Recycling manicure

As shocked as I was about the bright pink polish fitting me, I really liked its bold look. And while the accent nails with the decal softened up the over look, I wanted to try and go BOLD. So I used the skittlette to my advantage and changed up only two nails.

So the stamping might have turned up awful, but I'm liking my bold move. I normally wouldn't have gone for such a bold manicure, but for those who does- such a bright look is perfect for the summer that gets closer and closer by the minute.

The pink polish is Life 276, and the stud on top of it is similar to the one here (You may use my coupon code YLX31 to get 10% off your order). My gold polish is Life 345, and I stamped over it using Wow 393 and Bundle Monster BM-410. Again, the added stud is from Forever 21, but you can get something similar by a quick search online.

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Oscar worthy

Call it last minute! I had this manicure in mind for MONTHS, and kept convincing myself not to do it just yet, and to do it so I can wear it during the actual ceremony. Well, that didn't work out so well. I've planned on doing it yesterday, so I'd have the time to edit the pictures and write the post, but my hands got weirdly swollen, so I decided to give it a rest and do it all at the last minute. Better did I know, my hand is still swollen! But I did my best to pose for you guys, and I'll top it all with a tutorial!

So, a quick over look first, and then move on the the detailed tutorial. I have the desired red carpet, and the statue it self on my index finger. I struggled alot about what I should to on my thumb, and ended up with cheering my [and the entire internet's] favorite.

On to the tutorial! I'll show it to you step by step, and will add a combined photo in the end.

Step 1: After your usual base coat, apply your base color. Here I went with a sheer milky-nude which is Astor 7.

Step 2:  Create some sort of a red french. I took it to the wider side here. You should keep the french her straight at the top, even if it doesn't follow your natural nail tip. I used my go to red polish- Life strawberry.

Step 3: Create the shape of the statue. I started with a rectangle at the base, with a line going from the midlle straight up. I added the oval shape of the head, and made sure I widen up the top of my line, so it will look more like shoulders. I used a mustered-y polish here, Chic It's a date.

Step 4: High light your statue. I used Life 345.

Step 5: Use your favorite top coat, and do some clean up, and you're golden! [ok, I'm really sorry about this pun. I didn't mean it at first, but then I just... couldn't help myself!]

Here is the combined picture:

and here I say goodbye and go to bite my nail [on the non-swatching hand!] till I know who won!

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Full glitter placing manicure

Sparkles! Sparkles all around! Do you see that amazing reflection of the light, viewed on all the colors of the rainbow?
That's right. You do. Because what I have for you today is holographic glitters, and tons of them!
I've finally got my hands on gold holographic qlequins, and decided that this time, instead of an accent nail, I'll go with a complete manicure filled with glitter!

After completing this manicure, I couldn't help but keep on playing with my fingers up against the light, and just stare at it while it sparkles. And yet, as much as I love it, it was a bit too much for me. I guess I'll keep with accent nails and non-full glitter placing for a while.
The two photos below are showing the manicure in direct light.

My base color is P2 Glory.

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31DC2013: Day 3, yellow nails

As promised- no lemons. But you can still slap me, and I'll tell you why.
Today I'm leaving for a long-weekend holiday because of Rosh Hashana [the jewish new year]. And so, the next 4 posted are pre-made, since I won't be able to be on my computer to edit them. That being said, today I did both yellow and purple nails. Since my favorite color is purple, I did the yellow ones first, so I'll be able to stay with the purple ones for the weekend, but the yellow ones turned up so much better, and I'm pissed of myself for this decision.

Any how, that's my first ever ruffian nail art! And I'm both proud and in love with them. I know there are two option of doing them- one being drawing the ruffian on top of the main color, and the other being a full coat of the ruffian color and smaller coat of the main color. I chose to use the first method, since it seems easier. I do want to try the other method at some point tho.

Anyhow, as it turned out, I love the result so much, that you shouldn't be surprised if you see it again, with the exact same colors, very, very soon.
My base color here is Ga-de california sun, and the ruffian was made using Life 345.

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