Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Twinsie Tuesday, Inspired by Nature

Good morning friends! Happy Twinsie Tuesday! 

 Today's prompt is "Inspired by Nature". There were a ton of things rolling around in my head for this prompt, but I decided to go a little more abstract than I usually do. I'm not overly thrilled with how these turned out, but I do love these colors together! 

I was going for a "sunset inspired" look... I don't think I really achieved it, other than the colors. They're pretty sunset-ty right? :) 

For this mani I used all OPI colors: Where Did Suzi's Man-go, Can't Find My Czeckbook, and Keeping Suzi at Bay. All topped with Glisten & Glow HK Girl topcoat. 

I used dotting tools for the layers, for some reason in my head I thought it would look neat. But I think I should've opted for a gradient. There's always next time!

So what do you think? They're kind of growing on me, but not what I wanted. 

Be sure to check out the other Twinsie's blogs (linked below) to see what they came up with!

Thanks for reading!

~casey

Amanda at Amandalandish
Amber at Nails Like Lace
Bridget at A Painted Nail
Chelsea at Nailed Blog
Elizabeth at Did My Nails
Kelly at Tuxarina
​Marisa at Polish Obsession
Róisín at Cuti-CLUE-les
Stephanie at A Little Polish
Tiffany at Polished To Precision​



**All polishes in this post were purchased by me for my own personal use.**
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Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Twinsie Tuesday, One Stroke Flowers

Hi everyone! Sorry for the late post. Things have been tough lately. But I'll be fine! 

Today's prompt was One Stroke Flowers. I'm not sure how to explain this technique. But if you google it or get in YouTube you'll see explanations. Basically you use acrylic paint, putting 2 colors on the same brush, then use one stroke to paint. Looks and sounds much easier than it is! But I think it turned out ok for my first try! 



This mani has a base of OPI 4 In The Morning and acrylic paint for the flowers. All topped with HK Girl topcoat. 

What to you think? Have you tried this technique? I want to practice more and maybe get really good at it someday! 

Be sure to check out the other Twinsies blogs linked below! 

Thanks for reading! 

~casey

Amanda at Amandalandish
Amber at Nails Like Lace
Bridget at A Painted Nail
Chelsea at Nailed Blog
Elizabeth at Did My Nails
Kelly at Tuxarina
​Marisa at Polish Obsession
Róisín at Cuti-CLUE-les
Stephanie at A Little Polish
Tiffany at Polished To Precision​


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Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Twinsie Tuesday, Stripes

Good evening everyone and happy Tuesday! Sorry I'm late posting today, I just haven't been feeling 100% lately and needed sleep last night. 

 For today's prompt we were supposed to do a mani with stripes. I wracked my brain over this one and couldn't come up with anything that interested me except for a mani I did a few months ago but never posted. 


This is the mani that I did for our anniversary weekend back in March. Just over 12 years we've been married, I can't believe how lucky I am sometimes! Mike's favorite polish color is red, so I started with Zoya Sooki. Then I decided to try my hand at the famous "amkuch" mani. (She made this design famous, you should definitely check her out on Instagram, her nails are AMAZING!) On my middle finger I did 2 coats of OPI This Gown Needs a Crown and added In True Stefani Fasion. On my ring finger I used 2 coats of This Gown Needs a Crown and added 1 coat of HK Girl topcoat by Glisten & Glow. Once that was fully dry I used my straight Nail Vinyls from www.nailvinyls.com to add stripes in OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls. Then I freehanded a little heart in Sooki. After everything was dry I gave all of my nails another coat of HK Girl and I was good to go!

I loved this mani so much that I've been saving it in my phone for months waiting for the perfect time to post. This was the perfect time! 

I hope you like this mani! I definitely need to try this again once my poor little teeny ring finger nail is back to a normal length! 

Thanks for reading! Be sure to check out the other Twinsie's blogs linked below to see their stripes!!!

~casey
Amanda at Amandalandish
Amber at Nails Like Lace
Bridget at A Painted Nail
Chelsea at Nailed Blog
Elizabeth at Did My Nails
Kelly at Tuxarina
​Marisa at Polish Obsession
Róisín at Cuti-CLUE-les
Stephanie at A Little Polish
Tiffany at Polished To Precision​


**The products in this post were purchased by me for my own personal use.**

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Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Sincerely Polish Villainous Vixens

**press sample**

Good morning everyone! Today I have a Sincerely Polish review for you! This is Karen's Villainous Vixens Collection!

 All of these swatches are 3 thin coats topped with 1 thick coat of topcoat. 

 First up, Cruel Ella De Vil.


Cruel Ella De Vil is a white jelly base with red holographic gliters in micro and medium hexagon sizes, large black circles, and large black hearts. 

This polish was easy to work with. I did have to do a little fishing for the big glitters, but that's to be expected especially with mini bottles. 

Next up, Malicious Maleficent. 




Malicious Maleficent is a dark purple jelly base filled with holographic glitters and large black hearts. 

 This one is my favorite of this set. The holo glitter is so sparkly! (which is why I included a fuzzy macro for you!) I did get a black heart on the finger that I took the macro pics of, but it got lost in the dark base. 

 Next is Revengeful Red Queen. 


Revengeful Red Queen is a really pretty deep red jelly base filled with holo glitter in varying sizes, black circles, and black hearts. This one is really pretty! It looks a little lumpy in my macro but it wasn't in person. If you're a red lover you want this one! 

Last but not least, Unforgiving Ursula. 



Unforgiving Ursula is a lavender crelly base with varying sizes and colors of holographic glitter, small black hexes, purple hearts, and black hearts. It's also got some holographic dust and spectraflair in there! It's a really lovely sparkly polish!

 Overall I love all 4 of these polishes. As with any big glitters I did have to do some fishing, but the formula was smooth and easy to work with. No gloppiness at all! 

 You can buy the Villainous Vixens set on the Sincerely Polish website here, go check them out!

 Thanks for reading! Have a great night!

 ~casey
**All polishes in this post were provided to me in exchange for an honest review. For more details please see my disclosure policy.**
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Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Twinsie Tuesday, Skittles

Good morning friends! Happy Tuesday! 

 Today's theme is skittles. To me a "skittle" manicure is a manicure with all of your nails being a different color. Sometimes they are solid, but I like to add a coat of the same glitter to each nail to tie them together. So here is what I came up with for today. 





For this mani I used 4 of the Julie G polishes from the summer collection; Rio de Jenero, Tahiti, Santorini, and Old San Juan. I topped all 4 with a discontinued Pipe Dream Polish called She's a Thriller then sealed it all in with topcoat. 

I love skittle nails! It's a great way to mix things up without having to do complex nail art. 

What do you think? Do you like wearing nails that are so colorful or does it drive you nuts? 

Thanks for reading! Be sure to check out the other Twinsie's manis to see what they came up with! (linked below) 

~casey

Amanda at Amandalandish
Amber at Nails Like Lace
Bridget at A Painted Nail
Chelsea at Nailed Blog
Elizabeth at Did My Nails
Kelly at Tuxarina
​Marisa at Polish Obsession
Róisín at Cuti-CLUE-les
Stephanie at A Little Polish
Tiffany at Polished To Precision​


**All polishes in this post were purchased by me for my own personal use.**

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