Good evening! Happy Friday!
This week's 40 Great Nail Art Ideas prompt was 3 shades of purple. My presonal prompt was camo print. Here's what I came up with :)
The base is a Saran Wrap mani of Zoya April and Leah. The camo print is from Vivd Lacquer 010 and stamped in MdU velvet. I added a coat of Zoya's Satin Seal topcoat.
3 shades of purple Inlinkz-
Good morning, and happy October!
Wow, I can't believe we're in the last three months of the year; time seemed to really fly O.o The new month brings about new challenge prompts from the challenges I participate in. I'll be doing separate posts for the 40 Great Nail Art Ideas challenge prompts, and dedicating my normal weekly post for the others :)
Today's mani is the pink ombre prompt for the 30DoCC. All colors used for it are Zoya colors, and are- Purity, Sweet, Rooney, Reagan, and Margo. Three coats each with a coat of Seche Vite.
Pink ombre Inlinkz:
Yesterdy's mani was posted last night, so on to Thursday's. The prompt that day was gold. Since it was the first day October, I added a touch of Halloween to it. Base color is Love.Angel.Music.Baby from OPI. I stamped black kitties, paw prints, and cat's eyes onto the gold from Messy Mansion MM50 in MdU black. Re-satined the whole mani with Zoya's Satin Sealer topcoat.
Gold prompt Inlinkz:
Wednesday was swatcher's choice, as well as #watermarblepracticewed (starburst pattern prompt). I just used my water marble for the 30DoCC. This was my first time doing a starburst pattern marble, so it took some practice to get it nice. My left hand didn't turn out very well, but my right did, so that's the one you'll see lol. I used ILNP Honour Roll for the base color (which I kinda regretted....), and marble with OPI Alpine Snow and Nail Envy. Topped with Seche Vite.
Swatcher's choice Inlinkz:
For Tuesday, the prompt was my favorite color. Anyone that knows me, knows that this is blue :) I combined that with one of my favorite things, butterflies, and this is the result. Base color is Zoya Sia, then 2 coats of ILNP Ice House, stamped with Messy Mansion MM42 in MdU Silver, and topped with Seche Vite.
Favorite color Inlinkz:
Monday's prompt was the color of my socks; well, I didn't wear socks on Monday, so I just did something else :P OPI Jinx
And Stamping Sunday. The prompt for Stamping Sunday was lacy lace, and for 30DoCC it was the color of my eyes. This is Zoya Estelle, stamped with MdU silver and aliexpress VL-3.
Eye color Inlinkz:
Hello hello!
I hope everyone is enjoying their Thursday afternoon :) The week is almost over, yay! Any big plans for the weekend? My big plans include getting a haircut and color lol.
Alrighty, let's get to the manis! Today's mani is a prompt for the 30DoCC, neon. The base color is China Glaze Under the Boardwalk, topped with ILNP Phoenix. I had to take a crappy, indoor with a flash pic, because it's been raining here since the day before last. I stamped over it with a phoenix image from Messy Mansion MM27, in MdU neon orange. Truly, this pic doesn't do it justice.
Lemme just say, I LOVE MY PHONE!!!!! It takes awesome photos!
Inlinkz to today's prompt:
Yesterday's #watermarblepracticewed prompt was tan/beige. I was worried this could end up muddy, but actually, it turned out nice. The colors I used were Zoya Chantal, Chanelle, and Brigitte over Purity. Satin Seal top coat for the satiny effect.
Tuesday's prompt for the 30DoCC was glitter. It's been a while since I last did a glitter gradient, so I did one. Base color was OPI You're so Vain-illa, the glitter was Rose of Light. I've actually been wanting to use these two together for some time, but only just got the opportunity to.
Inlinkz for Tuesday's prompt:
I've been on a holo kick lately; it seems that's all I've been buying. Not that that's a bad thing, I love holos. Monday was my chance to use a new one :) This is Colors by Llarowe Believe in Miracles, August's PotM. I'm also wearing this on my toes for Teal Toes/Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month.
It's not as blue as my photo makes it look; crappy, cloudy weather the day I wore it >.<
Inlinkz to Monday's holo prompt:
It's been a few weeks since I last participated in a Stamping Sunday; they just haven't been interesting choices to me. This past Sunday's prompt was one I finally liked, and I combined it was the vampy prompt for 30DoCC.
This Chanel Rouge Noir with MdU copper and UberChic UC 1-02 stamped over it.
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Friday's prompt was orchid. I was going to use Colors by Llarowe Orchids are Better Than Roses Any Day, because that's a pretty orchid, but I picked Dock of the Bay. Similar color, but a different finish.
Inlinkz for the orchid prompt:
And, lastly, Thursday's indigo prompt. Colors used were Zoya Emilia and Ryan, with KBShimmer Rainbow Shield layered on top.
Inlinkz for indigo prompt:
Good afternoon!
I know most of the US is still under a bunch of snow and ice, and Florida has had some exceptionally cool weather recently, but I've been feeling rather springy lately. Don't get me wrong, I adore my dark, vampy colors, but I've been craving lighter colors lately. Let me show you what I've come up with!
Today's mani features a glitter gradient, using Zoya Odette (which is perfect to transition from winter to spring with) and Nails, Inc. Westbourne Gardens. Westbourne Gardens is a new to me polish that I picked up weeks ago on clearance at Ulta. I'll be honest, it's a glitter bomb. It contains pink and white matte hexes in mixed sizes and sparkly gold hexes.
