Hi All, I'm back again with another design/ this one is for the Claire Estelle 8 Challenge on IG. The theme was Winterberries. I went with pastel berries on white stems with a gold background. I used a brush and dotting tool.
The polishes I used were:
- Mod Lacquer's Golden Sunbeam (from Mid-Century Mod Collection) and the link is to her FB page. She closed shop.
- Zoya's Cindy (from their Redbook Limited Edition Holiday Trio)
- Black Dahlia's Capital Rose Garden, African Violets and South Congress Bats
- Wet N Wild's Hallucination
I has been really cloudy around here so all my photos are taken inside with my lights. I sort of wanted it sort of Japanese and went with a pretty subtle look. One would think I was having a hard time leaving Christmas. HaHa
I already had the gold nails. I love this combo of Cindy on top of Golden Sunbeam.
And finally, here's Mod's Lacquer's Golden Sunbeam. Mod is another great polish maker that folded this Fall. I miss her whole take on the polish scene.
Hey, this is a quick post because today is the day that the designs are due for this Claire Estelle. I hope you enjoyed this one. Anyone else love to wear gold on their nails or do you consider it a "special occasion" only color?
So until next time, take care. Terri
HI all, hope everyone's year has started out great. I decided to help me celebrate the new year, I needed a new mani. It's French Tips with bows.
The base is Chi's P-Chi's And Cream. And this is a polish that has no swatches on the web. So I guess I am the only one who owns this color. I got it at a Tuesday Morning about three years ago. Now you can find it at Style21.
P-Chi's And Cream is a sheer apricot based pink. I
used three coats and then decided French Nails would be great for this
design. It would have taken four coats to completely cover my nail line.
But of all my sheerer polishes, this is the only one I have with this
orange leaning tone. And I think it mades a great base for glitter.
My glitter is Sonnetarium's Lenten Rose. This is another wonderful Indie who is no longer with us. Lenten Rose was one of her more popular polishes. It's so delicate and beautiful. When it came out Chalkboard Nails layered it over China Glaze's Audrey which shows its versatility.
The French Tips were done in Zoya's Purity. And the bows were drawn with one of my white paint pens.
And finally, a shot of P-Chi's And Creme by itself. This was the whole reason for the mani. I needed a shot of this for my Pinterest Boards.
Well, that's wraps it up today. I still have this one on but am getting a feeling I want some gold on so it's back to the polish shelf to see what I can come up with.
Take care and until next time, Terri
Hi Everyone and welcome
to this months Hobby Polish Bloggers link up.
Our December Link-Up is a winter/holiday theme.
I picked probably one of the most used motifs ever, snowflakes. I found this design in the December issue of Nails magazine. The design is called Winter Wonderland and can be found here.
Hello Nailistas and welcome
to this months Hobby Polish Bloggers link up.
Our November challenge was to create a monochromatic design. Monochromatic is a piece that has only shades and tints of one hue.
It seems that I am still in a brown frame of mind and although, first thinking I was going to do blues, I got drawn to all my browns.
I went with a pretty graphic type mani using nail vinyls.
The base is done in Mineral Fusion's Pretty Penny. After applying the nail vinyls, I created a sponged design using Rainbow Honey's Oni and Zoya's Codie.
Hello All You Nailistas Out There.
I'm back with another stash swatch . This time it is only one polish because Marion deserves to be all by herself. Well that's IMO, of course.
If you live in the states (and now Canada, I think) Zoya comes up with some pretty sweet deals as far as surprise packages. Marion came in one this Summer. She was part of a mystery trio and cannot be found on Zoya's site (I tried).
To start out, you must know that I love, love, love duochromes. And I love taking pictures of duochromes.
So here is just a few to let you know how gorgeous this lady is. She changes from a violet to a silvery green and with a lot of shimmer to help.
The silver green really show up here.
What does every good witch need?
Welcome to this months Hobby Polish Bloggers link up. My theme for this Halloween challenge is things that all good witches should have.
Coming up with things that a good witch needed was not hard. In fact, I had to leave one thing out.
