TARDIS

Prompt: Fandom

I had the itch to do something with LED stickers once again! I somehow ruined two lights while trying to do this - the first I tried embedding in gel and it stopped working, so I thought maybe the heat of the gel interfered with it. The second I tried putting in acrylic, and I think I filed through the wire by accident. For the third I just used regular nail polish and Seche Vite, and it didn't stick out as much as I feared!

Supplies Used:

ILNP Cityscape

White Acrylic Paint

OPI Eurso Euro

Finger  Paints Blue Hue Bamboo

China Glaze Fairy Dust

LED Nail Sticker

GDCOCO Blue Carving Gel

White Glow Powder in Gel Topcoat

Halloween Holo Smoosh

 Prompt: Smoosh

My first attempt at a 'smoosh' technique, and for something so easy it's surprisingly fun!

I had to try some stamping over it - gotta use the halloweeny designs while I can!

Supplies:

OPI Alpine Snow

China Glaze Liquid Leather

ILNP Cityscape

ILNP Bermuda Breeze

ILNP Maiden Lane

BeautyBigBang XL-029: Cats and Ghosts

Whaline SPH-011: Cats, Bats, and Skulls

Hot Air Balloon

Photo inspiration challenge!

I probably take these challenges too literally by replicating them, but I at least tried to make this one a little different. I just like painting landscapes too much. I'm also in love with Rogue Lacquer polish, so I had to add that for a bit of sparkle.

Supplies:

Sephora by OPI Who's Spinning Tonight?

Rogue Lacquer Mauvelous

Gradient: 

Essie Nama-stay the night

Zoya Yummy

ORLY White Tips

OPI No Faux Yellow

Icing Emerald City

Acrylic Paint

Fall Trees

Prompt: Fall Trees

I wasn't sure if this would turn out well, but I think it works! I'm a bit sad that it was overcast and I didn't get to capture the subtle holo of the polish too.

Supplies:

Rogue Lacquer Petrified Forest

Born Pretty Galactic Center

Seche Astute

Twinkled T So Extra

BPL-026: Maple Leaf

Ejiubas + Sarah R2: Small Leaves (row 4, column 2 and 4)

Ejiubas + Sarah R2 reverse side: Small ovals (row 4, column 4)

Beauty Big Bang XL-022: Small Tree

Beauty Big Bang XL-011: Tree

Geological Wonder

 I am in love with these indie polishes from Rogue Lacquer. The holo, the multichrome flakies, the color... it's all love. This is Geological Wonder.

I just had to decorate with some simple stamping.

Supplies:

Rogue Lacquer Geological Wonder

Twinkled T So Extra 

Ejiubas Plate EJB-02 Reverse Side, swirls on lower left

Day 27: Holographic Heaven

 I'm definitely going to have to take some photos of sparkly holo goodness in the sunlight tomorrow! I love linear holos so much. They're like magic!

 I began with a coat of KBShimmer Myth You Lots over Wet n Wild Black Creme. Myth You Lots is one of my favorite polishes, bar none. It's so shifty and holo-tastic! It's always so hard to do anything to cover up that loveliness, so I decided to go minimal.

 I decided to test out the stamping decal technique using a design from Pueen plate 32. I removed a bit from the bottom of the design to give more space for the silver to shine. The black stamping was done in B.M.C. Noir Black. I filled in the spaces with blue holo Color Club Over the Moon and silver holo Color Club Harp on It. I like how the colors compliment the shifty multichrome rather well, even when it shifts to warmer hues.

 Sunbeam photos!

Colors Used:

KBShimmer Myth You Lots

Wet n Wild Black Creme

B.M.C. Noir Black

Color Club Over the Moon

Color Club Harp on It

Day 14: Rainbow Unicorn in Space

 I had way too much fun with this silly prompt! The idea just had so much potential! Because rainbow unicorns in space aren't flamboyant enough, I just had to also use UV reactive polish and add some glow in the dark to boot. Woo!

 I created the galaxy nails with a base of Finger Paints Queen for a Night, which is an awesome navy with small green and gold flakes. I thought it worked perfectly for a deep sky! The galaxy effect was sponged on with a combo of lavender Milani Rome, white China Glaze White on White, mint Revlon Minted, blue Sinful Colors Jolt, and shimmery orange Icing Falling for You.

The unicorn was painted with glow in the dark white Serum No 5 Pure Glow Getter. His horn and hooves glow blue with Serum No 5 Blue Blazes. I then used a small brush to paint his rainbow tail in stripes of UV reactive polish. Starting from the top, I used purple China Glaze Plur-ple, blue China Glaze DJ Blue My Mind, green Morgan Taylor Go for the Glow, yellow China Glaze Celtic Sun, orange Fing'rs Re-orange My Closet, and pink Color Club Warhol.

Indirect UV light

 Because that wasn't enough, I then added some glow in the dark powder on top of the polish. I had blue, greeen, yellow, orange, and pink, and it surprisingly enough is pretty see-through once a top coat is added. So I get the best of both worlds - UV reactive AND glow in the dark rainbows!

No light

 Colors Used:

Finger Paints Queen for a Night

Milani Rome

China Glaze White on White

Revlon Minted

Sinful Colors Jolt

Icing Falling for You

Serum No 5 Pure Glow Getter

Serum No 5 Blue Blazes

China Glaze Plur-ple

China Glaze DJ Blue My Mind

Morgan Taylor Go for the Glow

China Glaze Celtic Sun

Fing'rs Re-orange My Closet

Color Club Warhol

Blaze of Glory

This is the beautiful and amazing Blaze by Daily Hues Lacquer. It is amazing duochrome bronze/copper linear holo. I took so many photos trying to catch the beauty of this color!



Blaze was easy to work with, and these photos show three coats, though it was passable with just two. The formula was on the thicker side, but not unmanageable.

The shift from soft bronze/gold to reddish copper is fairly subtle, but definitely present. The amount of holographic flair is rather amazing, without really dulling the color. Normally I can barely capture holographic sparkle in my lightbox, so I'm amazed it was bright enough to show up in these first photos!

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Transitions

 I've taken my first steps into the indie polish realm after seeing all of the amazingness that is out there. It probably helps that I'm in love with both linear holo polish and thermal polish, two things that indie brands seem to be doing extraordinarily well.
I recently purchased two thermal polishes from Daily Hues Lacquer, and they are amazing! These are my first thermal jellies, and I am in love with how responsive they are to temperature change compared to cremes. Even in summer, if I touched something cool the tips of my nails would stay purple for a long time! I love the effect of going from bright blue when warm to deep purple when cool.

These are Daily Hues Nelle (solid jelly) and Daily Hues Priya. (Jelly with glitter). I loved the color so much, I couldn't decide between them! Priya has an amazing amount and variety of glitter, and after a proper bottle shake it wasn't difficult to get the glitter out.

Being jellies, these did take four to five coats to cover my nail line. Extra layers just helped with the depth of the jelly sandwich for Priya, though!

 Just because I wanted some extra thermal fun, I stamped a design from Pueen plate 46 using Dance Legend Termo Trio No.1. Because the stamping transferred such a thin layer, it changed incredibly fast and was hard to capture on camera. However, it went from appearing dark blue, to lavender, to light sky blue as it warmed.

 Keep reading for more photo overload!