Monday, September 26, 2011

These Roses Smell Like Roses!

You may have heard or know from your own polish purchases that Anna Sui polishes are rose scented...which is why this rose mani smells like roses! This is my #1 Anna Sui lemming, #003.



When I first opened the bottle of polish, it looked like the Anna Sui was a little on the sheer side so I first did a one coat of Sally Hansen Black Out. I was pretty pleased on how well one coat covered for a base coat and will keep this in mind instead of using the harder to get (for me), more expensive Illamasqua Boosh.



Topped with one coat of Anna Sui #003. I took a couple pix; here's one in the sunlight where you can see the tiny holographic glitter, which is more obvious if you click and enlarge pix.


This pix was taken in the shade.


Stamped with Nicole by OPI Give Me the First Dance using SdP A04. This pix is in the shade.


While I purposely chose this silver for stamping versus my regular silver stamping polish, Nicole by OPI Positive Energy as I didn't want that chrome-like finish, I had a hard time removing the polish around my cuticles as I had ran out of acetone and there was so much glitter-like particles from the stamping, so cleanup wasn't the best. I took this pix the next morning after most of the glitter had worn off.



Here's a bottle pix of Anna Sui #003...unless you are in bright sunlight, the holo isn't that obvious.



Hope you had a great weekend and thanks for looking!

20 comments:

  1. awesome mani.. how long did the scent last??

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  2. this is beautiful-I love this look!

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  3. So pretty! I love how you combined everything! I have this nail polish too and will try out this idea for sure <3

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  4. Thx everyone!

    Polish AMOR: I did this mani Sunday around lunchtime and right now (2 second pause while I sniff my fingers! LOL) about 24 hours later, its very very faint. Probably won't last much longer. I have swatched another Anna Sui on paper and it lasted 2-3 days but maybe lasted longer as no hand washing, lotioning hands, moisturing cuticles, showering, etc etc which probably lessens the scent (maybe?).

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  5. That's a great combo! And those Anna Sui bottles are so cute!

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  6. OMG! That is the most beautiful manicure I have ever seen. So simple but so elegant. Well done!

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  7. Ooh this is pretty! Great stamping!

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  8. OMG this is gorgeous!!
    Really really beautiful!!

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  9. absolutely stunning !!!!

    I love every bit of this mani!

    /Hugs

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  10. Beautiful! Really loving the colors together! And ofcourse the design ♥

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  11. This is so beautiful, well done :)

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  12. Gorgeous! Can you believe I have no Anna Sui in my collection? I might have to work on fixing that. :)

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  13. OMG~!!!! This is SUPER gorgeous!!!! Love it so much:D

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  14. This is so stunning, I love everything about this mani! :)

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  15. pretty stamp!! Love the anna sui polish too

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  16. This is beautiful! I really love the idea of rose scented polish, although I haven't tried it yet.

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  17. So girly with an edge!!! I love it!!


    xoxox

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