Wednesday, September 26, 2012

LDTTWC Day 4: Lights, Camera, Action

Hey polished prisoners,

Salagadoola mechicka boola bibbidi-bobbidi-boo
Put 'em together and what have you got
bibbidi-bobbidi-boo
Salagadoola mechicka boola bibbidi-bobbidi-boo
It'll do magic believe it or not
bibbidi-bobbidi-boo

My guess is based on the title of this post and that little snippet of a classic Disney movie you can see where I'm heading yes?  Welcome to Day 4 of the Let's Do The Time Warp Challenge devoted to all things nostalgic!  And what could possibly be as nostalgic and as quintessential to my days of youth as Disney movies?  Well excepting She-ra, Playstation, and R.L. Stine not much!  My god how I have dreamed and dreamed and fantasized about that glass slipper, the clandestine dance in the garden by the fountain, and the final strike of the clock at midnight.  As the glimmering shoe was left behind my soul filled with anguish.  "Not the glass slipper!", is what I always thought.  Cinderella was irresponsible! A crowbar couldn't have pried those things off my feet!!!  Note how I never mention the castle, the mice, the fairy godmother, or prince charming himself? That's because they were all incidentals.  I wanted those freaking shoes! Alright enough ranting and onto the art...

Essie Blue Rhapsody, Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Freeze!,  LA Colors Gold Glitter, Color Club Jingle Jangle, Sinful Colors Cinderella, Konad Special Polish in White, Essie Head Mistress, Yellow No Name Striper, Cm Nail Art in Black, nail art, cinderella nails, freehand, stamping, chez delaney, T38
These really need to be seen in natural like to show the holographic sparkle of INM Northern Lights.  I'll try and update tomorrow with a few more pics when the sun is up!

Inspiration for these nails was of course the clock with it's hands at midnight, the glittering and awe inspiring pumpkin-turned-coach, and the swirls of magic dancing about Cinderella as she received her glass slippers oh yeah and the rest but I only care about the slippers.  Initially I did try to create the glass slippers on my nails but it looked crazy no matter which why I did it.  A glass slipper only becomes a shoe when it is bestowed upon the princesses foot.  Until then it's just a pretty piece of clear glass yes?  The color of Essie's Blue Rhapsody to me was a perfect allusion to Miss.  Rella's dress.

Essie Blue Rhapsody, Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Freeze!,  LA Colors Gold Glitter, Color Club Jingle Jangle, Sinful Colors Cinderella, Konad Special Polish in White, Essie Head Mistress, Yellow No Name Striper, Cm Nail Art in Black, nail art, cinderella nails, freehand, stamping, chez delaney, T38
Mani-louge
Polishes: Essie Blue Rhapsody, Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Freeze!,  LA Colors Gold Glitter, Color Club Jingle Jangle, Sinful Colors Cinderella, Konad Special Polish in White, Essie Head Mistress, Yellow No Name Striper, Cm Nail Art in Black
Stamping Plate: T38 (chez delaney)

Essie Blue Rhapsody, Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Freeze!,  LA Colors Gold Glitter, Color Club Jingle Jangle, Sinful Colors Cinderella, Konad Special Polish in White, Essie Head Mistress, Yellow No Name Striper, Cm Nail Art in Black, nail art, cinderella nails, freehand, stamping, chez delaney, T38


So here we are having taken another trip down the twisty and insane path that is my nostalgia.  Oh and just in case you didn't know it Disney is celebrating there Blue Ray release of Cinderella this year in an all out fashion including, gasp, twenty pair of limited edition Christian Louboutin swarovski encrusted butterfly adorned shoes inspired by the glass slipper themselves.  And I will leave you with this picture to drool away over!

Source

Right now I'm cursing my fate that I'm neither Dita Von Tease or Mariah Carey who were already slotted to own one of the twenty coveted pair.  Alas to be a commoner and poor just like Cinderella.  Lol!
Sunday, September 23, 2012

Chelsea's Choice...On Sunday's I Stamp!

