Extra Relaxed 31 Day Challenge - Animal Print

Hello lovely readers!

I see I have quite a few new followers, and the question I asked for one of my giveaways was what do you want to see more of. I got a lot of responses saying tutorials so here is my first ever tutorial! It's simple and hopefully easy to follow so why not give it a try!

And since today is the Extra Relaxed 31 Day Challenge hosted by Rambles of a Polish Addict, I guess I'm just being hella efficient! These spottys remind me of snake skin, so I guess that's what I'll call these little guys. 

I loved this mani because the spots were pretty nicely rounded and the eraser worked wonderfully as a large dotting tool! The Zoya I used was Charla and the Black was Maybelline - Twilight Rays

See you all on sunday bunday!

Love from Leesha's Lacquer

p.s. This weekend I'll be doing some overhaulin' to my site because I can never seem to settle on a design for too long, so if anything looks wonky or weird it's because of this!

Extra Relaxed 31 Day Challenge Day 11 - Polka Dots

Hello all!

Today is day eleven in the ER31DC! That means today is polka spots/dots!

It was also really sunny today so I was able to take my pictures in the sun!

I sort of just grabbed for polishes that looked good together and this was the result!

Be sure to check out the other ladies below

Love from Leesha's Lacquer

Extra Relaxed 31 Day Challenge - Day 10, Gradient Nails

Hello Dearest Readers!

When I saw that today in the ER31DC was Gradient nails I both inwardly cringed and outwardly sighed. I've never done gradient nails before! 

I was terrified, I wasn't sure that they would turn out , but alas , I conquered my fear and went in for the kill!

Tada! 

I used a sponge that I found at my local dollar tree 

The darkest color is Tailored Creme - Sally Hansen 

and 

the lightest is Confetti -Lonesome Dove

Then I used a dotting tool to put some clouds on this gloomy gradient with Julie G- Blueberry Fizz

How did I go from one day being sunny and flowery and the next gloomy and cloudy?! The difference a day makes I guess!

Check out the other ladies Gradient nails below, as always!

Love from Leesha's Lacquer

Extra Relaxed 31 Day Challenge - Metallic Nails

Ohmygoodness I completely blanked Wednesday and forgot to make a post. Then on top of that I thought today was rainbow nails in the ER31DC! AND ON TOP OF THAT.. My Metallic nails flopped this week!

So without further ado, my sad, sad mani.

Sad little half formed flowers :(

Look at the sad little smudgin :(

The dark purple is CQ - Purple Quartz and the Pink is CQ - Berry Mocha

I learned 3 things in this nail fail

1) Metallic is the most DIFFICULT thing to capture! It's like am I gonna shimmer here? Am I gonna be all metallic over here? LOLNOPE you can't catch me!

2) (And as a side note this was my first ever stamping) Metallics aren't good at stamping..well at least this color wasn't. I'm sure there are plenty out there that stamp well.

3) Nail Fails are like the finger of the nail world. No matter how much you tried it's still a big $&^!  @!* to the face!

Let's hope the other ladies had better luck than I did. Check em out below as always!

Love from Leesha's Lacquer

Extra Relaxed 31 Day Challenge - Black and White

*Woohoo Happy Dance*  I'm super excited that we finally got out of the rainbow colors and it's finally time for fun things! Don't get me wrong, I liked doing the colors, but ohmygoodness I've been looking forward to this day!

And have I got some pretty, pretty black and white nails for you guys!

Tada!

I must warn you! This WILL BE picture heavy! Because I did two designs on each hand. 

I even planned this out on paper I was so excited!

For some reason I'm generally really good with doing designs on my right hand even though I write with it, so  designs on my right hand are no problem. In the above two pictures, the top hand is my right hand and the bottom is my left.

I used the same to black and white I usually use, and I'm sure the details will bore you so on to more pictures!

It's blurry, but I love this pose! 

My thumbs

These next pictures are with my tin that I keep my tea in. I LOVE TEA. A lot. I have a cup almost every night and I have my own tea maker and everything. Tea, tea, tea I love tea.

Wow, this was a long post! I hope you all enjoyed the pictures and the nails though!

Love from Leesha's Lacquer

Extra Relaxed 31 Day Challenge - Purple

I was a bit lazy this week so I have TWO purple nail designs because one was just a swatch and the other has just been rotting in my unposted folder.

So here we go!

First up is this swatch! China Glaze - Fancy Pants

This is 2 coats and my, my it's such a shimmery little fun fest on the nails! I managed to catch a hint of that pink that shimmers in the right lights. This is 2 coats with top coat to help the shimmer.

Now next up is the nail art! I posted a swatch Revlon - Charming last month and did some nail art with that but never posted it so here it is!

