Claire’s studs | Craftynail

Phew I got this post in before the day was over! The theme for day 26 of the OMD Challenge is FAVORITE VACATION and my fave has always been Portland Oregon! My best friend Amie has lived there for about 10 yrs now and I usually make it out there at least once per year. I always fly into Portland International Airport so the airline code PDX is engrained in my brain! I’m always scouring the web for good prices to PDX.

Amie and I have done some fun stuff over the years during my vacays- ghost tours, seaside excursions, weddings, devouring mass quantities of meat (her hubbie’s a butcher)… but we usually have the most fun together just doing nuthin and hanging out! Friendships like that are priceless, don’t you think!? I have another trip to PDX scheduled for August. A nice break from work, some Portland sunshine and some much-needed time with my BFF and her family (oh, and pugs too). Can’t wait!

Here’s what I’m wearing- two coats of a Julie G gold polish called Metallic Heels, some studs from Claire’s Boutique and my black Sally Hansen Nail Art Pen. It was nice and easy, which is perfect for a TGIF-kinda friday!

There’s only 5 days left of the challenge! The links will be open til Aug 5th for any last minute submissions… then we will pick our 4 random winners! It’s pretty exciting! From looking at the raffle numbers it looks like you’d have a good chance of winning too- especially if you’ve been participating everyday! Good luck everyone!

26 Favorite Holiday/Vacation :

I spent some time with family this weekend and of course fit in some nail time. My boyfriend’s mother pulled out some pretty Sephora by OPI colors and I fell in love with a pink called Set The Mood. So I applied two coats and then stamped a swirly design using my old bottle of AVON Spellbound and Cheeky Plate 52 (CH52). Then I used some nail guide stickers and painted my tips with NYC Black Lace. The black studs from Claire’s Boutique made a nice final touch!

I also painted my boyfriend’s mom’s nails! She gave me free reign to do whatever I wanted so I came up with this cute ruffian with rhinestones. I wish I was able to capture a good photo at their house because this mani was so WOW in real life! I think it was the OPI Malaga Wine that did it! It’s such a deep, glossy and luxurious red. It’s shine factor is through the roof and I just love it!