Manicure Monday: The Lone Strawberry

Hey, hey, heeeeey! What's going on guys? How are y'all doing this fine Monday?

Welcome back to another Manicure Monday! :P Who here has the Monday blues? Nope, not me this week. I'm having a Monday GREEN! ;) Lime green to be exact. Haha.

This new shade is the latest addition to my collection. I picked this up last week while I was at Target. I was "just happening" to browse the cosmetic aisles when I came across some of the Pixi and Set products on clearance. Dear ol' Lime Lustre here was one of 'em. I believe the original price was $8? I picked it up for $2.40. The shade is so gorgeous, I knew I HAD to wear it this week. So here they are, my manicure for this upcoming week. Oh, and a strawberry to keep things fresh.

Pixi Nail Color in Lime Lustre
NYC Long Wearing Nail Enamel in Big Red Apple
Sinful Colors Professional Nail Color in Garden Party

Sally Hansen Diamond Strength Diamond Shine Base & Top Coat

This is my first time ever using a Pixi nail color. The formula is too thick for my liking. The thickness made application harder than most nail colors and also took forever and a day to dry in between coats. Other than that, it's a pretty good nail color. I could have stopped at one coat, but there were some unevenness so I decided to apply a second coat.

As for my lone strawberry, I applied the red nail color to 3/4 of my nail and waited for it to dry completely before moving on. Then I used Garden Party on the top 1/4 of my nail and overlapped  it with the red to make the leaves more realistic. I waited until that was thoroughly dried before I used Lime Lustre to add a little oomph to the leaves and dotted my strawberry as the seeds.

I did not use a top coat for my manicure with the exception of my strawberries. I want to see how well Pixi nail colors will fend on its own.

Alrighty, that's it for today. My mini haul post will most likely go up tomorrow. Just a few things I picked up at Target and Ulta the other day.

Thank you for dropping by for a visit and thanks a bunches for reading. Come back soon! :)