Plasma Plays in 21 Ways: "8. Get Your Stripe On"

I was apprehensive for this mani.  Plasma Speedo's "Plasma Plays in 21 Ways" says I need to do a stripe mani for #8.   I have several bottles of "stripers", but I haven't used them for a bona fide design...just outlines under a french mani tip. 

So I searched You Tube for inspiration, and saw THIS VIDEO.  So here is my attempt at weaving lines:

Yeah, nothing like the video, and totally sloppy, but I'm happy with it!  They look much better in person at arms' length ;-).  But I'm proud that I tried it, and I know I just need practice to get better.  I really dig the colors too! 

The red nails are a not-named polish from "Love and Beauty" and a black Milani art striper.  The accent nails are Pure Ice "Silver Mercedes" topped with "Toro" from Red Carpet Lacquer.  I also added a coat of Dollish Polish "Putting on the Ritzzz", cuz it needed just a little more black glitter than "Toro" had.  All in all, I think I'm keeping this one around a while!

And even more Indie nail mail...

Look at how freakin' exciting this package was!!!

I LOVE how much attention is paid to the packaging of these polishes!  How could you not love them already?  But wait, look at this:

These are "Toro" and "Hitter" from Red Carpet Lacquer!  These are some freakin' awesome glitter polishes!  Look at them!  Holy Cow, these are amazing!  Click that link to see for yourself...she takes much better pics than I.  I'm sooo happy with these!!!  Happy dance!!!! :-)

I've also sent a request to the fantastical Jenna at Lacquistry for some custom polishes.  I've got some beachy ideas, but I haven't heard back from her yet, so we'll see if they're do-able.  I can't tell you how excited I am at the prospect of having such a talented artist make polishes just for me!  Wow!

BTW, I still have the same dark mani, and it's showing some serious wear, but I'm too tired to change my polish tonight :-(  I'll let you know when I get something new on the nails!