The Fancy Side

Day 3 of the Digit-al Dozen. When I think of Vampy, my mind goes to Dita Von Tees. She always has a classic half moon red nail look that she always rocks. I decided to my version with a little twist.

I started off with base of OPI Glints of Glinda to have a nice sheer base. Then using a french tip guide I sectioned off my nail and added in F.U.N. Lacquer Goddess of the Dawn, a vibrant red holographic polish. This is the ultimate vampy look in my opinion.




Catch you tomorrow for Day 4!

Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee

Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee

Now...I realize that I hardly ever show you the stamping plates I use. Mostly because a) I bought them myself and b) they are a real bitch to photograph. However...this beauty was sent to me by The Born Pretty Store and let me tell you, they have upped their stamping plate game. I used the top right image for this look, and had NO issues getting the image to pick up. It covers the full nail and has crisp lines. I can't wait to play with the other images on here. If you want to check out this beauty you can do so here. You can also receive 10% off your order if you use the code: NFSQ10


For the stamp I used BPL-024 (above) and Mundo de Unas in Turquoise and Spring Green. I'm loving the way the green leaves look with the blue flowers. Totally reminds me of the spring gardens I saw all over Paris while visiting.





There you have it! Be sure to check out all the other Stamped Looks below or join in on the fun!

Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee


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Up first is KBShimmer Foiled vs. Literary Lacquer Felix Felicis. Foiled is the finest of the silver flake polishes. You get full coverage with this one in 2-3 coats and it is a beautiful silver color. Compared with Felix Felicis, you can see the FF is more gold toned with similar flake size but there are also bigger gold glass fleck flakes mixed in as well. These are most definitely not dupes.



Next we have the two Pay Days against each other. Pay Day (H) has the same flake size in a holographic base. Out of all the polishes this one reads the most silver. Pay Day reads gold in the tinted base.


KBShimmer Foiled vs. Cirque Colors Mirror Mirror.  These two are similar in tone and finish, but as you can tell Foiled has much finer flakes that Mirror Mirror. Foiled is like Mirror Mirror's little sister.


F.U.N. Lacquer Pay Day (H) vs.  Literary Lacquer Felix Felicis. These two aren't even close. The only similarity they have is that they both have other elements along with the metallic flakes.


KBShimmer Foiled vs. F.U.N. Lacquer Pay Day (H). These two are the most silver of the bunch. They have similar tone, but different flake sizes, not to mention Pay Day (H) has the holographic base.


KBShimmer Foiled vs. F.U.N. Lacquer Pay Day. These two aren't similar, you can tell they have a similar background, but that is as far as it goes.


F.U.N. Lacquer Pay Day (H) vs. Cirque Colors Mirror Mirror. These two have similar flake size but the bases are different. Pay Day (H)'s holographic base makes it read more silver while on Mirror Mirror the flakes in a clear base leans more platinum.


Literary Lacquer Felix Felicis vs. F.U.N. Lacquer Pay Day.  I think these two are the most similar in color, as they are both the most gold out of the 5, but there are fundamental differences. Obviously Felix Felicis uses a much smaller flake size and the addition of the glass fleck takes it further away.

Finally we have Literary Lacquer Felix Felicis vs. Cirque Colors Mirror Mirror. Mirror Mirror has bigger flakes and reads more platinum, while Felix Felicis is much smaller flakes, gold, and has additional glass flecks.


So there you have it! Do you need all of them, probably not. The good news is that all of these, with the exception of Mirror Mirror are still available. If you missed out on Mirror Mirror's limited run, Pay Day is a good substitute. Other than that, I'm calling them all quite different. I'll leave all links to the polishes below.

Then because I'm a crazy person I decided to paint on ribbons as if my nails are presents. I used OPI This gown needs a Crown and black acrylic paint.

I'm going to make this post short and sweet. Hopefully. I need to finish Christmas shopping today and I'm planning on undertaking the chaos that is NYC Macy's two weekends before Christmas. Pray that I make it out alive.

This look was actually done as an Instagram guest post for @journailism. But on IG you can't get the whole story so I'll show you everything here today too! I started off with a base of F.U.N. Lacquer's Anna. Anna is a baby blue to lavender duochrome with holographic sparkles thrown in. It makes for a beautiful icy looking polish.








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Ok, so I know thats a helluva name for my nail look for Stamping Saturday. However, thats what this look makes me think. I feel like I have cozy sparkly sweater nails. Enough build up for you? Lets take a look.

I started off with a base of F.U.N. Lacquer Honey Bear (H). Honey Bear (H) is a holographic gold glitter polish filled with gold flakies and shimmer. The (H) means it has holographic spectraflair which takes the polish up the next notch. This polish can be wore as a topper or with enough coats on its own. Here I have 2 coats on. If I was going to wear it solid, I might go an extra coat, but since I knew I was adding stamping on top, 2 seemed enough.








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