Sharpie Art

I bet you all were thinking I gave up on  the 31 day challenge huh? I just took a break from it so I could do holiday nail art, and play with new polishes ^-^. So here is your day seven of the challenge:

I have always liked Sharpie art, how the designs twist and flow. My nails are too small of a canvass to create something like this though. I myself am guilty though of drawing on my nails with pens during class, but usually I don't turn that into a manicure.

I used:

NYC French Tip White

Regular Fine Point Sharpie.

(I did not add a topcoat because that could have smeared the design.)

I'm glad to be back in the swing of this challenge, metallics are up next :D

Inclusion

So this is a half swatch half nail art post. If you've seen my Instagram your know that I got a ring I've been wanting for quite some time from my parents for Christmas. This ring is so gorgeous and I love it so much I just had to dedicate some nail art to it.

I am in l-o-v-e with The Living daylights. My brother must be physic to know how bad I've wanted this polish.

I saw this ring I don't know how long ago, I think it was over the summer. That sounds about right. The funny thing is the day before Christmas I was at the mall getting some last minute shopping done and Santa photos, and I dragged Dad into Neimen Marcus to see it, but It was gone. Now I know why xD.

The ring is from Louis Vuitton's Inclusion collection.

I used:
Pure Ice Magic Platinum Basecoat
OPI The Living Daylights
Maybelline Bold Gold
Sally Hansen Black Out

OPI- Suzi & the 7 Düsseldorfs

Look, another shimmer! But this time from a familiar brand.

Of course OPI's application was flawless, and the color is very pretty. The only thing is I already techinically have this color, its pretty much exactly like Sally Hansen's Pronto Purple. I love it anyways though, the more the merrier ^-^.

Nailtiques- Vegas

Here's another new brand, and a great name comes with it :).

Vegas looks like liquid fire on my nails to me, or maybe more like a shimmery showgirl's suit. Hey, its Vegas baby xD. Shown here is one thin coat that went on very nicely without any problems. I love the deep red of it, and it seems like all of the swatches I've posted so far have had a slight shimmer. Hmm...

And since I'm a Vegas Girl:

(I also have this as my ringtone xD)

Venique- Rolling Tides

Our next polish also comes from my new friend Venique, and I think the name is very fitting. Except instead of rolling tides it reminds me more of a mermaids tail, see why after the jump.

Again Venique did not disappoint with a fantastic color. Shown here is two thin coats of the polish.

This picture actually captured the greeny-blue shimmer that made me think of mermaid tails ^-^

Venique- Hot Date

Before we get started I just wanted to give a shout-out to my little brother who gave me all of these lovely polishes <3. For the first swatch of the night we have Venique's Hot Date. I've never heard of this brand before, and I was very happy with the results.

Please excuse my short pinky nail, it ripped opening presents and I'm to stubborn to cut the rest short to match xP. I LOVE this pink, and I'm not just saying that because I love pink religiously. It has such a pretty shimmer to it that didnt quite pick up on camera, and great formula. Dried relatively fast, applied easily, very nice.

Final thought: I would definitely recommend this polish, and I'll be looking out for more Venique polishes in the future :)

Brace Yourselves...

The swatches are coming!!! I know my last (and first) swatch post was very lacking, but after some thought (and a bundle of new polishes) I thought I could possibly make swatching fun. So let's see how this goes, shall we? :)