Aqua Floral Stamping Mani

I just can not seem to let summer go..all I want to do is use bright colors. Is that wrong? I played around with one of my favorite techniques..sponging. I love layering different colors over top of one another. It gives it this tie dye appeal I feel like. My aqua stamping polish from Mundo de Unas was just calling my name so I figured what better color to put it over then purple. I laid down my darker purple first before I went in an sponged on the lighter color. To give a little more depth I sponged the darker color on top as well. Finished it off by stamping then adding top coat.

Polished used: Duri Rejuvacote, China Glaze Lotus begin, Color Club Pucci-licous

Stamping plate: Ga30 with Mundo de unas #24 aqua

Top coat: Inm Out the door(after purple polishes)and G;isten and Glow Hk girl

Hope you all are having a wonderful day!

-Samantha

Frenchie Sea Shell Mani

Without top coat on accent nails

I want to apologize for being a little random with my postings lately. I am working on something new and exciting so it is taking more of my time than I had thought. I'll be sharing it soon, I just have a few more kinks to work out. Now enough blabbing on with the nails.

Without top coat on accent nails

Polishes used: Duri Rejuvacote, Opi's My dogsled is a hybrid, China Glaze Teal the tide turns(accent nails,) Opi's Black Oynx for tips

Stamping plate: Mo-You London Sailor #04 with Konad Black

Top coat:Inm Out the door

Without top coat on accent nails

Top coat on all

Top coat on all

As you can see unfortunately my black smudged. I am continuing to have that problem with my Konad black. I think it is time to find a different black stamping polish.

Hope you all are having a wonderful day!

-Samantha

Orchid Skittle Mani

Polishes Used:

Duri Rejuvacote

Color Color Poptastic

Opi Eurso Euro

Rica Whiteout

Mundo de Unas #55 Orchid

Glisten and Glow Hk Girl

Plates used:

Mo You London Sailor #04

Mo You London Pro #07

 

 

China Glaze The Giver Polishes

I'm sorry for the lack of posts lately. We had company staying with us and that made it impossible to do anything Nail related. Thanks for sticking with me. Now on to the polish.  I picked up a few of the colors from the new The Giver collection from China Glaze the other day while I was in Sally's. Unfortunately they didn't have all of them so I picked a few that appealed to me.

 First up is Friends Forever Right? It is this very light pastel pink. It borderlines white with a pink tone and an actual pink color. I happen to really like how it looks with my skin tone. The formula was streaky on the first coat but after the second it evened out. This will be great as a base for nail art.

Up next is New Birth. It's pretty much the blue version of Ffr? It does have a slight grey pull to it but I happen to like it. Once again formula was streaky until second coat. I don't have anything like this in my collection.

 Release is quite possibly my favorite out of the whole set. To me it has so many different subtle undertones. It's a mauve, purple, grey mix. It's hard to really label it. Unlike the others the formula on this was superb. I used two coats but the first one was pretty opaque on it's own. I want to put this on my toes immediately.

Capacity to See Beyond is a bright turquoise color. I have been wanting to acquire a turquoise for a while so I figured why not go for this one. It kills me to say the formula was the worst on this one. The pigmentation almost seemed to separate from the base liquid. I had to really shake to get it to mix back together and even then it went on super streaky. I had such high hopes for this color and while it looks great on the nail it takes a lot to get it presentable.

Up last we have Boundary of Memory. This bad boy is gorgeous for fall. To me it just screams Halloween. It is not like your other typical glitters. Bom is made up of tiny mini glitters. They range in color from brown's to black. It is a very opaque glitter. With two careful coats you can completely cover your nail, eliminating a need for a base color. I will warn you though when you go to take this off be prepared for a fight. Even after I used a nail brush to scrub my fingers I still have little glitters stuck in places like under my cuticle. Also when applying the polish I noticed you had to be really light handed or the brush would push the glitter creating a bald patch.

A closer look at the size of the glitter

Overall I think that the formula of the colors I got is what I have become to expect from China Glaze. Sadly I don't mean that in a good way. These are not beginner friendly. You have to float the brush over your nail to avoid having bald patches and streaks. With that being said I think the colors are unique and worth the extra effort. There isn't a single one that I will say that is just too much of a hassle to use. I am looking forward to using these in upcoming looks.

Please excuse my swatches this week. Not painting for a few days seems to have thrown me off my game completely.

Hope you all are having a wonderful day.

-Samantha