Neon ZigZags!

It's been glorious and sunny for the past few days, and it's bringing out the neon lover in me! Today I've got a remake of one of my very first attempts at nail art. I was going to add a picture, but the one on my PC has vanished. But it was baaaaaaaaaaaaaad!

I used a base of 2 coats of Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear White On, then added 2 coats of Orly Glowstick and did the pattern with a small brush and Ulta3 Tahiti and topped it off with SV.

This is heaps brighter in person, my camera spazzed out and couldn't handle the brightness! I struggled to look at it in the sun because it felt like my eyes would melt, so if you like neons, you NEED this one!

I'm much happier with how this one looks, especially compared to the original! I'll be remaking a few more manis soon too!

Until Next Time,

<3 Bec

Fiery Dotticure!

I don't break out my dotting tools that often, and after seeing some awesome 'dotticures' around the blogosphere lately, I decided to try and do one of my own!

I used 2 coats of my trusty OPI Ridge Filler base coat, because last time I wore Deborah Lippmann's Footloose (the red!), it stained like hell! And this time, even with the extra base coat, I still got some epic staining! Bummer :(

So, after the base coat, I started with 2 coats of Footloose, then using both ends of a double ended dotting tool, I dotted on OPI In My Back Pocket (one of my fav oranges!) and then some China Glaze Lemon Fizz. And I topped it all off with a thick coat of SV (my jar needs thinning!) and voila! It's fiery, bright and fun!

I love how this turned out, I want to try and do some pastel dotticures!

Until Next Time,

<3 Bec

BFF Challenge - Striping Tape

Hello and welcome to week 2 of the BFF Challenge! This weeks themes were chosen by Pram from My Nail Polish Addiction, and they are challenging for sure!

The first of Pram's two choices is a striping tape mani. And I do NOT like my results lol!

So, it's not THAT bad, I'm just not keen on it. I used Color Club Revvvolution, so it IS holo, but of course I had no sunlight today! And the pink is OPI La-Pazatively Hot Matte. And there is the problem lol Matte + striping tape = BAD. It wasn't bad at all when I had Revvvolution on top, but the fingers with LPHM on top were a bad idea. It needed two coats, and that caused drying time problems.

I do like the way the colours pop against each other though, but just for future reference, no matte on top of striping tape!

Check out my other challengers!

Pram of My Nail Polish Addiction

Bec of Lacquer Dreams

Kerrie of PishPosh and Polish

Caitlin of Caitlin's Creative Corner

Emma of Manicurity

Alyssa of Fancy Phalanges

Sally Of Nail Pron

 

Until Next Time!

 

<3 Bec

BFF- Girly and a glitter review!

Hey hey! Back again for another installment of the BFF Challenge, and it's Thia's second choice, girly! Now, I'm not girly, we know that. Quite the opposite in fact. But I liked the challenge this gave me to explore that side of me!

I thought this would be an awesome mani to use another of the KKCenterHK products I was sent! But it wasn't without its drama! See, I was using the other glitter I got (N Nail LB100) and my cat Pepper jumped up on the desk. Next thing I knew...

Glitter EVERYWHERE. So before I was able to finish my first attempt at this mani, i was covered in glitter (as were the table, chair, floor and cat) so it got stuck in my wet unfinished nails while cleaning it! Luckily I managed to save the glitter, and I gave it another shot today. The results..

Adorable! I used 3 coats of China Glaze Something Sweet, which didn't photograph properly, it's a bit pinker in person. Then, one nail at a time, I put a layer of top coat on, placed the individual pieces of the glitter on and topcoated again to seal and finished off my adding a black tip with a nail art pen.

I really love this glitter. It's medium sized holo hex silver glitter, and OMG does it sparkle! I like sparkles ;D

So I tried to be girly, and now have a sparkly cat. Success!

Until Next Time

<3 Bec

My fellow challengers!

