It's World Autism Awareness Day!

Hello Lacquer Luvers! I hope that everyone had a great holiday weekend and got to enjoy some time with your families. I'm really excited to share today's post with you all. As most of you are aware, my son, Tyus, is autistic and today is World Autism Awareness Day. Last year we rocked blue manicures during the month of April in support of my not only my son, but for families everywhere who are affected by autism and I hope you guys join me again this year! Here's my very first Autism Awareness manicure for 2013:

My mani began with a base of Essie Feed Me followed by one coat of Bettina Elegant Blue. Elegant Blue is a gorgeous dusty navy one coater with a smooth-like-butter formula. Next I applied one coat of Pure Ice Strapless which is a really pretty blue glitter. I then used Bettina Vintage to stamp on the puzzle piece images using BM319 & my Konad Special White polish and BM321 for the ribbons. Puzzle pieces are logos for autism and although my ribbons really should've been blue, I wanted them to pop with a little white. My mani was topped with a coat of HK Girl topcoat.

We got a kick-start on Autism Awareness Month last night by putting a blue light bulb in our porch light. Tyus was so excited because blue is his favorite color! I am really happy with how my mani came out and am looking forward to a month of blue manicures. I hope you will join us again, dear friends! As always, I hope you all liked this post my dear Lacquer Luvers and I look forward to sharing my next post with you, xo!

~Jessica

Getting Fancy With Zoya Wednesday

Hello Lacquer Luvers! I know it's been a while since I have shared a post with you guys but I am back from being so busy with getting things together for Gabby, appointments & my son's Kindergarten graduation. I was also not feeling very good the past few days and I'm happy that I feel alot better now. I hope that you all are doing well and that you are excited for this week as I have a few planned mani's to share with you!

My manicure today began with a coat of Essie Grow Faster as my base. I then applied two coats of Zoya Wednesday. Wednesday is from Zoya's Summer 2012 Beach and Surf Collection and is described as: "Faded dirty medium turquoise with green undertone and an opaque cream finish. A very stylish shade with a funky yet easy to wear vintage look." This beauty was gifted to me by my sweet friend, Lizzy, for my birthday. You all might know her as The Do It Yourself Lady. If you haven't already, definitely check out her blog as she has some great posts and is always sharing awesome deals and freebies!

I took the description of this polish as an inspiration for nail art. I wanted to create something vintage looking yet stylish and modern. To create this look, I used my Konad Special Stamping Polish in black and white along with BundleMonster image plate BM21. I think lace images always appear vintage but the colors I used keep it nice and fresh even though they are classic shades. I then used Scotch tape to create a french tip on my nails using Bettina's Matte (white) & Onix (black). I topped this mani off with one coat of Color Club's topcoat.

I am totally digging on this look. I like that I didn't stick with one color for nail art. I love love LOVE Zoya Wednesday on me. It's such a great color and I think it flatters my skin tone nicely. If you haven't seen the Zoya Beach & Surf Collection, you should definitely head on over to their site and check it out! The colors are simply gorgeous and absolute perfection for the season. I would love to know what you think of my mani today and which colors from this collection are your favs! As always, I hope you all liked this post my dear Lacquer Luvers and I look forward to sharing my next post with you, xo!

~Jessica

10 Day Challenge: Day 5

Hello Lacquer Luvers and welcome to the halfway point of the 10 Day Challenge that Kelly & I are doing! Yesterday we both agreed that since we would be busy shopping for Black Friday it would be best to just hold off a day for the challenge. Today calls for blue nails. Whilst looking through my stash, I realized I don't have many blues. However, one did stand out far above the rest. Today I bring you the amazing Glitter Gal Marine Blue!

This post will be short because, well, quite honestly the pictures speak for themselves. I began with a coat of OPI Nail Envy for this mani and applied 2 coats of Marine Blue. The formula for this was a little thick but went on very nicely.  Now on to the blue holographic goodness!

I didn't think this mani needed any art since the holo is so pretty. Maybe next time...I don't know why I can't bring myself to put art on holographic polishes. What do you all think of blue polish? Which is your favorite? Don't forget that  Ms. Kelly from Posh For Polish is doing this challenge with me so please go take a look at her take on blue nails and make sure to follow her as well! As always, I hope you all liked this post my dear Lacquer Luvers and I look forward to sharing tomorrow's post with you, xo!

~Jessica