Good evening!
It's been a while since I've posted anything for Textured Friday. Truth is, I haven't bought a new texture in some time. I do have a new one, but I'm saving it for next week. For today, I have something else.
I will admit, I totally ripped it from a pic that was posted on Zoya's Facebook page. It's not the exact same colors, but that's only because I don't have the creme color that was used....... yet :P The colors used in the pic on FB were Zoya Genevieve and Vega. I substituted Timo, which came in the mail yesterday, for Genevieve.
Timo is a dark, dark blue teal that was part of Timo Weiland trio during New York Fashion Week last year. The color reminds me OPI's Incognito in Sauslito, but I think Timo is darker. Anyways, Timo is gorgeous, very pigmented, and applied like butter. Two coats was all I needed for opacity.
Good afternoon!
So, anyone that knows me, knows that I do not like brown polish on me. I do like how it looks on other people, most of the time, but I have never liked on me. Most browns was too warm for my skintone and just look yucky. That is, until Zoya's Naturel and Naturel Deux. Those two collections had me trying colors outside my comfort zone, including the chocolately Emilia.
Even before I saw swatches, I knew I had to have this color. It appeared to be less warm than most other dark browns I've seen, which is what attracted me to Emilia. This is the first brown I've intentionally purchased...... and I don't regret. Emilia is just fabulous on the nail, and I love it. Application and formula were just perfect. I seriously thought about leaving it be, but I wanted to do a glitter gradient, so I did lol. Two coats of Emilia, a coat of Seche, and a gradient with A Little Bubbly from Candy Lacquer, then two more coats of Seche.
On Monday, I sported what I think is my best water marble yet. Funny part is, it was created when we lost power Sunday afternoon lol. I had just finished my base color, Zoya Purity, and was cleaning it up when the power went. It wasn't even storming at our house at the time, it was further away, but out it went. I still had light from my bedroom window, so I just pushed on and water marbled.
The colors I used I had been dying to use together since I got them- Zoya Alexa, Cole, and Edie. They worked beautifully together, I must say!
Stamping Sunday's theme happened to be one of my favorite things to stamp right: geometrics. I kept it simple, as a basic black and white mani to start. Zoya Purity and Black Swan were the base colors, Mundo de Unas black and white to stamp with, and my VL-2 plate from aliexpress for the image. A coat of Seche followed by a coat of Morgan Taylor's Matte's a Wrap finished it off.
Good evening! I hope everyone had a great week! It certainly seemed like a long one, and I'm glad it's done :)
I've got just two manis to show off tonight, but they both feature new polishes. Let's get started!
I opted out of my Textured Friday mani this week, simply because I didn't have any new textures to show :P I chose to use a new glitter topper I picked a few weeks ago, The Outer Edge from the The Giver collection by China Glaze. Honestly, it was pretty much the only one I wanted from that collection, because it's matte white glitter with a sprinkling of silver glitter. I wore one coat of it over two coats of Fuchsia Fanatic from China Glaze, but I bet you could prolly wear it alone. A single coat of Seche made it nice and smooth.
The next mani is from Wednesday, and it featured a new to me color, Zoya Kimmy. Zoya calls Kimmy a candy apple red, but I disagree. On me it, Kimmy is a gorgeous, fiery autumn orange with lots of sparkle. It does have strong red undertones, but it certainly isn't red. Anyways, two coats for this mani and a coat of Seche. I couldn't bring myself to stamp over it, it was so beautiful.
Also, check my destash sale! The link to my store is to the right -------> Take a look, see if there's anything that interests you :)
Even though it's gonna totally throw off the rest of the week for me >.<
Good afternoon! I have a few manis to show off today, especially one I completely spaced on posting Friday. Time definitely got away from me, which happens. Let's get rolling!
Today featured two Zoya colors, one new and one from the Awaken collection this past spring. I couldn't tell you why, because normally I avoid nudes/neutrals like the plague, but I have been loving Zoya's Naturel collections this year. So much so that I'm only missing just one of the colors. I couldn't tell you why they appeal to me so much, when others just don't, but these do. So when Zoya debuted the Naturel Deux, I snagged up half of it in one order, then the other three not two weeks later.
