Tag: O.P.I.

Girly pirate nails and Born Pretty Store skull review

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Today I have some 3D stud nail art for you again with a Born Pretty Store review. Since I pretty much suck at freehand nail art and I don’t like decals or stickers much then this is pretty much the only thing I can do :D I got these metal skulls (#2) to try out and I had to think for a bit about what to do with them. The obvious thing was to put on black nail polish and stick a skull on one of the nails. I wanted to do something a little more girly though and came up with this design.

The base color is OPI Chic From Ears To Tail. After that was dry I used masking tape to get straight lines on the tips and applied OPI Liquid Sand Emotions. Then I used top coat to attach round studs and the chain on the ring finger. Both of these products can also be found from Born Pretty Store. At last I added the skull. I just used top coat so I could easily remove it and save for later use. If you really want to attach it so that it stays on too you need to use glue.

Skulls are flat and they stick out on the side of the nails. So I recommend these to be used mostly on one night party manicures. If possible you should also wait till the last minute to glue the skull on to your manicure. Otherwise it will be stuck in your hair or clothes while you’re getting ready.

 

 

 

I think this looks great with my nail shape and using pink too made the manicure look a little more feminine but still edgy and pirate-y ;)

You can buy these skulls from Born Pretty Store and they also have a wide range of other nail art supplies. Born Pretty Store offers free worldwide shipping. Please use the code “NZL91” when you order and get extra -10% discount.

 

www.bornprettystore.com

 

 

***The skulls were sent for review, studs and chain purchased by me. I don’t benefit from clicking any of the links on this pos.

Mish Mash Challenge – Week 6: Hot

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Wow! Is anyone surprised cos I’m so late with this, again *sigh*

I’m just gonna do this one nice and quick. This is one coat of Essie Licorice, one coat of OPI Baby It’s “Coal” Outside and the flames are done with OPI Liquid Sand Jinx. This manicure looked a lot better in my head than it actually did when it was ready LOL But since I already messed up my music theme mani and decided to skip the whole week I’ll just go ahead and show you this one.

 

 

Crappy photo of a crappy manicure, sowwy :P

That’s all for this one and maybe this week I can actually get my post up on time since I have already taken photos of the mani. Check back on Wed to see if a miracle happens ;D

 

 

***All products used for this manicure were purchased by me.

My new nails

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I meant to file my nails shorter and into almond shape. Then this happened…

 

 

For this manicure I used two coats of OPI A Roll In The Hague, OPI Rainbow Connection dabbed on the  the orange base and G & G HK Girl top coat.

I’ve had my nails looking like this before and I love the shape. I used to have them a lot longer too. Soon I’ll probably go for the smoother almond shape and then back to square-ish and long. I really like having my nails long, I just got tired of them looking the same way for so long. I needed a change :) I just don’t know what to call this shape LOL I know most people call these stilettos but in my opinion stilettos are longer and a bit different shape. I guess these are something between gothic almond and stilettos :P

In case there are new readers wondering about my nails, I use Cesars Secrets Builder Gel on my nails to make them stronger. I have a thin uv-gel layover on my own nails and I fix them about every two weeks to prevent having a too visible growth line. If/when I break a nail I usually use a plastic tip to maintain the length while my own nail grows back.

What do you think? Hell yes or a big NO NO? :D




***All products used on this manicure were purchased by me. I don’t benefit from clicking the link on this post.

Mish Mash Challenge: Week 4 – Nail art technique I have never tried before

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Look at me almost getting a post up in time ;D For this week I had a lot to choose from and I ended up doing drag marbling. This is something I’ve been wanting to do for a while now, this and water marbling but I’m still not brave enough to try that LOL

For this manicure I used OPI Thanks a Windmillion, Sephora by OPI Leaf Him At The Altar and China Glaze Gussied Up Green. I finished the manicure with G & G HK Girl top coat.

 

I’m not totally happy with the result. It looks kinda cool but I think it could look a lot cooler. I think I have to give this one another try later on. But there’s no winners or losers on our challenge and that makes it so much fun :) Good or bad, I challenged myself to try something new :)

Thank you for reading and please pay a visit to the other lovely ladies too :)

 

 

***All products used on this manicure were purchased by me. I don’t benefit from clicking the link on this post.

Mish Mash Challenge – Metallic

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Ahhhh! I’m so late with this post but once again, better late than never :P So last week’s theme was metallic. Since I strongly dislike metallic finish nail polish I decided to do something that doesn’t make me want to start a huge fire and throw every metallic polish bottle in to it. I think studs and chains count as metallic, right? At least on this mani they do :P

 

Here’s what I did.

For this I used OPI Baby It’s “Coal” Outside with G & G HK Girl top coat. Studs and chain are from Born Pretty Store.

 

This is a quick and easy mani. Just do your base color and let dry. Then use glue or top coat to attach the studs on the nails and seal then in with a top coat if you want to. Little tools like dotting tool, cutters to cut the chain, small pliers etc. will be helpful.
If you have a moment go check out what all the other awesome ladies came up with!
***All products purchased by me. I do not benefit from clicking the links on this post.

Guest post for KellieGonzo and Mish Mash Challenge: Taping

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Hi and happy hump day lovelies! I’ve been tearing up my nails and cutting my fingers left and right so I missed my Try It On Tuesday post yesterday. I totally had a manicure in mind for today’s Mish Mash Challenge too but instead of actually doing it last night I spent the time fixing a bad tear on my middle finger nail. Darn fridge doors can be deadly for long nails :( Soooo, I don’t have a tape manicure done for you today…

…BUT…

I recently did a tape manicure for KellieGonzo as a guest post (I’m so honored and excited about this!!) and lucky coincidence, it was posted today so I’m gonna take the easy way out and have you go check that one out LOL

http://www.kelliegonzo.com/2013/08/guest-post-by-riag-polishaholic-opi.html

 

Mish Mash Challenge – Purple

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Yay! It’s finally here, the awesome MISH MASH Challenge. We recently ended our weekly ABC Challenge and now we are back with a new challenge and some great new members too :) If you’d like to join this weekly challenge just email me at polishaholic(@)hotmail.com.

