tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91778523432595790362024-03-13T23:17:27.106-07:00Light of the Moon NailsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05083937975136663792noreply@blogger.comBlogger452125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9177852343259579036.post-8628198091113550662015-02-19T21:10:00.000-08:002015-02-19T21:10:17.143-08:00Lead Lighting Nail Art<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today I have a little Crumpet Nail Tarts Pick-n-Mix. This week is geometric/yellow,blue and green. I think I achieved both!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I started with two coats of Finger Paints Black Expressionism and then stamped with VL-3 and Konad White. When I top coated it, smeared the white, which happens often with Konad stamping polishes and Seche Vite. I am actually on the search for a better top coat. Despite my love for how fast it dries, I have been having a lot of shrinkage recently. I feel like I am on a holy grail quest for the perfect top coat. Bah! Anyway, I ended up touching up the black lines to cover up some of the smearing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then I used Colors By Llarowe Tweety Bird (yellow) and Loaded Lacquer Island Punch (blue) to lead light over the white. I was having trouble finding a green jelly in my stash, so I took Julep Payton, which is somewhat sheer at one coat, and mixed it with a clear polish from Sally Hansen. I kept mixing until I got the opacity I wanted.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Despite the smearing and imperfect lead lighting, I ended up really loving this! Wouldn't this make a great easter egg mani with some spring colors? So fun!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love this! It is exactly what I had in my mind when I started. Not often that happens.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I also happened to wear this same polish this week and luckily remembered to take pics under my daylight lamp so you could get a good look at it. This is Native War Paints Fiery Kisses. My swatch is three coats, but I only used two on my sister's nails for full opacity. It is a gorgeous red creme filled with gold flakies and a smattering of blue shimmer. It is just my type of red, dark and cool, rather than warm. The formula was great and dry time was phenomenal, but I did have trouble wrapping my tips with it. It slid right off the edge and pooled on the tips, which was weird because I didn't have pooling anywhere else. I still highly recommend it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We started with black stripes a little off center on all the nails. I made some nail decals using Maybelline Bold Gold and Chez-Delaney Asiatique. I backed the decals with blace and centered them at the top of the stripes. Then I stamped with another image from the same plate and Bold Gold on the accent nails.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I ended up loving these. Very simple, yet definitely very Asian. It was one of those rare instances where everything came together really well. You will, hopefully, be seeing more of my sis' nails since Bria has not been able to keep her nails painted with her new job. </span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05083937975136663792noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9177852343259579036.post-76084582312991263672015-02-11T05:00:00.000-08:002015-02-11T05:00:02.127-08:00Another Valentine's Nail Art<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It has been a long time since I have been involved with Llama Nails, but they are having a Valentines theme this month and since I have so many ideas rattling around in my head, I figured I would join in.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For some reason I have been forgetting to photograph my base colors. It is sad because this is such a pretty polish. It is Zoya </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Veruschka, the smooth matte sister of Chita. I love wearing green polish, so I thought this would be a good choice.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next I stamped with Bundle Monster BM-317, PUEEN30 and Maybelline Bold Gold. So many hearts and only 28 days in February!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I then filled in the hearts with Seche Vite top coat. It brings out </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Veruschka's sparkle. Reminds me of emeralds!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since the I stamped a bit low with the "Love" stamp, I dotted some hearts on the ring and thumb with Seche and outlined them with Bold Gold. It wasn't very delicate, but I still am happy with them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Although this lasted several days on my tips, the effect of matte vs shiny did not. The Seche wore down and </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Veruschka gained some shine from the buffing that happens through every day life. Still looked pretty though.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My mood stone seemed appropriate for this, don't you think? Thanks for looking and commenting!