Good evening!
I've got today's Stamping Sunday challenge and Friday's textured mani that I had forgotten to get posted xD
Ok, today's SS challenge called for something glitzy glammy. A lot of different things come to mind when I think of glitz and glam, but one that stands out is peacocks, in particular peacock feathers. I personally love peacock feathers and have them scattered around my home :) So, it seemed I was set to that.
I started with 2 coats of China Glaze's Seaspray as my base. Seaspray is a pretty, dolphin like grey. I topped with Seche and let that dry a good while. I've got two sizes of peacock feather, single ones anyways, and went with the smaller one on Winstonia W108, stamped using China Glaze Jolly Holly. I added the "eye" using a dotting tool and Zoya Song. I also added some gold dots in China Glaze Midnight Kiss. As a final touch, I topped with Northern Lights.
Now, Friday's textured mani look featured OPI's Alcatraz...Rocks Liquid Sand. This is a gorgeous and unique color. In the bottle, it appears to purple with red flashes. On the nail, definitely grey with gold glitters. For my mani, I only needed 2 coats for it to look nice.
I know the first pic is blurry, but it really shows the gold sparkles in it that the other two pics don't show.
Good morning!
Yesterday was a real pisser of a day, emotionally, so I was pretty exhausted and went to bed early without making this post lol. I actually really like how yesterday's mani turned, I just wish I could have gotten better wear out of it. Damned Essie >.>
So, this mani started with 3 coats of Essie's Splash of Grenadine. I adore this color, but hate hate hate that it chipped less than an hour after I got to work yesterday, after making it through showering and everything. I would dearly love to find this color in a different brand, since it seems Essies chip the fastest on me =\ Topped with Seche and let it dry a bit because my coats were a little thick.
My stamped images came from my Sugar Bubbles plate 002. The mesh like image was stamped in Sinful Colors Black on Black, the cherries in OPI's Lincoln Park After Dark. All topped with Seche :)
Good evening and happy Labor Day to those in the States!
I've got today's mani and yesterday's Stamping Sunday challenge to show you all :) Today's mani was very simple but absolutely beautiful. I just wish my pics show that, happens when the sun hides itself.
I had managed to get in on a preorder for Colors by Llarowe's Michael Jackson tribute collection, Smooth Criminal. That's the one that really called me, although all the colors are gorgeous. Smooth Criminal is just amazing, from application to wear to just the color. The first pic I have is a bit blurry but it's the only one shows some of the holo.
Stamping Sunday's challenge called for tone on tone. I was torn on this one; normally, I would have done blue on blue, but I decided instead to do purple on purple. I started with 3 coats of OPI's Rumple's Wrigglin' as my base and topped with Seche. My stamped images came from Winstonia W-04, Vivid Lacquer VL 009, Betina B-16, and Apipila P.2 plates, stamped in Chanel Vendetta. The striping tape I used on the pinky fingers is also from Winstonia.
Good evening!
Sooooooooo...... I've been rather lazy this week with blogging :P I have no real excuse for it, other than just plain laziness lol. Let's get started with my new feature, Texture Friday.
I decided that I wanted to feature some kind of textured mani, since I've so many to chose, and quite a few that I haven't worn yet. Today, I wore a texture look that I know most everyone got sick of, but I still love, the crackled/shattered look. The very last one I bought was Shatter the Scales from last year's Spiderman collex from OPI.
This is only the second time I've used this particular Shatter. I layered it over two coats of My Boyfriend Scales Walls, also from the Spiderman collex, with a coat of Seche in between and over all. I don't think I've done this combo, but I could be wrong :P
Alrighty! Wednesday's mani featured a polish that I believe was inspired by the many indie polishes using the same glitter, Maybelline's Color Show in Drops of Jade from the little Polka Dots collection.
It's a green jellyish base with black and white matte glitters in various sizes. While I love that mainstream companies are catching on, this collection could use fine tuning. I found the formula hard to work with, especially if you don't use undies. After two coats, it's a bitch to apply.
