Hi Goddesses
Ta-da! An actual blog post! Reviewing actual stuff! With actual nail art! Hurrah!
Before the house move, the last polishes I posted were 2 from the new Powder Perfect Collection. How fitting that the first post AFTER the house move features 7 polishes from Jacinta's new Stained Glass Collection.
I have wanted to do leadlighting / glazing / lead lighting for AAAAAGES so was really glad to get the opportunity to review these polishes. And do you know what, they were awesome!
In case you're in the same boat, here were my concerns -
* would you be able to see the colour if I went on the black stamping line? No.
* would they be so sheer that they would look rubbish? No.
* Would they be finickity to use like the hideous OPI Sheer Tints? No.
Not only that, they had some considerable advantages -
* they blended well. See my advanced butterflies lol.
* better yet, they MIXED!! You'll see I have orange and lime green in my manis but not in my bottles - well, it was really easy to mix the polishes together to create other colours. Fabulous!!
With hindsight, I regret the purple rose in my bouquet, but other than that, I was delighted with how these turned out, and can't wait to use them again and again and again.
Polishes Used
Powder Perfect Stained Glass Primary Colours Trio
4 colours from the Powder Perfect Stained Glass Collection
Stamping Plates Used
UberChic 3-01
Rose bouquet - MoYou Princess 12
The above polishes were sent to me for an honest review and can be purchased HERE.
Hi Goddesses
Today we turn to what I think is at the core of my being - the love of the written word. I am so thankful for the pleasure that reading gives me - the ENDLESS pleasure - and also the way I can get lost in the joy of writing.
My earliest memories include reading - Enid Blyton, mainly - and I remember being a voracious reader who had to read books over and over again. That hunger has never waned, although sadly, I find depression has a major impact on my ability to just sit there and soak up a book.
Lately I've been loving YA stuff, mainly, I think, because it just zips along, and there's a breeziness to it that generally makes it a quick read. I've loved Divergent, The Maze Runner, The 100 oooh and We Were Liars.
My true love though is poetry, and they do say a poem a day is a great way to fight depression. My imaginary self (the one that's also rich, slim and does yoga), spends days swaying in a hammock, using the pencil that was also knotting my hair back off my face, to decipher the tangle of words and underline the especially visceral ones. Sylvia Plath remains the most mesmeric writer I have ever encountered. I know she's not everyone's cup of tea, but she was the one who taught me what a punch a word can deliver, and I think she taught me well.
I've written lots of things over the years - 500 pages of a novel I never finished, poetry, the opening pages of books I bored of before I could get them written or imagined - and you'll find lots of writing on this blog too, probably more than any other nail blog, and not all of it nail related. In fact, the first dozen things I ever posted were just writing, no nails.
I'm particularly proud of the Depression pieces I've written, and how people have identified with them, or felt less alone because of them. The pinkie nail is a homage to that corner of the blog - with the green colour for depression just creeping in around the edges.
So, a quick canter through the nails -
* thumb - Blogger symbol
* index - a bookcase
* middle - writing, courtesy of MoYou Pro 07
* ring - a bunch of Tulips, courtesy of MoYou Princess 12. Tulips are the front cover of Ariel by Sylvia Plath. Tulips is also my "gateway" Plath poem and the moment I fell in love with her writing style
* pinkie - also from MoYou Princess 12
Also, this mani is my first one using Sharpie pens for nail art - I used them to colour in the tulips (and then watched in horror as they turned from red to orangey-red after a coat of Poshe), and also used them for the spines of the books on the bookcase.
Overall, I really love how this turned out - and hurrah - it actually feels like it fits together!
Hi Goddesses
We take a Halloween-y turn for my final nail art of the week, and be warned .... it's pretty much mostly Halloween stuff now for the rest of the month (with a couple of other bits rammed in too).
This started with the glory of the base polish, one of Cadillacquer's Halloween polishes, It's In Here With Us, which is just one of the most perfect polishes I have come across. It's a perfect orange, with scattered green glitters. Truly breathtaking, and you can see it in all its glory soon.
On top of this amazing base, I sponged some white polish and also some yellow (the new Barry M Mustard). As you know, I hate yellow polish, but it really makes this sort of mani pop.
If you look closely at the mani, you can still see some flecks of green glitter peeking through from the Cadillacquer, and I love this - it's like a secret :)
The roses pattern is one of my favourites, from MoYou Princess Collection 12.
And is it just me, or do the colours remind you of a tiger too?
Thanks for tuning in for DD Week - we'll be back in another month, and next time, our theme is Thankfulness.
Hi Goddesses
Hello my loves. I have a cute little stamping mani for you today, which is super light and summery. As we're all being bombarded by wind, rain and snow, I thought that echoes of summer might be nice :)
This has Sugar Kisses by The Polish Bar on base. Sugar Kisses is a white polish laden with mint and lilac glitters.
I then stamped on top with a Konad purple and this lovely butterfly design from MoYou Princess plate 12.
I have a lot of plates with butterflies but I do think this is one of the cutest. I do like chubby things in life, and these rounded butterflies really appeal :)
