tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81972218486774037022024-02-02T09:30:35.665-08:00OOONAILZAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15651901762970689621noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8197221848677403702.post-39933122840753562982013-03-05T11:53:00.000-08:002013-03-05T11:53:45.505-08:00I'VE BEEN GONE FOR SO LONG ;'(<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Apparently, during the move to my new apartment, I lost my camera battery charger. I was able to use it for quite a while before it died, but then one day, it had no pulse. I was in denial and thought maybe I could find my charger, but inevitably ended up ordering a cheap one off of amazon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">BUT I'M FINALLY BACK MY DEAR, SWEET BLOG</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i>(i missed you)</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm going to be posting manicures like wild fire this week, to make up for all the lost time. Starting with, this manicure that I'm dubbing the </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I used Essie Devil's Advocate for this. All I did was paint it on, free hand, over bare nails. Slapped on some hefty layers of top coat to get it to really shine, and..</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Seriously, if you ever have one of those days where you want to paint your nails, but you only have a small window of time to get it done, and are sick of the old standard manicure... <i>this</i> is your solution!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All this talk about the impending snow storm is making me anxious. But that doesn't mean my nails shouldn't be decked out in some snug little sweaters of their own!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, not <i>literally</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This week I picked up Zoya Haley, a gorgeous red polish that has strong orange undertones. It might even be my favorite red (to be fair, I say that about nearly every polish these days). Seriously though, this red is awesome. It seems to be more of a jelly polish than a creme, and applies as such. You'll definitely need 2 coats, possibly a third. But it's worth the effort, because when you're finished your nails are going to practically GLOW.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's hard to show the true tone of this color in photos, but I did my best.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then, I got down the business and stamped the heck out'a my nails using an image from my nailzcraze stamping plate...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anyway, my nails totally look like they're wearing sweaters, right? ..<b><i>Right?! </i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The silver I used for the stamping is Silver Sweep, one of the Insta-dry polishes from Sally Hansen. It's p-e-r-f-e-c-t for stamping. Seriously. Stamping has never been as easy for me as it was with this polish!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So there you have it. Obviously I'm just pretending to stamp my nails in those photos, but you can get the general idea. It's important to be quick when stamping, because as the polish starts to dry it'll be come harder to transfer the entire image to your nail!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Everytime I've seen an ombre manicure in the past, I've looked admiringly and thought to myself, "one day, <i>one day</i>..."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Devil's Advocate is a deep, deep purple. It almost looks black, and also leans a little bit into the maroon family. Mimi is packed full of purple glitter, and in the right lighting will flash other colors, too. No Plain Jane is probably my all time, hands down, no competition FAVORITE nail polish, ever. It's a duo-chrome meaning that it color shifts depending on the angle and lighting. In this case, the colors are a rich shimmery purple and chocolate brown. The particular shade of this purple is amazing. I was never a big fan of shimmer, I was a all-out-glitter or nothing type'a girl. Until this polish! Planks A Lot is a perfect purple, too. I would describe it as 'classic' purple. And Lilacism, is exactly that- lilac! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Seriously, I could go on and on about each one of these purples but I'll stop there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anyway, when I was done, I stamped on the lovely design, from my nailzcraze stamping plate, with China Glaze Awaken. It's an excellent polish to use for stamping, it's very opaque and just the right consistency. </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15651901762970689621noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8197221848677403702.post-32661670132400509622013-01-15T13:37:00.000-08:002013-01-15T21:02:42.622-08:00GLITTER GRADIENT~<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anyway, I think I'll actually keep this manicure on my fingers for a few days. Glitter gradients are one of my favorite manicures and aren't very complicated at all. It's a quick way to do something radical to your nails.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As you can see, I was inspired by the suit this adorable little Playmobil Elvis doll is wearing. It's very reminiscent of the suits he wore when he played shows in Vegas. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Happy Belated, Elvis! You're <i>still</i> the king.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here it is! My first post on my blog dedicated entirely (for now, anyway) to all things nail related. For the time being I realize that I'm likely just talking to myself in the depths of cyber space, but hopefully that'll change soon. Anyway, let's dive right in, shall we?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: start;">I used 3 different polishes here, Essie's Butler Please, Illamasqua's Rare and Sephora's Chaotic. These photos seriously do not do these colors justice. The yellow is so bright it is practically glowing, and that's the reason why I love it so much. It's like I have little glow sticks on my fingertips. & The blue is a truly unique color that, for lack of a better and more eloquent description, I would describe as neon, royal blue. That's right, neon royal blue. Be advised that it dries matte on its own, so definitely be prepared to layer on some top coat to really get it to POP!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: start;"> As you can see, one hand is yellow with one blue nail, and vice versa. This is usually my go-to look when I can't decide between two polish colors and it's guaranteed to be weird. And weird is good. Very good.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So! That's today's manicure. I tend to want to change my manicure every day, sometimes even more frequently than that- so stay tuned ;)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>(that's German for <b>bye</b>!) </i></span></div>
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