April 20, 2015

China Glaze Glow With The Flow



Two coats of glow with the flow
Accent nail is glow with the flow, home sweet house music, and plur-ple all from the China Glaze electric nights collection
Stamping plate is BM-508 from Bundle Monster's sunkissed collection
Konad black for stamping
Seche vite for top coat
 
 I hope you all have a wonderful day!
-Samantha
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-All photos were taken in my lightbox

April 17, 2015

Can I Get An Untz Untz


Last neon glitter from China Glaze's new Electric Nights collection is Can I get an untz untz. The name is atrocious but the glitter is amazing. Just like the other glitters in the collection this works best over a white base. Although it does show up over other colors, it tends to not show all the colored flecks unless over white. I chose not to sponge this one on and just the brush with the bottle. You can see from the photos that you do get a pretty good glitter payoff from just using the brush but if you use a makeup sponge you don't get that buildup from the clear base nearly as bad.


I decided to use some of the other colors from the collection for my accent nail.I do like how well these colors go together. I have found with some collections the colors wind up being inharmonious, so it's nice to see one where they stand alone and together beautifully. The plate, Bp-31 is from Born Pretty Store. I used Mundo de unas black to stamp and filled it in with China Glaze's Daisy know my name, home sweet house music, violet-vibes, treble maker, glow with the flow, and dj blue my name. My white base is two coats of Orly dayglow.I did only use one coat of seche vite for my top coat but you may want to use two as it is a bit of a top coat eater.
Macro of ring finger

Macro of thumb


I hope you all have a wonderful day!
-Samantha
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-All photos were taken in my lightbox

April 15, 2015

Cute Bird Stamping and Gold Flakies



Base color is Opi My Vampire is Buff
A layer of Opi 185k Gold Top Coat
Plate is BM 607 with Konad Black
Seche Vite as top coat

I hope you all have a wonderful day!
-Samantha
*Use code RA4X31 for 10% off all your Born Pretty Store purchases.
-All photos were taken in my lightbox

April 13, 2015

Cake Pop and Lollipop Gradient with Stamping


After applying FingerPaints gel like base coat I painted one coat of Orly french white to help my gradient be brighter. I sponged on Orly's cake pop and lollipop for a subtle gradient. Cake pop is very light so it almost appears white but it has a light purple tint to it. Once my colors were dry I used Rica whiteout and bundle monster BM 505 for the shells. I like how you can just barely make them out over top of cake pop. A layer of seche vite completes this look.


Macro of thumb
 Please excuse my dry cuticles. I forgot to put cream on before I took these pictures.

I hope you all have a wonderful day!
-Samantha
 
*Use code RA4X31 for 10% off all your Born Pretty Store purchases.