Pram of My Nail Polish Addiction

Bec of Lacquer Dreams

Kerrie of PishPosh and Polish

Caitlin of Caitlin's Creative Corner

Emma of Manicurity

Alyssa of Fancy Phalanges

Sally Of Nail Pron

*The glitter in this post was provided to me for review by kkcenterhk. This in no way impaired my judgement and my opinions are my own and 100% honest*

Rainbow Favourites - PINK!

Last day of the Rainbow Favourites! Wheeee! Todays pink was a no brainer for me, as we all know, I'm not a pink fan! This one, though, I knew I was going to show you from the very start.

OPI La-Pazatively Hot Matte. Matte, intense, rich pink shimmer. Beautiful matter, and with topcoat;

And, with nail art;

So pretty. And a good way to end the week. Thank you to all the girls who joined me with this challenge, it's been fun <3 Now, I still have some untrieds to swatch and post, and some nail art is well due!

Until Next Time,

<3 Bec

Rainbow Favourites: ORANGE

Hello again! Another Rainbow Favourite today, this time Orange! I like orange polishes, but I don't own many. But there is one that I use so much more than the others, just because I love it that much, and, it only cost me $3! (another old photo too!)

Mode Cosmetics Rave'n. HATE the name, LOVE the polish! It was one of my first polishes that started my addiction, and I still use it frequently. So todays is a favourite because its not only  a great colour, but a bit of a sentimental one for me :3

Don't forget to check out the other oranges we'll be posting!

~on beauty stuff and what else’s...~

9ml Universe

atlcatsmeow

Captivating Claws

Fancy Phalanges

Fe’s Nails

Follow the Yellow Polish Road

Football and Fingernails

Fresh Air & Fashion

Happy Nails

Jolien's Kingdom of Polish

Kelly’s Kolors!

Lacquer Dreams

Lacquer or Leave Her!

Liesl Loves Pretty Things

Light Your Nails!

Manicurity

My Life in Polish

Nail Polish Lane

Nailpolish is Alive

Nubbin Nails

Of Color n Music...

Polish and Such **

Sincerely, Obsessed With Polish

So You Think You Can Paint

The Rantings of a Nailpolish Hoarder

PCF Challenge Day 4 - Orange Freehand!

Hello again! Still sick, still cold and rainy. But, I'm soldiering on! Todays Purple Crumpet Fairy Challenge is Orange Freehand. I obviously didn't do day 2 or 3, but day 4 is here!

I got a buttload of nail art supplies in the mail in the last 2 days- 12 rolls of striping tape, 12 acrylic glitter powders and...... OVER 6000 rhinestones! Ugh, so many! I'm in love! I decided to try out a striping tape mani, because I've only ever used it on false nails.

I used my all time favourite orange, OPI In My Back Pocket and Mode Cosmetics PartyCrasher. I LOVE orange and purple together, always have! But, before I applied the purple, I matted the orange with Essie Matte About You. WHY HAVE I NEVER MATTED THIS COLOUR BEFORE?! Omg I love it!

I'll be back with another challenge post on Sunday! In the meantime, check out the rest of my challenge buddies!

Debbie @ The Crumpet - http://thecrumpet.blogspot.co.uk/

Danielle - http://lbobeauty.blogspot.co.uk/

Neivys - http://maquiclubgirl.blogspot.com/

Jo @ Northern Nails - http://therockchicksrambles.blogspot.co.uk/

arlene @ http://euzefelus27-nailart.blogspot.com/

Helena - http://nailwish.blogspot.com.es/

Cuti-CLUE-les - http://cuti-clue-les.blogspot.com/

Katee - www.agirlandherpolish.blogspot.com

Alyssa at Fancy Phalanges - http://fancyphalanges.blogspot.com/

Sarah - http://www.ynails.blogspot.co.uk/

bec - http://lacquerdreams.blogspot.com.au/

Misha - www.enigmatic-rambles.blogspot.com

Sharon - http://whatcolorismycoat.blogspot.com/

Melissa - http://www.misadventuresofawannabemartha.com/

Laurie http://dressedupdigits.blogspot.com/

Lucie @ Lucy's Stash www.lucysstash.com

Emma @  http://manicurity.blogspot.com/

Caitlin - www.caitlinscreativecorner.blogspot.com

Jane- http://absolutevarnish.blogspot.com/

Amber www.nevernakednails.blogspot.com

Vic @ Glowstars http://glowstars.net

Jackie- http://memasmanis-jackie.blogspot.com/
Rychelle @ Colorsplash Nails- http://colorsplashnails.blogspot.com/