Hello again my polished prisoners,

Welp it's Sunday, but I promise you this is not the start of a tragedy, i.e. despite the title my post is nothing like the movie Sophie's Choice.  Chelsea is a little girl who goes to the elementary school I sometimes volunteer at.  She is precocious, she calls me Ms. T (no relation to Mr.), asks me 1000 million questions about all the incisions on my chest, and happens to love stars!  The theme for the AIS this week is let someone else pick your plate.  I chose Chelsea since she is also always asking me about my nails.  What do you guess the star loving precocious seven year old Chelsea chose?  Oh and let me also mention since she saw my nails for the LDTTWC Day 1 she has been begging me to do a water marble ;)

Lacquer Lockdown - Essie Nothing Else Metals, Essie Blue Rhapsody, Essie As Good As Gold, China Glaze Millenium, stamping, Dashica, SdP-32, holographic polish, nail art, China Glaze L8GR8, China Glaze TTYL, Orly Goth, star manicure, stars manicure, water marble, holographic water marble, Sally Hansen Diamond Flash, adventures in stamping

Mani-louge
Base: Revlon Quick Dry Base Coat
Top Coat: Poshe (hallujah!) and Sally Hansen Diamond Flash (holo nails)
Base Color: Orly Goth
Stamping polishes: Essie Nothing Else Metals, As Good As Gold, & Blue Rhapsody, and China Glaze Millennium
Water marble: China Glaze L8GR8 and TTYL, and Orly Goth
Stamping plate: SdP-32

Lacquer Lockdown - Essie Nothing Else Metals, Essie Blue Rhapsody, Essie As Good As Gold, China Glaze Millenium, stamping, Dashica, SdP-32, holographic polish, nail art, China Glaze L8GR8, China Glaze TTYL, Orly Goth, star manicure, stars manicure, water marble, holographic water marble, Sally Hansen Diamond Flash, adventures in stamping
So what's the deal with the SH Diamond Flash? It's supposed to make holo's look more holo.  It's a bit hard to tell here especially because I lost the sun today before I could take pictures but it looks okay so far.  I'll have to try it a bit more before I can give a fair review.

Well Chelsea was happy with the end result what about you? Honestly I never thought I'd end up doing marbling and stamping back to back from last week to this week, but this mani had to meet Chelsea's approval before posting.   And let me tell you for some reason she really got stuck on me doing the exact same marble she saw from the challenge.  It was a feat convincing her that holo's are in fact just as pretty and fit the concept better. 


Lacquer Lockdown - Essie Nothing Else Metals, Essie Blue Rhapsody, Essie As Good As Gold, China Glaze Millenium, stamping, Dashica, SdP-32, holographic polish, nail art, China Glaze L8GR8, China Glaze TTYL, Orly Goth, star manicure, stars manicure, water marble, holographic water marble, Sally Hansen Diamond Flash, adventures in stamping
That holo water marble swept Chelsea right off her tiny feet! 1-0 Tamira:Chelsea hehe :)

So this ends my posts for the week.  Stay tuned for Day 4 of my LDTTWC and some seasonal nail art.  Thanks for reading and see you next post!  Toodles....

LDTTWC Day 3: I Remember When




Hey polished prisoners,

Happy Sunday - woot!  Let me come down from my cloud of mania to say the week went by incredibly fast.   Suddenly, it's the weekend and I'm in the midst of scooting to catch up with my challenge posts.  Maybe this happened because I was also doing mani's for other things this week plus my phone when kaput yesterday so I was dealing with that all day :(  So here I am at day 3 trying to remember when.  I choose not to do a "major event" because I'm young enough to not have hit things like the moon landing etc but old enough to recall major catastrophes like Columbine and 9/11. And while honestly my life is certainly no bundle of rainbows and puppy dog tails, especially these last few years, I want my challenge mani's to reflect the positive aspects of my life and history.  Like my trip to the Land of Oz otherwise known as Australia.  One of the things I loved the most about the land of Oz had to be the artwork of the indigenous aboriginals especially their dot art.  I used it to inspire my own dotty mani...

