Good evening and happy Monday! Did y'all have a great weekend? Mine was extremely uneventful, truly; I didn't really do much of anything, and only went to get the windows tinted on my car :) That's really just it.
I'm steadily working through my untrieds, and nearly all of the manis I'm about to show you feature untrieds, starting with today's. The base color is Zoya Suzanne, which I received as a gift with purchase from Zoya with one of my last orders.
Suzanne is pretty, dusty rose pink with a brighter pink shimmer. It's not my usual cup of tea, but I like how it looks on the nail. It only needed two coats for opacity, followed by a coat of Seche. I stamped over it using Essie Penny Talk and two different images from VL-4. Two because the image on the other four fingers was too narrow for my thumbs, and Penny Talk dried too fast for me to stretch it. Seche to top it off.
I participated in yesterday's Stamping Sunday challenge, which was themed better than Jamberry. I was also able to pair this with another group challenge, over a neon base. Here is the Jamberry I chose to improve:
My base color was two coats of Morgan Taylor's Shock Therapy over two coats of MT's All White Now. I really could have done with 3 of Shock Therapy, especially if I hadn't stamped over it. Thumbs and rings coat a coat of ILNP's Phoenix, then all a coat of Seche. The rest were stamped over with an image from VL-3 and MdU silver, and another coat of Seche.
I wasn't really happy with how Textured Friday's mani turned out, even though many people seemed to like it on Instagram :P The base was two coats of Zoya Tove, which applied beautifully. The screw up came with the Pixie Dust; it just didn't gradient as nicely as I wanted it to. I used Zoya Nyx for the gradient.
Thursday was a matte flakie kind of day. The base was two coats of OPI Dutch Tulips (I can't believe I didn't have this until a few weeks ago), followed by a coat of Maybelline Colorama Ruby Rays, then a coat of OPI's matte topcoat.
Wednesday was a flakie day, too, combined with color blocking. The base was 2 coats of Zoya Wenesday. My accents were my index and ring fingers, and the got a coat of Zoya Maisie. The others got blocked with Zoya Zuzu, using Scotch tape to create it. Everything wsa topped with Seche.
Good morning and happy Sunday!!
How was your first full week of 2015??? Mine was rather busy, which is a good thing! I received a new rack, my third, for my ever growing Zoya collection, yay! Now to fill up again lol :P
Alrighty, so I have some new and not so new colors to show y'all today, starting with the color I wore Friday, SpaRitual's Oasis. When I picked it up on clearance at Ulta, along with two glitters from Nails, Inc., I sincerely thought it was gonna be a texture. Right on the label, under the color name, it said sandy matte. I figured cool, I don't have a texture this color! Sad to say, it wasn't a texture, and it wasn't hardly even matte, it's more of what I would call a satin, like OPI's 4 in the Morning or This Gown Needs a Crown.
I did my two coats, which was perfect for Oasis, topped it with Seche, then added a coat of Morgan Taylor's Matte's a Wrap. O.M.G. I think this what Oasis should look like!
Thursday I tried my hand at some freehand art. I suck at freehand, so this took me about two hours do. It was one the manis from Zoya's Fall Trend Guide, the colorblocking. Colors used were Ryan, Genevieve, and Dhalia.
Wednesday was a flakie day. I used my two flakies from KBShimmer, Lightning Ridge and Dark Matter, to create this look, over two coats of OPI's Amazon...AmazOff.
Last weekend, I picked up the only color I wanted from OPI's Fifty Shades of Grey collection. Let's just say, I'm as underwhelmed by this collection as I am the books, and I will leave it at that. This color, however, is gorgeous. Shine for Me is a silver glitter with blue glitter sprinkled throughout. My mani was two coats, with just a single coat of Seche.
Monday was a challenge mani for a group I'm in. It called for a Saran Wrap mani, stamped with either snowflakes or flowers. My base color was 2 coats of OPI's My Boyfriend Scales Walls, the pink is OPI's Suzi Has a Swede Tooth, the stamped color is Mundo's Fiji, and the snowflakes came from Infinity Nails 79. The matte coat is from OPI.
Good evening!
Welp, things are definitely getting busy around here! I haven't had much time to myself this week edit pics and get them posted, but I finally got a few minutes today. It's a little frustrating, but I'm just trying to get into the swing of it lol.
The first mani I want to show you is my Textured Friday mani. The colors aren't new, but I used a new to me color. It was simple, just two coats each of Zoya Chita and Dhalia. Chita is a gorgeous green that I kept passing over, until I finally gave in after seeing so many beautiful swatches of it. I paired it with Dhalia for a witchy look.
Thursday's mani was a color blocked, pink look. Color blocking is, and has been, popular for a while. They're not too difficult to create; I prefer to use either striping tape or Scotch tape for clean lines. The colors I used are both from Morgan Taylor, No Way Rose and I'm Charmed. I'm Charmed is a light pink that I received last week with my purchase at Cosmo Prof.
It served as the base color at three coats. I used striping tape to create the block and added No Way Rose. Finished the mani off with a coat of Seche.
For Wednesday, I created a Halloween water marble. All colors used are from Zoya: Purity for the base, Tilda, Mira, and Sharon for the marble. Stamped over using Bundle Monster BM-H07 and Nailways A-NW00016 and Mundo de Unas black. Topped with Seche then matted with Morgan Taylor's Matte's a Wrap. I absolutely love how this marble turned out :)
And, now Monday's mani. The base was two coats of Zoya Black Swan (which I think is gonna be re-released as Willa....). I then made a gradient with Essie's BCA glitter, Pinking of You. It's a pale pink, matte glitter in different size hexes. Ring fingers and thumbs got pink ribbons from Bundle Monster BM-321 and Mundo de Unas pink. Seche completed the mani.
Good afternoon!
I enjoy learning and using new nail art techniques. Sometimes, my attempts turn out well, sometimes not so nice lol. June's Monthly Palette Project called for peacock colors:
Totally perfect for me, I love these colors. The challenge was to use them in color blocking. Color blocking is a new technique to me. It's not difficult, but is time consuming.
For this mani, all colors used were Morgan Taylor. The base colors were Take me to Your Tribe on accents and Varsity Jacket Blues on the rest. The blocking colors were Making Waves, Going Native, and Gotta Have Hue. Blocking was created using striping tape I got from Ebay. Topped with Seche, then matted with Mattes a Wrap.
I don't think it was too bad for my first attempt :)
Wednesday was a simple mani. I'm all about rose gold; it's tied with white metals for my favorite metallic look. All I used for yesterday was 2 coats of Candy Lacquer Precious Metal and a coat of Seche. I keep forgetting there's a subtle linear holo to this color lol.
