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31 Inspired Days of Nail Art – Day 12 : Chevron Nails

Posted on by Cynthia

I was feeling completely uninspired about doing today’s challenge. I love chevrons on my nails, but I don’t think that chevrons would look good on my rounded super short nails so I decided to to inverted chevrons.

Sation Rock-a-guy Blue Swatch          Sation Rock-a-guy Blue Swatch

Sation Rock-a-guy Blue is a great blue that I recently purchased. It’s my favorite color from the Little Horse On The Prairie Collection.

Sation Rock-a-guy Blue Sation Blue Sky's The Limit Chevron Tips          Sation Rock-a-guy Blue Sation Blue Sky's The Limit Chevron Tips

I then used Sation Blue Sky’s The Limit for the inverted chevron tips. I am so annoyed that I didn’t see a couple of fibers on my nails and now I can’t do anything about it. Grrrrrr!

I don’t know why I decided to stamp over this, but I did…

Sation Rock-a-guy Blue Blue Sky's The Limit Chevron Stamping BM 315          Sation Rock-a-guy Blue Blue Sky's The Limit Chevron Stamping BM 315

I used the paisley print from Bundle Monster plate BM 315 and Wet N Wild’s I Can’t Stand Up Straight. This is so subtle that I can barely tell the stamping is there in indirect light. I’m totally not feeling this stamp on these base colors–can’t win them all.

I need to go cook dinner so forgive me if I’m not particularly talkative throughout this post. Today is a crappy day–just feeling a little down in the dumps so hopefully I’ll feel better once I eat something. Food: always the answer! 🙂

Don’t forget to check out the other manicures my lovely challenge participants created. Thanks for catching up with me today.


Sation Little Horse On The Prairie Collection

Posted on by Cynthia

I thought that today was going to be a big bust for me because I went looking for the Color Club Halo Hues, but none of my nail places had them yet and they had no idea what I was talking about. There is one place that has a pretty extensive collection of Color Club but they were not open when I stopped by. This place basically has no set business hours which can be pretty frustrating, but I keep going back because they have so much amazing stuff. Anyway, when I saw they were closed I went down the street to another place, and I just ran across a fully stocked display of Miss Professional Nail polishes…including Sation Little Horse On The Prairie Collection and some of their new specialty glitters.

Little Horse On The Prairie came out about a month and a half ago but I hadn’t looked for them yet so I’m glad I found them today. The collection includes 6 colors:

Sation Little Horse On The Prairie Collection Fall 2012 Promo Image

Since I have been trying to be a little more discriminating with my polish purchases (yeah, right!), I only purchased half of this collection which is what I have to show you below:

Little Horse On The Prairie Blue Sky's The Limit Swatch          Little Horse On The Prairie Blue Sky's The Limit Swatch

Blue Sky’s The Limit really is a dreamy sky blue. I don’t really think this is a very Fall-inspired color but I am not complaining because I can never have enough gorgeous blues. The formula on this was good. I usually find that the Sation formula tends to be a little thick but this was not. It was easy to control and dry time was very fast.

Little Horse On The Prairie Weed Out The Wimps Swatch          Little Horse On The Prairie Weed Out The Wimps Swatch

Weed Out The Wimps is a soft and dusty green. I don’t think I have any similar greens so I am super happy to add this to my collection.

Little Horse On The Prairie Rock-a-Guy Blue Swatch          Little Horse On The Prairie Rock-a-Guy Blue Swatch

Rock-a-Guy Blue is my favorite color even though I think I have plenty of dupes. I am thinking this is pretty similar to Sephora by OPI Blue Grotto…perhaps just a tiny bit darker. The formula on this was perfection: fairly opaque, buttery and shiny.

Overall, I love these polishes and might be picking up the other three just because these were so great. When I have posted about Sation polishes before, people have always asked me about where to purchase them locally. I usually directed people to the Miss website or transdesign, but now I hear that they will be carried at select TJ Maxx and Marshalls! I haven’t seen them there yet but I’m sure they will start popping up soon. Oh, and I’m sorry about the super shiny/greasy fingers! I was in serious need of cuticle oil, and I went a little overboard with my Solar Oil. Woops!

So what do you think of the Little Horse On The Prairie Collection? Have you purchased any of these polishes or will you? Thanks for the visit!