It Only Takes a Spark-le to Start a Fire!

So yeah, yesterday was one of those days that you wish never happened, started, etc. I was one of the 'lucky' people at my company who lost their job yesterday. Sweet, huh?! (if anyone knows of any available awesome jobs in the Vegas area, please let me know!! :-D) I'm trying to look at it as a blessing, there are a ton of roads I could take at this point... I could work at night, and go back to school to get a culinary degree, I could get another graphic job, I could get a bartending or cocktail job, I could work at the casinos... the possibilities are pretty endless. I'm going to turn this situation on it's ass. :-D For today's nails I really wanted to do something fun and sparkly, so I used the new Nubar Sparkles polishes I bought at the International Beauty Show to do an ombre. :) These polishes officially kick ass, I can't stop looking at my hands, they're SO sparkly. I even ended up doing a matching pedicure!! :)



I used 3 coats of Nubar Petunia Sparkle, with Nubar Violet Sparkle sponged on the tip half of the nail. Topped everything off with 2 coats of Seche Vite top coat to smooth out the glitter coats. :)

So... what should my next endeavor be?

Mode - Jaded

Here is my final Mode costmetics polish.  This one is called Jaded.

Like the others, it applied smoothly and thinly.  This is a beautiful teal shimmer.  I can still see tiny brush strokes, but they certainly don't take away from this lovely colour.

This looks very similar to Revlon Aqua Blast.  I will have to do a comparison swatch to see.

I'm planning to do a whole week of holo posts cause I just got my Nfu Oh holographics in the mail, as well as some more of the OPI Designer Series holographic polishes.

Fuschia

Plate: Fauxnad M69

Base Colour: Barbara Daly Make Up - Cardinal

Fauxnad Colour: Stargazer 118 - White

Top Coat of NYC

Zoya Trixie

I had so many compliments this week about my paint splatter mani. Everyone asking who did my nails and where did I get them done, when I told them I did they just stared at me (Like wow) LOL wanting to know if I did other people's nails for money, now it was my turn to just stare at them LMAO I was like no i'm just happy I can do mine right, few of them was like well you should (aint that sweet)

Ok well on to the new mani for today :) and the winner is (Drum rolls please) Zoya Trixie. What a beauty!!!! Used 2 coats, brush was really easy to work with Hardly had to do any clean up.






Here are some more pic's from my garden (more flowers in bloom)









This grow along my flower beds, aint they cute?



Finally my fruit tree's are in bloom

Big cherry tree (sweet cherrys)




Samll cherry tree (sour cherrys)




Plum tree




Can't wait for my other flowers to bloom.

Thanks for looking.

OPI Shrek Comparisons: The Blues

Good morning, Dear Reader!

I have more OPI Shrek Collection comparison swatches for you today, this time the blues.  I did them the same way as the purples - all are with base and top coat, dry, and thumb, middle and pinky are OPI, index and ring are the comparison color.  The pictures were taken in sunlight.

I'll start with What's with the Cattitude, the lighter of the two blues.  I compared it to Color Club Factory Girl (formerly Blue Light), Essie Shelter Island, and SpaRitual Full of Life (again, just using what was handy and seemed like it might be close).

Factory Girl was a close match, just a tiny bit lighter than the OPI.

OPI Shrek What's with the Cattitude and Color Club Factory Girl Comparison

Shelter Island is distinctly darker than the OPI.

OPI Shrek What's with the Cattitude and Essie Shelter Island Comparison

SpaRitual Full of Life was again quite close, bit a bit lighter.

OPI Shrek What's with the Cattitude and SpaRitual Full of Life Comparison

Clearly, the Color Club is the closest match, barely distinguishable from the OPI.

The darker OPI Shrek Blue, Ogre the Top Blue, I compared to Color Club Chelsea Girl (formerly 220 Volts), Nubar Hot Blue, and SpaRitual Crystal Eyes.  Each was a bit darker than the OPI.

Here is Chelsea Girl.

OPI Shrek Ogre the Top Blue and Color Club Chelsea Girl Comparison

This is Nubar Hot Blue.

OPI Shrek Ogre the Top Blue and Nubar Hot Blue Comparison

Finally, SpaRitual Crystal Eyes.

OPI Shrek Ogre the Top Blue and SpaRitual Crystal Eyes Comparison

Although they're not dead-on dupes, I think both the Color Club and the Nubar are close enough to the OPI to fill in for one another.

