tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37359342804630160002024-03-13T01:18:09.715-06:00Nail CatsGinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04710231020338242835noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735934280463016000.post-4347651989687040102012-10-28T19:11:00.001-06:002012-10-28T19:15:14.799-06:00Different Dimensions World of Warcraft CollectionHi everyone! I haven't posted lately because I've been busy ignoring everything and playing World of Warcraft, or WoW for the other lady gamers out there. Recently a new expansion came out for WoW, and even though I told myself I wouldn't play it, I eventually caved like every other WoW player out there. So I suppose it's only fitting that I have the World of Warcraft collection from Different Dimensions to show you.<br />
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DD's WoW Collection was sold as a set of 5 polishes for a limited time just before the expansion came out, so I obviously had to get it. I have bottle shots and nail wheel swatches of all the polishes, but the bulk of the post will be about a mani I did with one of the polishes. Get ready for some glitter!<br />
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L to R in both pictures is Horde, Alliance, Murloc, Bad Ass Panda, and Spectral Tiger</div>
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Horde Alliance</div>
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Murloc Bad Ass Panda</div>
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Spectral Tiger Spectral Tiger Glow <br />
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This is two coats of each polish, so Horde Alliance and Murloc can be worn alone, while Bad Ass Panda and Spectral Tiger need to be layered. For WoW players, these polishes are all part of the game and the colors are very accurate, while to non players, they're awesome glittery polishes. Everyone wins! Also, Missi asked which side of the game I was on (Allience or Horde), and sent a super cute nail polish necklace she made with the corresponding polish. In my case it was Horde and I LOVE it. My boyfriend thought it was really cool too!<br />
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When I got the collection, I was most excited about Spectral Tiger because it GLOWS IN THE DARK, so naturally I had to try it first! This post is pretty picture heavy, so click the jump to see all the pretty.<br />
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Spectral Tiger is a clear base with different sizes of blie, light blue, and iridescent hexes and holo micro glitter. This polish also glows in the dark, which is not only awesome, but it really mimics the Spectral Tiger mount in the game.<br />
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For this mani, I started with 1 coat of China Glaze Re-Fresh Mint, then stamped the most tiger-looking stripes I had with China Glaze Cheers To You and Cheeky Plate CH2, then used two coats of Spectral Tiger. All I needed was 1 coat of Gelous and 1 coat of a regular topcoat and the mani was perfectly smooth.<br />
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The finished effect was really pretty and glowy thanks to the iridescent glitter, and it looked even better in the dark! I didn't really even have to "charge" my nails and the glow was really strong and lasted forever! For some reason, I couldn't get my camera to capture the glow on my nails or in the bottle, but for some reason the I was able to get the swatch on the nail wheel. Picky Camera!<br />
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Re-Fresh Mint Macro<br />
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Stamping Macro<br />
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White Light Flash<br />
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I am in love with all these polishes from Different Dimensions, each one is unique, gorgeous, and applies wonderfully even though they're glitters. I'm sorry that this collection isn't available anymore, but Missi has a bunch of other amazing polishes and necklaces and cuticle care on <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/DIFFERENTdimension">Etsy</a> for you to drool over. </div>
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And Finally, I will leave you all with a picture of my character in WoW (because I look really cool) and a picture of Tifa and Cloud (because they finally love each other enough to nap together)</div>
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Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04710231020338242835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735934280463016000.post-37265781495403623472012-10-13T19:34:00.001-06:002012-10-13T19:37:59.469-06:00Vivid Lacquer PolishesHi all!<br />
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Today is very very special, because I have some swatches of the Vivid Lacquer by the lovely Anni. In addition to great polishes, Anni also makes these crazy cool stamping plates! I have three polishes to show you guys and I did order a stamping plate, it just hasn't gotten here yet so expect to see that in the future!<br />
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This post is going to be pretty long and picture heavy so get to the goodies after the jump!<br />
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First up is Sketchbook. When it arrived, the bottle wasn't all the way full, which is super sad because it is GORGEOUS! Sketchbook is a clear base with holographic micro glitter and different sizes of matte black and white square, hex, and bar glitter. This honestly might be my new favorite black and white glitter topper. It's very pretty and delicate, and I love the subtle holo glitter. For these photos I layered one coat of sketchbook over various colors and also in a Jelly Sandwich. This polish did NOT require the dabbing method. From index to pinky is China Glaze Papaya Punch, For Audrey, Gothic Lolita, and Gaga For Green. The thumb is layers of OPI Do You Think I'm Tex-y? and Sketchbook in this order; Tex-y, Sketchbook, Tex-y, Sketchbook, Tex-y. All fingers only have ONE coat of topcoat and they are perfectly smooth! I really loved Sketchbook over all the colors (like orange for Halloween), but my favorite was the Jelly Sandwich. I love how you can still see the holo through the Jelly Polish.<br />
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Next up is Fairy Bread, which was my surprise favorite. Fairy Bread is a milky white base with all different sizes and colors of matte hex glitter and micro bar glitter. I think it looks like Pop Tarts but my Boyfriend thinks it looks like Birthday Cake. Either way it's fabulous. The formula was very smooth for both the glitter and the base. No dragging or pained glitter placement here! This is three coats with, again, one coat of a topcoat for perfect smoothness. <br />
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Finally we have Don't Forget The Rum, which is a dark grey jelly base with (get ready) small black and white hex, medium light pink and matte fuschia hex and black and white square and bar glitter. Phew. Unfortunately, the formula was really thick, espcially with all the glitter in it. BUT, I just added some polish thinner and that fixed everything. I was able to apply three managable coats, but with all the glitter and it took three coats of topcoat to smooth it out. The glitter required a little special placement, but nothing majorly inconvenient. Initial problems aside, the end result is beautiful.<br />
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Overall I am very impressed with Anni's creations, and I can't wait for my stamping plate to arrive! You can buy Vivid Lacquer on <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/VividLacquer">Etsy</a>, and you can see swatches and updates on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/VividLacquer">Facebook</a> , <a href="http://vividlacquer.tumblr.com/">Tumblr</a> , and <a href="http://pinterest.com/cradledfiction/vivid-lacquer/">Pinterest</a>. Well, what are yo waiting for, go check it out!<br />