My nails are starting to become like claws lol! Yes sweet length :)
Mani-logue
Trigger Fimger: Base: OPI Who The Shrek Are You?; Dots: OPI Gargantuan Green Grape, Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Going Green, Orly Goth
Baddie Finger: Base: Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Blue Me Away!; Dots: Essie Sweet Talker 
Shackled Finger: Base: OPI Pink Flamingo; Dots: Essie French Affair
Length Challenged Finger: Base: China Glaze Happy-Go-Lucky Dots: Spoiled Designated Driver
Ape versus Man Finger: Base: OPI Funky Dunky; Dots: Sally Hansen X-treme Wear Violet Voltage &  Essie Liliacism

Source: Aboriginalart.com

Well because one of my majors in college was anthropology when I was living in Australia I made it my mission to learn more about the aboriginal tribes, the over 200 dialects they spoke, most of which are lost now, and their history.  Really the way they passed down stories and history through their art and music is amazing!


Even though this is only a slight nod to the dot artwork you can expect to see more of it at some point.   I really enjoyed putting this one together it's vibrant and totally me! Thanks for reading and stay tuned for my Sunday stamping post! Toodles...
Thursday, September 20, 2012

Cooler Than Me?!?

Hey polished prisoners,

I used up all of my tricks.  I hope you like this, but you probably won't because you think you're cooler than me ;) Nah...who's cooler than me?!? Lol,  but seriously I do hope you like this.  This is my entry for Chalkboard Nails Cool or Warm Nail Art Contest.  Essentially the task was to create a mani around either warm colors - red, orange yellow, or pink or cool colors - blue, purple, teal, and green.  Talk about tough!  I pretty much love all of these colors so it was hard to pick a concept initially.  Anyway this mani's got a lot of me in it.  The lusciousness of purples mixed with the provocative allure of bling.  Yup you should have know it wouldn't be too long before bling started making a re-appearance around these parts. So I really do hope you like it...

Lacquer Lockdown - Elixir Lacquer Bad Kitty, Elixir Lacquer Miss Kitty's  Mee-Yow, Essie Lilacism, Cm Nail Art, freehand, rhinestones, chalkboard nails contest entry, bling, OPI alpine snow


Mani-louge
Base: Revlon Quick Dry
Base Color + Accents: Essie Liliacism, Elixir Lacquer's Bad Kitty, Cm Nail Art Sky Blue & Blac
Dots: OPI Alpine Snow

Lacquer Lockdown - Elixir Lacquer Bad Kitty, Elixir Lacquer Miss Kitty's  Mee-Yow, Essie Lilacism, Cm Nail Art, freehand, rhinestones, chalkboard nails contest entry, bling, OPI alpine snow


Lacquer Lockdown - Elixir Lacquer Bad Kitty, Elixir Lacquer Miss Kitty's  Mee-Yow, Essie Lilacism, Cm Nail Art, freehand, rhinestones, chalkboard nails contest entry, bling, OPI alpine snow


So What do you think? I feel like I could have done something far more complicated or outrageous but I don't know honestly I wanted a marriage of colors that played well together and ultimately that's what I think I got.   I'm really cutting it close to the deadline on this one! Lol what here is different from usual?   In any event wish me luck and thanks for reading, and I'll see you next post!  Toodles...
Wednesday, September 19, 2012

LDTTWC Day 2 - It's Vintage Darling!

Hey polished prisoners,

This was supposed to go up this weekend, but things happened.  Alas here we are now! I realized that I neglected to describe what this challenge is all about so let me rectify that now.  The Let's Do The Time Warp Challenge is sponsored by Neverland Nail Blog in conjunction with Nail Polish Canada, and is dedicated to a love of all things nostalgic.  There are two challenges per week for 4 weeks going according to Lindsey's schedule, and it's pretty much a my pace kinda challenge as long as I get the posts up within a week of Lindsey's.  It's pretty chill so I feel I can manage this one better than something as demanding at the 31 day nail art challenge.  Now today's theme is all about using something vintage as inspiration for a mani.  Whenever I think of vintage one thing pop's into my head - jewelry.  Yup!  I love vintage jewelry particularly things from the Victorian mourning period and Art deco pieces, but one of my favorite pieces has to be a vintage owl brooch that my grandmother owns.  I used it as inspiration for this challenge.

