"Danger Berry" Martini and Paisley Stamped Nails

Hello Loves!  Happy Friday!! Today I have a deliciously dangerous pomegranate martini recipe and a subtle stamped mani.

I found out about this recipe from one of the girls I follow on IG.  I’m not exactly sure what she called it, but I have affectionately renamed it a Pomegranate Danger Berry Martini.

You’ll Need:

Stirrings Pomegranate Mixer

Bacardi Dragon Berry Rum

Ice

Stirrings Pomegranate Sugar (optional for the rim)

Make It!

Rim a martini glass with the sugar.  In a shaker with ice add one shot rum and two shots mixer.  Shake and strain into the martini glass.

These are soooo good!  I call the rum “danger berry” because it’ll hit you like a ton of bricks!  One minute you’ll be fine, the next, you’re five drinks deep, on the floor, drunk texting all the boys in your contacts list.  Happens to the best of us lol. Drink responsibly!  ;)

Paisley Nail Stamping!

Two coats O.P.I. Suzi Says Feng Shui
stamped with Bundle Monster plate BM315
in Sinful Colors Blue By You
(outdoor light)

Heck yes!  I’m keeping the nail art coming!  I’m trying to knock out all the stuff I hate doing first lol.  I don’t necessarily HATE stamping, but I’m super OCD about it.  If all the designs don’t come out exactly perfect it’ll bug me all week.  Anywho, I did two coats O.P.I. Suzi Says Feng Shui and stamped with Sinful Colors Blue By You using Bundle Monster plate BM315.

I picked up this O.P.I. at Ulta last weekend.  I had my eye on it for a while.  It’s a very pretty blue (shocker!  Seriously, I need to stop with the blues!) crème polish that leans more toward the teal end of the spectrum.  The outdoor sunlight pictures are more true to how it looks in real life.  Formula is amazeballz, like all O.P.I.s.  The first coat was a little streaky on some nails.  Perfectly perfect in two coats. 

Two coats O.P.I. Suzi Says Feng Shui
(indoor light)

I stamped with Sinful Colors Blue By You.  For some reason, I thought it would have shown up darker.  It’s a jelly glitter base, so I don’t know why I thought that way.  I painted it on my toes first (I’ll spare you the feet pics) and it was dark, but then again, that was two full coats.  Either way, I’m happy with it!

Two coats O.P.I. Suzi Says Feng Shui
stamped with Bundle Monster plate BM315
in Sinful Colors Blue By You(outdoor light)

Two coats O.P.I. Suzi Says Feng Shui
stamped with Bundle Monster plate BM315
in Sinful Colors Blue By You
(outdoor light)

Two coats O.P.I. Suzi Says Feng Shui
stamped with Bundle Monster plate BM315
in Sinful Colors Blue By You
(indoor light)

I’m (temporarily and reluctantly) on a Seche Vite strike because it shrinks my manis, so I bought Out the Door quick dry topcoat to try out.  Ugh.  Does NOT compare to Seche.  At.  All.  It’s not as glossy, very thin, made my design streak on some nails, and dry time took about five minutes.  The pictures shown obviously have no topcoat.  I didn't want to picture streaky stamping :( It will do in a pinch, but I'm not a huge fan.  I purchased it at my Sally Beauty Supply.  I forget how much it was and can't find the receipt, sorry :-\

A fellow nail junkie on IG informed me of the "wrapping technique" to prevent shrinkage.  I am definitely going to try it next time, because I don’t want to give up my Seche! ;(

Okay lovelies.  Like I said earlier, I’ll be shutting down my Tipsy Tips Facebook page tonight, hopefully, if I can figure out how to. 

