Pahlish ~ Cinnamon Twist

Pahlish ~ Cinnamon Twist

Red metallic linear holo

Cinnamon Twist is from the Halloween 2015 Happy Holo-Ween II Collection.

The formula is good and very easy to work with. I got full opacity after two coats and the drying time is really good.

Here’s my final mani:

I made decals. The stamp is from stamping plate BP-61 and I filled the design out with Cinnamon Twist. The white underneath is El Corazón m&s-172; I also used that to make the white hearts on my pinkie and pointer. I must admit that it wasn’t easy. I think I need to add an extra layer of topcoat on the decals before I use them to make them less flimsy. I also accidentally put one of them on the wrong way, grrrrr!!!

This is the mani in low lights.

Cinnamon Twist is a keeper! It is also limited edition and no longer available.

Number of coats: 2
Drying time: Really good

Finish: Metallic linear holo
Overall impression: Good quality, nice colour, pretty rainbows. I like.

Buy again: Yes

Color Club ~ Cosmic Fate

Color Club ~ Cosmic Fate

- with P2 ~ Be my Guy

If you have seen my post from yesterday you know that I got an Überchic Stamping mat from Carolyn for Christmas. Today I decided to try something else than making decals.

I applied a layer of “Be my Guy” which is a dark denim blue shimmer from P2. I added a dollop of “Cosmic Fate” from Color Club and made some swirls. Then I added another dollop of Be my Guy, made swirls, added a dollop of Cosmic Fate and made swirls and so on. After a bit of waiting I applied a layer of topcoat, and then I waited some more to make sure it was all dry. I think I maybe waited for an hour or so.

I applied basecoat to my nails, cut the patterns into a nail shape an attached them to my nails. I applied another layer of topcoat and this is my final mani:

I quite like this!

This picture is taken without flash.

Here are the polishes I used:

I need to work a bit on how to make them fit my nails, but that’s probably just a matter of practicing.

I must admit that this is way more fun than I thought it would be. It has given me a spark of new inspiration and that’s really something! I don’t usually get very much inspired in the winter time when it’s dark all the time.

H & M ~ 501 – with self made decals

H & M ~ 501 – with self made decals

Silver holo

I got an Überchic Stamping mat for Christmas from my sweet friend Carolyn. That felt like a real treat!

Today I’ll show you one of my attempts of making decals.

Let me start by showing you how it all ended out looking:

I know it is far from perfect, but bear with me!

The stamp would only come off the stamper if I applied a layer of topcoat on the mat, so that’s what I did. The stamp came from a plate from Dashida: Infinity Nails-163. I filled in the pattern with Picture Polish’s Arabian and P2’s “Be My Guy” and #501 from H&M. I applied a layer of topcoat on all of that and then I let it dry.

I cut the decals out in bits I thought made sense: Half a circle on two nails and a triangular bit on two nails. I topped the whole thing with an extra layer of topcoat – that makes three layers in total!

This is what H&M’s number 501 looks like on its own. It’s quite a nice silver holo in my opinion, nice to work with. The brush is relatively wide, but I don’t mind that. This is two coats.

Here are the three polishes I used.

I definitely have to work on my decals. It is so much fun and there are so many possibilities! Have you tried making your own decals yet?

Number of coats: 2
Drying time: Good

Finish: Holo
Overall impression: Nice silver holo, good basic polish

Buy again: Yes

Ellagee ~ Bad Romance

Ellagee ~ Bad Romance

Cherry red linear holo

This is the third Ellagee post in a row. I’ve shown you two Facebook Customs, and today I’m going to show you the mother of the two: The cherry red base colour all on its own.

It’s a jelly but it covers better than the two customs. I ended up with three coats but maybe I would have been able to get away with two if I had used thicker coats. Drying time is good.

Look how pretty two coats and no topcoat is taken with flash:

I love those rainbows.

Here’s a low light picture. It’s a little bit too dusty for me.

So I decided to try something new. I painted black polish on one of my stampers and white on another. I let it dry, gave it a second coat and let that dry too. Then I topcoated it, and when it was fully dry I lifted the two decals off the stamper and cut them into little triangles. I applied a layer of topcoat on my nails and lifted the little decals onto the nails with a dotting tool.

I applied a second layer of topcoat, and my work was done:

The low light picture. I like it with black and white on it!

Number of coats: 3
Drying time: Good

Finish: Jelly holo

Overall impression: Pretty rainbows, but I’d love the colour to be more red

Buy again: No