Recently I've become obsessed with magnetic nail polishes mainly owing to the fact that when I was in the TJ Maxx the other day I found a bunch from Nails Inc for .99 cents on the polish rack. I figured after seeing some of the amazing things The Swatchaholic and some Russian bloggers (yes in fact its always Russia - they must be putting something in the water over there) using the Masura magnetic polishes I had to take a shake at it. I will admit I did not get the effect that they did I think due in part to the fact that I did not have a very strong magnet as they did, but the effect was so pretty I'm going to be trying LOTS more of these in the future +/- stamping!
Happy Thanksgiving! It's been waaaaayyyy too long since I actually posted any nail art. Crazily because my computer went down it took several of my folders of nail art, reviews, etc down with it. Sigh I am slowly getting things going again and today's post is half testing the waters with my borrowed back up computer and half me going crazy from not posting nail art. So today's post was actually in response to a question I saw posed on one of my nail art groups asking if you could stamp over glitter leadlight based nails which in themselves are are form of nail art. It happens the original poster was a good friend Lizzy K Thank you for the inspiration darling! Of course I thought absolutely yes! Simply put if there is a base down regardless of what it is you can stamp over it. So here's what I came up with.
Today I have a little special feature for you. I had a party with my friends L and N - a nail art and makeup party and boy did we have a blast! I did everyone's nails - just not my own and it was fun fun fun fun fun! (Note: Please do not misconstrue my excitement for mania). I learned some great lessons along the way too. Mainly - do not wear a manicure on your nails if you don't want it to get shredded while doing someone else's nails. Secondly - soak off gel polish is a you-know-what to get off with pure acetone despite what some nail techs may say. Third, it's hard to take a decent picture of another person's nails - no idea why though! Tips tips? Here are pics of my nails with the manicures as well as my friends.
A bit different from my mermaid mani, but after I did L's I started to get ideas!
I gave her quite the lecture on the state of her cuticles, but unfortunately for all three of us it's an occupational hazard :(
N was suffering from the same cuticle issues so I smeared them down with Vit E oil. I didn't recreate this mani exactly either when I re-did it on myself.
It's hard to see but I have that SH Pacific Blue layered under Lynnderella's Violette de Blue and Forget me Not.
I just noticed but you are totally getting a sneek shot of my bins of nail polish :)
I really love this picture plus N and L are so damn tall. Love both of these girls to death and I had such a blast doing their nails!
My recreation of L's nails below - it's like her original manicure on crack!
This shimmer on the scaled nails is the reason why I love love love Color Clubs Foiled Collection for stamping!
The bling of Nail's Inc Electric Avenue is a stunner even without embellishment.
I put up the tutorial for L's nails on YT. See the video below to check it out to see the products I used and to get the same fabulous look! N's tutorial is in the works. This was so much fun I know I'll have to do it again sometime soon. Let me know what you ladies think and thanks for reading!
