Base: Misa Blue Over a Boy (a bright aqua creme)
Top: OPI Black Shatter
Also tried something new and after applying the shatter, I freehanded swiped Blue Over a Boy on the tips. Whatcha think? I think it makes the shatter look really squared off. 🙂
Base: Misa Blue Over a Boy (a bright aqua creme)
Top: OPI Black Shatter
Also tried something new and after applying the shatter, I freehanded swiped Blue Over a Boy on the tips. Whatcha think? I think it makes the shatter look really squared off. 🙂
lolol bad title. Shrug. here be the pretty.
Orly Pure Gold swatch. A beautiful matte, and the formula is to die for in mattes, IMO. It dries very quickly but not TOO quickly– like to the point where you can’t correct or else you’ll pull up the first layer.
Nummy. Baby blue chrome, what’s to hate?
I got a big ass Avon haul in today, and among these was the Avon Mirror Shine collection which I had heard was wonderful for stamping (I have been on a chrome polish collecting prowl lately I admit) so I got all their colors. Not to mention, they are having a big sale on their polish online as well.
Base color: Orly Pure Gold
Stamping Color: Avon Mirror Shine in Glisten
Bundle monster stamping plate
lolol bad title. Shrug. here be the pretty.
Orly Pure Gold swatch. A beautiful matte, and the formula is to die for in mattes, IMO. It dries very quickly but not TOO quickly– like to the point where you can’t correct or else you’ll pull up the first layer.
Nummy. Baby blue chrome, what’s to hate?
I got a big ass Avon haul in today, and among these was the Avon Mirror Shine collection which I had heard was wonderful for stamping (I have been on a chrome polish collecting prowl lately I admit) so I got all their colors. Not to mention, they are having a big sale on their polish online as well.
Base color: Orly Pure Gold
Stamping Color: Avon Mirror Shine in Glisten
Bundle monster stamping plate
lolol bad title. Shrug. here be the pretty.
Orly Pure Gold swatch. A beautiful matte, and the formula is to die for in mattes, IMO. It dries very quickly but not TOO quickly– like to the point where you can’t correct or else you’ll pull up the first layer.
Nummy. Baby blue chrome, what’s to hate?
I got a big ass Avon haul in today, and among these was the Avon Mirror Shine collection which I had heard was wonderful for stamping (I have been on a chrome polish collecting prowl lately I admit) so I got all their colors. Not to mention, they are having a big sale on their polish online as well.
Base color: Orly Pure Gold
Stamping Color: Avon Mirror Shine in Glisten
Bundle monster stamping plate
My friend Robert (the matron of our friend circle) decided that he’d like his nails done, and I came up with a blue scheme for him, and he picked the star stamp out of the Bundle Monster collection.
This shows the colors slightly better…
We were trying to figure out the best “hand pose” to show all of the nails as the stars are each in different places, and we tried this one– lol, cthulhu much? 😀
Colors used: OPI What’s With the Cattitude? for base, and OPI Who the Shrek Are You? for the darker blue star.
My friend Robert (the matron of our friend circle) decided that he’d like his nails done, and I came up with a blue scheme for him, and he picked the star stamp out of the Bundle Monster collection.
This shows the colors slightly better…
We were trying to figure out the best “hand pose” to show all of the nails as the stars are each in different places, and we tried this one– lol, cthulhu much? 😀
Colors used: OPI What’s With the Cattitude? for base, and OPI Who the Shrek Are You? for the darker blue star.
I originally wanted to do all nails different shades of blue, for the upcoming Blue Monday… or whatever. Then I felt it was too blah, and wanted black on it. But I feel like I’ve done too much polka dots– that’s kind of my default pattern. So I did a stripe down my nails, I was thinking of race tracks.. When I looked at it I realized, rather creepily, that they looked like eyes. After a few minutes of admiring it, I decided I needed more bling. So I broke out Claire’s glitter striping polish and voila.
That’s my creative process folks 😉
Black striping for all of the nails is Wet N Wild Black Creme– great polish. Full, black (not brownish black) coverage in one layer. All the other polishes are China Glaze colors.
Left hand, from the Pinky to Thumb: Bermuda Breakaway; For Audrey; Sexy in the City; Sea Spray; Calypso Blue.
Calypso Blue is a very dark midnight blue, I’d say it’s a true midnight blue. I added the black stripe and realized I had a very hard time distinguishing the dark blue/black so that’s how the glitter stripe idea was born 😉 The difference is there however, Calypso Blue has the blue base, it’s not a black based blue.
Right hand, from the Pinky to Thumb: Caribbean Blue; Midnight Mission; Bahamian Escape; Rodeo Fanatic; Shower Together.
I was concerned that Midnight Mission and Rodeo Fanatic looked similar in the first photo, so here’s a closeup and a comparison. You can see they are not similar at all.
I got in a discussion with Nick about For Audrey and Sea Spray– He was convinced they looked exactly the same. A quick poll of my three roommates proved otherwise. As you can see Sea Spray is a grey based light blue, while For Audrey has much more green in it. I’m not sure why I willingly spend 10 minutes arguing with a color blind guy but there you have my Sunday.
I originally wanted to do all nails different shades of blue, for the upcoming Blue Monday… or whatever. Then I felt it was too blah, and wanted black on it. But I feel like I’ve done too much polka dots– that’s kind of my default pattern. So I did a stripe down my nails, I was thinking of race tracks.. When I looked at it I realized, rather creepily, that they looked like eyes. After a few minutes of admiring it, I decided I needed more bling. So I broke out Claire’s glitter striping polish and voila.
That’s my creative process folks 😉
Black striping for all of the nails is Wet N Wild Black Creme– great polish. Full, black (not brownish black) coverage in one layer. All the other polishes are China Glaze colors.
Left hand, from the Pinky to Thumb: Bermuda Breakaway; For Audrey; Sexy in the City; Sea Spray; Calypso Blue.
Calypso Blue is a very dark midnight blue, I’d say it’s a true midnight blue. I added the black stripe and realized I had a very hard time distinguishing the dark blue/black so that’s how the glitter stripe idea was born 😉 The difference is there however, Calypso Blue has the blue base, it’s not a black based blue.
Right hand, from the Pinky to Thumb: Caribbean Blue; Midnight Mission; Bahamian Escape; Rodeo Fanatic; Shower Together.
I was concerned that Midnight Mission and Rodeo Fanatic looked similar in the first photo, so here’s a closeup and a comparison. You can see they are not similar at all.
I got in a discussion with Nick about For Audrey and Sea Spray– He was convinced they looked exactly the same. A quick poll of my three roommates proved otherwise. As you can see Sea Spray is a grey based light blue, while For Audrey has much more green in it. I’m not sure why I willingly spend 10 minutes arguing with a color blind guy but there you have my Sunday.
I know, I know I didn’t clean up my cuticles. My routine is just to slap on nail lacquer, then go off to the shower when they’ve dried. However I am preparing a full manicure arsenal that’s going to be busted out on my birthday… February 9th! 😀
So here you see a medium blue shimmer, and a light blue shimmer for the tips. I would have to say this is one of my favorite looks on myself.
Kewtified Nails 