Tigers!!!!! Stamping Sunday...and my new Magnetic Franken

Happy Sunday everyone!!

I admit that i'm HORRIBLE with nail art & i'm not very creative when it comes to ideas.  Instead, I rely on your beautiful nail art designs & I attempt to copy them.  Most the time I'm not successful but I love trying.  And I must admit i'm getting so much better.  I still have a long way to go but at least i'm trying.

Today, I present to you TIGER nails!!  I saw this post on the AMAZING Esmaltes Da Kelly's Website and I fell in love.  This woman has the most amazing nails I've ever seen!!  Although mine didn't turn out anywhere NEAR as awesome as hers, I'm still proud of it.

First, I had to make my own magnetic nail polish.  I ordered my pigments from Anna's Art Asylum on eBay.  Anna has awesome customer services & ships super fast!!

 I frankened up my polish by using a mini bottle from TKB Trading.  I filled the bottle 3/4's of the way with at the Luster suspender base from TKB Trading & the rest I used a clear base.  Next, I added 4 scoops of pigment & shook like crazy...and Viola!!!!  "Cleopatra" was born!   This baby is a one coater but I used 2 because I had to use the magnet.  And let me tell you it applies like butter!!!  Next, I stamped over the polish using my Konad plate & then  I topped it with 1 layer of my fav top coat.

Ok, enough talking & on with the pictures!! I forgot to take pics of Cleopatra alone, but I promise you that I will do that at a later date.  

So how did I do?  Do you love it as much as I do?  For all the newbies out there like me, NEVER be afraid to try nail art.  The worst thing that can happen is you mess up.  But I promise that you will get better.  I'm an example of that.  I may not be perfect yet but i'm so very proud of myself.

Stamping Sunday's & Another Color Morphing Top Coat

Welcome to Stamping Sundays everyone!

I'm trying out another duo chrome pigment from Anna's Art Asylum #35202.  This particular one shifts from Blue to Purple .  The hues of blues & purples shift from a dark blue to an almost turquoise blue to a dark purple to a pinkish-purple.  It's really beautiful.  I took a ton of pictures & could not come up with photos that show how beautiful this one is.

Formula:

 I filled the mini bottle a 3rd of the way with TKB's Luster base.  I then added 3 heaping straw tip scoops of the color morphing pigment.  Next I added the smallest bit of the purple pigment I purchased from TKB Trading.  I filled the rest of the bottle with clear polish.

The pictures are of the top coat layered over black & then stamped with BM plate 211.  I saw a picture of this particular design on NailXchange's blog & fell completely in love with it.  I didn't have the polish she used but this top coat reminded me of her polish so I decided to go for it.  Of course mine didn't turn our nearly as gorgeous as her's but i'm still super happy with the results.  I'm becoming quite savvy with the nail stamping (pats self on back) lol.  By the way, I forgot to take pics of the polish before I stamped it.  I'm such a goof.  But I think you get the picture.

Above Photo:  Artificial Light (My bathroom lol)

Above Photo:  Natural Light

Above:  Artificial Lighting (My Bathroom)

The pictures were taken with my iPhone because I could not get my real camera to cooperate.  I did edit the photos with the "auto enhance" & blur feature which actually showed the color better than the original photo.  I'm not photographer & maybe one day I can invest in a light box so that my pictures look more professional but until then, this is the best I could do.  I look forward to hearing from you.

My New Franken "Blue Lagoon Mist"

Happy Sunday everyone!

Today I want to share with you guys my new Custom Franken called "Blue Lagoon Mist".  Blue Lagoon Mist was named by my 10 year old daughter.  It was either that or "Blue-A-Licious" lololol.  (She cracks me up).  Anyway, I ordered a ton of franken supplies from TKB Trading & received the order on Thursday and I couldn't wait to try them out.  Well last night, I got to franking.  You should have seen me.  I looked like a mad scientist lol.  My middle daughter is 21 & even she was intrigued and sat & watched & critiqued the entire time lol.

Blue Lagoon Mist is a very light almost beach blue with a ton of soft micro shimmer blue & holo glitters.  I wanted something that reminded me of Sinful Colors Cinderella but with a better application & with dark blue glitter specs in it.  It came out EXACTY as I wanted & i'm so proud of it.  I used 2 different pigments from TKB along with the Luster suspension base.  I was worried that the glitters would sink because I didn't have glamour base but I woke up this morning & they were standing strong.  I think because the glitters are so small.

Anyway, enough of me rambling and on with the pictures.  Let me know what you think.

Pictured below are 2 coats of Blue Lagoon Mist with 1 coat of NYC in a minute top coat.  The application was BUTTER!! GO ME! GO ME!

Macro of Polish

Peep that blue glitter *pats self on back* lol

Stamped

I stamped Blue Lagoon Mist using Kleancolors Metallic Blue & Cheeky Plate X-Large Plate B

So what do ya think?  I'd love to hear from you.

Thanks for reading....

Crys

Avon Sunshine Stamped...happily surprised!

Hello everyone,

Anyone who knows me, know that i'm a huge fan of purple & pink polishes.  In fact most my collection is comprised of purples & pinks because that's what I gravitate to.  I usually have to force myself to go out my comfort zone to purchase other colors.  Well, today I wanted to go out of my comfort zone & share with you a beautiful YELLOW polish by Avon called Sunshine.

I was very nervous to even try this polish because I have deep dark brown skin & I was afraid I would look ridiculous wearing it, but I saw one of my Instagram buddies post some pictures of her wearing yellow a few days ago & it looks stunning on her brown skin.  I'm so glad I did because I think it looks amazing on me!!

I decided to add some stamping with my Cheekly X-Large plate A for fun

More pictures after the jump:  Warning Pic Heavy

Zoya Yara ~ Beautiful Green

Good evening everyone,

Today I want to show off another one of my Zoya polishes that I purchased during their B3G3 free promotion.  Her name is Yara!  Yara is a gorgeous army green with tons of gold micro glitter.  It's stunning in the bottle & just as magnificent on the nail.  

Yara's formula is a dream.  I used 2 coats for the perfect coverage & had no issues whatsoever.  Did I tell you guys that Zoya is my favorite brand?  I was scared that the color would be off putting on my skin tone but I actually like it on me.  Pictured is Yara without a top coat & she's still super shiny.  The gold glitter shines bright!  I knew I was going to stamp over it so I didn't think the top coat was necessary.  

Zoya Jem stamped

Happy Sunday everyone. This morning I want to show you another Zoya polish that I purchased from the Zoya B3G3 free promotion. This beauty is called Jem...

Jem is a deep burgundy shimmer color with a super fine gold glitter. It's absolutely beautiful.

The application was a dream. I used 2 coats below but could have gotten away with only 1. Pictured below us no base coat, 2 coats of Jem & 1 coat of NYC in a minute top coat.

I also stamped over Jem with my Cheeky Plate D X-Large plate using Kleancolor Metallic Mango. I'm still new at stamping but this was so easy to do.

Note: All pictures were taken in natural light with my iPhone as I am not a professional. I do this for fun...:)

Thanks for reading

Crystal

NOTD using YouTube tutorial

I used a YouTube tutorial to get this look. I'm so proud of myself! Of course it's nowhere near as good as hers but considering I'm new to nail art I think it turned out great. Here's a link to the tutorial

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wy2GC45wWWA

I absolutely love how it came out! She's awesome!!