When you buy a homecoming dress, 2012, also make sure you have the best accessories are there, too. It is very important that the balance of prom dresses with accessories that you post, that will make the connection. Make sure it looks and what is there for you to get what is best for you and what is really going to equip a full and then went back to his house that looks like a million dollars.
Finding the right shoes Your Prom Dresses
One of the main accessories are shoes that use. You want to make sure you have shoes that are truly amazing match your dress is the right height, and really stand out. Buy shoes for the dress back can be really fun and really help you fit together. Make sure your shoes are definitely what you need in relation to the size, style and color, is the ideal partner to go with the clothes you wear.
The scholarship perfect party dresses
Another important accessory that you should look is your wallet. There are all kinds of scholarships that are there and you have the perfect dress to match your return. You may want to get a clutch instead of a purse as well, which is smaller and easier to handle. Choose the scholarship that goes best with the dresses you see on Homecoming.
Find Bijoux Ideal Prom Dresses
Another thing you will find a complete equipment is to ensure that you have great jewelry. You want to make beautiful necklaces, bracelets and rings to match your prom dress. The jewelry can really help to tie all your clothes and make it stand out and look fantastic. A great piece of jewelry may be just what you need to link all of yourprom dress.
Sandals are all the hype of today, not only because they play a necessary part of our clothing, but also as a fashion statement in today's world. They are more powerful than a sexy bag, belt, necklace or most other accessories, for that matter. Good shoes on the feet painted and maintained, is a recipe for success and do not forget also the best way to attract the attention of a man! Opinion sandals men. Women love men enjoy seeing sandals and sandals wearing beautiful woman, too.
This summer, keep a clear nail polish and eye catching colors and sandals for the skin to reveal the sleek design.
Heels are never out of fashion, but the only thing that everyone should wait for summer beach sandals, flip flops and sandals funky. Unlike interest rates are obviously more comfortable and airy, as they are not forgotten. Our feet are the hardest jobs in our body, keeps us up hard every day. Do not force boots or closed shoes, but dress in a manner befitting the situation and find the best sandals to work. Hot blessing to be able to use a shoe and still be light and airy "," Fashion. And in the evening, you can always put high heels and leave, happy and well rested, your feet will dazzle style.
Sandals are not only important woman in form, but have the same meaning in men's clothes too. Women are known to be very particular type of sandal that want to see men and women tend to evaluate their first meeting of the sandal. And everyone knows how important this report is the first meeting. So the sandal is an important part of human life and helps attract attention. And even if you use a simple dress that does not do justice to what really is the sandal to help improve their character and dress boring. And the sandal is always more reliable than the clothes of the character Toni Collette said, "sandalwood" sandal in shape, as opposed to clothing. Scarpa is a static and reliable. Then, change the form factor of many washing clothes, the shoes are basically the same except the color of the rain, stretching or tearing of the fabric.
Today I'm showing you three new franken polishes that I made using colour shifting pigments. As you will soon see, these are just short of amazing. Its my opinion that these are the pigments that are/were used in polishes such as Clarins 230 and the old Liquid Euphoria. One of them is also identical to my Avon colour morphing top coat. So please ensure your tray tables are in the upright position and lets go...
First up is the green to violet blue pigment. This shows two coats over black with photos taken in the sun. This one starts off green.
The below shot was taken indoors and shows the polish being a very strong duochrome with blue on the sides and green in the centre.
Back in the sun at a different angle you see the green shifting to blue.
Now here is my first ever youtube video. It's not edited so there is ambient background noise and maybe a cat meowing, but you get the idea! But I just wanted to try show the colours changing in real life.
Next up gold to green - This one looks exactly like my Avon Colour Morphing top coat. Exactly I tell you. Not just distant cousins, or sisters, these two are twins!
It starts off a bronzey gold with mossy green undertones.
Spinning on the spot it gets greener and greener (and I get dizzier and dizzier).