Stella - http://mywetnails.blogspot.com
Missy @ http://missysmanis.blogspot.co.uk/

Kim @ http://apolishedaddiction.blogspot.com/

Christine @ http://lost-in-my-reverie.blogspot.com

Angie @ http://ourpaintedworld.wordpress.com

Bazzia @  http://polishmymind.blogspot.se/

Missy the Manicured Maniac @ http://melissahenderson95.blogspot.com/


Until Next Time,

<3 Bec!

PCF Summer Challenge Day 1!

Woo! Here we go!

Todays challenge is  "the Olympic Torcdh starts its journey". Not a big olympic fan, but hey, always worth a shot!

I used Ulta 3 Jellybean for my 'ocean,' used a nail art pen to dot and stripe the points where the torch lands and a gradient of Orly Glowstick, Mode Rave'n and Ulta3 Sizzling Red for the flame!

Also, check out my fellow challengers!

Debbie @ The Crumpet - http://thecrumpet.blogspot.co.uk/

Danielle - http://lbobeauty.blogspot.co.uk/

Neivys - http://maquiclubgirl.blogspot.com/

Jo @ Northern Nails - http://therockchicksrambles.blogspot.co.uk/

arlene @ http://euzefelus27-nailart.blogspot.com/

Helena - http://nailwish.blogspot.com.es/

Cuti-CLUE-les - http://cuti-clue-les.blogspot.com/

Katee - www.agirlandherpolish.blogspot.com

Alyssa at Fancy Phalanges - http://fancyphalanges.blogspot.com/

Sarah - http://www.ynails.blogspot.co.uk/

bec - http://lacquerdreams.blogspot.com.au/

Misha - www.enigmatic-rambles.blogspot.com

Sharon - http://whatcolorismycoat.blogspot.com/

Melissa - http://www.misadventuresofawannabemartha.com/

Laurie http://dressedupdigits.blogspot.com/

Lucie @ Lucy's Stash www.lucysstash.com

Emma @  http://manicurity.blogspot.com/

Caitlin - www.caitlinscreativecorner.blogspot.com

Jane- http://absolutevarnish.blogspot.com/

Amber www.nevernakednails.blogspot.com

Vic @ Glowstars http://glowstars.net

Jackie- http://memasmanis-jackie.blogspot.com/
Rychelle @ Colorsplash Nails- http://colorsplashnails.blogspot.com/

Stella - http://mywetnails.blogspot.com

Until Next Time,

<3 Bec

More Nail Art Sets SPAM!

Hello again! I've been crazy busy lately getting prepared for a stall where I will be selling my pre-made false sets! And on top of that, I got LOTS of orders for sets too! I have painted over 700 fake nails in the past fortnight! I've had to put my Etsy on holiday mode until I get my new shipment of nails in, I ordered double this time I never run out of nails again!

So, this is a SMALL fraction of what I've been doing! Enjoy!

 Alice In Wonderland!

 Green and purple leopards

 Glittery 'blood' drips, Pink zebras and Nightmare before Christmas

 Pink with turquoise leopards

 Pink and Purple with fimo flowers and pearls

 Mario!

 Green glitter zebras

 Assorted (click to enlarge!)

 Rainbow gradients with silver shatter

Rainbow gradient tape mani with holo topcoat (pastel version in the works!)

Until Next Time!

<3 Bec

Nail School Update! (Plus more!)

So I've mentioned before that I'm currently studying to get my qualifications to be a nail tech, and Tuesday night was the first night of term 2. Quarter way through it! WOO! Last term, we studied basic and deluxe mani/pedis, which I really enjoyed (and passed easily ;D), and this term we're doing acrylics. To be honest, I was a bit nervous, because I really expected to struggle with this... So after a demo in class, I called upon my favourite Client/Hairdresser Cienna, (who has supported me from day 1, and even encouraged me to apply for the course!) for a practice the night after.

