Color Me So Crazy

**May Contain Press Samples** I have not done a quick tutorial for you guys in so long. I decided to bring it back for one of my favorite, easy holiday designs. It's perfect to dress up any nails and super easy to do! I started with a white base coat on an accent nail. Once my base coat dried, I taped it off. I did a v-shape outline for the edges of the tree. Next I used a skinnier tape to do a criss cross pattern down to the edge of the nail.  Once all of my tape was in place (as you can see it wasn't sticking for me), I added a green color on top of the tape. The area that I was doing my nails in was quite chilly so that is probably why all of my tape was curling. It's kind of important to do your nails in a warmer area so the polish and accessories work well with you.  Once you applied all of your green color, remove the tape. You will be left with a tree looking shape. Now you are ready to decorate!  This is where you get to be creative! You can...

**May Contain Press Samples**  Today is a very important day in Pittsburgh Pa because it is the day that the Steelers put a whooping on the New England Patriots and then we move on to the SUPERBOWL!! I really hope the Steelers make it to the bowl because A) I want to have a party and B) the Steelers are awesome so they need another ring!!  I did a little mani to help cheer on my black and gold boys. I used a whole bunch of my favorite Pittsburgh themed polishes to create this Steel town pride look. I went for a crazy skittle so I could squish a little of everything in my look.   I'm super pumped about the game! I have my nails done, my menu planned, and my outfit on- including my knee-high socks. Now all we need is m boys to get their job done. As most Mondays go in the city of Pittsburgh, it's a 50-50 on how the mood will be. Either gloomy and sad or upbeat and happy! Here we gooooooo   Colors Used: KBShimmer- A Hint of Manila ILNP- So Gh...

**May Contain Press Samples** This is my second and final design for the Nail Challenge Collaborative Holiday Season nails. These are my little prayer to the snow God to get a little bit of snow on Christmas. We haven't had a white Christmas in so long, so I am hoping we will get a little bit of it this year.  For this look, I stamped snowflakes in different sizes and colors. Of course, I have been doing different designs for the last couple weeks so I hope you have been tuning in on Snapchat to check them out. You will be able to see my latest @colormesocrazy!! Colors Used: Sinful Colors- Snow Me White Sally Hansen- Midnight Affair Sally Hansen- Concrete Jungle Sally Hansen- Cobalt Chrome KBShimmer- I'd Rather Be With Blue

**May Contain Press Samples** I decided to throw out some Fall inspirations on my nails. I have three major trees in my yard and they let down about three times. That means that I have a ton of leaf cleanup to do during the duration of the Fall. I hate doing it, but it is great exercise.  I used a simple leaf stamp that I picked up at Big Lots (yes, I did say Big Lots). I used a couple different colors and used different pressures to pick up the color to put a little texture on the leaf. I haven't played with my stamps in a while, so I am glad that I broke this out.  Colors Used: Cosmetic Arts- Hunter Green Sinful Colors- Let's Meet Butter London- Yummy Mummy Revlon- Hot Chocolate Sally Hansen- Electra-cute

**May Contain Press Samples** Ok, I know I am getting these in at the tail end of the month, but better late than never! As some of you may of may not know, I had a breast tumor removed about 6 years ago. I was 8 months pregnant when I had my lumpectomy. It was a very rare tumor that, thankfully, was able to be removed fully. It was found when I was three months pregnant, but couldn't be removed until I was in my third trimester. That was one of the scariest times in my life.   For this mani, I went full on Sinful Colors. I used RADiant as my base then Pink Break and 24/7 as the accent dots. I wanted to do something fun, simple and I would be able to wear all week. RADiant is a demi-matte and I just love that creamy muted look.  I miss doing my nails with fun designs, but I am super excited for the upcoming holidays and I can't wait to dive into the fun art to follow! Next... a little bit of fall and Halloween! Colors Used: Sinful Colors- Pink Break Sinful C...

