OPI - DS Glamour

Though I'm not a huge lover of Blue, 

this polish is one of my all time coveted polishes.

From OPI's Designer series, this highly sought after shade

is a vivid Royal Blue prismatic polish.

While it's no secret that OPI is not even close to being 

on of my personal top 

brands, the formula on this gem is TOP NOTCH, 

needing just a single coat for this superb brilliance. 

Pure holo goodness.

Dexter/Blood Spatter Nails

YAY!!

Finally, my favorite time of year has arrived!!!

HALLOWEEN!

Combine that with the return of Season 6 of Dexter, 

and what do you get?

My first nail design of the season!

Blood Spatter nails!!

 PRODUCTS USED:

PRO Nail Systems Base Coat

Wet n Wild in - French White Creme

Sally Hansen's Complete Salon Manicure in - All Fired Up

Scotch Tape

Drinking Straw

One episode in, and I already know it's going to be an

amazing season!!

Are you are Dexter fan?

What do you think of the premiere episode?

We All Scream For Ice Cream!

Another design that I've had on the back burner for ages

that I finally managed to have time for!!

These are SO fun!!

PRODUCTS USED:

PRO Systems Base Coat

Kleancolor in - Cafe Au' Lait

Art Club Nail Striper in - Mochalotta

Scribbles 3D Paint in - 

Mint Green

Hot Chocolate

White

Pink surprise

Strawberry Fimo slices

Red Pearls 3mm

Multi-colored Bullion Beads

Sally Hansen's Insta-Dri Top Coat

China Glaze Matte Magic

For the full tutorial on this look, 

please visit my YouTube channel

www.youtube.com/dollface22772

Metallic Cascading Leopard

This design is almost identical to my

Midnight Leopard design from my nail shop, 

Dollish Polish

It was requested by several people to do an actual tutorial for it,

so here ya go!

I'm also super excited because with my new camera, 

I'm now to do live tutorials instead of a blurred up mess

my old camera had.

 

 

PRODUCTS USED:

 

L.A. Girls Metal Polish - Pink Steel

Kleancolor - Metallic Purple

L.A.Girls Glitter Addict - Provocative

Wet n Wild - Wild Shine - Black Creme

Sponge

Small & Large Dotting Tool

More L.A. Girls

As I mentioned in my previously haul,

I loved these polishes so much, I was going back for more.

And that is exactly what I did. 

I picked up 4 additional colors from the

Glitter Addict collection,

and then I also picked up 3 colors from their 

Metal Collection.

These Glitter Addict polishes are A-MAZ-ING!

I adore them, hence why I went back for more :)

This time around I picked up

Euphoria, Jostle, Purge, and Provocative

All of the polishes in this collection are densely packed 

glitters in a clear jelly base.

All are solid color glitters, consisting of tiny and large hexagon glitters.

The only polishes that are not solid are

Celebrate, which is a multi-colored glitter

 Euphoria, which is a Purple glitter with random holo hexagons

Nostalgic, with is a Teal glitter with random holo hexagons 

It's not often that you come across pure clear jellies that are

so densely packed like this, and I guess that is why I love them

You can use a light coat for layering, or 

in 2 coats you've got a solid glitter nail

They are a definitely MUST-HAVE for any glitter lover.

Next up are the Metal polishes.

Copper Alloy turned out to be quite sheer and it 

took 4 coats to achieve some decent coverage

I'm not really thrilled with that, but it is a vibrant Copper once you get there.

Pink Steel is my favorite of the 3

It's a frosty metallic cool-toned Pink, 

I really like it. That was applied with 2 coats.

Lastly, Iron Red....though it's not Red at all

it's a rich metallic Hot Pink, still, I'm not complaining, it's beautiful.

This also was 2 coats.

All of these polishes I purchased for $2.49 in a special sale 

from Cherry Culture, 

which always seems to have them on sale in one form or another, 

so I say take advantage and go grab a few!

Camo Nails!

Tons of requests for me to do camouflage nails, 

so I thought this would a great mani to kick off the Fall season 

PRODUCTS USED:

PRo Nail Systems Base Coat

OPI in - Samoan Sands

Zoya in - Shawn

Kleancolor in - Dark Brown

Wet n Wild in - Black Creme

China Glaze Matte Magic

 

Bollywood Nails!

Hi everyone!

I hope ya'll are having a great week and 

enjoying the last weeks of Summer!

Today I've got a new design,

inspired by India, I've wanted to do a look like this for

ages, but never seemed to get around to it until now.

PRODUCTS USED:

Pro Nails Systems Base Coat

Catrice in - Blue Cara Ciao

NYX Girls in - Prismatic Gold

Sinful Colors in - All About You

Large Gold Rhinestones

Hexagon Glitter in Gold and Magenta

Gold Bullion (Micro) Beads

small round clear and hot pink rhinestones

Sally's Beauty Secrets Top Coat

Big Fall Haul

Here is a closer look at the polishes & swatches

Here is NYX Emerald Forest & Zoya's Ivanka side by side

Another dupe that I had on hand to compare

China Glaze Blk-Bila-Bong & NYX Girl's Robotic

Halloween Polish Comparison

With Fall quickly approaching,

I literally become a giddy 4 year old 

when I start to see Halloween costumes and decorations 

in the stores. 

I LOVE Halloween, obsessed with it really.