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XO<br />
Gina<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">*These products were sent for review</span>Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04710231020338242835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735934280463016000.post-59945132264212002482012-10-07T00:46:00.001-06:002012-10-07T00:46:11.899-06:00Laser Tape Manicure with China Glaze NeonsHi Everyone!<br />
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I suppose it's officially fall, since here in Colorado we had our first snow on Friday and it's been cold and drizzly ever since. Ugh. I love fall in the sense of deep polish colors, warm candles, and hot chocolate, but I could really do without the crappy weather. I guess I can't have everything, haha.<br />
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Even though fall is in full swing, today's manicure is definitely more summery. I finally decided to try the Laser Tape Manicure that's been all over the blogs, and honestly it's a really easy technique for such a cool result. For this manicure I decided to do a "warm" hand and a "cool" hand.<br />
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For the right hand I used CG;<br />
Love's A Beach<br />
Orange You Hot?<br />
Flirty Tankini<br />
Beach Cruse-r<br />
Shocking Pink (Thumb, not pictured)<br />
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And for the left hand I used CG;<br />
Splish Splash<br />
I'm With the Lifeguard<br />
Turned Up Turquoise<br />
Sun-Kissed<br />
In The Limelight (Thumb, not pictured)<br />
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Honestly, I'm not sure why I didn't take pictures of my thumb nails, but it's too late now! All the colors are from the China Glaze Summer Neons collection except Shocking Pink, Turned Up Turquoise, and In The Limelight. Those three colors can be found at Sally's as part of their core line.<br />
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For each hand I used a regular base coat and two coats of color, and once coat of a fast dry topcoat. Once everything was completely dry, I placed 4 pieces of striping tape on each nail at different angles, then painted over with one coat of china Glaze Liquid Leather. Then I quickly and carefully pulled off the striping tape in reverse order of how I placed it. In order to remember the order of each strip, I taped, painted, and pulled each nail one at a time. Finally, I let the polish dry for about a minute before adding a no chip topcoat so as not to smear the black too much.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">LT Hand - White Light<br />Index to Pinky - Slpish Splash, I'm With The Lifeguard, Turned Up Turquoise, Sun-Kissed</td></tr>
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I really loved this manicure, especially how bright the neon colors were against the black! Some of the lines didn't turn out a clean as others, but I'm sure it will get better with more practice!<br />
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And now for the cats. They have been some sleepy little stinkers lately. They're comfortable with each other now so they play and wrestle all day, so then they just zonk out. Here's Tifa sleeping in the corner with her face smashed into the ground. I'm telling you, she sleeps in the weirdest ways!<br />
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Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04710231020338242835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735934280463016000.post-58019191894309217162012-10-04T17:18:00.002-06:002012-10-04T20:23:45.835-06:00Jelly Sandwich with Windestine Star Light Hi Everyone!<br />
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Today I have my very first attempt at a Jelly Sandwich! I really love the look of jelly sandwiches, but my plain jelly collection consists of about three polishes, haha. So here we have my take on the Essie Marshmallow sandwich, but instead of Essie, I used China Glaze Oxygen. Which is essentially the same thing, right? Oxygen leans a little more toward the off-white side, which is great for wearing it alone since it isn't as blinding as a pure white. I believe Oxygen is opaque in 3-4 coats depending on how you apply it.<br />
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For this look, I paired Oxygen with a polish you've seen before; <a href="http://nailsncats.blogspot.com/2012/07/windestine-star-light.html">Star Bright</a> by Windestine. I thought Star Bright would be fun for the sandwich because of the pink glitter and all the fun shapes! I used my regular China Glaze base coat, then this "recipe" for the sandwich:<br />
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Oxygen<br />
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A warning in advance to everyone about the pictures, my right pinky nail got torn off - thats right, my nail <i>tore off</i> - so it looks really nubby and uneven. to try and make up for my sad right pinky (and to show off the different shapes in Star Bright) I included pictures of my less photogenic left hand. For some odd reason the star glitter ended up on my right hand and the moon glitter ended up on my left. Enjoy!<br />
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I really like how this Jelly/Marshmallow sandwich turned out, and I know i'll be using Oxygen for glitter sandwiches again! Oxygen was originally released with the Creme Couture collection, but it can still be found in regular stock at Ulta and Sally's. Star Bright is sold by indie polish brand Windestine on <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/windestine">Etsy</a> and also <a href="http://windestine.bigcartel.com/">Big Cartel</a> , who just happens to be having a fairly large restock TONIGHT at 5 pm PST!!!<br />
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AAAAAAAND, I've been very bad about the cat part of Nail Cats, so today you get a pretty cute picture of our new kitten, Cloud. He's a pretty cute (and sleepy) kitty!<br />
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GinaGinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04710231020338242835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735934280463016000.post-56055201256469547242012-09-26T21:50:00.001-06:002012-09-26T22:55:18.412-06:00Enchanted Polish - AwesomenessHi Everyone! Today is going to be a quick swatch post of Awesomeness by Enchanted Polish. Enchanted Polish stared out with only holos, which are some of the best I've seen! Enchanted Polish has since released a Looney Tunes and Falloween collections that are glitter toppers, although I haven't purchased any of these. <br />
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Awesomeness is a jewel toned purple holo, and like all the polishes from Enchanted Polish, it is very smooth to apply and very pigmented. It's opaque in one thick coat or two normal/thin coats. The holo effect is spectacular on this polish, and its not dull, even low light. The pictures below are two coats without a topcoat. They are taken outside to capture the holo effect, but I'm not used to outdoor pictures, so please forgive the less than stellar pictures.<br />
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Enchanted Polish can be found at <a href="http://shop.llarowe.com/">Llarowe</a> ($13), <a href="http://harlowandco.org/">Harlow and Co</a> ($15), and <a href="http://meimeisignatures.com/">Mei Mei's Signatures</a>. Mei Mei's has a few exclusive colors, but it is sold for 20 Singapore dollars, which converts to about 16.25 US dollars. You can also follow Enchanted Polish on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/EnchantedPolishPage?ref=ts">Facebook</a> for updates and swatches of new collections. <br />
Thanks for reading!<br />
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XO<br />
