A Layering Experiment...

This mani is from a few weeks back. After Christmas...all I wanted to do was a royal blue mani. I don't know why. I guess it was red and green overload but I just kept craving something royal blue. Then I was perusing Fashion Polish's blog and saw Takko Lacquer We're All Mad Here. I DIED! It is so pretty! 

Link to swatches: http://www.fashionpolish.com/2012/12/takko-lacquer-swatches-and-review.html

But due to unfortunate events (aka...I don't read things thoroughly) I totally missed the restock, so I decided to do a mani loosely inspired by this polish until I can actually own it. The description by Fashion Polish of "a deep sapphire blue with a red shimmer and tons of green flakies" was my jumping off point. I thought..."I can layer that..." So here we go! 

For this mani I started off with a base of Revlon Royal. I then did 2 coats of Nails Inc The Wyndham and topped the whole thing off with Girly Bits Shift Happens. If I had wanted it to look more like the original...I would have added another thin coat of either Revlon Royal (or in my case, since my Royal isn't very jelly, I would have used Nina Ultra Pro Cobalt), but I really liked the way it looked as is. 

I was so pleased with how it turned out! But then again...I don't think there has been a mani I have layered Shift Happens over that I didn't love! Girly Bits Shift Happens is available from Harlow & Co as well as from Llarowe. It is also available directly from creator Pam's Big Cartel shop. Thanks for looking!

31 Day Polish Challenge Day 16: Tribal

Did I warn you there was more stamping? Yes? Ok...good!

For my tribal mani I first did a base of a nice coral creme, Nails Inc Brook Street. Once that dried I sponged a-England Galahad (THE perfect turquoise creme) about halfway down my nail with a piece of a makeup sponge and allowed it to dry completely. I used Fingerpaints Black Expressionism and an image from Cheeky jumbo plate A for the stamping. I thought it turned out really well! Even my husband, who is a total stick in the mud about nail polish and nail art in general, said "I have to admit...that is cool." Haha! I know that took SO much for him to admit that.

Whew! I can't believe I'm almost caught up! I still have a few more posts to go to get totally caught up with my challenge! I have already decided that a new computer must be purchased soon since my husband is having to take this one to work with him every day now that school has started back and he doesn't get home until about 8:00 each night. Doesn't leave much time for me to do ANYTHING! Thanks for hanging in there with me though!

Baker Street Holoed

Today I have paired two of my favorite polishes together. I'm sure you all know (or have heard) that Nails Inc Baker Street is the creme de la creme of blue cremes! It is so rich and vibrant and bright and PERFECT! I decided to kick it up a notch with some holo.

This is 1 coat of OPI DS Shimmer over 2 coats Nails Inc Baker Street

I wouldn't have thought that Baker Street could get any better, but indeed it CAN! As always, thanks for looking everyone!