Hey, are you missing summer? If so, I have a fall manicure with a teensy splash of summer in it for you today...
Continuing on with my fall 2016 obsession with orange (I didn't plan this, I swear, it just sorta happened), I started with a base of Julep Riley, a gorgeous blood-orange with a blue shimmer:
I am loving pumpkin orange this fall season...so I pulled out my favorite fall pumpkin for a ride around the nail block (okay, yeah, that sounded better in my head...)-- Spellbound Nails Crookshanks:
I recently discovered that Messy Mansion doesn't just make stamping plates and polishes, they also make regular polishes, too. I couldn't resist trying out Messy Mansion Stable Boy, a pretty fall brown with a pink shimmer:
So this mani made me realize that one of my favorite dad jokes is now almost obsolete...
Q: What's black and white and red all over?
A: The newspaper!
Hahahahahahahaha. *ahem* Except now newspapers are nearly a thing of the past...sigh. Of course, there are alternate punchlines, like "A sunburned penguin!", which, with global warming, is actually more relevant than it used to be. Turn, turn, turn.
Girly Bits GBC 1-01 over Blue-Eyed Girl Lacquer Thrill Me To The Marrow
Girly Bits GBC 1-01 over Blue-Eyed Girl Lacquer Thrill Me To The Marrow
Girly Bits GBC 1-01 over Blue-Eyed Girl Lacquer Thrill Me To The Marrow
Look at those incredibly crisp lines!! I don't think I've ever done a manicure with such perfect stamping as I got from this plate and these polishes. And I love the partial-overlap look of the red under the black, it reminds me of the little bird from the Partridge Family theme, like there's a bunch of them hanging out on a fence. :)
I love myself an awesome holo, and Shinespark Polish Heart Of A Hero is one for sure:
Shinespark Polish Heart Of A Hero
Shinespark Polish Heart Of A Hero
Shinespark Polish Heart Of A Hero
Shinespark Polish Heart Of A Hero
When faced with a gorgeous holo like this, I always want to find a way to accent it with art without covering it completely. This time, I decided to use the gorgeous art nouveau poppy from Messy Mansion MM78XL:
UberChic Beauty Op Art Magic over Zoya Sunset polishes
UberChic Beauty Op Art Magic over Zoya Sunset polishes
UberChic Beauty Op Art Magic over Zoya Sunset polishes
What I did a little differently this time was stamp a vertical gradient on my ring finger, and a horizontal gradient on my other nails, and then stamped the image in corresponding directions. Here's a closer look at how I did it:
Tutorial: UberChic Beauty Op Art Magic over Zoya Sunset gradients
What do you think? I think it's trippy and happy at the same time. I love images like this when you want a fun, happy mani.
Do you wish you were a mermaid? My personal wish list goes like this: Queen, Magical Superhero, Mermaid. But honestly, any one of the above is juuuust fine.
If you're a wannabe mermaid, UberChic Beauty has made the perfect plate for you, their Mermaid Life plate. Of course I did a review discussing the images for you:
There's a mermaid here for every mood: sexy, cute, whimsical, straight hair, curly hair, up close, full-body. But, there's also plenty of fun images to build pirate manicures and ocean manicures--and can I just say how in love I am with the full-nail scallop shell images at the bottom? Stayed tuned for a mani I'e done with that.
How about size? This'll give you an idea of the size of the images:
And how do they stamp?
Top-notch quality, as always. :)
For my sample mani, I used Zoya Levi on three nails, and Julep Adele on the other two. Then I stamped a variety of scallop shell images from the plate with Messy Mansion Chalk:
UberChic Beauty Mermaid Life over Zoya Levi and Julep Adele
UberChic Beauty Mermaid Life over Zoya Levi and Julep Adele
What do you think? I think this came out sparkly, but not over the top, and with an elegant edge. We won't talk about the fact that I messed up the side of the thumb a little...ahem.
