Showing posts with label pure ice. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pure ice. Show all posts
18 July 2014
My Logo on my Nails!
Good day! :)
I am so excited to share today's mani! I've been wanting to do this for a while, and finally got just the right tools to do it: I've recreated my little glitter-lightning-bolt logo on my nails!
I am so excited to share today's mani! I've been wanting to do this for a while, and finally got just the right tools to do it: I've recreated my little glitter-lightning-bolt logo on my nails!
23 February 2014
Nail Wheels for Art Show [pic-heavy!]
Okay... *deep breath* here goes!
Last November, the office where I worked held an art show/craft fair. Quite a few of us have artistic hobbies--one lady makes scarves, another does jewellery and metalwork, one of my friends makes the most beautiful soaps, lotions, body products, etc, and yet another friend paints on canvas. There are so many talented people there and it was so much fun!
My contribution was designing some sets of false nails (and sold four of them!), but I also made these nail wheels just for display, and I've wanted to show them to you for a while:
This is a REALLY picture-heavy post (I'm talking like, 15 in total) ... so the rest are after the jump!
25 October 2012
Challenge Day #28: Inspired by a FLAG (and, whoops!)
So, oops!
In case anybody noticed, I sort of missed a day. I looked at the list wrong, and skipped the artwork day, #27! Yikes. I will do that one next time, and then get back on track. Only a few more challenge prompts left!
Since the start of this challenge, I've had all kinds of ideas for this prompt--maybe do all ten fingers with a different flag of countries I've been to, or do some really cool detailed flag over all nails making one big image when putting them together... But then I was laying in bed the other day not feeling so great, and staring at my nightstand, where I happen to have a flag I got the first time I ever went to a "foreign" (to me) country. And, being as obsessed with nail art as I am, as soon as my eyes gazed at the Brazilian flag sideways:
..it immediately occurred to me that the top bit looked like a chevron french tip + a half moon, and that I was going to have to paint that shizz ASAP! So... I did.
As you can see, I went with the basic colour scheme, but a bit brighter! Started with my pretty yellow polish, Confetti #008 Margarita Senorita, that I have mentioned before. I then freehanded the green chevron tips with Sinful Colors #198 Irish Green. It's a quite sheer polish--I had to use at least 3 coats even over the yellow base, so my tips are kind of thick. It's really pretty though! I then used a detail brush to paint on the blue half-moons with Pure Ice's Celestial, and then the white details with Orly Pointe Blanche. Sealed it in with a new topcoat I found, also by Orly, called Sec 'N Dry. So far I'm pretty impressed! It's another multi-layer, quick-dry topcoat. The formula is nice, the brush is good quality, and as you can see, it's quite shiny! Smeared my dots a bit, though. Maybe I didn't wait long enough for them to dry, however, so I won't count this topcoat out yet.
Hope you enjoyed these! Next time I'll get the artwork nails up, and then get back on schedule! Untli then, take care, and enjoy the rest of your week xoxo
In case anybody noticed, I sort of missed a day. I looked at the list wrong, and skipped the artwork day, #27! Yikes. I will do that one next time, and then get back on track. Only a few more challenge prompts left!
Since the start of this challenge, I've had all kinds of ideas for this prompt--maybe do all ten fingers with a different flag of countries I've been to, or do some really cool detailed flag over all nails making one big image when putting them together... But then I was laying in bed the other day not feeling so great, and staring at my nightstand, where I happen to have a flag I got the first time I ever went to a "foreign" (to me) country. And, being as obsessed with nail art as I am, as soon as my eyes gazed at the Brazilian flag sideways:
| behold: a bandeira do Brasil. |
..it immediately occurred to me that the top bit looked like a chevron french tip + a half moon, and that I was going to have to paint that shizz ASAP! So... I did.
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| Cut my nails, too, a bit shorter than I intended. D: But. Yay flags! |
As you can see, I went with the basic colour scheme, but a bit brighter! Started with my pretty yellow polish, Confetti #008 Margarita Senorita, that I have mentioned before. I then freehanded the green chevron tips with Sinful Colors #198 Irish Green. It's a quite sheer polish--I had to use at least 3 coats even over the yellow base, so my tips are kind of thick. It's really pretty though! I then used a detail brush to paint on the blue half-moons with Pure Ice's Celestial, and then the white details with Orly Pointe Blanche. Sealed it in with a new topcoat I found, also by Orly, called Sec 'N Dry. So far I'm pretty impressed! It's another multi-layer, quick-dry topcoat. The formula is nice, the brush is good quality, and as you can see, it's quite shiny! Smeared my dots a bit, though. Maybe I didn't wait long enough for them to dry, however, so I won't count this topcoat out yet.