Now, for my first time doing acrylics, I gotta say, I'm stoked with how I did. I took notes from the demo, but I barely needed to look at them! So after the entire process (except buffing for the last time), we took a photo (I do apologise for the bad lighting, it was 8pm!)

Not bad huh? And then, just because we can, I polished them.

That's A England Ascalon, with A England Bridal Veil as the accent nails, and it's all topped off with a franken holo topcoat I've made. They look sooooo good! Also, I have a few A Englands to show you soon, just waiting for some sun!

And, to explain why I haven't been posting much, I make and sell acrylic nail sets on etsy (chekkit out here!) and through facebook, and all of a sudden I had a HUGE amount of orders! So my week has been spent doing them, I posted the last one off this morning. And I figured I would share them with you! (not all are from actual orders, some I made for the hell of it)

So that's where I've been! I plan to get some awesome insane amounts of swatching done tomorrow so I guy show y'all some amazing things! (and start posting more!)

Until next time,

<3 Bec

And now for something a bit different...

Yes ladies (and gents!) today is a day that I never thought I would see happen. Today, I'm showing you...

A PINK! It's no secret that I am 'anti-pink', as some people say, but I recently did a swap with the lovely Kim, and she mentioned that she had found a few jars of this. After looking at some swatches, I needed it.

This is OPI La-Pazitively Hot Matte. It came out as a part of the Fall 2009 Matte Collection. I know there is a 'normal' version of it out there, and I kinda want it!

La Paz is a very bright, vibrant pink, matte of course, but it has a hidden shimmer. That was the WOW factor for me.

In terms of application, this was a DREAM! Honestly, it applied like a regular non-matte polish! And after the horror application from Gargantuan Green Grape matte (from the same collection), I was expecting this to be terrible as well, but nope! I only needed two coats to get opacity, and they dried very quickly like most mattes. Wear time wasn't fantastic though, I put this on on Thursday night, and by Friday afternoon it was pretty chipped :/ So I added an extra coat to take these pics on Sunday.

I also decided to add a layer of Ulta3's Top Coat, to see what it would look like... I liked it, but not as much as I like it matte.

And then, because apparently I am never satisfied, I grabbed a black and a white nail art striper and did this:

Simple, but effective! And it makes my nails look longer than they are!

So, I like a pink. I never thought it would happen, but it has, and now I can expand and branch out into more pinks! I actually ordered China Glaze Something Sweet on Saturday!

Until Next Time,

<3 Bec

Day 17 - Gradient

Inspired by a 50’s poodle skirt…

PS, I broke my pinky nail changing the cat tray :( gonna need to trim them all down now...

Day 16 - Rainbow

Yup, nyan cat! busy day and no sun = no time for a new mani :p

Day 15- Favourite Band

This one was hard, I love so many bands. I’m a headbanger at heart, the heavier the better. But Van Halen have been a favourite of mine since I was 7 or so.

I used my red holo franken for the base, BYS Black Satin, NYC Colors Casper and Orly Dazzle for the art

Day 14- Funky French

Zoya Mitzi and Ulta 3 Pearly Grape topped off with Essie Matte About You

Creative Lacquer Challenge Day 13 - VEGAS!!

I’m really happy with how these turned out! And yes, that is a stripper :p

Creative Lacquer Challenge Day 12- Neon

I was going to do a rainbow gradient and failed, so i went with my trusty old leopard print!

Creative Lacquer Challenge Day 11- A nail art fad you dislike

Yeah… never liked this style of tribal print. I thought maybe once I tried it, it would grow on me, but it hasn’t.
I do like the colour combo though - China Glaze Peachy Keen and B Cosmetics 288.

Creative Lacquer Challenge Day 10- Superheroes.

I was so keen for this one. I love comics and superheroes so I knew I had to do my favourite. Hellboy <3

 And I was loving this mani until I finished it. The pointer finger was a fail… its meant to be his forehead with his sawn off horns. And the pinky is his tail!