Dorothy Does Canada Day

Happy Fourth of July American friends!

Hope you're having beautiful weather where ever you are so you can go out and celebrate.

And you know, if it's not so nice, just stay inside and watch Independence Day.

Over-rated? Perhaps. But I love it. Just try this: 

take a shot (drink responsibly kids) every time someone does something patriotic or every time
you see an American flag. Even if you can't spot anything at first just wait until the President's speech.
You might need to be double fisting at that point.
Oh, and take one for me when the alien has his monologue. That's my favourite part.

Now onto the mani!

In the spirit of patriotism let me show you what I wore for Canada day a few days ago.

With a Shotgun in Her Hand

Hey everyone!

Happy Friday. 

First up here's a song to emulate what I've been feeling
lately now that the days are getting warmer.
Can't help but groove to this.

And now here's my latest splatter manicure!

Joe Fresh - Faded Violet // Iris // Cloud

Essie - Licorice

Right Hand

Left Hand

So what do you think? I love how the colours work together.
The gun needs a little work but I still liked it. Just dipping my toes into freehand art again. 

See on Monday.

xo, D.

Split Splat

Hey all!

So it's been a while.

Long story short, thing's have been stressful.

Death, betrayal, and pain.

Nothing pleasant.

I've been struggling to find balance and now that my brain is mostly functioning again

I've decided to refocus on this blog. It's always made me happy so why not?

This is my little space of the universe and I'm going to own it.

With that being said, let's keep it positive!

Today's post features two different splatter manicures. 

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Split

Zoya - Blu // A England - Briarwood

Here's a piece of jewelry that ended up resembling my look.

I'm thinking about doing a mini series inspired by jewelry.

What do you think?

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Splat

Zoya - Blu // Zoya - Bevin

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So that's it!
You can expect that my next couple posts will feature multiple manicures,
just like todays, so that I can catch up and keep my posts relevant and up to date.

Happy Monday. Here's to a brighter future.

xo, D. 
  

Birthdays, Babies, & Belated Holidays

Hey everyone!

So it's been an extremely long time since I last posted. 

It was nothing you did - I just wasn't feeling creative at all and as a result I had a really hard time writing my thoughts.
I have a not-so-secret love for the written word and I just hate producing mediocre work. 

Perhaps it was the Winter Autumn blues?
In any case, here's some of the highlights of what's been happening in my life...

There was my god-daughter's birthday....

Novel Nail Polish - Rainbow Drops (Buy it here)

I polished off a Mildred Pierce HBO series with Gee from InJeebWeTrust ....

Enchanted Polish - Across the Universe // Sally Hansen Insta Dri - Jade Jump

MoYou - Suki Plate 05 (buy it here)

The HBO series was amazeballs by the way. Click here to see the trailer

Halloween happened...

OPI - My Vampire is Buff // China Glaze - Cast a Spell // Zoya - Thandie

Remembrance Day passed...

Aphrodite Lacquers - Rum Runner
(The etsy store is currently closed but you can follow them here on facebook for updates )


There was a baby shower....

Sation - Love at First Lavendar // A England - Saint George
MoYou - Suki Plate 06 (Buy it here)

& it was Gee's birthday...

Esmaltes da Kelly - Wolfsbane (Buy it here) // Essie - Blanc // Sally Hansen - Pink Blink
MoYou - Suki Plate 06 (Buy it here)


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Phew. So that's been my life as of late.
Which look is your favourite?
Next up I'll have a fun galaxy to share.
Until next time!

Much love, D.

Baby Pink Splatter

Happy hump day everyone!
Today I’ve got a splat-tastic manicure to share.

I usually struggle a lot while doing splatter manis (hence, why they’re so rarely on my blog)
but I had basically no trouble this time around. Hopefully I’ll be just as lucky next time.

For this look I used Nubar – Baby Pink as my base. I love this pink – such a classic colour. Lady like and feminine.
The splatter was done with Sally Hansen Insta-Dri – Raspberry Race & Nubar – Sour Apple.
I was really pleased with how this colour combo came out. Just enough pop.



I wanted to show you both hands so here’s a rare sighting of my left hand:

& now back to the right ;) Which is your favourite finger?

That’s it for now friends.
I’m going to go run some errands (for something AMAZING that’s happening this weekend)
and spend some time with my boyfriend.
See you tomorrow!

Much love, D.

7 Deadly Sins Challenge: Wrath

Hello there!
So I’m back from the dead, or as I like to call it “I-finally-got-my-laptop-back-from-that-place-that-repairs-them-praised-be-baby-Jesus”. My entire cooling system needed to be replaced. I understand why – I mean I’ve had my lap top for almost 4 years now – I just didn’t realize it would take so long. At first the man with the Russian accent said “okay, we’ll look at it and call you.” Then he called & said “So your cooling system needs replacing. We have to ship the part and it might take up to two weeks.” TWO FREAKIN WEEKS!! I wanted to cry. Luckily I only had to wait a week, but I still suffered from severe blogging withdrawal. And let me just say that using someone else’s lap top did not help. It just made me want mine more. Needless to say I was beyond happy when he called. This is what I sent a friend after I picked it up: “I finally got my laptop back (insert dancing emoticon) I was hugging it like it was my child that had been at camp for a week.”  Now you know my brain a little more.

Finally I get to blog. For my first day back I wanted to show you what I did for wrath for the Seven Deadly Sins Challenge. I choose to combine day 9 and 10 because I had my graduation that week (pssttt! upcoming mani) and I wouldn’t have time to do that many manicures in a week. So here are the prompts: “Day 9: Get mad trying, again, that technique you know it's going to be a fail” + “Day 10: Find something that blows your top and express it with your art!”

The technique that I chose to use was splatter. I’ve tried doing it on more than one occasion and it was just not happening, but I decided to give it another go (this was number 3 I’m pretty sure) because In Jeeb We Trust does the most amazing splatters and I just wanted to try and see if I could even manage to do one nail. Here they are:

To fulfill the day 10 aspect I had to think a little bit. I ended up using Translink (which is the name of the public transportation system where I live) as the thing that blows my top. Don’t get me wrong, I love being able to take a bus/skytrain anywhere in the city. I just wish that all the idiotic things that happen to me while I’m on the bus would stop. If you’ve ever taken public transit then you will understand. 



In any case, I used Translink’s colours so that the theme would be meet. Recently the buses were somewhat updated. Example. So the colours I went with were grey, yellow, dark blue, black, & a bit of white.
(If you'd like to know any of the names of the polishes just comment below.)




So there you go! First post back and I’ve already bombarded you with text.
It’s just because I missed you, I swear. Remember to check out the other ladies!

D

P.S. In case you noticed that I skipped day 8: not only was the theme sloth but the prompt said “only if you want”. I didn’t want. So I skipped it and embraced my slothy side.