tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77041761566649845222024-02-20T09:12:57.527-08:00Nail Polish MixologistNail polish mixologisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04519078214311901686noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704176156664984522.post-19991264078073830492012-08-22T20:22:00.001-07:002012-08-22T20:24:09.442-07:00Sparkles!This polish isn't anything unique, but it is still one of the prettiest things to look at. I catch myself moving my fingers under the lights at work just to make the glitter sparkle. This polish has a bit of all my different glitters combine into one ultimate package.<br />
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I put two coats of polish over a black base. The pictures turned out awesome!</div>
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I'm still not sick of the way they look and I've been wearing this combo for almost 5 days.</div>
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<br />Nail polish mixologisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04519078214311901686noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704176156664984522.post-49097838013945273042012-08-05T20:08:00.000-07:002012-08-05T20:08:16.847-07:00Jellyfish<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
This design reminded me of jellyfish floating at the top of the ocean. I'm sure this look could be achieved by directly applying polish to the nail, but I applied the design to a plastic bag and let it dry for 24 hours. I hate putting a thick layer of polish on my nails. It inevitably gets bumped and smudged. Using the plastic allows me to apply the polish as thick as I want and then having the option to set it aside to dry over night. A dotting tool was used to swirl the color. </div>
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Here are the designs drying on the bag. </div>
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I applied two coats of the same polish I used for the base of the design. This way the polish strips don't have to line up exactly with my nails.</div>
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The look was completed with two coats of Seche Vite to smooth everything out.</div>
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I had been admiring the cheeky plates for the last few months before I finally caved and bought some. The beautiful patterns were irresistible. They look like gorgeous Indian fabrics.</div>
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I went with a franken yellow basecoat and used China glaze's <i>shower together</i> for the stamp.</div>
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I moved into a new apartment this past weekend and the process has been ridiculously stressful. The majority of my stuff is still not unpacked and I've had multiple failed attempts to set up the cable. The blog posts will probably continue to be sparse until I am settled in. </div>
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<br />Nail polish mixologisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04519078214311901686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704176156664984522.post-61388196103561341982012-06-12T19:56:00.004-07:002012-06-13T20:04:54.695-07:00Gold Leaf Topcoat<div style="text-align: center;">
Recently I've been seeing a lot of bloggers posting manis with gold leaf. The topcoats with gold are so beautiful and I really wanted to get my hands on some. They seem to be a little pricey, so like many polish enthusiasts I decided to make my own. I bought the gold leaf on ebay and added it to TKB's glamour base. I attempted to crumble it with my fingers, but this just created a mess. There was more gold on my hands than in the polish. Next, I cut the sheets into small pieces and added them to the bottle. This worked better. It wasn't a great method, but it got the job done. </div>
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The base coat is China glaze <i>Trendsetter </i>topped with Julep <i>Sophia</i>.<br />
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The gold leaf topcoat was then added over the base. The green really made the gold pop.</div>
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... and a close up of the gold leaf topcoat.</div>
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The gold leaf's color did fade a little. I'll have to monitor it and see if it stabilizes or continues to fade.</div>
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Also, I had no idea Sophia was a glow in the dark polish. I turned out the lights in the bathroom and was surprised to see 10 glowing nails.<br />
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It's been awhile since I've used dry water marble strips for a mani. Check out my <a href="http://nailpolishmixologist.blogspot.com/2012/03/water-marble-strips.html" target="_blank">previous post</a>. I made the water marble sheets yesterday and allowed them to dry overnight. 24 hours of drying time seemed to be the perfect amount. The nail polish separated from the plastic with ease. The colors used are Sally Hansen <i>Black out</i>, China glaze <i>shower together, cross iron</i> and <i>trendsette</i>r. They had a nice contrast next to one another.</div>
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I cut the sheets into triangular strips. I wanted the strips to look like they were made of tiny stripes. The strips were placed over a base coat of <i>shower together</i>. My only regret is matching the blue on the strips to the background color. It ends up making the strips look too short for the nails when the blue stripe lines up at the base of the nail. An example being my middle finger. Otherwise, i really like the color combo and the way it turned out.</div>
