Happy hump day! :P
Just like many of you, I'm sure, I'm in several different nail polish/nail art groups on Face Book. A few of them do themed manis, one on a particular day, another with a whole week dedicated to it. Today's mani is for the week long mani, and the theme picked for it was galaxy manis.
Okay, something I've never done before. I've seen many gorgeous galaxy manis, but haven't really attempted it. Watched a few tutorials and felt like I grasped the concept lol. It started with a base color of Zoya Raven in 2 coats, then a coat of Seche. Using little bits of sponge, I layered Zoya's Kotori, Sailor, Yummy, and Blu, in that order, over Raven. I added "stars" in Zoya Purity. Over all that, I layered a coat of China Glaze Fairy Dust, then a final coat of Seche. I'm kinda on the fence about my attempt, but hey, it was my first try. Be kind lol.
Yesterday's mani was rather simple, more of a swatching since I didn't put any nail on it. I had picked Morgan Taylor's Sarong but so Right some time ago, but had yet to wear it. I honestly don't know why I waited so long because it's a beautiful color. This was just two coats and a coat of Seche.
I skipped out on the Stamping Sunday challenge, because none of the choices interested me :P I decided to water marble with half of the new Zoya Naturel Deux collection and two from the previous Naturel collection. I'm blown away at well these marbled together. This mani lasted me until I changed it up for Sarong, and I might have gotten another day out of it too.
The colors used were Brigitte, Marney, Aubrey, Madeline, and Taylor marbled over Purity. A coat of Seche finished it. Pics are of both hands, first left, then right.
Happy, happy Friday!
I've got two manis to show you today, both featuring Zoya colors :) For today's Textured Friday feature, I chose to wear Zoya Tomoko. While I still wish Tomoko was more silver, I have to admit it is a beautiful color. Two easy coats and let that dry for about 10 minutes. I stamped over with one of my new Pueen buffet plates, 59, in OPI Pamploma Purple. I absolutely love this color combo! Definitely gave me the effect I was going for :)
Earlier in the week, I happened to be in Pinterest and saw someone I follow post pics of chevron tips with Zoya's Tickled and Bubbly collections. That's where Wednesday's mani comes from. Two coats of Rooney then a coat of Seche. To create the chevrons, I used these stickers I got in a swap last year:
Let me tell you, they made it real easy to create the chevrons. Once I had a sticker straight on the nail, I applied Binx to the tip. I immediately removed the sticker and moved on the next nail. Another coat of Seche finished off the mani.
This mani lasted pretty well; even when I went to take it off yesterday, I had no chips or tipwear. I was quite surprised.
Good afternoon! I hope everyone had a great weekend :) Me, not so much, but it wasn't bad either. I've got 3 manis I want to show, two of which feature new polishes.
Now, anyone that knows me, know that there are certain colors that I just avoid. Browns are some, neutrals/nudes are some, golds/bronze/copper are even more. It seems this year I'm stepping out my comfort zone, because I've bought a few golds, almost an entire collection of neutrals/nudes, and recently I picked up a copper.
Copper, to me, is fairly close to rose gold, so it honestly didn't bother me to get it; I only wish I had known about this color sooner because it's so pretty! Early last month, I came across a Zoya color that I had never seen, Tiffany. Not surprising, since I didn't start buying until 2010 or 2011, I think, and I believe Tiffany is discontinued (at least I think it is, since it's not on Zoya's site). Googled it, had to have it.
Tiffany is a coppery colored foil with a gold sparkle to it. I absolutely love. For my mani, I applied 2 coats for opacity, then topped with Seche. I stamped over it with Messy Mansion MM21 and Maybelline Bold Gold, then topped again with Seche. It reminds me of dragon scales :)
And, I don't know, my camera was being really dumb yesterday and today. Half of those pics had this weird, hazy/shadowy look to them -_-
Yesterday, I did up a bright, fun mani using all the creme colors I own from Zoya's Beach collection. On my thumbs and ring fingers, I watermarbled Reagan, Shelby, Wednesday, and Arizona over a coat of Purity. On my index fingers went Reagan, middle fingers were for Arizona, and Wednesday on the pinkies. Pinkies were dotted with Shelby. Index and middle fingers were stamped with Winstonia W106 and Mundo de Unas neon orange and fiusca. Everything was topped with Seche.
I really didn't want to take this off, I loved it so much.
I know that ^^^^ pic looks brighter than the top one. It was another victim of whatever my camera did, and I was just trying to get it show up better, that's all.
Sunday's Stamping Sunday challenge was holographic. Perfect opportunity for me to use my newest indie, Dock of the Bay from Colors by Llarowe. This polish is just all kinds of awesome! It's a nearly one coater, linear holo multichrome. And the color...... Love it!
For this mani, I applied 2 coats, even though I really could have done with just one, then topped it. Stamped over with Emily de Molly EdM 03 and Mundo de Unas black. Topped again with Seche.
Excuse the awkwardness of the poses, it's my right hand instead of my left because the stamping came out better on that hand, oddly enough.
One last thing: I have a destash sale going on right now! Check it out! Shipping with the US only at this time. Lots of discontinued OPIs and China Glazes.