</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05083937975136663792noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9177852343259579036.post-52709353268228314872015-02-10T06:00:00.000-08:002015-02-10T06:00:03.767-08:00Purple Heart Nail Art<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I feel I must start this post with an apology. It is that time of year when it is constantly cold and it seems that no matter what I do, my hands look like those of a 50 year old smoker. My cuticles are not too bad since I constantly take care of them, but my skin is constantly dry. It doesn't help that I am also losing weight. I mean, it does help my health, but I find that even though I have been keeping well hydrated, my skin is "loosening" and showing that "crepiness", like crepe paper, full of wrinkles. I need a good paraffin wax!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today's post is for The Crumpet Nail Tarts Pick-n-Mix challenge. The theme is purple or/and hearts. I decided to go with "and".</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYJ-z3A46MVpwB_vu4kEATr9O22Z5R5hcVaVHF1mki5Yf9GQlb5hFptGbwDunxsghesTB0qLGYhfUsTWDAfgeTbgCWHQH37harsizuM_A6VHAH1efLWbIEoxQz1iIJu4b4X7afVExorYDx/s1600/Konad-M80.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYJ-z3A46MVpwB_vu4kEATr9O22Z5R5hcVaVHF1mki5Yf9GQlb5hFptGbwDunxsghesTB0qLGYhfUsTWDAfgeTbgCWHQH37harsizuM_A6VHAH1efLWbIEoxQz1iIJu4b4X7afVExorYDx/s1600/Konad-M80.jpg" height="317" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I have to admit that I had a very hard time with this manicure. Not this design exactly, but with the whole hearts thing. I will have many varied valentines manis this month, so I had plans for this one. I wanted a cute stamping french tip. M80 to be exact. However, my M80 is a fauxnaud (Konad knockoff) I purchased this before developing a conscious about those kind of things. I was going to stamp in white and fill in the hearts with pink. Cute idea! It just was not meant to be. I tried every combination of white and stamper that I have. I tried stamping directly onto my nails and as a stamp decal. Nothing was working. I finally gave up and grabbed another image I had set aside for Valentine's Day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">PUEEN SE01B. That cute swirly winged heart. Once again I tried a couple different white polishes and a couple stampers. So frustrated though I just gave up. I have never had so many problems stamping! I just grabbed another plate and went to work.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I finally settled on PUEEN 68 with much better results. I was so sick of stamping, however, that I didn't even care if I got my lines straight, just slapped it on my nails, took pictures and said DONE!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is what I ended up with. I started with three coats of Dance Legend Mist Way Be Mine. Such an appropriately named polish for this nail art. I stamped with the aforementioned PUEEN 68 and A England Lady of the Lake. The next morning I woke up and went "Ugh!". I couldn't stand it, so one dimensional and boring. I decided to add something more.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I filled in some of the hearts with Blue-Eyed Girl Lacquer If You're a Seascape, a pretty bubblegum pink holo. Still not satisfied, but I didn't want to make all the hearts pink.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Instead I grabbed A England Lady of the Lake again and filled in the rest of the hearts with it. "Sigh". Much better, but it sure took enough work to get it to that point! Look how it all sparkles! My hearts are now happy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Despite all the trouble, the wonky stamping and my sloppy hearts, I ended up still liking this. Maybe because I worked so hard at it? Sometimes nail art is just a pain in the fingertips!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Check out the other purple/heart nail art (I love it when something rhymes). Let me know if you think I succeeded or if I should have given up a long time ago. (tee hee) Thanks for looking and commenting!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All of this is to say that, although there is no snow on the ground right now, I am under no disillusions that it is gone for good. This means that the Blogger Bragger theme of snowflakes is still appropriate.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is two coats of Essie Coat Couture. I am totally in love with this polish! It has three of my favorite characteristics; it is dusty, it has shimmer and is matte. In this case, a dusty purple filled with a blue shimmer and a waxy matte finish. So stunning!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As often happens, I found Julep Margit on the same nail wheel as Coat Couture, so I decided to try stamping with it. Turns out it, like many Juleps recently, it stamps well. Just enough of a distinction between the the purples to make it not too subtle.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Finally, I topped the snowflakes only with Sinful Color Pearl Harbor for a little sparkle. In most of the pics it just looks purple, but on my index and ring in this one, you see Pearl Harbor's real beauty, a blue iridescent glitter. I just love it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The theme for The Nail Challenge Collaborative this month is animals. It is a nice change from all the love themes going on right now. For my first manicure, I chose to do an Indian design with some elephants.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I stamped with Kiss Me Kate and BBF-15 for a cute little pink elephant. That little cutie was a pain in my butt! He just refused to line up on my nails. In fact, you can see a bare spot on my ring finger because I removed the image twice before I finally gave up with the third. It was the best one of the three, thank goodness!