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Twinsie Tuesday: Recreate a Manicure Seen on a Celebrity

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Good morning polished world!  How are you all today?  It is yet again another Tuesday which means it is time for Twinsie Tuesday!  This week we are re-creating manicures which we have seen on a celebrity.  I thought this would be easy, but in all honesty it was one of the most difficult manicures to come up with!

First reason this was difficult was because celebrities rarely post close up photographs of their nails!  Do you know how annoying it is to squint at celebrities nails which are positioned on their hip while they pose for a photo?  You can barely see the nails, let alone if there is any nail art.

Then I came across this Buzzfeed article with a bunch of manicures Lily Allen has had.  She is the queen of funky and crazy nails!  Sure, many of them are studded and completely impossible for me to re-create, but she does have some awesome polished manicures!  

I decided on re-creating this neon yellow manicure.  Please excuse the lobster hands.  Yellow plus pale skin in the winter = no good.




Colors Used:
  • Orly - Glowstick
  • Orly - Liquid Vinyl
I think we need to take a second and talk about how bright Orly Glowstick is!  I cheated and did a base of white, followed by two coats of Glowstick, but with four coats you can get the same result without a base of white.  I just didn't want to do 4 coats on all 10 nails.  Talk about time consuming  Anywho, it is the brightest most amazing neon polish I own!  Everyone needs to get this!



Not sure what I think of this manicure.  I only wore it for one day which is very rare for me.  I can't put my finger on why I disliked it.  My polka dots were awesome, the yellow is amazing.  I think maybe it's the chevron-ish nails.  Hmmm

What do you think?  Liking this neon yellow?

 Don't forget to check out the other Twinsie's posts!


Tiffany at Polished To Precision
Savannah at Addicted to Polish
Róisín at Cuti-CLUE-les
Marisa at Polish Obsession
​Lisa at The Polish Playground
Lakeisha at Refined and Polished
Kristine at Pink and Polished Nails
Jessica at Blue Velvet Lacquer
ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi
Chelsea at Nailed Blog
Bridget at A Painted Nail
Amber at Nails Like Lace
Amanda at Fashion Footing
Amanda at Amandalandish

Until next time, <3.











FingerPaints

FingerPaints Gogh With The Flow and Color Me Abstract

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Good morning and Happy Sunday!!  How are you all today?  There is nothing really new here to report.  Eat, sleep, work, blog.  That is my life, and well honestly I wouldn't have it any other way!

Today I have a simple manicure to share with you using some new colors that FingerPaints is releasing for 2015!  FingerPaints polishes can be purchased at Sally Beauty Supply, and these new colors will be released in February!

My manicure is inspired by this lovely glittery mani by Jennie Shaw.  Let's take a look!




Colors Used:
  • FingerPaints - Gogh With The Flow
  • FingerPaints - Color Me Abstract
  • FingerPaints - Paper Mache
  • China Glaze - Make a Spectacle
I love these FingerPaints glitters so much!  Gogh With The Flow is a dark purple microglitter with slightly larger glitter flecks throughout.  It is so beyond sparkly in person.  This polish most certainly can be a one coater, but I used two for extra sparkle.  I can't wait to use this polish again!

Color Me Abstract is the magenta sister to Gogh With the Flow.  It's not as dense, but still has huge glitter payoff.  I had to use two coats to get full coverage.  What I loved about it was that it had the dark purple flecks that made it a perfect pair with Gogh With The Flow.



The white glitter flecks are actually from another new FingerPaints polish called Th-Ink Outside the Box.  It is a black and white matte glitter which I will be using very very soon!  You know how much I love black and white glitters!  Cannot wait to see how this one works!

What do you think?  Liking this manicure?

 As I said, the FingerPaints polishes will be available in February at Sally Beauty Supply stores.  Who knows, they might already be appearing now that they have that new fancy Nail Bar!

Until next time, <3.

kitchen sink mani

Minty Mish Mosh Mani

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Happy Friday polished world!  How are you all today?  I'm quite fantastic!!!  Well, I did have a nail fail last night, but we shant talk about that.  Hopefully tonight I'll have time to try and re-do them because what I have on right now I am so not a fan of.  I'm sure I'll like it later on after I get over the whole nail fail situation.  Meh.

Anywho, today I am posting a manicure which was for sure not a nail fail!  I cannot begin to describe how much I loved this manicure I did a week or so ago.  I was sad when one of the flowers chipped.  I took inspiration from many other manicures I've done in the past and smashed all the ideas together in one mish mosh manicure using one of my favorite colors!

