Rainbow Water Marble

So, I basically combined the last two manicures I did all into one. I am obsessing over water marbles right now, so expect to see more from me. This one didn't make me as happy though:

 

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The pictures don't do these justice...it looks so much better in person. Especially my middle finger! That one was my favorite, and it looks so dull in these photos.

I used all China Glaze polishes, except for the white base which was OPI- My Boyfriend Scales Walls. I used about half of the polishes I used in my balloon manicure. My index finger: Surreal Appeal and Papaya Punch. I love this orange, but it looks so gross on my skin tone. Middle finger: Happy Go Lucky and Gaga For Green. Ring finger: Four Leaf Clover and Electric Beat. Pinky: Gothic Lolita and Urban-Night.

What do you think? I love how bright it is, but it could have still been better I think. I'm thinking about doing a series called "Watermarble Wednesday" maybe? Let me know if you would like to see more, because I really want to master this skill!

Polish Days: Something New

My first Polish Days post! Polly Polish created this challenge where basically a group of bloggers set a theme for the month, and choose a day to post it! I missed out on the bling theme for last month, so I made sure to do a manicure in time for January. Here is what I decided to do:

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Water Marble!!! This one is just so spring like! So was my previous manicure. I can't wait for all the Spring collections to start coming out, pastels and cremes are my fav!

I think Water Marbling is the first nail art technique that really made me drool. It also inspired me to get into nail art more. When done right, they are just so gorgeous! This is my second attempt at it, and I must say I am very pleased with the outcome. The first time I tried it was almost a year ago, and it was a little worse than this one. I used too many colors considering it was my first time, and I ultimately destroyed every nail while taking the tape off. I won't even bother with showing you the pictures of it. The only flaws on this manicure really are the air bubbles right in the center of my middle finger, and its a little messed up around the cuticles. Other than that, I love them!

I started out with a base of two coats of OPI- My Boyfriend Scales Walls, I am learning to like this polish.The blue I used was China Glaze- Aquadelic which was from their Electropop collection Spring 2012. The green is Essie- Mojito Madness from their Summer 2012 collection. And the purple is Wet n Wild- On A Trip from their Megalast line. I used Mojito Madness in my first water marble and it really is a great polish to use for marbling, I definitely recommend it!

I can't wait for next months theme!

Cirque Holographics

Today I finally got around to actually trying out my Cirque Holographic Polishes! Well I actually painted these yesterday, but I managed to finally get decent pictures this morning, so there is minor tip wear in these first photos. Here these beauties are:

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Holographics are so hard to photograph! You can really only admire their true beauty in person. These two are especially linear, opposed to the scattered holographic effect of Zoya- Aurora. 

These two polishes are from Cirque's newest collection called: Object d'Art. The green is Cirque- Lonesome George. Gosh I love this color so much! A green holo will be an A in my book any day. It looks a lot like Nubar- Reclaim, but I put the bottles together and Lonesome George is slightly darker. I might do a comparison of the two. But you can never have too many green holos!

The awesome copper color is Cirque- Cypress. I have never seen a holographic polish in this color, which is why I love it so much. Plus its holo effect is crazy! Much more stronger than Lonesome George.

Here are some more pictures with flash that I took yesterday:

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These last three have no top coat because I was afraid they would take away the holo effect. I added a top coat later and it didn't blur it out at all. The first three photos are with top coat.

The formula on these were pretty great. Lonesome George was a little streaky, but I got an email from the maker and apparently I got a bad batch, so they are sending me another complimentary one. Their customer service is awesome. Cypress was a little sheer, so when I applied a second coat I made sure it was a little thicker. Lonesome George was two coats as well.

You can get these two polishes plus many other gorgeous ones from this collection here. The holos retail at $15, and the other polishes are $13. You can also like them on Facebook for updates!

OPI Skyfall + Burlesque

Three posts in three days in a row! I'm on a roll. I actually had time during the day to do my nails, and here is what I came up with:

 

OPI- The World Is Not Enough. This is one of the three polishes I got from the Skyfall collection. They weren't that unique to me, although I really want Golden Eye now. This polish was three coats, not my favorite, but the color is so purty. It is like a weird browny purple, depending on how the light hits it, there's some hints of blue as well. You could probably get away with two thicker coats if you want.

After the three coats were dry, I added two coats of OPI- Sparkle-icious, which was from their Burlesque Holiday/Winter collection in 2010. It is made up of gold, purple, and blue glitters all in a clear base. I love this glitter so much! This is my first time trying it because my friend at work was giving away a lot of her polishes since she doesn't wear polish much anymore. So I came up on this polish, and DS Illuminate, so awesome! She almost gave me Mad as a Hatter, but she decided last minute she wanted to keep it.

What do you think? Do you own any of these polishes? I have really special nail art planned for my next manicure. Hopefully I can make it soon, cuz it is gonna be awesome!

Nubar- Gem

Today I have an awesome polish to share. As I mentioned in the last post I did, I have an amazing nail supply store in my area that sells pretty much every salon brand, including rare, really sot after polishes, for pretty much half price! The first time I went I about pissed myself because I found the entire Nubar Prisms collection in a set like this!. It was only $40 but at that point I already had my basket full, so luckily they had them individually, so I chose my three favorites. Although I think the next time I go, I will purchase the entire set for a future giveaway once I have some followers :). Let me know if you would like that. Onto the polish!

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Nubar- Gem is just stunning. For those of you who aren't familiar with the Prisms collection, it was a full collection of 8 polishes that aren't linear holographic, but instead have a subtle scattered holographic affect. The color of this polish is kind of hard to describe. It is like a mauve/purple/taupe? I feel like it has a subtle duochrome to it too. Here are some more pictures of it in different lighting:

 

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In this picture you can definitely see more of the taupe color, where as the first two pictures it is more purple.

 

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And of course I couldn't leave out a trusty blurry photo that really shows the holographic glitters!

The base of the polish is pretty standard, but what gives it the holographic affect is tiny microglitters. They sparkle so much! They leave a little bit of a gritty texture too. I used one coat of Seche Vite Top coat and you can still feel the texture. So if you like your nails to be super smooth, maybe use a second layer of top coat. I used two coats in these photos as well, but I kind of wish I did three. If you look at my ring finger you can kind of see through it, but I still think it looks amazing! I plan on getting Jewel from the collection too, which is like a darker version of Gem. I can't wait!