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Two posts in one day? Look at me go! It is only because today is the last day of January (can you believe it!) and I still have one more wallpaper nail art to go. This one is my vision for a child's bedroom.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I started out with two coats of Cult Nails Tempest and a gradient of Orly Melodious Harmony (yellow), China Glaze Pack Lightly (peach) and China Glaze Dashboard Dreamer (blue). I purchased three from the China Glaze Road Trip Collection, and I am kinda obsessed with them. You will see them all featured very soon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next I stamped with Messy Mansion MM38 and Cult Nails Tempest. I don't know why I used it instead of my Konad White. Maybe it was because it was right there on the top of the desk instead of in my Melmer. It ended up being a little too sheer, which means another subtle stamping. I think I have overdone those this week.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I started with two coats of Butter London Aston. Such a pretty orange leaning peach.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I ended up really liking this, especially because it gives the illusion of being random.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I started with three coats of Orly Naughty. I could have gotten away with two, but added a third because I knew it would deepen the color. I purchased this oxblood red a couple of years ago around Halloween. I was looking for a dried blood/scabish looking red creme. I tested so many, but they were all too bright, fresh bloodish. This one though was what I was looking for. Really nice formula too!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next I stamped with Born Pretty Store BP-17. I was sent this for review and I absolutely LOVE it, both the patterns and the quality. One of the things I really like about this plate is that the images are BIG. Big enough for long nails and big enough to get variety in the stamping over multiple nails. Since receiving this to review, I have already purchased several more! Those top too images would be great for lead lighting, but I used the bottom right image. You can find this plate (and many more) <a href="http://www.bornprettystore.com/born-pretty-stamping-plates-c-268_94_652.html">HERE</a>. Feel free to use my discount code to the right.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I stamped with Julep Maryam. It is an oh so gorgeous maroon filled with gold shimmer. It is a one coater, so I knew it would be good for stamping, which it is if you don't use colors that are so close to one another!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was going for one of those wallpapers where it has a design that is actually a different texture rather than a different color and for that, I feel like this succeeded. I just wish you could see the stamping better in my pics. IRL it looked more like my flash pics all the time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This was the best non-flash pic I could get and shows how I feel about the whole thing. Two of my favorites are embodied in this mani, a dark, vampy color and subtle stamping. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It has been so long since I have shown nail art on Bria's nails. Mostly that is because she broke several nails and they are so skinny that if you reduce the length, there is hardly any room for any art.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The theme for these came from The Crumpet Nail Tarts Pick-n-Mix 52 week challenge. It is "three shades of green/yellow". </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I started with a gradient of Sally Hansen Lightening, Lickety Split Lime and Julep Payton. I have never tried the Sally Hansen Insta-Dri for a gradient, but if they all behave like these two, I will have to try more!. They give really good coverage, so you do not have to sponge as many layers, and it dries quickly so you don't have to wait as long between layers. Brilliant!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After the gradient was fully dry, I used striping tape tape to create vertical stripes with Finger Paints Black Expressionism. I don't know why, but I love vertical stripes on my nails. Maybe it is because it makes you nails look longer. You can see more vertical stripes <a href="http://lightofthemoonnails.blogspot.com/2014/05/half-way-through-month-and-my-first-ncc.html">HERE</a>, <a href="http://lightofthemoonnails.blogspot.com/2014/07/31nails2014-80s.html">HERE</a>, <a href="http://lightofthemoonnails.blogspot.com/2014/02/naggday6-neon.html">HERE</a> and <a href="http://lightofthemoonnails.blogspot.com/2014/08/double-challenge-fun.html">HERE</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Finally I added some little flowers layered with Black Expressionism, China Glaze In the Rough and more Sally Hansen Lightening in the center. As you can see, Bria loved these! Unfortunately she has started a new work study at a local college deli, which means she is washing dishes a lot. The result is that this only lasted a couple of days. She is going to have to go polishless for awhile :(</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I ended up being so happy with these! My favorite polish (well one of them) stamped with a favorite color and stamp. They ended up being pure elegance, IMHO.