Lacquer Lockdown - Butter London Trustafarian, owls, owl nail art, Let's Do The Time Warp Challenge, owl manicure, bling, rhinestones, nail art, dandy nails look around, Cm Nail Art, Revlon Quick Dry Base Coat, IMN Out The Door

Mani-louge
Base: Revlon Quick Dry Base (I'm not loving this at all)
Top-Coat: IMN Out the Door (also still not loving this one either)
Base Color: Butter London Trustafarian
Owl Detailing: Nail Art Pen and Brush (no name), Cm Nail Art Brush in Black, Orly Liquid Vinyl, Dandy Nails Look Around, 2mm rhinestones in various colors, and 3mm black pearls

 Butter London Trustafarian, owls, owl nail art, Let's Do The Time Warp Challenge, owl manicure, bling, rhinestones, nail art, dandy nails look around, Cm Nail Art, Revlon Quick Dry Base Coat, IMN Out The Door
Indoors- shimmer shimmer.

Did you know I could freehand?  Lol it's been a minute since I've done it and I'm rusty.  I definitely want to gain more skills so I'm thinking of freehanding from now on at least once a week to improve myself.  Freehand Fridays????? Well in any case this is another challenge that almost killed me.  My perfectionistic tendencies and type A personality were out in full force - cringe.

 Butter London Trustafarian, owls, owl nail art, Let's Do The Time Warp Challenge, owl manicure, bling, rhinestones, nail art, dandy nails look around, Cm Nail Art, Revlon Quick Dry Base Coat, IMN Out The Door

I love the bejewled owl the most and the owl on my index finger the most.  So here we are day 2 coming to belated finish.  Stay tuned for the next one which should be out quicker!  Thanks for reading and toodles...


Sunday, September 16, 2012

Falling Leaves...On Sundays I Stamp!

Hey polished prisoners,

Aigoo I am so behind schedule! Yesterday I had every intention to post up day 2 from the challenge, but I had an unexpected visit from my mum so that got blown to bits lol!  And today the AIS challenge for a Leafy mani almost stumped me.  I've told my friend Vicky from Boombastic Nails that I still have fails 9 out of 10 times when I go to stamp and today it went exactly like that.  I sort of realized these fails are the result of poor color choice, and so I'm going to be making an effort to make sure I put my stamping colors and base colors together with a bit more care in the future to prevent frustration when the colors don't show up as I've imagined them. Okay so enough rambling...let's get onto the art!

Lacquer Lockdown - Orly Buried Alive, Essie Sand Tropez, Color Club Art Club, Color Club Antiquated, Color Club Hot Like Lava, Essie Good As Gold, Essie Nothing Else Metals, Sally Hansen Insta Dri Snappy Sorbet, Konad Special Polish in Yellow, Color Club Artsy Crafty, Orly Night Owl, OPI Big Apple Red, OPI Lemonade Stand By Your Man, Milani Juicy Glo, Bundle Monster , BM04, fall mani, leaves, nail art, stamping, adventures in stamping, water marble nails


Orly's Buried Alive...wait I have to do this and then I can talk about the color.  "I shall leave you as you left me.  Buried alive...buried alive."  "Kaaaahhhhhhhhnnnnnn!!!! (echoes...echoes).  LOL!!! I'm sorry I had to and yes I'm a huge dork!  Anyway, Orly's Buried Alive looks like it should have debuted in the fall instead of the summer.  It is so rich so rich I knew when I saw the theme for this weekend that it had to be the main color for the mani.  And because I made this choice this is exactly why my first few attempts at this mani resulted in fails.  It's so dark and beautiful holos and lighter colors, even my beloved cG Passion, got sucked into its depths and disappeared never to be seen or heard of again! It took me a while to realize metallics and foils were going to be the only type of finishes that would work on this polish.