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| With the inspiration flag. |
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| And another, because I liked this pic. |
Hope you enjoyed these! Next time I'll get the artwork nails up, and then get back on schedule! Untli then, take care, and enjoy the rest of your week xoxo
16 August 2012
From The Vault #1
Howdy folks! We interrupt your regularly scheduled 31-Day Challenge post to bring you a picture "from the vault". And by "the vault", I mean the album that I kept on Facebook for a while (and a few from my hard drive that I never posted anywhere). My goal is to eventually get all the good ones over here to share with you :)
I apologise in advance--I will do my best to remember the polishes and plates I used for each design, but if I can't, I'll give my best estimate or a suggestion for a similar shade. I'll also apologise for the poor quality of some photos. They were taken with a phone camera, and as I'm sure you know, they often leave a lot to be desired. However, while they may not be very clear, they are generally colour-accurate.
First up, a relatively recent design:
I started with a base of two Pure Ice blues and made a gradient fading from nude at the base to dark blue at the tip. The lighter blue is called Pussy Cat, and the darker blue is Celestial. These are both lovely metallic blues with a great one-coat formula! I made the gradient with the brushes--just dabbed it on with a small amount of polish on the brush. It didn't have to be perfectly smooth since I was putting all the rest of this business on top of it :D
Over the blue gradient I added one coat of Essie Set In Stones, the lovely shiny silver glitter from the Luxe Effects collection, and one coat of NYC 105A Starry Silver Glitter, which has microfine silver glitter and slightly larger hex glitters in very pale lavender colour and royal blue. I then used Stripe Rite white striping polish to make some tiny white stars here and there. Finally I added some dark and light blue tiny rhinestones, which I purchased from Cult Nails. They came in a wheel of assorted colours and sizes, and can be found here. Last, the trusty coat of Seche Vite to seal it all in.
I really like this one--I got lots of compliments, my favourite being "it reminds me of snowy coldness". This wouldn't seem like much of a compliment, except it came from a Canadian who loves low temperatures more than pretty much anything else on the planet, so I was honoured!
(I just realised this could have totally been my manicure for Challenge Day #5, since that calls for blue nails, but I'm not going to cheat and use an old one! I have a special mani for that one and will post it next time.)
Au revoir for now! xoxo
I apologise in advance--I will do my best to remember the polishes and plates I used for each design, but if I can't, I'll give my best estimate or a suggestion for a similar shade. I'll also apologise for the poor quality of some photos. They were taken with a phone camera, and as I'm sure you know, they often leave a lot to be desired. However, while they may not be very clear, they are generally colour-accurate.
First up, a relatively recent design:
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| I'm blue, da ba dee da ba da... |
I started with a base of two Pure Ice blues and made a gradient fading from nude at the base to dark blue at the tip. The lighter blue is called Pussy Cat, and the darker blue is Celestial. These are both lovely metallic blues with a great one-coat formula! I made the gradient with the brushes--just dabbed it on with a small amount of polish on the brush. It didn't have to be perfectly smooth since I was putting all the rest of this business on top of it :D
Over the blue gradient I added one coat of Essie Set In Stones, the lovely shiny silver glitter from the Luxe Effects collection, and one coat of NYC 105A Starry Silver Glitter, which has microfine silver glitter and slightly larger hex glitters in very pale lavender colour and royal blue. I then used Stripe Rite white striping polish to make some tiny white stars here and there. Finally I added some dark and light blue tiny rhinestones, which I purchased from Cult Nails. They came in a wheel of assorted colours and sizes, and can be found here. Last, the trusty coat of Seche Vite to seal it all in.
I really like this one--I got lots of compliments, my favourite being "it reminds me of snowy coldness". This wouldn't seem like much of a compliment, except it came from a Canadian who loves low temperatures more than pretty much anything else on the planet, so I was honoured!
(I just realised this could have totally been my manicure for Challenge Day #5, since that calls for blue nails, but I'm not going to cheat and use an old one! I have a special mani for that one and will post it next time.)
Au revoir for now! xoxo
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