Easter mani

I think this is an awesome Easter manicure 🙂

Eyeko Vintage Polish in Jade Green and Eyeko Lilac Polish, in skittle fashion.

Stamped over with Konads M79 in the polka dot pattern and S10 in the bunny and little baby chicken designs. I used a China Glaze Romantique polish for these, a bronze and a gold. I know, descriptive. 😛

Close up of the accent finger. I felt the chicken AND bunny was a little much… Oh well.

Then I took out the matte topcoat to give it an authentic EGGY feel, because that’s the point of EASTER.

Easter mani

I think this is an awesome Easter manicure 🙂

Eyeko Vintage Polish in Jade Green and Eyeko Lilac Polish, in skittle fashion.

Stamped over with Konads M79 in the polka dot pattern and S10 in the bunny and little baby chicken designs. I used a China Glaze Romantique polish for these, a bronze and a gold. I know, descriptive. 😛

Close up of the accent finger. I felt the chicken AND bunny was a little much… Oh well.

Then I took out the matte topcoat to give it an authentic EGGY feel, because that’s the point of EASTER.

Some Enchanted Evening

We have a salmon-pink Lippmann glitter, perfect for Pink Wednesdays!

It’s a salmon hex/round glitter suspended in a clear base. Like Boom Boom Pow/Today Was A Fairytale, they would never be sheer. This time I took a brief swatch on a naked nail to give an idea:

This is actually about two-three coats. 🙂
So since I was wearing this for Pink Wednesday I chose a pink base, but I was torn between two colors so I combined them.

 The base is China Glaze in Diva Bride. A very light pastel baby pink creme. The tips are Essie Mod Square, a bold bright pink creme.

I liked how it turned out 🙂 The tips were created using scotch tape.

 I was curious, so I took out China Glaze Matte Magic. It’s still sparkly, and the photos don’t show much difference but in person you can see the difference. With the matte topcoat on, the glitter comes out while for the glossy version it was seche vite doing the shiny work.

I like both. I feel like the matte version is “cleaner”or more professional. I don’t know. =)

Some Enchanted Evening

We have a salmon-pink Lippmann glitter, perfect for Pink Wednesdays!

It’s a salmon hex/round glitter suspended in a clear base. Like Boom Boom Pow/Today Was A Fairytale, they would never be sheer. This time I took a brief swatch on a naked nail to give an idea:

This is actually about two-three coats. 🙂
So since I was wearing this for Pink Wednesday I chose a pink base, but I was torn between two colors so I combined them.

 The base is China Glaze in Diva Bride. A very light pastel baby pink creme. The tips are Essie Mod Square, a bold bright pink creme.

I liked how it turned out 🙂 The tips were created using scotch tape.

 I was curious, so I took out China Glaze Matte Magic. It’s still sparkly, and the photos don’t show much difference but in person you can see the difference. With the matte topcoat on, the glitter comes out while for the glossy version it was seche vite doing the shiny work.

I like both. I feel like the matte version is “cleaner”or more professional. I don’t know. =)

Lady Sings the Blues

For this unpredictable Tuesday, we have Lippmann’s Lady Sings the Blues. We are also near the end of our theme week 🙂 This morning it was HOT and then it suddenly rained and now it’s all nice and cool. Sigh. Way to go, DC.

Doesn’t she look promising? Silvery/blue duochrome hex glitter with small round glitter suspended in a black jelly base. All the photos are about two-three coats, I forget. Definitely over two, at least if not exactly two. 

I really liked this one, it was easy to pick up the glitter and distribute it. Bad Romance gave me a little trouble– it would deposit a lot of hex glitter in one spot and then nothing for the next nail, etc requiring me to use a little more coats than usual.

Also looked great! I’m sorry these pictures are a bit dark D: 

I applied this last night, and when I saw it I knew I had to… mattify it! Sorry cousin! I wore it like this for the whole day today:

 Really– can you hate this?! I think it looks even better mattifyed. The other Lippmanns either looked equally good, or kind of strange (in the case of Bad Romance).

But this one… Meant to be matte!

Lady Sings the Blues

For this unpredictable Tuesday, we have Lippmann’s Lady Sings the Blues. We are also near the end of our theme week 🙂 This morning it was HOT and then it suddenly rained and now it’s all nice and cool. Sigh. Way to go, DC.