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I've wanted to buy some of the Ozotic multichromes for a long time now. I finally caved in when news broke that they were being discontinued. I was able to pick up 502, 505, 506 and 507. 520 has been ordered but isn't in my possession yet. Below are photos of 505. Unfortunately the camera did not pick up the green-blue shift well.</div>
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This is one of those colors that leaves me staring at my nails all day.</div>
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In honor of Memorial day, I went for a patriotic mani. I love the look of different patterns on each nail with a common color theme. Normally I couldn't pull this off at work, but fortunately it was a three day weekend.<br />
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Here are my red, white and blue nails.</div>
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My nails decided to stop cooperating and continued to break for the past few weeks. They weren't photograph-worthy until this weekend. In the meantime I've been experimenting with all my new glitters from youmix and TKB. FYI the sample size of TKB shaplies is plenty. I ended up ordering 1oz of some of the sizes and ended up with way too much glitter.</div>
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The manicure below has china glaze <i>seduce me</i> as a base, topped with two coats of my magenta glitter franken. I stamped a franken over that, put on a coat of seche and called it a day. Typically I'm not one for animal prints, but I thought I'd give it a go.</div>
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<br />Nail polish mixologisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04519078214311901686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704176156664984522.post-62652042019733455552012-04-10T19:49:00.000-07:002012-04-12T18:51:06.696-07:00Who said "puke green" couldn't be beautifulGreen is by far my favorite color, especially vintage shades. Everyone who knows me describes "puke green" as "Liz green". I should probably be insulted by this, but unfortunately it's true. I'd prefer to think of "Liz green" as a 70's retro shade rather than vomit. China glaze's <i>trendsetter</i> is pretty much my ideal color. This floral design from BM plate (224) has been posted many times before, but it's too pretty to not to show pictures of. China glaze <i>VIII</i> was used for stamping. I LOVE this color combo. It achieved the retro look I was going for.<br />
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I'm happy with this manicure and especially pleased that I've found a shade of green that matches me in <i>trendsetter</i> ;)</div>
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Base: china glaze <i>seduce me</i><br />
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Like many others, I had a moment (or two) of panic when I learned TKB was no longer selling glitter suspension base. It sounds like it will eventually be brought back, but for now I'd like to have an alternative. There doesn't seem to be any great solution on the web. <a href="http://headtofoot.wordpress.com/2012/03/11/frankening-how-to-suspend-glitter-in-clear-nail-polish/" target="_blank">From head to foot</a> has an awesome discussion on her experimentation with alternative suspension base options. Aerosil sounded like a great solution so I purchased a small amount from ebay. It turns out that there are many varieties of Aerosil and they don't all work for this purpose. I purchased Aerosil 200 and it did NOT work in polish. The powder clumped up in the luster base and wouldn't completely mix in. Xanthan gum has mixed results, but I figured it was worth a try. Also, There is this <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2dGpUghapA" target="_blank">video</a> floating around where xanthan gum is successfully used for glitter suspension. </div>
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I used a spoon made from a straw and added 3 scoops to the bottle. Luster base was also added. This bottle has 2 sizes of glitter. There is a micro pink glitter and small pink hex glitter. The xanthan gum did cloud the base a little, but it wasn't anything too dramatic. I wanted to see how long the glitter would stay suspended without me shaking the bottle. </div>
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The photo on the left is after <b>24</b> hours. The photo on the right is after <b>5.5</b> days. </div>
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Seems too good to be true, right? Right. The suspension was successful, but the xanthan gum did add a slightly rough texture to the polish. The photos below are without and with top coat.</div>
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I'm loving all the glitter options from <a href="http://youmixcosmetics.ecrater.com/" target="_blank">you mix cosmetics</a>. I felt it was <i>necessary</i> to make an awesome franken with silver and black glitter. Below is a photo of the glitter used. All of them are from YMC except luminosity (left) and the black micro which are from <a href="http://www.tkbtrading.com/" target="_blank">TKB</a>. The remainder of the glitter used included silver holo square, black holo hex, black shredded, black hex, 2 sizes of gunmetal hex, small silver hex and 2 sizes of silver holo hex.</div>
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The base is one coat of a silver steel franken followed by 2 coats of the glitter polish. There was a bit of shrinkage near the tips of the nails following application of seche vite. For some reason it always looks worse in photos than in person.</div>
