I've Lost My Marbles

So I cheated with this post too >.< Instead of actually doing water marbling I just did a stamp, but you'll see why tomorrow because I really just wanted to get to inspired by a song nails.

I used:

Sally Hansen Gone Grey

Sally Hansen Brisk Blue

BM-320

I also know I've been slacking on the posts these past couple days, I was über ridiculously busy. I'll make up for it with tomorrow's post, promise!

Omnomnomagon

Today's post is just a bit random, it's not a swatch, not a 31 Day Challenge post, just some random nail art I did for funzies :). A ffamily member suggested I do Pacman nails, and I know ts not a new idea, but I was excited all the same because when I first started nail art that never even crossed my mind as being possible. It just seemed too advanced and way out of reach.

NOMNOMNOMNOM :)

I used:

Sally Hansen Black Out

Clair's White and Blue Nail Art Pens

Revlon Red

NYC Spring Street

NYC Lexington Yellow

Midgi Light Pink and Blue Nail Art Pens

“Erre es korakas, Blinky!" Dionysus cursed. "I will have your soul!” 

Does anybody else think of Percy Jackson and Dionysus's obsession with PacMan? No? Just me?

I like how this manicure turned out overall, but I think in the future I will give it another go and make it better. For gosh sakes the dots are bigger than the ghosts xD. It is nice to see that my skills are progressing though, and something I thought was impossible is now achievable :)

Polish Days- Something New

I'm really excited to share this manicure with you, this one turned out great! This is for Polish Days January, and this month's theme is something new. Whether its a new technique, polish, stamp, decoration, ect. I killed two birds with one stone on this one, this is both a new style I have never tried before, and a brand new polish!

The new style is called Ruffian, its like a backwards moonicure. I have seen this styles loads of times, but only recently learned the name for it from Chalkboard Nails. The new polish is Revlon first class, a gorgeous creme blue. For the sliver of gold I used OPI Rising Star. And there's one more new thing...

A blue dress that matches the polish! I thought it was quite serendipitous when I realized they matched so well. This is the dress I wore to that new years dance I told you about, I guess I got three birds with this post!  

So tell me girls, what are some new nail polish trends you're excited to try in 2013? :)

OPI Burlesque Little Teasers

Hello chickas! If you were on holiday break these past weeks, how was your first day back to work?school? Mine was alright, and now that school has stared up again I'm going to try to keep posting on a regular schedule. So it won't be oh-my-gosh-a-zillion-posts-in-five-minutes like over break, but it also wont be cricket-cricket for a couple days anymore, I'm going to at least try to post once a day or every other day.

So here we have OPI's Burlesque Little teasers collection, aren't the tiny bottles adorable ^-^? I've been wanting The Show Must Go On ever since I got a pedicure with it, but everywhere online a full bottle could be raher pricey, for the item AND shipping. But I found this collection on eBay for five dollars (and I think s&h was two or three dollars) and I was sold. It had the color I wanted and some other fun colors too, why not?

 The first color is Rising Star, a shimmery gold color. All of the polishes in this collection were rather sheer and took about three coats to get to opaqueness I wanted. I myself don't wear gold too often, I mostly stick to silver with jewelry. But I think Rising Star will be nice for some nail art.

Next is Take the Stage, a gorgeous coppery orange color. All of these polishes have a shimmer to them, I just can't seem to get enough shimmers can I? This polish really reminds me of fall, not so much the leaves but just the general color that comes to mind with fall.

Shown here is Ali's Big Break, a very pretty red with a subtle shimmer. I don't have many reds, and none a shimmer, so this is a nice addition.

Lastly is the long anticipated The Show Must Go On! which after reading the description on the box is kinda pinkish, which is fine by me. I've been wearing this one all day and in different lighting it can appear red, pink, or orangey with a yellow shimmer. All in all just a gorgeous color, and I may have to spring for a full size bottle when this mini one runs out, or just be very conservative.

So what do you think? Would you buy/wear any of these polishes?

Spectrum Cosmetics- Dark Matter

This polish arrived the other day and I haven't had the time to write a post about it till now. Its my first ever indie polish (I din't understand the term "indie polish" for a long time too). This is though, the second indie I've purchased, Samurai Princess hasn't arrived yet. It comes from an Etsy shop called Spectrum Cosmetics. I saw this polish moths ago and loved it, and on a random whim looked it up and saw she had it in stock again! The shade is called Dark Matter, lets take a look:

Here is three coats without a top coat. The polish is sheer with holographic glitters that shine in an array of rainbow colors. It dries matte and a little rough. 

  

Here it is with two coats of OPI Fast Dry top coat. Its a gorgeous polish, and I like it more than Zoya Storm. I usually don't like black polish unless it's paired with nail art, but the sparkle in this polish makes it nice. The only bad thing I have to say about this polish is that its terribly pungent, a very strong smell that made me a bit dizzy. But after a while it wasn't so bad and I was able to do a full manicure.

The polish also came with a note, I love when a salesperson does something personal, even if its brief.

 

I really love this polish, it reminds me of the night sky, Probably while its called Dark Matter. I can't wait until the other indie polish arrives so I can try that one out too, and decide if indie polishes are my thing or if I prefer regular polishes.

Galaxy Loophole

Today's challenge theme in galaxies, but nobody necessarily said I HAD to do the stuff up in the sky. So I found a loophole, the Samsung Galaxy phone. You can call me a cheater, but I prefer to think of it as strategic planning.

I copied all of the widgets at the bottom of the phone, the telephone, contacts, messaging, and internet. I like how this turned out, I think i'm getting better at free-handing stuff. 

I used:

NYC French Tip White

Stripe Rite Green 

NYC Spring Street

Clair's Black Nail Art Pen

Stripe Rite Yellow

Sally Hansen Brisk Blue

Midgi Blue Pen

Moon Flower

Have you ever seen moon flowers? They're a gorgeous plant who's blooms only open up once the moon rises, and then they wilt when then sun rises to be replaces by new blooms the next night. They're fascinating to watch, my Grandma has some in her front yard. Anyways, I've lost track of the days again, but I know it supposed to be half moons, or as The Daily Nail calls them, moonicures.

Moonicures themselves are pretty cool, but I prefer when they are fancied up. I thought semi-stamping one part would be neat, and I was right. Definitely a technique I'll be using again.

I used:

Sally Hansen Gone Grey

NYC French Tip White

OPI Suzi and the 7 Düsseldorfs

BM-323