Flame Nail Art

      Today, I have some Flame Nail Art to show you guys. To be fair it was a practice run at small part of a nail art I won't be showing you guys until November. Sorry for the tease, but I have never attempted this type of nail art before. Hence the test run. And how better to learn a specific type of nail art than to practice, practice, practice. Ten practice nails and I am pretty happy with my ability to create flame nails. Anyway, here are my flame nails.

Pictures:

Indoor no flash. 

Indoor with flash. 

Outdoor in sunlight. 

Outdoor in shade. 

What I Used:

China Glaze - Smoke & Ashes

China Glaze - Dandy Lyin' Around

China Glaze - Solar Power

China Glaze - Riveting

OPI - Danke-Shiny Red

and a regular old pin (like you would use for sewing)

And the song that's stuck in my head so I thought I would share:

Wonderland by Natalia Killls 

     Okay, so I used the pin drag method to create this nail art. I am actually pretty happy with the outcome. For a flame manicure virgin I think I did pretty well. What do you guys think? Do you like it? Ten bonus points to whomever can guess what the theme for manicure in November I'm working on. And Marcie this excludes you because you already know (Sorry, but that's cheating). Actually I think you guys will like November as far as nail art goes. I have two pretty big nail art posts planned for then. But you will have to wait. Don't worry there will be plenty of nail art coming up before that. It's almost fall (my favorite season). Two of my favorite shows start new seasons so I may do something for them...and lets face it the whole month of October is going to be a Halloween nail art spree. It is my favorite holiday after all. Anyway, I hope you guys enjoy this manicure. Until next time, stay classy, and stay polished.
XOXO

Sally Girl Brainy

     Today, I have a swatch of Sally Girl Brainy to show you guys. Brainy is a pale pearlescent blue, with small teal glitter and medium teal hexagonal glitter. It actually reminds be a bit of Deborah Lippmann's Mermaid' Dream which I don't own it (see swatches by Berry Polished here)...yet. But from the pictures I've seen it's pretty close. Here's Brainy.

Swatches:

Indoor no flash. 

Indoor with flash. 

Outdoor in sunlight. 

Outdoor in shade. 

Closeup:

Outdoor in sunlight. 

     I used four coats of Brainy and a layer of top coat. It dried fairly quickly but was a pretty thin formula. Over all I really like it. And for me it looks close enough to D.L.'s Mermaid's Dream. When I acquire Mermaid's Dream you can bet I will be posting a comparison though. I do have a birthday coming up (insert evil grin here). And the Nail Polish Fairy tends to bring me some nail polish for my special day. A girl can hope...right? Anyway, that's all I have for you guys today. Until next time, stay classy, and stay polished.
XOXO

Blue Jelly Sandwich Manicure

     Today, I have a Jelly Sandwich to show you guys. I bought China Glaze Isle See You Later even thought I had heard (from multiple bloggers) that it was really low in opacity and boy they weren't kidding. This may be the least opaque nail polish I own. It's on par with french manicure jellies. Luckily, I didn't buy it to wear alone, I wanted it for Jelly Sandwiches. But I quickly realized that even for use in a Jelly Sandwich it was going to need some underwear. But enough blathering, here are the pictures of my blue Jelly Sandwich manicure.

Pictures:

Indoor no flash. 

Indoor with flash. 

Outdoor in sunlight.

Outdoor in shade. 

Closeup:

Indoor no flash.

What I Used:

China Glaze - Sunday Funday

China Glaze - Isle See You Later

Finger Paints - Colorful Collage

     I used two coats of Sunday Funday as under wear, one coat of Colorful Collage, and three coats of Isle See You Later. Over all I like how it turned out but I wish Isle See You Later had a bit more pigment in it. It's kind of meh. I'll experiment with it a little more but as of now I can't really see myself using it for anything else but French Manicures and Jelly Sandwiches. Because it really doesn't give you much to work with, pigment wise. That's all I have for you guys today until next time, stay classy, and stay polished.
XOXO