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*On a side note, I've been experimenting with the use of xanthan gum in glitter suspension. It seems like people have had mixed results with it. The polish was only made last night, but so far it has remained suspended. *fingers crossed* I will post photos after the weekend with an update.</div>
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<a href="http://rebeccalikesnails.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/rebecca-likes-nail-art-contests.html" target="_blank">Rebecca</a> is hosting a contest that combines a few of her favorite things. I chose to incorporate gradients and dots in mine.</div>
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This is a little more busy than what I usually do, but I it's always good to try new things.<br />
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1. Pointer: sinful colors <i>Ruby Ruby</i> with multiple orange dots and two sizes of red hex glitter<br />
2. Middle finger: OPI <i>rising star </i>and <i>take the stage</i> stripes with gold hex and bar glitter<br />
3. Fourth finger: Sheets from dry water marble (previous <a href="http://nailpolishmixologist.blogspot.com/2012/03/water-marble-strips.html" target="_blank">post</a>)<br />
4. Pinky: Too many shades of blue and purple to count applied with a dotting tool (notice the dots of Cult nails <i>clairvoyant</i>)<br />
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A few weeks ago I purchased the magnetic polish grab bag from <a href="http://youmixcosmetics.ecrater.com/p/14312136/magnetic-polish-grab-bag-12-polishes-1" target="_blank">you mix cosmetics</a>. They include 12 polishes and a magnet for 34.95. This is the cheapest option I've seen for magnetic polishes. The only downside is that you don't get to choose which colors you get. Since most of their colors looked pretty, I figured I'd take a chance. I'm glad I did. The colors are so nice!</div>
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The individual polishes aren't labeled so I don't know the actual name for each color. I've decided to call this one periwinkle because its a delicate silvery/purple. This is 2 coats with the line magnet provided by YMC.</div>
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I'd recommend purchasing these polishes for anyone who is on a budget and looking to expand their magnetic collection.</div>Nail polish mixologisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04519078214311901686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704176156664984522.post-82026241078376254962012-03-23T15:46:00.001-07:002012-03-23T15:46:09.183-07:00Water marble strips<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The base is sally hansen <i>green with envy</i> and <i>going green</i>. About 2/3rds of the nail was painted with <i>green with envy</i>. I let it dry for about 5 minutes. Long enough that my finger wouldn't leave prints on the nail polish when I touched it.</div>
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I may have gone a little overboard when <a href="http://youmixcosmetics.ecrater.com/" target="_blank">you mix cosmetics</a> added a ton of bar and hex glitters a few weeks ago. My bank account is still feeling the pain. It's a real challenge to not just throw all the different colors in a base together. If you haven't tried their glitter yet, I highly recommend you do so. The quality and the price are great. Also, they are clearing out their stock of magnetic polishes and are offering grab bags at a great price.</div>
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Ok, back to the glitter. This is two coats over china glaze <i>first mate.</i></div>
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I started with a base of sinful colors <i>happy ending</i>. There were some clovers growing outside so I picked and pressed them. To press them I placed them between two sheets of newspaper and put that in a book. I put a heavy object on top of the book for several hours. It helped flatten them nicely to make them easier to apply. I put a little bit of a clear top coat on the green before the clovers were put on. The whole thing was topped with seche vite which made them really smooth. </div>
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I used to do this with wildflowers when I was younger. I think I'm going to have to start that up again this spring.</div>
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It was another beautiful day in Chicago today. Hopefully everyone is experiencing the same great weather. I've been really into magnetic polish recently. The tips were done with the V shaped magnet. </div>
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I love the way these turned out! </div>
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I first learned about dry water marbling several months ago from Cathy at <a href="http://morenailpolish.blogspot.com/2011/08/my-take-on-dry-water-marbling.html" target="_blank">More nail polish</a>. I like this technique because it uses a lot less nail polish and you have more control about the design that ends up on your nail. The other advantage is that you can make the water marble, place it on plastic and keep it for several weeks before you use it. It works best if you let the plastic sheets dry for several days before applying them to nails. </div>
