Good afternoon!
I am so ready for fall already. A friend of mine on Face Book had posted a pic this morning that pretty much summed up how I feel; about being ready for hoodies, and pumpkins, and what not. I'm not quite ready for fall colors, I'm still enjoying summer brights, but I could definitely use a serious change of weather lol.
Until that much longed for season decides to put in an appearance here, I'm stuck with summer -_- I'll keep plugging along with my summer bright manis.
Okay, so as it's become my habit, I joined today's #watermarblepracticewed on IG. Today's prompt was petals. I had some difficulty getting my petals drawn, but managed a few. The colors I used were all China Glaze:
White on White
Dance Baby
Lemon Fizz
Bahamian Escape
Aquadelic
Topped with Seche, of course.
Yesterday was the tape mani prompt of this week's 52WPNMC. Again, I used China Glaze for this mani: White on White, Liquid Leather, and Fuchsia Fanatic.
Inlinkz to the others:
Monday's mani satisfied prompts for three challenges- PAA Mani Monday (feather), 30DoCC (turquoise), and 52WPNMC (green). Base color was Morgan Taylor Gotta Have Hue. The peacock images were from Uber Chic UC 1-02, stamped in Mundo light gold.
Inlinkz for 30DoCC:
I totally slacked on doing Stamping Sunday, but in my defense, I have absolutely no plates ending in the number 43, so I felt a little less bad for not doing it lol. It was just a simple mani of Zoya Mae.
Black and white was the order of the day Friday. Zoya Raven and Purity were the bases, Mundo black, white, and red the stamping colors. Stamping plates were Handy 39, bornprettystore BP-15, and Sugar Bubbles SB 002.
Inlinkz:
Last Thursday's mani was kinda fallish with its colors, Zoya Tanzy and Apple.
Good afternoon!
We just celebrated the unofficial start of summer; too bad Florida missed that memo and started summer weather weeks ago! I hope everyone enjoyed their weekend, holiday or no. Mine was nice, busy, but nice. I'm starting to feel like myself again :) I haven't done much for challenge prompts, compared to previous weeks, but I did do a few.
Today's and yesterday's manis are prompts for the 52 Week Pick N Mix Challenge. The prompts were patchwork and/or bright and happy. I chose to do them separately because, quite frankly, I was drawing a blank on other challenge prompts this week, or just didn't like them :P
The patchwork prompt was up for today. This started as a tape mani for me, using Zoya Purity and Demetria. I immediately regretted doing red over white, but I stuck with it. I freehanded the patchwork art in Zoya Black Swan, and topped everything with SV. Not too bad, I think, considering my freehand sucks and this my first try at a patchwork mani.
Since today was patchwork, that means yesterday was bright and happy (lol). For that, I chose China Glaze Glow With the Flow and Can I Get an Untz Untz?.
Here is the Inlinkz for this week's prompts:
Monday was Memorial, and instead of doing something patriotic (like everyone else :P), I decided to try another look that I hadn't done yet- the turquoise stone mani. I've seen many gorgeous manis with this look, and I knew it was something I wanted to try.
All the colors used in my mani were from Zoya, from base color to stamping. Colors I used were Rocky, Talia, Ziv, and Black Swan. Stamping plate was Sugar Bubbles SB 021.
This next mani I did up for the 30 Days of Colour Challenge prompt, color blocking and/or creme. My color blocking for this was a total fail, so I ended up with a creme Skittles. Colors are all from Zoya's Island Fun collection; the only one I didn't use was Demetria.
This mani was put on Thursday night and didn't come off until late Sunday. Impressive for me, since I take off every day. More impressive because I had very little tip wear and no chips.
Inlinkz for this prompt:
Wednesday's mani was just the bright ass, obnoxious, retina searing neon orange that is Zoya Paz.
Hello, hello! Good afternoon!
It's been a busy last few days, but I finally got a day off during the week so I could edit some pics and get them posted!
First up is a challenge mani, the theme splatter nails. I've tried splatter nails before, and the result was a hot mess. I didn't really have time for what I had in mind, so I settled for a stamped splatter..... only to realize that the plate I thought I had, I don't, so I had to use something else. This is the result.
