Deborah Lippmann Bad Romance

I decided to post two for Brittany today AND I really just wanted to swatch Bad Romance by Deborah Lippmann! Bad Romance is a black jelly base with big purple glitter and hexagonal glitter. The formula is good and its opaque in two thin coats. You really want to watch your cuticles because cleanup really sucks on these, and the glitter can be a nightmare with a rushed paint job. Dry time is is not to bad on its own but I opted for one coat of Seche Vite because it wasn't that shiny on its own and I wanted it dry asap. I know this has been swatched like crazy for a while but I still wanted it and I love it just as much as Ruby Red Slippers! Here's  how it came out:

I REALLY love this polish, its amazing! If you don't have it, you just really have to see it in person because its awesome!

What do you think about Bad Romance?


Kisses
Marketta

Purple Passion: A mani for Brittany

One of my best friends Brittany was the biggest supporter of me starting a blog, and even though she doesn't blog she was one of my first followers. Her favorite color is purple and she loves shopping and shoes, so I thought I would do a few purple manicures for her :) . I used OPI's Funky Dunkey as my base color, BM plates 213 and 221, and Konad special polish in black. Here's what I came up with:

Animal print and heels <3 ! I was going to do all leopard print but I had another plate sitting out from doing a failed Halloween stamping and there were shoes on that plate also! VOILA! Funky Dunkey is actually just a tiny bit darker than how it photographed, it was a little hard to capture inside and out today, but its close enough :)

Just to try out my new topcoat I put on INM Northern Lights which is a holo, after Seche Vite of course.



Outside with flash

Here's Funky Dunkey with a top coat of INM Out the Door (a thinner version of Seche Vite thats perfect for just wearing colors plain, SUPER FAST dry time). The first coat of Funky Dunkey was really streaky but cleared up and evened out perfectly on the second coat. The brush holds a ton of polish so you will want to remove some first. So what do you think of Brittany's Purple Passion mani? I love how it came out!

Kisses
Marketta

The Manicured Monkey's Giveaway!

The Manicured Monkey is having a giveaway! You can enter here and below is what you have the chance of winning and the rules.

Nubar- 2010 and Brilliant (pink holo)
Wet N Wild- Tangled in your web, correction tape, behind closed doors, cougar attack, Fantasy Makers glow in the dark
Orly- Fowl Play
Headband- from my Etsy shop, you will get to choose what color/shape/finish you would like.
Rules:Must be 18 to enter or have your parents permission, Required fields in form must be filled in, you must be a public follower, One form submission per person.
Giveaway ends on October 16, 2011 at 6 pm, pacific time and is open internationally.
I will be verifying entries and verifying the winner before I announce them, so be honest. 

Layla Magneffect Blue Grey Flow

Today I have another Layla Magneffect polish for you. Blue Grey Flow was the polish that I wanted the most out of the collection released, I just love the ways it looks. In the magnetic polishes, the lighter color is the actual color of the polish before using the magnet. The formula is thick but not unmanageable or sloppy. I used IMN Out The Door as a top coat which sped up the already very fast dry time. I wore this polish for two days, and it looked the same is it did on day one. I used two coats but if I really wanted to I could have gotten away with one. Onto the swatches:

I love this color! I really should have swatched the actual color before doing the effect, so I guess I will do that on my last one when I get ready to swatch it.

The line is how you want to align the magnet on your nail. Whichever direction (up/down, diagonally, across) you aim the magnet will be the direction the design flows.


How are you liking Layla's Magneffects?


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

Layla Magneffect Changing Lilac

What I have for you today is my first magnetic mani! I was super excited to try this because of the effect it has on the polish. What you do is paint you nails, and right after applying polish you put the magnet as close as you can get it to the nail without actually toughing it. You have to do one nail at a time because it needs to be done the second you finish your last brush stroke. There are a few different ways you can do it, up/down, side/side, and diagonally which I did. I ordered my magneffect from Aveyou Beauty Boutique, and here's my first attempt:

This is two coats with a top coat of INM Out the Door. This polish is thick but easy to manage, and the brush holds a lot of polish so you will want to clean some off before applying. I really didn't need the super fast drying top coat because dry time is really good on this polish. If you look at my index finger I didn't have the magnet quite as diagonal as the others, so make sure you pay attention to that (I don't know about you but stuff like that bugs me to no end if I plan of wearing the mani for a few days) Let me show you a few more pictures...

What do you think about Changing Lilac?


Kisses
Marketta

Nail Catastrophe!

I so am not a happy camper today because two of my nails broke on my swatch hand. I'm right handed, so when I am just swatching I paint my left hand. Well yesterday on my thumb I have a side split in the nail bed, and my index finger just did a clean break. My nails grow pretty fast but with the split in my nail bed I'm going to be nubbin it, and I'm upset because I was almost at my favorite length. Here's some pictures of the damage done and to show you why my mani's are going to be a little nubby for the next few weeks:

:(  I'm so sad right now, I had tons of Halloween ideas that I wanted to do on longer nails, but now they all have to be cut to be uniform. Do you see how my ring finger has a little tint to it? That's stain from OPI Swimsuit... Nailed it! So I haven't swatched it yet because I'm waiting on my base coat that's supposed to prevent staining. Btw that stain is about 2 weeks old and i've tried lemon juice, so layer on the base coats!


Kisses
Marketta