Elevation Polish Summit Collection #2 Swatches & Nail Art

Hey lacquer ladies,

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Hope everyone is having a fabulous weekend!  Today I've got swatches and nail art for the soon to be released Elevation Polish Summit Collection Part Deaux,  As usual I'm thrilled again this month to be able to share these glorious polishes with you.  I think you'll find the 2nd part of the Summit Collection to have a denser earthier feel than the first.  You can check out swatches here to compare.  For this collection there's something for everyone neutral holos, soft crellies, intense shimmers, and bright glitter toppers.  So let's get started!

Elberus 2

A deep red leaning plum shimmer polish.  Dark for the vampy lovers in us all.  A bit of a palate cleanser in the brights of the summer spring season.  For me this one was a hidden gem.  The formula was thicker than I expected and like butter leveling out perfectly in 2 coats.  I feel myself smacking my lips over this one lolol.  Like I said hidden gem.
 

Mani-louge:

Basecoat/Topcoat:  CND Stickey / Sally Hansen Diamond Flash

Base: Elevation Polish Elberus 2

Fillers: Elevation Polish Owen, Mount Augustus, Gobi, and Tavan Bogd

Stamping polish: Essie As Good as Gold

Stamping plate: Messy Mansion MM29
Studs: Pueen Cosmetics

Kosciuszko (Kozy)

Super pretty hot pink matte glitter topper in a shimmering base.  Essentially the prettiest girliest type of glitter topper you can imagine which is also perfect for the spring and Mother's Day.   I struggled with this one though.  The neon pink/red nature of the glitter freaked my camera out too much.  I tried to compensate by pairing another pink to adjust the color too.  Somehow I'm not sure if I was able to capture how beautiful this polish really is. 

Mani-louge:

Basecoat/Topcoat:  CND Stickey / Sally Hansen Diamond Flash

Base: Elevation Polish Mount Feathertop
Glitter topper: Elevation Polish Kosciuszko (Kozy)

Stamping polish: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Fast Fuschia

Stamping plate: Emily de Molly EDM 02

Everest 2
A flattering deep taupe holographic.  This particular holo is not the super strong linears we've seen coming out of the EP kitchen.  This one is softer and subtle causing the polish to seem extremely delicate despite the deepness of the taupe.  In short I love it!  I was so hard pressed not to overwhelm the base that I decided to do a very simple and clean nail art for this one.  Of note this pretty shade is basically a ONE coater, and you ladies know how I feel about that ;)

Direct sunlight

Shade

Mani-louge:

Basecoat/Topcoat:  CND Stickey / Sally Hansen Diamond Flash

Base: Elevation Polish Everest

Stamping polish: Mundo de Unas #2

Stamping plate: Messy Mansion MM 17
Studs: Pueen Cosmetics

Mount McKinley

A lavender crelly that unless I missed my mark is going to be universally flattering on most if not all skin tones!  Opaque in 2 coats with a flawless flawless formulation.  When I think about this polish it reminds me of why I fell so hard for the EP brand long ago!  This is such a gorgeous shade I paired with with the usual smorgasbord of EP shades in pastel shades to let it's delicacy play out against and abstract foreground.

Glossy

Mani-louge:

Basecoat/Topcoat:  CND Stickey / Poshe Fast Drying Topcoat / Essie Matte About You

Base color: Elevation Polish Mount McKinley

Fillers:Punchak Jaya, Cuernos del Paine, Streetside NYC, Paoko, El Cap 2

Stamping polish: Konad Special Polish in Dark Purple

Stamping plate: Dashica SdP 48
Studs: Daily Charme
Tools: Nail Vinyls

Matte

What do you ladies think?  Lol honestly I know these posts can be overwhelming.  There is a lot of art and polish and swatches all happening.  Take a second to take it all in and then tell me if you have any favorites in the comments below.  Probably of the bunch my favorite is Elberus 2 and Everest 2 lol.  I guess I like the second editions though honestly they all are spectacular!  These polishes and the Summit Collection 1 and 2 in general will be available May 7th at 9pm CST here on Elevation Polish Big Cartel site as well as on the 22nd of May at 9am CST.  Polishes retail between $8.50-$12 USD.  Btw if you are as big of a fan of Elevation Polish as I am head over to Lulu's blog for more information regarding 2 giveaways this month not including those from Pointless Cafe and Ashley is Polish Addicted.  Hope you all enjoyed today's polish offerings!  Thanks for reading and see you next post...