Lacquer Lockdown - Orly Buried Alive, Essie Sand Tropez, Color Club Art Club, Color Club Antiquated, Color Club Hot Like Lava, Essie Good As Gold, Essie Nothing Else Metals, Sally Hansen Insta Dri Snappy Sorbet, Konad Special Polish in Yellow, Color Club Artsy Crafty, Orly Night Owl, OPI Big Apple Red, OPI Lemonade Stand By Your Man, Milani Juicy Glo, Bundle Monster , BM04, fall mani, leaves, nail art, stamping, adventures in stamping, water marble nails
I ended up changing the base color of the water marble.
Mani-louge
Base coat: Revlon Rapid Dry Base Coat
Base colors: Orly Buried Alive (stamping) & Essie Sand Tropez (Marble)
Stamping colors: Color Club Art Club Name Unknown (green), Color Club Antiquated & Hot Like Lava, Essie Good As Gold & Nothing Else Metals, Sally Hansen Snappy Sorbet, and Konad Special Polish in Yellow
Marble colors: Color Club Artsy Crafty, Orly Buried Alive & Night Owl, OPI Big Apple Red & Lemonade Stand By Your Man, and Milani Juicy Glo
Stamping plate: BM04

Lacquer Lockdown - Orly Buried Alive, Essie Sand Tropez, Color Club Art Club, Color Club Antiquated, Color Club Hot Like Lava, Essie Good As Gold, Essie Nothing Else Metals, Sally Hansen Insta Dri Snappy Sorbet, Konad Special Polish in Yellow, Color Club Artsy Crafty, Orly Night Owl, OPI Big Apple Red, OPI Lemonade Stand By Your Man, Milani Juicy Glo, Bundle Monster , BM04, fall mani, leaves, nail art, stamping, adventures in stamping, water marble nails


Holy smokes right?!? So many freaking polishes! In my defense fall is very color rich and so even this amount of polishes doesn't quite cover the spectrum of all the beautiful colors that abound at this time of year.

Lacquer Lockdown - Orly Buried Alive, Essie Sand Tropez, Color Club Art Club, Color Club Antiquated, Color Club Hot Like Lava, Essie Good As Gold, Essie Nothing Else Metals, Sally Hansen Insta Dri Snappy Sorbet, Konad Special Polish in Yellow, Color Club Artsy Crafty, Orly Night Owl, OPI Big Apple Red, OPI Lemonade Stand By Your Man, Milani Juicy Glo, Bundle Monster , BM04, fall mani, leaves, nail art, stamping, adventures in stamping, water marble nails
I love the shimmer exploding all over this mani!
You may be asking why the water marble?  Well it was a last minute decision.  One of the things I love about marbles is that they very effectively capture the transitions of colors and fall is really all about transition.  So what do you think?  Even though this challenge pushed me and I had multiple fails I'm very happy with the final results.  Thanks for reading and stay tuned for my vintage mani for day two of the LDTTW challenge!  Toodles!
Thursday, September 13, 2012

Let's Do The Time Warp Challenge - Day 1

Hey polished prisoners,

I'm excited to share my nail art from my first challenge ever with you guys! I have really hesitated in signing up for challenges because of the time commitment and my own stamina issues, but I felt like this one set up by Neverland Nail Blog was infinitely do-able oh say compared to something like the 31 Day Nail Art challenge.  The theme for day one is - I Should Have Been Born In.  Basically you pick an era and make the magic happen.  There are many era's I love however I will say as a black woman there are just some points in history that I'm grateful I didn't live through while there are others that I wish I'd seen up close and personal.  One of them is the 70's! Yes when totally groovy afro's abounded, bell-bottoms were all the rage, and Scooby-Doo took the world by storm.  Ah yes I love the 70's!

