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Showing posts with label L'Oreal. Show all posts

#TheLacquerRing: Splatter

Thursday, January 22, 2015 1/22/2015 11:04:00 AM
It's time for the #TheLacquerRing's art prompt of the month. You may remember we did Cobalt earlier this month. Amanda from Mae's Beauty has picks this month and her art pick was "splatter." This was my first time trying splatter and I think it's safe to say that I hate it and Amanda is a jerk for picking it. ;-)
 
Seriously though, it looks so easy. In reality it's really hard and makes a HUGE mess. I think there may be nail polish on my ceiling now.
 
My base for this mess is the lovely Floss Gloss Wet. This color is so freaking pretty. It's described as an "electric turquoise creme" and I don't think I can top that. 
 



For my splatter I chose L'Oreal's Masked Affair. My beautiful friend Frosso sent this to me cause she loves me. There is a lot of hype surrounding this polish and let me say it's worth hunting down. It's a holographic grey polish (with light lavender leanings) that is simply stunning.





Be sure to check out all the splatter mani's the TLR ladies came up with below.


Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee
*nothing to declare
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Textured Tuesday: Mardi Gras

Tuesday, March 4, 2014 3/04/2014 05:23:00 PM
Not to long ago, I asked on Facebook and Twitter if anyone would be interested in doing a Textured Tuesday weekly thing with me? A few people responded saying it sounded fun, so I'm starting it. The premise is that I have way to many textured polishes, because I love them, so I want to push myself to use them more. So join me, just to show off a pretty textured polish or if you want to do some textured nail art, bring it on. Anything goes. Feel free to link your own textured manis below. The link-up will remain open until the next Textured Tuesday. 

So let's take a look at my mani for the first Textured Tuesday. 




I started with a base of L'Oreal's Hidden Gems. This polish had me really excited because in the bottle it has a duochrome look to it. Sadly that is lost on the nail so it's just a blackened base filled with teal microglitter and silver hexes. It's pretty, but I really wanted that duochrome in a texture polish. That would have been bad ass. 

AND...because today is Fat Tuesday aka MARDI GRAS, I did some nail art. This features OPI Honey Ryder (gold), OPI My Current Crush (purple) and Zoya Chita (green). 


Will you be participating in Textured Tuesday? I can't see what you all come up with.

Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee

*all polishes featured in this post were purchased by me

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Versailles Romance Art

Thursday, June 13, 2013 6/13/2013 09:58:00 AM
After swatching the L'Oreal Versailles Romance collection (see swatches here and here), I decided to end with some nail art featuring all the polishes. I wanted to do something simple that showed off all the colors. 



I started with a base of Creme Puffs, and then freehanded triangles of Royally Yours, The Palace Life, Macaroon Madly, Pistachio Dream, and Lacey Lilac. I tried to leave strips of Creme Puffs in between each triangle. 



I feel like they ended up looking like strange easter eggs on my fingers. What do you think? Next time I try something similar, I want more contrasting colors and striping tape involved. 

What do you think of this look?

Enjoy & until tomorrow,  Amy Lee

*all products featured in this post were purchased by me

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Versailles Romance Collection: Part 2

Wednesday, June 12, 2013 6/12/2013 10:50:00 AM
Today I have for you the last 3 of the 6 polishes from L'Oreal's Versailles Romance Collection. This was a spring pastel collection for L'Oreal. If you would like to see the first half of this collection, see the post here.


This collection consists of 6 pastel shades, 4 cremes and 2 cremes with golden shimmer in them.




Pistachio Dream is a beautiful pastel mint green filled with a light green shimmer. The shimmer in this polish is more noticeable in the bottle than on the nail. Here I'm wearing 3 thin coats. 




This is Macaroon Madly a light peach creme. My GAWD I love this polish. It is a gorgeous color and wears so beautifully. Here you are looking at 3 thin coats. 




Finally we have The Palace Life. The Palace Life is a pastel pink creme. This pink is so close to skin tone for me it was a little scary. I didn't know I was that pink. Here I'm wearing 3 thin coats.

Overall I'm a big fan of this collection. The two must haves for me are Pistachio Dream and Macaroon Madly.

Which color is your favorite? Be sure to check in tomorrow to see some nail art featuring this collection.

Enjoy & until tomorrow, Amy Lee

*all products featured in this post were purchased by me
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Versailles Romance Collection: Part 1

Tuesday, June 11, 2013 6/11/2013 10:44:00 AM
Today I have for you 3 of the 6 polishes from L'Oreal's Versailles Romance Collection. This was a spring collection for L'Oreal and I was lucky to find all 6 on sale at Target recently. I'd coveted this collection but didn't go for it until they were on sale. Hopefully if you like this collection you can still find them. 


This collection consists of 6 pastel shades, 4 cremes and 2 cremes with golden shimmer in them.




Up first is Creme Puffs. This a pale yellow filled with a golden shimmer. The shimmer is not very visible in my photos, which is sad, but trust me it's there. You are looking at 3 thin coats here. This polish applies easily and was great to wear. 




Next up we have Lacey Lilac. This is a beautiful mid-toned pale purple creme polish. Here I'm wearing 2 thin coats. 




Finally we have Royally Yours. This is a pale light blue creme. Here I'm wearing 3 thin coats. 

Overall, I really like the colors from this collection. It really filled a gap in my polish collection as I really tend to spring for bright bold colors and didn't have many of the pastel spring colors. My favorite part of L'Oreal polishes though is their brushes. They have the best brushes, perfectly tapered to create a perfect streak of polish on the nail. 

Be sure to check back tomorrow for the second half of the collection. 

Enjoy & until tomorrow, Amy Lee
*all products featured in this post were purchased by me

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