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I started with two coats of Girly Bits Cu Blue. Thank goodness this one is still in stock! If they ever decide to discontinue it, I will have to stock up, it is just that gorgeous! It is a cobalt blue filled with copper shimmer. It is hiding a bit in my pics. </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next I stamped with MoYou Pro 06 and Revlon Copper Penny. This is another that I would have to stock up on if it was discontinued. It is one of my favorite stamping polishes, right up there with black and gold.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can purchase Girly Bits Cu Blue <a href="http://www.girlybitscosmetics.com/cu-blue/">HERE</a> or check the international sellers <a href="http://www.girlybitscosmetics.com/store-locator/">HERE</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The stamp I chose to use (you will see it later) reminded me of something you might find in a library in an old castle or a country kitchen. Just seemed appropriate. It is a bit difficult to see because I used a darker base, but believe me, it is gorgeous!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I started out with two coats of <b>CDB Laquer Hidden Oak</b>. It is a gorgeous forest green with scattered holo particles. My idea of a perfect Christmas green! I have a thing for green polish, so I was so happy to add this to my stash during a preChristmas sale.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next I stamped with Messy Mansion MM16 and Finger Paints Black Expressionism. I love this plate! So baroquey. Yes spell check, I know that is not officially a word, but it is appropriate. I'm using it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now I have something to tell you. I am doing what I never thought I would ever do....I am going back to school! And for something I never thought I would do.....Nail Technician. I feel like such a cliche. I took some time, though, to decide if it was really what I wanted. Just because I like doing my own nails does not necessarily mean I would want to do others. I started with doing my sister's nails. Once a week for several months. My sister is a good critic. And if I can do her nails in the front seat of her car, I should be able to do anyone's anywhere, right?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My biggest concern has been time. I can easily spend hours doing my own nails. Doing Bonnie's every week gave me the opportunity to increase my skills and speed. But the real test came at Christmas time. Bonnie was having a Christmas party with friends and asked if I would do manicures for those that wanted them as her Christmas present to them. It started out as only three girls. By the end of the night it was seven. There were all kinds of personalities and I had so much fun. A lot of work, but still fun. Seven manicures in a little over three hours. I did not do any cuticle care, but I still think I did good time! Here is a group pic I got with five of the ladies. (Two had left by the time I got around to pictures).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I prepared about 10 looks and brought everything needed with me. I had samples on a nail wheel so people could choose. Three people chose designs, but wanted different colors and we worked it all out. The red green and gold plaid was changed into a teal and copper plaid. I think that one was my favorite. Everyone had something different. So much fun!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, here I am, days away from starting this new chapter in my life, nervous and excited all at the same time. I don't know if it is the best financial choice for me, but I have big plans. Eventually I would like to have my own salon suite for natural nail care and provide low-to-no cost manicures for women reentering the workforce. This is what really gets me excited. It means further education in non-profit, but not right now. One step at a time, right. Some days I feel I am too old to try and change my life so dramatically, but if not now.....Boy, I am one big cliche these days!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Long time no see! As I have said before, my life is kind of crazy right now. For me, once I am out of the habit of blogging, it is hard to return. It takes a lot of time and work and I just have not been up to it. I hope to return with some regularity now in 2015. Today I start with a review of <a href="http://www.bornprettystore.com/">Born Pretty</a> <a href="http://www.bornprettystore.com/leaf-feather-nail-stamp-template-image-plate-born-pretty-p-17263.html">stamping plate BP-18</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next I stamped with the top middle image from Born Pretty stamping plate BP-18 and Julep Soleil, described as a "rose gold chrome". I love this image, having a weak spot for reverse images. It stamped well, even with a polish that is not a stamping polish. Can't wait to try it with a true stamping polish! But it is not the only image that I like on this plate! I can see me using every one of these images! Just a few images for you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Although I am not wild about this in the pictures, I loved it IRL. It looked very sophisticated and was a perfect edgy work look. And, although winter is here with a vengeance in Minnesota, I felt it made for a good fall look.