And finally the turquoise blue flash at the end.
Another video in attempt to display the colour changing in real time.
Finally Copper Red to green.
Now just like Kang I say "we must move forward, not backward; upward, not forward; and always twirling, twirling, twirling". Cause when I'm twirling, that's when the red goes green.
Holy crapola, I can't believe it went from that red, to the below green. This is the kind of pigment I believe is used in Clarins 230 and Liquid Euphoria Bliss. Now I made my franken really saturated because I wanted a full nail colour, whereas those polishes have a much more subtle colour changing sparkle, but that just depends on how much powder you put in.
Another spectacular video demonstrating my outstanding videography skills.
Here are my bottles pics of each of these frankens. All I did was add less than a quarter of a gram of pigment to a bottle of regular clear nail polish. As you can see these end up being a milky translucent polish. If using regular clear nail polish (and not a suspension base) then it will settle to the bottom after about 3-4 days. However I have found that these mix up a lot easier than glitter or spectraflair and you only need to re shake the bottle for a few minutes to use it again.
Ok, so now the fun bit about how you can get your hands on some of this pigment. I was only able to buy this stuff in fairly large quantities, so I'm on selling the stuff I don't need.
What is it?
Its chameleon colour changing pigment, used in the automotive industry for car paints as well as manufacturing of plastics etc. The particle size is 90 microns, which is larger than spectraflair, but smaller than ultra fine .004" glitter. Mixed in nail polish it is totally smooth, no top coat required.
Where did I get it from?
I purchased two different brands from two places.
All three colours, Gold to Green, Copper Red to Green and Violet Blue to green, are Konfusion brand. You can buy a half ounce tub from The coating store in the US for $45. But a half ounce is a lot of pigment when you talking a few bottles of nail polish. That’s why I’m keeping some for myself to continue frankening with, but splitting up the rest to sell to you guys.
Before I bought the Konfusion brand pigments, I actually bought a two ounce tub of House of Kolor chameleon powder in Gold to green from an Australian seller on ebay who had bought it to paint their car, and changed their mind. This tub retails on the House of Kolor Australian website for $755.92!!
Is it safe to use car pigment in nail polish?
First, I’m no scientist or chemist, so I have no definitive answer to that. When handling these powders you must use gloves and a mask because it is a very fine powder that will remain suspended in the air very easily, thus can be easily inhaled if you spill it. Here are the MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet) for the KonFusion pigment and the House of Kolor pigment
It is not cosmetic grade for use in other makeup, however suspended in nail polish it all seems fine. I have had mine mixed for several weeks and they are still perfect. No cracked bottles, no explosions, no fingers or nails falling off. All nail polish contains pigments etc, and these colour changing pigments can only be created a specific way. Given that these types of effects have been seen in nail polishes before (eg Clarins 230, Liquid Euphoria etc) I suspect these pigments have been used in the manufacturing process before.
However, if you have any concerns, do not purchase it. And I also don't want to hear from people bitching that I am using it and selling what I wont use.
How much is it?
AUD $6.50 per 1 gram pot
AUD $2.50 postage (to anywhere in the world)
I will combine up to three pots (one of each colour) for the same postage.
What will you get if you buy some?
I purchased some digital precision jewellery scales so I can accurately measure out one gram. The scales measure down to .01 of a gram.
I also purchased some little 3 gram cosmetic pots to put the pigment in, rather than sending it to you in zip lock bags. While placing the pigment in ziplock bags would be easier for me to do, I find it difficult to get pigment out of them without creating a mess. When you open the zip, powder often puffs up into the air. I think this creates a greater risk on inhalation as well of being wasteful. Whereas in the pots, you can leave it to settle, then gently open the pot, easily scoop some out and then do up the pot without powder going everywhere.
So you will get one gram of your choice of pigment powder in a nice little cosmetic pot. Here is a picture of some I have packaged up already.
How many bottles of polish will one gram make?
