Carolyn Braden's Spring Pink Nail Art

Just feeling inspired by the warm spring air and beautiful blooming trees fast approaching.

Hot Pink and Glitter Fade French Manicure

By Carolyn Braden using Red Carpet Manicure gel polishes.

Carolyn Braden: Bowl Full of Cherries #nailart

Here's my latest design. Cherries....the perfect summer addition to nail art!

RCM: Gel Polish and Prabal Gurung for Sally Hansen

Here's an experimental combination: Red Carpet Manicure Love Those Baby Blues and Sally Hansen Real Polish Strips

Shellac Checkerboard Mani As Seen In InStyle Magazine

A first attempt at a checkerboard Shellac mani. A little challenging to do on your own but it looks pretty good. I like my "fruit punch" colors!

Carolyn Braden: Red Carpet Manicure Gel Polish, Lighter Shade of Gray

I am still loving Red Carpet Manicure's gel polish line. My local Meier's store carries the entire collection. Now when I go grocery shopping, I get to browse my favorite inexpensive gel polish that lasts forever!

Carolyn Braden Will Be Trying OPI's gelcolor?

I may be trying OPI's gelcolor. I've love CND Shellac and Red Carpet Manicure so OPI may be added to my favorites. I am only now waiting on seeing the price. Red Carpet Manicure has been very cost effective so we shall see about gelcolor. I loved seeing Jane Lynch in their ad.
Here are the available colors:

A Grape Fit!
Alpine Snow
Bastille My Heart
Big Apple Red
Black Onyx
Bogota Blackberry
Brisbane Bronze
Bubble Bath
Cajun Shrimp
Cosmo-Not Tonight, Honey
Funny Bunny
Here Today…Aragon Tomorrow
I’m Not Really a Waitress
Kyoto Pearl
Lincoln Park After Dark
Louvre Me, Louvre Me Not
Malaga Wine
Miami Beet
My Private Jet
OPI Ink
Passion
Pink Flamenco
Pompeii Purple
Princesses Rule!
Russian Navy
Samoan Sand
Strawberry Margarita
Suzi Says Feng Shui
You Don’t Know Jacques!
**Cross posted at The Rox Life

Carolyn Braden Loving "Ooh La Liscious" Red Carpet Manicure

I'm still preferring Red Carpet Manicure Gel Polish over CND Shellac. The polish stays perfect forever. The formula just seems like it is more stable. Here is my latest color, Ooh La Liscious.


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Carolyn Braden Tries "Red Carpet Manicure" Gel Polish

I switched from CND Shellac to Red Carpet Manicure gel polish today. I am experimenting with the cheaper polish. I did not buy the LED curing light or the "prep" bottle which is step one. The prep is basically just alcohol. I only purchased Structure (base coat), the polish color "Not Really a Taupe" (sort of a very neutral gray) and Brilliance (top coat). I used my UV curing light, cleaned and filed my nails and set to work. I used the system the exact same way as Shellac and I am quite impressed so far. The instructions for CND and RCM both say to do 2 coats but I always do 4 thin layers of polish so it lasts a little longer. I'm impressed with the price too. At $9.00 a bottle (instead of $15-24 for CND) I can try many of their beautiful polish colors that even include a few glitters! I purchased my bottles at Ulta.


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Carolyn Braden's "Red Carpet Manicure" Gel Polish

Ulta carries a gel polish line called Red Carpet Manicure. I love CND Shellac gel polish, so I thought I'd try out a new brand. They have many colors and glitter polishes too! I'll be experimenting tomorrow and will post the results.



Carolyn J. Braden
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