Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Vampy gradient

I'm an absolute sucker for Vampy nails and holo sparkles. Combine them together and YES.
This was a suggestion from someone on a nail forum, and what a great suggestion it was!

Polishes used:

Orly Nailtrition
Orly Miss Conduct x1
Sponge gradient with Orly Miss Conduct, Zoya Blaze and Zoya Payton
Seche Vite

First two pictures lit with my old photography light box, last picture in full sun to show the holo sparkle. Also, it matches the headband a friend gave me perfectly!

Saturday, November 2, 2013

November?

How did that happen? How is it already November?!

Last month was so fun with Halloween themed manis, that I decided to do something that felt very Autumnal, very... November.

A few weeks ago I saw an interesting brown polish: Sinful Colors Leather Loose. I guess it's technically a texture polish, but I don't know if I agree with that. I'd go with matte, or suede. Two coats by itself leaves a gorgeous chocolate brown matte that looks like soft, well-worn leather. (See photo of index finger before stamping.) Beautiful, but when you put top coat over it something amazing happens. This gorgeous shimmer just explodes throughout the color!

The finished product of these two polishes together with the stamp is exactly what I was hoping for. :)

Polishes used:

Orly Nailtrition
Sinful Colors Leather Loose x2
Stamped with Essie Penny Talk and Shany SH17 plate
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Thursday, October 31, 2013

Halloween Nails, final version

What a fun month of manis it's been!

This one wasn't quite what I had in mind, but I got a late start and was in a hurry. Do whatcha can, right?

Polishes used:

Revlon Colorstay Gel-Smooth Base Coat
Nails: Milani Black Magic Stamped with Color Club Harp on It and Vivid Lacquer VL013, small red detail on spider with Sinful Colors red glitter striper
Accent nail: jelly sandwich of L'Oréal Mango Mama dotted with Sinful Colors Snow Me White and pumpkin face painted with Salon Perfect Black Ink Striper
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I've had so much fun celebrating Halloween all month on my nails!

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Monsters Inc nails

I threw a Halloween party in my Zumba class tonight and dressed up as a raver monster. A super cute costume that my friend Jen lent to me, which definitely needed monster nails! Since the colors were the same colors as Sully, I decided to go with Monsters Inc for inspiration.

Polishes used:

Orly Nailtrition
Essie Beach Bum Blu x2
Butter London Fishwife x1
Nails: dotted with Sally Hansen Black and Blue, Sinful Colors Let's Talk and Color Club Harp on It
Accent nail: Sinful Colors Innocent, Sinful Colors Snow Me White, Sally Hansen Black and Blue, Milani Black Magic and Salon Perfect Black Ink Striper
Gelous
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Monday, October 28, 2013

Zombie Frankenstitches

I am having so much fun with Halloween nails!

Today's are kind of a cross between Frankenstein and Zombies. I love Zombies and Frankenstein is kind of a forgotten Halloween icon in our house. Sad!

Polishes used:

Revlon Colorstay Gel-Smooth Base Coat
Butter London Trustafarian x3
Essie Wicked
Sinful Colors Snow Me White
Salon Perfect Black Ink Striper
Gelous
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Pictures taken in both sun and shade to show the holo shimmer of Trustafarian.

Thursday, October 24, 2013

Drive By Posting, v2

A quick mani from yesterday! I couldn't resist that new silver holo - I wanted to see what it looked like on my nails!

Polishes used:
NailTek Foundation II
Color Club Holographic Harp on It x2
Accent nail stamped with Layla Holographic Ocean Rush and Mash-39 plate
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This photo was taken using my old photography light box, as there's no sun outside to make the holo show up.

More Halloween nails coming!

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Yesterday's mani, Stamped

After I posted my nails yesterday, I got nail mail! I didn't want to take the blue off so I decided to stamp on it with my new polish.

This is Color Club Holographic Harp on It, a beautiful silver linear holographic polish that added just a subtle touch of sparkle. I can't wait to use this as a full base color!

Polishes used:
Revlon Colorstay Gel-Smooth Base Coat
Orly Royal Navy x1
Butter London Scouse x2
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Color Club Holographic Harp on It stamped with Shany SH16
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