It's all hand painted using both acrylic paints and polishes. And I made sure I used a lot of polishes. So you know I had tons of fun.
Essence's Grey-t To Be Here and Finger Paint's Amethyst Accent were the polishes I picked for the gradation on each nail. As you can see by the basket of polishes, I had fun in using everyone of these in some way.
What witch doesn't need a great broom. This one is ergonomic in that the handle is bent. It was hard to get anything on the small nail and the broom was my best bet. The polishes used: Cult Nail's Baker, Cult Nail's Inescapable and acrylic paint.
Nothing like a good shiny black cauldron boiling with squid, eyeballs and a bat wing or two. Nails Inc.'s Embankment made a perfect texture for the cauldron. I used acrylic paint for the ingredients.
I always believe in having a good black cat around, even if you are not a witch. I actually have two. The cat is painted in Cult Nail's Ignite. The moon is Nfu-Oh's Opal Glitter 39 over white acrylic and the grass is Nfu-Oh's Opan Glitter 56 over white acrylic. His eye's are Illamasqua's Radium. The whiskers are Butter London's Bobby Dazzler and inside the ears is Stripe Rite's silver glitter liner.
You gotta to have a great hat (or hats if you are me) for the occasion. The hat is painted with Dollish Polish's The Witching Hour. The band is Zoya's Pixie Dust Stevie and the buckle is Stripe Rite's Gold striper.
And you got to have a good spell book to brush up on those forgotten recipes. The spell book is done in acrylic paint. I just couldn't see that any polish could be useful with this one.
And the one thing I had to leave out was the wand. But I will have one by Halloween. Meanwhile, here's a small sign I found for my kitchen...think I will leave it up all year.
Well, that's it for me this time around. But as I mentioned earlier, I am
taking part in The Hobby Polish Blogger's group link-up. This is a great
group of bloggers on Facebook that are very supportive and always are
willing to give help to other bloggers. So check some of their art out
below.
So until next time, take care and shine on!
The real reason for this post is I need a photo of my Dear Russ glitter. I am making a visual record of my entire stash on Pinterest and there is no picture for Glitter Shade Shift 96 anywhere on the web. And that is some name, huh? But it is a beautiful polish. 96 has various sizes of red orange and gold glitters in a pink looking base. It makes for a great fall glitter. And I think it ties in great with Halloween. I am thinking chocolate candy corn.
Dear Russ, as the best as I can make out, was a Korean Indie. Because of family issues they closed up shop a year ago. That happened just after I got three of their polishes from Llarowe.
I first painted my nails with Impala's Conqueiros. This is a gorgeous darker orange shimmer. I also purchased my Impala from Llarowe. Now it looks like Amazon is the place to get it.
Next came the gradient using Spa Ritual's Can You Dig It? on the thumb, middle and small finger and Zoya's Codie on the pointer and ring finger. Finally, I topped everything off with a coat of my Dear Russ.
I need photos of the other two Dear Russ polishes, but will do them after Halloween.
So there you go. Hope you like my chocolate candy corn nails. Take care and think Shiny.
Terri
A sweet friend from Instagram alerted us to the fact that it is Ovarian Awareness Month. She has a clean bill of health now, but a few years ago was diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer.
My sister is an RN who worked in oncology. She has many
times told me that Ovarian is the scary one because it is usually isn't
detected until it is to late. We need better screenings for this
monster!
I am religious about getting my yearly Mammogram and Pap Smear. But there's nothing for this one.
I did this for Sarah and all the other lovey ladies who are fighting the fight, those who won the fight, and for those who lost the fight.
I thought the Butterfly was an excellent symbol for this cancer and I really wanted to hand paint it and not use a stamp.First I drew it with my Strip Rite Stripper and then added detail with a-England's Merlin and my fuchsia Sharpie. There's two, I guess one for each ovary. I don't know how well it came out, but it was heartfelt, I can tell you that.
Here's the individual shots that I used in my poster. The base for the Butterflies is Kim Michelle's soon to be released "Teal Me Your Fantasy". The gradation is done with Kim's Teal and a-England's Excalibur on a base of Zoya's Harley.
