I never know what to paint on my nails when I sit down to do so.  It has become a process....what colors do I want to use, what "theme" do I want, do I want to go simple or difficult?  I find myself then sitting on pinterest or searching blogs or ideas.

Last night, I took to twitter asking what I should do.  Meg, from Let There be Lacquer tweeted back "teal shimmer :)"  While I loved the idea, I really really really wanted to use one of my new polishes.  I have so many that I have yet to try and I keep buying.  I vow right now to go on a no buy for a few weeks (let's see how long that lasts).  So after decided I wanted to use Zoya Lianne, came up with the idea to do a zebra.  Then while tweeting it out with Meg, I realized orange + zebra = tigers!

Colors Used:

• Zoya Lianne - amazing orange base.  You can't tell from the picture and the black, but it's so pretty and shimmery.  Love it
• Sinful Colors - Snow Me White - used for the little faces.  Bottom was applied with the actual brush, eyes created using a dotting tool.
• Sinful Colors - Black on Black - Stripes, eyes, nose, and mouth.  The stripes/nose/mouth were applied using a tooth pick, and the eyes with a dotting too
• New York Color - White Lights Glitter - can't tell from the picture, but it is applied over the stripes :)

I wish I could say that I came up with this manicure, but all credit goes to the lovely lady who runs the cutepolish YouTube channel.  Her designs are usually quick and easy, leaving you always with a cute little mani.  Inspired by this video, I took a whirl at the "Easy Music Nails".

• Sinful Colors - Snow Me White - base coat
• Sinful Colors - Black on Black - lines and music notes
• Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear - Strobe Light - the glitter top coat

I got a text from a friend today telling me that one of the beauty stores was having a sale on all Color Club nail polishes.  Of course, the nail polish addict that I am, I headed my way over to the store in hopes that the Magnetic Force collection would be on sale.  While it was not on sale, I played around with them a little bit and snapped this lovely cell phone image of the swatches.  I apologize in advance for the quality of the picture, but you can see the colors and magnetic lines which is all that matters.  One thing good about my phone, colors are always true to what they are in real life.

Colors from left to right:

• Steel the Night
• Cop An Attitude
• Magnetic Force
• Electro Midniht
• Sci-Fi
• HipNotic (my favorite)

I love Color Club polishes, and this was no exception to that.  I played around with the samples and they weren't too sheer and weren't too opaque, it was a perfect medium.  Just like any other magnetic polish, you put one coat on light, then a little thicker second and hold the magnet over to get the wavy look.  All the magnets are the same, so unlike the magnetic polish you can pick up at Icing, you're stuck with the one look.  Unlike Icing though, you can get a wider variety of colors.

Price at the store I was at was $9.95 for one bottle with the magnet included.  Definitely worth the price.

HipNotic is definitely my favorite, with Electro Midnight coming in a close second.  Cop an Attitude was a really nice orangish/bronze color which was different than any other magnetic polishes I've seen.

I'm calling it now, how Shatter was the go to easy mani of last year, magnetic polishes are going to be this years easy go-to mani.  In love.

Was lazy the other night and quickly slapped this on my nails.  Kind of upset that it's been 2 days and it has already started to wear off on the edges.

It is still mind boggling to me how shatter works.  You paint it on and it cracks and shatters without destroying the under coat.  Literally, mind boggling to me haha.

Colors Used;

• Funky Fingers - Blue Foil - I'm not sure of the exact name but it is the exact blue as Color Club's Luminescent from the Foil Collection.
• Funky Fingers - Pink Foil - Again, not sure of the exact name, but it is the exact pink as Color Club's Foil Me Once from the Foil Collection
• OPI Black Shatter
• New York Color - White Lights Glitter
• Sally Hansen Top Coat

I think my top coat has seen a better day and that's why the edges have gone so fast.  Either way, it was still a simple and cute manicure that took about 10 minutes, so I'm not overly upset.

-The Little Canvas