The Digit-al Dozen DOES Red, Gold & Green - Day 3
- Wednesday, December 11, 2013
- By Missy
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 | I am back to the 33DC after Wednesdays minor hiccup - today we are talking Texture. Oh yeah, Missy loves the texture! I had JUST gotten these two amazing NEON textures a week or so back - so I was all over using them for this challenge! |
Monkey See Monkey Do Featuring - Nailside Explosions!
- Monday, July 30, 2012
- By Missy
- 13 Comments
If you spend any time at all perusing nail blogs, you have likely heard of the Nailside blog.
Doing a Monkey See Monkey Do Challenge wouldn't be complete without including one of her designs...which is what I'm showing you today.
You can view this style of nail art she's done HERE.
Used Enkelini Shampayne for the base, taped off the explosions and painted black, then I freehanded the holo black explosions using Layla Flash Black and a striping brush. Top coat slightly ran the black holo, not sure why - but I still dug it!
Here are my other Monkey See Monkey Do comrades:
Debbie at The Crumpet - http://thecrumpet.blogspot.co.uk
Laurie - http://dressedupdigits.blogspot.com/
Layka- http://www.kawaiinize.es
Elizabeth http://nailpolishismycrack.blogspot.com/
Kristin http://www.manicuredmonkey.com
Nayade at Toxic Vanity - http://www.toxicvanity.com
Jenn at Polish Crazed http://www.polishcrazed.blogspot.ca/
Amber www.amberdidit.com
Kirsten - http://geekyowl.blogspot.com/
Alyssa at Fancy Phalanges - http://fancyphalanges.blogspot.com/
Emily Esqueleta: http://macabremanicures.blogspot.com/
Misha @ Enigmatic Rambles: www.enigmatic-rambles.blogspot.com
Carrie @ LeSamowen:Life, Love, and Nail Polish: http://lesamowen.blogspot.com/
Basia (or Bazzia) @ polish my mind: http://polishmymind.blogspot.com/
Helena: www.nailwish.blogspot.com
arlene @ : http://euzefelus27-nailart.blogspot.com
Gwenn: http://www.sugar-nails.com
Ney "Neivys": http://maquiclubgirl.blogspot.com/
Ana at cherrys Sweets http://cherriessweets.blogspot.com.es
Isabel - Little Fairy: http://isaspinods.blogspot.com/
Stella - My Wet Nails: http://mywetnails.blogspot.com
Michelle-Lacquer Or Leave Her!: http://lacquerorleaveher.blogspot.com
Sheila: http://pointlesscafe.com/
Veronica http://gorgeois.blogspot.com
Angi @ Angelina´s Nails & More www.angelinaswelt.blogspot.de/
Kia @ Lacquered Libra http://lacqueredlibra.blogspot.com/
Susy @ http://susyincolor.com
Candace @ http://lifeakandistar.blogspot.ca
Courtney - http://www.cute-iclechronicles.com/
Joy (Julianne) - http://drugstorejunkie13.blogspot.com/
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I gotta just tell you - have you ever really avoided a trend so hard, thinking you could never possibly like it, and then one day you realize you've fallen hard for that very trend?
This happened to me with holos.
I used to spend alot of my internet time on the MUA nail board and I'd always see the girls posting about holos. I dismissed them, finding them to be not my taste. But then something happened and I started obsessing about their rainbow eliteness! I had to have ALL THE HOLOS!
Of course, I don't have them all...my holo collection is very small compared to most of yours I am certain. I have seen ladies with entire nail wheels full of only one color holo!
So anyway - this is my intro into Layla Holos. Once I started hearing of them popping up at Ulta I was pretty excited to get these much anticipated holo's in the US. I finally stomped on down to Ulta a couple weeks ago and the sweetie pie girl I know that works there pulled them out of the backroom for me and I ended up with Ocean Rush and Flash Black.
Now lemme say this...
Pro - Nothing will prepare you for how gorgeous these are when you put even the first coat on! I have never seen a rainbow this gorgeous on my nails with any other holo I own.
Con - This bottle is tiny and damned if it didn't seem like it was half empty.
I've been told and heard from many people that if you do not have an aqua base to apply these on top of, you need to apply them over a glossy top coat or a glossy base polish. I applied these to a freshly done gel manicure, so I had absolutely no application issues. These are all 2 coats with no top coat - but I did topcoat after these pics and it did not affect the holo-i-ness at all.
