Green Machine

A long long long long LONG.. well..maybe not THAT long ago, my parents had an old car that they nicknamed the Green Machine. I've heard SOOO many stories about the old Green Machine that met its demise way before I was born and this mani is dedicated to none other than the Green Machine!

I'll have to ask my parents what the Green Machine was tomorrow and I'll update this post later with a picture of the car.

My Green Machine nails are ULTA - Limelight, which is the dark green color on the left 

and

Avon - Jade which is the light green color on the right.

I obviously freehanded these with nothing more than the brushes that came in the bottle due to its wibbly wobbly nature that you see above, but they look pretty straight below!

Sometimes I never know how to end my posts and I sit here forever trying to think of fun or interesting ways to say goodbye! So...let's keep it nice and simple today,

Goodbye!

P.s. The rainbow Goodbye was totally necessary!

Love from Leesha's Lacquer

Glitzy Sunday Bunday

Happy Sunday Bunday everyone!

Today is a monumental day. I have here in my hands my first ever swatch of nail polish that I have created. My first indie nail polish!

Drum roll please *badum badum badum* (at least that's how I imagine a drum roll to sound...)

As you can probably tell this is one coat with the base of China Glaze - Fancy Pants

1) because I was to lazy to take it off 

and

2) because it actually looks nice under my polish!

I haven't named it yet so any suggestions are welcome!

and here are a few more pics!

This last pic is in low light and with the little mini bottle, it's so cute!

Speaking of cute...

Here's my little Harvey eating his hay. I literally just took this seconds ago and I told him to look cute so he posed.

Happy Sunday Bunday everyone!

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

Polka Spots

Hi everyone!

I'm racing the clock because I completely blanked on an idea for today's mani!

Then I remembered Sophie was having a competition that involved polka spots and the randomness began!

I also went on a huge China Glaze haul today because Sally's is having a buy 2 get 1 free through the month of April.

So here it is!

The colors I used in rainbow order were :

China Glaze - Passion for Petals

China Glaze - Celtic Sun

China Glaze - For Audrey

China Glaze - Fancy Pants

I also had a random easter egg laying around that sort of matched and this happened :

I love my little polka spots!

Love from Leesha's Lacquer

Julep - Eden

I'm usually not one to post a lot of swatches because I feel like nail art is much more interesting to look at but I think that this color is the only exception! My goodness I've never met such a wonderful purple such as this!

This is Julep - Eden in all it's grape soda glory!

Eden was such a dream to apply, this was 1 coat! And I'm not sure if it's just me but I SWEAR it smells like grape soda or those little grape bottle cap candies. I probably shouldn't be smelling my nails but I can't help it because Eden smells so good! 

The matte finish was a surprise as well, it was so gorgeous I had to stop myself from ruining it and putting top coat on.

I can't stop looking down at my nails! In bright lights you get that bright purple you see above but at a glance and in dim lights it's actually a really pretty vampy purple.

This DEFINITELY surprised me, I usually am so meh when it comes to swatches but I couldn't cover these babies up! No, no. These will definitely be worn for a few days!

From the delightful smell to the application, everything about Eden was an eden of its own! Maybe that's why they named it Eden...

Love from Leesha's Lacquer

*Because this was such a positive review I feel like I should note that this was not sent to me for review and that I received this as part of my It girl Julep Maven box that I purchased myself.

Happy Easter and Happy Sunday Bunday!

Happy Easter! Also Happy Sunday Bunday! 

What a wonderful coincidence that Sunday Bunday coincides with Easter!

And here is my lovely easter nail art!

The colors I used for the base were from the March Julep Box, Simone and Shenae. 

I used like three different greens and a lot more colors that I forgot! I'm sad that my little bunny smeared! I put on my top coat to fast! 

Then I felt like something else was missing so I added..GLITTER!

I'm not sure if it looks better or worse, but I absolutely love the way my bunny turned out! I guess with the glitter the bunny looks less smeary..

Speaking of Bunnies..

Here's a certain bunny who will be getting lots of treats for Easter!

His nails are sooo long because he will NOT let us pick him up! We made a vet appt. for him so they can do it for us, but I love this picture of him.

So have a happy Easter if you celebrate it and have a happy sunday bunday because everyone should celebrate it!

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