Egg-cellent!

Hello, Fireflies!

Happy Easter, to those who celebrate!  Happy 'Reminder Day To Pick Up Those Reeses' Peanut Butter Eggs" to those who don't! I sure do miss them when they're gone...

Today's challenge is 'Egg-cellent Eggs' so I was inspired by those long-gone days of decorating eggs for the hunt.

Sunday Stamping - Happy Easter Egg Hunt

Hello, Fireflies!

Today's nail art combines my Sunday Stamping Easter challenge with my Spring Renewal Freestyle challenge.  I decided to take you on an Easter Egg Hunt!

I started with Liquid Sky Lacquer Autumn Thyme, a gorgeous light sage green holo.  I love her holos, but they do take a little longer to dry, and I always ding my nails up, because I am a major clutz.

I used Shany18 and Finger Paints Go Van Gogh! to create a foliage pattern in which to "hide" my eggs. 

I kinda like it just like this! But, it's not very Easter-y.

I used Revlon Spirit with Shany08 and Winstonia W105 to stamp a cute little (and apparently, transparent) chick, and some eggs.

I found these pretty cool nail art pens on clearance at Target - I think they're one of those 'As Seen On TV' products.  They're Hot Designs double-sided nail art pens.  They have both a brush applicator, and a thin tip that you can squeeze the polish through.  Technically, you can refill them, too, though I haven't tried.  I used the thin tip side to color my Easter Eggs.  Some of the pens were harder to squeeze than others, but they were fairly easy to use.

This is one of those, "I wish my nails were bigger" moments.  The eggs aren't really so much hiding, are they? More like, I could barely fit these on my nails, and in some cases, I didn't.

Bottle shot:  Liquid Sky Lacquer Autumn Thyme, Finger Paints Go Van Gogh!, Revlon Spirit, and the hot designs nail art pens.

I wish you a happy Spring renewal, however you celebrate it!

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Spring Renewal Nail Art Challenge - Good Egg!

Is it really spring?  I know some folks got snow this week! It's so weird - usually we have the A/C on 24/7 by this time here in Florida, but I'm loving that today is breezy, and I have the house open.  I'm feeling totally renewed, and excited for this, ahem, Spring Renewal Challenge!

First, let's pretend that I have a pix of my white nails, painted perfectly (we're imagining, so why not!) with Revlon Spirit.

I picked up some Washi tape that had chevrons printed on it, so I used them as a template and cut out chevrons for my nails.  Soon after, I got a small set of Nail Vinyls of chevrons, but it was too late for this mani.  Something you could get, though, if you want easy chevrons!

I tried to alternate between the yellow (Julep Nadia), pink (Julep Ellie) and blue (Joe Fresh Wave) but apparently, I can't do random patterns.  Also, Ellie fooled me with her pinkness in the bottle, but not so much on the nail.  April Fools!... a little late?

I took a dotting tool and some black to make some - and pardon me for getting a little technical here - dots.  In a chevron pattern.  Try to wrap your minds around that without hurting yourselves.

I think Orly Etoile may be the most subtle glitter I own.  Just a pinch of light purple sparkle.

Bottle shot:  Revlon Spirit, Joe Fresh Wave, Julep Nadia and Ellie, Wet 'n Wild Black Creme, and Orly Etoile.

This is probably as close to Easter Eggs as I'll get this year, except for candy ones.  My fave are the malted milk Robins' Eggs, but I have to have at least one Cadbury egg, and one Reese's Peanut Butter Egg, too.  What's your favorite egg?

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Two posts today!  Click HERE if you want to see my Hot. Pink. Cabana Boy.