A success AND a failure :)

So I have set out to try various nail art tutorials to step up my nail game.  So I dreamed up a great manicure and once it was executed, I flubbed it up...yeah I did!

So here was the idea, do a "hodge podge" funky  manicure using various purples and textures, and actually do real nail art...GREAT!

Here is what I came up with!

Thumb: OPI "Rumples Wiggin" with silver shatter on top
Index: Barry M "Vivid Purple"
Middle: OPI "Planks A Lot" (which totally stained my nail)
Ring: OPI "Rumples Wiggin" with leopard done with China Glaze "Octa Gone Wild" and OPI "Sapphires In The Snow"
Pinkie: Teeez! "Outta Control".


Yeah...do you see what I see?...



Ahhhhhh my leopard smudged! :( I was so pissed, but too tired to change it, so I wore it like this for 2 days. It was torture but I muscled thru it.

Funny thing is everyone who saw it didn't even notice the smudges, LOL! :)  I used the leopard nail art tutorial of Sarah at Chalkboard Nails...super easy!

As I have discovered in my "nail art quest", you have to make sure your design is fully dry, and that you apply your top coat with a light hand, so as not to smear all your hard work!  I tried this again a couple days later, and it worked out fine. :)

So This is what I used!

For the leopard design: Left to Right: China Glaze "Octa Gone Wild", OPI "Sapphires In The Snow", and OPI "Rumples Wiggin".

Left to Right: OPI Silver Shatter, OPI "Rumples Wiggin" , Barry M "Vivid Purple", OPI "Planks A Lot", and  Teeez! "Outta Control".


Sorry if it seems like I used a million purples, but I kept seeing such great colors in my stash, so I had to use them all, LOL :) I've got cremes, holographics, shimmers and shatter.  The only thing missing is glitter, hee hee :)

So the lesson here is, this manicure is a great combination of different textures and levels of purple, but just exercise more patience and dexterity with your top coat skills than I did, and it will be a "win--win" for you instead of a "win--fail", LOL!

Keep It Sweet!

Red Jelly Flakie!!!

Yeah...you read that right, I have a red jelly flakie for ya, from TEEEZ!!!

TEEEZ

"Femme Fatale"

2 coats

This is a gorgeous red jelly  with shimmering flakes of violet and gold...so, so pretty! 

Jelly, jelly, jelly goodness! The flakes are very pretty and sparkle all day on the nail!

The Polished Perfectionist has great pics of this beauty, HERE.

You can really see the flakes in her pics :)

...and the flakes are awesome! Such a perfect combo of the red jelly with the gold and violet flakes!!

Upon further investigation, with my handy camera, I clicked this pic.  Yep, this brand is another lovely from the Dutch...woo hoo, go Dutch, you've done it again! 

You've made another brand I love and CAN NOT get easily...thanks  LOL *muah* :)

"TEEEZ trendy cosmetics is a Dutch-based hip and fashionable cosmetics company.

TEEEZ trendy cosmetics offers makeup for eyes, lips, nails and body.

Have Fun, Get Noticed, Be TEEEZED... " 

What a TEEEZ!

Hello there...LOL.

Recently on MUA, I saw a nail boarder who lived in Europe,  who had a serious lemming for a polish I had in my swap stash, so I decided to come out of my "international shipping hibernation" and swap with her, and BOY am I happy I did!

We did a multi-swap, and she offered some gorgeous holographic colors from Teeez....whoo hoo!

This is one of them...

Teeez "Cool"
2 coats

We all know how RARE a good holographic nail polish is now-a-days, and it seem that they are becoming extinct like the dinosaur. :( 

So, if you have a chance to swap with someone for one of these beauties...DO IT!!!!!

This is a fabulous bright blue holographic polish that was super easy to apply! No crazy layering techniques with this one, just base coat, 2 coats of color and 2 coats of top coat..perfection!

None of my blue holographic colors compare to this one, it definitely stands out in my stash. :)

Check out that Rainbow action..woo hoo! and to boot, this polish wore very well and lasted 3 days without a chip :)

I also received in the swap, a TEEEZ purple holographic, TEEEZ fuchsia holographic and a great TEEEZ red jelly with flakies ....oh and a great Catrice color too!