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

The Great Aussie Polish Challenge - Ulta3 Tuesday

Hey hey! Something fun for this week, a group of girls and I are having 'The Great Aussie Polish Challenge', showcasing some amazing Australian made polishes. We started yesterday, with piCture pOlish, and we have designated today Ulta3 Tuesday!

Ulta3 is a fantastic brand, and cheap, at only $2 a pop! And the colour I'm showing you today is one I use all the time on the false sets but I have never used it on myself!

Hot Spring. A lovely, intense, blue toned pink. It's glossy, easy to apply, and a one coater! What more do you need?!

Check out the other GAPC girls!

Shatter me Claire

Lab Muffin

Kelly's Kolors

Polished Peripherals

All Things Charmed

The Epitome Of Superficiality

Osiris and Loki paint their nails

Lacquer Dreams

Jas' Blingtastic Nail Blog

Pretty Purple Polish
The Polish Haven

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

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 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 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!

Creative Lacquer Challenge Day 8- Cartoons

I LOVE CARTOONS! Seriously, so much. So I just painted what I was watching last night, Futurama.

 So from thumb to pinky, theres Fry, Bender, Leela, Zoidberg and the Planet Express ship!

Creative Lacquer Challenge Day 6- Favourite movie

Nightmare Before Christmas <3 If you’d like to know what a specific colour is, feel free to ask :3

Creative Lacquer Challenge Day 5 - Inspired by something in your home

Mario Pez! featuring my red franken holo!

Creative Lacquer Challenge Day 3- Cityscape

I used Essence The Dawn Has Broken, NYC Colors Casper and Night, and Ulta3 Frangipani

Day 1 of the Creative Lacquer challenge- Black and White.

I’ve been wanting to try moustache manis for a while, so I did, and I love them!

Both colours I used were from NYC Color - Night and Casper, then I used Essies Matte About You over.the accent nail.

Don't forget to head over to see what  Caitlin has done for Day 1!

Until Next Time,

<3 Bec

My Entry for Rebecca Likes Nails nail art comp!

This is not a look i would usually wear haha! But here it is, my entry!

Cute huh?

Ta-Daaa!

Todays post is NOT a holo! Or a swatch! I have actually done some nail art! I was going to enter this in a nail art competiton, where you can't enter something that you've previously posted somewhere else. I was stuck for inspiration on what to do, and then I saw a dress on Tumblr that blew. my. mind

Isn't it amazing?! SO many ideas spawned from that dress... But, I decided on the advice of a few people, not to enter this mani. The one I did enter was really special. Not for me, but for the girl whose nails I did it on. I'm really excited to show you all the final entry!

I also did some more manis for friends recently, and got to try out my new little bat mold (i LOVE bats).

And I did a holo gradient on another friend - her photo is so much better because she's a photographer!

I used CG Virtual Violet, and OPI DS Coronation, in case anyone was wondering... and, with the rhinestones, her nails look like little tuxedos :D

Until next time,

♥ Bec

Cookies and Cream?

I've been surrounded by delicious looking nails lately! And these are no exception! Not to mention, I've had an ice cream craving since doing these on friday!

Nubar Black Polka Dots. My new favourite glitter! (sorry other glitters!) It's black micro glitter with larger black hexagonal glitter in a clear base (though you really can't tell from the jar).

See? It looks murky grey, not clear! It looks densely packed with glitter, but I found it a bit hard to manage. Mainly the hexagonal glitters, they didn't come off the brush as well as I had hoped. All the bigger glitter kinda ended up at the tips, so i dabbed the brush onto my nails to get a few more.

I also used two coats (under 2 coats of Ulta3 Lily White), and it still seems a bit sparse. All that aside, I do love the way it looks, black glitter is new to me (I'm a bit behind) and I love the idea of it.

I also topped my ring finger off with a coat of China Glaze Matte Magic, just to see what its like. And I can't really see a difference!

You can see in this pic, but its hard to see in person!

All bad things aside, I really love my Black Polka Dots, I think I need the white one too!

Quick NOTD!

This is the result of a gorgeous polish that is too sheer. The base coat, Wet n Wilds Fast Dry 'Everybody Loves Redmond'. I LOVE the colour, it's an orangey red, but its a very sheer jelly. I'm wearing 4 coats and theres still visible nail line, so I decided to spruce it up a bit, first by leopard printing one nail, then adding french style tips to the hand. I like it, its funky!