Spring Floral

This was originally done the first week of September 2013.

I know it's not even close to spring, but I figured I should post this one now, since we could all do with something bright, cheerful and flowery. I don't know about you but I'm sick of all the snow.

Flowers are handpainted, they were pretty easy, just very time consuming.

Colours:

"Pastel Yellow" by Kleancolor
"Matte Top Coat" by Me (add cornstarch to clear top coat)

Matted Garden

I forgot to post these for you all last Monday.

August/04/2013

 As of late, my life has been getting increasingly hectic, much to my dismay. It seems as though every single weekend this summer has been consumed by stupid parties (those who know me personally know I'm no social butterfly, and crowds/people in general stress me out to no end). So as a result I have not had much time to think of designs, or even carry them out.

Luckily though, these turned out fast and simple enough to do. The roses are handpainted with red acrylic paint. The base colour I used was "Smoke and Ashes" by China Glaze, the shimmer in it does not show up because it's been mattified via China Glaze "Matte Magic".

I hope you all have a lovely week. Also to the Canadians who follow me, the CNE is opening this coming Friday!

Holographic #7 Swatch

This swatch is of Born Pretty Store's Holographic nail polish collection.

Here's "#7"

With Flash.

#7 is a kind of silver, with a pale green hue to it. It's nice but also quite sheer, you can still see my nail tips on a few fingers.

In direct Sunlight.

 I used 3 coats for this polish, but it may work better with a similar colour underneath it if you don't like sheer shades.

Water Decals

I think it was last year, but I bought a set of 20 different water decal full nail strips, and here's one of them:

June/01/2013

This weekend was really busy so I needed to do something really fast, and these water decals are good for those days. It took me about 20 minutes to get these all done, they are a little tricky to work with though.

Have a good week!

Gelato in Venice: Swatch

Trying to keep up with my swatches is proving difficult. Since, these next few weeks coming up will be hell, from switching jobs to weddings, I decided to do a ton of swatching, so I could have photos up on a more consecutive basis until things calm down a bit.

First up is "Gelato in Venice" by Jesse's Girl.

Indoors.

"Gelato in Venice" is a really nice mint green. It's very light and creamy looking. The best part is that it's opaque in 2 coats. 

Direct Sunlight.

This went on really well, no streaking to be found. I'm not certain about the wear on this shade, simply because I had it on all of 2 minutes. But I will update once I've worn this shade out.

Solar Flare

I was craving some flames for most of last week, so here they are. The base colour I used is "Loundest Color" by Sation, its like a neon yellow that has a touch of green in it. Then I just painted flames in blue and green acrylic paint.

Flowery Britches

So the base I used for these was "Mossy Britches" by Nina Ultra Pro, its a really nice olive shimmery green, with some gold to it. I topped it off with some golden-yellow flowers.

Nyx: Robotic Swatch

A while back I purchased a few nail polish goodies via la internet. They finally arrived but I'm going to swatch them one by one and slowly so I don't expose my nails to too much acetone at any given time.

Here's one of them:

Dec/26/2012

I apologize for the chip in the middle finger nail. Onwards! So this is "Robotic" by Nyx Girl polish. I've never tried Nyx's nail polishes before, and I have to admit I'm not fond of them. It's chipped after one day (the thumb is completely gone), and this is done with 6 coats, it's incredibly sheer, which can be a plus in some instances but not when I was expecting a solid colour.

On the plus side, I do like this shade, its a blueish green that's nearly black with blue/green shimmer to it, it's a subtle shimmer, but it does remind me of China Glaze's "Smoke and Ashes".

I should buy a few more Nyx polishes to determine if they're all this sheer, but I'm hoping they aren't, all of that aside, this colour chips to soon for my liking.

Elven Gold

Nothing fancy, just something Hobbit-ish.

Dec/23/2012

So this is the most Hobbit-inspired I'm getting. Here's a swatch of "Elven Gold", a foil by Dollarnailart. It's a nice antique-gold/mossy green marble effect. I've also discoverd that China Glaze's "No Chip Top Coat" does not cause scrunching of the foil! Which is fantastic since I can grab it for cheap at my local Sally's.

I wish you all a Merry Christmas, and for those who don't celebrate it, some seriously Happy Holidays! Be safe!

Halloween Water Marble

Oct/21/2010 to Oct/31/2010

Halloween marble design. Used "Black Sand" and "Lickety-Split Lime" by Sally Hansen for the water marble. Used some Konad Halloween stamps with their Special Polish in "Black".

