Mani Monday's: Newest polish

 

Today's Mani Monday's theme is a fun one: Newest Polish!
I recently got some very nice polishes, so I was looking forward to this day. But when I thought back on which polishes were added to my stash last, I couldn't help but laugh a little as they were extremely exciting...

I love a black and white mani, but I was running out of my favorite black and I didn't have a true white, so I picked up a bottle of China Glaze Liquid Leather and Snow and, of course, those are my most recent purchase. I debated whether to cheat and show another polish, but that wouldn't feel right, so I grabbed the black and white and started playing around with them.

I started with a white base, so 2 coats of Snow. Normally white polish tends to be streaky and patchy, but this was not to bad. It wasn't opaque in 1 coat, but it wasn't as sheer as other whites I've tried either.

1 coat Snow

I followed with a second coat and then painted half of my nails black with Liquid Leather.

This was a bit boring, so I got out my stripers and added some black and white stripes. The result was a really fun and easy black and white mani.

Liquid Leather has been my favorite black for a while, but Snow is a completely new addition to my stash and I really like it. I always love the China Glaze brush and this formula was really good for a white. Maybe not the most interessting colors to show, but you can't go wrong with a black and white mani.

What's your favorite black and white?

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Mani Monday's: US Thanksgiving

 

Another Monday, another Mani Monday theme! This time it's a familiar one: Thanksgiving.
I didn't even know there was a difference in the Candadian and US Thanksgiving, but apparently there is (not really, they only happen on different days, but still... it's a difference!). I had trouble coming up with an idea for the Canadian Thanksgiving theme and this time it was no different. I think the fact that I don't actually celebrate this holiday may have something to do with that.

But eventually I came up with a fun design that is 100% appropriate for Thanksgiving! I was watching something about the first Thanksgiving and a kid dressed as a Pilgrim came on screen. I was looking at her outfit and thought the hat would make a great mani! I grabbed some polishes and got to work!

I started with a black base, added a white strip and drew on the buckle with a silver polish.

Liquid Leather, white striper, Icicle

My painting skills leave something to be desired, but I do like the result. It's fun, festive and perfecte for Thanksgiving. I did realize I did the buckle wrong, but to be honest, I don't really care, lol.

I love black and white mani's and even if you don't celebrate this holiday, I think this is a fun and easy nail art. Do you celebrate Thanksgiving? What is your favorite part of this Holiday?

Happy Thanksgiving everybody!
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Oh boy... how many times did I mention Thanksgiving in this post???
Hahaha!

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Halloweek: Bloody Nails

This is the last day of Halloweek allready... I'm feeling a little sad it's over...
Luckily I have a lot of gorgeous glitters, that nobody will link to Halloween but me, so I can wear them all year round and only I will know it's actually a Halloween polish. Kinda like having a little secret all by myself.

On this last day, I have another nail art. I have been seeing a lot of this design on Instagram, Youtube and other blogs, so this is by no means my own idea, but I just loved it so much and it screamed Halloween to me, so I had to try my own version of it.

I used a few things to create this Blood dripping mani. OPI My boyfriend scales walls, my favorite and, at the moment, only white polish. China Glaze Phat Santa, one of my favorite reds, but the reason I choose this one is that it is pretty much opaque in 1 coat. To create the drops on my nails, I used a dotting tool.

I started off with 2 coats of Boyfriend and let that dry. I then placed a few drops of red on my nail with the dotting tool and dragged the drops down towards the tip of my nails. With the brush of the red polish, I filled in the gaps and voila! Blood dripping down my nails :D

I think this is a really fun mani, next time I will add some shading and maybe a few loose drops here and there, but for a first try, I think it turned out pretty good!

What's your favorite Halloween design?

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31DC2013 Black and White

I love black nails and I love white nails, so when I saw todays 31DC2013 theme combined the two, I was all over that! I got out my striping tape and got to work.
Let's just say it was trail and error with this mani... My first attempt wasn't succesfull and neither was the second. But third time's the charm I hear, so I didn't give up!

The end result was a fun and playfull mani, nowhere near perfect, my lines are wobbly and all over the place, but I'm actually really enjoying it!

I used my favorite black polish, China Glaze Liquid Leather and my favorite white polish OPI My boyfriend scales walls, although boyfriend isn't really white, it's off white, but close enough :D

For my Liquid Leather review, click here.
Boyfriend is an off white cream polish from the 2012 Spiderman collection. This polish has an ok formula. It can be a little patchy, but it usually does level out in about 2 coats. It dries fast and shiny and I love using this as a base for a lot of manicures. I can't really pull off white nails with my fair skintone, but Boyfriend looks ok on me.

Adding the black to my mani was a great idea, it makes the white look less chalky and hard. I absolutely love this on my nails and I will definitely do more B&W mani's!

Do you rock the black and white on your nails?

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Girly Bits Smurf Dance

This little beauty almost didn't make it to my stash!
When I first saw it, I smiled because of the name, I always call my friend Kelly Smurf because she is so tiny (but has a HUGE personality to compensate :D ), but the color didn't do it for me...

Several of my friends bought it and really liked it, but I wasn't convinced.
It looked... grey and boring...  yes, really, I said it, boring!

Until I saw a picture of it swatched over Essie Lapiz of Luxury... It just looked stunning! I had to have it!
By that time Llarowe was, of course, sold out of this polish and I had to stalk the restocks, kick some ass to make sure I wasn't car jacked, but I finally got my  hands on it.

Girly Bits - Smurf Dance is a crap ton of blue and white glitter in all shapes and sizes an to top it of, a nice amount of holo micro glitter in a clear base.

The formula... oh boy... normally you have to resort to the dabbing method with polish with this much glitter, especially if the majority is chunky glitter, but not with this beauty! Excelent glitter pay of, perfect formula and the dry time was really fast.

Since this is glitter in a clear base, you do need a polish underneath to bring out the best. I used 2 coats of Essie Lapiz of Luxury.

2 coats Lapiz, 2 coats Smurf, 1 coat SV

I'm in love with this polish and have tried it over several other polishes.
I thought it couldn't get better after I layered it over Lapiz, but boy, was I wrong!
Look at this mind blowingly gorgeous combination using A England Order of the Garther (I will post a review of Order later on my blog)

2 coats as an accent over 2 coats of A England Order 

I do recommend you layer this over a bright blue to get the best result, it can look a bit grey and dull over other colors. But if you like that look, go for it!

I think this polish is no longer available, but I'm not 100% sure. I do know that Llarowe has a lot of other Girly Bits polishes that are equally as good! I would recommend Rogue, Purple Potion, Razzle Dazzle and Hot Toddy. Me, I'm still lusting after Erin go Bragh-less and Face the Music. They're so pretty!

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