Xmas

Merry Christmas and happy holidays one and all! It's been over two weeks since I posted anything... Heck, I haven't had the time to do any nail art let alone blog!! Finals have come and gone (all A's, Praise the Lord) along with all of that stress. I have over a week off from both my jobs that I'm living up.. by cleaning my house for today. 

I used two coats of Sinful Colors' Ruby Ruby and two coats of Under 18. I usually would have done four coats of Under 18 to achieve an opaque look since it's a very sheer glitter, but Ruby Ruby helped fill it out. 

 I used Revlon's Golden to paint on ribbons in different shapes and bows with Sinful Colors' Pine Away as an accent color. I absolutely love Pine Away!! I believe I bought it last holiday season; it's a gorgeous, metallic green that is perfect for Christmas. 

I accidentally knocked and bottle of Golden off of the counter I was working on. Guys, it was open!!!!! I almost had a panic attack when I saw a pile of liquid gold on my kitchen floor!! I acted fast enough to brush most of the polish into the bottle so I lost less than a centimeter of the blessed gold. If it was any other cheaper brand I wouldn't have been as distraught, but Revlon? I was only able to afford that because it was on clearance!!

I also used a new striper brush that I found when I was cleaning out a closet. It's thinner than the one I am using now, and I didn't have to cut away extra bristles! 

Tamara

Pillow Time

Finals are dawning upon us all and I am shot, but I always make time for my nails!

Here's three coats of Sinful Colors' Savage; I only needed two, but the edges were rubbed away at work. I was surprised to find that this polish had a matte quality to it that I did not expect.

I got the inspiration for the design from a throw pillow at Burlington Coat Factory that I thought was very eclectic. I like to take pictures of clothes, fabrics, etc that I see in stores that make me think, "that would look amazing on my nails!". 

I used acrylics to paint on portions of the pillow onto each nails. I went for a messy, rushed look since the print on the pillow was textured. I then used a top coat to seal the paint in before topping it off with NYC's Matte Me Crazy.

Rio

I used three coats of Sinful Colors' Black on Black; I would have only used a coat or two, but the polish kept chipping off my sister's nail when she went to work. 

I used feathers once again, but these ones are from a different source.. My Australian parakeet Rio. Whenever he loses his gorgeous feathers, I pick them up and put them in a container for nail purposes - thanks, Rio!

I laid out the feathers on top of a drying coat of black polish instead of applying a top coat . This picture shows the feathers without a top coat, just the feather on black..

.. while this photo shows the feathers with a top coat sealing it down. In person, the feathers were incredibly florescent. The blue became vibrant as if they were under a black light, but my phone camera was not able to capture it. Sigh. 

And excuse the poor clean up, it slipped my mind!

Tamz

Tanzanite

For this design, I used just one coat of Sinful Colors' Midnight Blue. I then did a water marbling design on top using alternating clear coat and NYC's Matte Me Crazy. 

At first, I thought it didn't work, but after a few minutes the matte dried, and praise be.. it worked!! The matte showed up in its curved, dull pattern and I think it looks sick! 

 I wanted to add a little bling, so I grabbed gold glitter to lay along the curve of my cuticle. In the matte portions, I dipped a toothpick into the bottle and dabbed it on the corresponding matte areas before placing glitter pieces onto it. I did the same with the clear polish sections. 

On the thumb and ring finger, I placed the glitter along the edge of the nail to create an accent. I was planning on framing each nail with glitter, but I was too tired last night.. I'll have to try that out another time!

Tamz