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Thursday, April 28, 2016

Paint All the Nails Presents: Monochrome

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Hey all! It's that time of the month in which my fellow Paint All the Nails bloggers and I link up in a group nail art challenge. This month we voted on Monochrome as the theme and I am over-the-top excited to share with you what I came up with.

When we picked the theme of Monochrome, to make it more of a challenge, it was decided that we could be keeping a strict interpretation of the theme, no other colors beyond grayscale. I love black and white together and while I do appreciate bright pops of color, a stark black and white contrast is one of my favorite things to see. I had a number of ideas that I wanted to try so I ended up with not one, but three designs! Let's start with the first one:

For my first attempt, I decided to try a simple black and white stamped look. Stamping is not something I do as often as freehand nail art, so while I like how this flows together, I wish it was just a bit more crisply done. Gotta practice my stamping technique more. I used Rica Whiteout as my base color, and Blackout to stamp the lines from a Moyou Pro plate. I added a layer of Darling Diva Polish Crazy Doesn't Even Begin to Cover It, which is a holo topper that I will be reviewing soon.

My next attempt was a negative space look. You guys know how much I love negative space. I went with this mod looking design using Cirque Colors Carpe Diem and Memento Mori, plus a few curved nail vinyls and some striping tape.

My last design is a free hand floral one. For this look, I decided to use my other go-to black and white polishes, Pretty Serious Absence for the base and Presence (plus a few dabs of Absence) to create the flowers. It was a close call, but this may be my favorite of the three designs.

Click on the links below to see what the other bloggers have created!

An InLinkz Link-up

Thursday, June 19, 2014

Pretty Serious Thursday

Hey guys! I have a few Pretty Serious polishes to share today. I picked these up months ago when they had a sale going on. I am always impressed by Pretty Serious' brand, especially when it comes to ease of ordering directly from their shop, and of course the colors are awesome.

Pretty Serious Elm Street

Three coats

Dark red jelly base with red and green bar glitter and gold hexes.

Originally released in a Halloween inspired collection, but to me, the combination of colors shout Christmas.

Pretty Serious Hell on Wheels

Two coats

Cherry red creme

Yup, totally love this one. Red polish is a weakness for me and this is such an great rich red. Perfect formula wise as well.

Pretty Serious Rae's Rainbow

Three coats

Blue jelly base with tiny blue glitter and a rainbow of glitter hexes.

Created for a wonderful cause and very fun and playful.

Pretty Serious The Pink One

Two coats

Hot pink with blue shimmer

Hot damn, will you look at that! This polish is so eye-searingly bright that I can't help but be in awe of it.

Pretty Serious Cosmetics can be purchased from their shop directly as well as through the many stockists located here. Updates can be found on their Facebook page, Twitter, and Instagram.

Tuesday, December 31, 2013

My Top 20 Polishes of 2013: Part Two

Hello hello! This Part Two of my top 20 polish picks from 2013. I hope you all have a great New Year's Eve. 'Til next year!

Lynnderella Diamond Light

Layered over Elevation Polish Wisteria

Previously posted here and available for purchase here

Those holo silver and pink circles, I don't know why I love them so much but I do. This is a stunning polish and the best one Lynnderella released in their regular non-LE line this year.

My Ten Friends Multipass

Three coats

Previously posted here and My Ten Friends' shop is here

This one was created for my one year blogiversary back in September by the amazing Mei Lynn from My Ten Friends. I didn't give her any requirements just that I love bright colors and especially orange and she created this freaking out-of-this-world polish.

Oopsie Daisies Bluebird

Three coats

Previously posted here and Oopsie Daisies' shop is here

Simplistic in design but that's what I love about it. The copper and brown specks in that creamy pale blue base, beautiful!

OPI Jinx

Two coats

Previously posted here and available to purchase wherever OPI is sold

Textured polishes kind of exploded in 2013. I have a handful in my collection that I like but Jinx was definitely my favorite of them, and my favorite OPI polish of this year.

Pahlish Old Fired Were Burning August Duo:

Heavy with Mood Layered over Slow Like Honey

Previously posted here and Pahlish's shop is here

I am cheating a bit with this pick, techinically it's two polishes but since they are a duo, I am making it one. Pahlish really amped up their line this last year, each collection release impressed me more than the last. And I love that each month gets it's own duo release.

The colors in this August duo are subtle and striking all at once, I love that juxtaposition.

Polish Revolution Glitterbox

Layered over American Apparel Night Sky

Polish Revolution's shop is here

An all square iridescent glitter polish? Done and done.

I can't wait to see what Lauryn has in store for 2014!

Pretty Serious Liquid Leprechaun

Three coats

Previously posted here and Pretty Serious' shop is here

Though I did get quite a lot of Aussie indie polishes in 2013, this Pretty Serious one is the winner. It's eye-catching and holo in it's green/goldness.

Scofflaw This Must Be the Place

Three coats

Scofflaw Nail Varnishes' shop is here but this one is available for purchase here

Scofflaw came on the indie polish scene in 2013 and each and every polish made by her is unique. That's not easy feat! This Must Be the Place is one of her softer colors but for me it makes just as much impact as her bolder ones.

Takko Lacquer Blushing Nude

Three coats

Previously posted here and Takko Lacquer's shop is here

You are probably wondering why I picked this one, considering the other bright and bold polishes on my list. 2013 is the year I came to realize just how much I love a good nude polish. And this is a creamy nude with pink shimmer is totally not shy. Neutral with a twist, be still my heart.

Wet n' Wild Teal Slowly and See

Two coats

I haven't posted this one on my blog yet and unfortunately I don't know if this is still available in drugstores.

The bright cyan blue color, the pricetag, the creamy formula, it all does so much for me. Utter blue perfection.

Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Pretty Serious Black Diamond & Haddonfield

Hey guys! I hope your humpday is treating you well. I have a couple of Pretty Serious polishes I picked up a few weeks ago. I don't know why I don't own more Pretty Serious polishes, the few I have are great, formula and color wise. If you wanted to purchase some Pretty Serious polishes, you can do so directly on their site. The list and links for all their US and International stockists are listed here. Updates can be found on their Facebook page, Twitter, and Instagram.

Pretty Serious Black Diamond

Four thin coats

Gold, teal, magenta, purple and black glitter in a clear base

Part of the Till Death to this Party! Collection

The colors are so fun in this polish! I love that the black is the most dominant glitter. It would be great layered but I wanted to see how it would look solo.

Pretty Serious Haddonfield

Two coats

Orange jelly base with orange and gold micro-glitter and black shards

Part of the Killer Fangirls Collection

As soon as I saw this reveal on Pretty Serious' Facebook page, I knew 100% I had to have it. The orange is so bright and the though normally I am meh about shard glitter, it works so well in Haddonfield.