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<br />Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04710231020338242835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735934280463016000.post-58492483000114460502012-09-23T18:22:00.001-06:002012-09-23T21:56:05.650-06:00China Glaze On Safari and Darling Diva Polish Water MarbleHi Everyone!<br />
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Today I have another water marble for you. This time, the marbling itself turned out a lot better, however the mani as a whole still didn't turn out as I wanted. I started out with a white base of China Glaze White on White, then used Exotic Encounter, Purr-fect Plum, and Jungle Queen from the China Glaze On Safari Collection and Space Beetle from indie brand Darling Diva Polish. The On Safari polishes are all deep fall-esqe colors and Space Beetle is a charcoal duochrome holo.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">L to R: Purr-fect Plum, Jungle Queen, Exotic Encounters, Space Beetle</td></tr>
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I thought being from the same collection these colors would work well together, but after marbling the colors we a little off. Jungle Queen looked especially different as the grey tones in it took over after being marbled. I seem to have a common theme of accidentally making my water marbles look like candy canes; <a href="http://nailsncats.blogspot.com/2012/05/enchanted-polish-water-marble.html">last time</a> the pink, purple, and white ended up looking like a peppermint candy cane, and THIS time my boyfriend said the colors looked like the mint chocolate candy canes. <br />
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Another friend said they looked retro, which is a little better but still not what I was going for. Sigh. Still, It wasn't as bad as as last time, and I still really like the idea of using one shimmer color in the marble, maybe just one with a darker pigmented base next time. So here you go!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">LT Hand - White Light (Jungle Queen was really grey on this hand)</td></tr>
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And here are some macros of my favorite fingers :)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">RT Ring Finger</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">LT Ring Finger</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">LT Middle Finger</td></tr>
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You can purchase Darling Diva Polish on <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/DarlingDivaPolish">Etsy</a>, all her polishes are beautiful and readily available! She has recently launched her Halloween Collection and you can also follow her on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/DarlingDivaPolish">Facebook</a> for updates on new colors and giveaways!<br />
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Thanks for reading!<br />
XO<br />
GinaGinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04710231020338242835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735934280463016000.post-83871542406543420792012-09-13T01:12:00.003-06:002012-09-13T01:16:49.049-06:00Magnetic Polish and ApologiesWell Hello.<br />
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It has been an entire month since I've posted, for that I am very very sorry. A lot has happened recently, including MOVING!!! Yay! The boyfriend and I finally found an apartment so I spent a lot of time packing, and shopping, and of course, moving! And best of all, the apartment has an extra bedroom so I have an actual room for all of my nail goodies instead of a table in my parent's basement :) Pictures of "the nail room" will be coming soon, as well as pictures of a new addition to the family. After moving, Tifa's been kind of lonely, she really loved the other cats, so we got her a little brother! I can't wait to show you all how cute he is.<br />
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Anyway, on to today's polish! I really love the idea of magnetic polishes, and I'm glad that some cheaper polish brands like Sally Hansen have jumped on board. Since I am first and foremost a China Glaze fangirl, I obviously chose the CG magnetix polishes over the other brands. Unfortunately, while the magnetic particles in the polish are fine, the magnet is super weak and, frankly, sucks. I've seen other bloggers get decent results with it, but I have no idea how. The design barely shows up, and the horseshoe design is awkward to use and I usually end up getting polish on the magnet. Boo. So I picked up some magnetic polishes from Finger Paints and Icing for the magnets. The swatches below are one normal coat followed by one thick gloppy coat of China Glaze Pull Me Close and then about ten seconds of the wavy magnet from the Icing polish. Then I blew on my nails a little bit to keep the magnetic particles from spreading and blurring the design, and very carefully put on a coat of China Glaze Fast Foreward Topcoat.<br />
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Pull Me Close is a medium blue polish that reveals black as the contrast color with the magnet. The polish is very opaque and would only need one coat, but the instructions say two coats, and having 1 normal coat under the glooped coat seems like a good idea, haha. As for the magnet, It it leaps and bounds better than China Glaze's. It's on the cap like most other brands, so it's easy to hols and use. It also has two lips for the cuticle so you can easily use the design vertically or horizontally.<br />
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I love love love Pull Me Close now that I have a decent magnet! The contrast of the black and blue is stunning, and I love the glowy quality of the shimmer. It's really eye-catching as well, it grabbed a lot of attention at work and I know a few girls that are going out to buy a magnetic polish after talking to me about them. Even the boyfriend was impressed; he said they look like marbles, which I think is super cool!<br />
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So all in all, I think China Glaze made a blunder with their magnets, but the polish itself is beautiful and easy to work with like expected, and I'm happy with the results.<br />
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Aaaaaaand finally, here is a long overdue picture of a silly sleepy Tifa. Enjoy!<br />
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<br />Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04710231020338242835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735934280463016000.post-74015926891077133692012-08-10T19:25:00.002-06:002012-08-10T19:25:59.660-06:00Fimo Attempt # 2Hi Everyone!<br />
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As you may recall, my first attempt at using clay fimo slices wasn't the best. But never fear! I'm back with another attempt, and this time I even used nail glue to adhere them :)<br />
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I started out with two coats of China Glaze Innocence, which ended up drying a little bubbly. Lame, but overall still an acceptable base for the French Tips I was planning. I used some striping tape I bought from Ebay and China Glaze Liquid Leather to do the tips. By the end of the night LL was getting a little goopy so I think I may have to invest in some polish thinner. First World nail addict problems, I'm telling you.<br />
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Then it was time for the fimo canes. My boyfriend asked me why I bought canes instead of pre-cut slices, to which I said something along the lines of "it's cheaper...you get more...it didn't look <i>that </i>hard from the videos online...??" Surprisingly, my boyfriend is very good at slicing them (when he feels like helping), but alas, I was doing these at 2am, so I was on my own. These flowers are so adorable, and I managed to cut them better than I did last time. It wasn't perfect, and I probably wasted half of the cane, but I'm still proud of myself :) On to pictures!<br />
