Late Pink Wednesday

Hello Babes! I know I've been a bit absent, but things have been a little crazy lately. I've been swatching through my untrieds like crazy, so I will have a lot of great colors (some old and some new) to share with you. Pink Wednesday its been a while but I had to share this baby with you! If you follow me on Twitter or like my FB page you know I've been trying to hunt down the long discontinued Essence Twins. Well I was able to get all the sets but the very first, and I am one happy gal. Today I have Essence Twins Carrie and Mr. Big to share with you that I got with the help of the very sweet Dolores of Colorful Bottle. All I have to say about this baby is Love At First Sight. I knew I would love it before even swatching it, and I am so happy that I wasn't disappointed. Mr. Big is a dark magenta pink creme that was fully opaque in 2 coats. Carrie is a clear base packed with dark pink, purple, magenta, silver, and light pink hexes, small glitter, and square glitters. Onto the swatches...

What do you think of Carrie and Mr. Big on me? I'm absolutely in love with this combo! Thanks for stopping by and reading.


Kisses
Marketta

Pink Wednesday

Good Morning Babes! Today for Pink Wednesday I have Models Own Pinky Brown. Pinky Brown is from the Beetlejuice Collection that came out this past fall. PB has the prettiest pink to brown duochrome shift with pink glitter. It looks like it has a very tiny sprinkling of holo glitter which I think is what gives it the glass flecked look. I don't know, I really stared at this polish for a long time and its just so interesting. I'm really bad at explaining this particular lacquer so I will just let the swatches do the talking. I used 2 coats in the swatches below, and SV as my tc.

Please excuse my dry cuticles, I rubbed vitamin e oil on the and they are still bad. This winter has not been kind to my poor hands, thus the nubbins. These swatches aren't my best due to cleanup being a bit hard because by the time I got around to my last swatches for the day my cuticles were extremely irritated (especially my ring and index fingers, ouch :o( ). So what do you think about Pinky Brown? I LOVE IT! Thanks for stopping by and reading :o)


Kisses
Marketta

Pink Wednesday!

I'M BAAAAAAAAAAAACCCCCCKKKK LOL! Good Afternoon Babes! Its feels like its been foreverrrrrr! I went to Florida to spend Christmas with my family for a little over 2 weeks and just got back a few days ago. What better day to come back than to a Pink Wednesday? What I'm sharing with you today is Excuse Moi! from the OPI Muppet's Collection. Excuse Moi! has a pink jelly base packed with pink and silver micro glitter, and bigger yellow, pink, green, red, silver and blue glitter. The formula was a tiny bit thick, but not goopy like NOPI Wear Something Spar-Kylie (which I think would be a dupe of EM if you eliminate all the glitter except for pink) which was super goopy. Application was very good on this beauty, and was fully opaque in just 2 coats. Dry time was very good, but it dried a little on the dull and textured side. EM is top coat hungry and required 2 coats of SV to get a smooth shiny finish.

I looooooove this so much! Its special to me because it was my #1 pick from the entire collection, and my sister Jessica bought it for me for Christmas. I know everyone has swatched it but I don't care, I haven't so I'm sharing it today ;o) . Thanks for stopping by and letting me share this sparkly Pink Wednesday mani with you!


Kisses
Marketta

Pink Wednesday

Hello Babes and Happy Pink Wednesday! Today I have Essence Ultimate Pink to share with you. For the swatches below I used 2 thin coats, Konad ip m83, special white polish, and SV as my tc. Ultimate Pink is a pretty hot pink with an amazing formula that dried pretty fast. There's nothing original about this color and there are tons out there like it, but its still a pretty pink and you know I love my pinks.

The 1st picture has flash and the 2nd is just regular natural rainy day light. Below I have UP on its own.

 

What do you think of UP and the stamping? I just love that sassy cat stamp, I've been wanting to use it for a while now. Thanks for stopping by :o)


Kisses
Marketta

Pink Wednesday

Good Morning Babes and Happy Pink Wednesday. Today I have Bettina #9 which is a dusty deep muavey rose toned pink creme polish. #9 has an amazing formula just like all my other Bettina's, and was opaque in 2 thin coats. I used Konad ip M78, special white polish, and SV as my tc. Well this color looks like barf on a stick on my skin tone - FUGLY! It reminds me of the colors little old ladies get their hands and toes painted when they go to the nail shop. Don't get me wrong, the color is pretty just not on my skin tone. Of course I had a stamping fail grrrr not my Konading week.

