Pretty Serious The Pink One and Claris

Hi guys! I've been real life busy..had a lovely holiday in paradise (otherwise known as Fiji) and came back to some family issues, house cleaning and general de-cluttering and trying to get stuff done around the house. Back to work next week :( I've not really been doing my nails..no time, AND when I have done my nails on Thursday, the polish and the top coat just didn't set and ended up being a big fat mess, ugh. Last night I finally got around to putting on something really non work appropriate that I didn't manage to ding or smudge or completely stuff up. Today I have for you just a straight swatch of Pretty Serious The Pink One with Claris on the tips. The Pink One is an amazing pink that is so neon and bright with some lovely flashes of blue.

This is 2 coats of The Pink One, with Claris dabbed on the tips and a coat of Seche Vite :)

 Gorgeous flashes of blue :)

Well, I am going to attempt some nail art without stuffing that up as well! I don't feel out of practice but maybe my mojo is just not there at the moment. Ah well, try and try again till I am back in the swing of it. Hope you are having a great weekend!

Layla Gold Idol with Lilypad Lacquer Zombee

Hi guys! Hope you are having a great day. Today I have for you Layla Gold Idol with Lilypad Lacquer Zombee in a holographic mash up mani. You might have seen the swatches of Gold Idol I posted a little bit ago, and the next step for me was to see if the mani could evolve a bit further and I wanted to see how well Lilypad Lacquer Zombee went with Gold Idol. For this look I did a gradient with all my fingers with Gold Idol and Zombee and on my middle finger I stamped with Lilypad Lacquer Zombee. The look that came out was like I had dipped my finger is fluro yellow and the stamping was subtle but lovely :) I really loved it. 

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 Truly lovely rainbows!

Completely love how these two polishes work together, different enough to see the gradient but they do blend nicely. The Layla Gold Idol is a strong linear holo and you can see the lovely holo in Zombee as well but it has a touch more pigment than holo. I love that Zombee stamps nicely. I can't get the Layla holo polishes to stamp, so I do love that the Lilypad ones do :) What do you think of this look? Love or hate? Let me know!

piCture pOlish Midnight Meteor

Hi guys! Today I have for you a piCture pOlish I won on instagram giveaway, one of the relatively new "bijou holo" polishes called Midnight Meteor. Midnight Meteor is a gorgeous dark blue polish that I loooove. This is a dark blue that isn't so dark that you have to squint to make sure its blue, not black. It's a dark royal blue really with lovely scattered holo..it would be a great base for a galaxy mani! I used 2 coats of Midnight meteor for this mani and the coats were super easy to apply. This swatch has top coat :)

 Hope you love this polish as much as I do! I like polish that is just a little bit different and I can't wait to try a galaxy look with this as a base. Hope you are having a great day!

Kmart Pink Minx Skittles- taping, studs and glitter.

Hi guys! Today I have for you Pink Minx, which I wore a little while ago and I wanted to bling this lovely neon polish with some taping, studs and of course, a glitter accent nail. I do like my glitter accent nails and my ring finger seems to be the finger of choice! lol. Now, Pink Minx is a neon pink that I bought from Kmart for a whole $3 and I do love the formula, coverage and brush. Make sure you are well ventilated as they stink like Kleencolor polishes do! For this skittles mani I used some gorgeous neon studs I bought here, at Drama Queen Nails and placed them on my pointer finger. I did a taped off diagonal tip on my middle finger. I did a gradient of glitter using Crowstoes Heartless on my ring finger and I did a mani tip with some silver striping tape on my little finger :)

Middle finger diagonal tape mani using China Glaze Something Sweet on the tip.

 I wish I had captured the true beauty of Crowstoes Heartless, it's a gorgeous hot pink holographic glitter and I really didn't manage to get the best pic of it! Next time. I think I did pretty well with my taped tip look but you can see a little bit of tip wear as I wore this at work and worked pretty darned hard that day. I wash my hands and expose them to icky chemicals alot. Most of the girls laugh at my constant handcream/cuticle oil use but if I don't they get so dry. Plus I am still using some of the Essence Apple Cinnamon hand cream that came out last June (for $2 I may have quite a few!) and I love how it smells and how quickly it sinks in at work, and for $2 I don't feel bad for using heaps at work! Hope you are having a great day..I am still on holidays..talk to you soon! 

