Hi Goddesses
And welcome to the first Digit-al Dozen challenge of 2016. As befits the New Year, we thought we'd go with a challenge that saw us trying NEW techniques, or IMPROVING on techniques we'd tried in the past. Oh, and you must check out the links at the bottom of the post as we have 5 NEW MEMBERS - purely to fit the theme lol. Not.
Today I have a tape mani. I admit, I'm lazy with my nail art. Left to my own devices, I circle back to the same things time and time again - dots, splodging, gradients, stamping. Tape manis, whilst I love them, tend to fall off my list because they take longer, and I'm an impatient little Crumpet.
My mani was inspired by a DD mani that Shelly did a couple of months ago. Beautiful layered zig zags. 5 rows / colours. I lack logic, and the "how to" of this escaped me, but Shelly also did a brilliant tutorial, so I decided to give it a go.
Polishes used -
* Essie - No Place Like Chrome
* Lilypad Lacquer - A Balt Out of the Blue
* Darling Diva - Nightbird
* Sation - Oh My Oceania
* Sally Hansen - Gray By Gray
See you tomorrow!
Hi Goddesses
Ah, the good ole tape mani! Love it on others, not so keen on doing it on me lol. Actually, that's not true, I am VERY keen on doing it on me, but so much involves getting the "right" sort of tape. Anyway, back to that in a mo.
Let's talk about the base, which was sent to me for review. This is Shadow Between Us by Literary Lacquers and it's INSANELY gorgeous.
You may remember me whinging about the world having too many holos in my end of year posts - well, that doesn't apply to LL because look what she does to them - she adds MAGIC!!
This is one of the sparkliest polishes I own. I love how it twinkles, and I love how in the right light you can see those amazing small glitters in it. Super gorgeous.
For my tape mini I chose 3 Indigo Bananas polishes -
- Indigo Bananas Twice As Bright (pink)
- Indigo Bananas Electric Unicorns (lilac)
- Indigo Bananas Halcyon (purple)
Ok, let's talk tape. Here I am using some nail vinyls from She Sells Seashells, and for me, I am finding that the vinyls have a much better level of stickiness than normal tape.
I struggle using the super thin tape on a roll, as it never wants to stick to anything other than my fingers or clothes - GET ON THE NAIL - and my other tapes can be hit and miss too.
These chevrons were really easy to use, and the only dodgy part was that the lovely Twice As Bright wasn't particularly opaque, so it was a bit of an eeeek experience to try and get it opaque enough without messing up the mani.
Overall, I really love this one.
The Literary Lacquers polish was sent to me for review and can be purchased HERE.
Hi Goddesses
I have a super fun Halloween mani for you today. It's another one that's easy to do, IF you're ok with striping tape.
The base for this polish is an absolute stunner that I was sent for review by Nire's Desire. It's a stunning deep purple holo that's perfect for the witching season.
The real charm of Bums and Plums is the red spark that lights it up. I loved how this stayed hidden in some lights, so that I was just wearing a brilliant bruise of a holo, and then in other lights, really ignited, suffusing the polish with the most awesome glow.
I have a thing for purple and red - I think it's a killer combination, and this polish is just stunning.
I then added some striping tape on 2 of the nails to make some witch's tights haha.
I love how rubbery the finished result is - I would totally wear these!
The more eagle-eyed amongst you may notice I also managed to gradient the purple, with it paler at the base and darker at the tips. Well, I wish I could take credit.
You know how they say, wait until you mani is COMPLETELY dry before you apply tape? Mine clearly wasn't. The strips at the base were the last ones I removed, and you can see how they lifted up more polish. Now, I was lucky, I got away with it, but I wouldn't recommend you try it as a technique!
You can buy Bums and Plums from the Nire's Desire store HERE. This polish was sent to me for an honest review.
