Sweater Weather nails

Well even though we haven't gotten any snow today (yet),

 a lot of others have.

Here's a cute little snowy weather sweater mani :)

I'm pleased, for once my nail art looks pretty good!

:)))

This is OPI's 'Lost on Lombard' stamped with

Winstonia plate W120 & Sally Hansen 'White On' polish.

What do ya'll think?

Winstonia Hearts

So I pretty much suck at stamping,

but every now and then I'll try it.

Here's a time that I've tried it and it actually looks somewhat okay!

Here's a cute heart pattern from one of my Winstonia plates:

I used CG's 'Cranberry Splash' as a base,

Sally Hansen's 'White On' to stamp with,

and Winstonia plate W102.

The white wasn't as bold as I would have liked,

but the pattern still transfered okay :)

Yay!

Creepy Jack

I don't often do stamping because i'm just not very good at it,

but I do like stamping.

So, I decided to attempt to use a couple stamps from my new Winstonia plates.

Here's what I came up with:

This is 2 coats of Zoya 'Thandie' with Konad black stamping polish

& Winstonia plate W116

I like that the stamp is smudged a little

and that the topcoat made it run some-

it looks even creepier to me that way :)

Anyway, that's my stamping for the month, probably

haha.

I may have a go at another one; we'll see.

Sleek acid raver's look & nails!

Happy Monday!

So one thing i LOVE about summer is all the neons.

I bought Sleek's Acid Palette not that long ago,

and have been itching to use it.

Also, i love going to shows (be they raves, dnb, edm, what have you- i'm actually seeing FLux Pavilion, Skism, & Ana Sia this weekend :DDD)

and often times neon is everywhere there.

Keeping both these things in mind,

here's the look I created using Sleek's Acid Palette.

I used:

Too Faced's Shadow Insurance

 unnamed neon yellow, orange, pink, & green from Sleek Acid Palette

Covergirl Line Exact liquid eyeliner

L'Oreal Voluminous Million Lashes

You can see I had some issues with fallout that I just couldn't get cleaned up properly,

but i'll get it next time.

I was VERY impressed with these shadows.

When I initially swatched them,

I wasn't sure how pigmented they would actually be...

but they blew me away.

Super pigmented & were easy to work with, even for mattes.

Also, (despite the primer) their staying power was amazing.

Next up,

some neon nails with crappy stamping!

Yes, those are aviators.

I attempted to stamp them in a slanty pattern but that went bust.

Though the stamping sucks,

I liked being fun in painting each nail a different neon.

ORLY 'Melt Your Popsicle'- pointer

CG's 'Yellow Polka Dot Bikini'- middle

CG's 'Pink Voltage'- ring

CG's 'In the Limelight'- pinky

Winstonia plate W109  w/ black Konad stamping polish

What are your thoughts on this look & the crappy stamping mani?! 

:)

Sleek Acid palette & some stormy stamping

Hey everyone.

I'm pretty much done with moving for right now,

so I can get back to blogging regularly :)

I have a super bright & awesome palette & swatches for you today,

as well as some mediocre stamping.

First up, in honor of the rainy  stormy weather in TN lately-

This is Revlon's 'Dreamer' stamped with one of my new Winstonia plates :)

No, the clouds were not originally intended to be upside down,

but I figured i'd make it look intentional :P

Next up, the Acid palette!

AHHHHH love me some neons!

Perfect for summer & festival season.

Swatches:

As you can see, 

some are satin shimmers & some are mattes.

The neon mattes did not seem to be as pigmented as I had expected,

but we'll see what a primer can do with them.

Still can't wait to try these babies out.

Shrooms!

Unknowingly, I have been on a hippy streak.

T'as not planned, despite was yesterday was!

Anyway, I have some fun stamping for you today.

I'm slowly but surely getting better at stamping,

but still have a lot of work to do.

I wanted to use my new Winstonia plates some more,

so here's ya go!

This is Winstonia plate W110 in Konad black stamping polish 

over China Glaze's 'Flip Flop Fantasy',

which is one of my top 10 favorite polishes :)

I LOVED these little toadstools.

It's so cute, fun, and different that I didn't want to take it off.

What do you guys think about this stamp?

Beer & Gradient fail

Bleh, so I attempted another gradient mani today.

This is only the third time i've done one,

& it's definitely my least successful :(

To compensate, I decided to add a cute St. Patty's day stamp!

.... and had little luck with that, too.

I just need to stick to makeup! :(

Despite the massive fail,

I figured i'd post anyway :/

(this was prior full cleanup!)

So I decided to use CG's 'Four Leaf Clover', 'Re-fresh Mint', & 'Kinetic Candy'.

I think done right, the combo could look really cool.

I just need to perfect my skill set a bit :/

I've been looking for ways to use some of my new Winstonia plates,

so the failed gradient presented a good opportunity.

I know a lot of people do pub crawls or drink/party for St. Patty's day,

so the little beer mug stamp fit perfect :)

Stay tuned for some (more decent) St. Patty's day manis in the next couple days! 

Easter egg stamping

Hey again everyone.

Hope your weekend has been awesome!

I have some silly stamping for you all today.

I'm not great at stamping,

but i've been really anxious to use some of the designs from my new Winstonia plates.

I used the same mani from yesterday because I really liked it as a background.

Here are some uneven little Easter eggs using plate W105 :)

So no matter how many times I tried,

I just could NOT get all of the egg stamp to transfer well.

Humph.

The plates are amazing, though :)

That's it for today.
I have an Easter look for you guys tomorrow, so stay tuned!

nail/beauty mail & SC Sugar Rush Collection- 'Candy Coated'

Hello everyone.

Sorry for the lack of posts lately,

been a super busy past several days.

First up,

I bought my first Lime Crime palette the other day,

and it came in! yay!

Here are the swatches over Too Faced's Shadow Insurance:

Also,

it's been a long time since i've bought any new stamping plates.

After seeing them on Makeup Withdrawal's IG,

I purchased my first Winstonia plates!

The box was a little beat up, but everything arrived okay.

Here are my favorites :)

Yay! Can't wait to try these out.

Finally,

here's the second to last polish from Sinful Colors' Sugar Rush collection-

'Candy Coated'.

'Candy Coated' is a lovely lilac creme with subtle shimmer. I'm so in love with shades of purple like this for Spring this year. So delicate and happy :)

POLISH INFORMATION

Brand: Sinful Colors

Type: Creme

Formula: Pretty good!

Opacity (1-5): 4

Application: Pretty good

Price:  $1.99

Get This: any local drugstore like Walgreens or big super markets like Walmart