Do you like #9 and the stamp I chose to use over it? I love pink but this isn't normally a pink I would go for which is why I chose it. Not my favorite but I promised to be completely open minded when I started blogging and to try all colors :o)  Thanks for stopping by!


Kisses
Marketta

Pink Wednesday

Good Afternoon Babes and Happy Pink Wednesday! Super late post today, I usually schedule my posts to go out before I'm even out of bed for my international readers but I was still recovering from lack of sleep so I had to do swatches this morning. Today I have CND Blueberry Whip. Blueberry Whip is a soft dusty pink with blue undertones, in fact those undertones are so visible that it almost washes out the pink completely. The formula was amazing, but the polish holds a TON of polish so you have to be careful of that or you will have a mess on your hands. It took 2 coats to reach opacity and it dried super duper fast to a nice glossy finish. No tc in the pictures below.



With flash

The first is how BW really looks. Of course because its CND I had to try an effect with it. Below is 1 coat of Violet Shimmer over BW and no tc.

What do you think of Blueberry Whip? I really like it and the fact that it has so much blue in it, its a very unique pink in my collection. Thanks for stopping by so that I could share with you :)

Kisses

Marketta

Pink Wednesday!

Good Morning Babes and Happy Pink Wednesday! What I have for you today is Devious Nature by Cult Nails. Devious Nature is a beautiful hot pink without being to loud, that has a blue undertone. I LOVE THIS COLOR, and not just for obvious reasons, its just a very beautiful pink and it looks really good on my skin tone. For the pictures below I used 2 thin coats and no top coat. The formula is absolutely amazing, very easy to apply and dries super fast - like to the touch with pressure fast.

What do you think of Devious Nature, isn't it gorg?! Thanks for stopping by :)


Kisses
Marketta

Pink Wednesday! Bettina #190

Good Morning Babes! For today's Pink Wednesday I used Bettina #190 and I stamped with Konad ip M56 with Konad special polish in white. #190 which I found out is also called Wild Orchid, is a dark hot pink with purple undertones, magenta? The formula was a little watery but very easy to work with, and is opaque in 2 thin coats. Dry time is very fast and it dries to a nice glossy finish. I used SV as my top coat after the stamping.

Here's a swatch of #190 on its own with no top coat. I just can't get enough of the high gloss finish of Bettina polishes! Its darker IRL than it is in the pictures.

What do you think of #190? Thanks for stopping by :)

Kisses
Marketta

Pink Wednesday Candy Manicure

Good Morning Babes! I wanted to do something cute with a pop for today's Pink Wednesday, so I chose a candy mani that I kept going back to look at over the past couple of months. I finally did it when I realized that I actually have the same exact colors, so for my first I'm going to play it safe and try someone else's before I get creative on my own :) (I have plenty of creams, glitters, and jellies). I saw this idea here on Tara over at Nails in Nippon blog and I immediately fell in love. I used 1 coat of OPI Sparrow Me The Drama, 2 coats of OPI Teenage Dream, 1 coat of OPI Guy Meets Gal-veston, and Seche as my top coat. With base and Seche that's 5 coats, so be patient with drying even with Seche. They jelly definitely seals the deal, but it does look pretty before the jelly :)  Here's how it turned out for me:


No flash



With flash



No flash



Inside with no flash

 If you look at the originator post you will see that it looks completely different on a different skin tones. I loved this and I didn't want to take it off, so I will definitely be re-doing this on a fun weekend :)  What do you think of how this candy manicure came out on me? Thanks for stopping by!


Kisses
Marketta

Pink Wednesday!

For today's Pink Wednesday I'm doing a China Glaze edition. I have 3 pink China Glaze polishes and 1 crackle (I should have 5 but I will get into that at another time), so I'm going to knock out the 3 solids with 1 post as I have over 100 polishes to swatch through before I can add to my collection. What I'm showing you today is Sprinkles, Strawberry Fields, and Don't Touch My Tiara. Strawberry Fields I bought for obvious reasons - Its gotten rave reviews and I loved the unique color blend, Sprinkles I hadn't actually viewed a swatch before I purchased it but it was just so pretty that I couldn't resist (you will see why), Don't Touch My Tiara because it has a beautiful shimmery metallic look with a hint of pearl to it, and Broken Hearted because I was disappointed in OPI's Pink Shatter, I wanted it to be REALLY pink and it wasn't so I bought the Crackle (you will see this one on another day). Now onto the swatches...