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Stamping Sunday is underway!
This week the vote was Sky's The Limit - there were so many ways to go with this one!
But I knew I could use my awesome Konad Q1 plate to pull some cool designs into my theme.
So I opted to start off with Up Colors Arco Azul-Iris light blue holo.
Then I sponged on Layla Ocean Rush holo on the tips to give a slightly darker blue gradation.
It's pretty much impossible to see in these pictures though!
Now - how awesome does this mani match one of my Lux Deville Handbags?
I say - PERFECTO!
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So Happy Saturday for those of you lucky enough to have a reprieve from the good ole work/school week!
Starting today I'm bringing you what I hope will be a well received and enjoyed new addition to the blog...I'm calling it Saturday Summary, and basically it will be a run down of the weeks goings ons in the Nail Polish World! It may be some news, some new blogs I found, you just never know!
Hope You enjoy!!
- Cult Nails is releasing their newest Collection - The Cult Fairy Tale Collection! Pre-sale starts next Saturday! It consists of 4 Shades and a Glitter topper. READ MORE.
- A gorgeous new spin on Gradients comes your way via Pretty Digits' Watermelon Gradient!
- Bee Polished shows us a fantastic tutorial on how to apply silk wraps to strengthen your nails!
- Learn how to Bevel your nails after filing with Kayla Shevonne's great tutorial.
- 2 Great things going on right now are Gradients and the new Urban Decay Polish Collection Set. See how to incorporate both into your look with this awesome post by Chalkboard Nails! She also hit 1 million pageviews this week - how awesome is that, right?!
- This week I did a Tokidoki Nails tutorial and it was retweeted by TOKIDOKI! They even sent me an email to tell me they liked it!
- And finally - one more me me me bullet point - to summarize the rest of the week I'm including a haul here because my Sephora FINALLY got a nail bar, and I went a little crazy when I saw it, mentally AND physically! (Those pics are at the end of the post):
These haul pics are what I've mostly accumulated since the last haul post did.
First up - my Ulta FINALLY got the Layla Holo's in! I don't think there's a color of Holo that I "needed" but I needed some Laylas...so I opted for the Ocean Rush since I had no blue holo that color and the Flash Black, because even though I already have a black holo, this one is nicer!
Bottle shot - pretty rainbows!!
Orlys!
Androgynie, Jealous Much? (given to me by my friend Taylor), La Vida Loca, Ingenue and Galaxy Girl.
Milani Silver Dazzle, China Glaze Secret Periwinkle, OPI Number One Nemesis and Revlon Gold Get Em (Given to me by my friend Taylor)
Zoya Julieanne and Carly
Apparently my lemming for SC's Pearl Harbor is easily quenchable now, it had a sticker in the permanent display! So here is Pearl Harbor and Pink (neon)
LA Girls Strawberry Delight, Disco Inferno and Sparkling Peach
Holy hell - look at that pretty purple and goldish.peach shimmer!
And NOW here are my Sephora Haul pics plus a couple of other polishes I picked up - this was all from Thursday alone!
2 polishes from Aldo Shoes. I keep seeing these at my Aldo and never get them, figured I'd pick a couple up and see if they're any good. Only $5 so we'll see. This is Marigold-Round and Gold Digger. (I'm a sucker for gold glitter)
Maybelline Color Show. I went specifically for the Denim shade and it was the only one sold out. Oh well. This is Twilight Rays, Styled Out and Blue Freeze.
Pure Ice Bite Me....again, I love my golds!
And now my Sephora pretties. Illamasqua! Not only did they have a nearly full line, but they have the 2 new shades! Plus the 2 others I had on my wishlist. It was a happy day!
This is Stance, Gamma, Nomad and Viridian!
Bottle Shots - Stance, Gamma, Nomad and Viridian.
Oh Viridian - you WILL be my new BFF.
2 more wishlist polishes knocked out - Nails Inc Hampstead Gardens and Electric Lane.
Pretty pretty holo spakles...sigh.
Sephora by OPI XOX Betsey (another wishlist polish marked off!) and a spontaneous Spa Ritual purchase - Meditate on This. I didn't even know Sephora carried this line...before I could only find it at Earth Fare and their selection sucks.
If you have any swatch requests for these polishes, leave me a comment and I'll throw em in the QUEUE!
(Viridian will most likely be used in my next Teal Tuesday post so you don't need to request that one)
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