Faded Neon Rosebud
Monday, January 19, 2015
1/19/2015 10:00:00 AM
I hope everyone is enjoying their long weekends. Sadly for me I have to be at work on Monday. No holiday for me. :-(
Today I'm showing you a fun striped look with two Indie polishes. My base is Floss Gloss Faded. This is a greyed out denim blue. It's a really unique color and I'm a huge fan. This is two easy coats.
I then used straight Nail Vinyls to add stripes of ILNP Neon Rosebud. These multi-chrome flakie polishes are everywhere lately but they are SO GORGEOUS! Neon Rosebud goes from blue to green/yellow and magenta. It's so stunning and I love the way it accents Faded.
As a final touch, I matted the whole look with my Revlon Matte topcoat. I much prefer it matted vs. shiny.
What do you think? Flakies or no flakies? Matte or shiny?
Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee
*nothing to declare
#StampingSaturday: Tri-Color Stamping
Sunday, January 18, 2015
1/18/2015 08:15:00 PM
I'm aware that it is actually Sunday, but I had the busiest weekend ever. Some of my in-laws were in town to celebrate the BIL's birthday. We ate (alot), we saw a Broadway show, we raged (as my SIL calls hitting the bars), and we had tons of fun, but it didn't leave much time for blog posts. It really makes me wish I had tomorrow off to recover, but no such luck. Anywho...on to the mani.
I started with a base of LVX Oyster, a medium gray. This is two easy coats. I'm so in love with LVX polishes. Their formula is always spot on.
Next I went in with PUEEN Buffet 61 and OPI Live.Love.Carnival, Toucan Do It If You Try, and Where Did Suzi's Man-go? I totally stole this color combo from Reinovate (I think she does it WAY better than I do!)
Anywho, I'm going to try and get to bed semi-early today. I've got a full day tomorrow. Hope the rest of you enjoy your holiday!! Don't forget to add your stamped link below and see all the other designs!
Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee
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I started with a base of LVX Oyster, a medium gray. This is two easy coats. I'm so in love with LVX polishes. Their formula is always spot on.
Next I went in with PUEEN Buffet 61 and OPI Live.Love.Carnival, Toucan Do It If You Try, and Where Did Suzi's Man-go? I totally stole this color combo from Reinovate (I think she does it WAY better than I do!)
Anywho, I'm going to try and get to bed semi-early today. I've got a full day tomorrow. Hope the rest of you enjoy your holiday!! Don't forget to add your stamped link below and see all the other designs!
Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee
*all products used in this post were self-purchased
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NYE Look feat. Cirque Coronation
Thursday, January 15, 2015
1/15/2015 11:33:00 PM
I suck at blogging this week y'all. Life has gotten crazy. Trying to fit in gym time for half-marathon training, time for directing a musical starring kids only (did I forget to mention that?), blog, and work means something is taking a backseat for a hot second. Sadly this week it was the blog. Sorry about that. I didn't mean to ignore you.
I'm backlogged on manis to show you, so even though we're like 3 weeks into the new year, I'm finally getting around to showing you my NYE mani. I know, I know....I told you I was behind.
My base was Cirque Coronation. I've made it no secret that this is my "you can only take one polish to a desert island" polish. Love this one! Which makes me a giant scaredy cat when it comes to using it because "OMG what if it runs out!?!" Anywho, two wonderful coats gives you the perfection you see below.
It is so hard to capture that copper shimmer in the squishy royal purple, but thats why I love it. To accent this look, I took Cirque French Roast a bronze/brown/copper full coverage micro glitter and did triangle accents. These two polishes are made for each other. They match perfectly.
This look was really subtle and elegant, which is what I wanted for New Years. I loved how it came out and even the hubs said he liked it (thats a win!).
What is your desert island polish? I can't wait to hear!
Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee
*self purchased
Winter Time Icicles
Monday, January 12, 2015
1/12/2015 08:14:00 PM
Happy Monday everyone! How is everyone doing? I hope you all had wonderful weekends. Mine was really good. I had dinner with friends, saw a Broadway show, and went to a blogger meet up. It was a super fun weekend!!
The blogger meetup had a mani theme of snow & ice. If you follow me on Instagram you saw a sneak peek of these in the group shot. It took me way too long to do these stupid nails and after I was done it occurred to me that there was an easier way to get the base, but whats done was done.
I started off with a base of Color Club In De-Nile. This was a gift from the lovely Frosso. It's the perfect pale baby blue creme. I'm wearing two easy coats for full coverage.
