So, I realized around December 10th that I forgot to do my stash addition post for November and decided it was to late (into December) to post it. So I decide that I would just post them both together at the end of December. Sorry about the lateness of the November haul stuff, I blame the sinus infection. Without any further ado here are my November/December stash additions:
NOVEMBER:
Amazon:
China Glaze - Boo-Gie Down & This One's For You
Dollish Polish:
I'll Swallow Your Soul! & 1,2, Freddy's Coming For You
They're Coming To Get You Barbara & The Curse Of Micheal Myers
Pinwheel Polish:
Trick-R-Treat
Sally Beauty Supply:
China Glaze - You're Present Required, This Is Tree-Mendous, Out A Bow On It, & Travel In Color
DECEMBER:
Amazon:
China Glaze Ring In The Red & Blue Year's Eve
China Glaze - Twinkle Lights and Peppermint Cuticle Oil
China Glaze - Mrs. Claus & Mistletoe Kisses
Sally Beauty:
Orly - Macabre Masquerade, & Masked Ceremony, China Glaze - All Wrapped Up & Finger Paints - Sparkle Top Coat
OPI - I'm Not really A Waitress
Acetone nail polish remover.
Christmas Presents:
Konad plate M84
OPI - Silver Shatter & Vant To Bite My Neck?
So there you have it all the lovely ladies that joined my stash for the last two months. Did you guys get any new polish? If So what did you get? And since this is the last post of 2013 I would also like to wish you guys a safe and happy New Year. That's all I have for you guys today. Until next time, stay classy, and stay polished.
XOXO
Today, I have a swatch for you guys of Party Hearty from China Glaze Let it Snow 2010 collection. As you know I received this polish on Christmas Eve last year and never got to swatch it for you guys. Mostly because I just can't bring myself to wear Christmas polish after Christmas. So now that Christmas has come around again here it is with no further ado.
Pictures:
Indoor no flash tilted.
Indoor no flash.
*No outdoor pictures because it's 4 degrees outside and frostbite is not on my To Do list.
*No flash pictures because this polish is a glitter bomb that gives my camera seizures.
Closeup:
Indoor no flash.
For this picture I used two coats of OPI Don't Pretzel My Buttons as underwear, two coats of Party Hearty on top, and a heavy layer of topcoat to finish it off. Over all, I really like this polish. It applies like regular polish (no dabbing needed), dies quickly, and has a huge sparkle pay off. I'm so glad this polish is no longer a lemming for me, it's now a treasured part or my collection. If you can still get a hold of this polish I highly recommend it because is gorgeous. It kind of makes me wish China Glaze would go back to traditional Christmas colors for their Christmas polish collection glitters, instead of the pink, purple mixtures of the last two years. Anyway I hope you guys enjoy this swatch as much as I enjoy wearing it. That's all I have for you today, so until next time, stay classy, and stay polished.
XOXO
So today I have a Nightmare Before Christmas manicure for you guys. I'm calling this one 'We're Simply Meant To Be." With an underlying theme of the love Jack and Sally share (hence the title). It didn't turn out exactly as I wanted it to...So we are just going to call it stylized Jack and Sally...In fact if you like it you have my friend Marcie to thank for it (I was going to scrap it until she said she loved it). Conversely if you hate it she's also the one to blame (sorry Marcie). Anyway here it is:
Pictures:
Indoor no flash.
*The middle finger is supposed to be a pumpkin with a heart carved in it.
Indoor with flash.
Closeups:
Sally's dress inspired nail.
Jack's Face.
Sally's long red hair and stitches.
