Glam Polish I'm Shore You Did
Tuesday, February 23, 2016
2/23/2016 11:37:00 AM
You may remember this beauty as the failed attempt at Watermarbling from a few months ago. Thankfully I took pictures before I ruined it, so you could see how pretty it is in real life. This is Glam Polish I'm Shore You Did, a gorgeous silver glitter base filled with holographic multicolored hexes. It applied easily in two coats. It does dry a bit textured, so I added a generous application of top coat and was good to go.
Those multicolored holos are so stunning!
Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee
*self purchased
Glam Polish
OPI Ink
Tuesday, February 16, 2016
2/16/2016 11:28:00 AM
I think I have writer's block ya'll. I have so many pretty pictures of polish hanging about but I just can't seem to find the words to write about them. I'm just going to get to the point with this post and hope for more words on the next one.
Today I'm showing you OPI Ink which is originally from the 2007 Night Brights collection. This is an old bottle of polish, but it still applies beautifully. It is a blue to purple duochrome filled with a subtle shimmer.
There you have it. Pretty polish and few words.
Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee
*self purchased
OPI
#StampingSaturday: Negative Lace
Saturday, February 13, 2016
2/13/2016 12:02:00 PM
#StampingSaturday is here again. We all know it's my favorite day of the week. Mostly because it's Saturday and that means no work, but I also like seeing what everyone comes up with.
Today I'm trying to improve on last weeks failed attempt at negative space. I started out with Sinful Colors Snow Me White and Born Pretty BP-L020* stamping plate to lay down a base lace pattern over a bare nail. I then topcoated that and let it dry. Once dry I used some tape to section off pieces in the middle and polished the rest of my nail with Illyrian Polish Vampire Squid. I removed the tape quickly and let each nail dry a bit before topcoating the finished product.
And this is the final product. Full discolsure, I feel like I saw something similar on IG, but for the life of me I can't find it. If you know who did this look originally, please let me know so I can credit them. Also, be sure to check out all the other stamped looks below.
Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee
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Today I'm trying to improve on last weeks failed attempt at negative space. I started out with Sinful Colors Snow Me White and Born Pretty BP-L020* stamping plate to lay down a base lace pattern over a bare nail. I then topcoated that and let it dry. Once dry I used some tape to section off pieces in the middle and polished the rest of my nail with Illyrian Polish Vampire Squid. I removed the tape quickly and let each nail dry a bit before topcoating the finished product.
And this is the final product. Full discolsure, I feel like I saw something similar on IG, but for the life of me I can't find it. If you know who did this look originally, please let me know so I can credit them. Also, be sure to check out all the other stamped looks below.
Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee
*stamping plate sent for review
**all else self purchased
Illyrian Polish
Born Pretty
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#TheLacquerRing: Red
Thursday, February 11, 2016
2/11/2016 12:35:00 PM
#TheLacquerRing is back today with our color prompt for February. Since it is the month of love among other things, we landed on the color red. I love a classic red nail, I really feel like you can't go wrong with it. I know I've told you all about how I used to be scared to wear red polish, but I'm happy to say that is no longer the case.
I started today's look off with a base of Picture Polish Frank-n-Furter a classic medium red. I used three thin coats here. You could most likely get away with two thicker coats, but because red is such a pain to clean up (hello bloody looking cuticles), I tend to err on the side of thin coats and slow application.
I couldn't just end at plain red nails so to jazz things up a bit I added on some triangles of Picture Polish Columbia starting at the cuticle. Columbia is the glitter sister of Frank-n-Furter, it is literally the exact same red, but a jelly base filled with glitters. I adore the combo of these two together.
There you have it. My classic red nails. I love that these will take me through Valentine's Day with the hubs this weekend. Be sure to check out the other red looks from the ladies below.
Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee
*self purchased
Picture Polish
#Manijacked: Marshmallows and Wizardry
Monday, February 8, 2016
2/08/2016 03:13:00 PM
Sometimes I just hit a point where I'm so unispired and have no idea what to put on my nails. I can't be the only one who hits that wall sometimes, right? When I get to that point, I love to pull up some of my favorite nail artists and see if they can inspire me. Usually I just end up manijacking them and recreating my favorite look. This is one of those times. Inspired by this look from Autumn (IG @justagirlandhernails) I pulled out polishes and got to work.
The base is Polish M Burnt Marshmallow (formerly Laquerlicious) and the textured polish is OPI What Wizardry Is This? Obviously my nails aren't as beautiful as Autumn's, but one can dream right.
What do you do to get past the inspiration block when it hits?
Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee
*self purchased
#StampingSaturday: Bare Oragami
Saturday, February 6, 2016
2/06/2016 10:22:00 PM
So today I have something a little unusual for #StampingSaturday. It's the ultimate look in negative space. I originally had something else planned and it didn't work out as hoped, but I did get this bit to work. Rather than wasting it, I decided I'd show you all the stamped bits.
I started off with a base of OPI Nail Envy and that's it. Really! I then stamped on these adorable origami Pegasus and unicorns from MoYou London Origami 06 with Konad Black. That's it. That is all that happened. So ummm....please don't judge my super bare nails too harshly. Ok? Thanks!
Be sure to check out all the other stamped looks below. Don't forget to join us in our #StampingSaturday group!
Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee
*self purchased
MoYou London
The Polished Bookworms: Outlander
Wednesday, February 3, 2016
2/03/2016 02:32:00 PM
Do ya'll know about The Polished Bookworms? Do you like to read fun books and paint your nails? Then this group is for YOU! I've told you about this group before, but it's time for a refresher. Started by Lindsey of Wondrously Polished we vote on genres and books to read, then at the end of the month we have a group discussion and post nails based on the books. I've taken on some of the admin duties lately and it's really immersed me in the fun we have.
We took two months (due to holidays) and read Outlander. At this point, I feel like everyone knows about Outlander because of the series on Starz, but its a great read and I highly recommend it. Outlander is the story of a woman in the 1940's after the war ends who gets pulled through an ancient standing stone circle to 1743 Scotland. It sounds weird, but trust me..so good. Since the main characters are Scottish, I went with a classic plaid look.
I started with a base of Jade Mystic Gold a yellow gold holographic polish. This was two thin coats.
Once that was dry I used Uber Chic 2-02 and Mundo de Unas Dark Grey to add on the plaid. I then free-handed (wish I hadn't) some light blue lines in with OPI Gelato on My Mind.
While I wish I had left it at the gold and grey, the finished product isn't terrible. Be sure to check out the other Outlander Inspired looks below. There are some AH-MAY-ZING ones!
Enjoy & Until next time, Amy Lee
*self purchased
Jade
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