The Fancy Side

Hi all! Today I'm really excited to show you a look that kind of made my camera freak out a little bit. ;-) KKCenterHK recently sent over some products for me to review and today I'm going to show you the Circular Nail Studs in 2mm Pink.  These studs are the perfect size, you can easily wear more than one on a nail and they are a juicy light pink color. Lets take a look at the nails. I've never had the opportunity to use studs on my nails before, so I was very excited to take these on a test run.




For the base of the nails I used Essie Off the Shoulder. Once that was dry, I taped out a big triangle using Scotch Tape and painted it with China Glaze Pool Party, a bright neon pink. After Pool Party dried, I taped off an even smaller triangle and filled it in with Butter London Snog. At the top of each triangle I placed a stud. To place the studs, I dotted on some Seche Vite top coat, placed the studs, waited a few moments, then topped the whole look with more Seche Vite.

Overall, I really like this look. The studs were great. They didn't catch on anything and wore easily. They also put up with a lot of abuse before one finally popped off.

If you are interested in getting these studs, you can find them here. There are 50pcs in a pack for $4.23.

Enjoy & until tomorrow, Amy Lee

Hold on to your knickers kids, because today, I have the most picture heavy post ever. Today, I'm going to show you swatches of six of the new Sally Hansen Fuzzy Coat polishes. Apparently there are 2 others floating around out there in polish world, but the displays I've seen didn't have spots for them.
(EDIT: I found them, see them here!)


The six I have for you today are Peach Fuzz, Fuzz Sea, Tweedy, Wool Knot, Wool Lite, and Fuzzy Fantasy. Just a note, on my thumb, ring, and pinkie fingers I've applied one coat over polish undies, and on my pointer/middle finger you'll see three coats on their own. Ready? Lets do this.






Tweedy is made up of black and white matte bar glitters. I've layered it over China Glaze For Audrey.








Fuzzy Fantasy is made up of lime green and white matte bar glitter. I've layered it over Essie Butler Please.

Application wise these go on fairly easy, you don't have to fish for the glitters and you get plenty of coverage in one coat. Personally I like these better as layering polishes. I love the effect the matte bar glitters give against the contrasting backgrounds.

Which look is your favorite? I can't decide between Peach Fuzz and Tweedy.

Enjoy & until tomorrow, Amy Lee

Base - OPI Glints of Glinda
Tips - OPI Glitzerland
Leopard Spots - China Glaze Kalahari Kiss (light) & China Glaze Mahogany Magic (dark)
Leaves - China Glaze Gaga for Green & Maybelline Color Show Tenacious Teal
Roses - Butter London Snog (Pink) &  Butter London Pillar Box Red

What do you think of this design? To much or just right?

Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee

Hello all,

I'm back today with a stamping design that I did with two of the Butter Londons featured yesterday. I used Snog and Trout Pout for this design.


For the designs I used the Winstonia Plates, W112. I used the polka dots and the greek key type designs. Above is my left hand and below is my right hand. As you can tell I switched the color schemes on each hand.


Both of these polishes stamped very well. I was pretty excited about how well this turned out. I hope you enjoy this design.

Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee

Hello All,

Recently Ulta had a sale on Butter Londons making them each $9 versus the normal $15 a polish. I love me some Butter Londons but they are usually priced out of my range.

I picked up three beautiful colors at the sale. I was really feeling the red/pink scheme so I ended getting Butter London's Pillar Box Red, Trout Pout, and Snog.


 If I had known about my fingerprints on the caps, I would have wiped them off before taking the picture. But oh well, it is what it is. Up first is a swatch of Pillar Box Red.


I'm in love with this color! It maybe my new favorite red. If you apply it correctly you might be able to get away with one coat, but I wore two coats just to be on the safe side. There was some slight staining around the cuticles when I removed it. Next up is Snog.


 This is a bright pink that is great. It applies great. This was another polish that if applied correctly could be a one coater, but I'm paranoid and applied two. And last but not least is Trout Pout.

 Trout Pout is one of those colors that I've been hearing about for years and I'm glad I finally took the plunge. Butter London describes this polish as a "opaque cantaloupe nail lacquer looks great on anyone." I'm inclined to believe them. This polish was a bit more finicky for me. The first layer went on a bit streaky, the second had a few bald spots, but the third layer evened everything out nicely. Also this color was hard to photograph true to its color.

Check back tomorrow for some fun stamping that I did with 2 of the 3 colors I bought.

Enjoy & until tomorrow, Amy Lee