These products were provided for my honest review.  For more information or questions please see my Disclosures Policy.

MoYou London 31 Day Nail Art Challenge: Day 3 Animal Print

Hey lacqueristas,

Happy Saturday and welcome to day 3 of this little challenge!  I'm keeping it pretty old school for this theme relying on pretty polish and simple patterns with a "decayed" method to liven things up.  I love animal prints particularly anything leopard/cheetah/tiger/jaguar print.  So I decided to stick with what I love and simply pair it it beautiful polish and an nontraditional layout.  I think it worked nicely.

Mani-louge

Basecoat/Topcoat: CND Stickey and Sally Hansen Diamond Flash

Basecolors: Polished by KPT Let's Get Peachy and Sunday Rose

Stamping polish: Mundo de Unas #2 

Stamping plate: MoYou London Pro Collection 04 XL

For the base colors I chose two polishes that have been languishing in my stash dying to get out.  Polished by KPT Sunday Rose and Let's Get Peachy!  Sunday Rose is part of the Mother's Day duo with Serum No.5 that released 2 weekends ago and Let's Get Peachy is part of the spring collection in general.  Both are thermal though LGP has an exteremely subtle shift that is difficult to catch, and I prefer it in its cool form as a bright orange jelly with heavy shimmer and flecks.  Sunday Rose is a shimmering pink that fades to pure shimmering white when warm.  It's gorgeous and I'm glad it joined my stash!

For all of the nails other than the accent of Sunday Rose I stamped down the pattern then removed portions of it using scotch tape.   Then I went back in with a little black polish and threw in some dots for good measure.  The result of this is the decayed jaguar/leopard pattern you see.

I hope you liked day 3 of this challenge.  Most likely day 4 will be a delayed post since tomorrow I'll have up my swatches and nail art for Elevation Polish and those posts are always a doozy because of all the combined art.  You can purchase Polished by KPT here on Big Cartel.  I do believe she plans on doing one more restock of the Mother's Day Duo if you are interested.  Thanks for reading and see you next post!

MoYou London 31 Day Nail Art Challenge: Day 2 Nature

Hey stamperellas,

I've got Day 2 of the MoYou London nail art challenge for you today!  This time I was able to actually sit down and create with a plan as opposed to my mad dash for the 1st challenge. You can check out my original post here.  In any case the theme for this challenge was nature.  I kept it relatively simple sticking with florals and birds and then let my polishes and stamping do all the talking for me ;)

Mani-louge

Basecoat/Topcoat: Nail Pattern Boldness Glitter A Peel / Sally Hansen Diamond Flash

Base colors: Pahlish Romance and Elevation Polish Bromance (limited edition April duo)

Floral fills: Essie Vices Versa, Chills and Thrills, Where's My Chauffeur, Serial Shopper, Sittin' Pretty, Too Taboo, and I'm Addicted, China Glaze Happy Go Lucky and Metropollen-tini, and Orly Neon Heat

Stamping polish: Mundo de Unas #33

Stamping plates: MoYou London Pro 06 and Mother Nature 02 

The base colors I chose for this are so my heart! I was able to snag the April LE duo from Elevation Polish and Pahlish - Romance/Bromance.  I love love love these polishes.  They will definitely get a solo feature at some point because they deserve it, but as with any EP or Pahlish shade I pick up the application and beauty of these polishes was beyond compare! So much so that I felt bad covering them up with stamping, but I believe a beautiful base is the start to great nail art!

