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

SinfulColors Holiday 2011 - WISH

Bells are jingling, snow is glistening and merry tunes abound: It's the season of shimmer (aka: the holidays) and glamour, of course. And your nails deserve a little gift and loving too. Welcome the SinfulColors holiday 2011 collection, Wish, which delights and excites. The collection takes classic colors - like red, green, silver and blue - and kicks them up a notch to be fashion-forward and festive to ring in 2012.
The complete SinfulColors Wish collection for holiday 2011 includes:

Five gem-inspired shades of polish:
SUGAR SUGAR: a candy cane, red-hot tint
MIDNIGHT BLUE: a bold, bright twist on navy
LAST CHANCE: an emerald with depth and allure
DADDY'S GIRL: a deep purple with a drizzle of shimmer and glitter
OUT OF THIS WORLD: a perfect silver with swirls of glimmer

Two metallic shades of nail art:
FLOWER GIRL: a bronzy gold with tons of sparkle
FASHIONISTA: a glitter-laden pewter

SinfulColors surpasses the masses with more than 150 amazing shades of nail polish, including the above-mentioned shades. All hues are available for $1.99 at major drug and mass-market stores nationwide, by calling 1-800-448-0763 or online at http://www.walgreens.com/. 
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aEngland Lady of the Lake

Good Morning Babes! This week I'm going to post all international brands for my weekly brand posting. Today I'm sharing my first aEngland polish with you. Lady of the Lake is a dark purple scattered holo polish that is absolutely stunning! This beauty has been floating around the blogosphere like crazy so I wont bore you to tears. I used 2 thin coats for the swatches below, and it dried very quickly with a nice shine.

What do you think of LOTL? I absolutely love it and it definitely wont be my last aEngland purchase! Thanks for stopping by to let me share this beauty with you :o)


Thanks
Marketta

Bettina Flip Flops

Hello Babes! I'm sharing Bettina Flip Flops with you today. Flip Flops is from the Resort Collection, and is the prettiest shade of light purple like ever! The only polish that I have that's close is Planks A Lot by OPI only there is absolutely no dustiness to FF, and that's what sets them world apart!  This lovely creme was opaque in 2 thin coats and dried super fast. I stamped with Konad ip M57, special white polish, and a coat of SV.

Here's a swatch of the lovely Flip Flops on its own with no tc.





What do you think of Flip Flops, isn't it just gorgeous?! Thanks for stopping by :o)

Kisses

Marketta

Bettina Week: Mini Spam

Good Morning Babes and Happy Friday! Today I have a little bit of Bettina Spam to share with you. In the swatches below I used 2 coats and no tc.

Bettina 187 is a very deep dark pink with purple undertones that almost overwhelm the pink. Application was flawless and dry time was very good. IRL this is much darker and there is absolutely no red to it, but this a one of those days where the sun being out wasn't in my favor.

Metallic Copper is a deep golden brown metallic polish with gold and bronze glitter. For a metallic it has a really good formula, that you don't have to worry about brush strokes with. Dry time is a little slower than the average Bettina dry time and I had a bump so on this one I used INM OTD becasue I had to touch up my middle finger. This shade is from the Metallic Collection.

Glamour Midnite is a gorgous black polish loaded with silver glitter. This is from the Glamour Collection and I absolutely love this shade. The formula was amazing and very easy to work with. In true Bettina form it dried at lightning speed. The pictures do it absolutely no justice, its to die IRL.

What do you think of these 3 lovlies? Copper really isn't my cup of tea against my skin tone but it is very pretty. Thanks for stopping by :o)


Kisses
Marketta

Bettina Week: Animal Print Re-creation

Good Morning Babes! Today I have my version on Cristina from LTHP animal print nails from the 31 Day Challenge that she did with Rie and Sam. I was so mad at myself that I had to use pictures that have serious tip wear on them. I actually wore these nails for a few days, and I took pictures right after I finished the mani but somehow accidentally deleted them before uploading them. So these pictures are after 2 days of cooking, cleaning, washing dishes (I don't use gloves), washing mine and my daughter hair (we have A LOT of thick curly hair), and so much else. I don't keep mani's for longer than 2 days so thank God I actually looked on my computer for the pictures before removing the polish because it was already getting late and I didn't swatch at all today. I used Resort Pink Bikini on my index and thumb, Nature Ocean on my middle, and Art Deco Yellow on my ring finger. I sponged with Art Deco Purple, Nature Trees, and Resort Starfish. I used Konad ip M78 (which I didn't even know I had), and special black polish.

I shouldn't have such bad tip wear after 2 days so I'm going to try this Chi top coat that I bought a looooong time ago that's supposed to stretch your mani for a week. So I will start trying that under INM or SV to see how that works and do a review on it later. Below is a picture of the base colors which I managed to save, I would have preferred it the other way around but lesson learned :)

What do you think of my spin on the mani minus the tip wear? I got alot of compliments on it and it was really fun to do. I like Cristina's colors better (How I Met Your Magenta and Kung Fu Blue are to die) but this is Bettina week so the colors a slightly different :o)  Thanks for stopping by to let me share this re-creation with you.


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