Dot Mani

The One with INM Daisies

9:00:00 AM


Good morning polished world!  Welcome to Monday!  This week is going to be loooonggg.  My one co-worker is on vacation and I hate when she leaves.  Now I have no one to joke with for the whole week.  Guess it's all work and no play for this girl this week.  Actually, I'm looking forward to buying fall decorations for the facility!!  I've bought all new decorations throughout this year and I've just been waiting to do Fall, which is my favorite season.  Ahhhhh, cannot wait.

Anyways, before summer is over, I still have plenty of summery nail art designs to share with you.  Daisies, of course, are my favorite thing to paint in the summertime.  Actually they're my favorite thing to paint year round since they are one of my favorite flowers.  I'm still bitter that there isn't an actual daisy emoji.

Let's take a look....


Colors Used:
  • INM - Humanity
  • Acrylics
Humanity is one of my favorite polishes by INM.  I don't know if they call their polishes INM or Out the Door lacquer.  Both are on the bottle so it always confuses me, therefore I just call them INM.  I'm getting off track.  This polish is one of my favorite blues.  It covers completely in two coats, and has such a pretty shimmer to it.  It lasts like iron on my nails too taking forever to chip.

What do you think?  Like this look?  Isn't this blue perfect for this art?

Until next time, <3.


China Glaze

The One With Flip Flop Fantasy

9:00:00 AM


Good morning polished world!  How are you all doing on this wonderful Friday!?  I'm going to a concert tonight so nothing is going to bring me down.  The weather is supposed to be beautiful, I have tickets under the shell, it's one of my favorite country artists.  Ahhhh it's a Happy Friday indeed!

What makes it happier is that I'm sharing this beautiful manicure with you today!  I cannot tell you how much I loved this neon rose design using one of my oldie but goodie neon's - Flip Flop Fantasy.  If you remember, years ago China Glaze reformulated Flip Flop Fantasy.  The original formula had a more of a pink-ish tone, whereas the new one (this one in the post), leans more towards the pink/orange tone.  I have both, but barely left of the original formula.  I don't think I've actually used the new one until now.

Let's take a look!


Colors Used:
  • China Glaze - Flip Flop Fantasy
  • ILNP - Tick Tock
  • ORLY - White Tips
Just like the original formula, this covers completely in two coats.  I'm torn, I love the original color but love this color too.  Maybe China Glaze will one day come out with the original formula again.  This begs the question, to companies even know when their color stock changes so drastically?  I feel someone would notice, especially in the day and age of social media where everyone can tag the company and leave comments.



Who knows.  Regardless, this manicure is gorgeous and I absolutely loved how bright it was.  I wasn't sure if I was going to like the flowers in the center of the nail, as I typically tend to lean to framing my nails, but this was quite nice.  I didn't like all the empty white space and went through and added the dots.  I had a love hate with the dots, but I'm leaning more towards love now that I see the photos.

What do you think?  Like this look?  Remember the original Flip Flop Fantasy?

Until next time, <3.

Sinful Colors

The One With the Sinful Colors Abstract Looking Manicure

9:00:00 AM


Good morning polished world!  How are you all doing on this fine Monday?  The weather held out this weekend so the annual family picnic at work went amazingly!  I woke up Saturday around 5am and heard rain, then looked at the radar and did not see a pretty picture.  After some prayers, I drifted back to sleep until 8am, and woke up to a little drizzle, that went away after an hour or so.  Then I got to work, walked around under the tents, and it was a complete miracle.  Despite the fact it rained all night long, the ground was dry.  No mud puddles, nothing.  Everything went perfectly and everyone had fun!  I'm so happy I have a month before we have to start planning for the next big event.

Anyways, today's manicure is an abstract one I did the other night when I was completely uninspired and not in the mood to paint at all.  I feel I never use my original polishes...you know the first brand that got you into painting.  For me that was Sinful Colors.  I purchased pretty much every color when I started this blog because they were inexpensive and came in every color.  Every once and awhile I'll wander by a display and pick one or two up.  That's how this beauty became part of my collection.

Let's take a look!



Colors Used:
  • Sinful Colors - She's Gone Matte
Have I ever mentioned that this is one of my favorite shades ever created?  It's hard for me to walk by a display and not buy mints, blues, or teals.  I bought this one a while ago and I don't think I ever used it.  It had full coverage in two coats.  Now, it's supposed to be a matte polish, but it wasn't your typical matte when it dried.  Of course, I added a shiny top coat so this design doesn't show the matte at all.  Regardless, it wasn't a matte you'd expect like if you were to use a matte top coat.

What do you think?  Like this design?  Like the color?

Until next time, <3.

Flowers

The One With the Blue Serendipity Polish Flowers....Again

9:00:00 AM


Hey all!  How are you all doing on this fine Thursday??  I've been super busy that I'm shocked that I'm actually getting this post up.  Yesterday we got a whole heck of a lot of rain, which caused quite a little mess.  Standing water inside is never a good thing.  Now I just saw on the news that it's supposed to rain heavy again today and Friday.  I feel like crying.  Let's all take a minute and say a prayer that the rain isn't as horrible as it was the other day.  Plus we have our annual family picnic outdoors on Saturday, so I need the sun!

Today's manicure is a re-creation of one I did a year or so ago using some of my beloved Serendipity Polish's.  You have no idea how much I miss this brand.  One coat and two coat creams that dried super fast and didn't chip.  Ughhhh how I miss them!

Let's take a look!


Colors Used:
  • Serendipity Polish - We Run This Beach
  • Serendipity Polish - Vitamin Sea
  • Serendipity Polish - Hike & Be Happy
Absolutely love We Run This Beach.  Two coats for this polish, but well worth it.  Different consistency compared to my other Serendipity loves.  I wish I had more than one bottle of this polish since it's my favorite shade of blue.  You can never have too many bottles of this color, let alone one that's perfect.



Part of me likes last year's design better than this one.  Then the other part of me likes this one.  This one seems a little more balanced, if that makes sense.  Hmmm whatever.

What do you think?  Like this design?

Until next time, <3.