What does everyone think? Not bad for day 2 eh! I'm still feeling a little at a loss as to how I'm going to keep going for 29 more mani's, but I'll just be taking it one day at a time!  I hope you all are enjoying the journey.  Thanks so much for reading and see you next post...

MoYouLondon 31 Day Nail Art Challenge: Day 1 The Birth of Venus (Art)

Here we go again polished prisoners,

I always feel really ambivalent about 30/31 day nail art challenges.  They are freaking tough! It requires a great deal of stamina and patience and buckets of creativity under a timeline.  In short it's a marathon when I've always been a sprinter.  I've never even done the traditional 31 day nail art challenge because I felt like I couldn't keep up the commitment.  Here's the thing though MoYou London is giving away a new kit that will be releasing in June to 3 winners of this challenge to celebrate their 10,000 followers on Instagram.  The contents will be 6 image plates, 3 polishes, and a stamper and scraper.  I want it desperately. Desperately enough to commit to the long term run of 31 days of nail art.   You can check out the various themes below but the only real requirement is that you use MoYou London plates to fit the theme.

Mani-louge

Basecoat/Topcoat: CND Stickey and Poshe Fast Drying Topcoat

Gradient: Essie Where's My Chauffer and Bikini So Tiny

Stamping polish: Mundo de Unas #2 and #30

Stamping plate: MoYou London Artist Collection 05

This nail art is for the 1st of May and is inspired by the birth of Venus.  I didn't even realize this contest was running until very late today so I busted out this mani.  I feel like if I'd had a bit more time I could have perfected it but overall I'm surprised at how well this came out considering how quickly I put this together.  The detailing on this plate is exquisite and so that made my task significantly easier. 

I will have my nails up every day on my Instagram account +/- to the blog.  Eventually everything will make it up to the blog, but in some ways creating a mani is easier than taking photos editing and then creating dialogue + details to go along with the art (which is essentially what it takes to create a blog post).  Everyday will likely destroy me in terms of wanting to do that every day, but when I finish I will at least create a page for my amalgamated art.  Wish me luck darlings! Thanks for reading and see you next post!

Hot Off The Stamping Press: MoYou London Fairytale Collection Expansion!

Hey lacqueristas,

You may have noticed some changes up in this place today! Yup I decided to dust off my html/css skills and give my little blog some necessary polish ;)  I'm not done yet, but please continue to bear with me as I change things over.  I also wanted to point out that all of my pages and links are still there you just need to click the menu tab and all my old pages will appear.  That said let's get back to what we really are all about here at Lacquer Lockdown - the love of stamping!

So let me say I am in agony these days! Why is everybody releasing plates that I must absolutely have to have (yeah I said it)? Are they trying to torture me? Alas I can't have everything I want, but I can certainly drool as much as I want.  The Fairy Collection from MoYou London is one of my all time favorites.  I only have 4 of them, but even now I want them all and now 4 new delicious ones have rolled out!  Drool along with me darlings...

Hansel and Gretel.  Kawaii! This plate is so adorable I could eat it up, but where is the witch?  Surely the tale isn't complete without the evil old hag and her horrible oven.

O. Em. Gee! I see a yellow brick road and a girl that should be wearing glittering shoes! The wizard of Oz!!! Note the flying monkey.  I must have this plate!

This is a story I read over and over and over again as a child.  The Elves and the Shoemaker.  Yes! I die I die I die! These plates are gonna sell out in a heartbeat just like the Hipster Collection. 

Ok I got lost here?  Until I realized I needed to rotate the plate in 2 dimensional space.  Then I realized I was staring at Jack while he stares at the beanstalk.  I am seriously seriously dying!  Oh MoYou my heart is yours! I love and adore every single plate!  I need a fairy godmother to bequeath me with some of these.  Lol.  In any case these plates release on Friday on the MoYou London website.  They retail for 4.99 Euro.  Don't forget if you haven't caved and used the code yet you can save 10% off using Tamira10.  Happy hunting ladies!  Thanks so much for reading and see you next post!

