Archives for category: matte

Glistening Gold

March 14, 2011 //

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
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Categories aqua, avon, bm16, chrome, gold, matte, orly, stamping

Glistening Gold

March 14, 2011 //

lolol bad title. Shrug. here be the pretty.

Nummy. Baby blue chrome, what’s to hate?

Base color: Orly Pure Gold
Stamping Color: Avon Mirror Shine in Glisten
Bundle monster stamping plate

Categories aqua, avon, bm16, chrome, gold, matte, orly, stamping

Matte Orange

March 12, 2011 //

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)
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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!

Categories black, bm16, creme, Lessons from Beej, matte, opi, orange, stamping, wet n wild

Matte Orange

March 12, 2011 //

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!

Categories black, bm16, creme, Lessons from Beej, matte, opi, orange, stamping, wet n wild

Another Rangers themed mani ;)

March 9, 2011 //

Base: OPI Alpine Snow, in Matte
Stamp Color: Orly Star of Bombay
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Unfortunately while we got into the sweet sixteen bracket, we didn’t advance any further than that today 😦

Categories blue, bm20, matte, opi, orly, stamping, theme: rangers, white

Another Rangers themed mani ;)

March 9, 2011 //

Base: OPI Alpine Snow, in Matte
Stamp Color: Orly Star of Bombay
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Unfortunately while we got into the sweet sixteen bracket, we didn’t advance any further than that today 😦

Categories blue, bm20, matte, opi, orly, stamping, theme: rangers, white

Cherish Matte

March 7, 2011 //

Began with OPI Thanks So Muchness! then layered Nfu Oh 52 over it…

It actually had a strong green tinted shimmer, but the camera insisted on picking up blue. Pretty though 😀

Stamped China Glaze Cherish, a green chrome, with a Konad m64 plate. Then mattified the whole thing down with China Glaze Matte Magic.

Lessons learned? While painting Seche Vite over the flakies so it would dry faster for the stamping, that particular layer has shrunk over time and last night it was verging on just plain gross. It was pulling up so we would see red-orange around the cuticles, and it looked downright grotesque, even with a shimmer so it looked legit! Eww.