Let's Go Giants! A Super Bowl Mani

Last week I decided to do a NY Giants themed manicure in honor of the Giants facing off against the Patriots in this year's Super Bowl. It turned out to be a busy week, so I didn't have time to go all out with the design. I ended up keeping it to a simple color scheme using Essie Aruba Blue and China Glaze Poinsettia.

I added the football using Picnik just for fun. 

Aruba Blue is basically the perfect Giants blue. It's also probably my favorite blue nail polish that I own. It's so bright and perfect. I used 2-3 coats of Aruba Blue for this one.

China Glaze Poinsettia likes to photograph more on the orange-red side, but it is a pretty red in person and went well with the Giants theme. I used 2 coats of Poinsettia.

I had some wear from cleaning before our guests arrived. 

Now I did this before the actual Super Bowl, so little did I know that the Giants would actually beat the Patriots! It really was a great game and came down to the last 57 seconds to determine the winner. 

We had some friends over to watch the game, ordered some pizza and wings, and just enjoyed the spectacle that is the Super Bowl. The commercials were entertaining, half time was a circus, and the game was (literally) a nail biter. I was doing so well on my nails lately, but that game just destroyed them. I'm now down to little nubs, which makes me sad, but I am very excited the Giants won! 

I hope you like my Giants mani, even if you don't like the Giants. Did you do a football themed mani this year? Did you watch the Super Bowl? What was your favorite part? 

Let me know in the comments section! Thanks for reading! 

Touchdown: The NFL Nail'd It!

As some of you may or may not know, we are in the midst of the NFL playoff season. The Giants just beat the Packers and will now advance to face the 49ers in the playoffs. I myself am a New Yorker and very excited about this. My favorite team the Jets didn't make it to the playoffs, so it's nice to have at least one New York team do well.

"But what does football have to do with nail polish?", you may ask. I would have said nothing up until today, when I saw a post from Prim and Polished  about the San Francisco 49ers nail polish. At first I thought they were frankens, but it turns out that the NFL actually sells nail polish. How cool! Usually sports organizations catering to women is limited to pink jerseys and shirts and tight fitting clothing. It's nice to see the NFL branching out.You can check out Prim and Polished at the link above for her swatches of the 49ers duo. (And let Gina know that the Giants are going to win next weekend, haha.)

In honor of the Giants' win tonight, here is the link for the KE Specialties New York Giants Breast Cancer Nail Polish. The sets are $17.99 in the NFL shop online and come with two bottles, one bottle is based off of a team with the team's logo on the bottle and the other is a bottle of pink nail polish.  There are also a few sets that are duos of select NFL teams colors.

What do you think about the NFL having a nail polish line? Are you a football fan? I'd love to hear your thoughts on this in the comments section!