For my mani, I layered 2 coats of Drops of Jade over 1 coat of Mermaid's Tears from OPI. Even though I was generous with the Gelous, it prolly could have used another coat before the Seche.
Last but not least, is Monday's mani, another stamped Marilyn Monroe mani :) I received some new plates from Mo You UK with MM images, and let me tell you, they stamp ah-mazingly well! I can't wait to get my next order and to order more, they're that awesome. I highly recommend you check them!
For this mani, I started with 2 coats of OPI's French Quater for Your Thoughts (I'm soooo ready for fall!) with a coat of Seche over it. My stamped images were from Mo You's Rebel plates 02 and 03, and Mundas de Unas Handy 39, in Sinful Colors Black on Black and Sally Hansen Insta-dri Quick Brick. Topped with Seche then OPI Matte Topcoat.
Good evening!
I have for your viewing pleasure two manis, today's Stamping Sunday challenge and Friday's texture mani (which I totally meant to post Friday, but this damn cold I've had just won't let me go >.<). Today I finally feel like it's going away lol.
Today's Stamping Sunday challenge was over a nude base.......... Prolly one of my most disliked colors. I absolutely loathe nude colors on me, they're just so boring! I did it anyways, though, in spite of my dislike for nudes, and love the mani I came up with. I started with a base of 4 (yes, 4, that's how many it took for opacity and evenness) coats of Zoya Madison and topped with Seche. Aside from being boring, nudes are just such a pain in the ass to get them to look decent; most are hot, streaky mess with just 2 coats.
I let that dry for quite a while before I stamped over it. I used one of my untried plates, Mundos de Unas Handy 50. It has many vintage images on that I just love. For this mani, I used the bird images on the plate, stamped in Sinful Colors Black on Black. Topped with Seche and done. These images stamped incredibly well, I highly recommend getting any from this seller. She's amazing to work with, and sells stamping polishes as well as plates.
Friday's textured mani featured Zoya's Carter. I applied just two coats over my bare nails. Carter is very glowy and reminds me a lot of OPI's DS Temptation, minus the blue glitter. You can definitely get away with having both, since Carter is meant to be worn alone and Temptation works best layered since more like a glitter topper.
I know my secong pic is a bit blurry, but you can better see the fuschia sparkle to it.
Good evening and happy Wednesday!
I have a couple manis to show y'all, starting with today's :)
Today's mani is courtesy, in part, to my Zoya haul from last week. It included several colors from their fall collections and quite a few that weren't that I had wanted. Today's mani started with two coats of Zoya Kristen as my base followed by a coat of Seche. I got Kristen last year at Ulta on clearance.
Then, I sponged a gradient on, using Kristen, Natty, and Sailor. All of them are lovely, smoky blues that work well together. I topped again with Seche and cleaned up the mess around my nails. Finally, I stamped a cool image on top from my Mundos de Unas Handy 39 in Pure Ice's Silver Mercedes. Another coat of Seche and done :)
Now, I think Tuesday's mani was something I have done before, but I'm too lazy to look :P I applied three coats of China Glaze's Riveting, a coat of Luxe and Lush, a generous coat of Gelous, and finished with Seche. The Gelous really helped smooth out L&L's bumpiness. I believe it would work really well for OPI's I Lily Love You, which has the same problem.
Good evening!
I've got today's Stamping Sunday mani to show you :) Today's theme was, literally, anything goes. Now, I've seen quite a few manis in Adventures in Stamping that are, just, wow, and then there were a few naked nails pics lol. I think mine falls somewhere in between.
My base was 3 coats of OPI's DS Coronation. It had been quite a while since I lasted used it, and I can't image why I hadn't. It's a beautiful, silver scattered holo. You don't need a special base for balding or streaking. I topped with Seche and let that dry as I cleaned up around the nails.
For the stamped images, I used Messy Mansion plate MM05. I bought this plate specifically because my husband loves dragons :) I used Color Club's Beyond to stamp the images with. Yep, holo on holo. The black wasn't quite as bold as I wouldn't liked, but I think that's more user error than anything else.