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Yay! Super cute flowers, right? I got the fimo canes from Amazon in case anyone was wondering.<br />
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Thanks for reading!<br />
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XO<br />
Gina<br />Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04710231020338242835noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735934280463016000.post-33347598730456353392012-08-05T20:48:00.000-06:002012-09-19T20:55:24.231-06:00A Liebster Award? For Me?<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">We<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">ll hey everyone! Today I was checking on my little 'ol blog here and guess what? I was tagged by Princess Ishyama over at <a href="http://glitteryandpolished.blogspot.com/2012/08/hey-there-glittery-polish-fans-my.html">Glittery and Polished</a> for a Liebster Award. What is a Liebster Award you ask? Well, it's pretty much a chain going around from blogger to blogger (the nice type, not the scary 7 days to live type) to help people with newer blogs to get a little bit of recognition, and to help others notice these blogs. The only catch is that you have less than 200 follow</span>ers, so I most certainly fit the bill. Yay!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: white; line-height: 18px;"><b style="background-color: black;">Here are the rules:</b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">1. Each person tagged must post 11 things about themselves.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">2. They must also answer the 11 questions the 'tagger' has set for them.</span></span><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">3. They must create 11 more questions to ask bloggers they have decided to tag.</span></span><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">4. They must then choose 11 bloggers with less than 200 followers and tag them in their post.</span></span><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">5. These lucky bloggers must then be told.</span></span><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">6. There's no tag backs.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><b>11 Things About Me</b></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">1. I am known as the Nail Queen at work</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">2. "Work" is at a hospital as an x-ray tech</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">3. My commute is 45 minutes each way (ouch)</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">4. Though mt cat's name is Tifa, we rarely call her that. It's usually some variation of a word that rhymes with Tifa (Teef, Meef, Bifa, Teefy, Sef, Bef, Tef, Beefy)</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">5. She responds to all of them, and act like a dog</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">6. I get really sad if a design doesn't turn out right on my nails</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">7. I have curly hair (and I hate it)</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">8. I read books very fast </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">9. I hate Winter and anything that has to do with it (skiing anyone? nope)</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">10. I act like a five year old most of the time</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">11. I'm a nerd (I like anime, video games, etc.)</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><b>Glittery and Polished's Questions:</b></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">1. What was your first polish or brand of polish?</span></span></b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white; line-height: 18px;">When I was 10? NYC</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white; line-height: 18px;">When I threw out my drugstore polish and got serious? China Glaze</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b>2. What is your favorite book or book series?</b></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white; line-height: 18px;">Oh my, that's not a very fair question. I like many books. Let's just go with the series I'm reading now, called The Mortal Instruments</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></span></span>
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">3. What is your favorite thing to have for dessert?</span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white; line-height: 18px;">CAKE. RED VELVET CAKE.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">4. Where do you go to unwind?</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white; line-height: 18px;">The Bathtub :)</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">5. What is your biggest dream?</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white; line-height: 18px;">To be successful</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">6. When did you become a member of the polish/blogging community?</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white; line-height: 18px;">April 2012</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">7. What is your favorite band/musician?</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white; line-height: 18px;">I'm very in to techno right now, so lets go with Deadmau5</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">8. What would be a polish you'd want to create?</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white; line-height: 18px;">Some fort of really cool holo/color change in the sun combo</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">9. What was your best manicure?</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white; line-height: 18px;">I don't know about <i>best</i>, but my favorite manicure was one I did before starting my blog. I used China Glaze Tinsel Town, but did the accent finger in China Glaze Smoke and Ashes with a bow stamp in China Glaze Metallic Muze. I loved those nails.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">10. Who inspires you?</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">Other Bloggers and Indie Polish sellers</span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">11. What is your favorite color?</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white; line-height: 18px;">PINK</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b>Now for MY questions (the hard part)</b></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b>1. What is your favorite mainstream brand of polish?</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; line-height: 18px;"><b style="background-color: black;">2. What is your favorite brand of indie polish?</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; line-height: 18px;"><b style="background-color: black;">3. What is your most wanted polish?</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; line-height: 18px;"><b style="background-color: black;">4. What is your lucky number?</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; line-height: 18px;"><b style="background-color: black;">6. What made you decide to start a Nail Polish Blog?</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; line-height: 18px;"><b style="background-color: black;">7. What is your biggest pet peeve?</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; line-height: 18px;"><b style="background-color: black;">8. What does your polish setup look like? (pictures pleaseeeeee?)</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; line-height: 18px;"><b style="background-color: black;">9. What do your friends/family think of your polish <strike>obsession</strike> hobby?</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; line-height: 18px;"><b style="background-color: black;">10. What is your favorite type of nail art to do?