That's what I have for you this morning, Dear Reader.  Until next time, love and nail polish to you!  

Mode - Blue steel

Here the second of the three Mode cosmetics polishes.

This is Blue Steel *sucks in cheeks and stares intensely at camera*

Despite not being able to get images of Derek Zoolander out of my head now, I want to express what a lovely polish this is.

It really does match the blue steel name very well, because it's a blue metal colour, with a light blue shimmer. It reminds me of that blue crusher dust that you compact down with a whacker before laying pavers. 

It applied very smoothly with no brush lines. This was two coats.  YAY fore Mode polish again.

Golden Rose Haul swatches

I put the number of each color by each nail and put the Golden Rose Line as well.101 is a bit more purple/lilac than the picture shows.I wish the holo showed better but the sun was playing games with me.
109 is a pale lilac and 117 is as holo as 109.
51 is light purple metallic, 57 is metallic as well.39 is very sheer which I expected, but you can see the blue flash and the glitter. The glitter

Oh, Quit Your Waning!

So I think I may be tired lately... there are two nights this week so far that I've passed out on the couch, etc. before 8:30 PM! :-P Last night it was about 6:45, and I slept the whole night. That can't be good, right? So much going on lately! Next Friday, I need to make a wedding cake for my friend Jessica's wedding... I'm a little scared because it's the one cake in a person's life they're not likely to forget. :-/ I also need to make some ice cream for class on sunday, I'm thinking Chocolate Cayenne, Fresh Strawberry, and Vanilla Bean. (Banana, too, if I can find ripe bananas at the supermarket). I'm hoping to do a 1-tier practice of the wedding cake on Saturday, and I hope to GOD it looks awesome. lol On the bright side, tomorrow is Friday, and at least over the weekend I won't have to worry too much about work, just personal obligations! :)

Today's nail art was inspired by the phases of the moon, which are: New Moon, Waxing Crescent, First Quarter, Waxing Gibbous, Full Moon, Waning Gibbous, Las Quarter, Waning Crescent, and Dark. (according to wikipedia.org) As of the time of this blog post, we are nearly at the full moon! :-D I only used TWO colors for this art- black and white! Oh, and by the way, the ring finger on my right hand is new CND Shellac, which would explain why it's not decorated with art.. lol I'm testing their 2-week claim, because if if can stay on me, it'll stay on anyone.





I used American Apparel Hassid
for the background, as well as mixed with American Apparel Cotton for the greys, and also used American Apparel Cotton
to lightly sponge over the base to make 'stars'.

What is going on with this blog? First, all the talk of 'brazilians', and now a Waxing Moon?! :-P (bad joke, I know)

CURRENT MOON

moon phase info

Side Frenchy

Here, as promised - a brand new post.

Konad Plate: M56

Base Colour: All About Face from Tesco - Soft Lilac

Konad Colour: BYS - N146 Royal Purple

Top Coat of NYC

I don't know if I've mentioned before, but this NYC Top Coat I always use is AMAAAZing because it doesn't smudge the Konad designs like many topcoats. I found it in a store called 'The Original Factory Shop', which is basically a seconds store, for £1 a bottle. I bought a few but they don't have any more and it's near impossible to find anywhere :(

OPI Shrek Comparisons: The Purples

Good afternoon, Dear Reader!

I'm back with some comparison swatches of OPI Shrek's Funky Dunkey and Rumple's Wiggin'.  I just grabbed a few polishes that were that were handy to compare.  The pictures are all in sunlight, all with a base and top coat, and dry.  In all, the OPI is on thumb, middle, and pinky, and the comparison color is on index and ring fingers.

For Funky Dunkey, I used China Glaze Grape Pop, RBL Mismas, and SpaRitual Shoot for the Stars.

Compared to Grape Pop, there's a minor difference in direct sunlight, but just walking around in normal light they're almost identical.

OPI Shrek's Funky Dunkey and China Glaze Grape Pop Comparison

Rescue Beauty Lounge's Mismas is even closer to the OPI.

OPI Shrek's Funky Dunkey and Rescue Beauty Lounge Mismas Comparison

Shoot for the Stars isn't a match - it's redder than Funky Dunkey.

OPI Shrek's Funky Dunkey and SpaRitual Shoot for the Stars Comparison

For Rumple's Wiggin', I used Nubar Lavender, Revlon Gum Drop, and Illamasqua Wink.  All three are pretty close.

