Good evening!
I've got a quick little post for y'all tonight :) I have my first Valentine's mani for the year!
It started with a coat of Zoya Purity as the base. Then I water marbled, using Purity and Zoya Shelby, then topped with Seche. Once that was dried (and reasonably cleaned up >.<), I stamped over using Vivid Lacquer plate VL009 and Pure Ice Silver Mercedes. Topped with Seche.
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Alrighty, so even though Chinese New Year was on January 31st, today's Stamping Sunday them was just that. I don't celebrate this, but I had no problem doing a mani themed for it :)
My base color was 2 coats of Zoya Sooki, which is, in my opinion, the perfect red. I especially love it for summer, and it worked really well for this mani. It practically glowed against Maybelline's Bold Gold I used for the stamped images. The images came from Bundle Monster's Holiday set BM-H15 and Mash-42.
Let me just say I love this set of Bundle Monster plates. Every plate I've used so far has stamped so well. I highly recommend getting it!
Good evening!
Today's Texture Friday features two new polishes from OPI's latest musical collaboration with Gwen Stefani, Push and Shove and 4 in the Morning. Push and Shove is a silver chrome, 4 in the Morning is a black satin finish (like This Gown Needs a Crown).
Push and Shove is sold with a new base coat, called Lay Down That Base. I can only guess that it's supposed to act as a ridge filler since the chrome effect shows every bump. The packaging recommends one of the base under Push and Shove. Push and Shove itself only needs two coats for opacity and all brush strokes disappear when dry.
For contrast, I taped off my nails and applied 4 in the Morning. It wasn't quite opaque on the first pass, so I gently blew on it and went over it again. I was happy with how it turned out. Push and Shove is soooo shiny, and 4 in the Morning isn't just a plain black; it has a bit of shimmer to it.
Unfortunately, the whole mani was so chipped by the time I made it to work, in spite of having made it through the shower, I ended up taking it off =\ I do know that it's not meant to last long, but I did hope it would have lasted longer than 12 hours. I think the next time I use Push and Shove, it may as my usual mani set up.
Good evening!
So, I have a bit of a Throwback Thursday for y'all :) I would suggest if you don't like Shatter/Crackles, you may want to pass over tonight's post lol.
Way back at the end of 2009/beginning of 2010, I really got into the nail polish community. What pushed me over the edge was the release of OPI's Katy Perry collection. It's one of the few collections where I own every color. For Throwback Thursday, I give to you Not Like the Movies with Black Shatter :) The crappy weather we've had here did not lend itself for capturing the color shift of NLTM, sadly.
Wednesday's was soft and pretty, I really like how it looked. I don't know if the collection was slated for release this month or next, but I found at Sally's over the weekend FingerPaints' new set of flakies, called the Kaleidoscope collection. They're not like their last set, these are softer in color, perfect for spring.
I layered two coats of Colorful Dream over Zoya Neely, then made it matte with Wet 'N Wild's matte topcoat.
On Tuesday, I used two untrieds, both from OPI. The newer was the Gwen Stefani collection released this month, In True Stefani Fashion. It's a square and hex silver holo glitter that can be layered or worn alone. I chose to layer it over Black Satin.
I was originally gonna pass on the glitter, until I realized it has square glitters. Love it!
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 evening!
Tonight's post isn't about a mani, it's about something cute I came across.
About a week and a half ago, one of the cutest things I've seen in a while popped up in my news feed on Face Book. The poster had found this "toy" OPI nail salon at Walmart. It was created for MiWorld by JakksPacific. I hadn't never heard of it or seen it before! Naturally, I sent my hubs in search of it, with no luck. I search online and found it on Toys R Us' site. Done and Done!
Good evening!
Alrighty, so, I stepped out of my "zone" a little bit in a couple ways with today's mani. It's textured, but a brand that's kind of new to the texture game. Also, I stamped it. After seeing so many amazing stamped, textured manis, I finally gave it a go.
Let's start with the polish first. L'Oreal jumped into the textured game with their Hidden Treasures collection last month I think it was. I picked up Hidden Gems, because I've been absolutely dying to have a teal texture. Hidden Gems is more like a mermaid green, and is just beautiful. It's a sparkly texture, with silver round glitter. I only need two coats for opacity.
The stamping was done using my Nailways NW00015 plate, stamped in Pure Ice's Silver Mercedes. Let me just say this, I LOVE how this mani looked. I really didn't want to take it off, because it still looked nice a the end of the day, but I've got a pedi to give tomorrow :P
