Dance Legend Top Prismatic

Hey guys! It's hump day today..and in my last Dance Legend Order I picked up to Top Prismatic which turns any nail polish into a holographic polish. When I had on Chanel Azure I decided to see if adding a holographic top coat added or subtracted to the loveliness of Chanel Azure :) I'll let you decide for yourself.

Chanel Azure, Left on its own and Right with Dance Legend Top Prismatic

 Chanel Azure, Left on it's own and Right with Dance Legend Top Prismatic

Dance Legend Top Prismatic over Chanel Azure

 Dance Legend Top Prismatic over Chanel Azure

Well, what do you think? Yay or nay? Chanel Azure on it's own is a bright duochrome polish that shifts from light to mid blue depending on the light. I think the Dance Legend Top Prismatic dulls that duochrome slightly but not in a terrible way.I loved how this added a bit of extra bling to an already awesome polish. I do know that holographic top coats do tend to dull the color of a creme polish and I own another holographic top coat polish that is thicker and does this. The formula for the Dance Legend is awesome as always and you only need a very thin coat to get a bright holo finish which is great. I ordered my Dance Legend Top Prismatic directly from Dance Legend.

piCture pOlish Midnight Meteor

Hey guys, here is another piCture pOlish swatch of one of the new blogger collab shades. Today I have for you Midnight Meteor. Midnight Meteor is a dark blue color with scattered or "bijou" holo throughout with sparkly holographic particles.I particularly like the tag like summer nights, shooting stars..this definitely reminds me of shooting stars at night :) The application for the particular polish was awesome, and the swatch is 2 coats with Seche Vite top coat.

I really loved this particular polish, the application was great and the dark blue with the scattered holo is lovely :) You can purchase your Midnight Meteor from the piCture pOlish website. A quickie for you today as the end of the weekend is almost upon me and I have to face the reality of the working week tomorrow..boo :(

Lilypad Lacquer In The Milky Way stamped

Hey guys, I've been home sick this week..the good thing is I think the rest and sleep is helping with whatever is going on :) Downside, you would think I have tons of time to do my nails. Too tired for inspiration! It sucks. Anyways,today I have for you something I wore last week and this is one of those mani's where I really loved it but it wasn't super in your face :) I used Lilypad Lacqer In the Milky Way, China Glaze Millennium stamping and some extra holo on my ring finger with Dance Legend Top Prismatic. To be honest my stamping plates are all over the shop so I used whatever I came across and liked! 

Dandelions, Fish scales and houndstooth..random mani! LOL

Okay, so this wasn't the most cohesive of manicure looks..bu I really didn't care, LOL. I love the hounds tooth and Dandelion stamping. Lilypad lacquer In the Milky Way is super pigmented so the holo tends to hide a bit, bit I do really love it, it comes out more scattered in the final finish. I linear holo-ed it up a bit with Dance Legend Top Prismatic :) Hope you liked the mani..I certainly did..love holographics! :)

Indigo Bananas Moonlight (Clair de lune)

Hey guys! Today I have for you something I've been meaning to try for a while, one of the sparkly silver flake polishes that I bought from the awesome Indigo Bananas. Today I have for you Moonlight (Clair de lune). This is a super sparkly silver flake polish which also has micro holo glitters which are super sparkly in the sunlight. This micro glitter shard is in a clear base and builds up quite nicely with a few coats. You could put it over a silver base polish to minimize the layers but I chose to layer this and did 4 coats that dried really quickly. Here is Moonlight with Seche Top Coat, this was super sparkly and hard to catch so I am sure these pics don't do it justice..but I tried! :)

Moonlight in the full sun

Super Sparkly holo glittahs :)

 Moonlight in the shade

This is a silver version and I also the rose gold version Indigo Bananas A Star to Sail By. I know there is also a similar gold polish by Lacquistry..there can never be enough sparkly awesome polishes out there and I love this silver version. Since I wear alot of white gold and silver jewelry, its right up my alley!

piCture pOlish Pirouette

Hey guys! Hope you are having a great day..its Sunday here and I've just had a mid afternoon nap, and now the suns out so I have a few pics of some of one of the new piCture pOlish 'bijou' holo polishes which are super sparkly and oh so pretty. Today I have Pirouette which is a collaboration polish with Tenshi no Hana. It's a gorgeous pink with holo particles. Here is 2 coats of polish with Seche top coat :)

Is this one on your wish list? It's a great formula, super sparkly and a lovely and the holo particles are pretty in the sun :) Hope your weekend is going great!

Black Cat Lacquer Bloody Kisses and piCture pOlish Scarlett

Hey guys! Having a difficult week, so a quickie for today. I had my computer rebuilt which has resulted in a lack of posts so I hope I can catch up with another post or 2 in the next few days. Today I have for you a variation on the Valentines Day mani I did on Monday, which switched up with an accent nail of piCture pOlish Scarlett with stamping. I think I prefer this version!

