Showing posts with label My Boyfriend Scales Walls. Show all posts
Showing posts with label My Boyfriend Scales Walls. Show all posts
#TheLacquerRing: Tribal
Thursday, August 25, 2016
8/25/2016 06:25:00 PM
For this month's art prompt. #TheLacquerRing did Tribal nails. I'm not sure what I was going for here, but it's tribal-ish so I'm going with it. There's some slight negative space situation happening with the gold, white, and black polishes. Colors used are Painted Polish Midnight Mischief (black), OPI Love Angel Music Baby (gold), and OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls (white).
It's been a long time since I've done any free hand nail art, so this was a decent attempt. I need to get better at doing that some more. Anyways, check out all the other lovely ladies and their tribal nail art below.
Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee
*self purchased
OPI
#TheLacquerRing: White
Thursday, October 15, 2015
10/15/2015 10:31:00 AM
I know that you all anxiously await our bi-monthly #TheLacquerRing posts (or is it just me?). I love pairing up with the girls to all use the same prompt and see how we interpret it differently. As you may remember from previous months, we always do a color for the first prompt and an art prompt for the second. Today we are doing White nails.
I started with a base of OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls for this look. MBSW's is the perfect white. It isn't as stark as some and applies perfectly in two even coats.
Now, I know there isn't a lot of difference between the first picture I showed you and this next one. But bear with me. I topped OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls with a thick coat of Serum No 5 Sky Lights which is a shimmer filled glow in the dark topper. For an extra surprise I used the Love Angeline Stuck on Love Dahlia Nail Shields to create a fun invisible pattern on two nails. When you are in the dark, it's a fun surprise on the nails.
TA DAH! I'm totally geeking out over the fact that I managed to FINALLY get a decent shot of a glow in the dark nail polish. See the fun pattern?!?
Be sure to check out other fun #TLR looks in White from the ladies below.
Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee
*serum was a gift, all others self purchased
OPI
Serum No. 5
#31DC2015: Inspired By a Song
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
9/22/2015 09:50:00 AM
Today we're posting looks that are inspired by a song. I don't think there was any choice for me. My song of the summer has been Sunday Candy by Donnie Trumpet & the Social Experiment.
This song has been on repeat for me since it came out. It got better when Anna Kendrick sang the hook in an interview (LOVE ME SOME ANNA!). But the best part is that the incredibly talented Donnie Trumpet is my husband's cousin. The whole family is crazy proud of him and he's insanely talented. Not only do I recommend listening to this song if you don't know it, but check out the rest of the stuff he does with Chance.
So not only do I love the song, I love the sets in the music video, which was all done in one shot. How cool is that? I pulled all of my inspiration from the music video. On my thumb I did the Sunday Candy Marquee, next is the Social Experiment logo from their letterman jackets, middle is the candies on the wall, ring is Jamila Woods shirt/necklace/cardigan combo, and my pinky is the purple and white walls in the candy shop.
I used an insane amount of polish and acrylic paint for this look. I'll list them all out below. If you are curious about a color, just ask and I'm happy to help.
Thumb: OPI I Just Can't Cope-a-cabana, OPI A Oui Bit of Red, OPI Alpine Snow, KBShimmer Foiled
Pointer; Acrylic paint, OPI A Oui Bit of Red, OPI Alpine Snow
Middle: OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls, OPI You're Such a Budapest, OPI Gargantuan Green Grape, OPI I Just Can't Cope-a-cabana, OPI Alpine Snow, China Glaze The Grass is Lime Greener, China Glaze Hanging in the Balance, Maybelline Color Show Lime Accent, Maybelline Color Show Ultra Violet, Acrylic Paint
Ring: OPI Don't Bossa Nova Me Around, OPI You're Such a Budapest, OPI Alpine Snow, Sally Hansen Nail Art Pen Magenta, Sally Hansen Nail Art Pen Yellow, China Glaze Hanging in the Balance
Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee
*self purchased
I've got an announcement...and it's a big one!
Monday, July 22, 2013
7/22/2013 11:56:00 AM
You may or may not know that currently I live in Kansas. Go ahead, make your Dorothy & Toto jokes. I'll wait.
Everyone finished now? ;-) Well anyways, I've decided to do some nail art, commemorating my home state.
On my thumb and ring finger I have blue and white gingham (for Dorothy's dress), on my pointer/pinky I've done some wheat waving in the wind, and on my ring finger I have Dorothy's ruby pumps. See even I had to acknowledge the Wizard of Oz in my mani. ;-)
So the reason I've done the Kansas nail art, is this. As of last Friday, I finished up my last day at work, and in a little less than three weeks I will be moving to New York City.
No joke people! We are headed to the big city, and there are some exciting things in the works! I'm currently unemployed, granted I'm in day 1, but it's a weird feeling, and the next few weeks are focused on selling my house (please keep your fingers crossed/pray/send good juju, etc), packing up and getting rid of stuff, and enjoying what little time I have left with family/friends before I leave. To help with the transition, I have eleven lovely ladies who will be guest posting. I'm so excited for you to see what they've come up with.
Have you ever undertaken a cross country move? Any advice?
Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee
*all products featured in this post were purchased by me
Kansas Nails
- Thumb/Ring Finger
- OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls (white)
- OPI Can't Find My Czechbook (light blue)
- China Glaze Hanging in the Balance (dark blue)
- Pointer/Pinky Finger
- OPI Can't Find My Czechbook (sky)
- OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls (clouds)
- China Glaze Mahogany Magic (wheat)
- China Glaze Lemon Fizz (wheat)
- China Glaze Kalahari Kiss (wheat)
- China Glaze Desert Sun (wheat)
- Maybelline Color Show Canary Cool (wheat)
- Middle Finger
- China Glaze Ruby Pumps
New York City Nails
- Thumb
- OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls (white)
- OPI A Oui Bit of Red (red)
- Maybelline Color Show Onyx Rush (black)
- Pointer/Ring/Pinky Finger
- OPI Eurso Euro (dark blue)
- Sinful Colors Sugar Rush (light blue/gradient)
- China Glaze Immortal (gray)
- Maybelline Color Show Canary Cool (stars/lights)
- Maybelline Color Show Onyx Rush (outlines/black)
- Middle
- OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls (base)
- China Glaze Aquadelic (teal/green)
Fourth Fail
Wednesday, July 3, 2013
7/03/2013 10:51:00 AM
So I got this great idea that I wanted to do Independence Day nails. The 4th is my absolute favorite holiday, because I love being a pyro, and fireworks are my absolute favorite.
Unfortunately, I got about 1/2 way done with this look and decided I hated it. So I took these pictures to show you all and then took it off. I did come up with a cool look, that I will be sure to show you tomorrow. I didn't even bother to do clean up before taking the pictures.
I started with a base of OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls on all fingers. Then on my pointer and pinky I used a striper and added China Glaze Adventure Red-y. I then layered on China Glaze Ruby Pumps for some added sparkle on the red stripes. For the blue I used Essie Butler Please. On my thumb and middle finger I tried to create fireworks with Adventure Red-y and Butler Please. On my ring finger I layered on a coat of Pure Ice Freedom, a glitter topper filled with mini red glitters, small blue Hexes and silver stars.
This look wasn't terrible, but it was pretty generic. I just didn't like it, plain and simple. What do you think?
Enjoy & until tomorrow, 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
Hard Candy: Candy Sprinkles Swatches
Monday, March 25, 2013
3/25/2013 10:26:00 PM
Yesterday I showed ya'll this photo of the new pretties I bought. These are from the new Hard Candy polish line being sold at Walmart.
Just so we all remember, from Left to Right, you can see Sweet Tooth, Jelly Bean Blue, Pixie Pink, and Gummy Green. I brought these home and couldn't wait to swatch them for you. Up first we have Gummy Green.
Gummy Green reminds me of Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream. I won't eat it (not a mint fan) but I'll totally wear it on my fingers. This is a milky minty base that goes on sheer but built up nicely with 3 coats. It has black and silver glitters in the formula. I was worried at first with the glitter, because it didn't go on well the first coat, but again, it built up great. Up next we have Pixie Pink.
Pixie Pink is a sheer pink base with a mix of pink, blue, and white glitters. All the bases on these polishes are very milky and sheer, which is great for showing off the glitter in the polish. Next up is Sweet Tooth.
Sweet Tooth was the only polish that I couldn't get to build up to full opacity. On my pointer and middle fingers, I have 3 coats of this polish. You can still see my nail line under the polish. It's just a very pale and very sheer blue-ish white-ish base (if that makes any sense). The glitter in this polish appears to be the same as in Pixie Pink, pink, blue, and white. On my ring and pinky fingers, I layered 2 coats of Sweet Tooth over OPI's My Boyfriend Scales Walls. I think it looks so much better with the OPI underneath. Finally we have Jelly Bean Blue.
Jelly Bean Blue is my favorite out of all 4 polishes that I bought. This is a sheer pale blue base with a combo of blue and black glitter. This polish built up well after 3 coats as well.
Overall, I think they are really cute polishes. However at $4.00 for .26 fluid ounces, it seems kinda pricey. The bottles are tiny and don't hold much polish. I think I would rather pay the $9 or $10 dollars for the Nails Inc, Sprinkles line. Also, all of these polishes took 2 coats of Seche Vite Quick Dry topcoat to smooth them out.
What do you think? Are you going to try these polishes out?
Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee
Gummy Green reminds me of Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream. I won't eat it (not a mint fan) but I'll totally wear it on my fingers. This is a milky minty base that goes on sheer but built up nicely with 3 coats. It has black and silver glitters in the formula. I was worried at first with the glitter, because it didn't go on well the first coat, but again, it built up great. Up next we have Pixie Pink.
Pixie Pink is a sheer pink base with a mix of pink, blue, and white glitters. All the bases on these polishes are very milky and sheer, which is great for showing off the glitter in the polish. Next up is Sweet Tooth.
Sweet Tooth was the only polish that I couldn't get to build up to full opacity. On my pointer and middle fingers, I have 3 coats of this polish. You can still see my nail line under the polish. It's just a very pale and very sheer blue-ish white-ish base (if that makes any sense). The glitter in this polish appears to be the same as in Pixie Pink, pink, blue, and white. On my ring and pinky fingers, I layered 2 coats of Sweet Tooth over OPI's My Boyfriend Scales Walls. I think it looks so much better with the OPI underneath. Finally we have Jelly Bean Blue.
Jelly Bean Blue is my favorite out of all 4 polishes that I bought. This is a sheer pale blue base with a combo of blue and black glitter. This polish built up well after 3 coats as well.
Overall, I think they are really cute polishes. However at $4.00 for .26 fluid ounces, it seems kinda pricey. The bottles are tiny and don't hold much polish. I think I would rather pay the $9 or $10 dollars for the Nails Inc, Sprinkles line. Also, all of these polishes took 2 coats of Seche Vite Quick Dry topcoat to smooth them out.
What do you think? Are you going to try these polishes out?
Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee
*all polishes in this post were purchased by me
