Christmas Skittle

Here is a simple Christmas skittle:

Sorry for only one picture. There wasn't much sunlight!

I started out with two coats of China Glaze- Running in Circles (Cirque Du Soleil Collection 2012) on my index and middle finger. I top coated that, applied some Straight Nail Vinyls in various widths apart, and applied a thick coat of Zoya- Nidhi. Nidhi is a much brighter red, but layering it over the green definitely dulls it down quite a bit.

I applied two coats of OPI- My Boyfriend Scales Walls (Spiderman Collection 2012) onto my middle finger, then applied one coat of KB Shimmer- Kringle All the Way on top. An awesome Christmas shade! It is just silver, green, and red circle glitters in all different sizes, and there is a light sprinkle of holographic micro shimmers in there. 

For my pinky, I applied two coats of Emily de Molly- Seeing Red, and was just going to leave that as is, but I thought it looked like I didn't finish it. So I applied a top coat, applied more nail vinyls, and used Colors By Llarowe- Gemini Rising (Summer 2014 Collection), which is the perfect Christmas green shade in my opinion!

Simple Swatch + Water Marble

I am still burnt out on nail art, and can't come up with anything original. So, for now I will stick with some water marbles, but at least I am going to be posting a lot this week since I am on spring break! Here is one of the newer Emily de Molly shades for spring that I luckily snatched up when Llarowe had a surprise restock that no one new about!

For some reason this polish reminds me of mint chocolate ice cream...

This is two coats of Emily de Molly- Frail Promise. Another flawless polish from Emily de Molly, I probably sound like a broken record saying that, but this really is one of the best indie brands out there! The polish is a nude base that actually has tons of gold shimmer in it, but that didn't translate to the nail. The glitters in it are black, pink, white, and mint hexes in various sizes, and some larger mint circle glitters. Some of the glitters are matte and sparkly.

I really love how the water marble came out! The grey/taupe is OPI- Taupe-less Beach (Brazil Collection Spring 2014). The green is OPI- Mermaid's Tears (Pirate's of the Caribbean Collection Spring 2011). Lastly, the pink is Wet n Wild- Candy-Licious (Megalast Line)

Here are some more pictures of it in less sunlight just cuz...

Emily de Molly + Glitter Gradient

It has been over a week since my last post... I have been doing my nails, just no time to edit photos and stuff. I have about three posts lined up after this, when they go up, I don't know! Finals are next week so hopefully after that I can do my nails like everyday during spring break! Here is what I did nearly a week ago:

I haven't been too inspired for interesting nail art lately... It is nice to just wear a beautiful indie by itself since it is quick and easy, but not just one boring polish on your fingers.

The main polish is Emily de Molly- Hole in the Sky. A gorgeous periwinkle shade packed with tiny holographic silver glitters, small darker periwinkle and white glitters, large white hexes, and of course the large white circles! Application was a breeze as always with Emily de Molly polishes, except the circles did require some fishing, not much though.

My ring finger has 2 coats of Essie- Bikini so Teeny. This polish is part of their permanent line now. And the glitter is Essie- Stroke of Brilliance (Luxe Effects collection 2012). I haven't done a glitter gradient in a while, so this one is not my best....

Hopefully I will have the next manicure I did after this up tomorrow! It is a good one!

Textured Rainbow Halfmoons

I did something similar to this a while ago, only I didn't use textured polishes. You can see it HERE. Let's get to it:

I will just list the colors starting from the thumb to the pinky, starting with the holographics:

Emily de Molly- Seeing Red

Dollish Polish- This Sh*t is Bananas

Nubar- Reclaim

Jade- Mirage

Emily de Molly- Devotion

Each were two coats, amazing formulas. Although the Dollish Polish was on the thick side, kind of hard to work with. But still a really pretty holo!