</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white; line-height: 18px;">11. What is a type of nail art you wish you could do as flawlessly as other bloggers? </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">AAAAAAAAND...My 11 Bloggers!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">1. <a href="http://lacquerrow.blogspot.com/">Lacquer Row</a></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">2. <a href="http://beauty-ninja.blogspot.com/">Beauty Ninja</a><a href="http://beauty-ninja.blogspot.com/"></a></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; line-height: 18px;">3. <a href="http://www.onceuponapolish.com/">Once Upon a Polish</a></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: inherit;">4. <a href="http://color-happy.blogspot.com/">Color Happy</a></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">5. <a href="http://nailsactually.blogspot.com/">Nails Actually</a></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">6. <a href="http://www.onecraftysahm.blogspot.com/">One Crafty SAHM</a></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">7. <a href="http://teenpolishjunkie.blogspot.com/">Teen Polish Junkie</a></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">8. <a href="http://lacquerthis.blogspot.com/">Lacquer This</a></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">9. <a href="http://www.oohlalapolish.com/">Ooh La La Polish</a></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">10. <a href="http://liesllovesprettythings.blogspot.com/">Liesl Loves Pretty things</a></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">11. <a href="http://lavishlayerings.blogspot.com/">Lavish Layerings</a></span><br />
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I apologize if any of you have already been tagged, but I hope you will all post and tag other Bloggers :)</span><br />
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Today I have another polish from Indie seller F4 polish. This one is called Pink Salmon, and it is a clear base with small round pink and white matte glitter and salmon colored hex satin glitter. It can be worn on its own with 3 of 4 coats, but I opted to use one coat over China Glaze Thataway. Thataway is an orange leaning coral polish with subtle gold shimmer that I thought would match Pink Salmon well. I was happy with the results, my only complaint is that it might have matched <i>too </i>well.<br />
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F4 Polish still comes with the cute rhinestone for the "o" in Polish, and like Pink Penguin, Pink Salmon is packed with glitter so application is easy and distribution is even. The swatches below are shown with two coats of Thataway, one coat of Pink Salmon, and one coat of top coat (it needs more). Interestingly, the pictures with flash are the most color accurate.<br />
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F4 Polish can be purchased on <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/f4polish?ref=seller_info">Etsy</a>, and if they don't have all the colors in stock, I believe they can make a custom listing for you, which is super great customer service! You can also like F4 Polish on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/F4Polish">Facebook</a> where the girls are always posting sneak peeks of their new polishes!<br />
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And, since it is Caturday, here is the always entertaining Tifa! She was being a good girl and actually posing for the camera.<br />
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GinaGinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04710231020338242835noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735934280463016000.post-530152392986249912012-08-02T11:34:00.002-06:002012-08-02T11:40:35.394-06:00Darling Diva Polish - RingerGood Morning all! Today I have a very special polish to show you. It's another lovely creation by Darling Diva Polish called Ringer and guess what? It's a dupe for Clarins 230, also fondly referred to as Unicorn Pee. I don't actually have 230 to compare, but from pictures it seems to be a very close dupe. And at $8.00 a bottle, why <i>wouldn't</i> you pick one up?<br />
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Ringer is a semi-sheer blurple jelly base with awesome shimmer the flashes red to copper/gold to green, and the duochrome effect of the shimmer is STRONG. Most people would layer Ringer or 230, however after 4 coats it was opaque enough for my taste. The application was very smooth and easy. I think I'm in love! <br />
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Thanks to the duochrome, Ringer it fairly difficult to photograph, But I managed to get all the color shifts!<br />
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Gorgeous, right? You can get Ringer and dozens of other fabulous polishes from Darling Diva Polish on <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/DarlingDivaPolish#">Etsy</a> and you can like her <a href="http://www.facebook.com/DarlingDivaPolish">Facebook</a> for updates, swatches, and giveaways. She has a wide variety of glitters, holos, milky glitters and shimmers like Ringer, so please do yourself a favor and check it out!<br />
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GinaGinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04710231020338242835noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735934280463016000.post-31587522757187972332012-07-29T22:48:00.001-06:002012-09-23T18:02:12.636-06:00China Glaze Summer Neons Gradient<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Hello everyone!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">I know you've all already seen swatches of the Summer Neon collection from China Glaze, but get ready for some more eye-searing neon goodness from today's post. I originally wasn't planning on getting the yellow from the collection, but when I saw it in person I know I had to have it.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"> I'd been wanting to try a gradient for a while, and I thought the bright, creamy, and opaque formula of the Summer Neons would give good results. I used one coat of Sun-Kissed (no white undies needed with these neons), then used <a href="http://www.thenailasaurus.com/2012/04/gradient-nails-picture-tutorial.html">THIS</a> flawless tutorial from the Nailasaurus to apply Splish Splash and achieve the gradient. The whole thing was suprisingly easy and quick (for nail art) and even my boyfriend was impressed with the results. I will definitely be doing more gradients in the future. Also, the subtle shimmer in these neons really came out to play after being sponged on :)</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">As a side note before we get to the pictures, I've been trying out the Seche Vite topcoat instead of my go-to China Glaze Fast Forward, and honestly, I'm not sure if I like it. I know a lot of bloggers swear by it, but it kind of shrinks on my nails, and sometimes it made the polish peel back on my nails. What? I love how fast it dries and how smooth it is, but this weird peeling/shrinking nonsense is kind of a deal breaker. Also, it's not 3-free. Hmmmm. What is your experience with Seche Vite like? I used one coat of Seche Vite with the photos below.</span><br />
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Splish Splash turned out a little lighter on my left hand, so I wanted to include it as well. What do you think? Do you like the lighter or darker blue better? Wow, I am just full of questions for you today!</div>
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But that's ok because I own some of Pam's beautiful polishes, which makes everything better! Right?<br />
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Today I have Kismet's Pajamas, which is a semi-sheer black base packed with all different sized a fuchsia and silver hex and micro glitter. It's stunning! I think it's the silver micro shimmer that makes it really eye-catching. These photos are shown with two coats of Kismet's Pajamas over one coat of China Glaze Liquid Leather. The sheerness of the black base gives the polish depth and a jellyish effect, and is so beautiful! Like the rest of Pam's polishes, It's packaged in a square bottle with a tiny black bow on the cap, and the application is flawless. Well, enough of my chatter, lets get to the pictures!<br />
