Here Comes the Tri

This is the third installation of the Tri-Polish Challenge....sort of the tri Tri-Polish (tee hee).  I tried a technique I have been unsuccessful at before, but apparently practice makes perfect...or at least satisfactory.

 Yep, it is water marbling!  Still perfecting the technique, but not bad for only my second time.

 
Somehow my pink looks orange and my purple looks a bit pink.  I got a lot of complements on this, so I can't wait to try it again with different colors.

Here's my favorite one, of course it is on my right hand.  This is my right thumb.  Now on to all the other Tri girls

Quick Little TPC

A quick little post for the second September Tri-Polish.  Remember the colors?

 This is not at all color accurate.  Blues freak my camera out.  The pic below is a bit more color accurate.

Two coats of Zoya Jo.

Stamped with Julep Alice....

and Sugar Bubbles SB 016.  I just recently got several Sugar Bubbles plates and I love every single one!  So detailed and so well etched.  You will be seeing several of these over the next few months, including a Halloween plate that is to die for!

So that's it....simple yet elegant.  Wonder what I am going to do for the next two?

Thanks for looking and commenting!
Tina

 

 

My First Dotticure

It is that time of the month, Tri-Polish time!  Three polishes, four manicures.  No bottle shot today.  The colors are red, pink and purple.  As always, this is not a combo I would ever come up with myself.  Since I am already doing bright colors for the neon challenge, I decided to go muted.  Here is what I chose.

• Red - Julep Nan
• Pink - Essie A Crewed Interest
• Purple - Contrary Polish Desert Fruit

 
This is my first ever dotticure.  Why?  I am a bit of a perfectionist and therefore don't do randomness very well.  I finally gave up my trepidation and decided to try one.  I like how it turned out, but you should have seen me.  Equal amounts of each color and size.  I'm a bit crazy.

 
This started with two coats of Julep Nan.  This came in my May Maven box and I have to say it is one unique red.  It is muted and leans coral.  Julep calls it a Nantucket red, whatever that is.  The formula on this was spectacular.  It is one of those lovely crellies, opaque in two coats, like a creme, but still has that squishy and translucent quality of a jellie.  Easy to apply, however it was a bit of a cuticle flooder, but I think that is because I have a tendency to to use thicker coats.  Once I went thinner with the coats, I had no problem.

Next I dotted, as randomly as I can, with A Crewed Interest, Desert Fruit and China Glaze Angel Wings.  That was it!  Simple yet pretty.  Don't know why I never tried it before.  Definitely will try it again!

As always, thanks for looking!
Tina

 

Tri Sky

Today is the last Tri-Polish post...at least until next month!  Here is my last creation.

This is one of those manis....the kind where you have a plan and in the midst of it all....it changes....for the better!

Let's have a reminder of the 3 colors.

Zoya Skylar - Layla STE 07 - Essence Grey to Be Here

 

Skylar is a lovely dusky blue crelly filled with gold and silver micro flecks.  Zoya describes it as a "steel blue", which I think fits perfectly!

I tried and tried to capture the gold flecks in this polish, but as they are very subtle and overpowered by the silver, I could only capture them in this pic on the index finger.  I have one complaint about this polish.  It took forever to dry as witnessed by the ding on my ring finger.  That ding cropped up 20 min after the last coat.  I admit, I hadn't added my Seche Vite to it yet, but still...20 min!  This is two coats.

 Next I sponged Grey to Be Here diagonally across the tip.

The plan was to add some glitter on top of the sponging and then stamp with something diagonally also.  Once I completed the sponging though, it looked so much like clouds in the sky, I changed my plans.  Birds and butterflies...I needed birds and butterflies!

 

 










 

Oh so many plates!  The key was that Shany plate 203.  It took me awhile of having this plate before I realized that the image is a bird on a branch!

After stamping all the images I used my fine detail brush to fill with Layla STE 07 and China Glaze Gold Fusion.

I like how this turned out.  For once a plan that changed for the good!  Sorry about the poor clean up.  This was completed about 1 am and with the Essence sponging being so light in color, I didn't even notice the mess at the lateral edges until I saw the pictures long after this mani was gone from my tips.

Once again, thanks for looking and commenting.   See you tomorrow with a Fashion Friday/Nail Challenge Collaborative combo I am excited to show you!

Tina

Pandorica Stamped

Today is the third day of May's Tri-Polish challenge.  This is going to be a quick post....pics and a few words of explanation, and then I'm done.

Just a reminder what the colors are.

Zoya Skyklar - Layla STE 07 - Essence Grey to Be Here

This started with two coats of Essence Grey to Be Here.

Next I stamped with Pueen 49 and Digital Nails Pandorica.

Pandorica is a lovely black holo.  Watch for a swatch soon.  In the meantime, I wondered how it would stamp and this seemed like a great time to try it out.  What I got was a ghosting of grey and holo.  I love me a subtle stamping.

Next I added Zoya Skylar to the flower leaves and China Glaze Gold Fusion to the centers.

So what do you think?  Like the subtle stamping?  Thanks for looking and commenting!
Tina

 

You Think I would Get Tired of Stamping

Episode two of The Crumpet Tarts tri-polish challenge!  Gonna be a quickie today as I have other things to do....like my nails!

This mani contains all three of my chosen polishes.

  Zoya Skylar - Layla Softouch Effect 07 - Essence Grey to Be Here

This started with two coats of Essence Grey to Be Here.  Please forgive the red cuticles.  That is Layla rearing her red head.  Love her, but she sure is a stainer.
 

I have a love/hate relationship with Essence.  I love their polish.  I hate that there is very little access to them in the states.
 

Grey to Be Here is a lovely soft grey with a subtle pink shimmer.  You can see shimmer in some of these pics.  It applies well, with some streaking on the first coat that is quickly taken care of with the second coat. 

Next I stamped with Gals GA35 and the dreaded Konad Special Black.

You can see the schmeering caused by the top coat.  Soon I will find a black that is opaque and does not bleed with a top coat, even if I have to buy every black polish known to man!

Next I randomly (or as random as I can be) filled the squares with Layla and Zoya.

This was another one of those hard to stamp manis.  I wanted the lines to kinda match up so it looked like it was a full image stamped across two fingers.  Those straight lines are always tricky, but I think I did okay.

Thanks for looking!  I will see you tomorrow with Fashion Friday!

In Love with Layla

It is that time of month again!  Time for The Crumpet Tarts

This months colors are grey, blue and red.  These are the polishes I chose.

 Zoya Skylar - Layla Softouch Effect 07 - Essence Grey to Be Here

And here is my first creation.

This started with two coats of Layla STE 07

You have seen this lovely matte polish on my blog before HERE.  I LOVE this gorgeous redhead.  She is beautiful in all her matte glory.  Such a dark red is very captivating, whether left in her matte state or with a top coat (as you will see soon).

Next I stamped with PUEEN41 and Essence Grey to Be Here.

The stamping provided the base on which to add the additional colors, Zoya Skylar and Jessica Iridescent Eye.

Finally I added a top coat, just to see the difference.  One last look with a flash so you can see how Layla 07 glows with the top coat.

Thanks for taking the time to look!  Check out what colors everyone else chose this month.
 Tina