Good afternoon!! Happy Friday!!
I'm gonna try to keep this short, because I have limited time today, so here we go!
For Textured Friday, I've got one the latest Magical Pixies from Zoya, Ginni. Two coats for this mani, even though I kept thinking I should have done a third. I know it looks like I've got tip wear on a few fingers, but I don't; it's just where the base itself only covered and not any of the glitter. I hesitate to do three coats for the Magical Pixies, only because they can look "heavy" like that.
Yesterday was a simple dotticure. Base color was 2 coats of Morgan Taylor's One Cool Cat, the dots were also Morgan Taylor, Varsity Jacket Blues. Topped with Seche.
Wednesday, I did up a 50's themed mani. The base colors were both Zoya, 3 coats of Kitridge and 2 coats of Black Swan, then a coat of Seche. Stamped images were from Mo You London plates, Rebel 2 and 3, and Back to the Future 01, stamping colors were Mundo de Unas black and white. Final coat of Seche.
Good afternoon!
I hope today finds you well :) I'm busy fighting a cold from getting any worse. So far, so good; four days in and I really don't feel worse. Mostly, I'm just tired and a little more stuffy and sneezy lol.
I've got a few bright, summery manis to share with you, one featuring new colors, the others are colors I've had in my collection. Last month, I finally got the rest of Zoya's summer collection that I had wanted, and one of the colors was Wendy. Wendy reminds me of two of the colors that were part of the Blogger trio collab. Birchbox had (and still has, I believe), Belle and Kate. Both are what I call grapefruit pinks, one being a shimmery layering polish, the other a jelly. Wendy is in the same color family, but it a creme. It's not a color I usually go for, since grapefruit pink is just too warm for me, but in this case I didn't care. I wanted it as soon as Zoya debuted it.
To keep it from looking too warm, I decided to a gradient with it. Wendy needed 3 coats to not look streaky, then I topped with Seche. For the gradient, I used a new glitter from Maybelline called Rose Mirage. Rose Mirage is dense, fine, rose gold glitter. I sponged that on until I was happy with it and topped that with Seche also.
Wendy is really bright, and my camera kinda spazzed over that lol.
Yesterday, I tried out a (new to me) technique- the distressed mani. I got the idea from this blogger and had been wanting to try for long time. Mine didn't come out as nicely as hers, but I think I did alright for my first attempt. The colors I used were:
- Maybelline Bleached Neons in Bleached in Peach, Day Glow Teal, Pink Punch, Ultra Violet, and Lime Accent
- Maybelline Sapphire Siren
- Milani White on the Spot (base color, 2 coats)
Alrighty, on to Stamping Sunday. I honestly don't remember what I voted for, but what won was a stamp that you don't like. There aren't too many images on my plates that I don't like but there are a few. I remembered two specifically, so I ended up using one of them.
I kept this really simple since having something I don't like on my nails annoys me. The base color is two coats of OPI's California Raspberry. The image is from Mo You Rebel 02 stamped in Mundo de Unas white.
Good evening!
I've got a couple manis to show you this evening, starting with today's Stamping Sunday challenge. Today's theme was, simply, St. Patrick's Day.
The base for this mani is two coats of Zoya's Brooklyn (which is the first of many Zoyas for this week), then a coat of Seche. Stamping was done with Messy Mansion MM 04 and Ulta The Jungle Look, topped with Seche.
Yesterday, my husband and I had a wedding to go to. The dress I bought for it was in a color called deep orchid. Basically, it's this gorgeous magenta color that I fell in love with. I don't normally go all matchy matchy with my manis and outfits, but, well, it happened.
This gave me the opportunity to use Zoya Mason. It wasn't an exact match, but that was all right. Two coats of Mason, a coat of Seche, then stamped over using Mo You Kitty collection 01 and Pure Ice Silver Mercedes, then another coat of Seche.
And, finally Texture Friday's mani :) This featured the only other red texture polish I now own, OPI's Magazine Cover Mouse from last year's Minnie Mouse collection. It's not what I would call a true red, though; it reminds me of the color you find on the inside of a strawberry, with a touch of gold shimmer. Two coats for opacity and done.
Good evening!
