tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36142117990393627592024-03-12T22:23:39.830-05:00Platinummy PolishYummy fun with nail artPlatinummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09538239743395645330noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614211799039362759.post-47514439652443252982012-06-03T14:53:00.002-05:002012-06-03T14:53:58.158-05:00Jubilee NailsIn honor of Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee:<br />
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Red: Maybelline Cherry Rain<br />
Blue: Ulta Moody Blues<br />
White: Santee white<br />
Sally Hansen mini silver glitter<br />
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Cheers!Platinummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09538239743395645330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614211799039362759.post-53533414655573138862012-03-18T13:32:00.000-05:002012-03-18T13:34:27.454-05:00Marble melangeI first ended up on this crazy nail art journey after stumbling across a water marbling video on Youtube. My first attempt at a water marble was <a href="http://platinummy.blogspot.co.uk/2011/08/marble-that-started-it-all.html">just ok</a>. My second attempt was much better.<br />
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I wish I could say I remember for certain the nail polish colors I used. But I don't! My guesses are: Color Club Electro Candy pink and Color Club Electro Candy blue and Ulta Moody Blues. The base color was Santee white. <br />
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Water marbles are tricky and require a lot of patience, but they're worth it. Yay water marbles!Platinummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09538239743395645330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614211799039362759.post-62906759718722331792012-02-27T15:18:00.000-06:002012-02-27T15:18:34.169-06:00LuauThough it's chilly on this February night, back in September when I was sporting this manicure, the weather was much better suited to daiquiris than hot cocoa. <br />
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The first stage of this manicure was a great dollar store nail polish, L.A. Colors dark teal. On top of it, I stamped Santee white with Bundle Monster plate BM19.<br />
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Then I painted in the negative space with a blue nail art pen from Big Lots. And then I topped it with a couple of coats of Revlon clear top coat. <br />
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And from afar:<br />
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Mahalo!Platinummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09538239743395645330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614211799039362759.post-77753344743176695282012-02-08T17:34:00.001-06:002012-02-09T04:47:44.808-06:00Discreet designsPretty often the nail art plan I have in my head doesn't quite turn out as I envisioned once it gets on my nails. But I usually enjoy the results anyway, especially when they are subtle and give a texture effect. Here are a couple from a while back.<br />
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</div><div>For this one, I used Color Club Electro Candy neon purple with blue shimmer as the base nail polish color. On top of that, I stamped Color Club Electro Candy neon blue with green shimmer with Bundle Monster plate BM-203. I topped it off with Revlon clear top coat. The result was definitely not noticeable from very far away, but looked pretty neat up close.</div><div><br />
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</div><div>On this one, I used L.A. Colors gunmetal gray (BCC 558?) as the base nail polish color, stamped Nabi Neon Purple with Bundle Monster plate BM-214, and stamped Nabi Purple Glitter over that with plate BM-201. On top is Revlon clear top coat. I liked how the colors mixed into a metallic gray purple from far away. I took these pics a few days into the manicure, so my nails are showing some edge wear. </div><div><br />
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This was a quick and fun one. I started with L.A. Colors metallic blue as the base nail polish color. I stamped an accent nail with Urban Outfitters silver (Bundle Monster plate BM12), and topped the other nails with Sally Girl mini glitter polish, which is made up of silver hexagons and small circles.Platinummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09538239743395645330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614211799039362759.post-71968327637355528682011-11-13T17:19:00.000-06:002011-11-13T17:19:59.483-06:00Patriotic polishIn honor of Veteran's Day, as well as my husband's new U.S. citizenship, I present American flag nails!<br />
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The nail polish I used was Santee white as the base color, L.A. color metallic blue (BCC 566?) for the stars, and Maybelline Cherry Rain for the stripes. <br />
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I used the stars tips from Mash plate m44 and the diagonal stripes from Bundle Monster plate BM20.<br />
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I did the stars first, let it dry a little bit, then covered the stars with blue painter's tape and added the stripes.<br />
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This manicure was actually surprisingly quick and easy. In retrospect I should have used a darker blue such as Ulta Moody Blues to get a truer American flag blue. Next time!Platinummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09538239743395645330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614211799039362759.post-19540127031579716542011-09-26T00:21:00.000-05:002011-09-26T00:21:19.875-05:00Faux PeridotThis delightful greenish gold manicure came into existence by surprise.<br />
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It actually started out as the blue/gray/taupe/pink oddity from <a href="http://platinummy.blogspot.com/2011/08/odd-one.html">this post</a>, China Glaze In The Mood Pink Shimmer to Purple Shimmer, shown below on the right.<br />
