Joe Fresh Ink + Stamping

Happy Tuesday!

How was everyone's weekend?  I spent mine with my family celebrating my nephew's 11th birthday.  Hard to believe that kid is 11 already (and pretty much my height.. with bigger feet than me, how does that even happen?)

This is a mani I sported last week.  I had a hard time getting inspired but I think it turned out pretty decent!

For this look I used a base of Joe Fresh - Ink, a dark shimmery purply-blue.  I topped it off with Essie Pure Pearlfection to add a little bit more shimmer and dimension to the polish.

On my index and pinkie I also have a coat of Finger Paints Asylum, the gorgeous red/blue/purple flakie combo then I  finished them off with a medium sized silver hex glequin near the base.

For my ring and middle finger I stamped using Essie Blue Rhapsody and Pueen-49 plate.  I'm super happy with the way my stamping came out, too.  Those Essie mirror metallics are perfect for stamping!

Thanks for reading!

OPI Ink Suede

Hi loves!

I hope everyone's Monday was good!  It's cold and rainy here, and has been since Thursday, boo.

I've had so many nail fails lately that I finally decided to just keep it simple and let the polish do the talking.  I've had OPI Ink Suede in my stash for a little while now but never really used it.  I'm not completely in love with the suede or matte looks but I DO really, really like this one!

 

The reason I decided to use it this time around is due to it's fast dry time.  After having an epic nail fail and having to strip my nails down, plus it getting fairly late.. I was getting pretty sick of painting my nails.  So I pulled this out, plus I had OPI Every Month is Oktoberfest sitting on the desk so used that on my accent nails.

I stamped the flowers using Essie's No Place Like Chrome and BM-318.  I added a quick drying top coat then once that was dry I mattified it using one coat of Joe Fresh Matte top coat.  I'm digging these, I've never sported matte nails before!

Have you sported a matte manicure before?  What did you think?

Thanks for reading!!

xo

Jewel Toned

Hey lovelies!

I don't know what to call these nails, but I loved them!  Actually, that red polish was bought by Christopher after I sent him into the grocery store to buy cereal.  He came back with this and was beaming.  That boy loves red polish.  But not cremes, they have to be sparkly.  lol.  I get a kick out of him getting excited over polish!

They kind of remind me of something you would see at an Indian wedding, rich jewel tones with a touch of gold highlights. 

The red polish is Joe Fresh - Ruby, it's a gorgeous glass flecked red.  My thumb and ring finger have Color Club Jewel of a Girl (I think!) a gorgeous vampy purple shade, stamped with Essie - Penny Talk.  The glitter bits are from Wet 'n Wild - Light with Caution.  I just used a tooth pick and placed them on the nail before applying top coat :)

Happy almost-Friday!  Thanks for stopping by :)

Retro Mani

Hi all!

I was feeling inspired the other day and came up with a mani that I totally fell in love with!  I went 'stash shopping' and used some polish that have been sitting there collecting dust for a little bit :P

 

I used a base of Joe Fresh Pineapple on all nails, then used OPI Dim Sum Plum for the dots on the index finger, the base for the roses, and as the top layer of polish on the ring finger (done with striping tape).  OPI Pink Friday was used to fill in some dots on the index and ring finger, and to finish the roses.  Color Club Not for Kelly and Twiggie were used for the leaves.  Twiggie was also used to fill in some dots on the index finger.  All polishes were also used to sponge using plastic wrap (seen here, but I can't seem to access the blog post with the tutorial).

 

 

I'm pretty pleased with this, I know my roses could use a bit more practice but for my first try I think they turned out quite well.  And I LOVE the plastic wrap sponging technique, it's definitely fun to do!

Thanks for looking :)