Two coats of Zoya Genevieve (which is much bluer on my nails than in the bottle), followed by a coat Seche. The "splatters" are from Pueen 62, and the colors are MdU Fiji and Fantasy. Excuse the crappy pics, until today, the weather had been awful for taking pics outside. If I had known these were gonna turn out like this, I'd have taken them inside -_-
The indie polish world has practically exploded with collections of flakies, that to which I haven't been immune. I adore flakies, and wish that I could get them all. While I wait to hit the Powerball, I had to content myself with a preorder for two from ILNP. Seeing all the soon to be released flakies definitely put me in the mood to use mine :)
Thus, Tuesday's vampy flakie mani. It started with 2 coats of Zoya Anja, then a single coat of Zoya Chloe. Topped with Seche, and you know I had to matte that, and I did with Zoya's matte topcaot. Zero regrets :)
Again, absolutely craptastic weather when I took these pics Tuesday.
I think it was early last month or late September that Zoya released their Fall 2014 trend guide. In it, they show what was hot on the runways and how to achieve these looks. I plan on creating each one at some point, and have done so twice already. Monday's mani was the second.
It was a simple tape mani. The base color was two coats of Zoya Monica, then a coat of Seche. Using Scotch tape, I taped off my nails at angle and applied Zoya Sansa, removed the tape, and topped again. Done!
And now, my fave mani this week (so far)! This week's Stamping Sunday challenge was leadlighting. Basically, you're using an image that is filled in with jelly polishes, to create a stained glass look. I've done this once before, and admire most that I've seen.
My base color was 2 coats of OPI's My Boyfriend Scales Walls and a coat of Seche. The stamped image came from Messy Mansion MM42 and was stamped with MdU black. The jelly polishes were Zoya Frida and L'Oreal Miss Pixie. The glitter accent was 2 coats of OPI's Comet in the Sky. Everything was topped with Seche.
Good afternoon!!
In honor of Independence Day on Friday, I decided to a week of different patriotic manis. For today, I created a mani using stripe tape. All colors used were Zoya- Trixie (base coat, 2 coats), Song, and Elisa. Topped with Seche. I know the third pic is a bit off, but it shows off the glow of the colors.
Yesterday's was rather simple. Just 2 coats of Sally Hansen's Pacific Blue and a coat of Hard Candy's Soda Pop (don't understand the name of that at all O.o It is one of the new colors, though). I briefly thought about matting it, but the glitter itself is matte, and that was enough for me :) It could have used a second coat of Seche, though, as it wasn't completely smooth.
Alrighty, now the Stamping Sunday theme was Fourth of July/Canada Day nails. Of course, I picked Fourth of July :) Base colors were Zoya Sooki and Ibiza, stamped with Bundle Monster BM-H25 and Mundo de Unas white, and topped with Seche.
Good afternoon!
Anybody that knows me, know I dislike Mondays. I find it extremely difficult to get out of my warm bed when that pesky alarm goes off, as well drag myself to the shower and get ready for work :P In an attempt to be somewhat cheerful today, I used two of my new Zoyas I got last week, Brigitte and Odette.
Before I say anything else, I want to express I am beyond impressed with this collection, Naturel. Granted, I only got 3 and have used two on myself (and one on my mother), but if the others are like these three...... Wow. I avoid most neutrals/nudes because 1) the formulas SUCK, therefore making application sucktastic, and 2) they're boring. The Naturel collection is neither of those.
I used Brigitte as my base color for today's mani. I was astounded that I only needed two coats (1 if I applied it thicker!) for opacity. I topped it off with Seche and let that dry a good while, then cut pieces of blue painter's tape with scrapebooking scissors. I taped off each nail then applied Odette, then another coat of Seche.
I also have for you yesterday's Stamping Sunday challenge, three purples. The very base was 3 coats of Zoya Miley, topped with Seche. Over that, using the Saran Wrap method, I applied Zoya Malia and let that dry before stamping. The stamped image is from Chez Delaney Divers 001, stamping color is Chanel Vendetta. Topped off 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.