So, I completely blew off yesterday's Stamping Sunday challenge. You'd think with allll the different shows I watch, I would have been able to pick something to be inspired be. You'd think, but, yeah. Couldn't come up with a damned thing.
I did come up with something for the Monthly Palette Project. This month's colors were Cacti Colors:
I knew I definitely had three of them, so that's what I used, in a gradient as per the rules :P The colors were all Zoya- Wednesday, Natty, and Sailor, topped with Seche so I could stamp over. The image are from Mo You Rebel collection 02, stamped in CND's Vinylux Cream Puff. Topped with Seche again, followed by a new matte topcoat from Wet 'N Wild (love it, btw!).
Good evening!
Yay for me on actually posting a Stamping Sunday mani on Sunday! Today's theme was, simply, Merry Christmas. Easy peasy :P
I chose to use last year's Ulta exclusive holiday set of OPI colors: Skip the Giftwrap, Giftcards for Everyone!, and Last Minute Shopper. I love these colors, they applied so nicely and evenly. Each only needed two coats for opacity. I topped all colors with Seche before stamping. Plates used were Mo You Festive 06 and Konad M64 (I think), stamped in Pure Ice Silver Mercedes. Topped again with Seche.
Good morning!
I'm finally feeling like this stupid cough is loosening its choke on me. I haven't been waking up as much, coughing for an hour or more >.> I actually slept mostly through the night the last 2 nights, so yay for these small things! Sadly, it put me behind on posting again, but this will be remedied. Let's jump right in!
Yesterday was my Textured Friday, and for that I used two new, untried colors. The base was 2 coats of Zoya Seraphina (I just love this name!) from the Zenith collection, topped with Seche. I taped off my tips at an angle with Scotch tape and applied Zoya London to the uncovered area. I can't believe I waited so long to get this color, I just love it.
Thursday's mani was inspired by a blogger I follow on Face Book. This was posted by Phyrra I think it was last week:
This is not Phyrra's image, nor mine, but the blogger that has it watermarked. I used it for inspiration for my mani.
For my base, I used 2 coats of OPI's Black Onyx, which is surprisingly the only black creme I own that isn't for stamping. Over top of that, I applied 1 coat of OPI's Snowflakes in the Air, which is a glitter topper only available in a set with their top coat and matte topcoat. On went the Seche and let dry. The stamped snowflakes came from my Chez Delaney Christmas plate, stamped in CND's Vinylux Cream Puff. Another coat of Seche, then a coat of OPI's Matte Topcoat.
For Wednesday, I did an ugly sweater mani, even though it's more like sweating weather here instead of sweater >.> I chose sort of non traditional colors for this, instead of the usual red and white I've seen a lot of. The base was 2 coats of Jindie Nails Footprints in the Snow over a coat of Zoya Yummy. This did change FITS a little, as far the color goes; you can see that in the first pic. Bottle color does not match the color on my nails. Also, the larger glitters in FITS were a bitch to fish out. Topped with Seche and let that dry before stamping. The sweater stamp came from Mo You Festive 06. The image was a tad too small but that could be I just need to file back my nails. Stamped in OPI's Pamploma Purple and topped again with Seche.
And Tuesday's mani was another blingy mani. I did this one up for a monthly palette project thing, like I did for last month. I didn't have quite the right color for one of them, but I figured it was close enough. All the colors are China Glaze: Winter Berry, Dandy Lyin' Around, and Angel Wings. Everything topped with Seche.
Good evening!
Per usual, today is Stamping Sunday, and the challenge called for using a plate that ended in 1. Pretty easy, the first one I came across was my MoYou Kitty collection 01 plate. A plateful full of butterflies :D Yes, I bought it for that reason alone lol.
Since I had some moderate success with my last water marble, I decided that I wanted to do another, this time with nothing but Zoya colors. Specifically, 3 of the jewel tones from the Satins collection, Mason, Neve, and Giovanna. I water marbled those three over two coats of Zoya Purity, then topped with Seche. I managed to snap a pic before I stamped, but it's a little blurry. You get the idea though :P
Mason didn't marble as well as the other two colors, but really, I'm very happy with how the marbling came out. I stamped different butterflies on each finger, using Zoya Claudine, also from the Satins collection. Let me tell you, Claudine stamps amazingly well. Topped it all with Seche.