What I Used:
China Glaze - Desert Sun
China Glaze - Happy Go Lucky
China Glaze - Dress Me Up
China Glaze - Bahamian Escape
China Glaze - Shower Together
China Glaze - Street Chic
China Glaze - Salsa
China Glaze - Roguish Red
China Glaze - Kalahari Kiss
China Glaze - White On White
China Glaze - Liquid Leather
Nail Art - Cocoa
Nail Star - Medium Orange
Konad - Black
Americana - White Wash
Ceramcoat - Black
Stamping Plate (for stripes on Sally's dress nail) - Essence - Have Fun 01
The song from the film:
We're Simply Meant To Be
Usually, this would be the part where I tell you haw I did it...but this one is pretty complicated and I'm not entirely happy with it so I'm just going to throw this up here and say "Here, I did a thing." If you like it I'm glad, if you hate it...well I'm not happy with it either. But anyway I hope you guys all have a safe and happy Halloween and eat lots of candy, watch lots of horror films and and carve lots of pumpkins. That's all I have for you guys today. Until next time, stay classy, and stay polished.
XOXO
Today, I have the traditional end of the month stash additions post. Here are the nail polishes that I added to my collection this month.
Sally Beauty Supply:
China Glaze - Fang-Tastic and Bump In The Night and Gelous base coat.
Target:
Two bottles of Nicole Drying Drops not how cheap they were on clearance.
T.J. Max:
China Glaze - Admire & Hey Doll and Orly Fantasea & High On Hope.
Dollish Polish:
Spectral Pup (mini)
A Congratulations on the New Job Gift From My Friend Marcie:
Popular, Defying Gravity, & One Short Day
So as you can see I was pretty good this month. I did go crazy but I got some good deals at T.J. Max and at Target. and I couldn't let a chance to get Spectral Pup pass me by I had to have it. I have also ordered a few more Dollish Polish polishes but they haven't come yet (so they will be in next months Stash Additions post). Have you guys added any pretty new polishes to your collection lately? What did you get? Well that's all I have for you today. Until next time, stay classy, and stay polished.
XOXO
First if all I wanted to apologize for being MIA lately. I just started a new job and haven't quite figures out a good pacing yet (I promise I will work on it though). Plus, I got a case a food poisoning (from a local TexMex place that I will never eat at again...it's funny how 3AM puke fests will do that to you). But luckily it is no longer making me toss my cookies but I am still a little light headed. That said I wasn't going to let it keep me from getting this post up. Luckily I did the mani on Sunday and edited the pics before the food poisoning kicked in. So I can handle the write up today (light headed or not). Anyway, today I have a Halloween water marble to show you guys. Actually it didn't exactly turn out as I wanted it to...But I like it and it's Halloween-ish so I'm posting it anyway. So without further ado here it is:
Pictures:
Indoor no flash.
Indoor no flash.
Indoor with flash.
What I Used:
China Glaze - Sun Worshiper
China Glaze - Near Dark
China Glaze - Desert Sun
Dollish Polish - This Is Halloween
I started with a base coat of Sun Worshiper then water marbled with Near Dark and Desert Sun. Once it was dry I added a layer of This Is Halloween to my ring finger as an accent nail. So what do you guys think? Do you like it? I really Do like it...even if it didn't turn out just as I wanted it to be or how I Imagined it would be. Anyway that's all I have for you today. Until next time, stay classy, and stay polished.
XOXO
Today, I have another Halloween manicure to show you guys. To be more specific I have a Gravestone manicure to show you. Pretty basic but one I haven't done yet so here it is:
Pictures:
Indoor no flash.
Indoor no flash.
Indoor with flash.
Indoor with flash.
What I Used:
Zoya - Storm
China Glaze - Concrete Catwalk
China Glaze - Recycle
China Glaze - Matte Magic
Essie - Cashmere Bathrobe
Deborah Lippmann - Defying Gravity
Ceramcoat - Black
For this mani I started with Storm and then free handed the darker edge of the tombstones with Concrete Catwalk then went over top of that to make the face of the tombstone with Recycle. When that was dry I sponged on Cashmere Bathrobe and then decorated the face of the tomb stone with Black acrylic paint. I then used a matte topcoat so it looked like stone. And finished up with Defying Gravity as grass growing around the stone. Over all I rather like how this manicure turned out. What do you guys think? Anyway that's all I have for you today. Until next time, stay classy, and stay polished.
