FingerPaints Gel Polish

Not too long ago I purchased my first gel starter set. The set is from gelish. I am still trying to get the hang of using it as it is a bit different than applying regular polish. My first few attempts I kept getting air bubbles that would pop once I cured leaving holes in my polish.

I wanted to show off this gorgeous blue by FingerPaints. The color is called Cool Blue Harmony. I have looking for a teal type of color as I didn't have one in my collection. The pay off was great. Two coats was all it took to reach opacity.

All photos were before I applied my moisturizer so please ignore my dry cuticles. I am working on getting them in better shape. The only down side I would say to the gel system is that the top coat is not really shiny. It is not completely matte but it doesn't have a high gloss sheen either. I am hoping to find a different top coat in the future.

With flash

Hope you all have a wonderful day!

-Samantha

Polar Bear Nail Fail

Not every look I try come out how I want them. I feel like we sometimes forget just how many times a person can do a mani to achieve something they are happy with. Today I want to show a fail of mine. It seems like everything went wrong. The black stamping polish smeared and didn't even pick up well, my dots came out wonky, and on my left hand I stamped way off base with my nail and only got half the image on my nail. Never the less I will try this look again. I am planning to get new black stamping polish soon and hopefully that will help with the issues I have been having lately. So if you are reading this and always wonder how bloggers always seem to have perfect manis remember that every one has bad days too. Practice, practice, practice.

My original inspiration for the look.

Hope you all have a wonderful day!

-Samantha

Harp on Stock-holm?

I purchased Opi's Do you have this color in stock-holm? a while back but never got around to using it. Today was the day I decided it had to be used.

The color is STUNNING, unfortunately I was not overly impressed with the formula. I used two coats here and you can still see that it is patchy in some areas. I am sure with three coats you would be fine but I didn't see the point since I was going to stamp over it. I would definitely call it a crelly formula, but closer to a jelly then a cream in my opinion.

Because I am me and I am obsessed with stamping you know I had to put something over top of this. My last go with using a holo to stamp with didn't come out great so I wanted to give it a go again. I am so happy with how this look turned out. It has a subtle pattern to it until it hits the lights, then BAM! holo goodness.

Polishes used: Duri Rejuvacote and Opi's Do you have this color in stock-holm?

Stamping plate: Ch6 (cheeky) with Color Club's Harp on it

Top coat: Glisten and Glow Hk Girl

Hope you all are having a wonderful day!

-Samantha

Tropical Hibiscus Stamping

Leaves stamping image from Winstonia W202 jellied between coats of Rica Squishy Lime

Base color of Rica Whiteout to make the green pop as well as used to stamp the leaves

Flowers from Bundle Monster BM313 plate with Color club's Warhol and Wham!Pow!

All sealed in with Glisten and Glow Hk Girl Topcoat