Onto the textured colors:

OPI- Magazine Cover Mouse (Couture de Minnie Collection 2013)
OPI- Jinx (James Bond Girls Collection 2013)
Kiko- 643 Spring Green (Sugar Mat Collection 2013)
Zoya- Liberty (Summer Pixiedust Collection 2013)
Zoya- Carter ((Fall Pixiedust Collection 2013)

All were just one thick coat

HARE Polish Mattified

I feel like I have been wearing a lot of HARE Polish lately. I think I have finally worn all the ones I own besides one! I saw Mrslochness mattify this polish pairing it with a holo, so I did something similar:

Note: Sorry for such awful lighting and slight blurriness. It has been raining nearly every day here, so there is no good sunlight for my photos :(

HARE Polish- Midsummer's Midnight

I remember this polish being slightly sheer, so I layered two coats of it onto OPI- Sapphire in the Snow (Holiday Wishes Collection 2009). My go to dark, one coater purple for layering! Then I mattified it all with Essie- Matte About You top coat.

The holo on my ring finger is Emily de Molly- Moment of Impact. Another Stunning holo from her collection, just slightly darker than Color Club- Eternal Beauty. I used two coats.

San Francisco 49er Nail Art

I have never have been a fan of football, but my boyfriend loves it. So, of course I will support the team he likes, especially since they kicked butt again this year and nearly made it to the Superbowl for the 2nd year in a row... Here is what I did, nothing too fancy:

 

For those of you who don't know, the 49er's colors are red and gold.

I couldn't decide if I wanted silver or black as the base, so I did both without realizing that they are Raider's colors. Oh well.

The silver is Urban Outfitters- Silver Holo and the black is Color Club-  Beyond (Halo Hues Collection 2013). Both were two coats.

Then, using the brush from the bottle, I started with the gold shade which is Cirque- Chrysopoeia (Alchemy Collection 2013). Then did the red which is Emily de Molly- Seeing Red

I really like this nail art, very easy, yet eye catching.

More Textured Half Moons

I have said it once, and I will say it again: Textured polishes are the best for half moon nail art! They are for the most part really thick which is what you need in a polish for doing half moons, plus the different textures make them look that much more awesome! This one isn't very winter-esque, but I don't care!

This is also the first time I have used a holo as the base color! Me likey.

Let's start off with the green nails: The holo is Color Club- Kismet (Halo Hues Collection 2013). Probably my favorite of the color club holographics, since it is green obviously. I used two coats, but you can get away with one thick coat if you want. The green textured polish is Kiko- Spring Green 643 (Sugar Mat Collection 2013). The first time I saw this polish was on My Polish Stash. I died. Kiko released a lot of amazing textured polish, but of course we American's can't get them that easily. Luckily my nail mail buddy had connections in Europe, and I got this beauty! It is amazing. I wish there were more green textures out there

The purple and pink nails: The holo base is Emily de Molly- Peer Pressure, I used two coats. I first show cased this polish here. Seriously the best pink out there! The textured purple is a polish I am really surprised I haven't heard much about. I don't even think I have seen it on any main stream blogger's blogs. The polish is OPI- My Current Crush (The Texture Effect LE Duo). This polish also came with a OPI base coat. I first saw this at ULTA and I am sure my jaw literally dropped. I wanted to get it since there were only 3 on the shelf, but I stopped myself and luckily when my boyfriend took me on my nail polish shopping spree, this was at my nail supply store! I actually didn't get that good of a deal since it is $10, and my shop had it for $9. Oh well

I hope you enjoyed these! And you will probably be seeing some more of these in the future :P

Simple Swatch: Emily de Molly

Another post! Here is a simple manicure I did a few weeks ago, so purty:

Emily de Molly- Soon

I was lucky to get this polish during the last restock on Llarowe. Probably the last time I will ever get any Emily's since I am pretty much never home during restocks now. Oh well. I have plenty of unworn polish to wear, and my wallet will thank me, too.

This is a gorgeous grey creme base with bright green, red, blue, and purple glitters in various sizes. I love grey polishes, especially since you can pretty much pair it with any color! I used two coats here.

