Hi Goddesses
Today's mani was going to be sooooo awesome, but the idea just didn't translate onto the nail, so I am fulla sad :(
On base we have the divine Barry M Mocha, rich, chocolatey matte brown goodness.
I then thought it would be a great idea to stamp it in holo, to show the changing seasons, and THEN I had the even cleverer idea to stamp with a peach and a green holo to further depict the colours of autumn.
So I turned to my trusty Color Club holos - Kismet and Cosmic Fate - and striped them over one of my LLC plates, which is full of itty bitty pretty leaves.
And yeah .... can you tell I used 2 colours? Nooooooo. Does it look like I put extra thought into this? Nooooooo. Is it fabulous? Nah - disappointed :(
Hi Goddesses
As I'm in 2 challenges this week, I have 2 posts to share tonight. They are actually linked too, which is kind of neat.
I did this mani as a base and just utterly, utterly loved it. I also love how so many of you love it when I do something that is easy, but looks great, so here's a super messy but magical splodgerama you can create yourselves.
The initial mission here was to just use 3 untrieds lol. All 3 are OPI - The Spy Who Loved Me, Magnifico Mexico and Orange You Glad It's Summer.
I painted my nails, so that 2 fingers had 1 colour on them, 2 had another and the middle finger just had the orange. When it was dry, I then added loose short strokes in the other 2 colours, also taking care to alternate the colour order.
The closest way I can describe my stroke pattern is that it looked like half a plait! Short, occasional, diagonal strokes, with a little overlap, emphasis on the random.
I utterly love this mani, and you'll get to see later how it looked when I stamped over it. Because the colours (especially The Spy Who Loved Me) are sooooo vibrant, the camera had a bit of a wobbly - suffice to say this looked even more luscious and lickable in real life :)
Hi Goddesses
Today's mani is one of my favourites I have done recently. There's just something about the colours and the textures that works really well together.
This started as bit of idle curiosity when I was swatching the most recent Literary Lacquers collection. I was entranced by the colours of I'm Drinking Stars (champagne) and Jack Rose (cognac), and how although different, they shared a common golden heart, and so I decided on a little gradient.
Because these holos are quite sheer, I didn't use a sponge, as I didn't want to waste my nectar lol. Instead, I just used the polish brush and smooched the polish around a little.
I love that actually, what I've ended up with looks just like an exaggerated holo, and you can't really tell where one ends and the other begins.
I then stamped using a Konad orange polish a Cheeky Jumbo Plate 4, aka Top of the Class. I love this flower design - it's so bold and chunky, HOW WELL does that Konad fire off the holo base?
Loved it, super happy with it, couldn't stop looking at ... oooh, what's that ... oooh OPI Matte Top Coat .... hhhmmmm ....
And now I think I love it EVEN more. There's something about the finish now that makes this look like an epic pair of drapes lol, or the pattern on an old, 1940s settee!
If anything, the colours look even more beautiful matte, and the stamping booms brighter.
Hi Goddesses
Today sees the start of Autumn Week, and you really can't get more autumnal than this polish!
Last year, I found an amazing ebayer selling lots of OLD old school OPIs, and treated myself to a couple, a few, ok A LOT. This was one of those polishes, and its caramel tones just beg for autumn.
OPI & Apple Pie is a soft, creamy burnt orange that glides on as easily as syrup, and looks good enough to lick! It's an old black label, and totally classic. Now that I've worn it once, I can also see it working in the summer too.
My mani is stamped with Pueen15 on the index finger, and Pueen12 on the other fingers. I stamped this lovely tumble of leaves in a variety of colours - Barry M Gold, Essie Penny Talk, and a Konad that's the colour of dark red wine.
I deliberately alternated which colour I laid down first, then went over the base stamping with the other colours and just a PORTION of the stamp to try and get some nice overlapping.
Finally, thank you so much to everyone who has commented on yesterday's Is Blogging Dead post, I plan to reply properly later in the week. Your comments have been really eye-opening, so thank you xx
Don't forget to check out my partners in crime after the ENJOY :)
