Sunday, February 28, 2010

Friday, February 26, 2010

♥ Nat Robbin's - 'Phantom' ♥

 
Nat Robbin's 'Phantom' 4 coats and 2 coats of  Nailene Top Coat
Where in the 'F' did that piece of fluff come from? I swear to gosh, that was not there when I was taking photos!!!! Anyhoo- here is a very lovely polish Nat Robbin's 'Phantom' 4 coats and 2 coats of  Nailene Acrylic Strong Top Coat. I guess this would be a shimmer with a strong flash.....I took some photos with extremely crappy lighting, just for funz..........I call it 'gloomy window' lighting.

This polish was extremely thin, and I want to leave the bottle open in a window or outdoors for a few hours so it will thicken up, but it is waaaaaaaay to cold to do so right now I am pretty sure it will freeze.. I did have some bare spots with my application -  but I barely noticed them becuase I was enchanted by the super-strong violet flash in this pretty light chocolate polish.

I picked this up at a bargain store in my town. Nat Robbin's polish's are discontinued, but the three I grabbed were really nice. I love polish's that have a strong flash like this. it's such an odd pairing, chocolaty brown with violet..... = I like it and I think that these types of color combos are really special ♥

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ashley whittaker

Was updating some interior design contacts yesterday and was reminded of how much I love Ashley Whittaker's work.
Isn't she amazing?

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Thursday, February 25, 2010

wow



photo: hautedesign

jeffrey monteiro + illustration


Just wrapped up an illustration inspired by these looks from the very talented Jeffrey Monteiro's resort collection.
You can buy Jeffery's looks here: jeffrey monteiro
If you hurry, you can buy the original illustration here: etsy

Hope you love all of this as much as I do!

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

♥ Claire's - 'Red Slippers' ♥

 
2 coats of Claire's 'Red Slipper' 1 coat of Nailene Top Coat
Ring China Glaze for Audrey 'Amoeba' design

I think the swirly design on my ring finger looks like amoebas..... or like cartoon 'cells'. I was just messing around and added a few dots of China Glaze 'For Audrey' over 2 coats of the Claire's 'Red Slipper' and swirled with a toothpick. 

This beautiful shimmery polish from Claire's surprised me. I thought for sure it would be 3 to 4 coats but it looks perfect in 2 coats. It's very shimmery and extremely shiny on it's own. It dried very fast as well, which was really, really nice.....

I hope to get some sunshine photos tomorrow of this one, as all of my photos today are indoors under fluorescent lighting. I was surprised that when i searched for this polish, as well as Claire's 'Under the Sea' there was not any 'Under the Sea' manis or swatches, and so far I have only found 3 photos of this polish' Red Slipper'. I picked this up at Claire's in there 10 for $10 deal going on right now.

I only own a  few Claire's polish's and before purchasing this batch - I was never impressed by them. These are really nice and I will definitely have a different perspective after trying these.

Below is a photo where *hopefully* you can see the polish on my cuticles curling and lifting ( right hand corner of photo). I apply a bit of barrier cream, Avon Moisture Therapy hand cream, with a little tiny brush around my cuticles, and when my polish is dry, sometimes I can peel off the polish that has gotten onto my cuticles..... and sometimes I can wash my hands when my nails are dry and the majority of polish mistakes just slough off it's pretty awesome and saves me from doing an acetone clean-up. And.... I have noticed a dramatic difference in the state of my cuticles due to using the barrier cream.


  


 

  

  

  

  

  


Herriott Grace

Well, I stopped by to buy a cheese board- and saw THESE!


Tuesday, February 23, 2010

♥ super cool 'ruffian inspired' ♥

 

I saw something similar to this just 2 days ago and wanted to copy - Emerald Sparkled's 'Ruffian Inspired' Mani. I think she may have done this free-hand- which is very impressive. I have done the opposite, putting the darker color at the base of my nail. I think this looks super-cool; and will try it with a lighter color  towards the base of my nail and a darker color on top.

after inserting the little copy card into the computer I marred my middle finger nail - 1 out of every 3 times that i touch that little card, i mess up my Mani.....if not in the camera, in the computer.

I did this by applying 'reifinder' or 're-binders' or whatever people call them to create a circular area at the base of my nail, and then used 2 super-duper thin coats of Sally Hansen 'Raven' a shiny solid black. When it was dry i removed the 'refinders' which left a  tonne of gooey paper behind. so i had to wait even longer to wash my hands and pick off the little pieces of paper. Then I filled in any sparse area, buffed raised edges, and applied 2 coats of Nailene Top Coat.

All my photos are indoors under fluorescent lighting.... its friggen freezing outside! Having that huge gouge that i tried to 'cover-up' is driving me nuts so i am changing this Mani right away.


  

  

  

  

  

  

  
 


emersonmade

Just some new things happening over at one of the best: emersonmade.

Monday, February 22, 2010

Design chosen




I've been working on the project for a while, and today the design I'm going to make is chosen.
It's the one with the roses all over the front. I'm excited! Can't wait to see it in reality.

acrimony

First things first- a new unframed original in the shop! shhh.
Things have been so hectic lately, I feel the need for some "simple" in my life.
So I have been spending alot of time over at the shop acrimony website.


They have the very prettiest basics, don't you agree?
Hope you caught the ring of theirs I tweeted yesterday What a steal?!

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Sunday, February 21, 2010

♥ Claire's 'Under the Sea' ♥

 
Claire's 'Under The Sea' 3 coats with 2 coats of Nailene Acrylic Strong Top Coat

awwwwww, this is another gorgeous Claire's polish.  It is a pretty sea-foam green shimmer.

In the last few years most Claire's polish's I have bought were deceptively sheer, and I am a 2 to 3 coat maximum kinda gal, so I haven't really snagged any unless they were in the 10 for $10 section - which is pretty seldom in my town. But this polish is lovely - I am glad I grabbed it. This is 3 thin coats, all dried very fast. I did a quickie job and got a few pieces of fluff in this mani. I'll likely disguise this with some nail art tomorrow.

All my photos are indoors under fluorescent lighting.....

  

  

  

 

  

  

 

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