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I am seriously in love with Pam's polishes. They are all so unique and beautiful, and the application is better than salon brands! I have some serious ants in my pants waiting for her new colors to come out! As always, you can buy Whimsical Ideas by Pam via her <a href="http://www.facebook.com/whimsicalideasbypam">Facebook</a>. Her Facebook has pictures of all the available polishes and her information for sending emails. In case you didn't know, all you have to do is send Pam an email of which polishes you would like to purchase and in a few days she will respond with an invoice. And then you get exactly the polishes you want EVERY SINGLE TIME. Woah. No stressful restocks, time restraints, or polishes disappearing out of your carts. I'm telling you, Pam is a genius at more than making fabulous polish.</div>
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Gina</div>Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04710231020338242835noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735934280463016000.post-87515764079344992412012-07-19T09:00:00.000-06:002012-07-19T09:00:00.724-06:00China Glaze Summer Neons + FimoHey Everyone! <br />
Today I have an interesting post for you. I finally got the China Glaze Summer Neons, and I was so excited that I couldn't settle on one color. So what I ended up doing was Painting my right hand with I'm with the Lifeguard and Love's a Beach as the accent nail and then vice versa on my left hand. They both applied really well; creamy but not streaky, two coats coverage, and bright enough to use without white undies. The photos below are show with two lovely coats.<br />
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Then I decided to try out the Fimo canes I ordered. Now, I've never worked with Fimo before so this attempt ended up a little messy. I bought my Fimo in bulk in cane form, and I'm still not very good at slicing so the pieces were a little thicker than they should have been. Also, I did what I normally do when applying rhinestones and just used top cot as adhesive, but I really should have used nail glue. Well, at least I know for next time. <br />
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Aaaaaaaaand, making an unusual appearance is my left hand, which tends to break more and just generally not look as nice as my right hand. However, it's been looking better lately and I wanted to show the reverse color scheme.<br />
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So, there you have it. Neon and Fimo: a very summery combination if I do say so myself!<br />
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GinaGinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04710231020338242835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735934280463016000.post-15707921333168113842012-07-16T09:00:00.000-06:002012-07-16T09:00:09.176-06:00Darling Diva Polish - Angry BeaverHappy Monday Everyone (Boo!)<br />
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Haha. So Today I have a post for you about the lovely Indie brand Darling Diva Polish. I have a number of her polishes and they are all beautiful. She has a great range of Holos, Glitters, and Glitters in Shimmer and Creme bases. Today I'm showing you Angry Beaver. According to Etsy, the name is random, but I like to pretend its because of the '90s cartoon.<br />
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Anyway, Angry Beaver is a Blurple Jelly-ish shimmery base with tons of hex glitter in all different sizes and colors, plus some awesome square glitter in a few colors thrown in.<br />
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Since Angry Beaver is a bit sheer, I layered it over A England Avalon, which hid most of the blue tones in the base (boo!). Application was pretty good for a polish with big glitters. I used one coat of Avalon, then two dabby coats of Angry Beaver, and then to make everything seem symmetrical, I put some of the polish on a piece of paper and applied a few glitter pieces with a toothpick, which was very easy. A couple of coats of top coat, and that was it!<br />
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Angry Beaver is a really beautiful and fun polish, I just wish I had a base color that didn't distort the original color as much. You can get Darling Diva Polish on <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/DarlingDivaPolish#">Etsy</a>. The owner is super nice, her shop is usually stocked but if she's missing a color you want, just message her and she'll do a custom listing for you. She's got a great variety of polishes and is always coming out with new colors. You can check for updates on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/DarlingDivaPolish">Facebook</a>, and sometimes she even does contests (One of which I actually won, which never happens to me!)<br />
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Today's cat picture is another of Jester. D'awwwwwww<br />
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Thanks for reading everyone!<br />
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GinaGinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04710231020338242835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735934280463016000.post-72098398592219933222012-07-15T00:27:00.001-06:002012-07-15T00:27:21.417-06:00Speaking of Late...Julep June Mystery BoxHi Everyone! Sorry about my absence, I meant to post this before I went on vacation, but obviously that didn't happen. If anyone was wondering, I went to San Diego for Comic Con, and let me tell you, it was AWESOME!! I'll post a picture at the end of the post :)<br />
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So, on to the Mystery Box. I've been eyeing Julep for a while, but I really don't have the money or space to get a monthly Maven Box. I do, however, get emails from Julep, and when I got one about the Mystery Box, I jumped on the offer! The Mystery Box is $19.99 and contains anywhere from $60-$100 worth of products, so anyway you look at it you're getting a great deal. This being my first Julep Box, I was soooooo excited when it came, but I did refrain from ripping it open long enough to get a picture.<br />
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As anticipated, the box was packaged very nicely and had a lot of stuff inside!<br />
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The first things I pulled out were a nice little pedicure set; The Best Pedi Prep Ever, The Best Pedi Creme Ever, and a foot file. Awesome!<br />
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Next was a Julep file (which I probably won't use as I usually stick to glass, crystal, or a very fine grit), Nail Growth Serum, and Pomegranate Body Scrub. I've used the Scrub since the pictures and it is fabulous. It makes your skin super soft and smooth<br />
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And finally, this little surprise was hiding in the yellow package. That's right! All these Nail Polishes for me! L to R is Base Coat, Fast Dry Top Coat, Maggie, Sandra, Emma, Taylor, and January. =D<br />
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So here is everything together, and after adding it all up my box was worth just over $200!!! That's so exciting for my first Julep Box to be one of the bigger ones! Did any of you get the June Mystery Box? If so, What did you get?<br />
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FINALLY, here's a quick pic from Comic Con; It's me and my boyfriend with the Kapibarasan girls at their booth. Cute!<br />
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Thanks for reading everyone!<br />