Nubar Lavender is pretty much a match for Rumple's Wiggin'.

OPI Shrek Rumple's Wiggin' and Nubar Lavender Comparison

Revlon Gum Drop is a bit lighter than the OPI, but not by much.

OPI Shrek Rumple's Wiggin' and Revlon Gum Drop Comparison

Finally, Illamasqua Wink is almost a match for Rumple's Wiggin', again just a hair lighter.

OPI Shrek Rumple's Wiggin' and Illamasqua Wink Comparison

I'll try to hunt down some blues to do comparisons for those next.  The greens are unique, so they won't be compared to anything.

That's all for today, Dear Reader.  Until next time, love and nail polish to you!  

Maybelline has a new look

Woo-Hoo maybelline finally had a make over :) about time i'd say :) I'm liking this new look. The nail polishes bottles are so cute. I did not pick up any polishes but i'm so going back to get some (Loving the yellow and green ones).









Do you see anything you would buy? I know you nail junkie's are drooling over the polishes :D

Thanks for looking.

P2 Sun Heart love display

Here is what the new P2 sun heart love collection looks like. If you look and my other post you will see the polishes up close. Nothing else in the collection I would buy.





Thanks for looking.

German Essence display's

I toke some picture's today of the german Essence display, as many people have asked me what they look like soooooooooo here you go ladies DROOL away LOL :)




















Here are some of the Essence nail polish remover with scent




Left to right

* Coconut with vanilla
* Strawberry with vanilla
* Blackberry with vanilla


Thank for looking.

Essence into the wild collection

Ok here is the other collection I stumbled upon :D now these are suppose to being coming out in may, but bam as big as day the display was sitting there staring at me waiting for me to notice them. Need I say the display was already half empty!!! Damnit Essence bring your collection out when you say you will. Oh wait why am I bitching??? I got my hands on the collection (So i'm happy) Now to wait for the other 3 collection coming out in May (way to many for one month). Watch me miss those.

With out flash



From left to right

* Bongo Drums
* Desert Fox
* Heart Chakra
* Zulu (This on is a matte)

With flash





Thanks for looking.

Essence Crazy about color collection

Hallo ladies, Hope your having a good day so far.

Today I had to go into town so I wanted to look for some new polishes :) and guess what I stumbled upon??? Essence crazy about colour collection well I stumbled upon one more Essence collection but i'll get to that one later :) Look at these beauty's

Witout flash.




From left to right.

* 02 Lilac Forever
* 03 Crazy Me (LOVING THIS COLOR)
* 01 Think Pink

With flash.






Thanks for looking.

OPI Shrek Collection

Good morning, Dear Reader!

I wasn't up for swatching OPI Shrek last night, but I was this morning, so I have swatches for you.  Five of the pictures are under artificial light - my first shot at using a new light box.  The colors are true to life, but I'm still working on placement of the lamps to eliminate shadows.  The sixth was taken last night by the setting sun.

All six of the Shrek Collection are cremes and were three coaters for me, but I've found the dry time to be reasonable.  The brush on them is good, too - a little big, but not as moppy as in some collections.  There are two blues, two purples, and two weirdo greens in the collection, and I like them all.

The first weirdo green is Fiercely Fiona, a color like if you made pea soup using both green and yellow peas.  This one is a full manicure, and the picture I took outside last night.

OPI Shrek: Fiercely Fiona Nail Polish, Three Coats

The other weird green is Who the Shrek are You?, which is really the color of Shrek.

OPI Shrek: Who the Shrek are You? Nail Polish, Three Coats

The lighter of the two blues is What's with the Cattitude, a baby blue creme.

OPI Shrek: What's with the Cattitude Nail Polish, Three Coats

The darker blue is Ogre the Top Blue, a bright medium blue creme.

OPI Shrek: Ogre the Top Blue Nail Polish, Three Coats

The lighter of the purples is Rumple's Wiggin', a slightly pink pale lavender.

OPI Shrek: Rumple's Wiggin' Nail Polish, Three Coats

The last one, the darker purple, is today's Nails of the Day, Funky Dunkey.

OPI Shrek: Funky Dunkey Nail Polish, Three Coats

That's OPI's Shrek Collection, and what I have for you today, Dear Reader.  Until tomorrow, love and nail polish to you!