Let's take a look!




Colors Used:
  • Orly - Gumdrop
  • Orly - Liquid Vinyl
  • OPI - This Crown Needs a Gown
  • Salon Perfect - Sugar Cube
  • Sally Hansen - Strobe Flash
I love this design.  Look at that gradient with the black and white glitter!  Honestly, I could have done that on all ten of my nails.  Hmmm should have done that after my nail fail last night.  Maybe if I wrote my post sooner I would have remembered these things.  Strobe Flash is a neat glitter from Sally Hansen.  I got it last year but didn't use it because I was always going to my bottle of Hard Candy Black Tie Optional.  That polish dried up so it was time to switch over to the Sally I bought as a back up.  Now I have a FingerPaints one too, so I'm good for awhile on black and white glitters.  I'm getting off topic....anyways, Strobe Flash is nice, but it does require some placement of the glitters.  It's hard to get the bigger glitters on the brush and I think maybe it's because there is too much base.  Regardless, I love it. I had to place with the Hard Candy one too.



Orly Gumdrop is by far one of my favorite colors.  I really need to head on over to Sally Beauty and grab myself a back up bottle.  It's a perfect shade and works amazingly for gradients.  Look how awesomely it blended with the white!  Love!

What do you think?  Fan of this manicure?

I am off to enjoy my Friday!  Dress down day at work!  Woot!

Until next time, <3.

Galaxy Mani

Twinsie Tuesday: Fandom

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Happy Tuesday polished world!  How are you all today??  It's Twinsie Tuesday yet again!  This week we are pleased to be welcoming Kristine from Pink and Polished Nails into our little group!  I've been a fan of Kristine's blog for the longest time, so I am beyond excited that she's going to be posting with the Twinsie's now!

Today's Twinsie Tuesday theme is Fandom!  I think the best way to describe a fandom is a television show or a movie which as a huge fan base supporting it.  If you are a fan of that thing, then you are a member of that fandom.  Maybe?

Anywho.  I do watch a lot of shows religiously and am a fan of plenty of movies, but nothing that I really knew what to do a manicure based on.  Amanda from Fashion Footing suggested doing paper nails because of my obsession with The Office, but I didn't feel up to that.  She then suggested Captain America, but I already did a Captain themed manicure.

I was about to give up and sit this week out, but then I saw a galaxy manicure on one of my Pinterest Boards.  I'm a fan of The Big Bang Theory, and I also loved the movie Guardians of the Galaxy, so this manicure could kind of be inspired by those fandoms.

Let's take a look!




Colors Used:
  • Orly - Liquid Vinyl
  • Sinful Colors - Snow Me White
  • Sinful Colors - Sweet Nothing
  • China Glaze - That's Shore Bright
  • Color Club - Cloud 9
  • INM - Northern Lights
For this galaxy look, I was inspired by a YouTube video by ellandish.  It is a gorgeous purple and teal galaxy which is so different than any other one I have done on the blog in the past.  And luckily I owned all the polishes she used so I was able to replicate it exactly.  Okay, I did add some more holo than she had, but can you blame me?  You can never have enough sparkle when it comes to a galaxy manicure.

I didn't follow her tutorial exactly.  In hers, she sponged on white.  Once that was dry, she lightly painted on the colors where she wanted them, and then sponged the excess off.  I tried it on my thumb and it didn't work out too well for me.  So instead, I just sponged on the colors like I have in the past.



Around the edge of the galaxy, I sponged on some Cloud 9.  I learned this hack awhile ago and it really adds some dimension to the galaxy.  Then when you add the Northern Lights, it blends together so well and is a sparkle, holo explosion.

What do you think?  Liking this galaxy?  Is it a good fandom manicure for Guardians of the Galaxy or The Big Bang Theory?   I think I failed this round of TT.

 Now that I think about it, I should have done a manicure inspired by Arrested Development.  I'm a true hardcore fan of that show.  Oh well!

Don't forget to check out the other Twinsie's posts!


Amanda at Amandalandish
Amanda at Fashion Footing
Amber at Nails Like Lace
Bridget at A Painted Nail
Chelsea at Nailed Blog
Marisa at Polish Obsession
Róisín at Cuti-CLUE-les
Savannah at Addicted to Polish

Until next time, <3.