Of course this depends on the size of your bottles and how saturated you want the pigment. Do you want to make it a one coater or just a light flash of colour changing sparkle? I made the above bottles up, which are 13.5ml, using less than a quarter of a gram. I think mine are very saturated, but make your own mind up looking at the pictures.
How do you make a Franken polish with this?
If you just want a simple layering top coat, all you have to do is mix it with a clear polish. Start with a little bit, then shake, and swatch it onto a black or dark base. Keep adding pigment until you get the desired opacity. Using a clear polish will mean it will settle after a few days. If you use a very sheer French colour or other sheer shimmer polish as the base, it will generally hold the pigment in suspension.
Of course you can add this pigment to other coloured polishes to franken up some awesome dupes of polishes such as:
Clarins 230 – A sheer maroon purple base with copper red to green pigment.
Liquid Euphoria Bliss – A sheer purpley/maroon base with copper red to green pigment. Check out a swatch here.
Liquid Euphoria Dreamy – A sheer greenish jelly with gold to green pigment. Check out a swatch here.
Liquid Euphoria Euphoric - A sheer purple jelly base with Violet blue to green pigment. Check out a swatch here.
(Note: these are only my guesses at colour combinations and pigments – I don’t own any of those polishes and have based my ideas off pictures. Please don’t take my word for it. But I’m certainly going to start with these colour combos to try to dupe these elusive polishes and make easy to follow recipes.)
I will then confirm that I have enough stock for your requested colour/s and send you all the details of how to pay in an email back to you.
Because of the outrageous PayPal fees, I will be asking you to send your PayPal payment as a "Personal" amount of "Payment owed", rather than sending money as "Purchase of goods". I will also ask people, where possible, to please use funds from a bank account or PayPal credit, rather than using their credit card. I still get charged fees for all international transactions but doing the above two things helps to lower the percentage they take.
How much profit am I making?
After taking all costs into account (specifically PayPal fees) I’m making about a buck fifty for each lot, which I think is reasonable for the hours (upon hours) of time and effort involved in packaging and posting.
Why not sell through ebay?
It costs too much! I just want to share the awesomeness of these powders so others can have some fun like me. If I were to sell through ebay I would have to pay insertion fees, final value fees and full commercial PayPal fees, plus spend more of my time to make eBay listings.
However if that is what people want (so they can receive PayPal buyer protection) I am happy to do it. But the eBay price will be AUD$8.00 per gram. I will create individual custom listings for people who want this. I'll then email you the ebay item listing.
I just want to do this as cheaply as possible for everyone, so you can experience this fun with nail polish.
What if it doesn’t arrive?
I will take photos of every order I send off to prove I have done it. If the item is lost in the post (and I addressed the envelope correctly) I can’t take responsibility for that. Sorry. If this is a concern for you, I’m happy to do registered post, although that costs $13.20 which you will have to pay. If my photo shows I sent it to the wrong address, I will resend.
I'm happy for you to ask any questions in the comments, or if you would rather send them by email you can to morenailpolish@iinet.net.au.
Thank you for the amazing feedback on my last post! A lot of you requested a tutorial so here you go!
I had a great time camping but had to trim my nails a bit because they kept breaking from all the manual work! I quite like them short but since I've been doing more freehand nail art, it helps to have a bigger canvas so I'm hoping they'll grow back quite quickly.
I'm starting a new job this week so I don't know how often I'll be able to blog. I'm hoping regularly but we'll see how it goes.
Since the stability of the time, the summer day is just around the corner. We know that summer is the best time for the girls show their slim figures in the world. Although people tend to use less clothing on hot days, is still the need to dress fashionably. What do girls, sophisticated equipment are essential in the wardrobe store. Today I am going to tell you about a series of summer nail art designs, we hope you enjoy them
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We know that girls pay attention to their appearance, then an amazing accessory, it is important for girls. A good option not only makes sense that fashionable girl, but also decorated for his appearance in a perfect manner. These stunning designs nail art exhibition here I can meet girls, have to some extent. These floral print nail art designs are also popular this summer. These are the girls who want to make these words a nice way. Those who always want to question the styles may have to try these beautiful nail art designs.