I played with matte and top coat and then added the little diamonds because I felt like it needed more...

Here's a bit more of the contrast..

...and then I felt like it was missing something else so I added the lines and I think it looks a little bit much more better!

Be sure to check out all the other girls purple nails below!

Love from Leesha's Lacquer

Extra Relaxed 31 Day Challenge - Day 5

The first thing I thought to myself when I blindly grabbed for 3 random yet closely related blues was, Oh no, This is going to be a DISASTER!

Yet as I finished my last nail, I'm proud to say my crazy willy nilly attitude produced some quality nail art!

The orange/coral is the same I used Wednesday. I know it's odd to pair orange with blue  I think its odd to pair orange with blue and I sort of just grabbed at blues that looked pretty in my drawer! From lightest to darkest they are :

China Glaze - Turned up Turquoise

Spoiled - Distant Memory

Wet n Wild -Bijou Blue

I'm really happy with my blues! 

In unrelated blue news I decided I'd like to try my hand at making my own indie polish (not to be confused with frankening, which is taking already made polish and mixing them together,  for those who don't know ((I'm talking to you mom!)) I'm talking about the whole 9 yards.. hell.. I'm talking the whole 10 yards! I bought a starter kit on etsy and a few micas and glitters I saw on my search for supplies and for now I'm going to see if I'm actually good at it. I don't want to go all out on something I'm not even sure that I'm good at.

I'll give you all more details in the future when I actually get to the mix'n!

Check out the rest of the girls Blue nails down below and have a happy Friday!

Love from Leesha's Lacquer

Extra Relaxed 31 Day Challenge - Day 4

Week 4 here, and we have Green nails on the schedule for today!

I was a little stumped at first but then looking through my greens inspired me and made me realize a lot of greens are named after limes!

So a lime manicure it is!

This is 2 coats of Essence - Lime Up! for the base

The white is Sinful Colors - Snow me White

and the dark green rind is Ulta - Limelight

I know the lines aren't perfect but that's what I love about it! This is something that I never would have done otherwise and I love the way these turned out. Here's some more picture spam because of my love for the lime!

Be sure to check up on the other girls and their lovely green nails!

Love from Leesha's Lacquer

Extra Relaxed 31 Day Challenge - Day 3

It's Day 3 (which is really week three) of the Extra Relaxed 31 Day Challenge. The First thing I thought of when I heard yellow was Bumble Bees! So Bumble Bees it is!

For the Yellow I used the Yellow that came with my Beautifully Bright 3 piece set from Elf.

and the Black is Nina Ultra Pro - Black

I used my trusty fine point sharpie for the little Buzz's

Here's a shot without the buzz's, which I think looks way to empty!

No mani so far has made me look forward to summer so much! Even though bees are terrifying, they remind me so much of swimming at the lake and that, I do miss!

Be sure to check out everyone else's Yellow nails today!

Love from Leesha's Lacquer

Extra Relaxed 31 Day Challenge - Day 2

I know I said I'd do this post later in the evening but I stayed up all night and now I have little to do, so why not post this now?

I'm officially on track now and the girls are already rolling out the orange's, so here's mine! :

The base Orange is Wet n Wild - Sunny Side Up

The sparkly orange is Sally Hansen - Moonlit Dance

and the dark orange is Bonita , which doesn't have a name and when that happens I become namer of the polishes. Usually I'm pretty boring with polish naming and I decided to boringly call this one Orange. So Bonita - Orange it is!

I love me a nice tape design to make things look snazzy. (Oh how I've wished to throw that word into a post for such a long time!)

Be sure to check out the others below!

Love from Leesha's Lacquer

Extra Relaxed 31 Day Challenge - Day 1

Hi all, I decided to do my first challenge and I found one that was PERFECT for me.

The 31 Day Extra Relaxed challenge!

 I'm lazy and I hate doing my nails everyday because I feel like that's a waste of polish and I would never get to enjoy my designs, much less anyone else. 

Katherine over at Rambles of a Polish Addict is the mastermind behind this challenge and I'm excited to do it.  It runs every Friday , and unfortunately I missed the first day, March 1st, so today will be a double post, one in the morning and one in the evening.

Today is (well March 1st was) Red :

My cuticles look much drier in this picture than they did on the camera! Whew, gotta fix that!

When I saw red I immediately thought lady bug! This is Nailtini - Bloody Mary for the red of the lady bug and Nina Ultra Pro - Black for the details. 

I used little black rhinestones for the eyes as well.

Later will be today's Post which is Orange!

Be sure to see the other girl's Red nails below!

Love from Leesha's Lacquer