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I started with two coats of Cupcake Polish Too Haute to Handle. This is a pink leaning nude holo. Kind of a rose gold. I really love this polish, but it does call for a nude holo comparison as this is not the only one in my stash. The <a href="http://cupcakepolish.bigcartel.com/">Cupcake store</a> describes this as a dark gold, but I just ain' seeing it. Also says that it is textured, but I didn't find that true with my bottle. Still love it! Application was a breeze and dry time was excellent! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next I stamped with Loja BFF-04 and Mentality Foxy. This image stamped beautifully! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Look at that holo! But even with the rainbow the stamping shows up. Sometimes holos overwhelm stamping, but not with this combo.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Barielle has a lot of these nude colors, but this one is my favorite that I have tried so far! It has a vintage pink feel to it that works so well with my skin tone. Formula was great, self leveling and easy to apply. Watch for a comparison post of this with Barielles other nudes coming soon so you can find one that would be perfect for you!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rain in Spain in Artificial Light</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rain in Spain with Flash </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rain in Spain in Artificial Light</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next we have the delicate Rain in Spain. This periwinkle blue is paler than others in my stash and, once again, has become a favorite. The formula on this was perfect, thin but not a flooder. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Autumn in Seoul in Artificial Light</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Autumn in Seoul with Flash</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Autumn in Seoul in Artificial Light</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is three coats of Autumn in Seoul, one of those coppery browns I love so much. It was fully opaque in two coats, but felt the need add a third coat. However, I messed it up. I scratched....something....before it was fully set, so there are wrinkles. This was in no way caused by the formula, which was smooth and easy, but by my itchy....something. I just can't remember what I itched (tee hee). In the DMPs there are some brush strokes showing, but IRL they don't show at all, just a nice metallic brown. I admit that I am partial to these colors, so I have some similar shades. I will do a comparison post soon!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gondola Ride in Artificial Light</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gondola Ride with Flash</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gondola Ride in Artificial Light</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gondola Ride is the first of two greens in this collection. I know some are not wild about green, but I happen to love it, so two in one collection is a dream come true. Gondola ride is a lovely sage green creme that freaked my camera a bit. The first picture is most color accurate, a light green with a slight blue tinge. The formula was much thinner than all the others and required three coats for full coverage. Other the thinness, the formula was good, no flooding and a good self leveler.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Irish Eyes in Artificial Light</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Irish Eyes with Flash</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Irish Eyes in Artificial Light</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Irish Eyes is a moss green. Once again, my camera was a freak. The first pic is color accurate. It is slightly darker with a yellow lean. Another good formula, smooth and self leveling. Tomorrow I will have a comparison of the two greens.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Midnight in Paris in Artificial Light</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Midnight in Pariswith Flash</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Midnight in Paris in Artificial Light</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Finally, my favorite of the collection, Midnight in Paris. The formula on this was Fabulous with a capital F! Smooth, easy and gorgeous. Although it has a metallic shimmer, there are little to no brush strokes, whoo hoo! The Seche Vite top coat did cause some shrinkage at the cuticle, but that may be because I did not give the polish enough time to dry before applying it. I feel like I have similar colors in my stash, so I will be doing another comparison with this one.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Overall, I enjoyed this collection and there are definitely a few new favorites here, Kiss Me Kate, Rain in Spain and Midnight in Paris. Another great collection from <a href="http://www.barielle.com/">Barielle</a>! All of these, plus other fabulous colors, can be found at their website <a href="http://www.barielle.com/">HERE</a>. But that couldn't be all, could it? No! Bonus nail art!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Despite the missing studs and obvious shrinkage (I think this is the worst case of shrinkage I have ever experienced) I still ended up liking this look.