Zoya French Twist

Last month or something, Zoya had both a promo and a new “French twist” style. It was to use both Caitlin and Marley, from their Intimate Spring 2011 collection, as a french tip. Some people alternated with the colors, but I went traditional (ha) and used Caitlin as a base, and Marley for the tips.

Please don’t laugh! I really suck at freehand french tips 😦 I tried following my smile line and it came out wonky so I went over it again but they turned into more like chevron tips.

I did love this, but the tips were just too thick for me lol!

Kinda looks okay here. My index finger is just funny. xD

Did any of you guys try the French twist?

Zoya French Twist

Last month or something, Zoya had both a promo and a new “French twist” style. It was to use both Caitlin and Marley, from their Intimate Spring 2011 collection, as a french tip. Some people alternated with the colors, but I went traditional (ha) and used Caitlin as a base, and Marley for the tips.

Please don’t laugh! I really suck at freehand french tips 😦 I tried following my smile line and it came out wonky so I went over it again but they turned into more like chevron tips.

I did love this, but the tips were just too thick for me lol!

Kinda looks okay here. My index finger is just funny. xD

Did any of you guys try the French twist?

Blue Over a Shatter

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. 🙂

Blue Over a Shatter

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. 🙂

Sparkles

I encourage you to click ’em to make ’em bigger. I’m starting a new system of linking back to my Flickr account, because Picasa washes out my pictures and makes me pout and frown.

Awesome huh?

The base is Color Club Where’s the Soiree? The version of this color that I have, is a simple black creme. It is topped with Orly Prisma Gloss Silver an amazing holographic topcoat. It is AMAZING let me reiterate!! I want to have babies with it.
I taped off the ends for a funky french. It was so rock star. I told Shauna that she had to have this polish, and these pictures are why!

Here’s a closeup/blurry shot to show the SPARKLES.

mmmm. Sparkles.

Sparkles

I encourage you to click ’em to make ’em bigger. I’m starting a new system of linking back to my Flickr account, because Picasa washes out my pictures and makes me pout and frown.

Awesome huh?

The base is Color Club Where’s the Soiree? The version of this color that I have, is a simple black creme. It is topped with Orly Prisma Gloss Silver an amazing holographic topcoat. It is AMAZING let me reiterate!! I want to have babies with it.
I taped off the ends for a funky french. It was so rock star. I told Shauna that she had to have this polish, and these pictures are why!

Here’s a closeup/blurry shot to show the SPARKLES.

mmmm. Sparkles.

Bouquet of Roses

 OPI I Got a Date To-Knight! for the base, OPI Dim Sum Plum for the french tips. Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Cherry Red for the roses, Sally Hansen Insta-Dri in Jumpin’ Jade for the plants.

 My favorite one out of them all 😛

This thumb gave me SO many problems… It wasn’t even funny. First, the base pink refused to dry properly and I destroyed it twice with the scotch tape. Then I hit something, and wiped off a spot which I corrected with a dab of the base color and topcoat. It just didn’t like me last night.

But this is my favorite mani so far, in terms of being able to bring idea into reality 😀

Bouquet of Roses

 OPI I Got a Date To-Knight! for the base, OPI Dim Sum Plum for the french tips. Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Cherry Red for the roses, Sally Hansen Insta-Dri in Jumpin’ Jade for the plants.

 My favorite one out of them all 😛

This thumb gave me SO many problems… It wasn’t even funny. First, the base pink refused to dry properly and I destroyed it twice with the scotch tape. Then I hit something, and wiped off a spot which I corrected with a dab of the base color and topcoat. It just didn’t like me last night.

But this is my favorite mani so far, in terms of being able to bring idea into reality 😀

Purple mania

 Here it is, right after completion.

 Then I felt it still needed some jazzing… So I added french tips.

 I’m a little clumsy with the BM stripe stamp, and didn’t line this one up well at all LOL

Sparkly base: Nubar Hyacinth Sparkle; Stamped stripes: OPI Rumple’s Wiggin; French tip: OPI Purple With a Passion (pictured above with the bottle)

Purple mania

 Here it is, right after completion.

 Then I felt it still needed some jazzing… So I added french tips.

 I’m a little clumsy with the BM stripe stamp, and didn’t line this one up well at all LOL

Sparkly base: Nubar Hyacinth Sparkle; Stamped stripes: OPI Rumple’s Wiggin; French tip: OPI Purple With a Passion (pictured above with the bottle)