Ulta3 Watercolor Nail Art- Stained Glass Windows

Hi, hi!
  So, it's Saturday here and my week has been a roller coaster of not enough sleep, too much work and hanging on for my holidays, LOL. Yesterday I picked up the Ulta3 Watercolor nail polishes that come in a pack of 5, one white base and 4 sheer polishes which are red, orange, blue and purple. I immediately thought of doing stained glass window nails..so today that's what I did! I am super happy with how they turned out and hope you like them :)

 I love how these look!

So, how did I do these? First of all I started with the Ulta3 Sheer polishes, I forgot to take a pic so I am going to borrow the packet picture from Cathy @ morenailpolish.com below.

I didn't use the white base as I already had a very light pinky creme polish on, which was SinfulShine I'm Blushing. I then stamped with Ulta3 Black Satin and Messy Mansion Plate MM01 which you can find here.

I used the smaller stained glass window image in the middle row on the far right :)

After I stamped the image I then colored in the "glass" panels with Cello Yellow, Seeing Red, Peek-a-Boo Purple and Marine Blue. I used a dotting tool to apply the polish in the lines. You will also see I have a green colored in a well. I mixed one drop of Cello Yellow with 2 drops of Marine Blue on a piece of baking paper and voile! Sheer green polish. I did 2 coats of each color to achieve a vibrancy, then sealed with Seche Vite top coat.

 If you look closely you can see some bubbling in the top coat, and I like that the bubbles create a glass-like effect on my nails. I had no troubles applying the sheer watercolor polishes from Ulta3. My fave color was the Peek-a-boo purple as I love purples and the green mixed up pretty easily. The polishes are indeed very sheer and I would recommend the white/light base to go with them for the best result... I purchased mine from Terry White chemist for $10 for the pack of 5, and these are a limited edition which you should pick sooner rather than later. You can find your nearest Ulta3 stockist locator here. Hope you are having a great weekend!

Sinful Colors Unicorn with Stamping and Glitter

Hey guys! You know how when you think you do a good job of your mani's and then you take some pics and ugh, what a hot mess! Today's post is a little bit messy. It's not terrible but it ain't my best work either. The other day I picked up Sinful Colors Unicorn at Target for $2 and so popped it on. I am not sure Sinful Colors and I work so well as I have some crappy edges, but I think I'll persist and see what happens. Anyways, Unicorn is a sunny pastel yellow that I applied and then stamped a few nails with holo gold using Dance Legend New Messiah and an accent nail of glitter gradient used CrowsToes Maxxed Out.

This was still a happy mani even though it wasn't perfect. I loved the happy yellow color,the happy gold holo and the happy holo gold glitter. It doesn't take too much to make me happy, lol! Stamping always makes me pretty happy. What do you think of Sinful Colors..yay or nay? I really want to love them, but I am not sure I do..

Savvy Mint Julep with blue and green stamping - Green/Blue for Untried May

Helloooo, I have been keeping up with The Amy's Untried Challenge but haven't been doing very well with keeping up with my blogging, so here is a bit of a mash up of Green and Blue. For green I used Savvy Mint Julep, which in my opinion is leaning more blue than green. What do you think? Anyways I really liked this color be it blue or green and poppped on top of it Happy Hands For British Eyes Only on my ring finger for an accent then stamped with Hits Hera and Color Club Blue Heaven.

Hmm, the blue and green stamping had a lot more contrast in real life. Hera is a dark green and you can see it best in the bottom pic near the cuticle of the nail. Blue Heaven is a light blue..in these pics the circles all just look holographic! For British Eyes Only has some lovely blue and green glitters in it in a blue jelly base..overall this mani looks more blue than green to me, so a slight fail, but it was still pretty to wear! Now, onto some purple polish.....

L'Oreal Bananarama Love with stamping- Yellow for Untried May

Hi guys! I have a bit of a mani fail for you today but you know, you get that sometimes.. I was going for a tropical flower theme for my yellow untried of L'oreal Bananarama Love. Not this was super sucessful, what do you think? For this look I did 4 coats of Bananarama Love which is a yellow jelly polish. I did an accent nail of Ulta3 Showstopper (black and white glitter-untried) and stamped with China Glaze Liquid Leather (not untried!) and Seche Vite top coat.