Okay, I hope you are having a great weekend. I'll try and catch up with some more interesting swatches and nails of the day for the rest of the week :)

ANMonday Valentines Day

Hey Guys, today I have for you the ANMonday challenge of Valentines Day! V-Day isn't far away and is a cute Hallmark occasion which is great if you have a partner, even better if you have a partner that believes in V-day hype...or like me, who has a partner that doesn't believe in hallmark occasions, it's just another day :) So today I have for you what my V-Day mani evolved into. I started off with a lovely pink holo, but it just wasn't what I wanted, so off it came and instead I went with  Sinful Colors Black on Black, a top coat of Black Cat Laquer Bloody Kisses except for stamping on my ring and thumb finger which was hearts in various forms. I used Lilypad Lacquer Pink Flamingo to stamp. Here is the end result :)

 Black Cat Lacquer Blood Kisses 2 coats over Sinful Colors Black on Black. Stamping with LilyPad Lacquer Pink Flamingo

 Gorgeous holo glitters!

 Lilypad Lacquer Pink Flamingo stamps a treat!

 Right thumb stamping, Hearts and Crosses

 Left thumb stamping, straight out hearts :)

Left hand stamping. Love the heart roses!

 Full sun :)

 The glitters in Black Cat Bloody Kisses is holo and amazing! I really wanted Bloody Kisses to be a fully coverage glitter polish, but instead it's a grey toned jelly with square and hex glitters with a microglitter through it and a topper only..so pretty though :) I stamped with Lilypad Lacquer Pink Flamingo, which is awesome to stamp with and oh so blingy pretty. I loved it. I'll try and post another V-Day mani before V-day..have a good Monday!

piCture pOlish Tail Feather

Hey guys, I have for you tonight one of the 6 new piCture pOlish polishes that I was lucky enough to win on Instagram the other day! Tail Feather is one of the collaboration polishes with blogger Kayla Shevonne that is a lovely pastel lime green with micro scattered holo glass flecks. piCture pOlish often have a sharing giveaway on instagram, so make sure you follow me @jasmsb and piCture pOlish @picturepolish and you too have the chance to win some gorgeous polish. This is some swatches of Tail Feather, this is 2 coats with no top coat :)

piCture pOlish Tail Feather

This was 2 coats of Tail Feather, I probably should have done a 3rd coat as I can see a visible nail line. There was definitely glass flecks and the sheen can be best seen on my pinkie in the last picture. piCture pOlish are referring to the scattered holo throughout this polish as a "bijou holo"  This is a lovely pastel lime green polish and the glass flecks are interesting but not super holo in my opinion. This doesn't detract from the loveliness of the polish but I think of it more as a glass flecked holo :)

Lilypad Lacquer Popping Purple

Heya, quickie tonight...I love purple. I love holos..so of course I was drawn to Lilypad Lacquer and swatches of Popping Purple. Had to have it. So I picked it up when Lilypad Lacquer's Etsy store was opened a while back. This is a super pigmented holo purple that is just gorgeous and almost a one coater. I used 2 coats for this swatch and the sun came out the play to bring out the scattered holo goodness :)

Awesome color hey? Well I have a few more Lilypads in my stash which I will work my way throught. Hope you have had a great day and like the swatch as much as I do! :)

Steampunk Nails- Twinsie Nails

 Hi guys, today I have for you a challenge that I did during the week with @cats_n_nails from Instagram. Natalia has been doing Twinsie nail manicure all week with different nail art chicks and I popped my hand up to try a bit of a challenge :)  Natalia was keen to re create/re-interpret a manicure by @mrslochness involving Steampunk, bling and cog stamping. Since I love the idea of steampunk and had some nail art watch bits, I was completely up for the challenge! LOL. As an aside, it's hideously hot here so stamping is a complete pain in the rear end..Essie Good as Gold is my go to stamping polish, but she was having none of it in the weather!  Anyways, here is the end result!

Base coat- Essie Good as Gold and Five Stars Bron-zite. Stamping with China Glaze Passion, Swarovski studs and Nail art Watch pieces from Cherry Poppins.

Here is a side by side of my nails and Natalia's nails :)

I love how these watch pieces look :)

 Gorgeous gold flecks in Five Stars Bron-zite! :)

 Gah, not the best stamping effort..but the heat I tell you!

Super pleased with how these came out. I love the bronze gold flecked polish and the watch bits was really fun..and completely impractical. I would have top coated my little finger and hoped for the best if I had faith I wouldn't knock the nail art off. Since I am super clumsy I took the larger gold piece and the sharper bit on the bottom of my pinky off. The stamping was so difficult in regards to I was unable to pick up the polish from the design, stoopid heat. Anyways, it was worth the persistence. You can check out me on instagram if you like, I am @jasmsb or Natalia- @cats_n_nails :)