Dried flowers and UberChic Beauty Texturelicious 02 over a gradient of Zoya and Sally Hansen polishes
Dried flowers and UberChic Beauty Texturelicious 02 over a gradient of Zoya and Sally Hansen polishes
I hope you've enjoyed the Digit-al Dozen's tropical week--it made me want to fly off to Hawaii, but I'll have to settle for a tropical drink...while I check out what the other ladies did, linked below. :)
Today is day 4 of The Digit-al Dozen's Mythical Creatures theme, and I decided it was time to switch from pretty, happy stuff to deep, dark, scary stuff! That's right: here there be monsters!
Messy Mansion MM37, Bundle Monster BM-401, Winstonia W217, UberChic Beauty's Nautical mini & Marianne n 20 over Orly Pretty-Ugly
Messy Mansion MM37, Bundle Monster BM-401, Winstonia W217, UberChic Beauty's Nautical mini & Marianne n 20 over Orly Pretty-Ugly
I think this is my favorite of the week--I love the way it looks like the Kracken is attacking from under the sea, throwing up all those wild tentacles!
What do you prefer for the theme--happy and pretty, or dark and dangerous?
Today we're going to take a look at a new-to-me brand, Nicole Diary. They sent me three plates and three polishes to review. So let's get a move on! Here's the video review I did of the plates:
Nicole Diary ND-026 over Shinespark Polish Pretty Unicorn
Nicole Diary ND-026 over Shinespark Polish Pretty Unicorn
I think with her sweet face and the pretty wings, she makes a gorgeous Christmas angel.
For my mani with ND-027, I picked started with Zoya Solstice, and picked two flower patterns to mix and match for a single-pass skittle, with Kaleidoscope ST-02 White:
Nicole Diary ND-027 over Zoya Solstice
Nicole Diary ND-027 over Zoya Solstice
I can't get enough of Zoya Solstice, and I'm really impressed with how well Kaleidoscope ST-02 White stamps--excellent quality.
Since it's winter in my hemisphere, I challenged myself to come up with two holiday manis using ND-L001. When I looked at the beach images on the plate while thinking of Christmas, the first thing that popped into my mind was Christmas With The Kranks--how they plan on going on a cruise to avoid Christmas--so I did a Christmas With The Kranks mani! I started with My Dance 015, then added a layer of Hit Polish O Christmas Tree. Then I stamped and filled in my images using Messy Mansion Chalk, Color Club Foxy Mama, Hit The Bottle Polish A Rose By Any Other Name, and Pure Ice Wild Thing:
Nicole Diary ND-L001 over My Dance 015 and Hit Polish O Christmas Tree
Nicole Diary ND-L001 over My Dance 015 and Hit Polish O Christmas Tree
What do you think? Have you seen the movie? They never actually make it on the cruise, but they get fake tans and buy swimsuits and all that stuff, so this is sort of like the postcard they were hoping to send.
So, a while back I bought MoYou London Sci-Fi 04, made a video reviewing it, and set it aside until inspiration grabbed me with a great idea for a manicure using it. But, as much as I loved the plate, Nothing inspired me to use it, and it just sat, neglected, among my plates.
And then I met The Lady Varnishes Bio Exorcist, and I knew exactly what I had to do.
First of all, here's the video review of the plate, for your viewing pleasure:
But, let's get back to The Lady Varnishes Bio Exorcist. Have you heard the phrase 'ugly pretty', used to describe a color or a combination of colors that really should be ugly, but somehow, someway are just amazing and pretty? For me, this polish is the ultimate version of that. Bio Exorcist is a lovely conconction of mint-green-to-bright-blue duochrome flakies that send out beams of luminescence from the depths of chocolate-sludge jelly squishiness. It looks like the sea on some dark alien planet:
The Lady Varnishes Bio Exorcist
The Lady Varnishes Bio Exorcist
So that's exactly what I decided to do with it--make it into a story about a spaceship traveling through the beautifully sludgy depths of an alien planet's ocean:
The Lady Varnishes Bio Exorcist + MoYou London Sci-Fi 04
The Lady Varnishes Bio Exorcist + MoYou London Sci-Fi 04
The Lady Varnishes Bio Exorcist + MoYou London Sci-Fi 04
The Lady Varnishes Bio Exorcist + MoYou London Sci-Fi 04
I decorated it using the reversed-stamping technique, stamped with Eat Sleep Polish Endless Sheets of Canvas, and filled in with Zoya Tracie, Zoya Zuza, Sally Hansen Red-io Active, and Orly Iron Butterfly.
I love how this came out--it's like one of those movies from the 1960s, like Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea or something. Fun, kitschy, and just a little bit scary!
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Here's the manicure I wore on Christmas day last year, which I didn't have time to post while the holiday was still in full-force.
I didn't write down which base polishes I used; I started with a gold, and then put a sheer red jelly over the ring and pinkie. I do remember that the glitter polish I finished with was Orly Tinsel over it all.
I totally get that this combo of colors isn't for everyone, but I ADORE it. The olive gray with the bright pinks--edgy but feminine at the same time. Even if I didn't go exact, I think I captured the feel of the shirt, and to be honest--I wish I could make the background of the shirt the same color as Charli!
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