Hey girls, if you have any ideas of your nails, why not try these floral printed nail art? I bet you will love!
If we are happy to use hello kitty nails games or nail polish in Houston USA and give us time to breathe. Leaving us free polishes and hello kitty nails for sale accessories. When cleaning the nail polish should not happen curry with sharp objects and so on. But to use a special cleaning fluid / nail polishing. To paint the hello kitty nails for kids are more durable, preferably before giving us the painted moisturizer before bathing. When they seek to brush, dip the brushing should be to take the art designs just enough so they do not overflow and the dissemination of results could be more perfect.
How to use / wear hello kitty nails in Houston is rubbed with a brush horizontally to the right and left and then down over the edge. If you have excess paint, which do not use cotton towels or paper, but disposable manicure sticks wooden. It could be one of the many women who are worried and think about your hello kitty nails games. To obtain the most harmonious colors, it helps to know the first base color of the skin.
The trick to see the inside of the wrist. If the color is rather blue, pink or color of your skin, then cool. But if the color is red, orange or yellow skin color, then warm. You can then choose the matching hello kitty nails for sale with you.
Elizabeth Arden Vincenza Raspberry is another fabulous discontinued polish uncovered in my time capsule from the other day. It's a gorgeous, slightly jelly base that's the color of raspberry sorbet and full of tiny gold flaky glittery bits. I used three coats to make it as opaque as I wanted it, and it turned out really well. Here's Vincenza Raspberry in sunlight after it dried.
Elizabeth Arden Vincenza Raspberry Nail Polish, Three Coats
Ain't she a beauty? It's a good one for today, my mom's birthday, because it's a really chipper color. This year, my dad and I are celebrating my mom's birthday by going out to lunch and then to some new shopping outlet. We both generally detest shopping while it was my mom's favorite sport, so she'd be thrilled that we went out to check this place out for her. Truthfully, I think my dad has ulterior motives - my sister took him there last week and he was enthralled with looking at air rifles (he's 85, what the heck does he need with an air rifle?), and I believe he's managed to rationalize some need for one in the days since he saw them and that we'll be leaving with one today. Since it's his cash, it's his business (well, sometimes my entertainment too), so I'll just stand by with a fabulous manicure during the rifle purchase.
That's the update for today, Dear Reader, so until next time, love and nail polish to you!
All Rights Reserved, Siobhan@The Nailphile. If you're reading this elsewhere, it's stolen.
I'm sure you would agree that a good opaque black polish is an absolute must in everyone's collection. I think it's pretty well known for ladies that have access to Wet N Wild nail polish, that their Shine Black Creme is a great one coater for when you layering polish. For those of us without access to Wet N Wild, we need to make do with whatever brand we can find.
I was starting to get a bit jack of my staple black polish when I was doing my Ozotic multichrome swatches. I was using Ulta3 Black Satin, but to get it opaque you have to use two coats. So what do you do in this situation, you franken it!
I had already purchased a Mica sampler pack from TKB Trading. So I had a baggy of black oxide pigment. This stuff is great because it is so pigmented. I added probably about a teaspoon of mica to my bottle of Ulta3 Black Satin, a couple of ballz and shook the bejesus out of it.
Here is a swatch of one coat each of the original Black Satin and my frankened version. Can you tell which is which? Tee hee.
So now I have a perfect black one coater.
The other thing I love about this is that it doesn't stain. I was talking to my mum about this and she was using Ulta3 Midnight as a dark base, but found that it was an absolute beeotch in the staining department. Even just trying to do clean up she had what looked like blue ink everywhere. Mum, I think I might just franken you up a bottle too. :)
Hi~^^ Hope you all had a great start to the weekend. I'm trying to savour mine as best as possible before I return to uni on Monday.