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After adding some Ulta Moody Blues, Revlon Orange Flip, and just a touch of Nabi Purple Glitter, it turned into this crazy franken.<br />
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The orange flashes are pretty intense indoors and give this polish almost magenta undertones.<br />
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But outside it becomes a slightly more subdued purple. Still an unusual color though.<br />
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Then I topped it with a sheer no name key lime green, and that's when the magic happened! It turned into an awesome greenish, goldish, purple-ish duo-chrome. <br />
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It looked completely different in every lighting condition. Dare I say it is Chanel Peridot-"esque"?<br />
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J'adore!<br />
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I was actually tempted to leave this manicure unstamped because I loved it so much... but I couldn't do it. The compulsion to stamp is too strong!! Here it is topped with Wet & Wild black and stamped with Bundle Monster plate BM-208.<br />
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And from afar:<br />
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I took my nail stamping plates and some polishes to a friend's place for a girls' night. This was the result:<br />
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So much fun!Platinummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09538239743395645330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614211799039362759.post-68532552771137308592011-09-07T22:19:00.000-05:002011-09-07T22:19:27.283-05:00Nail Perfect reviewSo I saw Nail Perfect (As Seen on TV) in the clearance bin at Ross and I thought I'd give it a try. Nail Perfect comes with plastic plates with various nail cut out sizes, a travel handle (bizarre), a polish holder, and nail decals. <br />
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The basic idea is that you find the nail cut out size that most closely fits your nail bed size, stick your nail in it so that the skin on either side of your nail bed is covered, rest your hand on the base, and apply your nail polish. This is supposed to result in a "perfect" manicure with no clean up required.<br />
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It works just okay. I still ended up with some polish on the skin around the tips of my nails. I don't have pics of the result because I was too impatient and wanted to stamp right away! Considering the result was not "perfect," it wasn't worth the extra trouble. I get a similar result on my own, and I don't have the steadiest of hands.<br />
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The little chair holder for your nail polish bottle is an interesting idea, but not really that useful. It would have to be a more extreme angle to be of real use.<br />
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The decals were cute, but definitely not worth the price. Not even from the clearance bin.<br />
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All in all, a big meh.Platinummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09538239743395645330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614211799039362759.post-32751132864977547732011-09-05T23:09:00.000-05:002011-09-05T23:09:45.910-05:00Pretty pretty purpleI'm moderately obsessed with the color purple, especially rich dark purples. For this manicure I used Nabi polish in Purple Glitter. It is highly pigmented and nice and sparkly. I added a gradient of some mystery polishes in blue and green on top with Bundle Monster plate BM21. <br />
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To stamp the gradient, I dotted the blue and green on the side of the image, and scraped two or three times, overlapping the colors as I scraped. The difference between blue and green was hardly noticeable on top of the purple, but I'm definitely going to make another attempt at gradient stamping with some more opaque polishes. <br />
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Here you can kind of see the green on top and blue on bottom:<br />
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And from afar:<br />
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I've been loving OPI's Mermaid's Tears from the Pirates of the Caribbean collection. I don't actually own it, but I saw it earlier this summer on the toes of an acquaintance and couldn't get it out of my head. I had recently purchased the Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Mint Sorbet, and I figured I could franken a rough approximation.<br />
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I added a few drops of China Glaze Concrete and Ulta Moody Blues. <br />
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Not bad eh?<br />
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Then I stamped with Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Mint Sorbet. The plate I used was MASH plate m63.<br />
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I enjoy the subtlety. <br />
Platinummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09538239743395645330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614211799039362759.post-25111849465476608572011-08-22T20:48:00.003-05:002011-08-22T21:05:05.663-05:00An odd oneSo I got this polish, China Glaze in the Mood Pink Shimmer to Purple Shimmer, from Rachel Marie's <a href="http://www.rachelmariesnails.com/p/blog-sale.html">blog sale</a>. It looked like an intriguing purple-y gray. But in real life, it is just a very odd color. I'm guessing it's oddness has to do with the fact that it is an <i>old</i> color change polish and its color changing days are long over. <br />
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Inside in artificial light it looks like a pinky taupe.:<br />
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Inside with flash the pink shimmer really comes out:<br />
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I stamped with Ulta Moody Blues and the MASH plate m78. Top coat is Nicole by OPI.<br />
