May Madness

Hello lovelies!

I can't believe it's the last day of May-it's gone by so fast! I have a lot to catch up on so let's get started with the pics, shall we? =)

First up is the orange mani i did for Animal Cruelty awareness month (April). I used four different orange OPI and Essie lacquers for the water marbling, a no name Color Club for the silver glitter accent nail and a glow in the dark PopCulture polish (from my amazing friend Janie) for the pawprint on my index finger.

 Next up-Essie"s Mint Candy Apple as the undies for my fun star nails. This mani was inspired  by one of my favorite crafty nail lady's tutoriasl on Instagram using craft paper punches. I used glow in the dark polishes from JENsations (indie), Popculture Cosmetics (indie) and China Glaze. The blue glitter stars are also made from a CG polish.

 Here is the glow pic of the star mani-so fun!

This mani was for a May nail art challenge on Instagram. The category was flowers so I chose to do purple Pansies.

 This black lacquer is one of my all-time favorite black polishes. Black Onyx by OPI has the greatest vinyl-like finish. It's usually the first polish I go to when I want to wear black. It usually only takes me one coat to achieve total opacity. Swatch pictured with two coats of Black Onyx.

Teal is proving itself to be my favorite color as of late...especially. I got a good deal on a pair of teal Converse last week and I am in looove! (I'm also guilty of having an ever-growing collection of Converse ;] ) China Glaze Watermelon Rind as the main color. I love this color, especially on toes! This was the mani I did before I went on vacation. I wore this mani on the beach, digging in sand for shells at least three times, and in the water. It lasted for seven days straight with minimal tip wear and no chipping! What was the magic topcoat? Not a topcoat at all! I used two coats of JENsations Lighting glow polish because it gave this sparkly mani a great matte and textured finish. I never expected it to give such staying

power!

 Do you see a pattern emerging? I seem to have used Mint Candy Apple a lot in the last month! This mani is topped with a squashed lemming- Picture Polish Ariel's Tale. I love love love this Picture Polish <3 . It is my first and it definitely won't be my last! Thanks to Lacquer Vixen for this awesome mermaid glitter!!!

My last May-mani turned out to be my absolute favorite! I never really buy neon polish for myself. I'm always drawn to the blues and greens and glitters so cremes and neons are usually just a blur as I dive for my favorites. This color really opened my eyes and I have a new love for neons! This gorgeous neon, China Glaze Surfin' for Boys, was sent to me by my awesome friend Janie. The white crelly glitter goodness you see on my ring finger is Femme Fatale's Lucky Ducky. Lacquer Vixen squashed this and another FF lemming with our last nail mail! I loved this mani so much, it actually stayed on my nails all week!

What lacquers are you loving now? What polish finish do you find yourself reaching for more often than not?