Half Moon + Stamping using Sinful Leather Luxe polishes

Remember when I mentioned having a nail girl meetup in Halifax before I moved back to Ontario?  We had a secret swap, and I ended up getting two of the Sinful Color Leather Luxe polishes.  After watching them on the nail wheel I decided I had to get two more :P

I created a half moon mani using a base of Sinful Color Get it On as the base, which is a berry matte creme polish.  I topped that off with Sinful Color My Turn, a lovely elephant grey.

There was a top coat that came in the display, I ended up getting it in the swap as well so I tried it out here.  It actually looks really good - it's not super shiny but it gave the matte polish just enough shine.

Then, because I had recently gotten my Pueen stamping plates - this happened.  I don't remember the plate number as this mani was done a couple of months ago now, but it's from the Love Elements set.

I felt like there was maybe too much going on with this mani so it didn't last too long :)

Have you tried the Leather Luxe polishes?  I don't give Sinful Color enough of a chance.. the few polishes I have I actually really like.  Maybe I should buy some more ;)

Half Moon Leopards

Hi loves!

The other day I turned to pinterest for inspiration since I wasn't really feeling particularly motivated to do anything too fancy.  The mani I recreated has been seen floating around pinterest for quite some time and I love it every time I do see it :)

I started out with two thin coats of my favourite gold polish Orly Luxe.  When that was dry I applied Orly Ma Cherie to created the half moon look.  This polish is kind of a hyprid between a jelly and a creme, but it was sheer enough that the gold underneath peeked through giving it a cool metallic look!

 

Then I added leopard spots using Orly Buried Alive and outlined them with a black creme polish.  This was so flashy and so much fun to wear!

Also - yay nubbies!  The free edge on my index finger broke off completely when I was clearing snow from my car so I decided to chop them all off and start fresh.  I kind love them though :)

Hope you're all having a fab weekend, thanks for reading!

First half moon mani

Hi lovelies!

Sorry for my lack of postage lately.. I have no good reason really, besides wanting to just spend time with the boyfriend before he goes on a month long sailing trip for military training.  I've just been avoiding the computer pretty much :)

This is a mani I did last week.  It was my first attempt at a half moon mani, and I haaated it lol.  I'll have to try again, but I think I just didn't like the colour combination I used.  Something just didn't seem right about it, anyway.

 

I think I might have preferred it if I had covered up most of the light pink instead of covering up the darker shade.  Because the accent nail is the one I loved the most!

I used a base of Color Club - Hot Like Lava which is sooo pretty on it's own.  Then stuck on the hole reinforcement stickies and put a coat of OPI - Steady as she Rose, and covered that up with Revlon - Starry Pink.  I really like Starry Pink, but I feel like it doesn't really suit my skin tone very well.  (Side note:  I remember in my early polish blog reading days being confused about that statement, that a polish just 'didn't suit their skin tone' and I thought it was totally absurd.  Now I understand, haha).

Moving on.  My accent finger was done using 2 coats of starry pink, and I added OPI - Metalic 4 Life on top.  I think that combo was super cute!

And then to cover up a few mistakes I added some silver polish around the half moon part.  Blech.

Color Club - Hot Like Lava

Revlon - Starry Pink

OPI - Metalic 4 Life

Milani Nail Art - Art of Silver

Thanks for looking :)