Awhile ago, I received a lovely nail package from Face of Australia. One of the polishes included was Verdigris. This is a light olive green which has a metallic finish. Careful application is required in order not to end up with a brushstrokey mess. I applied two coats here~
It's not my favourite shade of green, but I actually grew to like it :) Of course, if it were less brushstrokey, I'd be loving it. What are your thoughts of metallic finishes? Love or hate?
~Sharon
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I'm pleased to be wearing China Glaze No Way Jose today, which is another rediscovered treasure. It's a light, somewhat pink purple glass flecked polish from China Glaze's Tequila Toes collection a few years back. It applied very well and I added a third coat for opacity, which did the trick, before finishing it with Poshe. This is No Way Jose.
China Glaze No Way Jose Nail Polish, Three Coats
I love this polish. There's something about the shade of No Way Jose that thrills me, and I really don't know why. When put in combination with a glass flecked finish, I swoon, tilt my head sideways with both hands on one side of my face, and burst into song:
No Way Jose
How I love him
He's got something I can't resist
But he doesn't even know that I exist
No Way Jose
How I want him
How I tingle when he passes by
Every time he says hello
my heart begins to fly
I'm in heaven
I get carried away
I dream of him and me
and how it's gonna be
Other fellas call me up for a date
But I just sit and wait
I'd rather concentrate
On No Way Jose
'Cause I love him
And I pray that someday he'll love me
And together we will see how lovely heaven will be
If you don't recognize it for the tune, that's Johnny Angel, a Shelley Fabares song from the early sixties. It's the most melodramatic song I could come up with to complete my declaration of love for No Way Jose - when it comes to the stanza about sitting and waiting, I picture her singing it from the bushes outside Johnny Angel's window with binoculars in her hand, which makes it very funny to me.
That is No Way Jose and a little song for it that will likely get stuck in your head today, so I think my work here is done. Until next time, Dear Reader, love and nail polish to you!
All Rights Reserved, Siobhan@The Nailphile. If you're reading this elsewhere, it's stolen.
This post was intended for Wednesday July 27unfortunately I was in ed dying with an evil stomach virus so I'm a little late. July 27 would have been my Daddy's 70th Birthdaywe lost him 7 years ago but I know he's still with me (likely cussing me quite often) and watching his Grand Monkeys grow.This was my Daddy & MomHow freaking adorable are theyMany years later this happened(Daddy & I)Yes I was
In honor of 'The Smurfs' movie coming out today, I though this blast from the past would be appropriate! :-D
Try getting THAT out of your head!! *muahahahahahaha* Ok, anybody who's ANYBODY knows who the Smurfs are, and how...Smurfy they are. :-D I remember many a Saturday morning growing up waking up and watching the Smurfs on tv, since I grew up in the boonies, we didn't have cable, *GASP* (yes, that's for REAL. My parents STILL don't have cable) so Saturday mornings were the only time that cartoons were on TV, so we definitely made the most of them, most likely eating S'mores cereal, maybe Count Chocula, or perhaps my dad's amazingtastical fried eggs. (I am 29, and I STILL can't make fried eggs as well as he can.) Ahhh, the memories....
Can I also mention that two of my friends (and readers) got married today!! Congratulations Len & Sarah! I wish you both all the happiness in the world!!
And now, on to the nails! I did Papa Smurf on my thumb, Painter Smurf on my index finger, Smurfette on my middle finger, Vanity on my ring finger, and Brainy Smurf on my pinky. :)
I have to say, I think this manicure is pretty smurfy. the only nail I'm not loving on my left hand is Smurfette, she was the first one I drew before changing my technique, and she looks a tad wonky. Ah well.
