Holographic Bue Stamping

I realize the photograph is a very good, but I really like this design. For it, I used blue moon lagoon which is a holographic light blue by OPI, with NFU Oh 61 which is a very pretty holographic silver. Both of these polishes stamped pretty well with the silver not working as well as the blue.

I'm pretty happy with how this turned out. Unfortunately I went swimming the day after I did the design and it chipped off.

What do you think of holographic nail polishes? Personally they're my favorite.

Blue swirls and Sparkles

More nails! This was many layers of paint because I kept failing to get it right. I ended up with 2 layers of white followed by 3layers of blue bar sparkles by zoya, then finally stamped with white. I do like the way it turned out after all that, but it isn't going to stay on long, it has already started chipping. XD

For some reason when a mani doesn't go the way I want, I don't give up an keep trying to fix it. What do you guys do?

Blue Glitter Gradient

I wish I could remember the polishes I used for this... Not perfect gradient, but I still think the colors are lovely. :D

White with blue dots

More dotting! :D Please excuse the bandaid, I had a major bad break... not patch was working, so bandaid. XD

You can also see the barbed wire ring I made, really liked this one, but was too big for me. I gave it to my best friend. However I am fine with selling them if you want to contact me by commenting here. :)

Funky French

Nothing much to say here. XD Just some funky tips.

Odd Stamped Swirls

Ah, haven't stamped enough recently. :D

Zoya Frida swatch, plus little hearts

The last polish I got when zoya had their free promo. Zoya Frida. Also in these pics you can see one of the simple wire rings I made. I thought it matched the polish perfectly.

I added some little hearts, still in the v-day mood I guess. :D

Blue dotting

Just some more fun with the dotting tool. :D

Cotton Candy Spun Sugar Nails

I am posting these a bit late. XD I actually did them last weekend and forgot to post the pic. I did the design for our county fair. I <3 Cotton Candy! :D

A few tips I learned from doing this. I used a tutorial from youtube, but here are some things worth mentioning (some of them the video did not) 

1) Super fast drting polish didn't really work for me

2) The polish must sit for a little bit to get "gooey" in order to make the strings.

3) It makes a little bit of a mess, but it was a lot of fun! And look how cute the finished product is!

Blue dots!

I cannot even remember or find the polishes I used for this. XD

It makes me think of rugrats for some reason, maybe like it just reminds me of cartoon children in general. lol

Swirly drag marbling.

This is 2 wet coats of Sally Hansen Marine Scene drag marbled with one of my pearly polishes.... I can't remember which specific one now. XD

I love how this turned out. Drag marbling is also quite easy, but the long drying times can really stink.

31 Day Challenge! Day 21 - Inspired by a color.

I picked the color blue and I love how this turned out! I didn't bother using tape, because I am not patient enough to wait for it to dry between layers.

Hmm... a song for tomorrow... I am going to rack my brain thinking about this one. I don't listen to much music.

Nautical Inspired

This is Revlon Steel her heard sponged to Zoya Ibiza tips, then glittered with Sinful Colors Pearl Harbor. The accent nails are just Zoya Ibiza with Pearl Harbor on top.

I love Ibiza, it is my favorite polish by Zoya, and probably my favorite ever. I think it looks great with this glitter, which I did not really like when I first got it.

Vacation Inspiration

I just got back from visiting family in West Virginia. The drive there is absolutely beautiful, and is what inspired this nail design. It is supposed to look like the blue mountains against the sky.

Base is Treasures of the Sea Crushed Pearl, light blue is Zoya Yummy, and dark blue is Sally Hansen Grey by Grey.

I like the effect I got, not sure it looks like mountains without me planting the idea in your head, but it is still pretty.

More holo goodness!

Swatch of OPI Blue Moon Lagoon

Then I stamped it with China Glaze LOL, which stamps wonderfully btw.

The holo rainbow effect just makes me stair at my nails... it is probably better if I stop wearing it to work.

Blue holo sparkliness

Everyone should know by now my obsession with holos. They are just gorgeous. Well my future sister-in-law knows and suggested using her Milani HD polish. This is what I did with it.

indoors

outdoors

Obviously it looks much more amazing outside!

This is Milani HD (don't know specific color other than it is light blue. XD) stamped with Zoya Ibiza.

The accent nails are Zoya Ibiza with the Milani over top of it. 

I absolutely LOVe how this turned out and could not stop stairing at it the entire time it was on. <3

My first holo!

So I loved looking at everyone else's blogs with holos on them. Finally, I have gotten my own! Ty for ebay!

This is DV8 from China glaze. This left pointer nail is the best example of the holo effect. It is simply 2 coats of the polish on a coat of revlon's basecoat.

This shows the comparison of the 2 coats on the pointer finger. The middle finger is 1 coat of the polish, the ring finger is 1 coat of the polish and a top coat of Seche Vite, the pinky is the holo with a matte topcoat on top, and the the thumb is 1 coat of DV8 with a coat of OPI's Movin' out.

obviously nothing is as nice as just 2 coats of the holo polish, but I like to see what else can be done with them, so upon review. I actually like the effect of the pink Movin' out and the matte top coat, but I will never cover up my holo with them again. While they still look amazing, the holo itself looks better in my opinion.

The pinky has 1 coat of holo with OPI's hollywood blond, the ring finger has 1 coat of DV8 and a coat of Grey's Anatomy, the middle finger has 1 coat of the holo and a coat of Sally Hansen's Lime Lights, the pointer has 1 coat of holo and a coat of sinful colors Let Me Go.

I really really dislike nude colors on me, they feel so boring. So Hollywood Blond was a free gift with my ebay order. I was honestly just trying to find a way to make it better to me. Nothing on this hand appealed to me more than the plain holo.

This is the left hand again, just a better shot in my opinion.

 

Thumb of left hand again. This is the one with OPI's Movin' Out over the holo.

If anyone is concerned about me wasting this wonderful holographic polish. I wore it for a day before doing this testing over it. :)

Very simple blue tips

I loved this concept, but am not as pleased with the results. It was intended to be worn to work as a not too flashy mani, but instead I took it off and redid them at like midnight. None the less I did like the idea and wanted to share it.

This is 3 coats of Sinful Colors Pearl Harbor and the tips are 2 coats of Sally Hansen's Blue me Away

I was really hopeful for Pearl Harbor, but alas another disappointing glitter. It is very hard to see the sparkles and especially hard to capture on camera.

Simple Sparkly Tip

Both of these colors belong to my future sister-in-law, so I actually have no idea what they are. XD

I was feeling simple and blue, I think this pretty much covered that. :)

Sea Horses in the current

More beach inspired nails from my beach week. We had limited work space and light since we were camping, so the first image looks better since it was lighter out than the second. 

Color Club with Zoya Yummy stamped over top

Sea Horses done over top of that with Konad Special white

I actually like the first image better, but without that lighting it was too subtle, so the sea horses were necessary.