And here’s a list of how we are going to keep ourselves busy for the next 30 (!!!) weeks :D

 

MISH MASH CHALLENGE MASTER LIST
1. Purple
2. Taping
3. Metallic
4. Nail art technique you have never tried before
5. Music
6. Hot
7. Least expensive polish(es)
8. Cold
9. Blue
10. Triangle
11. Book
12. Flower
13. Rainbow
14. Pink
15. Holographic
16. Faux Stone
17. Grey
18. Card or Board Game
19. Around the World
20. Nail stamping
21. Nature
22. 3 colors
23. Favorite Color
24. Inspired by a Decade (50’s/60’s/70’s, etc)
25. Two colors you would never normally pair up
26. Favorite nail art technique
27. Green
28. Animated movie/tv show
29. Black and White
30. Seasons

Awesome, right?

So here’s my Mish Mash manicure for week 1, purple jelly sandwich. For this I used several coats of OPI Houston We Have a Purple and two coats of Jindie Nails Purple People Pleaser. I just love this OPI jelly. So squishy and juicy. Perfect for manicures like this.

 

 

So this was my manicure for purple. If you’d like to join this challenge please don’t hesitate to contact me! The more the merrier :)

Below you can find all the lovely ladies. I myself can’t wait to see what all of them have created for this first week!

Lynnderella – Amethyst Devotion

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Late Sunday post for me, but I’m here now with an awesome glitter polish to show you. This is Lynnderella Amethyst Devotion from the Talismans and Birthstones collection. Amazing sheer base polish with a ton of purple glitter along with some red and pink. This can be layered over a lot of different base colors and this time I decided to use pink-ish purple creme. I also intend to do a gradient mani over a black base as soon as possible. This one is so sparkly and absolutely stunning IRL.

In this mani I used two coats of OPI Ate Berries in the Canaries, one coat of Amethyst Devotion (plus some dabbing here and there) with a generous coat of G & G HK Girl top coat.

 

Amethyst Devotion applies well and cos it’s so packed with glitter one coat is enough. Two coats would probably be almost opaque. This is the kind of polish that is very hard to capture accurately. It’s complex and there’s so much shiny glitter and sparkles. You really need to see this in real life to truly appreciate it.

Lynnderella polishes are available to European customers at Norway Nails. You can use the code “POLISHAHOLIC” to get -10% off of any purchase. Norway Nails offers a wide range of gorgeous indies and other polish brands. You can also follow them on Facebook and Twitter.

 

 

***Amethyst Devotion was sent for review, HK Girl top coat was purchased by me. I do not benefit from clicking the links on this post or use of the discount code.

Jindie Nails – Dancing with the Stars

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And here we go again :) This time, as promised, I have another brand new glitter topper from Jindie Nails. This is part of the Mod Quad collection.

On Jindie Nails website Dancing with the Stars is described as: “An assortment of shapes & colors of glitters including opaque matte baby pink, neon pink, white, matte opaque gray, black, silver holographic and matte opaque white diamonds, stars, dots, short bars (just a few), hex and a few hearts and butterflies.  It has neon pink stars, hearts and butterflies!”

This is super cute and girly! You can layer this with a lot of different base colors. I chose bubblegum pink but I’m also going to try this out with baby blue and pale lilac in the future.

This is OPI Chic From Ears To Tail, two thin coats of Dancing with the Stars, a coat of Glitter Food and G & G HK Girl top coat.

 

Dancing with the Stars is packed with glitter but it’s also easy to apply. I wanted to keep on adding more and more and ended up dabbing more glitter on few spots after applying two coats. It’s so pretty and I just couldn’t help myself :D I turned the bottle upside down before application to help get out the bigger glitter pieces. This didn’t work for the butterflies though and they decided not to work with me on this and stayed in the bottle. I could see them pretty little pink things taunting me through the glass though. I’ll get them next time :P

Jindie Nails polishes are available at www.jindienails.com. International customers can also click here to find a distributor that works the best for you. Jindie Nails can be found from Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Please go follow for latest news and swatches of awesome upcoming new shades!

 

 

***Dancing with the Stars was sent for review. Glitter Food and HK Girl top coat were purchased by me.

ABC Challenge – V is for Vintage Minnie

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Today I have a very late ABC Challenge post for you, this was supposed to be up last Wednesday. I just haven’t had time to do my nails at all :/ I did this manicure last night and it’s a quick one. I just didn’t want to miss a letter since I haven’t done so by far and I had to come up with something LOL I didn’t really have any cool V polishes except one from Crazy Polish Lady but I just used her polishes for letter U so I didn’t want to go there again. Then I remembered my OPI Vintage Minnie minis collection I got a while back but never really used and decided to do something with that.

So here’s my quick Vintage Minnie manicure for letter V. I used the three polishes in the collection and also used OPI Alpine Snow, The “IT” Color and Baby It’s “Coal” Outside. I finished the manicure using G & G HK Girl top coat. The bow is from Born Pretty Store.

 

 

So this was my late post for V week and I’ll try and have my W post up in time tomorrow :)

 

***3D bow decoration was sent for review. Everything else used in this manicure was purchased by me.