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XO<br />
GinaGinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04710231020338242835noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735934280463016000.post-40775094596904124412012-07-05T18:22:00.001-06:002012-07-05T18:22:04.418-06:00A Glittery (and late) Fourth of JulyHappy Late 4th of July everyone! Did anyone watch fireworks? I sure didn't. All the fireworks shows were canceled due to the fact that Colorado is currently burning down. BUT. I would rather have no fireworks than no house because it burned down.<br />
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Anyway, I have this really super cool (I think) Patriotic mani to show you, and I am really (mostly) sorry that I'm showing it to you a day late. <br />
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Here are the polishes I used:<br />
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Thumb - 2 coats China Glaze White on White, 1 coat China Glaze White Cap<br />
Index and Middle - 2 coats Paris Sparkles Midnight in Paris<br />
Ring and Pinky - 2 coats China Glaze Ruby Pumps<br />
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All fingers except my thumb are stamped with Cheeky Plate CH 4 and Sally Hansen White Out. My thumb has three star rhinestones I got from Ebay.<br />
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And then I realized that I could put my middle and ring finger together to make a teeny tiny American Flag. Cute!<br />
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I hope you enjoyed my patriotic nails, even though they were a day late. I sure did!<br />
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No cat picture today, unfortunately, but I'm working on it!<br />
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<br />Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04710231020338242835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735934280463016000.post-4443124895684826012012-07-01T09:00:00.000-06:002012-07-01T09:00:04.617-06:00Windestine - Star LightIt's the weekend!<br />
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Today I'm going to share a gorgeous glitter from the indie brand Windestine. There have been some issues lately with the type of BB's use by polish sellers, but rest assured that Windestine has changed to stainless steel balls from now on! Windestine makes some super fabulous glitters that pictures can't even begin to do justice too. I thought the pictures in her shop looked pretty, so I ordered Jeweled Sand, Pansies, and Star Light. But when I oped my package my mouth just dropped. All three were sooooo sparkly and bright and just amazing!<br />
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Today I'm showing you Star Bright, which is a clear base packed with pink glitter, small and large holo hex glitter, and holo stars, moons and bars. Wow! You might be able wear it on its own because of the amount of pink glitter in it, but I decided to layer it over 1 coat of China Glaze Jetstream, which is a pale pink shimmer that matched the pink glitter pretty well. You could probably get away with 1 of 2 coats, but I wanted my nails to look extra glittery, so I used about 3 coats. The large glitters come out very easily with little to no fishing, but they could require a little placement on the nail (which I also didn't really do). Overall, I think it turned out great!<br />
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Star Light is so pretty! I love the mix of glitter shapes and the fact that they aren't a pain to work with. My nails were much brighter and more sparkly than in the pictures. Literally everywhere I went, someone commented on my nails.<br />
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You can purchase Windestine on <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/windestine">Etsy</a> and <a href="http://windestine.bigcartel.com/">Big Cartel</a>. You can check her <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Windestine/323386611047813">Facebook</a> for updates on when she will be restocking each store and what polishes will be available. I will definitely be buying from Windestine again! <br />
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Today's cat picture is pretty silly, it was when I was trying to get a picture of Whitney for the last post, and when I was going through the pictures, I found this one, where Tifa was in the background actually holding still. Probably because the camera wasn't pointing at her. I think its hilarious. Enjoy!<br />
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GinaGinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04710231020338242835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735934280463016000.post-25634265961979811522012-06-25T09:00:00.000-06:002012-06-25T09:00:07.241-06:00Hits Hera Mermaid NailsHello! Today I'm going to show you another polish from the Hits No Olimpo holographic collection. Hits is a Brazilian brand (which is NOT 3-free), and the easiest way to get it is ordering from <a href="http://shop.llarowe.com/">Llarowe</a>. <br />
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Hera is a deep teal blue color, and the photos below are shown with two gloriously smooth coats. I really love the No Olimpo collection, the colors are so bright and sparkly, and the application is so good its ridiculous.<br />
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And then, because the color looked so ocean-y, I decided to stamp the fish scale design from Red Angel plate RA-111 with China Glaze Metallic Muse (a slivery teal metallic).</div>
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Today I have another picture of Tifa, who is literally the cutest but least photogenic animal I have ever seen. This time she was rolling around on the bed so we got a pretty cute picture.</div>
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GinaGinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04710231020338242835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735934280463016000.post-91481772022701090562012-06-20T09:00:00.000-06:002012-06-20T09:00:00.590-06:00Aphrodite Lacquers - SupernovaHello everyone! <br />
Today I have a polish from my last haul post; Supernova from Aphrodite Lacquers. Supernova is part of Aphrodite Lacquer's "Outta This World" collection, which features a whole line of black jelly-ish polishes with different types and colors of glitter.<br />
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Supernova is the pink glitter of the collection. It has medium fuchsia and light pink hex glitter and slightly smaller silver hex glitter. So pretty!<br />
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I used three coats for the pictures below. I probably could have gotten away with two, but I wanted a lot of the glitter in this mani. Application was ok, the glitter was a little difficult to work with and I kind of wish the base was more sheer like a normal jelly. But overall it was pretty decent application and I'm happy with it.<br />
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I used one coat of China Glaze No-Chip Topcoat, but it was still a little gritty so I'd suggest two coats or a coat of Gealous. I started out holding the bottle of Supernova, but then I got frustrated with the overall darkness of the mani and bottle so I switched to a bottle of topcoat. Enjoy!<br />
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<br />Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04710231020338242835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735934280463016000.post-47249907691671355622012-06-18T09:00:00.000-06:002012-06-18T09:00:05.058-06:00Quick Polish HaulHi Everyone,<br />
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This post is going to be pretty quick, just some bottle shots of my most recent haul, and unfortunately, I do not have a cat picture for you today :( But worry not, as your regularly scheduled programming of Manicures and Cats will return soon. on to the pictures!<br />