So naturally when I see a new Halloween 

polish, I MUST grab it.

Here is a little comparison to my most prized Halloween polishes.

Probably the most recognized polish, 

and certainly one of the most coveted is

China Glaze's Fortune Teller.

This little gem came out with CG's 

Halloween collection from 2009

A Black jelly base with burnt Orange hexagon glitter,

ranging from small, to medium, to large. 

The great thing about this particular polish is that you can paint 1-2 coats, and you've got a really solid looking nail. 

Layer on top of Black, and it gives you an even richer, more intense look.

This polish is a must-have for any collector, 

and certainly if you are a Halloween lover like myself. 

Sally Hansen's Xtreme Wear in Pumpkin Spice

This is from Sally's latest collection for this Fall.

It could be a limited edition, but don't quote me on that.

This is a grey jelly with burnt Orange Glitter, all one

 size tiny hexagon glitter to be exact. Because of that, 

it doesn't have quite as much dimension as Fortune Teller does.

Unless you want to be a layer monster, you are

definitely going to need a Black base first as this is the thinnest
of all the other polishes.

L.A. Girls Glitter Addict in Flamboyant

Unlike the other polishes, this is a clear jelly base, 

and the Orange is more vibrant than the others.

But boy, oh boy, does it pack a punch.

I bought several of these polishes recently, and all of them will be in an upcoming haul, but I wanted to include this one, since

Halloween is primarily why I bought this shade.

Glitter Addict couldn't be a more perfect name for this, 

it is  completely LOADED with small and large 

Orange hexagon glitter. 

This can be worn alone, it's that intense.

Or layer it over Black, and you have one serious

Halloween mani.

Wet n Wild Limited Edition Color-icon in Sleep Walker


Not many people were fortunate to pick up this polish,
as it was a limited edition shade 
 from last year's Halloween collection.
I randomly stumbled upon it, so I snatched while I could.
This is extremely similar to Sally Hansen's Pumpkin Spice
It's a grey jelly base with tiny hexagon glitter, these
are just a fraction smaller than the glitter in the Sally Hansen one.
The end is result is a more blended effect, where as the Sally Hansen
Pumpkin Spice glitter tends to stand out more.

Lastly we have China Glaze's Ick-A-Body 
which is from last years Halloween collection.

Again, this is in the same grey jelly base, but the
burnt Orange glitter is so densely packed in this polish, 
it is practically opaque in a single coat.

If you are looking for a little peek a boo of black, you best go
pretty light handed with this one, otherwise I'd recommend on of the others to achieve that perfect Halloween mani.


While all of these give the basic same "Halloweenie" effect, 
each one brings something different & special to the table.


I love them all, 
and I'm looking forward to see what other new ones come out this year.



Here are some swatches
All were swatched over a single coat of Black

(Starting from left to right)





China Glaze in Ick - A - Body


Wet n Wild Color-icon in Sleep Walker

L.A.Girls Glitter Addict in - Flamboyant

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in - Pumpkin Spice


China Glaze in - Fortune Teller

A closer look


(Left to right)


L.A.Girls Glitter Addict - Flamboyant


Sally Hansen - Pumpkin Spice


China Glaze - Fortune Teller

China Glaze - Ick-a-body


Wet n Wild Color-icon - Sleep Walker

Elegant Black Beauty

This design was a request from

Meagan from Facebook, 

who has a wedding to go to

and was looking for an elegant 

floral design to match her outfit.

Inspired by the beautiful 

Helleborus Orientals aka The Black Beauty Flower

I came up with this one-stroke floral design

that I absolutely love!

PRODUCTS USED:

Apple Barrel Acrylic paints in Black & White

Princeton Select Art Brush - Chisel Blender 3750 CB - 4

Beauty UK polish in - Frozen Kingdom

Wet n Wild in - French White Creme

Sally Hansen Insta-Dri in - Lightening

Jordana Pop Art Nail Striper in - Define In Green

Nail Touch Nail Art Striper in - Hunter Green

Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Top Coat

Cool Zebra

Hi Everyone! 

I hope everyone is having a wonderful Summer so far!

Things have been a little slow on my blog, and I do apologize for that!

As my kids get older, every Summer, every holiday, it seems to 

be increasingly more difficult to find time and reign them in...

and I haven't even reached the teens yet!

YIKES!

But I do have a new design today, and I've also got some

hauls and swap posts coming up as well.

So today, I've got a blue turquoise gradient zebra print. 

I don't know why, but I always associate animal prints 

with Summer, I guess it is just the boldness and the fun of them.

I always like using unusual color combinations with my prints too

to keep it even more interesting.

I've had several people comment that this feels more aquatic, 

and reminds them of drifting seaweed....that works too!

This design was inspired by so many others I've seen, I just had to 

try it out and make it my own. 

I hope you like it!

The products I used were:

NYX Girls Polish in -Maven

Kleancolor in - Pastel Teal

Ruby Kisses in - Teal Envy

Kleancolor in - Neon Aqua

L.A. Colors Art Deco in - Black

Cosmetic Sponge

Aqua Doughnut Sequins

Black Rhinestones 2mm

Pearls 1mm

Hexagon Black Holo Glitter

Sally Hansen Insta-Dri top coat

To see the full tutorial on this look,

please visit my YouTube channel

www.youtube.com/dollface22772