October is Adopt a Shelter Dog month! You guys know I love my Riley dog (adopted from the North Central LA animal shelter), and he loves to be in my pics, so he helped me with my NCLA manicure. He’s not really good at holding the nail brush (no opposable thumbs and all that), so we just took some pics together.
The color is called “My Dad Invented That” – a deep graphite with multi-colored glitter. Mainly silver glitter, but with a little red, green and gold thrown in for pizazz (you can’t really tell in the pics, but it’s there!). It’s textured, so it does feel rough to the touch, but it looks awesome, and I got a ton of compliments while wearing it.
All my pets have been adopted from shelters and I strongly support L.A. Love & Leashes, a non-profit pet store that helps adopt out pets from the LA shelters. I do pro bono social media marketing for them, so do me a favor and like them on Facebook and Twitter! 🙂
Here are some other great links to check out in honor of Adopt a Shelter Dog Month!
Tips for the first 30 days from Petfinder
Picking the right dog for you and your family from Petfinder
Find a shelter near you:
http://www.aspca.org/adopt/shelters
http://www.petfinder.com/animal-shelters-and-rescues/
Check out the shelter dog manis from my beauty blogger friends:
I love that color! & how nice of you to support them with your pro skills!
That color is so perfect for you 🙂
Riley is a cutie! Lovely mani too – I just did a leggings/matching nails mani too. Great minds!
Aw, the paw shot is so sweet! Riley looks like he has some terrier in him?
I should have done something simple and elegant like you did but I had fun anyway. I either have the NCLA polish or one similar too!
Your dog is so cute! The nails match him perfectly!
Marcia – I was impressed with yours! I tried to do black paw prints on orange and failed miserably. My boyfriend even tried to help. It was pretty funny.
love that color have a similar one we adopted a shelter dog a week before octover , so we kind if did work on the month
That is a great colour and your pooch is a cutie. 😀
Yep – he’s a terrier mix! 🙂
Thank you so much for helping spread the word about our beloved shelter dogs! My family has two dogs from our local shelter (one is 17 years old too!). They are honestly the most amazing dogs a girl could ask for and both of them came from not so nice situations. It is amazing how easily our dogs have forgiven people and have given us their complete loyalty and love with us giving the same in return. We are hoping soon to get another dog from the same shelter or possibly foster one to help in the training process.
Thank you so much for sharing!
Keep it sweet and stylish and full of puppy kisses!
Kaitie
Lovely mani and your dog is a cutie pie!
October is Adopt-A-Shelter-Dog Month. If you’re looking to add a new member to your family or become a first time pet parent, Pledge to do anything you can to help homeless dogs. Thanks for sharing this by the way nice mani and your dog so cute.
I’m so glad to see you promoting pet adoption! Too many people out there want a particular breed. It doesn’t make sense to go out and purchase a dog or cat from a pet store when there are so many animals out there without homes! Thanks for sharing – the pictures are cute 🙂
Riley is beautiful. And thank you so much for saving the life of a beautiful dog, as well as all the compassion and love you have in your heart. We followed the LA shelters. I adopted my dog from the Oregon Humane Society, and it was the best thing I could have ever done.
Much love to you and Riley!