 So, I think this would have been better with a brighter yellow or with a glitter sandwich..hmm? Anyways, it was a bit of fun and I used 2 untrieds and I quite liked the actual stamp I used. It's almost the end of the week here..thank goodness. Just have to survive tomorrow. I think my green and blue untried polish is going to be a mash up of 2 into one! See you tomorrow :)

Sally Hansen Big Matte Top Coat

Hi guys! Just wanted to post a quick review of Sally Hansen's Big Matte Top Coat which I bought from Kmart for $9.95 the other day. I seem to have a matte top coat shortage so wanted to see what this was like. Now since I already had on L'Oreal Miss Pixie with Cirque Magic Hour and some stamping, I decided to topcoat it and see how it looked. Now the Sally Hansen bottle says to top coat directly to the polish you have applied, but since I already wore this with Seche Vite for a few days I thought I would see how that goes! LOL.

So here is Miss Pixie and Magic hour after the application of Sally Hansen Big Matte Top Coat

And here is the original finish of Miss Pixie and Magic Hour with Seche Vite Top Coat

As you can see, the application of Sally Hansen Big Matte Top Coat certainly mattified the Seche Vite and the look of the polish underneath. The blue of L'Oreal Miss Pixie became more opaque and the glitters in Cirque Magic Hour became more pronounced at a tiny bit less sparkly, but not by much. They also look imbedded in the blue polish rather than floating on the top. I also like how the copper of Essie Penny Talk became more like used, dull copper :) I didn't think I would love the matte look as much as the shiny, and I don't..but I quite like it as a switch up, but not as my first preference. I had no trouble with application or dry time of the Sally Hansen Big Matte Top Coat and it wore very well for the 2 days I had it on!

L'oreal Miss Pixie with Cirque Magic Hour

Hey guys! Here is another blue mani for you for Paint It Blue month for Autism Awareness. I love blue so a month of it is no great hardship! Today I have for you a Jelly and a glitter..with a little stamping thrown in for good measure. I'm having a few personal stress issue at the moment, some mine, some my family, some my friends which means I haven't had time to sit down and just paint my nails, or plan to paint my nails. I still have polish happening but mostly just fitting it in around hospital visits, work, cooking paleo food and some sleep. On the upside I feel more active? Wierd huh. So this is my nails that I am sporting at the moment. L'oreal Miss Pixie which is a brilliant blue jelly- 3 coats for this look. A top coat of Circque Magic Hour and some puzzle stamping with Essie Penny Talk.

So, L'oreal Miss Pixie..love! Visible nail line, yeah, but so? Hehe. This was 3 coats and I probably could have done a 4th to make sure there was no VNL, but that was so not the point of having a jelly polish. Some fading at the tips with the polish but that is probably my application. Cirque Magic Hour has beautiful blue and copper flakie glitter in a clear base. I did have to add thinner to make the clear base less gluggy, but the glitters were easy to apply despite that. I matched up Essie Penny talk for my stamping and puzzle pieces were the choice of course! Hope you are ready for the week ahead..I wish there was more weekend than working week, LOL.

Autism Awareness Week- Barry M Turquoise, OPI Eurso Eurso and China Glaze Dorothy Who?

Hey Guys! Hows your week or weekend going? This is my first week back from annual leave and being back at work is a steep getting out of bed early curve..and going to bed much earlier, LOL. This means I've also not really been blogging. I have been polishing my nails though! This week I wore blue for Paint It Blue for Austism Awareness. I am going to be painting my nails blue for this month as I have plenty of blues in my stash :) Today I have for you what I wore this week. Barry M Turquoise was the base, I then used striping tape to do a strip of China Glaze Dorothy Who? and the tips with OPO Eurso Eurso. I also stamped my ring finger with Eurso Eurso and colored in a little jigsaw piece with Dorothy Who? Sorry for the tip wear but this is nearly a week down the track so it's done well!

 I completely loved how this looked, I am pretty proud of my striping tape placement..I am sure my tongue poking out whilst I am concentrating make all the difference! I was being super careful so I think that helps. The stamping gods were with me on the day,  so overall  I was really happy with how things turned out!

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 :)

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 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! :)

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!