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Outside it's a blue gray.<br />
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And from afar:<br />
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I decided to franken that sucker (results in a later post)!Platinummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09538239743395645330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614211799039362759.post-66195232009331739522011-08-18T14:45:00.000-05:002011-08-18T14:45:43.776-05:00CheetaraAs a child of the '80s, I was all about Thundercats and Cheetara in particular because she was such a freakin' badass.<br />
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I mean c'mon!<br />
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So when I was invited to a Thundercats premiere watching party, I thought I should have a manicure that reflected my affinity for the fastest Thundercat of them all (who's also pretty good with a bo staff).<br />
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I used Urban Outfitters in yellow, Revlon Orange Flip, and L.A. Colors in gold. Base coat by L'Oreal and top coat by Nicole by OPI. The stamping plate I used was Bundle Monster BM-221. <br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/platinummy/6007428927/" title="Cheetara by Platinummy, on Flickr"><img alt="Cheetara" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6123/6007428927_3f988b00cb.jpg" width="375" /></a><br />
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I must admit, it was a bit of a rush job and it shows. And in retrospect, it probably would have looked better if I'd incorporated black. But oh well!<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/platinummy/6007428947/" title="Cheetara by Platinummy, on Flickr"><img alt="Cheetara" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6131/6007428947_24a1896f80.jpg" width="375" /></a><br />
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And from afar:<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/platinummy/6007428889/" title="Cheetara from afar-a by Platinummy, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6012/6007428889_6eeac0323e.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Cheetara from afar-a"></a><br />
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A Jem t-shirt completed the look. :) After watching the premiere (good, but not as good as the original), we watched the She-Ra/He-man movie. All in all, a very fun '80s cartoon night.Platinummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09538239743395645330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614211799039362759.post-22730345031854798212011-08-14T14:20:00.002-05:002011-08-14T23:03:48.527-05:00Floral filigreeAfter the craziness of my last rainbow dots manicure, I was in the mood for something a little more delicate.<br />
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I layered two coats of City Color mint green and stamped it with Urban Outfitters silver. The plate I used was Bundle Monster BM-221.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/platinummy/6007428605/" title="Floral filigree by Platinummy, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6121/6007428605_6eff41ef12.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Floral filigree"></a><br />
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I'm not usually a girly girl, but I love how feminine it is.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/platinummy/6007973466/" title="Floral filigree by Platinummy, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6011/6007973466_c704ba9a65.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Floral filigree"></a><br />
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And from further away:<br />
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After a few days I decided to top it with OPI shatter. Instead of brushing from the bottom up, I brushed in from the outside edges. I think the resulting look was an interesting pewter/brushed metal effect. I liked the matte finish too, so I didn't put a top coat on.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/platinummy/6007428759/" title="Pewter by Platinummy, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6013/6007428759_c04711febb.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Pewter"></a>Platinummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09538239743395645330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614211799039362759.post-39323821682622316442011-08-13T14:35:00.001-05:002011-08-13T19:08:36.271-05:00DottyAfter watching this Youtube video:<br />
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I was inspired to try out a comic strip manicure.<br />
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I used L'Oreal base coat, Santee white as my base color, and newspaper comics as my transfer image. Unfortunately, the image just did not transfer at all. All I got was a gray smudge. I later discovered that my lack of success was probably due to the fact that newsprint cartoon dyes aren't as intense as actual comic book dyes. I'll give it another try with a Betty and Veronica comic book sometime.<br />
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I was left with white nails and wanted to try something different. So I got out my dotting tools and some of my old and new bright colors (Sally Hansen and Urban Outfitters).<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/platinummy/6007428217/" title="Dotting equipment by Platinummy, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6028/6007428217_2fd27f9ea6.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Dotting equipment"></a><br />
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Check out the results:<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/platinummy/6007973378/" title="Rainbow dots by Platinummy, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6018/6007973378_bdf1162a3e.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Rainbow dots"></a><br />
