Showing posts with label Habit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Habit. Show all posts
#StampingSaturday: Pyramids of Nefertiti
Saturday, March 28, 2015
3/28/2015 11:31:00 AM
When I was growing up, I was obsessed with Egypt. I read every book in the library on the subject and I wanted to be an Egyptologist so bad. I wanted to find new pyramids and risk mummy's cursing me and frolic through the desert sands. Fast forward to today...I'd still gladly do all those things. It's still #1 on my travel destination and I love reading about the culture. So naturally, when there is a polish named after the beautiful Nefertiti, I had to have it.
This is Habit Cosmetics Nefertiti. This is a beautiful mocha creme filled with copper and gold shimmer. I absolutely love the shimmer in here, two easy coats gave me full coverage.
I wanted to use my Ancient Egypt stamping plate, but I couldn't find it cause I'm lame. So I used MoYou London Hipster 08 and Mundos de Unas Turquoise to stamp on some triangular shapes to represent the pyramids.
Don't forget to check out all the other ladies who have created a stamped look. You can even add your own in!!
Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee
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Stamping Saturdays: Easter Eggs-ish
Saturday, April 19, 2014
4/19/2014 11:45:00 PM
I'm barely getting this post in before the day is over. It was a crazy day. I had to work an Easter Egg hunt today, which took up most of my day. Then when I got home, J surprised me with tickets to a Mets game, so off we went to that. It's been a long but fun day, so I'll keep this short and sweet.
I wanted to do an Easter-ish type mani, but more of an interpretation. I started off with a base of Habit Belle Epoque. Belle Epoque is a greyed out blurple type color. As my first experience with Habit, I enjoyed it. This was two easy coats with a great formula. My only problem is with the cap, it looks great, but makes applying the polish difficult because it's hard to hold. I wish the wood popped off and left you with an easier handle to apply with.
After letting Belle Epoque dry a bit I added a layer of Essie Shine of the Times. Over Belle Epoque, I really didn't get much of the green flash, but the pink flash added in that extra layer of fun.
Then I stamped on a pebble design from Winstonia W-112 with Konad White. I had a bit of a smudge happen on my middle finger, but over all I really like the look. Now that I'm staring at it more, I kind of wish I had done the stamp in silver. Oh well, live and learn. I think they look like cute speckled eggs, J says they look like Yoshi eggs, so I'm calling it a win.
I got good reviews on the new hand pose, so I'm going to try it out for a bit and see what I think. Happy Easter Everyone!!
Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee
I wanted to do an Easter-ish type mani, but more of an interpretation. I started off with a base of Habit Belle Epoque. Belle Epoque is a greyed out blurple type color. As my first experience with Habit, I enjoyed it. This was two easy coats with a great formula. My only problem is with the cap, it looks great, but makes applying the polish difficult because it's hard to hold. I wish the wood popped off and left you with an easier handle to apply with.
After letting Belle Epoque dry a bit I added a layer of Essie Shine of the Times. Over Belle Epoque, I really didn't get much of the green flash, but the pink flash added in that extra layer of fun.
Then I stamped on a pebble design from Winstonia W-112 with Konad White. I had a bit of a smudge happen on my middle finger, but over all I really like the look. Now that I'm staring at it more, I kind of wish I had done the stamp in silver. Oh well, live and learn. I think they look like cute speckled eggs, J says they look like Yoshi eggs, so I'm calling it a win.
I got good reviews on the new hand pose, so I'm going to try it out for a bit and see what I think. Happy Easter Everyone!!
Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee
*all products featured in this post were purchased by me
