Superheroes v Villains - DC Comics Villain

Hi Goddesses

Oh DC Comics, how I love you.  Seriously, I could squeeze your cute little cheeks and kiss you for having COOL characters.  

Now, before you all bite me, I admit, The Avengers is the cool of the cool, but this week - man, I got it pegged!

So today we have someone who is called a villain because she is an arch nemesis, but I love her SOOOOOO.   And I especially love her when she's Michelle Pfeiffer.  Yes, it's Catwoman, all slinky cool and feline fine ... in her torn, stitched and tattered black PVC suit.

Catwoman is a mesmerising character for me.   All sexy woman, sharp one-liners, kitty-essence and some bad ass sass too :)    The first Catwoman I remember is Julie Newmar in the TV series, and these were always my favourite episodes (often I'd turn off the telly if Catwoman wasn't in the episode, cos people did know how to switch a TV off in "those" days).

I know Eartha Kitt is a lot of people's favourite Catwoman, but I have to say, I think Pfeiffer is pretty perfect in the role.   I think she's an amazing actress, and she brings just the right mix of reality, hyper-reality and cartoon-reality to the mix - her Catwoman is playful, confused and sexy as all hell lol.

For this mani I used Barry M magnetic in Dark Silver as my base and then a Sally Hansen nail art pen in silver to draw on the stitching.  It's an iconic image, and I particularly like how the magnetic waves mimic movement in the fabric.

I really like the shade shots too - very moody!

Okies - see you Thursday for a hero/ine .... don't forget to check out these other lovelies :)

Sammy @ Nailasaurus
Debbie @ the crumpet - Hi!
Sarah @ Spellbinding Nails
Jo @ NorthernNails
Charlotte @ Charlottes Nails
Kerrie @ PishPosh and Polish

Superheroes and Villains - Marvel Villain

Hi Goddesses

Oh boy, here we go.  This is a challenge and a half lol.  4 weeks of Superheroes and Super-villains.  1 week each for Marvel, DC Comics, Disney and then a freestyle week.   It sounded so much fun ..... especially as we have a kick ass cast of British Polish Blogging Super-Goddesses.

Until I had to actually do it lol.   Annoyingly, I found that most of the characters I wanted to do fit into just 1 of the eight categories, so it's been real thinking cap stuff.  God bless the geekworld and their wonderful websites of lists and lists and lists of characters - without them, I'd have been screwed.

Let me just put this out there, right now - this is just about the lamest post you're ever going to read from me lol.  I could NOT find a character that I knew enough about so in the end I settled on Magneto, who is apparently one of the villains in X-men, though I have no idea whether he's the one from Star Trek or Gandalf.

Anywaaaaaaay, I had no idea who he was or what to do for my nails, and then it hit me like a Flash (a-haaaaaa) - Magneto / magnetics.  So yup, this post is an excuse to try out my 4 new Barry M magnetics.

Super Comic Book Geek fans, I am SOOOOOO sorry, you have no idea how much I tried on Sunday to be inspired, but it just didn't work.  So yes, this one's lame, but Thursday's isn't - ok ?  Do we have a deal ?

I'm going to do a separate post later in the month on these babies, because I was VERY impressed, both with the polish AND the pattern on the magnet (I'm particularly loving how cool the index finger looks).   Left to right you have Dark Silver, Purple, Blue and Burgundy - hey, it's Barry, what do you expect ?!

So, yes, if you want to know more about this Magneto chap, here's a link .... trust me, I have a MUCH better mani lined up for the Hero, on Thursday :)

Don't forget to check out the other WonderGirls .... you just KNOW Sammy is gonna shame my ass today!

Enjoy xx :)




Meet the Super Six:

Sammy @ Nailasaurus
Debbie @ the crumpet
Sarah @ Spellbinding Nails
Jo @ NorthernNails
Charlotte @ Charlottes Nails
Kerrie @ PishPosh and Polish