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I <i>loved</i> how it turned out. Everywhere I went people were asking about my nails and asking if they were stickers. I also must say my baby nephew was completely hypnotized by my nails. He wanted to eat them up!<br />
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From further away:<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/platinummy/6007973346/" title="Rainbow dots by Platinummy, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6136/6007973346_9860260001.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Rainbow dots"></a><br />
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And from even further away:<br />
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With pinky jewels (and sequins, and microbeads):<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/platinummy/6007428337/" title="Rainbow dots and jewels by Platinummy, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6127/6007428337_b6b80536a1.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Rainbow dots and jewels"></a><br />
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And finally, with OPI shatter:<br />
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Crazy right? It kind of reminded me of the drawings you make when you're a kid where you color with crayons, color over it all with black crayon, and then scrape the black crayon away. Know what I'm talking about?<br />
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Platinummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09538239743395645330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614211799039362759.post-84675557869090745972011-08-09T10:45:00.001-05:002011-08-13T16:01:27.096-05:00Blue reduxEven after my franken fiasco, I still couldn't give up on creating some sort of glittery greenish blueness. So I tried layering instead. I started out with Urban Outfitters blue as a base coat, layered the shimmery City Color mint green over it, and then sprinkled some fine loose glitter on top.<br />
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</div><div>As much as I enjoyed it, I still wanted to increase the oomph factor, so I added some OPI black shatter from the Katy Perry collection (purchased online from drugstore.com with an extra discount through <a href="http://www.ebates.com/rf.do?referrerid=voKjQQ%2BGWi3bPElkjuuVZg%3D%3D">ebates.com</a>) and Nicole by OPI top coat.</div><div><br />
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</div><div>Very cool. (Sorry for the lack of cuticle cleanup in the above pic, there's top coat everywhere!)<br />
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But I wasn't done yet! I went on to add a few rhinestones to my pinky fingernail. This was my first experience using nail jewels. I wouldn't say it was a total success, but I thought it was fun. Since the jewels were the same color as the polish, they were not actually very noticeable.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/platinummy/6007973172/" title="Black and blue by Platinummy, on Flickr"><img alt="Black and blue" height="375" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6030/6007973172_9c68c6ae2c.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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Obviously this manicure looks a little loco, especially from up close. But how does it look from afar? I never see people posting far away pics. And I think it's a good frame of reference, especially for the crazier designs. So here's how this manicure looked from afar. <br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/platinummy/6007972972/" title="Black and blue from afar by Platinummy, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6012/6007972972_d4c72f1636.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Black and blue from afar"></a><br />
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Not quite so crazy... maybe?</div></div></div>Platinummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09538239743395645330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614211799039362759.post-82566527886561277062011-08-09T00:10:00.000-05:002011-08-09T00:10:26.242-05:00Franken failOh how quickly one's franken dreams can die. <br />
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I'd been wanting to franken a glittery robin's egg blue for quite a while. After my blog sale haul, I was excited to get started. I used Etude House's very very sheer mint green as my base color and was off to a promising start after adding some Urban Outfitters blue and green and Santee white. It looked like a creamier, bluer version of the City Color mint green.<br />
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Pretty good, in the bottle at least.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/platinummy/6007972574/" title="My first franken by Platinummy, on Flickr"><img alt="My first franken" height="375" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6140/6007972574_2ca8c10bab_m.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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Unfortunately, things started going wrong when I added the glitter. Despite a successful sample test, the glitter color started to leach once it had been in the polish for a little while, turning the whole thing into a slightly grayish, gritty, and not particularly glittery mess. <br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/platinummy/6007428027/" title="My first franken (fail) by Platinummy, on Flickr"><img alt="My first franken (fail)" height="375" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6134/6007428027_14507899a8.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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Oh well. Maybe next time.Platinummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09538239743395645330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614211799039362759.post-16388522303395869222011-08-09T00:07:00.001-05:002011-08-09T00:07:59.420-05:00Nail polish haulI picked up the following nail polishes from Rachel Marie's <a href="http://www.rachelmariesnails.com/p/blog-sale.html">blog sale</a>. I was happy to get some blues, greens, and yellows to add to my growing collection instead of just my usual reds, pinks, and burgundies. <br />
