Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Ocean City!

Good Morning Lovlies!

I grabbed a few minutes last night to get some pics together for ya!

First of all I'll start with the mani I did for the weekend.  I LOVE pinstriping!  I kinda wish I didn't have so many tattoos on my back, cause I'd LOVE to fit a sweet Pinstriping tattoo running up my spine!  But, I'm getting off on a tangent, anyway...

I started with 2 coats of Sephora by OPI "What's a Tire Jack" in Matte, on all nails but the middle.  Which I quickly realized was pointless since I needed to top coat the whole thing anyway!  On the middle finger I used 1 coat of Sally Hansen Insta-Dri in "Whirlwind White".

I then used the Checkered Tip pattern from M56 and Konad Special Polish in Black, stamping (rather unsuccessfully) multiple times to cover the whole nail.  I sealed that with a coat of Seche.  And Moved on.

Then I broke out the Stripe Rite nail art colors in Red and White.  I used Pinstriping images from good old Google images as reference for the pinstriping on the Index and Ring Fingers.  Then, over the Checkered background on the Middle fingers I drew flames.  I tried to use a stamp Rob made me for the 8's on my Thumbs but it kept sliding on me, so I wound up doing it freehand, using China Glaze "Passion", and doing the V with a nail art brush.  For the Pinkies, I did the famous Moon Eyes.
 Then I covered everything with a coat of Essie "Matte About You"

Here's what the finish mani looked like.  Keep in mind that I finished this at 12:30, so it's not perfect.  But it looked good from a normal distance!


 

Soooo, yeah, apparently we were WAY more tired than I realized.  Usually we take a few hundred pics over the course of the 4 day event.  Nope, not this time.  It's under a dozen!  Sad but true.  This event is AWESOME!  The whole city is one big car show!  7-11 parking lots, Food Lion parking lots, everywhere you look, it's a car show!  But mostly it's just about cruisin'
First, here are two cars that have paint jobs, that I want matching polish for!


Just look at the front of that fender!  Answer me this...How can there be car paint that goes from gold, to pink, to purple, to blue to teal, and we are stuck with 2 MAYBE 2 colors in a duochrome!?!?!
I WANT ANSWERS POLISH COMPANIES!
hmmm...wonder if I can pain my nails with car paint.....



This picture doesn't do this car justice!  It looks too neon and has a bluish tint in the pic!
In person this car is GORGEOUS!
When we saw it Rob and I looked at each other and he said "You need a nail polish that color!"
LOL, he's been saying that alot lately!

Next, since we are totally lame, I'm gonna pull some pics from May's Ocean City trip to show you.  These are cars I LOVE, and most were there last week, I just didn't take pics!
 
 
 

And last but NEVER least...a Mercury!  :::drool:::
 
Me and my mother in law used to say we were gonna own a Merc some day!
Maybe I will and get "Momma B" on the tag!

Well I could show you what I got to add to my stash while I was there, but of course, I forgot to write the names down.  So I will add it to tomorrows post!

Thats all for today.
Thanks for visiting!
I hope you have a WONDERFUL day!

{{{Hugs}}}
Christy


18 comments:

Liz (iceomatic's nails) said...

You did mooneyes!!!! I have a friend that is a old school pinstriper. I always want to have him stripe my nails.

I LOVE that you did a flat black. m This could be my all time favorite manicure.

MightyLambchop said...

This is brilliant! I'm not seeing the fail you mention. It looks amazing and I'm in awe of your skill.

Stiletto said...

AW! thank you Liz!
I think next time I'll do the Mooneyes on a Yellow background! It just feels right!

MightyLambchop, You are the sweetest!
Thank You!

{{{HUGE HUG}}} to both of you!

Stiletto said...

OH! and Liz, If you ever talk tour friend into pinstriping those nails, I would LOVE to see!

ThRiSzHa said...

wow!! IM REAlly amazed in ur nails... u always did a great job!!! LOVE ALL UR MANI!! xoxo

Paige said...

Wow! That is really gorgeous!!!

Stiletto said...

Thriszha,
Thank you so much! your just too sweet!

GildedAngel,
Thanks Girl! {{HUG}}

Lucy said...

That's an amazing manicure. Love the checkerboard and flames. Terrific with the matte finish. Oh yeah, how the hell did that car paint come about? Look at all the beautiful colors coming up out of the base color! Also love the green paint on the next car. Thanks for all the pictures. I always complained to my brother that I didn't want to go to the car shows. I really did enjoy them!

Revampy said...

You are creative! I like when you share your photos with us. I'll check my stash for your nail polish request.

Stiletto said...

Lucy,
Thanks hun! Yeah, I'm not sure abotu that Chrome-illusion! I just wish I could use it on my nails!
The green car, in actuality, looks like China Glaze Moonpool!

Revampy,
Why thanks hun! your such a sweetie!
and thanks for seeing if you can clue me in to polishes that match!

{{{HUGS TO BOTH OF YA}}}

Shayla said...

I'm TOTALLY on the same page about the duochromes...I've seen a few vehicles painted with that chameleon paint, and I go "Damn! Where can I get me some of that?!?"

Maybe one day...unless we make our own!

Unknown said...

I love, love, love the nail art! Wicked cool!
I want I still want a 32 Ford coupe, chop top of coarse! *dreams*

Pink Ginger said...

Awesome mani,awesome cars! My father keeps insisting that car paint and nail polish are exactly the same,so if you ever happen to find that gorgeous blue duochrome car paint please let me know ;)

nirfreak03 said...

great looking mani! and those cars look sweet. i only wish i could have gone! i only live about 30 mins from oc, but i had to work *sniff*

Amarena said...

Looks very good. Great job

Stiletto said...

Shayla,
Exactly! Lets hire a chemist!

Evil Angel,
Thanks! A Girl after my own heart...32 ford...::::drool:::

Pink Ginger,
A Guy that works with my husband is a painter(cars) and has SKILLZ seriously, I may hit him up for some chrome-illusion and see if it would work as polish!

Nirfreak03,
Thanks! You should try to make it in May! it's usually warmer!

Amarena,
Thanks hun!

Mae Espiritu Makeup Obra said...

i love ur retro nail art! and the mat color of it! super nice!! =)

Stiletto said...

Art of Nail,
Thank you so much!