Extravagant Dots

Hey Lovelies! As you all know I love the color mint this season so here is another mint look for you all! For this look I used 2 coats of Sinful Colors Mint Apple and then went in with DS Extravagance by OPI and stamped image plate BM-211. Hope you enjoyed this awesome look! Don't forget my nail art contest ends this Friday April 20th and 5pm EST so come on over and ENTER HERE.

MixedMama<3 

Strawberries Anyone?

Hey Lovelies! I love strawberries so much that when I saw this pin on Pintrest the other night I just had to try and recreate it! This is such a cute and super simple design to do if you want to jazz up that plain manicure this summer or if you just love strawberries like me! First I started out with two coats of Pink Bunny by Jordana as my base color. Next I took my large dotting tool and made different sized upside down triangles on the outside corners of every nail with Wet n' Wilds I Red A Good Book. Once that was completely dry I took my smallest dotting tool and made little swipe marks in the red triangles with Sally Hansen Extreme Wear in Mellow Yellow. Finally with the same small dotting tool I made one line across the bottom of the triangle and then two smaller curved lines coming off the top of that line in Fresh Paint's Spruce Street. To finish off the look I sealed it in with my handy dandy Seche Vite top coat.

 Here is a little tutorial I put together so you can achieve this look at home! 

Hope you enjoyed this yummy look! Don't forget to enter my nail art contest that is going on till April 20th! Click HERE to enter. If you try this sweet look out feel free to post a picture on my Facebook page HERE. I would love to see how they turned out! Have a delicious Saturday! 

MixedMama<3 

OPI DS Extravagance Swatch

Hey Lovelies! I just had to show you this amazingly gorgeous purple shimmer from OPI's DS collection! DS Extravagance is seriously one of the best polishes that I own! It glides on like butter, only needs one coat and it hardly chips! What more could you ask for in a polish? I took these pictures after having this polish on for 4 days and I had no chips! AMAZING!!! Honestly if you don't have this color you should invest in it because you will love this purple! Hope you are all having a great day! Make sure you swing by and enter my nail art contest that is going on till April 20th! ENTER HERE

MixedMama<3 

Pink and Red Vintage Roses

Hey Lovelies! Ever since I started my blog I have always wanted to try this beautiful vintage rose design but I wasn't confident enough to try it until now! For this look I used two coats of Mint Candy Apple by Essie as my background color. Then I went in with a large dotting tool and made large random dots with Pink Bunny by Jordana. Once that was dry I went in with Wet n' Wild's I Red A Good Book and made the outlines to the rose. To finish the look off I used Fresh Paint's Spruce Street and made a few petals coming off the roses and then sealed in this look with my Seche Vite top coat. I am so happy with how this nail art came out! I cant wait to try it out in other color combos! Hope you all enjoyed this beautiful vintage rose design. Don't forget to enter my nail art contest that is going on till April 20th. To enter click HERE.

MixedMama<3

Houston We Have Some Glitter

Hey Lovelies! I got this polish from a nail art contest that I won and I and excited to show you a swatch of it!! For this look I used 3 coats of OPI Houston We Have A Purple and then 1 coat of OPI Teenage Dream on top. I am loving this color purple very much but I hate that the consistency is so thin! I felt like 3 coats of this wasn't enough so I had to put some glitter on top to fix it. I tried stamping a few stars on top of the glitter polish and that was a huge fail! Only half of the stars transferred onto the nail so I just lightly wiped it off with remover and touched up any areas that needed more polish . Don't forget to enter my Nail Art Contest that is going on till the 20th! Hope you enjoy! 

MixedMama<3 

Easter Bunny Nails

Hey Lovelies! So went to a Easter party/egg hunt with my family and Nate's family earlier today and I wanted a cute Easter mani but I didn't want it to be outrageous because the skirt I had on had a beautiful pattern on it that I wanted to be the main focus so I came up with these super cute bunny nails! For this Easter look I started out with 2 coats of Essie's Mint Candy Apple. Once that was dry I made a half circle for the head on the top of my nail and then added 2 lines going down for ears with Sally Hansen Extreme Wear in White On. Make sure your bunnies head is fully dry before going on. Once she was dry I made the inside of her ears and her nose with the color Pink Bunny by Jordana (how cute is that name?!?) and the eyes with Wet n Wild's Black Creme. To finish off the look I sealed it all in with my Seche Vite top coat. I got the idea for the bunny design from Cutepolish! Check out her tutorial HERE. What are you wearing on your nails for Easter? Don't forget to enter my Nail Art Contest HERE. It ends on April 20th! 

MixedMama<3 

Mint and Teal Paisley Design

Hey Lovelies! I was in the mood for darker nails but with a brighter design so I came up with this super cute mint and teal paisley design! For this look I used 2 coats of OPI Cuckoo For This Color and then stamped the paisley image off of plate M64 with Essie's Mint Candy Apple.This is such a great color combo and I am loving this stamp! Hope you all enjoyed this look and don't forget to go check out my Nail Art Contest that's going on till the 20th!

MixedMama<3

Pink Wedding Wednesday

Hey guys! Today's Pink Wednesday is going to a bit different! Since it's wedding season I wanted to share a post my mom wrote that got featured on New Dress a Day's blog about my hand made bouquet. So if you would like to see how my mother made my bouquet go check out her post HERE and New Dress A Day's post HERE. Hope you all enjoy! 