Scofflaw Wraith Pinned to the Mist and NerdLacquer Event Horizion

Hi guys! It's my birthday today..and this post was scheduled last week as I am on holidays :) This is a look I wore recently and since I love NerdLacquer and am determined to have a complete set one day. One of my recent grabby hands was Event Horizon. Event Horizon is a gorgeous dark teal jelly with silver hexs and microglitter. Now since I wanted to mix this up I used Event Horizon as an accent nail with Scofflaw Wraith Pinned to the Mist on the rest of my fingers. Scofflaw has an awesome polish with Wraith Pinned to the Mist, its an aqua shimmer polish filled with blue, violet, green, and gold sparks as well as delicate gold flakes and is stunning on it's own.  I then stamped with A-England St George with a floral pattern from Emily de Molly plate. For this manicure I used 3 coats of Scofflaw and 3 coats of Nerdlacquer

The Scofflaw Polish Wraith Pinned to the Mist is a lovely aqua polish and because it's surrounded by lots of teal/green it takes on the greeney tone. I loved how this looked and it's definitely an Autumn look. We are having a second wind of summer though so I am back to the bright colors after this! Hope you are having a great day, I am sure I am having a massage and then a lovely dinner for my birthday :)

Layla Gold Idol

Hey Guys! Here is an oldie but a goodie when it comes to sunny and holo polishes. Today I have for you Gold Idol from Layla. This is a strong linear holo polish that is meant to be gold, but to me, leans more towards yellow on the nail. This doesn't detract from how lovely it is, but if you wanted to do a skittle with gold polish, it might not match exactly. For this swatch I used 2 coats of Layla Gold Idol with no base coat and Seche top coat. 

For the Layla holographic polishes, you do need to make sure you use the buffer that comes with it so your nail are nice and smooth and you can't see any ridges or that will show up in the polish. I did use Nfu Oh Aqua Base which also helps with the holographic finish and the holo was not dulled by a top coat :) There are some awesome holo polishes out there but I still have a special place in my heart for the Layla ones :) Hope you are having a great day..I am still on holidays so this is scheduled from the past for the future...ooer!

A-England BriarWood, Ruby Wing Strawberry Shortcake and Gold Stamping

Hi guys! So you saw a swatch of A-England Briarwood that I wore a little while ago. Of course I couldn't leave it well alone and had to bling up Briarwood with some glitter, a gradient and stamping. I decided to accent my ring finger with Ruby Wing Strawberry Shortcake which is a gold glitter that turns a lovely purple in the sun. I did a mini gradient with Briarwood and Dance Legend Roz on my ring finger and I stamped with China Glaze passion.

Holo sparkles!

 The holographicness of Briarwood is still gorgeous! :)

I stamped off center on my middle finger, but I don't care! LOL

Completely love how you can have a base of a lovely polish and completely change it up to something slightly different and individualize your look! I love Ruby Wing Strawberry Shortcake and wish I had captured a pic of it in it's gold sparkly state not in the sun, oh well. It's super pretty under UV light in it's purple state :) The gold stamping is a classic contrast and makes this mani elegant I think. Hope you enjoyed this look..and you have a great day..

Lilypad Lacquer Sassy Citrus

Hey guys! It's been a week since I've posted. Life has happened a little bit and work has been super nuts. No, really. I've also been helping my sister with a few medical things, so time has run short or more to the point..sunlight for photos! LOL. I am going to have to figure out how to set up my lightbox properly. Haven't managed to do it right for 2 years..so maybe the 3rd year is a charm? It''s Sunday night here and there has been much washing done today..like 6 loads..sheets, towels, clothes...you name it, it has been washed. Might have a mini holiday coming up..yay!
Tonight I have for you Lilypad Lacquer Sassy Citrus. I am in an orange phase..I have China Glaze Koi Pond with Inglot 205 and Daring Digits Copperline on my toes. Flakie orange and glitter..its awesome! I am going to bling up my Sassy Citrus further tomorrow..but today I just enjoyed orange and holo..love!

 This was 2 coats of Lilypad Lacquer Sassy Citrus. As always I love how pigmented these polishes are. This one has a scattered holo and is very pretty. This does lean towards the coppery orange and I really love that. The application was amazing and I purchased mine from the Lilypad Lacquer Etsy store which you need to check back from time to time to see when it's open :)

A-England Briarwood

Hey guys! Its the end of the weekend for me and I can tell the week ahead is a doozy. It's always that way for me when I have holidays coming, holidays next week, yay! So today I have for you one of the newer to me A-England polishes with Briarwood. Briarwood is a burgandy/brown shifting polish with scatter holo. This color is definitely an Autumn color and although I am in denial about summer being over, officially its Autumn, boo :( This is 2 coats of Briarwood with top coat.

A-England Briarwood- full sunlight

 Holo and color shift

 A-England Briarwood in the shade and full sun

 Gratuitous final shot of burgandy/red/brown holo goodness

In the shade this polish is a burgandy/maroon shade..and the lovely flashes of red come out in the sun. The holo does come out and play under artificial lighting but makes the polish turn brown, often making this polish look a bit darker than it really is. The sun definitely brings out the best in the polish but it so interesting to wear and the holo does make this so fun :)