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Monday, April 22, 2013

Stardust Polish * Lavender Dream

Ohh my gosh!  Look at this gorgeous holo polish by Stardust Polish.  This is two coats Lavender Dream with O.P.I. Gargantuan Green Grape on the accent.
Stardust Polish Lavender Dream &
O.P.I. Gargantuan Green Grape
I really wanted to try a Stardust Polish holo ever since I saw Black Hole [think Color Club Beyond, but a tad weaker linear effect].  I'm so glad I got this, now I want every holo Drema makes!  
Stardust Polish Lavender Dream &
O.P.I. Gargantuan Green Grape
This soft lavender polish is perfect for spring and the holo makes it that much more awesome!  The formula was good, dry time was fast.  I topped with Seche Vite.  OF COURSE as soon as I snapped a few pictures capturing the holo, a massive downpour started; these are the only decent pictures I have.  Don't worry though, this won't be the last time you see this polish! 

Visit Stardust Polish online and check out all the amazing polish for sale.  The holos go for $10 each, others range in price from $8 to $9.25.  Follow @StardustPolish on IG for sales, discount codes, and restock updates.

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Friday, January 11, 2013

"Danger Berry" Martini and Paisley Stamped Nails


Hello Loves!  Happy Friday!! Today I have a deliciously dangerous pomegranate martini recipe and a subtle stamped mani.

I found out about this recipe from one of the girls I follow on IG.  I’m not exactly sure what she called it, but I have affectionately renamed it a Pomegranate Danger Berry Martini.

You’ll Need:
Stirrings Pomegranate Mixer
Bacardi Dragon Berry Rum
Ice
Stirrings Pomegranate Sugar (optional for the rim)

Make It!
Rim a martini glass with the sugar.  In a shaker with ice add one shot rum and two shots mixer.  Shake and strain into the martini glass.

These are soooo good!  I call the rum “danger berry” because it’ll hit you like a ton of bricks!  One minute you’ll be fine, the next, you’re five drinks deep, on the floor, drunk texting all the boys in your contacts list.  Happens to the best of us lol. Drink responsibly!  ;)

Paisley Nail Stamping!
Two coats O.P.I. Suzi Says Feng Shui
stamped with Bundle Monster plate BM315
in Sinful Colors Blue By You
(outdoor light)
Heck yes!  I’m keeping the nail art coming!  I’m trying to knock out all the stuff I hate doing first lol.  I don’t necessarily HATE stamping, but I’m super OCD about it.  If all the designs don’t come out exactly perfect it’ll bug me all week.  Anywho, I did two coats O.P.I. Suzi Says Feng Shui and stamped with Sinful Colors Blue By You using Bundle Monster plate BM315.

I picked up this O.P.I. at Ulta last weekend.  I had my eye on it for a while.  It’s a very pretty blue (shocker!  Seriously, I need to stop with the blues!) crème polish that leans more toward the teal end of the spectrum.  The outdoor sunlight pictures are more true to how it looks in real life.  Formula is amazeballz, like all O.P.I.s.  The first coat was a little streaky on some nails.  Perfectly perfect in two coats. 
Two coats O.P.I. Suzi Says Feng Shui
(indoor light)
I stamped with Sinful Colors Blue By You.  For some reason, I thought it would have shown up darker.  It’s a jelly glitter base, so I don’t know why I thought that way.  I painted it on my toes first (I’ll spare you the feet pics) and it was dark, but then again, that was two full coats.  Either way, I’m happy with it!
Two coats O.P.I. Suzi Says Feng Shui
stamped with Bundle Monster plate BM315
in Sinful Colors Blue By You(outdoor light)
Two coats O.P.I. Suzi Says Feng Shui
stamped with Bundle Monster plate BM315
in Sinful Colors Blue By You
(outdoor light)
Two coats O.P.I. Suzi Says Feng Shui
stamped with Bundle Monster plate BM315
in Sinful Colors Blue By You
(indoor light)
I’m (temporarily and reluctantly) on a Seche Vite strike because it shrinks my manis, so I bought Out the Door quick dry topcoat to try out.  Ugh.  Does NOT compare to Seche.  At.  All.  It’s not as glossy, very thin, made my design streak on some nails, and dry time took about five minutes.  The pictures shown obviously have no topcoat.  I didn't want to picture streaky stamping :( It will do in a pinch, but I'm not a huge fan.  I purchased it at my Sally Beauty Supply.  I forget how much it was and can't find the receipt, sorry :-\

A fellow nail junkie on IG informed me of the "wrapping technique" to prevent shrinkage.  I am definitely going to try it next time, because I don’t want to give up my Seche! ;(

Okay lovelies.  Like I said earlier, I’ll be shutting down my Tipsy Tips Facebook page tonight, hopefully, if I can figure out how to. 
To keep in contact, you can...
* Follow me on IG: @Nauti_Mermaid, where I’ll be posting all manis, swatches, and other personal everyday things;
* Follow me on Pinterest: miss_best, where I have My Nails, Nail Polish Whore (inspiration/ideas), AND Drink Recipe boards, among other stuffs; and/or 
* Follow me on Twitter: @LittleSweetTea.  If you follow me on Twitter, do so at your own risk.  I can be pretty inappropriate, or completely boring...depending on the day ;) 

If you don’t want to do any of that, I’ll still be posting here Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. 

Have a great weekend!  See you back for Swatch Tuesday.  I’ll be posting a few different swatches each Tuesday to try to get my untried polishes down to an acceptable number!

Tuesday, January 1, 2013

New Years Nails

HOLY NEON!! Happy New Year!  I celebrated at home with champagne and pizza rolls!  Hope everyone had fun!





Colors used L->R
Wicked Polish Pox
Wicked Polish Gangrene
Spoiled Permission to Proceed
China Glaze Sun Worshipper
China Glaze Shocking Pink (Neon)
Orly Passion Fruit
Nicole by O.P.I. Make a Comet-Ment
Sinful Colors Snow Me White

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Swatch Tuesday! A Rhyming Dictionary * Betsy Bobbin

So, I know the popular hashtag on IG is #SwatchSunday, but I figured I’d spread my posts out more than just on the weekends.  For my first swatch, I have A Rhyming Dictionary’s Betsy Bobbin

This stuff is so cute!  What really caught my eye were the big black circle glitters in it.  Besides those, Betsy Bobbin is packed with (all matte) micro light and dark pink square, medium orange and green hex, and larger blue hex glitters in a clear base.  LOVE!  I swatched it over O.P.I’s Don’t Pretzel My Buttons.  I wanted to do a nude color for undies to show off the prettiness of all the colors in the polish. 

I had a little problem getting the black circle glitters to come out on the brush.  After each nail, I had to shake up the bottle to try to catch some.  It’s surprisingly runny for the amount of glitter in there.  I used two coats of ARD’s polish over one coat of O.P.I.  Betsy Bobbin has a LONG drying time.  Yes, I am impatient, but even with my drying drops they were still getting smudged/wrinkly after an hour. :(  Definitely a positive; it wasn’t sandy/gritty like most indies with the micro glitter.

I bought Betsy Bobbin from A Rhyming Dictionary’s Etsy shop ($7.50 for a full sized bottle, + shipping).  Make sure to like them on Facebook too! 



(sorry this lighting is SO horrible - I'm in the process of making a real light box)