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have mixed feelings about this one. I love the color combo and the design, but my execution of it is a little sloppy, at best.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am using a flash pic here because in all the others, the maroon color was showing black. Here are the colors I used.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cuticle - Spa Ritual Deep - A gorgeous blue leaning grey with a purple shimmer.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Middle - Spa Ritual Freedom - Greyed purple with a blue shimmer.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love these colors together, the perfect fall combination. Of course, I see all my little imperfections, the biggest being that I wish I would have put a second coat of Freedom in the middle. Twilight could have used a second coat too, to deepen the color. My lines....weelll, let's just not go there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In real life, all these little mess ups just weren't noticeable and I ended up loving it! For some reason it felt very work appropriate, like it would have gone really well with a dark grey pinstripe suit. I look at these pics, though, and cringe. Damn DMPs! Oh well, I enjoyed it while it lasted :) Thanks for looking and commenting and don't forget to check out all the other stripes and dark colors.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is my favorite time of year. I love October and November better than any other months of the year. The air turns crisp and so do the leaves. Pumpkins show up on doorsteps and in pies. Pumpkin spice all the stuff! Latte, creamer, cream cheese and candles. Whatever it is, I want it. No, I need it! I have been on the lookout for Ben & Jerry's pumpkin ice cream, but haven't found it yet and I am on my own personal crusade for pumpkin spice oreos. Just imagine ginger cookies (instead of chocolate) with pumpkin Double Stuff. My mouth is watering!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Of course this means pumpkins on my nails too! I recently (like early summer) purchased some Chocolate Vanity plates through a AIS group buy and one was almost strictly for this image. I love Mickey in the pumpkin!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Isn't it cute! I am sure the Pooh and Valentine images will get use also, but that pumpkin! Love it hard!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I used the stamping decal method to reverse color the image then applied to the nail over Two coats of China Glaze Lug Your Designer Baggage.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you are a brown polish lover, like me, this is a must have IMHO. Rich chocolate brown filled to the brim with warm flakie goodness? Yes please! It applies so smoothly and makes me want to lick my fingers. Sorry if I just grossed anyone out!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I added a funky french tip with Messy Mansion MM19, again using the decal method. Wish I would have placed them closer to the tips, but the first one was high, so they all had to be high, right?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Despite the flaws I can so clearly see, I LOVE this! The perfect non-scarey Halloween manicure!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As always, thanks for looking and commenting! You guys are what makes blogging worthwhile! And don't forget to check out my <a href="http://lightofthemoonnails.storenvy.com/">BLOG SALE. NEW POLISH</a> was added just yesterday and there are a bunch of discontinued indies just waiting for new homes!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On the left is Milani Purple Gleam. On the right is Zoya Carter. Purple Gleam was one of my early drugstore purchases and I really love it. Then I saw swatches of Carter and wanted it too. You can see that they are different colors with Purple Gleam more red leaning and Carter blue leaning. On to the nails!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here we have two coats of purple gleam and three coats of carter. Again, the color is in the same family, but more like cousins rather than siblings. Purple Gleam has a smoother texture than Carter, if that matters to you. Do I want to keep both of these? Yes. Am I going to? No. Head on over to my <a href="http://lightofthemoonnails.storenvy.com/">BLOG SALE</a> to pick up the one that did not make the cut. </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05083937975136663792noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9177852343259579036.post-29145938600998811052014-10-09T17:45:00.000-07:002014-10-09T17:45:21.831-07:00Blog Sale Dupes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On the left is Finger Paints Go Baroque. On the right is Milani Golden Romance. In the bottles they look different. There seems to be more gold shimmer to Golden Romance. The beauty of these was really hard to capture with my camera. Only the last picture, taken outside, gives you a real sense of their majesty. Let's see how it looks on the nails.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Two coats above. a little bit more distribution of the larger glitters, but basically the same. Golden Romance may have a little bit more coverage at this point, but it is only the keen eye that would notice.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Three coats. Most of the bare spots are covered with both. Golden Romance may be a bit more yellow gold than bronze, but again, it is barely perceptible. