Violet Lightening

Hello Bloggerettes! It's been a dreary rainy day here in Florida and a migraine has been my only friend today. So I decided to get my hair done. Today was just a cut and style but tomorrow will be COLOR! I'm excited to have someone else work on coloring my hair instead of me. There's nothing worse then staining your nails and face various shades of hair dye when you have a beauty blog, haha. 

Anywho, today's look features a funky french using Color Club Ultra Violet, a neon purple with green/blue shimmer, and Sally Hansen Lightening, a yellow creme. This is also the beginning of a new nail shape for me. I have really been loving the claw like shape often seen on Lady Gaga and Rihanna so I'm slowly working into that transition.

 2 coats of Lightening, 1 coat Seche Vite.

 Don't mind my janky thumb, lol.

I started off with 1 coat of Duri Rejuvacote, 2 coats Lightening, 1 coat of Seche Vite. Once dry I applied tape to achieve my pointed funky french, followed by 2 coats of Ultra Violet, and 1 last coat of Seche Vite. I originally wanted to try a triangle tribal design but failed hard on my thumb and did my best to fix it without removing polish. You win some you lose some and this mani was pretty fun on it's own! 

Also, check out my new ring in the last picture! Isn't it beautiful? I found this beauty down in one of my off the wall shops in St.Augustine and instantly fell in love. She's a drusy quartz crystal and she's all mine! They say drusy crystals dissipate negative thoughts and emotions which is always a plus. As always I wish there was a polish to match! Sigh...lacquer head problems.

Thanks for looking!

Rainbow Fields

Bloggerettes, it's time for Holo Hump Day, another group mani. I used a new pair of earrings I bought on Etsy for inspiration. My base coat is 3 coats of Nic Stick's Rainbows End, a gold holo. Next I taped my triangles then applied a layer of Orly Fancy Fucshia, then 1 coat of China Glaze Strawberry Fields. Lastly for my triangle border LA Colors Blue Glitter. Rainbows End was incredibly difficult to work with because of the shoddy brush. You can see, especially on my pinkie, the dragging.

 3 coats Rainbows End, no top coat.

 3 coats Rainbows End, no top coat.

 After applying Fancy Fuchsia and Strawberry Fields.

The last picture is the completed mani with the earrings from Etsy. They aren't an exact match to the earrings but I am still happy with the end result. Don't forget to check out the other ladies Holo Hump Day manis!

Easter in Space!

 Happy Easter Bloggerettes! I picked up a couple Nerd Lacquers recently and thought All of Time and Space would be perfect for an Easter mani. All of Time and Space is a mint shimmer with ultra fine/fine/medium magenta hexagon glitter, and medium/large hexagon silver glitter. For an accent nail I chose Barry M Limited Edition Pink, a purple pink creme. 

Both polishes applied like a dream! All of Time and Space is 3 coats, 1 coat Gelous, and 1 coat Seche Vite. Limited Edition Pink is 2 coats. I wanted more flair on my accent nails so I taped triangles and applied 2 coats of All of Time and Space and added a diamond holo piece of glitter.

I notice my new heart shaped rainbow topaz ring matched my mani and took a close up!lol

Nerd Lacquer is currently on hiatus but normally bottles are 15ml. for $10. Select the email to be notified button so you'll know when she's back in stock! The Boyfran and our Bostons will be spending the holiday with our families eating and relaxing. I hope you all have a nice holiday or just plain Sunday!

Glossbones and Sparkle

The lovely Amber from The Polished Momma was kind enough to sell me one of my biggest lemmings, OPI Skull and Glossbones. Skull and Glossbones is a 'greige', a grey beige. She's probably one of the prettiest and most interesting neutrals I have ever seen.

This is three thin coats. I found the formula a bit thin so I kept away from doing thick coats in order to apply evenly. I wanted to brighten up the look and play with some tape. So my thumbs, middle, and pinkie nails have triangle OPI Sparkle-licious.

Sparkle-isious is topped with a thick coat of Gelous with Seche Vite on top of all nails. My tape skills are a bit rusty but I've been practicing on getting it even. :)

Thank goodness for the weekend and wine!

-Kimmaye