On my nails today are 2 coats of Chanelle with a coat of Monet sponged over it. Application for Chanelle was perfect. I've found Monet is best applied sponged because it is so thick and can quickly become a hot, bubbly mess. Topped with Seche to smooth things out.
Yesterday was Labor Day here in the US, and in honor of that, I did up something of a patriotic mani, trying out something I've seen done and talked about for a while now: water marbling with clear polish.
It started off with 3 coats each of China Glaze's Dorothy Who? and Ruby Pumps topped with Seche. I wanted to marble white over these to create red/white and blue/white nails. I had come across months ago a water marbled mani very similar to what I wanted to do, and the poster had used clear polish. Not topcoat, but just clear polish, like what most cheap brands carry. For mine, I used OPI's Alpine Snow and Sinful Colors Clear. It was no different marbling with the clear as opposed to other colors. Topped with Seche to finish.
Stamping Sunday's theme this week over a striped background. I had a hard time coming up with something; everything I came up with in my head looked very "nautical" to me. I think even my end result looked like it, so it didn't last long lol.
The base color for the mani was 2 coats of the bright ass Zoya Ali. The stripes were stamped in Mundo de Unas white from my VL-2 plate from aliexpress. Over the stripes I stamped a flowers image from the same plate in Mundo de Unas navy and topped everything with Seche.
Last Friday was Michael Jackson's birthday. If he was still living, he would have been 56. I have always loved his music, so I chose to a tribute mani. The base color is 2 coats of Smooth Criminal from Colors by Llarowe. SC was launched last in tribute to Michael, and on Friday she launched another tribute collection. I picked up a color from that one as well and can't wait to get it.
The images I used were from an entire plate dedicated to MJ by Chez Delaney, stamped in Mundo de Unas white. A coat of Seche finished it off.
Good afternoon and happy hump day!
I may not be quite ready for fall colors, but I am definitely more than ready for fall weather! Summer can take a hike already :P We're getting a little taste of it, with a cooler breeze for our hot, hot days. It's just a little difference, but it is noticeable.
One of the Face Book groups I'm in does weekly challenge. This week's challenge was using Shatter/Crackle in our manis, as well as stamping. I'm a little surprised at well mine came together. It started with a base of Urban Decay's Chaos (which I am just gaga for. I love it!) at two coats, then a coat of Seche. I dug out my Silver Shatter from OPI and added a thin coat of it. That dried pretty quick, so I was able to stamp within a few minutes. Stamping polish is Mundo de Unas in either aqua or turquiose (the one I have is out of stock on her site, so I'm not sure which it is lol) and the stamped image is from VL-1. That is not a Vivid Lacquer plate, it is from aliexpress. Topped everything with Seche.
Monday's mani was a fall-ish water marble. It started with a base of Zoya Purity at 2 coats then Seche. The colors for the water marble were Zoya Margo and Chantal. Topped again with Seche, then Morgan Taylor Matte's a Wrap.
Sunday's Stamping Sunday Challenge......... Yeah, not really happy with how it turned out. I don't know if it's because I just don't like the color combo or just don't care for the mani overall. The challenge called for using a color combo you've never done. The first combo that came to my mind is red and gold.
I have never really liked red and gold together on me, but I do like it on others. I chose Zoya Brooklyn for the gold and Sooki for the red. The stamped images are from Messy Mansion MM05. Topped off with Seche.
Yay!!
Good afternoon and happy Friday! Boy, I'm tired this week! I know I'm looking forward to a relaxing weekend :)
I've got two manis I want to show y'all today; one is more of a swatch, the other is August's Monthly Palette Project.
Today's color was a new to me polish, one I found on clearance at Ulta. I was kinda surprised to find it on clearance, since I'm pretty sure it's a core color for Zoya, Roxy. Roxy is a fuchsia glitter in a dark ass pink jelly base that's very similar, if not the same, as OPI's Let me Entertain You. In some lighting, Roxy looks to have a black jelly base instead. My mani needed three coats with a coat of Seche.
I think I may need to a comparison of Roxy and LMEY......
For August's MPP, the colors we were supposed to were called tiled colors:
We were to use at least two of those ^^^^ colors and do a Monkey See, Monkey Do mani. Here's the link to the mani I used: MSMD mani. The colors I used for my version were OPI's OPI Eurso Euro and My Boyfriend Scales Walls, and Zoya Blu and Yummy.
