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February 27, 2014

GOT Polish Challenge – Orange!

By Ruth

I don’t really like orange nail polish, so I don’t have that many (by not many I actually only own two and I got those recently)… so I used the most orangey colours I have that meet the rules for the GOT polish challenge!

GOT Polish Orange Water Marble

GOT Polish Orange Water Marble

I used Roguish Red from China Glaze… it’s a very orangey red, it’s probably why I haven’t used it very much, it being to orange, it’s from the 2012 Halloween collection. The other polish I used is called East Austin and that’s from Color Club, it’s a light bright pinky orange, and it’s been sitting unused in my nail polish box for quite a while!

I tried out a lot of techniques with these polishes and none of them worked well, both of these polishes are rubbish for stamping, then I tried a gradient but the color club polish ate my sponge oO so that was a massive fail, and the polishes on their own aren’t orangey enough… I was about to give up on the challenge for this week.

Roguish Red - China Glaze, East Austin - Color Club

Roguish Red – China Glaze, East Austin – Color Club

I’m so glad that I decided to give water marbling another try! This is my second successful water marble 🙂 and I’m so glad that it worked so well!

I may have forgotten to tape up my fingers… So the clean up was an absolute pain lol!

Orange Water Marble Nail Art

Orange Water Marble

the challenge for this week was a pain in the butt for me but it turned out well in the end 🙂 I just hope that the polishes I used are orangy enough!

Golden Oldie Challenge

Don’t forget to have a look at the GOT polish Pinterest page. you can find that right Here.

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February 26, 2014

Microbes or Plankton? 2True Artimis Over Black

By Ruth

A little while ago I heard on the nail polish grapevine that 2True Pro Metallica collection are good for stamping, I have never really liked the 2True polishes but as they are on offer (half price in Superdrug) I thought I would give one a try!

And OMG it’s AMAZING!!!

2True Artemis over Black

2True Artemis over Black

This polish is called Artemis, I picked out this one because it’s purple! And if it turned out to be rubbish I would at least have a chrome polish in a colour I like.

But for stamping this polish is incredible, it holds it’s colour really well over black, unlike some other polishes that loose their colour intensity and turn silvery grey.

2True Artemis Messy Mansion Plate MM25

Messy Mansion Plate MM25

I decided that the image to test this polish out with should be very intricate and detailed.  The image is from Messy Mansion plate MM25. I have to say I’m not sure if it’s microbes or plankton lol. The only other polish I have had any luck with on this image is Konad SP in Black. The 2True polish worked so surprisingly well!

I found that this polish is a bit on the stinky side and I did notice there was a bit of staining while I was cleaning up my cuticles, but as I will only be using it as a stamping polish, it’s not too much of an issue 🙂

The image transferred to my nail so perfectly I hardly had to clean my stamper between doing each of my nails!  and there was no dragging when I applied my topcoat!

2True Artemis

2True Artemis

I’m now going to go buy the rest of this collection! Hopefully they will be just as good! 😀

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February 25, 2014

Simple Glitter Placement Nail Art!

By Ruth

Just a quick post today! A really simple glitter placement!

Grey and Black Glitter Placement Nail Art

Shabby Drab With Black Holo Glitter

The base colour is Shabby Drab from Color Club. I really like this creamy warm purpley grey shade! The consistency of this polish is wonderful, it applies like a dream and it’s opaque in two coats!

I’m really being drawn to grey at the moment, I think it might be the weather.

Grey and Black Glitter Placement Nail Art

shiny holo glitters

I love this black holographic glitter sooo much! I applied each glitter with a toothpick, it didn’t take too long at all, just a few minutes per nail! Then I finished it off with a coat of Seche Vite. 😀

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February 20, 2014

GOT Polish Challenge – Chevron Nails!

By Ruth

Today’s GOT polish challenge is chevron nails!

My first attempt at this was with my Messy Mansion chevron stamping plate, I tried to do a black and white gradient with the stamp in reverse over the top, unfortunately my white polish isn’t so good over black and it all went grey :/ I really like the look and I’ll be trying it with different polishes…

My second attempt was a lot more successful!

Black White Silver Grey Chevron Nail Art

Free Hand Chevron Nails

I free handed these! Not a single scrap of tape in sight! I was expecting this to be a horrible mess but I’m honestly really surprised at how well these turned out!

I started out with two coats of White on White from China Glaze, then I used Style Slave from 17 for the first chevron followed by Grey from Barry M, and finally Black On Black from Sinful Colors.

I overlapped the different polishes to make sure the lines where even. Like a very simple fishtail braid mani!

Black White Silver Grey Chevron Nail Art

Black White Silver Grey Chevron Nail Art

The oldest polish I used is Style Slave, I must have owned this one for at least 10 years! Barry M Grey I have had for about three years, the Black on Black from Sinful Colors and White on White from China Glaze I haven’t had s as long!

Golden Oldie Challenge

Don’t forget to have a look at the GOT polish pinterest page

Here’s s quick recap of the rules:

  • The polish you use should be at least one year old.
  • If you haven’t been a polishaholic that long, you can use the oldest polishes you have.
  • The polish should be previously used, but if you’re stuck, you could free a yearling from Mount Untried.
  • You can use more than 1 polish as long as it fits the theme and the rules.
Black White Silver Grey Chevron Nail Art

Chevron Nails

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February 19, 2014

Swirly Clouds! With Moyou Suki 08

By Ruth

I decided that the Ducato polish from my last post would make a nice base colour for some stamping, and I finally get to use one of my new Moyou plates! 😀

I used plate 08 from the Suki collection.

Moyou Suki 08 over Ducato Polish

Suki Collection 08

I’m so glad that the cloud pattern on the plate is big enough for my whole nail, even my thumb! I find that on a lot of the large image/picture plates most of the individual patterns are just too small.

For stamping the clouds I used Lumin-Iceant from Color Club. The range of foil polishes from Color Club are amazing for stamping! 😀

The butterflies (I think they look more like bows) are also from the same Suki plate, I used Konad special polish in Black. it was a bit fiddly to clean the stamp up quickly enough before applying them to my nails.

Moyou Suki 08 over Ducato Polish

Moyou Suki 08 over Ducato Polish

I really like the grey/silver combination even tho my camera decided to show more of the blue tones in this polish.

I think that if i redo this mani I’ll use a couple of larger butterflies rather than lots of small ones!

Moyou Suki 08 over Ducato Polish

Moyou Suki 08 over Ducato Polish

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February 17, 2014

Ducato 04 – Nail Polish From Japan

By Ruth

Today I have another lovely Japanese nail polish to show you 🙂

Ducato Nail Polish 04

Ducato Nail Polish 04

I have no idea what the shade is called other than Color 04!

It is a pretty pale grey cream with a slight purple tint. the bottle holds 10ml.

Ducato Nail Polish 04

Ducato Nail Polish 04

The brush is flat and quite a bit wider than the brushes in the other Japanese polishes I have tried so far.

I found that the formula was a little bit on the thin side, but it has a nice amount of pigment and it flowed very nicely from the brush so the application was very smooth.

This is three coats with no top coat, it dried really quickly and it’s very glossy!

Ducato Nail Polish 04

Ducato Nail Polish 04

I really like the colour of this polish! I think that the purple tint makes the grey seem so much warmer!

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