XOXO
Today, I have another comparison post for you guys. It occurred to me when I bought China Glaze Strike Up A Cosmo that it looked a lot like Zoya Faye and Orly Ingenue. So I'm going to do a comparison post between the three. And here's what I found out:
Pictures:
Indoor no flash.
Note the hue differences.
Outdoor in sunlight.
Note how they kind of look the same and sunlight.
Outdoor and shade.
And also this is just my little thing (I minored in English so it's not totally weird). But I have heard so many people mispronounce the name of Orly's Ingenue that I figured I'd do a public service and post the video below of how to pronounce it (here's what it means too). Sorry, but my inner English nerd has a seizure when people pronounce words wrong.
In these pictures I used two coats of China Glaze and three coats of Zoya and Orly with a heavy coat of topcoat for everyone. So you can see they are not dupes, not by a long-shot. While Faye and Ingenue are dupes of each other. They are not dupes for China Glaze Strike Up A Cosmo. Both Faye and Ingenue have more of a copper sheen to them Strike Up A Cosmo has an almost silver or pale gold sheen to it. It's also worth noting that the formula is better on China Glaze, then on Orly and Zoya, because it's opaque in two coats. I would like to note however that in the sunlight, there's really not all that much color difference. And to be honest, if you have one of these polishes then you probably don't need the others. And if you don't have any of them (and you only want one), I recommend China Glaze, because two coats are just more convenient than three. Plus China Glaze is way cheaper than Zoya. Well that's all I have for you today. Until next time, stay classy and stay polished.
XOXO
Today, I have a comparison swatch to show you guys. I noticed when I got my bottle of Howl You Doin' that it looked suspiciously like Orly's Fowl Play. So I decided that I would do a swatch comparison for you guys. Because in the bottle they looked like dead on dupes. Here some pictures:
Pictures:
Indoor no flash.
Note the texture difference.
Outdoor in sunlight.
Note the hue difference.
Outdoor in shade.
Closeups:
China Glaze - Howl You Doin'. Indoor no flash.
Note the smaller red torn shards and blue micro hexagons (which China Glaze has more of). Seems like everyone's having a hard time getting pics of this polish to show the detail. Not me. My camera may be old but it does macro shots like no other (Yay Nikon!).
Orly - Fowl Play. Indoor no flash.
Note the larger red glitter is a torn/flakie glitter (which is larger than that in China Glaze), and the presence of tiny slivers of silver glitter (absent from China Glaze).
For these pictures I used two coats of China Glaze Howl You Doin' and three coats of Orly Fowl Play. Both polishes are in a jelly base with red and blue glitter in them. As far as formula goes, China Glaze is a better formula because it only needs two coats, and it dries faster. That said, with China Glaze there's more glitter, so it is a bit bumpier in texture. When it comes to color, Orly is a little bit more of a dusky indigo color, where China Glaze is more of a grapey color (it reminds me a little bit of grape juice). Also, Fowl Play seems to have teeny tiny silver micro glitter shreds in it, and Howl You Doin' does not. It's also worth mentioning that the red glitter in Fowl Play is more of a flakie glitter and I would classify the red glitter in Howl You Doin' as more of a shard glitter. So as you can see from the pictures they are not really dupes (The bottles lied! *insert mock horror here*). However they are close enough that if you have one, you probably don't need the other. And if you don't have either I would say get the China Glaze, because it has more glitter, dries faster, and it is a prettier color (IMO). Well that's all I have for you today. Until next time, stay classy, and stay polished.
XOXO
Today, I have another Halloween manicure to show you guys. I'm calling this one Graveyard at Dusk. I used sponging, stamping, self made decals (Thumb), and loose glitter. I really hope you guys like this one. I'm really digging it.
Pictures:
Indoor no flash.
Indoor with flash.
Thumb Closeup:
Indoor no flash.
