A's Fanfest NOTW

I'm not sure if you noticed by now, but I'm a huge Oakland A's Fan!  I've been coming to games regularly since 2001 (earliest memory from 1999) and been to A's Fanfest almost every year since 2004.  I decided to dress my nails up this year to fit with the theme.  While I ended up doing an entirely different set than I had anticipated, they still turned out great!

 In the end, I decided on going with an asymmetrical french manicure, with an accent nail of a baseball.  I was thinking of doing the A's logo again, but I ran short of time since I did them the night before.  They turned out great and were even noticed by one of the A's players!

Bonus Pics from the event:

 

1970's memorabilia set-up in the Bow Tie Lounge

 

Big Head Mascots taking pics with the fans: (L-R: Rollie Fingers, Dennis Eckersley, Ricky Henderson)

Was walking by and saw Sonny Gray and Chris Gimenez signing autographs

 

After leaving my autograph session with Ariel Prieto and Yoenis Cespedes.  

I was so nervous I didnt bother taking pictures in there haha!

[Ariel was the one that noticed my nails and told Cespedes to look at them!!]

 

The goods I walked away with that day.  I was missing my autographed baseball card from Tommy Milone since my brother was carrying it for me and I got home before he did.

Such a fun day!  Very tiring and overly crowded this year, but nonetheless, definitely a great start to the baseball season and cant wait for Opening Day!

NOTW: 2011-05-18

Nail of the Week
May 18, 2011
(I know the dates aren't showing up literally weekly, but I use the date when I either do them or when I upload the pictures from my camera)

Was a little bored, and tried to use a different technique this time.

What I used:

- OPI - Navy Blue (not sure about color#/name)
- Wet n Wild - 469 Hallucinate (clear with silver glitter)
- OPI - Rapid dry top coat
- Sponge, cut from a foundation sponge

 I'm going to write this quick since I'm getting sleepy.
I used the sponge and dabbed it on my nail tips to get a bit of a gradient look.  They also go above the smile line.  To make the blue a little darker, I applied a bit more polish at the tips using the brush which really did help in the gradient effect.  When the color dried, I applied the glitter polish over it, just one coat and then applied a top coat after it dried.

These nails lasted for about 2 weeks before the chipping of the polish got really bad. 
As much as I like the Rapid dry top coat that OPI has, I find that it works more like a clear layer of polish rather than protecting it.  Polish tends to peel off when I use that top coat. and when I mean peel, i mean PEEL. like, I can peel off the entire nail color without it chipping or ripping.

I really liked these nails, and I'm glad they lasted as long as they did.  I just wish that the top coat wasn't as bad as it is.



*Currently, my nails have been naked since this last look.  My nails are very brittle right now, not sure why since I havent had a problem before.  They've been peeling, usually it'd only be one of my nails, but a few of them have been peeling.  So not only are my nails naked, they are also short.  I don't usually like doing one color polishes (which I've said before), but since I got those new eLF polishes, I might as well try it out.