I then went in with Charme Whitehall for a snowy effect. (It occurred to me later that I could have used KBShimmer Snow Way for a similar look minus a step.) Ah well. One coat of Whitehall with some minor placing gave me this look!
I then used acrylic paints and a cut down striping brush to paint on some icicles following this tutorial. The girls at the meetup told me depending on how you view them they could be icicles or snowy pine trees. Either works for me. :-)
I feel like I'm getting better at free handing designs, but I really need to keep practicing. It's hard to paint things that little. :-/
What do you think...icicles or snowy pine trees?
Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee
*all products were either a gift or self purchased
#StampingSaturday: Irresistible Gold
Saturday, January 10, 2015
1/10/2015 04:08:00 PM
For #StampingSaturday this week I decided to add to a mani I had already done. I took Seche Irresistible* and embellished it.
I took off my ring finger polish and replaced it with Kays Masquerade. I got Masquerade in my Ninja Polish Grab bag, which I'm so happy I purchased! Masquerade is a gold and pink glitter bomb that is super pretty and covers completely in just two coats. I then used Orly Luxe and MoYou Explorer Plate 03 to add some henna type looks.
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I took off my ring finger polish and replaced it with Kays Masquerade. I got Masquerade in my Ninja Polish Grab bag, which I'm so happy I purchased! Masquerade is a gold and pink glitter bomb that is super pretty and covers completely in just two coats. I then used Orly Luxe and MoYou Explorer Plate 03 to add some henna type looks.
I hope everyone has a fun weekend! We're going to a Broadway Show tonight as part of my Christmas gift and I'm so excited! Can't wait! Be sure to check out the other stamping ladies below and join in your self!!
Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee
*denotes press sample
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#TheLacquerRing: Cobalt
Friday, January 9, 2015
1/09/2015 10:00:00 AM
Once again #TheLacquerRing is back. We're a day late and its totally my fault. The internet was down at my apartment and I couldn't post or send out the code. Thankfully the girls are sweet and understanding. Good thing they are awesome and willing to wait on me.
I was inspired by (ok copied really closely) a look that Cirque put up for their #manimonday look a few weeks ago. I know I own like almost every Cirque made, but strangely I do not own these two colors...but I have similar ones!!!
I'll show you the look first and then my base on its own. The color choice for this week picked by Amanda of Mae's Beauty is Cobalt Blue. It just so happens that Fross of Lacquer Me Silly gifted me a beautiful cobalt blue Kiko #265 so I'm debuting it here today.
My base is KBShimmer In Bare Form. This is the perfect nude holo. It's scary close to my skin tone but has beautiful linear rainbows! This is 3 thin coats which was necessary because the polish is a little sheer.
And there you have it. My cobalt manicure. Be sure to check out the other cobalt mani's below!! I always love seeing the different things we all do!
I was inspired by (ok copied really closely) a look that Cirque put up for their #manimonday look a few weeks ago. I know I own like almost every Cirque made, but strangely I do not own these two colors...but I have similar ones!!!
I'll show you the look first and then my base on its own. The color choice for this week picked by Amanda of Mae's Beauty is Cobalt Blue. It just so happens that Fross of Lacquer Me Silly gifted me a beautiful cobalt blue Kiko #265 so I'm debuting it here today.
My base is KBShimmer In Bare Form. This is the perfect nude holo. It's scary close to my skin tone but has beautiful linear rainbows! This is 3 thin coats which was necessary because the polish is a little sheer.
And there you have it. My cobalt manicure. Be sure to check out the other cobalt mani's below!! I always love seeing the different things we all do!
Serum No5 Luxe So Good
Thursday, January 8, 2015
1/08/2015 04:16:00 PM
There is something about a silver holographic polish that is just so gorgeous. Luxe So Good from Serum No5 allows me to wear a fun polish but also take a break from polish craziness. Sometimes a palette cleanser is needed.
Luxe So Good is not as in your face "HOLO" as some others that I have. It has the rainbows they just aren't as strong. This swatch is 3 thin coats. I did have some issues with dragging so make sure to let each layer dry for a bit before moving on.
So story time...I told you all about my blog New Years resolution, but my personal one is to run a 1/2 Marathon. I got talked into it by a friend, I have a date and a training program. But the thing is...I hate running. Its the worst. But I'm a sucker and agreed to do this so I'll be regaling you with all my aches and pains up until that date. Then we'll all go out for drinks after and I'll vow never to do something so stupid again.
Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee
*self purchased