To keep in contact, you can...
* Follow me on IG: @Nauti_Mermaid, where I’ll be posting all manis, swatches, and other personal everyday things;

* Follow me on Pinterest: miss_best, where I have My Nails, Nail Polish Whore (inspiration/ideas), AND Drink Recipe boards, among other stuffs; and/or 
* Follow me on Twitter: @LittleSweetTea.  If you follow me on Twitter, do so at your own risk.  I can be pretty inappropriate, or completely boring...depending on the day ;) 

If you don’t want to do any of that, I’ll still be posting here Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. 

Have a great weekend!  See you back for Swatch Tuesday.  I’ll be posting a few different swatches each Tuesday to try to get my untried polishes down to an acceptable number!

Thanksgiving Week: Drink 1 - Cucumber Ginger Martini

Okay!  Thanksgiving is almost here!  As you do your first round of tidying up the house, have one, or five of these babies!

Not my picture - found here
looks good though!

You'll Need:

4 oz Cucumber Vodka (I have the Skinny Girl brand I found at Total Wine, very good!)

1 oz Canton Ginger Liqueur (I have no clue what this is!  I'm sure Total Wine would have it, but if you can't find it, substitute something like Cointreau - you're only using it for the alcohol anyway! ;P)

1 oz Ginger Ale

Make It!

Chill the ingredients and stir together.  Pour into a chilled cocktail glass.  Enjoy :)

Pineapple-Mango-Tini and Essie "No More Film"

Happy Weekend Y’all! So sorry I didn’t post yesterday...I got sidetracked.  But  it’s a long weekend, so technically, I’m on schedule! Anyways, this weekend’s drink is a Pineapple-Mango-Tini. Yuuuum! I know the ingredients sound hard to find and expensive, but keep reading!  I am keeping my cheap-o promise.

You’ll Need

• Absolut Mango Vodka*
• Mango Nectar
• Pineapple Juice
• Ice – maybe

Make It!

This recipe started out as a martini, but you’ve seen how my measurements go, so it ended up being a large drink in a regular glass.  If you want to keep it an actual martini, here are the REAL measurements: 2 oz. Vodka, 2 oz. Mango Nectar, and 1 oz. Pineapple Juice.  Play with it guys, it’s just a drink – you can’t go wrong. 

Okay so back to the little “*” by the Absolut.  I had some extra hanging around from like, my 21^st Birthday, so I wanted to use it up.  This is the only drink I’ve ever made with the stuff and it is amazeballs, for lack of a better word.  I only had 2 drinks worth of the Absolut left, then I switched back to my Red Cup vodka and I really could barely tell the difference.  The mango vodka just makes the drink sweeter.

Now, MANGO NECTAR: WTF? Is this girl crazy?  I had never heard of it before and it took me forever to finally find it.  If you’re wondering where to get this, try the ethnic food section in your grocery store (it might also be called mango puree).  AND it's only about $3 for a carton. I live in Florida, so we have a ton of weird Spanish-people food/drinks around.  If you can’t find it...I don’t know what to tell you, besides you’re missing out!  But you can come to my house and I’ll make it for you! lol :)

Essie No More Film Manicure

I kept this week’s mani pretty basic.  I absolutely love any Essie color, so I will TRY not to be biased when I talk about them.

This color is SO AWESOME!! At first you think it’s a dark blue, but then you get into the sun and it turns a weird purple-indigo, THEN you get inside and it looks almost black!  I caught myself just staring at it a bunch of times trying to figure out how to best describe it and that’s what I came up with.  You just gotta get it for yourself and try it because these pictures do not do it justice!

Left: Essie No More Film (outside)
Right: same (inside)

Left: 2 coats Essie No More Film (outside)
Right: same (inside)

Essie like, never chips on me, but this time it did.  I am totally blaming the Seche Clear basecoat.  For next week’s mani I’m not going to use a base coat and see if I get chippage.  The last two times I have used it, my nails have chipped like crazy. :(

See you next week!  Have a great Memorial Day Weekend and let’s please not forget the real reason we can celebrate it!  If you see a military veteran, or anyone still in the military, buy them a damn drink, give them a hug and say THANK YOU!!