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When it's time to apply them to my nails, I will fist hold the dry sheet up to my hand and trace individual nails on the plastic side. This way you can cut them to fit your nails well. A lot of people paint their nails with a white base but I find that it's helpful to use one of the colors in the marble as a base. That way if the marble doesn't fit your nail perfectly, the base just looks like part of it. In my experience china glaze and sally hansen polishes work the best for marbling.</div>
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This manicure wasn't cleaned up well but it's still fun to look at. I haven't managed to completely prevent bubbles from forming on the plastic.</div>
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Does anyone else remember this show? People got slimed if they said "I don't know". Well, this polish reminds me of that slime. I tried using texture in my mani but it didn't turn out quite as planned.</div>
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I started with a green base and used a buffer to thin out some areas. I then used an old unsuccessful franken to add a brown glistening tint. It's not the most beautiful polish job but it's still fun. Prepare to be slimed......</div>
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It was 68 in Chicago today which is pretty amazing for March. If only it would stay light long enough for me to get decent indoor nail photos after work. I guess I'll just have to wait until summer for that.</div>
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This mani is growing on me, but it's still not quite what I was hoping for. The blue and silver alone looked nice and a <i>few</i> orange dots have been better. I think I went a little overboard. The base color is cult nails is <i>time traveler</i>. It goes on so smoothly and covers pretty well with just one coat. The silver and red/orange dots are frankens which are two of my favorites.</div>
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In reality the dots and the blue mesh a little better</div>
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This was a poor attempt to mess with the lighting, but it still looks more accurate than the above photos. </div>
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This franken is a darker silver with multi-colored shimmer. The second photo really highlights how this polish looks in the light.</div>
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Today's mani isn't anything too crazy. I love that the bundle monster plates can make even a plain manicure look a lot more interesting and fun.</div>
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I started with a base of OPI tease-y does it. It's so pretty just by itself.</div>
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This is bundle monster plate 19. The leaf pattern is my go-to. My only complaint, like most people, is that the designs are just a little too small. I added a few stripes with gold glitter polish to finish up the look and of course seche vite.</div>
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3. Milani nail art: art of gold</div>
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With a dotting tool in one hand and glass of wine in the other, I began my entry for <a href="http://www.chalkboardnails.com/2012/02/im-hosting-nail-art-contest.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Chalkboard nails</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"> </span>dotting tool inspired mani. </div>
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I started with a bunch of different colors and ended up adding a few more. Some were mixed together to create a more subtle gradient. These colors may be more appropriate for fall but they're too pretty to pass up.</div>
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I practiced on my big toe first and absolutely loved the way it turned out. Otherwise I would never post an obnoxiously close up view of my toe online.</div>
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Here is the final product<br />
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What do you think?</div>Nail polish mixologisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04519078214311901686noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704176156664984522.post-46340799271820438982012-03-01T20:33:00.001-08:002012-03-13T18:17:30.001-07:00Opposites attract<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I've started to get into the habit of changing my nails almost every day. Although I'm pretty certain most people would think this is obsessive, I know anyone reading this blog probably does the same thing....so no judgement here ;)</div>
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I'm really excited about this one. I went to sally beauty today since they were having a sale on china glaze magnetix (which I've been wanting to buy). If you purchase 2 polishes, you get a free magnet with three designs. I went with<i> you move me</i> and <i>instant chemistry </i>polishes.</div>
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The star pattern works really well.</div>
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I painted a broad stripe on each nail with this electric blue franken (which is awesome one its own). </div>
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The magnetic polish was placed adjacent to the blue stripes. I used the diagonal magnet for the pattern followed by a black stripe to separate the two colors.</div>
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I absolutely love the contrast between the blue shimmery polish and the depth created by the tan magnetic polish. It reminds me of something in ancient Egypt.</div>
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