Llarowe is of course sold out of almost all Emily's, but great news to over seas people! femme fatale cosmetics is now shipping overseas! So go get you some!

Simple Swatch: Emily de Molly

First off, sorry for not posting in a whole week! I did my nails twice since then, but the first swatch's pictures turned out just awful, and the second was a jelly sandwich that just turned out awful! So, today I went with a safe route by trying an amazing Emily de Molly polish, and a water marble! Here it is:

Emily de Molly- Monet's Garden

I really need to get better lighting in my room because it looked like the purple glitters were more of a red... therefore I chose a red for the water marble. The red is OPI- Lost on Lomard (SF Collection Fall 2013), the dark green is OPI- Jade is the New Black, and the lighter green is Essie- The More the Merrier (Naughty Nauticals Collection Summer 2013).

Monet's Garden was two easy coats! It's so amazing! It has sooo many different types of glitter all in a teal jelly base. Here is a macro bottle shot:

You can get these polishes on Emily de Molly's Bigcartel, and for you US ladies, Llarowe will be restocking her old newest polishes very soon! I can not wait!

Holographic Fish Tail French Tips

I am combining some of my favorite "techniques" into one again. I love me some french tips and holographic polishes, so I used both to do the french tip fish tail technique. I have seen these around for a while, and I am not too sure what the official name of the technique is So, I am just calling it a fishtail french tip since it is pretty much the fishtail technique, but only on the tips! Here they are:

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Two of these polishes are Australian indie brands. These Aussie girls are seriously amazing. I need to go there again for a few weeks and just buy all the Australian polish!

I started off with two coats of Emily de Molly- Peer Pressure. The most awesome bubble gum pink holo ever!! Hayley, the creator makes some of the most amazing polishes, I don't know how she does it. She just released some new shades too that I am just dying to get! I luckily snagged this when Llarowe restocked with their new cart hold feature. Along with this red.

The purple is Color Club- Eternal Beauty (Halo Hues Spring 2013). This used to be my favorite holo since it was one of the first unique holo shades in my collection, and very affordable compared to most. But as long as these indie brands keep making new unique shades, I have a feeling this one will be pushed to the side :(

Lastly, the darker purple shade is Lilypad Lacquer- True Blood. I guess it is more of a blood shade. And SUPER opaque. Just ridiculous. I need to wear it on its own eventually.

Blurry shot to really show how strong the holo is...

For you Aussie ladies, you can get every Emily de Molly polish possible on her Etsy or Big cartel. for everyone else, they are available at Llarowe (always sold out), meimeisignatures, Norwaynails, and Sallymagpies

Lilypad Lacquer actually ships worldwide! You can get them on Etsy, there is seriously every color to choose from. I don't remember how much shipping was, but you can also get them on Llarowe.

And you can get Color Club from head2toebeauty

Rainbow Holographic Half Moons

I am going to keep this short and sweet. Everyone knows I love rainbow nails and half moons, but today is the first time I combined them! Here it is:

The colors I used from red to purple: Emily de Molly- Seeing Red, Hits- Demeter, Naild' It Unique Polish- Glowber, Color Club- Over The Moon, and Emily de Molly- Devotion.

Then using a dotting tool, I used Color Club- Beyond to make the dots to make the half moon shape. Hope you enjoyed these!

Holographic Nail Art

I don't use holographic polishes for nail art very much. So I am trying to continue mastering stripes, and used holographic polishes this time!

 

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The green is China Glaze- L8R G8R (OMG Collection 2009). The pink is Color Club- Halo-Graphic (Halo Hues 2013). The teal is Emily De Molly- Amazonia. Lastly, the Purple is Emily De Molly- Devotion.

I really enjoy the pattern I came up with as well. I started out by mapping out the pattern with a gel pen, and then painted two coats of each color as close to the line as possible. After those were dry, I used a really skinny nail art brush and painted two coats of Color Club- Beyond (Halo Hues 2013).

Hope you liked these!