Friday, June 28, 2013

Before & After: Strawberry Fields Forever

Hello!

Today I have a manicure I did for this week's theme in my Hobby Polish Blogger's group: Favorite Summer Fruit. I love all types of fruit, but I always look forward to the strawberry harvests in the spring and summer, so I decided to go with that. :)

I started with one of my favorite new polishes, Lucky 13 Strawberry Girl (how could I not?). Strawberry girl is a juicy red jelly with green glitter hexes that look like seeds and green shards that look like bits of leaves:


Lucky 13 Lacquer Strawberry Girl, direct overcast light




I personally think this polish looks like strawberries as is, with no nail art, but what fun would that be?? So I pulled out my acrylics and painted some leaves on the tops of my strawberries:






Now I want to have strawberry shortcake...please excuse me while I go nom nom nom...:)

Please check out the other favorite fruits, linked below. :)

Hugs and love,
M.



Celebrating the beginning of summer!

1. Glitter and Gloss Nails - Neon Pink Triangles  28. The Polished Fangirl - Neon  55. Fairly Charming - 3D  
2. The Bubbly Brunette - Skittle  29. ProcrastiNails - Skittle  56. Little Miss Nailpolish - Neon  
3. Glittery Summer Night Gradient Nails  30. Be Happy and Buy Polish - Fruit  57. The Polish Playground - Gradient  
4. Fairly Charming - Neon  31. Lit From Within - Fruit  58. ProcrastiNails - Fruit  
5. The Bubbly Brunette - 3D  32. The Polish Playground - Favorite Summer Fruit  59. Little Miss Nailpolish - Skittle  
6. Polished Prescription - Skittle  33. The Polished Fangirl - Fruit  60. Lit From Within - Pool Partay!  
7. Colorful Cupcake Cat - Skittle  34. Lacquer Or Leave Her!--Fruit  61. Lacquer or Leave Her!:  
8. Lacquer Or Leave Her!  35. Vic and Her Nails - Gradient  62. The Polished Fangirl - Bathing Suit  
9. The Polish Playground - Skittle  36. Coloful Cupcake Cat - 3D  63. The Polished Fangirl - Pool  
10. Fairly Charming - Skittle  37. The Polish Playground - Bathing Suit  64. Be Happy and Buy Polish - Gradient  
11. Polished Prescription - Neon  38. Vic and Her Nails - Skittle  65. Colorful Cupcake Cat - Gradient  
12. The Polish Playground - 3D  39. The Polish Playground - Pool Inspired  66. Vic and Her Nails - Pool  
13. Fairly Charming - Ombre  40. Vic and Her Nails - 3D  67. Vic and Her Nails - Bathing Suit  
14. The Bubbly Brunette - Neon  41. Vic and Her Nails - Neon  68. The Polished Fangirl - Gradient  
15. Lit From Within - Skittle  42. Colorful Cupcake Cat - Bathing Suit  69. Little Miss Nailpolish - 3D  
16. The Sparkle Queen - 3D  43. Tori | GlassesAndGlitter  70. Vic and Her Nails - Ice Cream  
17. The Polished Fangirl - Skittle  44. Little Miss Nailpolish - Pool  71. The Polish Playground - Ice Cream  
18. Colorful Cupcake Cat - Neon  45. Vic and Her Nails - Summer Fruit  72. Lit From Within - gradient  
19. Be Happy and Buy Polish - Pool  46. The Bubbly Brunette - Gradient  73. The Polished Fangirl - Ice Cream  
20. Be Happy and Buy Polish - Skittle/Neon  47. Little Miss Nailpolish - Gradient  74. Little Miss Nailpolish - Ice Cream  
21. Lit From Within - Neon  48. Colorful Cupcake Cat - Summer Fruit  75. ProcrastiNails - Bathing Suit  
22. Polished Prescription - Gradient  49. The Bubbly Brunette - Ice Cream  76. Colorful Cupcake Cat - Ice Cream  
23. The Polish Playground - Neon  50. Lit From Within - Neon French Tip  77. little Miss Nailpolish - Summer Fruit  
24. The Polished Fangirl - 3D  51. Be Happy and Buy Polish - Ice Cream  78. Little Miss Nailpolish - Bathing Suit  
25. ProcrastiNails - Pool  52. Disasterpiece Polish- Skittle!  79. Lit From Within - Ice Cream  
26. Be Happy and Buy Polish - Swimsuit  53. Disasterpiece Polish- Neon  
27. Lit From Within - 3D  54. Lit From Within - Swimsuit  

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18 comments:

  1. The Pink Princess ZJune 28, 2013 at 12:58 AM

    Such a cute mani and it ties in perfectly with Wimbledon!
    I'm doing a strawberries and cream mani next week, this would have been perfect!
    Goos review, thanks!

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    1. M.M. ChouinardJune 28, 2013 at 1:06 AM

      I'm sort of a dunce about tennis, how does it tie in with Wimbledon? I want to be able to pretend I meant to do that all along, lol...:) And thank you! :)

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  2. purple_rainJune 28, 2013 at 1:19 AM

    aww, so adorable!

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  3. Lisa N.June 28, 2013 at 8:13 AM

    This is so cute! Totally reminds me of a strawberry which means now I want one, lol.

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  4. UnknownJune 28, 2013 at 9:08 AM

    Your design is so simple yet so amazing! The polish was perfect and then you added the leaves...wonderful! :)

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  5. ManisbyMooreJune 28, 2013 at 11:56 AM

    So stinking cute!! I will have to try this!!

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    1. M.M. ChouinardJune 28, 2013 at 12:46 PM

      Thank you! I can do a tutorial if you want, but it's pretty easy, I doubt you'd need one. :)

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  6. AnonymousJune 28, 2013 at 12:11 PM

    Great job, especially on the leaves! :)

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  7. Elin the Cupcake CatJune 30, 2013 at 10:27 AM

    This is extremely cute!!

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