Showing posts with label The Hungry Asian Strawberry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Hungry Asian Strawberry. Show all posts

Sunday, 9 December 2012

Best of 2012 - Red Polishes

Hi Goddesses



I hope you're enjoying these Best of posts.  I've had a lot of fun making them, and I love reading these types of post myself.



This is the red post.  I feel it's hard to be a sensational red polish.  I feel the options are more limited, partly because the colour span is narrower than say, a blue.  That said, there have been some stunners released this year, but it's left me wondering where else there is left to go for Reds - even this year, I've bought a lot of dupes (especially of red glitters), so I think the polish makers have a real challenge for those of us looking to expand our reds and be wowed.



As ever, click on the polish name to go directly to the original blog post.







This is MY personal NerdLacquer fave.  Stunning, but as you can see, my bottle has settled a lot.  I'm guessing this was made during the Great Suspension Base Crisis lol.  Truly diffferent, and the black glitter just MAKES it.







Argh, I love this one SO hard.  Beautiful.  I've described this before as very retro.  It's got that 1950s/60's kitchen accessories colour going on lol, AND just the shimmeriest gentlest tinge of holo.  LOVE THIS LOTS.





I think this was probably the red most people lusted after this year.  A fabulous jelly littered with little black glitter / strawberry seeds, this was truly different.  Simple yet effective.





Oooooh, flying in from the dark side, this is AMAZING.   Dark, succulent, delicious.  This is everything a vamp needs in the winter.  LOVE.





A fabulously intense red glitter, this is rich enough to layer over pretty much any colour without losing its own sense of fun.   Best "just red" glitter.





This is one of those polishes that just stopped me in my tracks this year.  Red, silver and black have been TO DEATH in 2012, but never better than this.



And so to the non-glitters.   This really proves for me how difficult it is to do something "new" - only 3 polishes make my list.





This is just the perfect bright red - I said when this was released that every collection should own this polish, and I still think that.  Perfect red glossiness.





Just when you think you've seen it all, a polish stops your world.  The red holo to rule them all, this caused more drool than most this year.  Amazeballs.





These polishes were virtually identical, and in the end I decided to keep the OPI as I prefer the brush.  This is electric red.  Intense, glowy and shimmer-laced.  Win.


So which reds lit up your world this year ?

Enjoy xx :)

Thursday, 19 July 2012

Indie Week - The Hungry Asian - Strawberry

Hi Goddesses



Welcome to Thursday - that means tomorrow's FRIDAY !!! Praise be!  And welcome to the only post this Indie Week to feature a polish maker I have blogged before - The Hungry Asian.



I am in quite a few Facebook groups and quite a few swap groups, and if recent comments in them are anything to go by, this is currently one of the most sought after indies.  Ready to see why ?




S-wooooooooooon :)   This is just perfection, it truly is.  It's a scarlet red jelly pebble dashed with microscopic black glitter.   It is AMAZING.




I love bright red nails in the summer, and this is a summer work of art.  The jellyness actually makes it more perfect if that makes sense - it stops it being too intense.




This was 2 lovelylicious coats, no application issues whatsoever, and some Poshe top coat.




I'm a little bit tired so the words aren't flowing tonight, but WOW this is a beautiful polish.  To all of you who are lemming it, it truly is as beautiful, awe-inspiring and downright cheerful as you suspect it is.




Part of me was expecting to make a friend very happy by swapping this away - sorry Kerrie, no such luck.   Not only I am I keeping it, I'll be cherishing it.


Enjoy xx :)

Friday, 15 June 2012

Summer Challenge Day 16 - Ladybirds

Hi Goddesses



It is one of the great amusements in life how the English language gets mangled and used differently, and Ladybird is a good example.  In England these cute little red and black things (although insects) are called LadyBIRDS, whilst in the US they have the probably more accurate name of LadyBUGS.



So today's Challenge sparked off another "can I check what you mean" debate in the group, with my favourite question being "I just wanted to check we weren't supposed to be doing manis of Ladybird Johnson".  Lol.   Can you imagine how ridic that would be :)



I had other plans for this mani, but yes, laziness won.  I'd pinned an awesome mani of ladybirds on blades of grass, and that's what I was going to go with, as it was different, and not the expected.    But then I wore Strawberry by The Hungry Asian and it just seemed a WASTE not to recycle it into today's challenge.




I'm not going to talk about Strawberry in detail, I'll save it for another post, but it was a perfect shade of red for the base.    I used my trusty CG Inkpot for the black stripe and edging (the face) and then a dotting tool for the dots.



This a super easy nail art pattern if you're looking for a starter design to practice on.  The hardest part was actually squaring up their faces - when I tried to follow the contour of my nail, some of them ended up with lop-sided heads!  Oooops!



Enjoy :) and don't forget to check out the other Purple Crumpet Fairies xx







Alyssa at Fancy Phalanges - http://fancyphalanges.blogspot.com/







Lucie @ Lucy's Stash www.lucysstash.com





Vic @ Glowstars http://glowstars.net

Rychelle @ Colorsplash Nails- http://colorsplashnails.blogspot.com/






Missy the Manicured Maniac @ http://melissahenderson95.blogspot.com/







Nayade @ Toxic Vanity http://www.toxicvanity.com

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