Hi Goddesses
This is one of the few patterns I actually love from this challenge. As you know, I feel I have underwhelmed myself with the 30 manis so far, but this stamp and these polishes - yes! Oh, apart from Beth having moved my lamp and me not realising til too late! Oh, and all thoughts of clean up apparently ignored. Sheesh.
This is another awesome MoYou stamp, this time from Artist Collection 03. I love that it looks like - a fingerprint, a loose timewarp, a blob, a blob within a blob, a wobbly bubble, tree rings. Yup, like this stamp A LOT.
I did a colourful skittle as my background and stamped with w7 black to prove you don't have to have a Konad to get good results. Plus, I'm finding the Konad really hard to clean off lately, especially if I have a piece of broken skin.
Thumb - OPI First Date At Golden Gate
Index - Too Fancy Lacquer -Fallen Too Deep
Middle - Mentality - Brute
Ring - OPI Flashbulb Fuchsia
Pinkie - Mentality - Charm
Hi Goddesses
How are we all? I am sorry I have been absent a lot over the last week. Real life has intervened in a really rude and scary way and I am ferociously job hunting. Truth though, I've missed blogging, and the yogic calm I get from painting my nails, but I've felt guilty whenever my mind has veered in that direction. Must Get A Job FIRST.
Anyhow, today is one of my very favourite manis that I've done for this #33DC. It's called the Distressed Mani and I originally saw it on Chalkboard Nails HERE. I liked it, but then really fell in love with it when Brit Nails did a slightly different version HERE.
The key to this mani is to apply your polish as sparingly as if it is stardust - that's like half a micro-granule of a droplet on your brush. THIS is what gives the smeared and streaky effect. More streaky = goooood. Too much droplets = saaaaad (and hard for a "slop it on" girl like me).
I like how they both remind me a little of crackle, and also of acid wash manis, and let's face it, they're splodges aren't they? No wonder they make me happy!
For my mani I used -
* w7 Black
* Essie - Orange It's Obvious
* OPI - The It Colour
* OPI Flashbulb Fuchsia (shimmer)
* Smitten Polish Imperio (glitter)
I've said this before, but AGAIN the introduction of a shimmer and a glitter added extra magic to my mani, the glitter in particular working its dazzle through the colours. Overall, this reminds me a LOT of an exotic parrot.
Me likey :)
Hi Goddesses
Here I am again, fashionably late to my own challenge! I really have no excuse to offer other than total laziness. I just could not get my mojo together yesterday as far as editing and writing were concerned - I guess that means a bit of a catch up day today then!
Today's post features OPI Flashbulb Fuchsia which I was sent for review by a UK etailer called Chemist Direct. I hadn't heard of them before, but they have lots of good stuff at reasonable prices.
Flashbulb Fuchsia may just be my favourite pink polish EVER. I really was not prepared for how awesomely sparkly it is - it's just amazing. I've used it loads since it arrived - it just seems to have an extra little bit of magic to it.
Now, you may be sat there thinking "what on earth hoohah animal is THAT". Well .... it's this design, a butterfly wing from MoYou Pro Collection 04. I admit, it doesn't look much like a butterfly wing on my nail, but I liked how abstract it looked, plus I was pretty sure no one else would have a mani like this for the challenge!
I hope you have a great weekend lined up - I might get a little YouTube action lined up for you :)