What I Used:
China Glaze - Scandalous Shenanigans
China Glaze - Infra Red
China Glaze - Not In This Galaxy
China Glaze - Happy Go Lucky
Konad - Black
Ceramcoat - Black
Silver holographic stars and crescent moons
Stamping:
HD04
To get this look I used a base coat of Not In This Galaxy then sponged on the gradient or Scandalous Shenanigans, Infra Red and Not In This Galaxy. Then stamped on the graves, applied the decal for the thumb, and finally added the loose glitter. Over all I really like how this one turned out. It actually kind of reminds me of the Adams Family...probably because of the big Gothic house next to a grave yard. But I figured every graveyard has a keepers cottage. This one is just a little more grand and Gothic than most. Anyway, I hope you guys enjoy this manicure. That's all I have for you today. So until next time, stay classy, and stay polished.
XOXO
Today, I have a Halloween nail art to show you guys. It's a two hand manicure (I did both hands in different designs) that is based on the horror film The Cabin In The Woods. Which I must say is pretty high on my horror movies I like list. I'm not going to tell you too much about the movie because...well to be honest I don't know what I can say that won't give it away or hint at the ending. Yes it's that good. I mean come on it's co-written by Joss Whedon (and if you don't know why Joss Whedon is awesome then I don't think we can be friends). Anyway here's my The Cabin In The Woods Manicure.
The Trailer:
And if you are a Chris Hemsworth fan (I am not) clearly he's also in it...but you should watch it because hello, Joss.
Left Hand (Matte):
Indoor no flash.
Indoor with flash
Left Hand (Glossy):
Indoor no flash.
Closeups:
All indoor no flash. And yes I do realize how much junk The Whore has in her trunk...and how big her boobs turned out....I really can't explain how it happened I just went with it. #SorryNotSorry
Right Hand:
Indoor no flash.
Designs left to right: Pinkie - Buckner Zombie Hand, Ring - Hadley's Shirt & Tie, Middle - Torture Orb, Index - Deadly Unicorn, and Thumb - Giant Man Eating Cobra.
Indoor with flash.
What I Used:
Left Hand:
China Glaze - Kalahari Kiss
China Glaze - Lemon Fizz
China Glaze - Desert Sun
China Glaze - Foie Gras
China Glaze - Matte Magic (For Matte)
Right Hand:
China Glaze - White On White
China Glaze - Liquid Leather
China Glaze - Near Dark
China Glaze - Immortal
China Glaze - Westside Warrior
China Glaze - Salsa
China Glaze - Gossip of Gimlets
China Glaze - Kalahari Kiss
Nail Art - Black
OPI - Don't Pretzel My Buttons
Konad - White
Essie - Cashmere Bathrobe
Stamping Plates:
Cheeky - CH5 (Design for torture puzzle orb)
HD04 (Zombie Hand)
Mash - M39 (Unicorn)
Fauxnad - M28 (Cobra)
As you can see I used a ton of nail polish for this...and no acrylic paint (that's a first). I started with my left hand painting two coats of Kalahari Kiss then sponging the other listed colors over top, darkest to lightest with a topper or Kalahari Kiss. Then when it was dry I topcoated it and painted the stone drawings on by hand using Foie Gras. For the right hand I painted the pinkie with Liquid Leather, ring finger with White On White, and the remaining fingers with Immortal. I made stamping decals for the snake and the zombie hand. A regular old self made decal for the torture puzzle orb and free handed the Hadley's shirt with black tie. For the right hand I just chose a bunch of images from the film that I rather liked. It was a lot of work. But I really like how it turned out.
I just wish the art on my left hand was as awesome as the preliminary drawings I did. Seriously someone needs to invent a nail polish pen or pencil that works like a real pen or pencil but for your nails and then I will be able to make some wicked nail art. I'm sure not having carpel tunnel would help to though. Anyway, I hope you guys enjoy this Halloween nail art and if you haven't seen the movie I highly recommend it. It's worth it for Hadley's awkward white boy dance alone. Until next time stay classy and stay polished.
XOXO
