Hello!!!
Here we are at the next to last day of the Nail-Art-A-Go-Go Challenge. Awwww. Sad face...my baby is almost done.
It sure has been fun, and challenging!
Today we are going with Pointillism. This movement is the art of creating small dots in different colors to make one larger image. I of course did nothing like that, and because of the challenging factors of this challenge, decided to kind of take it easy with just some simple dots.
Here we are at the next to last day of the Nail-Art-A-Go-Go Challenge. Awwww. Sad face...my baby is almost done.
It sure has been fun, and challenging!
Today we are going with Pointillism. This movement is the art of creating small dots in different colors to make one larger image. I of course did nothing like that, and because of the challenging factors of this challenge, decided to kind of take it easy with just some simple dots.
Day #4 on the 12 Days of Polish Countdown - I might say this is one of my favorites, but I think it's safe to say that I will say that for the next few days as well!
All 3 of todays polishes are ones that I haven't had very long, and NONE of them have been on the blog before!
All 3 of todays polishes are ones that I haven't had very long, and NONE of them have been on the blog before!
Todays theme for the 33DC is 'Most Used Color'
Sometimes on these prompts you have to draw your own conclusions, so this could be a shade, or a specific polish? Why not both!?
So I dug through my keyword list, which is not 100% accurate because sometimes I can't fit everything in there I would like - but I found that my most used polish was Zoya Dovima, and my most used color was Pink.
So I took Dovima and I paired it with one of my favorite pinks, Nicole by OPI Still Into Pink, which also happens to be the same finish, a sparkly matte.
I've also used a MoYou London plate for this mani - Pro Collection 04.
I've also used a MoYou London plate for this mani - Pro Collection 04.
I only used these two polishes, even for the stamping. I wanted to keep the finishes all matching. But you can definitely see how the pink changes when its stamped over black. Most polishes stamp poorly over black though so I was expecting this, I like it, even if it didn't really match the accent nail!
Pretty straightforward - both the roses and the cameo design are off of the same plate - and the mani was finished using Out the Door Top Coat.
Here are the prompts for the challenge so you can see whats coming next:
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Put Your Dupes Up: Purple and Gold Edition
- Sunday, September 22, 2013
- By Missy
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 | Remember when I used to post Put Your Dupes Up?! It's been awhile - I have a few coming up, and that includes today! It even has a fancy new look to fit the blog. Let's see what we have in the ring! |
Todays PYDU is not a winner take all comparison but instead a look at some purple hued polishes with gold(ish) shimmers. There are quite a few on the market these days, and I thought I'd show you 5 I pulled out of storage recently and how they differ, as well as relate.
Here are todays contenders:
Ulta - Lav-Ish
Zoya - Zara
Pure Ice - Purple Reign
Nails Inc - Clifford Street
Pure Ice - Taxi
As you can see - they are all super different.
Ulta Lav-Ish is a taupe/lavender with a gold shimmer.
Zoya Zara is a truer lavender with yellowish/pink shimmer.
Pure Ice Purple Reign is a plum with golden shimmer.
Nails Inc Clifford Street is a dark dusty purple with gold shimmer.
Pure Ice Taxi is the only one that flashes a more green shimmer than gold, and has a violet base.
All of these swatched at 2 coats, with the exception of Clifford Street which was just one coat.
So if you think you don't need em all, you're wrong.
Unless you just don't like purple, in which case, we can still be friends!
Digit-al Dozen September Spectacular - Books
- Thursday, September 12, 2013
- By Missy
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 | Hi you guys! Hope your day is lovely - I'm sure happy to see you! Today we have the Book Prompt for Digit-al Dozen Does It Again! Last time we did books, I loved it, this one day second time around, I didn't love it. I thought my idea was cool but I don't think I love what I did with it, even if my boyfriend loves it...what does he know!? |
Digit-al Dozen September Spectacular - Animals
- Tuesday, September 10, 2013
- By Missy
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 | Trucking right along - today is our Animals prompt for Digit-al Dozen Does It Again! Obviously, I'm gonna do leopard print. I mean come on. Last time we had this week long theme I did leopard all 5 days. So in true spirit, I HAD to do it again. |
 | Well HELLO!!!! I have a fun little nail art design for you today - it involves MORE TAPE! Last weeks Tape Mani Theme Week seems to be "sticking" around longer than I expected, kind of like that houseguest that never leaves! This tape mani is one of the more involved ones I've ever done, but the patience and time definitely pays off, if you're asking me! |
All of you purple lovers out there should love this!
