Picture Polish Flakiegasm - Splendour, Hypnotic and Festival

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Adventures In Stamping - Week 3 - Stars

Hi Goddesses

So, the theme this week is Stars.  That's right, stars.  Not zebras ?  No.  Stars.

Is that an issue.  My god yes it's an issue!!  Lol.  This may come as a surprise to some of you, but I am quite a sore loser.  The voting choices this week were stars, something I can't even remember, and acid zebras, which was my uber favourite, and I had gotten quite excited about it ... until it lost the vote.  I am a woman who ALWAYS gets her way, and you see, this is why democracy will just never work for me :)  

Anyway, enough whinging.  I already have demonic plans to free the zebras from their voting nightmare - free the zebras!  let the acid zebras roam free!  let -

Ahem, Crumpet ?  Uh ?  Oh.  Yes.  YES.  Stars.  The post.  Stars, super shiny happy lovely boring, no not boring, lovely STARS.

I wasn't sure what I'd do for this one, and imagined inspiration would strike me as soon as I worked out which plate to use - BM21.  But no.  Twas just stars .....  I didn't want to be too dull, and I thought about doing black stars on white - like a negative, but then, when I was playing around with some other polishes for a series of posts, happenstance struck.

So, for my not boring in any way at all no way Jose stars, we have - 2 coats of OPI Black Onyx and then a mixture of the 3 Picture Polish flakies - Festival, Splendour and Hypnotic.  I then used good ole Barry and his M for my stamping - his special effects Silver Foil (stamps like a dreeeeeeeeeam).

Actually, I do quite like it.  I really like that the flakieness gives it a galactic background.

Anyway, I need to go and rig no no, erm, set up the voting for next week's challenge ... in the meantime, whatever you're doing, enjoy, and if you'd like to become part of our Facebook group, just click here to join.

Enjoy xx :)

Picture Polish SPLENDOUR

Hi Goddesses

Be warned, we're about to get a little flakey crazy over the next few days :)

Picture Polish, for those of you who don't know, is a great Aussie brand.  They do some beautiful colours, a couple of glitters, they also make the Ozotic line and at the back end of last year they released 3 flakies - Splendour, Hypnotic and Festival.   Unfortunately, Finger Paints released theirs at the same time, and the Picture Polishes got a little lost in the mix.  So, whilst I will also do the FPs, I want to focus first on Picture Polish (they make Ozotic, okay, therefore they rule!)

All of these posts feature the same colours on the same nails - 

thumb = SH Right Said Red

index = SH Delphinium

middle = CG Starboard

ring = CG Secret Peri-wink-le

pinkie = OPI Black Onyx

Splendour is lovely.  This is predominantly an orange to gold to green flakie, although I think it has more emphasis on the orangey gold than Nubar 2010 or Essie Shine of the Times.    It also has smaller and sparser flakes, which you'll either love or hate.  Hate, because it means you'll have to use 2 coats to get thick coverage, or love (like me) because it allows you to either vary the look, or keep it light for the pastels.

My favourite combo here is  the red, hands down, no contest, ring ring.   It looks like Dragon fire, amazing.   The gold burns within the red, giving it an amazing liquid lava look that I just can't get enough of.

You've always got to respect the black too. Flakies always look best over black, and this perfectly allows you to see the orange and green, as well as the sparsity of the flakes.

I find it interesting that the effect of the flakies is muted on the Delphinium, almost as if it knew it was working with a pastel and couldn't be too showy lol, and you'll see on the lilac and the blue how much peachier the orange tones are.

The orange can get a little lost in the green, but that's fine, cos you also get a really electric yellow effect, making it look like flecked green glass.

Spendour ....  doesn't the word just want to be savoured on your lips ?  Splendouuuuuuur.   Mmmmmmm.   SPLENDID !!!




Enjoy xx :)