So, I think it's time to say goodbye to a really fun time. #RedCoatTuesday is over :( It's just not there anymore and I'm not there anymore. I loved it while I had it, but it's not mine anymore. To celebrate this great journey, I'm showing off work from the past couple of years. Check the full post here Check the full post here Check the full post here Full post is here for you Check the full post here Check out the full post here Look at the full post here Check out this full post here Check out this post here Check out this post here Goodbye my little baby!! Maybe it will pop up again, but I don't foresee any time soon. Enjoy!!

**May Contain Press Samples** For this season of Pretty Little Liars, I am going to do my best to continue the Red Coat Tuesday looks but I've been going through some crazy things at work. So... I will try my best! This week, I am showing off a look that I did last season and did not get to use it.  This is a simple stamped, jelly sandwich look using some of my favorite red polishes. I tend to always pull out the same ones when I am doing the RCT looks and on my next one, I am going to *try* to use some different ones. I just know these will work for what I am going for. Full disclosure here.. I will be watching last weeks episode as well as this weeks tonight because I missed it! I had to go to bed early because I was waking up at 3:30 in the morning the next day for a flight so I didn't get to see all of it. Colors Used: Esmaltes da Kelly- Slice of Life Hits Polish- Gold Rica- Whiteout Rica- Blackout Sinful Colors- Cross My Hearts Wo...

**May Contain Press Samples** I am such a vamp polish girl and I usually stay away from all colors that even lean towards a light color. Well that is until I took a throwback to the late 90s and decided to fall back in love with white nail polish. I have been loving just plain white for the Spring and I literally cannot get enough of it! I wanted to share some of the whites that I have in my collection so that you can hop on the white polish fad train, too! From left to right Barielle- Enduring Sally Hansen Insta-Dri- OMGhost Rica- Whiteout Sinful Colors- Snow Me White Zoya- Genesis On the nails (top to bottom): Barielle, Sally Hansen, Rica, Sinful Colors The Barielle is my favorite out of this collection. The Sally is waaaaaay too thick and the Sinful, well, I just need a newer bottle. From left to right Sally Hansen- Complete Salon Manicure- Polar Bare KOH- Cloudy China Glaze- White on White Barielle- Go Lightly Zoya- Aspen On the n...

**Bought It** Ok.... I wanted to go waaaay outside the box for this one and I did. Typography is the theme and I wanted to stick with it so I went for some gems and a single letter.  "C" for Color Me So Crazy is as creative as I could go for this one. I tried to free hand and it just went downhill, so this was the backup plan. I have one more prompt to do for this one and I have no idea what I am going to do. I have about a week to decide so... if you have any suggestions, please leave them below. Maybe I'll have a magical day and try to freehand again! Colors Used : Sinful Colors- Mesmerize Victoria's Secret- Dream On

**May Contain Press Samples** Today we start a new theme in The Nail Challenge Collaborative. Since I horrible handwriting to begin with, I am going to rely heavily on decals and stamping. I am, well I am going to try, to do a freehand but if it looks horerendous, it probably won't end up here. You'll only get a peep on SnapChat (szizzy12184). I used water slide decals for this look. They are just conversation bubbles in a cartoon style. My nail beds are super super small, so you will never enjoy the full conversation but you will only get bits and pieces of the conversation... lol. I went for a funky neon set of colors and I love the way they came out. I am a vampy girl at heart but I wanted something bright and fun to get me out of the funk I have been in. Do you like the bright colors? What do you think of this month's theme? Colors Used: Sinful Colors- Why Not? Glam Glaze- Tubular KB Shimmer- Sarong Place, Sarong Time Clubbing Girl- Club Girl ...

**May Contain Press Samples**  Yasssss!  My favorite color in the entire world!! I was super stoked when they announced this month's theme. So super stoked that I decided to do a super fun purpled-out design.  I used three different purples and then stamped some cute swirly designs on top. Bonus.... I got a new stamper from Bundle Monster. It's a big squishy one and I am in love. All of my plates pick up soooo much nicer. Thanks for the suggestion guys!  I kind of love the creme and shimmer mixed together here. I used the saran mani underneath to create some texture. I've been seeing them everywhere again and I've had an itch to do one so here it is.  Colors Used: Sinful Colors-Mesmerize Sinful Colors- Truth or Lavendare Santee- Baby Purple