Bling-a-ling-ling! (Feat. Born Pretty Store glitter)

Hey guys,

Today I have a post for Polish Days! I really enjoy these monthly events so I didn't want to miss out on this one (although I'm a day late). This month's theme was 'Bling' inspired by the fact that Ms. Polly Polish herself got engaged (Congrats Hannah)! Her ring is absolutely beautiful and unique so we went blingy for the occasion. 

I really wasn't planning this mani, sort of just sat down and painted my nails with what I wanted. As luck would have it, it turned out pretty nice! I started with two coats of Color Club By Design, a lovely plum creme. Then I added a coat of Orly Miss Conduct, normally a pink scattered holographic polish but layered over the dark plum it looks berry-colored. Or something. It's just extremely pretty, I really can't stop staring at my nails.

The diamond glitters are from Born Pretty Store, of course! I received this a little while ago and saved it to use for this event. Since it's diamond shaped and holographic, what could be better for a blinged out mani? As usual, this glitter comes in a little tub with way more glequins I could ever need. I love these so much though! I already have a couple of ideas on other ways to use them.

I really tried to capture the sparkle in this as best I could, but methinks I need a new lamp. Just trust me, you're better off if you get yourself a bottle of Orly Miss Conduct. I almost didn't because it's so pink (here is a color accurate swatch) and I never wear pink but I'm so glad I did. I even semi-killed a lemming with this combo.

If you're interested in these specific glitters, you can find them HERE (Item id: 791) and remember there's a 10% off code!

31 Day Challenge Day 3 - Yellow (& 'Glequins')

Hi all!

Today the challenge was yellow nails and, I have to be honest, it's another color I haven't really warmed up to yet. I can enjoy certain yellows but, a whole mani of just yellow nails is too much for me even though I've been told it looks good with my skin tone.

For today's look, I did two coats of a Mattese Elite polish named Almost Famous and it was a streak fest. The thickness of the formula was awesome, I barely did any clean up, but the color was SO streaky! I had to cover it up with something and, since I've been craving holos, so 2 coats of Hits Hefesto went on top.

I love this look! The silvery tint from Hefesto dulled down the 'in your faceness' of the yellow and made it look soo good. I still needed something else though....Enter KKCenterHK store. A while ago, they sent me some loose glitter for review and I've been thinking of color pairings for it ever since. When I saw the little tub next to my nails I decided it was time :D

I did a couple of different and haphazard looks just to show you some of the ways you can use these. If you're not familiar with Sammy from The Nailasaurus, she's been doing looks like this with what she's now called 'glequins'. Her glequins appear to be larger so they work better for covering your entire nail, I would save these for smaller accents, like my 'Hurricane Nails'. The little tub is HUGE so these will last you forever. I don't know if they would be solvent-resistant to franken with though, so take that into consideration.

If you're interested, you can find these glitters HERE under 'Nail Art Glitters'. These are 1.0mm in size and they do offer VERY cheap shipping, though it may take a while to get to your hands due to the distance. Also, they offered a special coupon for my readers! When you check out, just enter the code 'hookedonpolish' for 10% off your order, good until Jan 31, 2013!

As always, stop by the other blogs participating in the challenge!

 

-Kimber at Kimber's Lacquer Korner

-Kat at Hooked On Polish

-Diana at Nails By Diana

-Aly at Wonderland Beauty

-Meredith at Perfectly Polished

-Nicole at The Color Republic

-Kate at The Painted Pony Nails

-Cee at Absolutely Cee

-Sam at Polished Art

-Nail Narcotics

-Nicole at Nicole Gets Nailed

-Shelby at Shelby's Swatches

-Stephanie Louise at All Things Beautiful

-Mixed Mama

-Joanna @ Sweet Polish of Mine

-Patty Greenberg

-Liz and Lisa @ Lozlosa 

-Mari at Nailista

-Greta at How Was Your Day?

-Miss L at Beauty by Miss L 

-Gini at Sassy Paints 

-Chameleon Stampede 

-Pam at Nail-E-Glance

 

Hope you enjoyed today's look and have a good weekend! (Or what's left of it :\)  

Now We Go to Ollie for the Weather...

IT'S GON' RAIN!

This mani came about because I wanted something simple but eye-catching for starting school again. It's gonna be my first time in school since I'm a full fledged polish addict and I want errbody to notice my nails. And if I can make some extra cash doing friends' nails, then all the better*.

I started with two coats of the amazing Illamasqua Jo'Mina. It had been calling my name, weeping for longing for all it wanted was to grace my nails. So I flung all the untrieds to the side, and got to work. When I say flung, I mean I very gently moved them aside in their little basket that's holding them. As if I would hurt them.

NOTE: The first pic was color corrected and the rest of the pics in this post were untouched. My camera was being a pain and showed this too blue. When I was editing the pics I got so confused as to what the real color of this polish is, since it changes depending on the lighting. For a good swatch you can check this post at Vampy Varnish.

Next, I stamped with China Glaze Deviantly Daring from the new Bohemian collection and plate DRK-A. I accented the stamps with loose 'glequins' from the KKCenterHK store (Product Link). You'll be seeing a full review on these very soon.

NGHGAOMFGSDMF. I loved the result SO much! It's so rare that something turns out exactly as I planned it in my head. I even got the stamp almost completely centered! That's a new achievement unlocked for me. I have also named these 'Hurricane Nails' since it looks like the eye of a storm. Which is fitting since apparently we've got a hurricane or storm coming between today and Thursday :\. Awesome.

NOTE (part deux): I wanted to mention some quick things about the posting schedule. As you may know, I'm doing the 31 Day Challenge and we're posting every 3 days. This is longer than I usually like to update but, since starting school, I know I'm going to have less time to devote to the blog and I really want to concentrate on my last semester. I'll try posting non-challenge-related manis while I can, I just ask you to stick with me if you see the blog a little bare every now and then. I really can't thank you guys enough for your support (like in that first red challenge mani) and I'm definitely not disappearing! I also scheduled the second challenge mani so it should post without issues, but if you don't see the third challenge mani it might be due to a power outage or the likes.

Have a great day and, as always, thank you for looking!

*I know you're not supposed to start a sentence with 'And', but it's my style. Don't cramp my style :D