Sparkle and Shine Nails

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Polly Polish Polish Olympics!

So I'm trying something new today. As it is 3:00 p.m. here in New York State, I am posting for Polly Polish's Polish Olympics! Now, you all know my hand in nail art, and how it's improving. Well, the theme for this event was the Olympics, and the idea in my head didn't translate exactly the way I imagined it would to my nail.

BUT, like any other Olympian, I am going in strong and confident! So here is my entry into the event!

Here's the concept: I am highly representing USA, as you can tell with the stars and stripes. The light blue is the waves from the aquatic center, because swimming is my sport, and I am SOOOOO excited to see Missy Franklin rocking the Olympics at 17! And the medal represent her gold!

Polishes used:
Dark blue: China Glaze First Mate
Silver sparkle stars: L.A. Colors Art Deco in silver glitter
White stripes: Sally Hansen White On
Red Stripes: Finger Paints red striping polish
Waves: Zoya Zuza
Gold Medal: L.A. Colors Art Deco in magenta and Zoya Goldie

The entire design was done by hand (you can probably tell!), and in all honesty, doing this challenge has almost gotten me more into the Olympics this year!

Here you will find links to other participants in the Polish Olympics!:

Monday, August 6, 2012

Color Club Revvvolution and Fashion Addict Pt. 3: Revvvolution!

So I am WAAAAYYYY overdue posting this, considering I wore it a week ago! However, the past week has been spent with mostly naked nails, as I'm trying to get my house SPOTLESS before I go back to work and my husband starts his new job :-D (for those that may not know yet but know my husband's teaching job search, he got hired at a school 45 minutes north of here!).

Then the other night, my niece had her BFF over (my niece is 6, her friend is 8), and we had a "spa night" complete with hair styling, hand waxing, facials, pedicures, and manicures courtesy of Aunt Jess's nail stash ;-). So I was able to finally paint nails with the girls then, and WOULD have done a double blog post, but it chipped already!

HOWEVER, back to my main focus here! Here are the pics of Color Club Revvvolution I have been DYING to share! Now, I had to do this mani relatively quickly, because I had to take my husband to his interview (I drive him so he can do work on the way for his summer school position). But it goes to show how much I LURRRVE this color. These are all ONE COAT of Revvvolution, mainly in direct sunlight in my car (yes, I took the pictures while I was waiting for my husband to get out of his interview, hehe). The formula was fabulous, though I think a second coat would have been better, there was some slight balding in the center of a couple nails. I also once again refrained from a basecoat and used China Glaze Fast Forward topcoat, but left out the Gelous since it didn't really help the first time.

So, without further ado:

Okay, this is SUCH a gorgeous color! Now I need to work on an Olympics themed nail art design for Polly Polish Polish Days...wish me luck!

Friday, July 27, 2012

Color Club Revvvolution and Fashion Addict Pt. 2: The First Swatch!

Hello, hello! So I have began the swatching and wearing of one of those fabulous Color Club holos! Though of course, being such the planner I am, I decided to wear a holo on a cloudy day. Not ONLY that, but I'm going to wear one on ANOTHER cloudy day!

But I don't care! I still have pictures of Color Club Fashion Addict using the lights of my apartment and flash of my camera. I wore Fashion Addict yesterday because I honestly just wanted some purple. I plan on trying Revvvolution over the weekend, which means the final in the Color Club Holo Trilogy will be complete hopefully by Monday :-)

And the moment you've all been waiting for...COLOR CLUB FASHION ADDICT! I will simply be spamming you with pictures, because words aren't really going to work :-)

The formula on these is pretty decent. A little thing, but perfect coverage in two coats. I've been told to be careful with base coat on holographic nail polishes, so this is no base coat. But I did use a coat of Gelous and China Glaze Fast Forward topcoat, in an attempt to increase the wear time, because holographic polishes are notorious for chipping (I was unsuccessful, they chipped in the shower :-(...)

Coming soon: Part 3: The Second Swatch!