Cici & Sisi Tribal Nail Art feat Liquid Sky Lacquer

Hey varnished vixens,

Today's nail art is another example of when things just line up.  As in I have this great idea...I wonder how it will turn out...what if I add this and then bam I arrive at something more perfect than I envisioned.  I'm also a firm believer in the power of imagination so when I thought I want to do something tribal with Liquid Sky Lacquer solo this is what happened.  Some of you may recall this tribal pattern from the nail art I did using Lumina Lacquer here.  This mani is an expansion and exaggeration of that concept because I became obsessed with the tribal pattern.

Mani-louge
Basecoat: CND Stickey/ Poshe Fast Drying Topcoat
Base: Liquid Sky Lacquer Baby Chick and Fuscia Illusion

Tribal: Wet N Wild Ticked Pink, Liquid Sky Lacquer Baby Bunny, Bonita Salon Blue Steel, China Glaze Metropollen-tini, Zoya Thandie

Stamping polish: Mundo de Unas #2

Stamping plate: Cici & Sisi 01

I love my Liquid Sky Lacquer polishes!  When I discovered this brand I felt like I'd hit a gold mine.  All lovely thermals and holographic beauties not to mention the gorgeous glitter bombs.  I just took one look at Baby Chick from the spring collection last year and knew nothing bad could possibly come out of it and then added Fuschia Illusion for drama lol.  The other thing about today's mani is that I realized I have totally neglected my Cici & Sisi plates after reviewing them.  I broke out Jumbo Set 1 and this tribal today to rectify that!
 

So what do you think? Everything lined up magically!  I really didn't want to take this mani off, but for some reason the minute I finish my nail art and take pics I'm already on to plotting the next grand adventure.  Anyone else like that? If you are interested you can find Liquid Sky Lacquer polishes here.  You can find the Cici & Cici plates here. Thanks so much for reading and see you next post...

Lumina Lacquer Farplane Spring Gradient

Hey lacqueristas,

 It's been a while since I've fallen in love with a new indie brand these days, and to be honest this indie brand isn't entirely new to me it's more or less just new to the blog.  I'm talking about Lumina Lacquer.  Essentially I love this brand in it's entirely for Tatiana's utterly glorious utterly unique glitterbombs! They are amazing and currently unlike any others I've seen to date.  I was lucky enough to get some of her recent pretties from the last restock and decided to take one out for a stroll today using one of my Cici & Sisi jumbo plates as an accent.

Mani-louge

Basecoat/Topcoat: Nail Pattern Boldness Glitter-A-Peel & Poshe Fast Drying Topcoat

Gradient: China Glaze Metro-pollen-tini and Liquid Sky Lacquer Baby Chick

Glitter topper: Lumina Lacquer Farplane

Stamping polish: Mundo de Unas #

Stamping plate: Cici and Sisi 01 Jumbo Set 1

Farplane is magnificent! Matte pastel, black and white triangles, circles, hearts, moons, and stars with micro matte white glitter.  It's hard to believe that you could find this many shapes in one bottle or that they would play so well together.  The gradient seen here is directly from the bottle with some placement.  Because of all the shapes you really need a thick topcoat to smooth everything out like Gelous.  For the accent nail the tribal played the minor role, but I think worked well over all.  In fact it worked so well I ended up doing a repeat which I post tomorrow or tonight.



In any case I hope you liked today's mani.  It's been a bit hectic over here since the giveaway started, but I'm just gonna be plugging on with my art and such.  You can find Lumina Lacquer polishes here on her Big Cartel though I'm unclear on when she is restocking.  Stay tuned as well for a few reviews and updates for the Loja BBF plates!  Thanks so much for reading and see you next post...