Sorry, no Gargamel this time, perhaps when the Smurfs movie comes out next summer. :-D
Today I'm wearing a favorite layered polish combination, OPI Hollywood Blonde topped with OPI Twinkling Lights. I knew I needed redemption after yesterday's manicure, and that was on my mind when I came across a little plastic box of long-lost polishes that included these two. The little box is like a time capsule from the era when I was married - I'd use the little box to bring out some polishes for the week, and I guess it just got stashed with computer stuff when we split up household stuff. Finding things stashed is far more common in this home than you'd expect - the ex was big on packing random stuff together when I wasn't looking. I recall one that was clothes on top, then framed family pictures and breakable memorabilia under that, and about seventeen million coffee cups and and kitchen knives under that (none of those things would even go in the same room!).
Anyhow, Hollywood Blonde, which was part of OPI's Holiday in Hollywood Collection (2007, I think), is a delicate sparkling blonde. My bottle has a Trade Secret price tag of $7.50, and that release was right about when that price increase came, and that's the point that I decided that retail was far too much. I begrudgingly paid it for Hollywood Blonde because she's a beauty. Here's Hollywood Blonde in low natural light.
OPI Hollywood Blonde Nail Polish, Two Coats
The only way to improve upon Hollywood Blonde is to make it sparklier, and that's just what I did when I added two coats of OPI Twinkling Lights to it. Twinkling Lights and her sisters were my cruel introduction to the world of OPI's Japanese releases. You know the six reds in OPI's Holiday in Hollywood Collection? Well in their place, Japan got more like Hollywood Blonde and some amazing glitters (I don't recall how many of each kind offhand, but my hope that I might find them around here has been renewed). I'd commented on a message board that they were gorgeous and it was a mean joke that they weren't available to us, and a really lovely Japanese woman contacted me to do a trade that was my all-time best and coolest. My side was the six Japanese Hollywood shades, which she bought for me at her local beauty supply for just under $9 each including shipping (wow, I just turned into my mother, citing deals from years ago!), her side was several Tazo teas and a bunch of American cookies aimed at kids (Nutter Butters, Chips Ahoy, shopping for her was like my parents were out of town). Everything went perfectly, and as a result I have Twinkling Lights here and I was able to provide the woman who sent them lots of happy snacks of fun teas and cookies.
Twinkling Lights is about the same hue as Hollywood Blonde, but it's a base that seems to be between a sheer and a jelly that is full of fine holo glitter and cool hex glitter. I added two coats to Hollywood Blonde, and this is what it looks like in sunlight.
OPI Twinkling Lights over Hollywood Blonde, Two Coats Each
What I particularly love about this pairing is the unexpected nature of the combination of this really safe shade and all that glitter. Hollywood Blonde provides more opacity and adds depth with shimmer that shows through Twinkling Lights, and although it's not especially eye-catching in indoor light (the glitter shows and all, I just mean it's not flashy), in the sun the fine glitter explodes with a bunch of light and colors and the hex glitter starts shifting color. It's great!
That is my OPI Hollywood Blonde and Twinkling Lights redemption manicure, so until next time, Dear Reader, love and nail polish to you!
Ahhh, the tranquility. Mr Three and Miss Six months are both currently haivng a middle of the day sleep. So a perfect time for a real quick blog post.
The pretty on my nails right now is Ozotic 617. A rich aqua marine blue with large holographic particles.
No base, three coats, no top coat. It really only needs two coats, but I felt better with three cause I didn't have a base on, and it dries so fast that three coats isn't an isue.
Another very sparkly one, especially in the sun, but OK indoors too. Another 8/10 on my holo-a-meter for this.
I'm going to enjoy a quiet day today, as I'm still recovering from working in the yard moving very large piles of mulch (and we have more to do on the weekend). We had a mobile mulcher guy come and mulch up a whole stack of tree prunings as well as two massive pine trees, one of which fell down across our driveway a few weeks back in strong wind storms. How'd ya like this big tree in your driveway when you got home? Luckily our driveway has two entrances.
Gotta love those SES guys who came and chopped it out of the way for us. You guys ROCK!
