Digit-al Dozen September Spectacular - Fashion
- Saturday, September 14, 2013
- By Missy
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Awww....sads.
It's our last day of the Digit-al Dozen Does It Again!
It's been a BLAST to run through our first year of challenges in 12 days!
Our last theme is Fashion - which ugh...I'm just not a fashion person AT ALL.
I love fashion but when it comes to my own lifestyle, I fall short.
But I do admire and covet it, mostly on my nails though these days.
Here is my inspiration for todays theme:
Alexander McQueen - I chose the dress on the left. Houndstooth and Floral.
Seemed easy enough but I tried to stamp florals OVER the houndstooth and it looked terrible. So I did this instead:
Hey loves!
Happy almost Eastertime/Good Friday!
I have a special review today - courtesy of the fine people of BB Couture, I am showing you 5 of the new polishes in their Pastel Bunnies collection!
And at the end - a cute little Easter mani I did with them all!
Polishes In This Post:
BB Couture - Bunny Bum
BB Couture - Honey Bunny
BB Couture - Snow Bunny
BB Couture - Bunny Boo Boo
BB Couture - Cotton Tail
How cute are those names?!?!
From Left to Right:
Honey Bunny
Snow Bunny
Cotton Tai
Bunny Bum
Bunny Boo Boo
This is Bunny Bum. A pastel peach with shimmer so hidden it hardly reads on the nail,. But it does make the polish apply a lot nicer than a straight cream polish. Shown here at 3 coats, no topcoat.
Bunny Bum - 3 coats, no topcoat.
Bunny Boo Boo - a lavender pastel that covers in 2 coats. No formula issues here either, this was the easiest to apply out of the 5 I tried and just gorgeous. 2 coats - no topcoat.
Bunny Boo Boo - 2 coats, no topcoat
Honey Bunny - pastel yellow creme. This one, like almost every yellow on the planet, was streaky and troublesome til the end. Shown here at 4 coats with no topcoat.
Not to say it's bad, I love a good yellow, but it's just your typical streaky formula yellow. Still good for nail art.
Honey Bunny - 4 coats, no topcoat.
Snow Bunny - pastel pink creme - adorable! While this may not be all that unique, it has a good formula and I love the color! Shown here at 3 coats, no topcoat.
Snow Bunny - 3 coats, no topcoat.
Cotton Tail - pastel pistachio green creme. Love! This polish had a good formula, mild streaking but you know the drill..pastels. Shown here at 3 coats, no topcoat.
Cotton Tail - 3 coats, no topcoat.
Out of the bunch, I'm not sure if I could even pick one favorite. They are all gorgeous pastel shades, perfect for spring. Nothing groundbreaking, but if you don't own any pastel polishes, these would make great additions to your collection!
Now let's check out a simple little watercolor Easter mani I did using all 5 colors:
I started with 2 coats of Honey Bunny to have a nice base color, then i dropped on all 5 shades in random blobs on my nail and took a piece of saran wrap and smooshed it down on my nail, peel it up and VOILA! Instant tie dye/watercolor business!
Then I added Fingerpaints Motley flakie and a coat of Nubar White Polka Dot, followed by Butter London Matte topcoat!
You can find this collection of BB Couture polishes HERE, as well as many, many more awesome shades!
**all items in this post were sent to me by the company or their pr firm in exchange for my honest review**
I've got a quick swatch post for you, this is what we in the nail community call "underwear" for an upcoming post. That's when I'm layering polishes, and the underwear is the base or bottom layer.
Can you guess what the top layer for this mani is going to be?!
Grey is supposed to be all the rage for fall, and I can see why after putting this beauty on.
BB Couture Briquette:
This was 2 coats of Briquette with NO top coat.
Very juicy polish, stunning pigmentation - dark charcoal grey with silver bits of shimmer running through it.
I got mine at Overall Beauty!
Don't forget to enter the Gnarly Gnails 500 Follower Giveaway!
Ends 9.01.2012 and is open Internationally!
I can't say I'll miss all this red, but today's mani was for sure my favorite of the week, so I saved it for last.
When I got (excessively) into nail polish in January, the blood splatter mani was one of the first 5 I ever did. It was even probably my very first nail "art".
Anyway - today's mani is extra special because not only does it include a wicked awesome new polish that I LOOOOOOVE, but it also includes a very special part of me.
No, not my REAL blood. But my fingerprint!
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| So, I realize this doesn't "seem" red, but it is! It's Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Cinna-Snap. A deep jelly blood red. The less layers, the more pinkish/purplish hue it has, most obvious on my fingerprint nail! |
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| Channeling Dexter! (Man, I cannot wait til that show is back on!!!) |
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| Are you wondering what that glorious base color is? |
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| It's BB Couture Smoke. A stunning light grey with a coppery shimmer/micromicroglitter. The best part is that the copper turns to a black once it hits your nail! |
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| Is it weird that I would say having a nail polish that looks like granite is my dream come true?!?! Smoke was purchased at OverallBeauty - go get yours!! |
Don't forget to visit all of my lovely gals who are also doing Red Week!
Don't forget to enter the Gnarly Gnails 500 Follower Giveaway!
Ends 9.01.2012 and is open Internationally!