Flashback Friday: Nail Fail: Water Marble

Feb/22/2012

This is another water marble. That failed. The colour choices were odd, and I just half-assed it -_-'

The colours used for this were:

"Lacey Lilac" by Sally Hansen

"Lickety-Split Lime" by Sally Hansen

"Seduce Me" by China Glaze

"First Mate" by China Glaze

Needless to say, I found it so ugly I took it off withing the hour I put it on.

Gay Pride Toronto 2012 and Canada Day

Fairly unusual of me to post a new mani on Friday, but this one is fairly important to me; since seeing that July 1st is Canada Day and this week is Pride Week in Toronto. As a full-blooded Canadian born and bred girl and being damn proud of my country, I naturally had to show my support.

Enjoy!

I'm a complete supporter of Gay and LGBTQ rights movement. I think it's only fair to allow people to love who they love freely and openly, no matter what. So I rainbowed up my nails accordingly to the LGBTQ flag. I had to add in the little Canada Flag since Canada Day is also super important.

Colours Used:

"Hey Sailor" by China Glaze

"Frostbite" China Glaze

"Flying Dragon" China Glaze

"Lickety-Split Lime" Sally Hansen

"Lightning" Sally Hansen

"French White Creme" Wet n' Wild

Loki

I asked my lovely friend on Facebook again for some inspiration. They voted for Loki paws.

Whole Hand

Main Four.

Thumb Close-up

So the base colour for these was "Holly Day" by China Glaze, the tips were done in "Smoke and Ashes" by CG, and the gold stamping and linework were done in "Bronze" by Color Club from the Art Club Nail Art Lacquer. I really quite like this one, Loki's helmet was painted in using the "Bronze" by Color Club. The stamp used was from plate: BM203.

Stars

Feb/14/2010 to Feb/20/2010

Green glitter nail polish was by Wet n' Wild, although if I did this again I'd use "Brilliant Idea" by Nicole by O.P.I. Glued on some little gold star confetti. As you can see, slight shrinkage of this polish.

Glittery Hearts

I love this ombre design. The reason is probably not why you think. I'll fill you in on how I did it down below :)

Close up of the thumb nail.

So, I know that last mani was also an ombre, but the technique I used this time was a tad different. I didn't try sponging it on, no no, I used acrylic paint on these paws. Yes, that's right, there is no actual nail polish here except for the Base Coat, and the Top Coat. All the rest is regular craft store acrylic paint, blended to create a beautiful gradient effect. So the paints I used were a basic green mixed with white to get the mint, and red, yellow and white for the pastel orange. The little glitter paillets came out of my bottle of "Synergy" from L.A. Girl.

I hope you enjoy this different take on an ombre mani!

Green Waves

May/23/2012 to May/29/2010

Took this with my cell phone camera, hence the graininess. "In the Lime Light(Neon)" by China Glaze with a Konad stamped on top using "Blue" Konad Special Polish.

Smoking Agro

Today's mani, using the colour "Agro" from the Hunger Games Collection by China Glaze. It got the most votes from my pals on Facebox.

 

 

So after getting the tallied up votes from yesterday, Agro came out on top, but only by one vote. After trying a couple different things (and none of them working) I came up with this magical idea. So the base is Agro, while I sponged on a black gradient using "Black Creme" from Wet N' Wild. The smoke, which looks more like cobwebs, was created by doing a watermarble. The water marble was created using "White Creme" and "Clear Top Coat" by Wet N' Wild.

Enjoy, I'll be posting more mani's using my Hunger Games polishes in anticipation of the movie.

Toxic Love

The base coat for this is "Dosh" by Butter London, it was chosen by my friends on Facebook after I posted photos of the swatches. I wanted to do something Valentine's day-esque, so I chose this over heart-argyle. I might do a set of falsies with the argyle to entertain myself during the week. The hearts were done using a dotting tool, as was the skull with hearts for his eyes :).

Minted by Revlon

August/17/2011 to Aug/22/2011

Simple french manicure. Base colour is "Sheer Nude" by Kleancolor, the tips done in "Minted" by Revlon. The swirls were done using white and black acrylic paint.

Water Marble Testing

Testing out the nail polishes in my box to see which one are best for water marbling.

Nail Polishes:

"Lime Lights" Sally Hansen eXtreme Wear

"Wet Cement" Sally Hansen eXtreme Wear

"Poinsettia" China Glaze

"Holly Day" China Glaze

"Hey Sailor" China Glaze

"First Mate" China Glaze

"Frostbite" China Glaze

"Temptation Carnation" China Glaze

"Purple Panic (Neon)" China Glaze

"Pink Voltage (Neon)" China Glaze

"Seduce Me" China Glaze

"Turned up Turquoise" China Glaze

"Black Creme" Wet n' Wild

"Jazz Olive" Kleancolor

"Copper" Kleancolor

"Expresso" Kleancolor