Franken Toesies

I made a couple of frankens the other day and I did my Toes with one

It's a sweet baby blue with a great pink shift that obviously does not show on camera

I didn't take any macro shot because ummmm....they are feet and do you really want to see my toes THAT close? Yeah I didn't think so.

I made this with the TKB glamour base and pigment and honestly I love the color but the bases kind of suck as far as formula. They are thick and goopy and thinner does little to help so I think I'll stick to using a cheap clear and just shake the crap out of it. lol 

OPI has got THE Blues

I had the urge for blue the other day so I grabbed

Nicole by OPI It's not me it's Blue and OPI Road house Blues from the Touring America Collection

I was feeling polk a doty so I played with contrasting dots on all my fingers

I just used my smallest dotting tool and got a little random

Hmmmm....My ring finger has dots of It's not me it's blue all the way up the outer side but the lighting makes it hard to tel. :o(

I love how this turned out, it's subtle but fun

Road House Blues is a beautiful deep blue cream and It's not me it's blue looks purple in the bottle but once on the nail you see the blue base with silver and pink metallic shimmer. Both are gorgeous and great formula's

I think these two blues are perfect together.

You can't possibly feel blue wearing these!

P.S. Just a note to say when I removed this I had NO smurf murder hands and not a bit of staining!

*Products in this post were provided by the company/pr for my honest review

Duochrome duo anyone?

After my franken failed at showing it's duochrome I needed my duochrome fix

Good old Nubar to the rescue

I used Nubar Indigo Illusion with an accent nail of an old Nubar Shock in Iris Dust

Oh yeah that's what I'm talkin' about

Indigo Illusion is more of a pale blue teal with a lilac shimmering duochrome

Iris dust is a gorgeous wine with a bronze to pink duochrome

I love these so much as you can see by the less than full bottles

Say it with me....Yummy

I feel better now

Franken Fail

I made a Franken the other night and in the bottle it looks like this

Notice the pink/purple shift you can see even in the picture

On the nail not so impressive

Sadly not even the slightest duochrome hint when on the nail

I think I used too much pigment in that tiny bottle. lol

I will try again to see if I can get my dreamy blue.

P.S. Posts might be a little spars the next couple of weeks as I am in the

midst of changing hosts for Evil Shades and my current host has it set so you cannot transfer anything.

So I will not only be manually transferring data, pictures and info but learning how to use cpanel and setting up a much better shopping cart....if I can figure it out. lol  I am not tech savvy at all so I will try to post between screaming fits of frustration! :o)

China Glaze Metallic Crackle glaze- Oxidized Aqua

China Glaze new Metallic Crackle collection is 6 shades of metallic crackle fun!

Oxidized Aqua is well, a metallic aqua. :o)

The metallic look of this crackle gives it cool effect....aged almost

It dries quickly and you can make a finer cracked look by using a thin coat or wider, heavier cracks by using a thicker coat

I like it without top coat but if you want a smoother shiny finish top oat works great over it

I think I might do crackle skittles! :o)

**Products in this post were provided by the company/pr for my honest review

OPI Shattered my Holo!

What do you do when you can't decide? I do both!

OPI DS Original with OPI Navy Shatter tips

We had no sun but look how DS Original still rainbows it up in a light box

This is 3 coats of DS Original (It's sheer but worth the little extra)

and 1 coat of Navy Shatter with Seche Vite top coat

OPI you can shatter my holo any day!

I love the holo peeking through the navy blue cracks

Go ahead....drool, I did!

P.S. a little bonus to these Shatters...if you get stuck in a crazy hectic week, no one can tell that you might have a few little chips on your tips! lol

*some products in this post were set by the company/pr for my honest review

Nubar Spring Garden Collection- Blue Hydrangea & Baby Sprout

I'm a day late but this is also my Autism awareness mani for this week

Blue Hydrangea is a soft pastel blue with a very subtle secret silver shimmer

Baby sprout is a super mutes pastel green also with a secret shimmer

In most pictures these will look like plain cremes but if you look closely and most definitely in person

you can see a very subtle silvery shimmer...if you aren't a shimmer person, these are the shimmers you could love!

I just had to do something fun with these so a color alternating freehand frenchy was obviously perfect

These are a bit thick...pastels are always either thick or thin.

I prefer thick as the coverage is better and more controlled application than thin and runny.

Both colors are 2 coats as a base and one on tips

Try not to notice my frenchy flaws...they were too fun for me to mind

Nubar really does some of the best pastels and these are no exception.

Dry time was much faster than I expected and the opacity is pastel perfect!

**Products in this post were sent by the company/pr for my honest review

Zoya Mod Mattes with top coat - summer 2011 swatches

A few people have requested to see the Zoya Mod Mattes with top coat so I did some very quick skittles with Poshe top coat. I hope this helps!

Top to bottom: Lolly, Phoebe & Mitzi

Lolly, Phoebe & Mitzi all with one coat of Poshe'

I think these 3 girls are fabulous matte or shiny

Please pardon my parched paws....I've been working a lot and forgetting my lotion.

Zoya Mod Mattes Summer 2011- swatches & review

Zoya....have you been reading my mind?

Bright, bold, sassy and matte!

Phoebe & Mitzi

Phoebe- Sky blue with a teal shimmer that makes this gorgeous glowy matte look like matte teal sky

Mitzi- Neon lime green matte that just feels like fun in a bottle

I love these two and I love them even more together

Phoebe applies so perfectly, not like most mattes, smooth and even.

Mitzi applies like most mattes, fast and a little uneven but smooths well on the second coat.

This is my new "Happy" manicure!

Are you smiling yet?!

Lolly....oh Lolly, you are so pretty!

Lolly- A bright nearly neon Barbie Pink!

Unfortunately my antibiotics are making my skin mega oily so this looks very satin but it is very matte

I love this color and I love that it's matte

Zoya I could kiss you right on the lips for this Limited Edition collection!

*Muah*

You want these don't you.....you'll have to hop over to http://www.zoya.com/ I might have to buy a backup set!