Topcoat was a must for that mani, but sadly, even three coats of Seche didn't smooth it out O.o Not looking forward to taking this off lol.
Yesterday, I sported a new holo from Colors by Llarowe, Sexy Mother. When I first saw it, I had to have it! It's just gorgeous. It was perfection at 2 coats, but it's a stainer. You can kinda see the residual staining on the above pics. I so badly wanted to leave it as is, but I stamped over it to match a skirt I wore yesterday.
The chevrons were from Vivid Lacquer plate VL010, stamped in MdU white, then topped with Seche.
Last week, I picked up some Essies on clearance at a supplier. They were colors from their so called neon collection from last summer. Now, I don't normally care for Essies, because most of the time, the formulas are crap. I deal with it for the few that I love, like Splash of Grenadine and Mint Candy Apple. The "neons" I got for the sole purpose of water marbling with.
Let me say, they do water marble well. Imagine my surprise, though, when the marble dried to the semi matte finish of neons! The colors I got aren't bright enough to be true neons, but they sure want to be! Colors used were:
Sittin' Pretty
I'm Addicted
Too Taboo
Thrills & Chills
Over 2 coats of Zoya Purity, topped with Seche, then matted with Essie Matte About You.
For Textured Friday, I finally got around to trying one of the Zoya Satins and one of the last Pixie Dusts I need, Rowan and Godiva. To be honest, I don't think either color do anything for my skintone, but they both were very nice to work with. Two coats was all that was needed for both. Rown, especially, wore very well, considering my job can be rough on my manis.
Thursday was a matte flakie kind of day. Two coats of Zoya Monica with a coat of Essie Sparkle on Top, topped with Seche, then matted with Essie Matte About You. SoT is Essie's replacement for Shine of the Times, although I like SotT much better. The flakies lay better in SotT than the flakies in SoT, plus, they're different colors.
Good evening!
I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend! We've got some very pleasant, fall weather here in FL, very different from last year where it didn't seem like we had any. I love not having to have my house closed up all the time :)
Alrighty, I've got a couple manis to show you, the first being a failed Textured Friday mani. The mani itself wasn't the fail, it was the textured polish that's the fail. I'm not sure on the release date, but Color Club recently released their first textured collection, called Seven Deadly Sins. I didn't find them locally, but at a Bed, Bath, and Beyond an hour from where I live. The one that called to me was Obsessed, because it's this gorgeous dark teal that only one other company has created, and they're not quite the same.
I was excited when I saw these, as I was quite willing to try a new textured polish. Sadly, this particular one didn't deliver. It was true to the bottle color, but when it dried, it wasn't textured and only slightly matte. Three coats was needed for evenness and opacity, and because of the lack of texture, I topped it with Seche so I could stamp it. I used Messy Mansion MM21 and Mundo de Unas silver, then applied another coat of Seche to seal it.
I should have gotten a pic before I stamped it, because the color really is gorgeous.
Thursday's mani is one I wanted since I got Zoya Ryan. Ryan is a blackened, blue teal creme. Two coats, one done right, for opacity. Over that, I layered two coats of Zoya Kotori and topped with Seche. When I got outside to take the pics, I fell in love. If you have these two colors, you definitely need to try this for yourself!
Wednesday's mani was a challenge theme for a group I'm in. This week's challenge was to create "better than Jamberry" nails. Jamberrys are nail wraps, and come in a limited variety of colors and patterns. I personally don't see the allure of them, as I love taking the time to create my nails, even if it's a single color or a simple design, especially since a sheet of one time use wraps is $15.
The design I chose to recreat was this one. The base color of mine was OPI's Love.Angel.Music.Baby at two coats. I added Sinful Colors Pumpkin Spice in something of a subtle glitter gradient. Over that, I sponged OPI's Y'all Come Back, Ya Hear? and sealed it with Seche.
I don't know if these are better than the original, but they weren't too bad.
Good evening!
Actually, busy month for me >.< It's been hard to keep track off what's happening when lol. Every time I think I'm on top of posting, I prove myself wrong. Ah, well, at least I'm posting, right?!
Anyways! Let's get started. Today's mani was inspired by another I saw posted; it was called a negative space mani. I'm not sure what that's all about, but it inspired me. My base was a coat of just OPI's Natural Nail Base. I used Scotch tape and OPI's This Gown Needs a Crown and Love. Angel. Music. Baby and no top coat.
Wednesday's mani was a matte flakie mani :) The base was 2 coats of OPI's Incognito in Sausalito (lovely teal blue, by the way!), one coat of Finger Paints' Vivid Reflection, a coat of Seche, and a coat of OPI's Matte coat.
Tuesday's mani was inspired by one the polishes I used, OPI's Minnie Style. I have always loved Minnie Mouse, yet I passed up the two collections released celebrating her. A very close inspection of Minnie Style changed my mind. I never released it had square glitters in it! Of course I had to have it.
The base color for this mani was 2 coats of Zoya Gie Gie. I should have sponged on Minnie Style, but I didn't, and it was a hot, bubbly mess on the fingers I used it on. My thumbs and ring fingers were stamped with images from my Handy 32 plate in CND Vinylux Black Pool. Everything topped with Seche.
And, finally, Monday's mani also featured a new polish. When I first saw swatched of I Love Nail Polish's newest ultrachromes, I just knew that Undenied would be mine. Its shifts aren't as in your face as their others, but the color is gorgeou. My mani only needed 2 coats, then topped with Seche. I stamped over it using Messy Mansion MM03 in Maybelline's Bold Gold, and topped again with Seche.