Elfleidy's Destash
Good afternoon and happy Friday! It's a snoozy Friday afternoon for me today lol! Had a heavier than usual lunch so now I'm ready for a nap :P
So, I have a few manis to share today, one of them being something of a flashback. I chose to wear today one of OPI's first Liquid Sand polishes, Get Your Number, which also happened to be my first texture. That, in turn, started my obsession with sparkly textured polishes. I love this one so much. Three coats for this mani.
Yesterday, I wore a new to me color that I picked up on clearance at Ulta a few weeks ago, Zoya Freja. Two coats on all fingers, then 2 coats of OPI In True Stefani Fashion on my ring and pinky fingers. All topped with Seche.
Wednesday was another day for glitter (I wore glitter a lot this week O.o). This time, it was 2 coats of Zoya Perrie, then a coat of Color Club's Love You to Pieces that I picked up months ago at Bed, Bath, and Beyond. Here's a bottle shot of LYTP:
And here it is on me :)
Good afternoon!!
I hope y'all had a good weekend :) Mine was so-so, nothing really exciting to report here, unless you count a new pair of sandals and new purse as exciting lol.
Alrighty, as the title implies, I'm gonna be showing y'all a few of my favorite things, mani style, starting with today's mani. For anyone that knows me, one of my absolute favorite things in the world is mint, barely surpassing my love chocolate, and, as you prolly guessed, it's only better when it's mint and chocolate. I'm talking not just candy and food, but scents, too. So it's really no wonder that I'm been wanting to do some sort of mint chocolate mani for quite some time.
I'll be honest, I own more than one or two mint colored polishes, because they really aren't the same. The latest I picked up was Morgan Taylor's Mint Chocolate Chip, and I just knew this was the base for this mani. Application was a little better than my other mints, but still needed three coats. I added "chocolate" dots in the form of Color Club Rebel Spirit (literally the only brown I own....) and topped with Seche. Simple, yet fun and cool :) MCC isn't as blue leaning as my pics show it; the first one is actually pretty close to what it looks like.
Yesterday's mani featured three of my favorite things- Zoya, matte, and Mundo de Unas stamping polish. The base was 2 coats of Rooney from Zoya's Tickled collection, the stamping color was fiusca from MdU, and stamped image from Sugar Bubbles SB 022. Topped with Seche, matted with Morgan Taylor's Mattes a Wrap.
For Stamping Sunday, the theme was tiger nails for Global Tiger Day, which, incidentally, is today. This also featured Zoya and MdU. Base colors were Sharon and Purity, three coats each. Plates used were Sugar Bubbles SB 002, Winstonia W-03, and 63 from aliexpress (I honestly don't know what else to call this plate. Also I'm so happy to use it finally, all thanks to MdU stamping polishes!), and the stamping polish was MdU black. Topped with Seche.
This was obviously my left hand. I used the same images and colors on my right hand, I just switched the base colors around, so that Purity was the accent, and Sharon was on the rest :)
Good afternoon!! Happy Friday!!
I'm gonna try to keep this short, because I have limited time today, so here we go!
For Textured Friday, I've got one the latest Magical Pixies from Zoya, Ginni. Two coats for this mani, even though I kept thinking I should have done a third. I know it looks like I've got tip wear on a few fingers, but I don't; it's just where the base itself only covered and not any of the glitter. I hesitate to do three coats for the Magical Pixies, only because they can look "heavy" like that.
Yesterday was a simple dotticure. Base color was 2 coats of Morgan Taylor's One Cool Cat, the dots were also Morgan Taylor, Varsity Jacket Blues. Topped with Seche.
Wednesday, I did up a 50's themed mani. The base colors were both Zoya, 3 coats of Kitridge and 2 coats of Black Swan, then a coat of Seche. Stamped images were from Mo You London plates, Rebel 2 and 3, and Back to the Future 01, stamping colors were Mundo de Unas black and white. Final coat of Seche.
Good afternoon!
I've got some new colors and a new technique to share with y'all today! Yes, I'm still working through my untrieds, but it's get smaller, finally lol. Today's mani featured two of them, Zoya Stassi and Tilda.
When Zoya announced their summer collections, I knew I had to have these two colors. Tilda, especially, is unlike any other green I own. It's very yellow toned green, almost too yellow for me, but that's alright, because I got Stassi to wear over it specifically. This mani was two coats of each, which turned it into a super sparkly mani, then topped with Seche.
I'm finding the Bubbly colors look better layered over their coordinating cremes in the Tickled collection.
Now, on to the new (to me) technique, which is this month's Monthly Palette Project. The color palette we had to pick from was called "frosted summer".
Before I even read what technique we were to use, I knew these were to be jelly colors, just by the pic. The technique to go with it is one that has been gaining popularity is called lead lighting. Basically, you stamp over a light colored base and fill it with jelly polishes, using a dotting tool or small brush. The effect created is to look like stained glass. At least, this is how I interpret it to be lol.
My base color was 3 coats of Zoya Purity, followed by Seche. The stamped image came from my new Sugar Bubbles plate, SB 021, and was stamped in Mundo de Unas black. I then used the following jelly/jellyish polishes:
-Zoya Paloma, Coraline, and Kate
-China Glaze Are You Jelly? and Isle See You Later!
-OPI Got a Date To-Knight, Hey! Get in Lime, and The "It" Color
Topped again with Seche. My husband said it reminded him of the Partridge Family bus lol. This was my first attempt at lead lighting.