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Finally four coats. Um....Dupes. Total dupes in my book! They both applied pretty much the same. Dry time and removal was the same.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This gives you a bit better sense of how gorgeous these are. Gold shimmer with rose and gold glitter. It doesn't get more vintage than this! So which one did I keep and which went into the <a href="http://lightofthemoonnails.storenvy.com/">blog sale</a>? Check out my store <a href="http://lightofthemoonnails.storenvy.com/">HERE </a>to find out!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With time on my hands and very little money, I have decided to jump into the world of <a href="http://lightofthemoonnails.storenvy.com/">blog sales</a>. I have been wanting to whittle down my collection for awhile, but it is difficult. So I decided, being the organized person that I am, to do some comparisons of similar colors/glitters to narrow things down. I am going to be sharing my findings with you and, at the same time, showing you some of what is in my <a href="http://lightofthemoonnails.storenvy.com/">blog sale</a>. Just know that there are lots of goodies over there, including some discontinued indies!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On the left we have Pahlish The Clock is Striking Twelves, heretofore known as TCIST. On the right is Finger Paints Peacock Portrait. In the bottle they look similar, but not dupes. Of course, my pictures do not capture the beauty of these glitters as the holo bits like to hide from the camera. Let's see some swatches.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is two coats of both over my horribly stained bare nails. Index and ring is </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">TCIST. Middle and pinkie is</span></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span>Peacock Portrait.</span> There is a definite difference on the nail. The glitter in </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">TCIST is larger, where as there are small holo glitters in Peacock Portrait. In addition to the holo glitters, they both contain black matte glitter, but </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">TCIST has the addition of white squares and Peacock Portrait has teal glitter.</span></span></span></span> Lets Move on from my ugly nails :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here we have two coats over grey. </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">TCIST is chunkier and more full coverage. With both of these, I tried normal application on the first coat. I was somewhat successful with </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">TCIST, just needed to go back and</span></span> daub some bare areas. Peacock Portrait, however, needed full daubage as the brush strokes draged the glitter down to the end of the nail. I swiped on the second coat of </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">TCIST, with success, and tried the same with Peacock portrait, but, again it needed daubage.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Finally, two coats of each over black. I think this is where you can see the greatest difference as the white shows up in </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">TCIST and the teal in Peacock Portrait. Similar, but not dupes. I think </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">TCIST might succeed full coverage with three daubed coats, whereas it would take several more with Peacock Portrait.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These are both lovely glitters in their own rights, and it is tempting to keep them both, but I am thinning down, right? Can you guess which one I kept and which one went to the blog sale? <a href="http://lightofthemoonnails.storenvy.com/">Hop on over to see which one didn't make the cut</a>....or was cut....or whatever. See you tomorrow with another comparison!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05083937975136663792noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9177852343259579036.post-62585400685121650232014-09-30T22:43:00.000-07:002014-10-01T00:12:26.300-07:00My Life is a Train Wreck<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A new month, a new challenge. This month starts </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Crumpet Nail Tarts Pick n Mix Challenge. There is one prompt with two parts each week. </span>This week is two color gradient/teal. You can do one nail art with two color gradient or one with teal or both on two different days or one with a gradient that includes teal. Get it? Sounds complicated, but it isn't, it just gives a lot of flexibility as to what you want to do. Plus, the idea is to concentrate on your golden oldies and untrieds.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On top of the Mix n Match, I decided to continue to try and get some of the #31DC2014 prompts completed. Plus Llama nails. I am becoming the combo prompt queen! Today's nail art is for inspired by a song (31DC2014), two color gradient (Crumpet Nail Tarts) and cartoon/anime. Here we go!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These, once again, are Bria's sweet nails. Why do I always do the complicated ones on Bria's tiny tips? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have recently discovered a children's program that was on for three seasons starting in 2006. It is brilliant, funny and dark, which is right up my alley. It is Ruby Doom. I stumbled across it on Netflix and devoured two season within two days. I Bingeflix! This nail art was inspired by the following song.