I was inspired by Emerald Sparkled’s look, and created something similar.
Sorry for the crap photo quality, but this is the most color accurate photo I could get of Essie Turquoise & Caicos, a color that my camera insists is blue. But my Flip camera sees otherwise!
The series of scheduled posts 😉 I will be gone to Florida for Spring Break, and am only bringing my Nailtique treatment so tonight I went all out making various looks to post over the week 🙂
Base color: Color Club Where’s the Soiree?
Blue shiny thing: Sally Hansen Hi-Def in Spectrum (which is a lot more gorgeous than the picture and uploading processes allow. It’s more iridescent, green-blue. Mmmm)
The series of scheduled posts 😉 I will be gone to Florida for Spring Break, and am only bringing my Nailtique treatment so tonight I went all out making various looks to post over the week 🙂
Base color: Color Club Where’s the Soiree?
Blue shiny thing: Sally Hansen Hi-Def in Spectrum (which is a lot more gorgeous than the picture and uploading processes allow. It’s more iridescent, green-blue. Mmmm)
Base Color: OPI Flit a Bit (From their 2010 Summer Flutter collection)
Stamping Color: Wet n Wild Black Creme (gee this sure is a staple, lol)
Bundle Monster plate
Wasn’t enough though…
Mattified for a final look 🙂 The matte topcoat used is Essie Matte About You.
Here lies a cautionary tale: Don’t apply a matte topcoat after stamping, apply a protective topcoat THEN matte it down. Why? It smudges!
Base Color: OPI Flit a Bit (From their 2010 Summer Flutter collection)
Stamping Color: Wet n Wild Black Creme (gee this sure is a staple, lol)
Bundle Monster plate
Wasn’t enough though…
Mattified for a final look 🙂 The matte topcoat used is Essie Matte About You.
Here lies a cautionary tale: Don’t apply a matte topcoat after stamping, apply a protective topcoat THEN matte it down. Why? It smudges!
Blurry, but this is an extremely good representative of the color in person.
Nubar Petunia Sparkle over Color Club Where’s the Soiree? with scotch tape 😉 So easy Shauna could do it!!
I used this manicure as a reward system for me while cramming over Paradise Lost last night– when I finished 200 lines, I would get to paint on a section and when I finished a book I could do the whole hand. It did take me the whole three books of Paradise Lost that I had to finish by then, to complete the mani. 🙂 Slower yes, but rewarding.
Blurry, but this is an extremely good representative of the color in person.
Nubar Petunia Sparkle over Color Club Where’s the Soiree? with scotch tape 😉 So easy Shauna could do it!!
I used this manicure as a reward system for me while cramming over Paradise Lost last night– when I finished 200 lines, I would get to paint on a section and when I finished a book I could do the whole hand. It did take me the whole three books of Paradise Lost that I had to finish by then, to complete the mani. 🙂 Slower yes, but rewarding.
Base color: Orly Blue Collar; Stamping: Flowers was Wet N Wild Saved by the Blue and the butterflies was Sally Hansen Chrome in Anemone. Used Bundle Monster stamps.
It really looked a lot better in person– for some reason this picture is choosing to show all the ugly imperfections!! 😐 Not cool.
Base color: Orly Blue Collar; Stamping: Flowers was Wet N Wild Saved by the Blue and the butterflies was Sally Hansen Chrome in Anemone. Used Bundle Monster stamps.
It really looked a lot better in person– for some reason this picture is choosing to show all the ugly imperfections!! 😐 Not cool.
Began with three coats of Essie Lilacism. Yes. It is sheer and streaky. Pretty pastel color though.
Layered Sally Hansen’s Hidden Treasure over it… Too subtle for me actually, but it was pretty.
China Glaze Crackle in Fault Line over it. Liked this one quite a bit.
Was hard to see the flakies through, though. Maybe if I added several coats of the flakies? Anyway I scrapped it, and ultimately went outside with…
Essie Lilacism, stamped with Fauxnad and used bullion beads from the BM gem set over the natural dots in the stamping pattern. Stamp color: Sally Hansen Chrome in Royal Purple
Pretty 🙂 The bullion beads were a tad too bumpy for me though.
Kewtified Nails 