So I want to take a moment to sing the praises of a Nail Art vendor, Bundle Monster.  I am sure most of you have heard of them, right?  Well I ordered their Holiday Stamping Plates quite a while ago.  I was going through them and noticed some missing.  I contacted them and let them know the problem and they sent me replacement plates, no questions asked.  How many companies do that?  They have earned a life long customer who will recommend them to anyone.  Now I have never been paid by them or given free things, but I will sing their praises!  I have only used their Nail Art plates, but since I was so happy with them, I thought I would try something new.  I bought some Acrylic Mustaches.  I believe I already told you I adore mustaches (and have now changed my blog background to reflect that).  I have never been a big fan of 3D Nail Art, but I figured I would give it a go.

I painted my nails with Julep Kai, which is a textured polish.  Now behold the photos.

For fun and for a special day, these are a blast to wear.  Not my normal cup of tea, but a great way to shake things up a bit, plus they are totally reusable!

Is there anything you want to try that you never have?  What are your feelings on Bundle Monster?

Tootles!
Fitz

Pretty little penguins

I believe I mentioned I moved.  Well, in moving I have acquired an extension to my family.  There are two girls and a boy who run around this house we call home.  For the sake of privacy we shall call one of the girls Sue.  Sue has some trouble at school and her Mom asked me to paint her nails as a reward if Sue had a good week.  This is the second time I have done this and they turned out so cute I had to share.

Doing nail art on a four year old is no easy task.  Not only do they squirm, but their nails are so tiny that getting an image on them is intense.  So when she asked for penguins I was a little concerned.  Different ways to approach this ran through my head and then I remembered the cute little penguin on the Cheeky Plate CH43.

The idea of stamping on a four year old seemed harrowing so I made my own nail stickers using the method from Gnarly Gnails.  Preparing them made things easier, but there were still mess ups, one tore a little, but she didn't mind.  Sue didn't mind the smudges either.  What can I say, I am still learning.

So I used China Glaze Secret Peri-Wink-le (the base color), Life Preserver (the beak), Recycle (the wings), Konad Special Black, Wet n' Wild French White Cremè.

Her thumbs.  The one on the right in the perfect penguin.

She looks so cute with her nails done.

I also did her toes in China Glaze Textured Itty, Bitty, Gritty.  She went around saying her toes were bumpy.

Tootles!
Fitz

F is for Feel

For Erica's Nails and More ABC Challenge we are up to the letter F (I will go back and do E later).  I decided to use a textured polish I just bought and call this the "Feel" mani.  I know it might be a bit of a cop out, but I am exhausted!  Anyways, here it is. . .

I was unsure of whether or not I would get on the textured polish bandwagon, but when Sally's had a buy two get one free offer, PLUS I had a birthday coupon of 10 dollars of a 20 dollar purchase, PLUS my Nana gave me a gift card from them for my birthday. . . Well, how could I resist trying 1. . . or 2. . . or 3.

This is China Glaze Of Course!  I was amazed how long this lasted without chipping.  4 days!  Yep!  Incredible right?  I thought the feel of my nails would drive me nuts, but I honestly did get used to it after a while.

I am still not sure what I feel about the textured trend.  The polish seems a bit too specialized.  I am not sure what else I can do with it.  I haven't tried nail art on it, but I guess I will have to.  I really want to splurge and get a Zoya Pixie Dust.  Those look so pretty online.

If you have any ideas on how to get more out of these polishes I would love to hear about it!

Tootles!
Fitz