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Misery is a girl who's life is filled with, well, misery. And she is in bed because she can only sing (well) when she is asleep. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anyway, I love this song and it fits my life perfectly right now. I try not to throw my personal life into my blog too much, but since it relates to the song....Some of you know I lost my job. Hunting for a new job after 12 years at the company is...well, let's say stressful. Then my dog got sick. After an expensive vet visit (which we can't afford because...well no job) we were given some pills and told to complete the course and see if he improved. He seemed much better, until we completed the medication. Then he started throwing up and having diarrhea again. Took him into the vet today. They did blood work and a rectal exam because he no longer will sit, only stand or lie down. They found that he has kidney disease and a hard growth in his anal glands. The growth may or may not be cancerous, but finding out would mean a biopsy, which, again, costs money. And the kidney disease? It has no cure and can only be managed with regular IV fluids. All this to say that we are going to have to put him down. If it was just one issue he was dealing with, we might pursue things further, but it would be for us, not him. He is obviously (at least to me) suffering and he is old. He was a stray, so our best guess is that he is 14 or older since we have had him for 13 years. So this song fits right now. Oh what the heck, throw in a sick dog.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am keeping a stiff upper lip. I continue to look for a job and give my dog as much love as I can, while I can, but I feel like my life is spinning. That is why I continue to do my nails, and Bria's. It is relaxing and brings me joy. I may be posting less often, but don't expect me to disappear. I hope you feel like that is a good thing!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My two color gradient consists of Julep Millie, an indigo creme, and Arcane Lacquer Dreary days (fits, huh?). Dreary Days is my untried. It is a gorgeous grey filled with blue and black glitter. These two go together perfectly IMHO.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I ended up really happy with this, except my middle finger. Let me walk you through it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I added Orly Diamond Days on pinkie and middle. I don't know why I didn't add it to all of them, but I think I thought it would just be covered up with the stamping.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you watched the video, you can figure most of these out. The ring is my pitiful attempt at freehanding the bridge. I tried to use an Eiffel Tower stamp, but it wasn't transferring, no matter what stamper I used. Oh well, you get the idea. My thumb </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">is for the line "Did that place you're in explode". Love it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I stamped everything but my thumb with MJ XX, my index with MJ XIX and ring with Vivid Lacquer VL 016.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am kind of liking the multiple plate stamping right now. The only problem with this is that the Mash plate image stamps backward and I didn't realize until we were done. Unless you do a decal, it says BOOW instead of BOOM.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yup, Silence of the Lambs was a book before it was a movie. I have seen manis inspired by this movie before, but I wanted to concentrate on Buffalo Bill instead of Hannibal Lecter.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I started with two coats of LynBDesigns Battle Dress, a shimmery nude polish. This is an older swatch pic, which is why my nails are shorter. I need to go back to this length :).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The well is on my index finger, which of course had to include the bloody scratches and finger nail. I sponged with Julep Daria (a dark grey) and Nails Inc Old Compton Street (a light grey texture) then stamped with LLC-B. Scratches are Orly Naughty.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The middle finger is a decal using MoYou 67. I double stamped the ring finger with Messy Mansion MM36, Mentality Prim and Mentality Foxy. "It puts the lotion in the basket or it gets the hose again".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The pinkie was splattered with Orly Naughty, what I think is the perfect blood polish. I did not clean up the cuticles on purpose for a more gory effect.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Finally I free handed Buffalo Bills hand tattoo on my thumb. Did you know that the three tattoos he has are tattoos from three notorious serial killers, at least that is what I read somewhere during my research and you know everything on the internet is real :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That's it kiddies. I have the mood stone, not particularly because I love the nail art, but because I love my interpretation of the movie onto my nails. Kinda like my Donnie Darko manicure you can find <a href="http://lightofthemoonnails.blogspot.com/2014/08/cult-classic-nail-art.html">HERE</a>. </span><br />
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