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From left to right we have Etude House in a light mint green (a freebie I picked because I liked the bottle), City Color in a shimmery mint green, the 6 minis with white tops are Urban Outfitters, Ulta Moody Blues, and China Glaze In the Mood in purple shimmer to blue shimmer.<br />
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Platinummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09538239743395645330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614211799039362759.post-30697813038221247782011-08-08T00:04:00.001-05:002011-08-08T00:08:21.745-05:00Red and gold nail stampingMy next attempt at stamping involved a little more pizzaz. <br />
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I used the following colors: a mystery brand in Rock-On Red as my base color, a mixture of Revlon Top Speed in Reddy and Revlon Cherries in the Snow for stamping, Nicole by OPI top coat, and L.A. Colors Art Deco in a fine gold glitter for detailing. I picked the gold up at Dollar Tree for a dollar!<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/platinummy/6007972894/" title="IMG_0669 by Platinummy, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_0669" height="375" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6027/6007972894_3e05d105c6.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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The results were like so:<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/platinummy/6007427969/" title="Red and gold by Platinummy, on Flickr"><img alt="Red and gold" height="375" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6024/6007427969_8e8ae7498d.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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And here's one with flash so you can see the stamping. I stamped with Bundle Monster plate BM10 (which I got as a single plate on eBay to test out the Bundle Monster plates before I committed to the set).<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/platinummy/6007428051/" title="Red and gold by Platinummy, on Flickr"><img alt="Red and gold" height="375" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6137/6007428051_4c2ca9ed01.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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The gold tips were inspired by Jessie J's nails at the 2011 Glamour Women of the Year Awards, as seen <a href="http://www.bellasugar.com.au/Pictures-Celebrity-Nails-Manicures-2011-Glamour-Women-Year-Awards-17782248?page=0,0,3#3">here</a>.<br />
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Although the results of the stamping were very subtle and definitely not noticeable from any distance at all, I really liked the fact that it added texture as opposed to color.Platinummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09538239743395645330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614211799039362759.post-39995260325697732372011-08-06T21:30:00.003-05:002011-08-09T07:24:12.548-05:00Giving stamping a tryI was very excited when my first mini haul of nail art supplies arrived in my mailbox. <br />
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</div><div>I got the stamp and scraper and dotting tools on eBay and the 25 Mash plates on Amazon. All were super cheap. I did end up with two of the same Mash plates, and when I contacted the seller through Amazon to rectify the situation, they sent me a few more plates... which were also duplicate plates, but with bigger images. Odd. I guess the bigger images will come in handy because the other full nail images looked pretty darn small, even for my small nails.<br />
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For my base color, I used an oldie but goody nail polish Sally Hansen Maximum Growth in "Baby Doll." It's a shimmery hot coral/salmon. <br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/platinummy/6007972666/" title="Hot salmon by Platinummy, on Flickr"><img alt="Hot salmon" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6024/6007972666_6e56bbe75b.jpg" width="375" /></a><br />
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For stamping, I used Santee Plus in White. It's not the best for stamping because it's a little transparent, but it did a pretty good job. The Mash plate I used was m73.</div><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/platinummy/6007972604/" title="First stamp by Platinummy, on Flickr"><img alt="First stamp" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6030/6007972604_736b14df7b.jpg" width="375" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/platinummy/6007427843/" title="First stamp by Platinummy, on Flickr"><img alt="First stamp" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6014/6007427843_ec4e447e8e.jpg" width="375" /></a><br />
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I love stamping!Platinummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09538239743395645330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614211799039362759.post-69483095727056766382011-08-04T23:24:00.001-05:002011-08-08T00:06:40.480-05:00The water marble that started it all...So how did I get to this glorious place? To this newfound nail polish and nail art obsession? What led me here? <br />
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</div><div>The answer is suede boots and YouTube. A convoluted Google search trail from "suede boots" to "shoe polish for suede boots" to "suede finish nail polish by OPI," eventually led me to YouTube videos such as this one:<br />
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SO badass!</div><div><br />
</div><div>I had to try it out for myself. My results were a <i>little</i> different.<br />
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My first experiment with water marbling was quite messy, took over an hour, and generally looked a little crazy, but it definitely kicked off a full on obsession. :)</div></div></div>Platinummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09538239743395645330noreply@blogger.com0