Doesn’t she look promising? Silvery/blue duochrome hex glitter with small round glitter suspended in a black jelly base. All the photos are about two-three coats, I forget. Definitely over two, at least if not exactly two. 

I really liked this one, it was easy to pick up the glitter and distribute it. Bad Romance gave me a little trouble– it would deposit a lot of hex glitter in one spot and then nothing for the next nail, etc requiring me to use a little more coats than usual.

Also looked great! I’m sorry these pictures are a bit dark D: 

I applied this last night, and when I saw it I knew I had to… mattify it! Sorry cousin! I wore it like this for the whole day today:

 Really– can you hate this?! I think it looks even better mattifyed. The other Lippmanns either looked equally good, or kind of strange (in the case of Bad Romance).

But this one… Meant to be matte!

Bad Romance

Bad Romance for this murky and overcast Sunday 🙂 Also we’re on our fourth day of the Lippmann week!

I apologize for these swatch posts, my camera refuses to capture the beauty that is Bad Romance. Some of you who have been following me from my early posts may have seen this one already. In fact, it’s the only polish to actually get featured twice!

I recommend clicking to make ’em bigger so you can see the glitter and whatnot. Bad Romance is my first Lippmann and definitely my first expensive, “high end” polish 🙂 It was gifted to me by my lovely friend Liane on my birthday in February. These pictures pull too dark purple though, Bad Romance’s glitter is a bit on the dark fuchsia side if I were to say… They definitely have a lot of pink in their purple-ness, not a true purple like these pictures want to show.

Also it’s only this formula that I have experienced shrinkage from Seche Vite. Also, this was about three coats. Bad Romance is a dark purple hexagonal glitter with small glitter suspended in a sheer/translucent black jelly base.

Broke out the matte topcoat! Aw yeah 😉

Bad Romance

Bad Romance for this murky and overcast Sunday 🙂 Also we’re on our fourth day of the Lippmann week!

I apologize for these swatch posts, my camera refuses to capture the beauty that is Bad Romance. Some of you who have been following me from my early posts may have seen this one already. In fact, it’s the only polish to actually get featured twice!

I recommend clicking to make ’em bigger so you can see the glitter and whatnot. Bad Romance is my first Lippmann and definitely my first expensive, “high end” polish 🙂 It was gifted to me by my lovely friend Liane on my birthday in February. These pictures pull too dark purple though, Bad Romance’s glitter is a bit on the dark fuchsia side if I were to say… They definitely have a lot of pink in their purple-ness, not a true purple like these pictures want to show.

Also it’s only this formula that I have experienced shrinkage from Seche Vite. Also, this was about three coats. Bad Romance is a dark purple hexagonal glitter with small glitter suspended in a sheer/translucent black jelly base.

Broke out the matte topcoat! Aw yeah 😉

Who’s a Superstar?

Today we have Deborah Lippmann Superstar, featured for the third day of the Lippmann theme week (and a day)!!

Sup?

 Superstar is another lovely dense glitter. It has small dark brown and copper flecks of glitter suspended in a light brown/espresso jelly base. I like this one, it’s a sophisticated color.

The only problem I had with this was that it’s very very gritty. I had two thick coats of Seche Vite, and you could still feel the bumpiness (not the rough sort.)

Then of course I had to… Break out the matte topcoat! I used Essie Matte About You in this one.

I like this effect, the gold/copper was brought out a lot. The dark espresso base wasn’t so overpowering anymore.

Enjoy 🙂

Who’s a Superstar?

Today we have Deborah Lippmann Superstar, featured for the third day of the Lippmann theme week (and a day)!!

Sup?

 Superstar is another lovely dense glitter. It has small dark brown and copper flecks of glitter suspended in a light brown/espresso jelly base. I like this one, it’s a sophisticated color.

The only problem I had with this was that it’s very very gritty. I had two thick coats of Seche Vite, and you could still feel the bumpiness (not the rough sort.)

Then of course I had to… Break out the matte topcoat! I used Essie Matte About You in this one.

I like this effect, the gold/copper was brought out a lot. The dark espresso base wasn’t so overpowering anymore.

Enjoy 🙂