I was going through my untried polishes and came across these three gorgeous Zoya polishes I've never worn (and WHY?!?) - and I thought instead of doing a boring old swatch comparison that I would do some art to showcase their similarities and differences!
So let's meet Zoya Carly, Yasmeen and Julieanne!
The base of this mani is 2 coats of Sephora by OPI XOX Betsey...one of my most favorite nudies. When dry I applied tapes in diagonal directions, which is pretty self explanatory by the nude lines, thats where the tape went.
I then took each Zoya polish and polished over the tape, one shade on the diagonals near the cuticle, and then I split the top diagonals in half and did the other two colors.
Finished it off with a swipe of Out the Door for the finished look. Below is a "chart" of what polish went where.
So yes...if you like purple, you need all three of these!
Happy...um...what's today, Saturday?
To me it's actually Wednesday as I'm trying to schedule ahead for the weekend!
So this is kind of like a Back to the Future post!
Back at the Untried Polish Challenge, today we're knocking out three of them with this geometric design I adapted from one of my earlier tape mani's that was a criss cross design. Instead of striping tape to make thin lines, I opted to use plain tape to offset my triangles...it seems more complicated than it was, I should probably just tell you step by step?
For this mani I used Zoya Bevin, Essence Trust In Fashion and P2 Break the Rules.
Pretty simple - I started with the light green (Zoya Bevin) - when it was dry, I taped squares askew on the top and bottom portions of each nail and then I painted one part pink and the other part dark green and was very careful to make sure the line where they met was as straight as possible.
Then the tape comes up and the topcoat goes on!
Here is also a matte version.
I super loved this mani...for the Three Color challenge I had a total different idea that didn't work out AT ALL, so I was glad when my backup plan was super successful - I call that Kismet!
You can swing by justaddpolish to check out the details on this challenge!
Swatch & Review - Tollydiggle by A Rhyming Dictionary
- Tuesday, October 09, 2012
- By Missy
- 3 Comments
Here we are on Day 2 of my mini swatchfest of A Rhyming Dictionary's polishes. This swatch & review is of Tollydiggle - and Morgan wasn't kidding when she says this polish is nearly impossible to photograph!
You should love and own this polish - without question! Tollydiggle is available through the Rhyming Dictionary Etsy shop for only $7.50!
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| Here's our Tollydiggle Macro! What a stunner! A Rhyming Dictionary describes this polish as a light gold with charcoal flakie that flashes blue. Well we definitely see all of that, don't we?! So unique! |
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| I figured the base on this polish would be lightish so I layered it over Zoya Yara, shown here. It is a sage green with gold shimmer. |
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| How perfect a couple do these two make?! |
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| This polish really has so much going on, it seems like a chameleon that is constantly changing on you! |
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| Application here is 2 coats of Yara and 2 coats of Tollydiggle - topped with one coat of Out the Door topcoat. |
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| Are you not wowed yet?! You better be! |
You should love and own this polish - without question! Tollydiggle is available through the Rhyming Dictionary Etsy shop for only $7.50!
30/31 Day Challenge: Day 17 - Glitter
- Monday, September 17, 2012
- By Missy
- 14 Comments
The best thing that can happen to you on a Monday morning is....
GLITTER! GLITTAH! BLING!!
In hindsight, I should have really bombed this one out, but even with the latest innovations in glue basecoats, I still hate removing glittery bastardos.
And I really wanted to use this glitter without detracting from its beauty.
GLITTER! GLITTAH! BLING!!
In hindsight, I should have really bombed this one out, but even with the latest innovations in glue basecoats, I still hate removing glittery bastardos.
And I really wanted to use this glitter without detracting from its beauty.
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| How beautiful is this guy?! It's Rainbow Polish's Taffy. It's got all of these gorgeous pastel matte glitters in squares and hex's. I layered 1 coat over Zoya Edyta. |
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| Here I've added a matte top coat. I am obsessed with matting glitters, it looks so pretty, don't you think? |
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