A few more NOTDs

Some old NOTDs for ya 🙂

A water marbling attempt. I don’t remember what colors I used. I just picked them and then realized this is like my third BLUE water marbling. I need to go into a different color territory, lol. I was testing out using masking fluid as a replacement for Liquid Palisade, which worked excellently well.

Base color: Nicole by OPI The Next CEO
Stamp: Wet n Wild Black Creme
Stamping plate: BM12

Base color: Sally Hansen Complete Salon Effects in Plum Luck
Stamp: a gold chrome, I forget, lol.
Stamping plate: Konad M60

Base color: OPI Skulls and Glossbones
Stamping color: Wet n Wild Black Creme
Stamping plate: BM 225

A few more NOTDs

Some old NOTDs for ya 🙂

A water marbling attempt. I don’t remember what colors I used. I just picked them and then realized this is like my third BLUE water marbling. I need to go into a different color territory, lol. I was testing out using masking fluid as a replacement for Liquid Palisade, which worked excellently well.

Base color: Nicole by OPI The Next CEO
Stamp: Wet n Wild Black Creme
Stamping plate: BM12

Base color: Sally Hansen Complete Salon Effects in Plum Luck
Stamp: a gold chrome, I forget, lol.
Stamping plate: Konad M60

Base color: OPI Skulls and Glossbones
Stamping color: Wet n Wild Black Creme
Stamping plate: BM 225

Footprints in the Sand

A swatch of Avon Urban Grey. It looked a lot more grey in the bottle, but on me it was kind of disappointing and ew-ish with my skin tone. It has a hidden shimmer too. Reminds me a lot of OPI’s I Vant to be a Lone-Star!

Stamped with Sally Hansen Chrome in Salmon Pearl, with a Born Pretty fauxnad m73 plate.

Footprints in the Sand

A swatch of Avon Urban Grey. It looked a lot more grey in the bottle, but on me it was kind of disappointing and ew-ish with my skin tone. It has a hidden shimmer too. Reminds me a lot of OPI’s I Vant to be a Lone-Star!

Stamped with Sally Hansen Chrome in Salmon Pearl, with a Born Pretty fauxnad m73 plate.

another one of my creative processes…

 I began with Color Club’s Where’s the Soiree, which is a GREAT one-coater black. I originally tried out Orly Liquid Vinyl and it was horrid– it split apart when it dried, wtf? It was also brownish black, eww. I am also not sure why the quality is so crap in this photo.

 Layered the black with Jesse’s Girl in Confetti, I think the effect is similar to RBL’s Scrangie– it definitely reminds me of beetle wings, but a lot more purple. It looks rough, highly textured and cray cray in the picture but I promise you everything was smooth.

 Layered over this is China Glaze’s Cracked Concrete, from their Crackle collection 🙂

Right hand. Topped with Seche Vite, I feel this helps the shimmer show through while the matte effect kind of quietens things down.

OFF TOPIC, sorta: I ordered two half pearl wheels from Born Pretty, and there is SOOO much static cling in them! The pearls literally fly out when they’re turned. How do I reduce the amount of static that’s built up in them? Swipe a dryer sheet over it??

another one of my creative processes…

 I began with Color Club’s Where’s the Soiree, which is a GREAT one-coater black. I originally tried out Orly Liquid Vinyl and it was horrid– it split apart when it dried, wtf? It was also brownish black, eww. I am also not sure why the quality is so crap in this photo.

 Layered the black with Jesse’s Girl in Confetti, I think the effect is similar to RBL’s Scrangie– it definitely reminds me of beetle wings, but a lot more purple. It looks rough, highly textured and cray cray in the picture but I promise you everything was smooth.

 Layered over this is China Glaze’s Cracked Concrete, from their Crackle collection 🙂

Right hand. Topped with Seche Vite, I feel this helps the shimmer show through while the matte effect kind of quietens things down.

OFF TOPIC, sorta: I ordered two half pearl wheels from Born Pretty, and there is SOOO much static cling in them! The pearls literally fly out when they’re turned. How do I reduce the amount of static that’s built up in them? Swipe a dryer sheet over it??

Friday Palate Cleanser

So I got real tired of the Valentine mani, right and decided today I would go for something more understated and subtle instead of the obnoxious neons I’ve been doing.

 So I pulled out China Glaze Below Deck for the base, and China Glaze Jitterbug for the stamping. 🙂

You can see the detailing better here.

Friday Palate Cleanser

So I got real tired of the Valentine mani, right and decided today I would go for something more understated and subtle instead of the obnoxious neons I’ve been doing.

 So I pulled out China Glaze Below Deck for the base, and China Glaze Jitterbug for the stamping. 🙂

You can see the detailing better here.

Matte polka dots

 I started with Nubar Midnight in matte.

 Stamped with Wet N Wild Black Creme. Yeah I know I didn’t clean up… Check out my thumb– I didn’t do so bad! There’s a visible seam though. 😦

Wanted to see what a topcoat would look like, so I did the thumb only. Kind of pretty 🙂

Matte polka dots

 I started with Nubar Midnight in matte.

 Stamped with Wet N Wild Black Creme. Yeah I know I didn’t clean up… Check out my thumb– I didn’t do so bad! There’s a visible seam though. 😦

Wanted to see what a topcoat would look like, so I did the thumb only. Kind of pretty 🙂