I then added a small amount of Bellaluna's glitter topper Metanoia.
A macro so you can really see that it's a Butterfly. HaHa
And finally, the curtain call for all the actors...........
I used:
Zoya's Harley
A-England's Merlin and Excalibur
Kim Michelle's Teal Me Your Fantasy
Stripe Rite Silver Stripper
Belalluna's Metanoia
Jolie's Latex to protect those cuticles
And finally, I wanted to provide a link for Ovarian Cancer Warning signs.
That it for this time around. So until next time, take care and think Shiny! (You probably need to be a Firefly fan to get that LOL).
Terri
Well, here I am again one month later. Here's a run down of the few manis that I did for August. Or in other words, this was my IG feed for August. If you follow me on IG, these are all review.
I started August with this flower dotticure using Signet Nails Kiss Off, Yoko 3000 and Hashbrown No Filter. It is a jelly sandwich with a design in the middle rather than glitter.
Still working with Signet Lacquers, I then did a simple design using Tainted Love and Bells And Whistles.
It's Signet Again. This is my green wrap using, New Leaf, Out Of The Woods, and Opulent Okra with some added gold with my Strip Rite.
I was on a roll last month with Signet. Lauren was closing up shop and wanted her customers to do designs if possible. This is her Opal Flash over Dolf with an added top coat and studs.
This is Signet's thermal Tear The Roof Off over Dolf with some added stamping.
Macro
My last Signet mani. I did classical Greek vases using Lapis Lazuli over Yoko 3000.
Took some time off with Zoya's new Naked Manicure system.
O.K., I got bored and ended up topping it with Nfu-Oh'sFlakie #48
I started trying a new nail prep this month from Sallys.
And talk about new. Kim Michelle Colour has yet to release their first line of colors although she has some nail care items. I LOVE her cuticle balm in the Honeysuckle scent! This is her Teal Me Your Fantasy.
Macro
A fashion shot using Teal Me Your Fantasy with one of my rings and a vintage kimono.
I needed a color to match this top which has a very colorful dragon embroidered on the front. The perfect match was Priti NYC's Wedgewood Blue.
My neon mani for the Hobby Polish Blogger's August Linkup. Again, I am using Signet polishes. The are Stranger Danger Ranger (yellow base), Slutsicle Orange, and Hashbrown No Filter.
I then went to a copy cat mani from The Polish Dude and paired KB Shimmer's A Pigment Of My Imagination with my Starbucks duochrome drink cup.
A fashion shot of A Pigment with one of my B Makowsky purses and one of my rings.
My final mani was a Galaxy using all Indies for Nail Art Nation's Indie week challenge. I use the following:
Signet Nails: Dolf, Tainted Love and Yuko3000
Ruby White Tops: Ashley Rose (thermal( Chai Maintenance, Misfit Toys and Here Piggy Piggy
My-Stash Lacquer: Shaken Not Stirred
Well that's it. For me, this was a lot in one month. I hope you enjoyed my photo. So until next month, Take care and shine on. Terri.
Today's post is a roundup of the my nails from July.
I started the month out with OPI's Elephantastic Pink layered with Rainbow Honey's Hanami. This was the only Throwback Thursday I did for the month.
Then it was time for a July 4th design. Took this quick pic with my Iphone.
They are both Zoya (Liberty and Red Door Red).
Next, I used some of my Zoya's Pixie Dusts. This is Stevie.
Time for the Hobby Polish Bloggers July Link Up. This month it was Starry Night Sky.
I decideded to try some of my Salon Perfects. I really didn't care for their quality to much although I really like these two colors; Bellini and
Flamingo Flair.
Next came some free brushing with Signet Nails. Lauren closed shop which was very sad for me. I love her polishes.
A chalkboard design using Signet Nails again. This polish was graphite infused. Totally cool in my eyes. One of the more original ideas I've seen. Those are yoga poses if you can tell.
A gradient, yes, using Signet Nails.
Next, I went back to wearing a Pixie Dust. This is Arabella.
The last mani of the month was another Signet Nail one. This time I used Witches In Stitches and Violet Femme.
And that is that and take care. Terri
