Seche's Aristocrat and Rainbow Honey's Oni-Swatching My Stash

Hello All You Nailistas!

Today I am doing another one of my Stash Swatches. I love doing my Pinterest Boards and tI am finding photos that I never posted and polishes I really want to wear. And today I have two perfect ones for Fall.

First up, I have Seche's Aristocrat. I got this on sale at Ulta last year. Seche still makes colored polishes but unfortunately this beauty is no longer in their line. But never fear, Ebay and Amazon always comes to the rescue.

Aristocrat is a dark purple with color shifting shimmer. It's quite the sophisticated lady. I can't remember where I wore it this Fall, but remembering having it on for quite a while.

Next up is Rainbow Honey's Oni which was part of their The Yokai collection. As I remember, this was the first full size bottle of RH (but not the only Yokai I finally owned-I love this collection) that I bought and this probably the first brown I ever owned. It is a smooth finish that is infused with small gold gold glitter. 

You have not ever tried Rainbow Honey, I would suggest trying one of The Yokai. 

Well, that's it and I hope you have enjoyed a couple of my stash polishes. So, until next time take care think Shiny!

Terri

Of Up-cycled Manis, Great Music And Art

Finally, this is my last transfer from The Meadowtree Journal. Yea!  This post was originally published 3/25/13.

Spruce Springsteen with a layer of gold sandwiched between

My nail designs are usually connected with something I am wearing or somewhere I am going. 
Up-cycle didn't start out that way, but that's how it ended. 

My beginning nail color started off as a multi purchase from an Indie polish maker on ETSY. I bought five minis from Huemorisa, three colors that were part of a set called Enchanted Garden and two others that I threw in.

One of the "throw ins" was a green polish with orange micro glitter named Spruce Springsteen. The name alone made me want it. 

The polish was much more vibrant on the Internet. For me, it kind of died when I put it on. So here comes Up-cycle #1. I pulled out Wet N' Wild's The Gold and the Beautiful for a third layer and then did another layer of Spruce. This I liked. I carried the gold idea out a little more by swiping  gold on the fingertips. 

Then came our art and music night. So I just added to the gold design. And there is my Up-cycle #2. It was a great night and I will always remember those nails because of it. 

A triangular fan shape? I have to admit, I like gold in my designs.

The line up: Seche Vite top coat, Wet N Wild's The Bold and the Beautiful, Huemorista's
Spruce Springsteen, and LA Color's Topaz for the tip ends and triangular design's

Part of the musical lineup was Betsy Ellis and Mikel Shapiro, two very talented women.

Some of Rachelle's work was up.

 Rachelle in front of more of her fiber work.
You can't tell, but she is wearing Koi Pond by Rainbow Honey. It is a gorgeous glitter but is now discontinued.

Poppy With An Art Project In A Bottle

Hello Friends, 

Well, after three days of wearing only black and white nails, I needed some color! I picked Come To Poppy from OPI's 2011 Summer Great Stems collection. It is a wonderful coral pink with just a tiny  bit of shimmer-gorgeous Summer color. At one time, we grew wonderful Poppies and probably nostalgia played an initial part of me wanting this color. 

But being me, I couldn't leave it at just that. A couple of months ago, I ran across Seche's  Collage Overlay. Now I ask you, how could an art teacher pass that up? It sounded like an art project!

Collage Overlay is composed of large white hexes, smaller holographic hexes, and silver bars. For me, the perfect topcoat. And what a surprise. We always think of Seche as the Cadillac of topcoats, but an fantastic glitter?

I decided I wanted four white hexes for my ring fingers, and fished them out and tried to put them where I wanted. Then I just painted on the Overlay. For every finger, it would have been a bit much for me. But, as an accent: Wow!

So, there is it. Fortunately, these polishes are easy to find on the Internet. They are two beauties. 

That's it this time. So until next time, I hope today brings you a beautifully polished life.......Terri

  
Seche Vite is cruelty free. This OPI is not. It was produced after OPI was sold to Cody. The last cruelty free collection produced by OPI was the Holiday Burlesque collection of 2010.