Valentine's Day 2011 Nails

  These are the nails I actually wore on Valentine's Day.  This manicure was inspired by the second design on this post by Ashley of Polish and Konad - thanks for the inspiration!

Outdoors, full sun

  For these nails, I started off with three coats of Deborah Lippmann It's Raining Men, a bright cherry red creme.  Application was lovely on this, could have gotten away with two coats except for a smidge of VNL.  For the design I used Konad Special White with Bundle Monster BM11 and Konad Special Black with BM17.  I think I used three coats of top coat on this (one after color, one after the first design and one after the second), using Deborah Lippmann Addicted to Speed.  Let me tell you, I think this would have stayed on forever without any wear - after two days it was flawless and it was really tough to get off!  A great polish and a fun mani for Valentine's day!

Valentine's Day with Ahoy!

  Here is a Valentines' Day manicure the I did with China Glaze Ahoy!, a gorgeous bright magenta polish full of shimmer.

Outdoors, shade, no flash

  This is three coats of Ahoy!, all of which I found necessary to cover up VNL.  Smooth application and good dry time on this one.  I love this polish - it is a beautiful pink and that shimmer is pretty much always really sparkly (even if it is hard to tell in the photos)!

Outdoors, full sun

  I used Zoya Trixie with Bundle Monster plate BM11 to add delicate silver lines with hearts over each nail.  A very fun Valentine's mani!  I highly recommend Ahoy! if you haven't picked it up already, it is a stunner!  Of course, if you would like to win Ahoy! you can always enter my giveaway! :)