Howlite

These were a lot of work, but well worth it. They are not close visually to the reference I used but I love them regardless. Howlite, or as some may know it "White turquoise" is a really beautiful stone.

Water Spotted

Have you seen that water spotted effect going around? I thought it was pretty cool looking so I figured I'd give it a shot for myself.

The base here is "Pastel Teal" by Kleancolor, I did the spotted effect in "Inky" by O.C.C. and used some acetone to get it to look more like I wanted. I like the end results, although the actual water spotting didn't quite come out like Simple Little Pleasure's on youtube. I guess I will have to try spraying the alcohol closer to get larger spots. All in all, I like the way this turned out.

Also, my index finger doesn't have any polish on it because I recently managed to slice it open on a dust jacket (book cover), and since it's pretty deep I'd like to avoid getting acetone in it.

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!

Flashback Friday: Christmas Marble

These colours together make me feel very festive. Even though this was done in September I think it goes well with the holidays.

Sept/20/2012

The colours I used were my own made frankenpolish: White Gold, and the red is "Hey Sailor!" by China Glaze. It turned out beautifully, despite how horrible some of my water marbles turn out, I especially love the middle and index fingers.

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.

UV gel Experiments

Done on the same day our UV clear overlays were done, we experimented.

July/15/2012

Left: Blue and black glitter; Right: orange and purple marble.

 I did both of these nails, still playing around with the UV coloured gels and adding glitter. I like the marbled effect I got on the one on the right.

Left and Right: Ayesha's; Middle: Mine

 The far right and far left nails my cousin Ayesha did, she made up some beautiful turquoise UV gel using clear gel and turquoise eye shadow. The right one she mixed in some blue glitter, and the left nail she patted the blue glitter on top, both creating a different effect. I like the one she did on the right.

The middle nail with the rhinestones I did, there was some orange and turquoise left over so I did a gradient and stuck on some rhinestones before curing it. It reminds me of something you'd find in Bollywood.

 

Fruit Salad

I did both of these, but Ayesha coated/encased the right nail with clear gel. All is did was mix magenta and orange eye shadows with clear UV gel and stuck on some cute little fruit fimos for added fun.

I hope you enjoyed this post. If you have any questions, comments or concerns leave them down below and I'll get back to you!

Dry Marble

Simple dry marbling today, its technically just needle dragging, because I wanted to water marble but it wasn't working, so this was better. Colours used are "Fast Track" and "Smoke and Ashes" by China Glaze from the Capitol Collection.

Marbled Candy

Sept/19/2010 to Sept/25/2010

A water marble using "White On" by Sally Hansen, "Pink Voltage(Neon)" and "Purple Panic(Neon)" by China Glaze. It didn't marble very well, but the end result reminded me of those jawbreaker candies :P

Pink Marbles

April/24/2011 to Apr/30/2011

Colours used are "Pink Voltage(Neon)" by China Glaze, and "Liquid Vinyl" by Orly.

Nov 6th and 7th

Nov/07/2011 "270 Lacey Lilac", "190 Posh Plum", "02 White On" all from Sally Hansen

 Tried a water marble again, total EPIC FAIL, turned into a globby mess when it didn't dry instantly on the water.

"270 Lacey Lilac" by Sally Hansen

Just a picture to show you the beautiful shade of lilac I recently picked up. This was before the water marbling was attempted.