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First is three polishes from Aphrodite Lacquer's Sandbar collection; Ambrosia, Grapetini, and Rum Runner<br />
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Next is 2 polishes from Aphrodie Lacquer's Outta This World Collection; Supernova and Nebula<br />
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And finally, four Glitters from Paris Sparkles; Midnight in Paris, Confetti, Chrome, and Chataigne<br />
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You can purchase Paris Sparkles on <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/parissparkles">Etsy</a>, she is currently OPEN and stocked with plenty of polishes!<br />
Aphrodite Lacquer can also be purchased on <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/AphroditeLacquers">Etsy</a>, but her shop is currently on vacation until June 26th. You can check on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/AphroditeLacquers">Facebook</a> for updates!<br />
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GinaGinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04710231020338242835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735934280463016000.post-43011523409101612812012-06-15T09:00:00.000-06:002012-06-15T09:00:06.856-06:00Whimsical Ideas by Pam - Kitty GlitterAhh! It's already Friday! I've been neglecting you all and I'm very sorry (I promise). But I'll make it up to you with a post of this completely fabulous polish from Whimsical Ideas by Pam. It's Kitty Glitter! Perfect Polish for Nail Cats, right? <br />
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Kitty Glitter is so beautiful, it's a light blue jelly with silver hex and micro glitter in it. It could totally be worn by itself, but it's a little sheer for my taste, so I layered it over China Glaze for Audrey, which is an almost perfect match.<br />
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The photos below are one coat of For Audrey, two coats of Kitty Glitter, and two coats of China Glaze No-Chip Top Coat. On my ring finger I used one coat of For Audrey, then stamped a Kitty-inspired fish bone with Red Angel plate RA-107 and Devotion from the China Glaze Romantique collection (seriously, this collection is so great for stamping!), and topped it off with 1 coat of No-Chip Top Coat.<br />
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I am so in love with this polish, Pam is literally a genius. It applied sooooo smoothly and the glitter placement was perfect with absolutely no effort. 2 coats leaves the nail packed with glitter and that deep jelly layered look. With the 2 coats of top coat is was smooth as glass and lasted forever, I got so many compliments from my coworkers and patients! You should really head over to Pam's <a href="http://www.facebook.com/whimsicalideasbypam">Facebook</a> and orders yourself some of her polishes!<br />
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Finally, since this <i>is </i>Nail Cats, and today's manicure <i>is </i>kitty inspired, here is another picture of my little kitty Tifa. She's still young and wiggly and full of energy so getting a good picture is really hard, but my boyfriend and I managed to get her to hold still of about 5 seconds for this picture. Enjoy!<br />
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<br />Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04710231020338242835noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735934280463016000.post-18332708595892902442012-06-09T09:00:00.000-06:002012-06-09T09:00:07.446-06:00F4 Polish - Pink PenguinIt's the weekend! Today I have another indie polish from my haul post. This one is Pink Penguin by F4 polish. Pink Penguin is a clear base with small round black and white matte glitter and medium pink hex matte glitter. I love love love matte glitter! The finished effect looks so cool and gets all kinds of attention and questions. I also love F4's bottle packaging. Their labels are pink and glittery and have a rhinestone in the "O" of polish. I also think the name label on the bottom is cute, even though its plain haha.<br />
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Since the base is clear, I layered two coats of Pink Penguin over 1 coat of Liquid Leather. White and grey are also nice base colors for this polish. PP went on very smoothly and was fairly opaque with two coats and there was no need to try and place the pink glitter. The only drawback is that matte glitter dries quickly so there was some dried glitter buildup around the lid. It was a bit gritty, even with a topcoat, so i'd suggest maybe 2 coats or a thick one like gealous.<br />
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I am so pleased with Pink Penguin, Its so cute and easy to apply and best of all, DIFFERENT. Love. You can buy F4 polish on <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/f4polish">Etsy</a>. If they don't have everything you want in stock, the girls are very nice about doing custom listings. You can also keep up with them on their <a href="http://www.facebook.com/F4Polish">Facebook</a> for swatches and updates on new shades.<br />
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Finally, today's cat is another that belongs to a friend. This is Jester, a big boy with a stripey tail and blue eyes. he likes to keep me company while I blog. Awwww :)<br />
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IBIF is a medium purple jelly with lots of
different iridescent glitters and light pink and purple stars.
Application is smooth, but a bit sheer. I used 4 coats and you can
still see some VNL. Next time I will probable layer it over a base color.
The stars came out of the bottle without even trying, which doesn't
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excited and impatient when doing this mani, so I didn't wait long enough
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Info for purchasing Whimsical Ideas by Pam, as well as pictures of all her available polishes are on her <a href="http://www.facebook.com/whimsicalideasbypam">Facebook</a> page.</div>
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And today you get to see a friend's cat, Pix. She is part Siamese, cross-eyed, and totally adorable.</div>
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Gina</div>Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04710231020338242835noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735934280463016000.post-39227612213095015792012-06-05T09:00:00.000-06:002012-06-05T09:00:00.179-06:00China Glaze Custom KicksHappy Tuesday everyone! Are you all enjoying the summer as much as I am? I can't get enough of the warm weather!<br />
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Today's mani is a very summer-y one, i think. I started out with 2 coats of China Glaze Custom Kicks, which is a pretty teal with gold shimmer. Two coats, it went on smoothly like China Glaze does. But HUGE disappointment, the gold shimmer is visible in the bottle and on the nail when wet, but as soon as it dries, the gold disappears. Sad! You could see a tiny bit of the shimmer if you looked really closely in bright light, so I guess its not a total waste? Pictures Now.<br />
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So then, inspired by the gold shimmer, i use China Glaze Passion (From the Romantique collection) to stamp some leopard print with -once again- Konad Plate M57.</div>
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These photos are taken without a topcoat, and I personally loved this mani! It was so cute, and the gold stamping totally made up for the absence of the shimmer. My boyfriend liked them too, and said they "look like the beach", which I totally agree with!</div>
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And now for the promised cats, here is our kitten Tifa. She is a year old and was being a little snot while I was making my lightbox a while ago.</div>
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