Sprinkles - I LOVE this color! I think its absolutely FAB! This is officially my new favorite pink glitter until I can find something to top it! Its a medium pink polish with hot pink glitter. There's enough glitter for the glitter to be noticeable but not so much to where it would be inappropriate to where it to certain places like work. I used 3 thin coats to reach my desired opacity. Very easy to paint with, perfect formula, and good dry time. I used Seche as a top coat. I fell in love with the sprinkles, they really do look like sprinkles! The best part is that it translates onto the nail just as you see it in the bottle. I didn't want to take it off :(



With flash so you can see the gold micro shimmer.



Strawberry Fields - Well this polish speaks for itself because its so popular, and every blogger has blogged about it. Hot pink polish with gold micro shimmer. The formula is a little on the thick side but in a good way. Two easy coats and dry time was ok, I used Seche on this one as well.

 

Don't Touch My Tiara - A dark pink polish that looks like it could be a metallic or chrome polish in the bottle but it definitely is not. It has a sort of pearl  like flow to it that makes it really pretty in my opinion. The formula was thin but evened out perfectly and opaque at 2 coats. I used Seche as a top coat which drug the polish a little on my index finger (which you can see in the pictures), so I put that down immediately and grabbed INM Out the Door.

Which one is your favorite? I love Sprinkles and I can't wait until next summer to wear it a lot, hey I might be seen wearing it a few times this fall lol!

Kisses

Marketta

Pink Wednesday

For today's Pink Wednesday I used all OPI. My base color is two coats Steady As She Rose, which is a dusty pale baby pink that has a slight grey undertone. The formula was great and easy to paint with. I stamped using Bundle Monster plate 215. First I stamped with I'm Indi-a Mood For Love, then went over it with Sparrow Me the Drama. Sparrow Me the Drama came out much lighter than I anticipated, so it didn't have the exact effect I wanted but it still came out cute.

If you look close you can see the Sparrow Me the Drama scales. Below is Steady As She Rose which I used for the base. It was hard to capture the true color of it today.



Inside with flash




Outside


What do you think of my snakeskin stamp-icure? I think next time I will definitely use darker colors.


Kisses
Marketta

Pink Wednesday

Today's Pink Wednesday polish is Kleancolor's Holo Pink. I was really excited when I bought this polish because it would have been my first holo nail polish, but I don't consider this a true holo polish. This polish is amazing, I love this color so much. Pink Holo is a dusty colored pink with a rainbow assortment of micro glitter and it looks amazing on the nails.

I was disappointed that it isn't easily captured by a camera. I took tons of different pictures with and without flash, but nothing worked so you can't see the true color of the polish. It's a bit darker than this and you can REALLY see the different colors of the glitter! I have a few different shots for you so that you can see more:

I tried to get as close as possible so that you can see all the different color glitter but it still wasn't captured.

Polish actually comes out the true color that the bottle shows, this picture is pretty close.

I used Bundle Monster plate 221 and Konad special polish in white for this stamp-icure. Hope you enjoyed!

Kisses

Marketta

My first Pink Wednesday! China Glaze Purple Panic

A day dedicated to my favorite... PINK. For my first Pink Wednesday I wanted to do something very bright. I know what your thinking, "Purple" Panic is NOT pink but it so is! I didn't look at the name when I grabbed the bottle off the display at ULTA, I just thought it was a pretty hot pink. When I finally got around to trying it I looked at the name and thought maybe it was mislabeled. The color is also a neon, which I have never bought. I also had no idea that neon's dry matte! Here goes:

I can't begin to explain to you how hard it is to capture the true color of this polish. I tried indoor and outdoor. This is the best out of 20 pictures I took. The brush holds A LOT of polish, so you will have to be careful about that. This could have been a 1 coater if the first coat didn't have such bad streaks. This is 2 coats (I messed up on the middle finger) which turned out good, but it needs a patient hand to paint with. I didn't have that, so I will try this again at a later date.

I didn't care for the matte this time around, maybe next time when I really take my time. I applied 1 coat of Seche Vite and OMG this color is cray cray! I LOVED IT! I really wish that the true color would have shown because you would be blown away.




Kisses
Marketta