MixedMama<3 

Kick-Ass April Challenge

Hey lovelies! Swimsuit season is just around the corner and I know I need to tame the junk in my trunk so I'm going to participate in the Kick-Ass April Challenge!  This challenge consists of only 3 exercises, Burpees, Squats and Wall-Sits. How simple! If you are unfamiliar with these exercises then check out The Sisterhood of the Shrinking Jean's page HERE to see how to do them! Since I started a few days late I am just going to add on 2 days in May. If you are joining me in this let me know in the comments! I would love to see how it works for you! Lets get started! 

MixedMama<3 

 (To see a better picture of this check out the Sisterhood of the Shrinking Jeans link above.)

Nail Art Contest **CLOSED**

Hey Lovelies! Welcome to my first ever Nail Art Contest!! I am super excited to host this contest and I want to say a big thank you to my husband for supplying the prizes! The theme to this contest is ANYTHING! So lets get this awesome contest started! 

RULES: 

-One entry per person 

-Open to U.S only 

-You MUST be either subscribed to my blog, Facebook page or Twitter to enter (I will check)

-Your design must be on YOUR OWN NAILS!

-Stamping is allowed

-All entries must be sent in by Friday April 20th at 5:00 pm EST. 

THE JUDGES: 

The judges will consist of me, my husband, my mother and father. 

THE PRIZE:

3 bottles of Funky Fingers nail polishes! 

Mrs.Mint, Sugar Plum Fairy and Purple Glitter Scales (crackle)

HOW TO ENTER:

It's super easy!!! Send your entry with your name and which page you are a subscriber of to mixedmama1031@gmail.com. Once I receive your entry I will put it into the contest folder on my Facebook page. 

I am looking forward to seeing everyone's entries! If you have any questions please feel free to comment down below or send me an email and I will respond back :) Good Luck Ladies!

MixedMama<3 

Leopard Nails

Hey Lovelies! For this look I used 2 coats of Brooch the Subject by Essie. Then I went in with You Don't Know Jacques! SUEDE by OPI and Wet n' Wild Black Creme for the leopard prints. I sealed in this look with my trusty Seche Vite to make sure it stayed nice and crisp! I love leopard print so much and can't believe how great these turned out since I free handed the design! Hope you love this look as much as I do!

MixedMama<3

Nail Stamping Plate Comparison

Hey Lovelies! The most frequently asked questions about my stamping plates are which set is the best or which set covers your entire thumb nail the best? I decided I would do a swamping (swatch stamping) for you so you could see a plate from each company, so I gathered up one plate from all three sets that I own and got to it. I'm using MASH plate 72 (M72), Bundle Monster plate 20 (BM20) and Bundle Monster plate 210 (BM-210). 

M.A.S.H Plate 72

Front view

Left Side 

Right Side 

Bundle Monster Plate 20 

Front View

Left Side 

Right Side 

Bundle Monster Plate 210

Front view

Left View 

Right View 

When it's all said and done I feel that the new BM plates and the M.A.S.H plates get greater coverage on my nails. The older BM plates were way too small for my nails which is very disappointing to me because they have super cute designs on them. However I did learn that on some of the images from that collection you can turn sideways and just apply them twice, side by side and it still looks good. 

Which set is the best? In my opinion I would say the MASH image plates because I like their images the best and I feel I get the best coverage with them. 

Which set covers the thumb nail the best? As you can see in the photos I would say the MASH and new BM plates. In my opinion I would say the MASH plates have better coverage for my nails but both plate sets are amazing! 

Where can I buy the stamp set? I got all of my sets off of Amazon.com. Here are some links to the sets. I am so sorry I can not find a link to the M.A.S.H set that I own but I found a link to another set they have.

M.A.S.H Set
Original Bundle Monster Set
New Bundle Monster Set

I hope that this comparison helped you out! If you have any questions please feel free to comment down below and I will answer them. 

MixedMama<3 

Featured Friday

Hey Lovelies! Today's Featured Friday is a super cute one from my friends daughter Madalin and her father. Her father used cute little heart stickers on her nails and then put a clear top coat over them to make sure they stayed on. You can these and other nail decals at your local Walgreen's, Rite Aid, Target or Walmart in their nail aisle.  

Aren't they cute!! 

So pretty! 

Thank you so much for sending this in Madalin! You and your father did a wonderful job! 

MixedMama<3 

Husband's Choice

Hey Lovelies! Instead of a Pink Wednesday today I'm bringing you my husband's choice! What is my husband's choice you ask? It's where I let my husband Nathan rummage through all my polishes and stamps and I let him choose what I wear! Dangerous right?!?! Well let's  kick it off with my husband's choice for today.

 I used 2 coats of Wet n' Wild's I Need a Refresh-Mint followed by one coat of Funky Fingers Stage Dive. Let me just say for the record.... MY HUSBAND ROCKS! I am LOVING this mani that he picked out! I guess he really does listen to me when I babble on about polishes because he picked two of my loves, the color mint and sparkles! What do you guys think? Did he do good?

MixedMama<3 

Spring Time Butterflies

Hey Lovelies! Even though it's only 40 degrees out today the sun is shining and the birds are chirping (probably because they are freezing their buns off! ). None the less it looks like Spring outside so I wanted to do a simple Spring or even Easter look today! For this look I used 2 coats of Essie's Bangle Jangle and I let that dry completely. Then I went in with Wet n' Wild's French White Creme and stamped the double butterfly image from image plate BM05 and sealed in this look with my Seche Vite top coat. Isn't this just lovely?!?! I am loving this creamy lilac purple color for Spring! Hope you all are having a wonderful day! 

MixedMama<3