Showing posts with label A59. Show all posts
Showing posts with label A59. Show all posts

Friday, July 27, 2012

Are Peach and Gray an Odd Combination?


In early sumer, I was going through a  coral/orange/peach phase.  It seemed like I was wearing these shades all the time!  This is one of many I came up with at the time.



Started with a base of Maybelline Peachy Petal.  This is two coats, with no topcoat.  I seem to recall what while I loved this colour, I had a lot of problems with this polish.  It was like there there was some type of random grit in the polish and it didn't apply well.  Whatever the grit issue was, I never experienced it before and it was only with this bottle.  I had bought this polish in early spring in the US...I bought a few others at the same time but haven't tried them yet...I sure hope they aren't like this!  My camera didn't like this polish either as these pix aren't quite accurate in colour. Such a pretty colour; but I do remember I had quite the time with the polish with whatever ailed it.  I don't think it's visible in these pix, but all I know is I had to search my stash for something to put on top of it to hid the mess.


I found the solution!  A coat of Savvy Magic Pumpkin.  This is one coat, with SV. 


Stamped using A59 using white Konad special polish.


I wanted to show a pix of the image plate.  See below?  Images like this, I never know how to use.  How exactly is it to be placed on the nail?  I turned the image what I think is upside down and stamped on my nails. Also, even though my nails seem fairly long (to me anyway), as you can see, only a very small portion of the stamped image is on my actual nails.  KarenD, this is one reason why I wish I had man hands as I mentioned in the comments of one of your posts not too long ago!



Anyway, added a few random dots using Orly Mirror Mirror and topped with SV to finish.
 

What's your thoughts?  Did peach and gray turn out OK, or is this a little on the odd side? 

Thanks for looking!

Sunday, June 12, 2011

Icing by Claire's Orchid

Have you heard about those 'Charlie Sheen' polishes at Icing by Claire's....Epic Winning and Tiger's Blood? After I had seen a few swatches, I went to the Icing store closest to me...actually had to visit a couple stores before I found Tiger's Blood, but was able to get them. While I was at Icing, I picked up this polish, Orchid and decided it was going to be my next mani.



After two coats, stamped using fauxand IP A59 using Konad black special polish. I wish my nails were all a little longer like the thumb nails so the full nail design with the swirls on both ends is visible as I really like the look of it.



Added a little bit of sparkle with some nail art stripers after stamping.



Unfortunately, the lighting when I took these pix wasn't the greatest but hope you can see a little of the sparkle.



Here's Icing by Claire's Orchid by itself.



Thx for looking!