Showing posts with label Did you Ear about Van Gogh?. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Did you Ear about Van Gogh?. Show all posts
#31DC2016: Inspired by the Supernatural
Thursday, September 29, 2016
9/29/2016 12:44:00 PM
I don't know why, but I always seem to struggle with the "inspired by challenges." Supernatural had me stumped so I just pulled out all my Halloween stamping plates. I settled on doing the Wolfman from the My Online Shop Jr-22 plate. He's a reverse stamp done over a base of OPI Did You 'Ear About Van Gogh? and created with OPI How Great is Your Dane?, Painted Polish Midnight Mischief, OPI Alpine Snow, and China Glaze Shore Enuff.
For all my other fingers I did a base of OPI How Great is Your Dane? topped with Crows Toes Overtime 'til Springtime. Everything is topped with matte topcoat. Don't mind the Wolfman too much, he slid a bit off center when I applied the decal.
Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee
*self purchased
Zoya Dream Triangles
Thursday, November 14, 2013
11/14/2013 10:06:00 PM
Yesterday, this was a top post on r/RedditLaqueristas. If you don't know about Reddit, I'm not sure if I should be sorry that I introduced you or proud of myself. Let me know later how I should feel. Anywho, my friend Brandon saw that post and requested that I do similar nails. So here is my ode to u/WarofArt and her pretty fingers.
Since I just got Zoya Dream, from their Holiday Collection, I decided that I wanted to use that on all my fingers. For the base on my accent nail I went with OPI Did You 'Ear About Van Gogh?. I then applied striping tape and filled in the triangles with Dream, Zoya Aurora (purple), Orly Miss Conduct (pink), and Orly Sparkling Garbage (green). I chose these four polishes because they all have similar shimmer within in the polish. Love all of these polishes.
Do you love this look, because I sure do.
Enjoy & Until next time, Amy Lee
*all products featured in this post were purchased by me
Untried Polish Challenge: Warm
Friday, May 3, 2013
5/03/2013 09:47:00 AM
Day Five of the Untried Polish Challenge calls for Warm. When I was thinking about warm polishes, I decided to go with China Glaze's Mahogany Magic from their Hunger Games collection. I don't know what it is about this brown polish, but I love the warmth it has.
While I was thinking about warm things, I got onto the thought of "What keeps me warm?" and after picking Mahogany Magic, it hit me. HOT CHOCOLATE!!! I'm a Hot Chocolate feind in the winter months, so this was a natural progression for me. (Insert rant here about how it snowed yesterday...in MAY!)
People, I am way proud of this manicure. It is my first foray into freehand nail art. I worked super hard on this and may have spent way to much time carefully painting the details onto my nails.
On my thumb and middle finger, I painted marshmallows. Everyone knows you need a good 'mallow or two or five when drinking Hot Chocolate. All of the white in the manicure is done in OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls which up until now I've only used layered under other polishes, that makes it an untried right? I'm saying yes. They are outlined in OPI Did You Ear About Van Gogh? (tan) for some depth.
On my pointer and pinky fingers I've sponged on a combination of My Boyfriend Scales Walls and Did You Ear About Van Gogh? to simulate the foam that you get on the top of your Hot Chocolate. You know, after your 'mallows start to melt? Yum! I topped it with a homemade franken holographic topper to give it some shine. If you look close you can see the rainbows in my pictures.
Finally on my ring finger, you have a mug of Hot Chocolate with steam and marshmallows. The weather here has still been cold enough to keep me drinking my Hot Chocolate, so I'm going to enjoy this manicure as long as possible.
Don't forget to see what the other ladies did for day 5 of the Untried Polish Challenge. You can visit them here:
Jonochi of Just Add Polish
Masha of Lost in Lacquer
Amanda of Designer Nail Accents
Raine of Lacquer Lily
Sam of Polished Art
Patricia of Polished and Glittered
LizJane of Organic Neglect
Anna of Blueberry Nails
Kristina of Lacquer Fetish
Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee
*all polishes featured in this post were purchased by me
Nude to Neon Ombre
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
3/13/2013 11:30:00 AM
Peeps, I took the Shellac off tonight. I tried to document it for you, but my pictures turned out all janky. (Janky is totally a word, even though Spellcheck says it isn't, trust me) It's an easy Google search for removing Shellac, people out there have done it better than I ever could. My one tip, is DO NOT have an unknown paper cut and dip your finger to soak in pure acetone. YEOOOUCH! Trust me you don't want to do that.
Anyways....lets get down to business. (& now I have Mulan stuck in my head) I finally decided to tackle the Ombre mani. I've tried this before, never with success. Usually, I take it off and try something else. But this time, I DID IT!! WOOO HOOO! Enough talk, more pictures.
Look at the pretty! I can't believe I pulled it off. It took me forever, but I figured it out. Colors used are OPI Did you Ear about Van Gogh? and China Glaze Flip Flop Fantasy. I used Orly Rubberized Base Coat and Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat.
Also, these colors are hard to capture, especially Flip Flop Fantasy. Flip Flop Fantasy is so much brighter and more playful in person. I've gotten them pretty close after like an hour of playing with my camera settings. Forgive me if the background in some of the photos seems a bit blue/gray/darkish, it brought the polish colors out the best.
Above you'll see my right hand and below my left.
Anyways, I hope you enjoy the Nude to Neon Ombre. Maybe you'll even give it a go.
Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee
Anyways....lets get down to business. (& now I have Mulan stuck in my head) I finally decided to tackle the Ombre mani. I've tried this before, never with success. Usually, I take it off and try something else. But this time, I DID IT!! WOOO HOOO! Enough talk, more pictures.
Look at the pretty! I can't believe I pulled it off. It took me forever, but I figured it out. Colors used are OPI Did you Ear about Van Gogh? and China Glaze Flip Flop Fantasy. I used Orly Rubberized Base Coat and Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat.
Also, these colors are hard to capture, especially Flip Flop Fantasy. Flip Flop Fantasy is so much brighter and more playful in person. I've gotten them pretty close after like an hour of playing with my camera settings. Forgive me if the background in some of the photos seems a bit blue/gray/darkish, it brought the polish colors out the best.
Above you'll see my right hand and below my left.
Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee
*all polishes in this post were purchased by me