Lacqur Lockdown - OPI Elephantastic Pink, OPI Red, OPI Lemonade Stand By Your Man, OPI Org-re The Top Blue, OPI Funky Dunky, Sally Hansen Going Green, Bundle Monster, BM07, BM09, stamping, nail art, water marble nails, 70's themed nails, konad, neon mani, neverland nails challenge, let's do the time warp challenge
Peace, love and hairgrease ;)

Mani-louge
Water Marble: OPI Elephantastic Pink, Red, Lemonade Stand By Your Man, Org-re The Top Blue, and Funky Dunky, Sally Hansen Going Green
Stamping polish: Konad Special Polish in Black Pearl
Stamping plates: BM07 & BM09

Lacqur Lockdown - OPI Elephantastic Pink, OPI Red, OPI Lemonade Stand By Your Man, OPI Org-re The Top Blue, OPI Funky Dunky, Sally Hansen Going Green, Bundle Monster, BM07, BM09, stamping, nail art, water marble nails, 70's themed nails, konad, neon mani, neverland nails challenge, let's do the time warp challenge


There are a lot of ways to interpret the 70's but water marble seems the most approriate somehow.  That pyschiadelic feeling from the wave of psychotrophic drugs that was abundant during that time feels the most rich.  There were also a lot of bold and hideous patterns! Lol!

Lacqur Lockdown - OPI Elephantastic Pink, OPI Red, OPI Lemonade Stand By Your Man, OPI Org-re The Top Blue, OPI Funky Dunky, Sally Hansen Going Green, Bundle Monster, BM07, BM09, stamping, nail art, water marble nails, 70's themed nails, konad, neon mani, neverland nails challenge, let's do the time warp challenge


I honestly enjoyed this theme so much I want do more takes on it! I had a lot of ideas, but I didn't want to do an overwhelming mani where you didn't know where to look first so I even kept the stamping relatively simple.

Lacqur Lockdown - OPI Elephantastic Pink, OPI Red, OPI Lemonade Stand By Your Man, OPI Org-re The Top Blue, OPI Funky Dunky, Sally Hansen Going Green, Bundle Monster, BM07, BM09, stamping, nail art, water marble nails, 70's themed nails, konad, neon mani, neverland nails challenge, let's do the time warp challenge
People kept grabbing my hand today to look at this manicure.  This was probably my most successful marbling yet!

You may have noticed the water marble is different from the final product if you read my instagram or take a good look at the pictures.  It's because when I was adding the stamping I had a small mishap and had to redo the marble on my index finger.

Lacqur Lockdown - OPI Elephantastic Pink, OPI Red, OPI Lemonade Stand By Your Man, OPI Org-re The Top Blue, OPI Funky Dunky, Sally Hansen Going Green, Bundle Monster, BM07, BM09, stamping, nail art, water marble nails, 70's themed nails, konad, neon mani, neverland nails challenge, let's do the time warp challenge
You can see the shimmer of Lemonade Stand in the setting sun...

So what's the verdict? Groovy and gravy or reeking of the establishment?  Hahaha.  Please check out the other designs and their themes below.  Thanks for reading and I'll have the next entry up on Saturday.



Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Chameleon Abstract feat Sonoma Nail Art My Three Glitters

Hey polished prisoners,

There's nothing I love more than finding an amazing drug store polish on the cheap except for when it's a HTF lemming.  When I was in Rite Aid some time ago I discovered Chameleon Polish by Scherr - a line of super pretty shifing duochromes that retail for about $3.99.  I picked up one on a whim and now I'm so glad I did! I bought Calypso a purple to gray/blue shifting color.   In a word it's gorgeous!  I wanted to do a simple gradient with Calypso so I sponged it over Essie's Turquoise & Caicos - one of my favorite blue polishes of all time, and added some simple stamping to turn up the flavor.  Here's how it turned out...

Lacquer Lockdown - Chameleon Calypso, Sonoma Nail Art, Sonoma Nail Art My Three Glitters, black and white indie polish, gradient nails, indie polish, stamping, Shany 2012, SH23, nail art, gradient, sponging, Essie Turquoise and Ciacos,CND Gold Sparkle

Mani-louge
Base coat: Revlon Quick Dry Base Coat
Top Coat: Out The Door (boo)
Base Color: Essie's Turquoise & Caicos
Gradient (dry sponge method):  Chameleon Polish Calypso
Glitter Accent Nails: Sonoma Nail Art My Three Glitters & CND Effects Gold Sparkle
Stamping polish:  Konad Special Polish in Black Pearl
Stamping Plate: SH23

Lacquer Lockdown - Chameleon Calypso, Sonoma Nail Art, Sonoma Nail Art My Three Glitters, black and white indie polish, gradient nails, indie polish, stamping, Shany 2012, SH23, nail art, gradient, sponging, Essie Turquoise and Ciacos,CND Gold Sparkle
Insert angry face her-  Out the Door smeared my perfect stamp! I'm all out of poshe and I've never felt more desperate!
I chose to add glitter accent nails because honestly I'm always slightly unnerved when all of my nails match.  It's okay every once in a while, but I prefer a little variety within a mani.  SNA's MTG's provided the perfect touch without overwhelming the gradient. 

Lacquer Lockdown - Chameleon Calypso, Sonoma Nail Art, Sonoma Nail Art My Three Glitters, black and white indie polish, gradient nails, indie polish, stamping, Shany 2012, SH23, nail art, gradient, sponging, Essie Turquoise and Ciacos,CND Gold Sparkle
The gradient before stamping.  I think this is super pretty too!

Honestly there probably isn't a black and while matte polish that I've met that I don't like. However I will say MTG's is toward my top picks when it comes to these types of polishes.  It's funky and unique and I love that the glitters are squares. I added CND's Gold Sparkle just for a touch of sheen without going too overboard.


So this is pretty.  Yup - just plain ole pretty.  When I finished this mani I felt like I'd had a return to girly without the bling or gleam. I need to do more mani's like this one.  Do you like it? Am I the only one in the NP sphere still totally obsessed with gradient nail art? I hope not lol! Thanks for reading and see you next post! Toodles...
Sunday, September 9, 2012

Toxic Rain - On Sundays I Stamp!

Hey polished prisoners,

It has been too long! Let me apologize for my absence it's been a flurry of activity recently that has left me exhausted and uninspired of late.  Also for some reason I have had fail after fail recently.  Every time I went to polish my nails they ended up smudged or ruined in a way that I couldn't even start the nail art.  It actually happened this time too but I decided to persevere.  Finally I smashed my ultra large bottle of CND Stickey - the base coat I live by.  Horrible!  I'm hoping with this post my string of bad luck ends.  So here we go!

Lacquer Lockdown - toxic rain, acid rain, stamping, shany plates, SH23, Konad, M13, Revlon Posh, adventures in stamping, nail art, halloween nail ideas, halloween mani

The theme for Adventures in Stamping this week was toxic or poisonous.  How deliciously appropo with Halloween around the corner.  I've actually done a toxic mani before which you can check out here, and it was somewhat the basis for this mani.  I wanted to create acid rain, chemical bubbles, and nasty neon drips lol! This sounds so gross when I read it aloud, but I think I accomplished what I set out to create.

Lacquer Lockdown - toxic rain, acid rain, stamping, shany plates, SH23, Konad, M13, Revlon Posh, adventures in stamping, nail art, halloween nail ideas, halloween mani

Mani-louge
Base: Revlon Posh
Freehand Drips & Dots: CM Nail Art Striper in Hot Yellow
Stamping polishes: Revlon Posh and Konad Special Polish in Yellow
Stamping plates: Konad M13 and Shany SH23

Lacquer Lockdown - toxic rain, acid rain, stamping, shany plates, SH23, Konad, M13, Revlon Posh, adventures in stamping, nail art, halloween nail ideas, halloween mani

So what do you think? Welp it feels a little spooky and evil but I like it!  Somehow it appears my AIS posts always save me when I'm in a rut.  Thank goodness for that and thanks for reading! I'll see you next post.  Toodles!