Oh, Barnacles!

 

On FB I created a group. Its called Polish Exchange. Its a small group of girls, and we have a box full of our unwanted polish that circulates around. We pick from the box and then add in more unwanted polish. Its fun. These are three colors I chose from this last round.

 

Essie School of Hard Knocks (Grey)

Orly Ma Cherie (Red)

NOPI Scandal Secrets and Sparkle (Accent on index finger)

 

 

I found this cool little rock with barnacles on it at our mini beach. I brought it home for our future fish tank.

I love these colors together. I am not a red polish girl at all, but this is one I love!!

~Carrie
www.sassylacquer.storenvy.com

The 'Epic' mani

So far of 2013....so says Skye from my FB polish group! LOL.

So I was bored last night and had my friend help me search for inspiration on pinterest.

She came up with this.

I picked out some colors. A Purple-Orly Velvet Rope, a blue-Zoya Robyn, an orange-Sally Hansen XW Sun Kissed, and a glitter-China Glaze Lorelei's Tiara.

I expected it to come out awful...the colors all clashed.

Well it turned out pretty neat. I used Orly for the base, then did a diagonal tip with Zoya, and then dotted with the Sally Hansen, and then striped with the China Glaze. Topped it all off with Seche Vite.

Sorry about the quality of the photo...but if I didn't take the picture then I know I wouldn't have gotten around to it (busy day=Monday) so....yeah. But you get the picture...

So tell me what you think? Epic? Neat? Cool? Ugly?

Thanks for stopping by!

~Carrie

PS Sassy Lacquer has the spring line up. Check it out, I must say they are gorgeous. Yes I am tooting my own horn here.... www.sassylacquer.storenvy.com

15 Week Challenge.......Part Two, Week Five

DRAG MARBLE!!!

I have only tried this one other time, and it looked okay, but this is much better!

I used Sinful Colors Black on Black and Orly's Mineral FX collections Rock-it. I did the black first-which is a great one coater, and smooth....and then while still wet I dropped six or so dots of Rock-it - awesome as well- on my nail and drug a small dotting tool through them in a zigzag line.

(please bear with the photo's I'm still playing around with settings to find the best one and the best lighting, and all that goodness)

This last one is blurry, but you can see the swirlyness in them! My normal hand I photograph was all whacked up....It was 'bubbly' and ridged.....like I dug to deep with the dragging....so in other words, be careful when dragging your tool...

What do you think of this?



Click here to see my list of challenges!

Zoya Jem vs. Orly Rococo A-Go-Go.....SWAP?

Hey guys, two posts in one day, wow. But I had to show you this! I purchased Orly's Rococo A-Go-Go last night on a whim....and tried it on one finger this afternoon, and thought, hmm, this looks like Zoya Jem! So I did a comparison for ya!

Both polish applications are smooth, Orly was a more dense polish and Zoya was a thinner polish.

Zoya on the left, Orly on the right

Z, O, Z, O

Z, O, Z, O

Z, O, Z, O

Z, O, Z, O

Orly, Definitely has a more textured look to it, but they are so close, that I am thinking I might have to sell one or swap one out for something, any takers on either one- check my wish list out!

Have a great weekend!

Las vegas turned stormy....

Well I got around to adding that bolt! It looks pretty awesome! See a tutorial here from Jane over at Nailside. She has some cool looking ones too, I love the wonder woman one!

I was going to do all blue, but then changed my mind at the last minute.

first taping

May Flowers, Finally!

A couple postings back I made a really lame joke about April Showers/May Flowers....well its the end of May and there are Flowers! Thanks to my cousin, Candace, I wanted to try daisies on a light pastel color....

I was in Sally Beauty Supply and had to spend$20 to use my coupon and came across some cute simple little white flowers that had some pink and orange flowers as well, but mostly white, so I grabbed them.

I came home and put on Orly Razzle, an great color! It looks like a raspberry, its so delicious looking, VERY similar to Zoya Roxy. I used four coats of it, plus Seche Vite. And then I placed a few flowers on each nail. I am very Happy with the results.

Sunset lighting

See the pretty shimmer in it!

Do you like it?
Whats your favorite hand/body lotion?

Pink Wednesday the Fifth!

Well Today I am very very subtle at wearing pink. Its very feminine, dainty, etc....so not me, lol....
The base I used was Orly's Fifty Four, its a very sheer clear with the tiniest hint of pink, with specks of pinks that need to hit the light just right to see them. I used 4-5 coats I believe of it. Then I tipped it off with Wet N' Wild's 431D, its a very light slightly shimmery pink-very neutral. Of course with a top coat of Seche Vite to finish it off.

Here it is: My middle finger's tip got messed up while making up a bed, and th Seche vite created a bit of drag on my middle and pointer, but oh well, I was being impatient.

Is this to your liking or not for you? I'm kinda in the middle, very classy but yet not my style, I should have gone with a brighter pink for the tips....Live and Learn I guess.

April & May's finds/scores...

April Showers bring May flowers? Well it didn't shower on me in April, but I have pretties for you and its May....

Ya OK that was a bit retarded, sorry....I tried.

I bought the Finger paints at Sally, they had buy three of the new line and get the cute little purse pictured at the end FREE. It's really cute. The polishes I bought are below, I got the green and purple sparklie ones and the pink with the deal I mentioned, then went back in and bought the green one and black glittery one. The pink and green non glitters, are very thick and kinda hard to apply smoothly....the glitters go on like a jelly!

Where art Renoir?, Give Pink A Chance, Peaceful Purple, Go Van Gogh!, All You Need is Color

On Mothers day, I spent it with my Bestie,, we went out to eat and SHOPPING. We went to Sally, then enjoyed a great lunch at the Olive Garden, and then went to Kohl's. We then hit up Bed Bath and Beyond, man do they carry alot of polish lines, and at good prices too, unexpectedly good prices...not cheap, but equivalent to Wal-mart perhaps. And Ulta was right there......these are my first Ulta polishes, they were buy two get two. The blue is a great color! The Purple is a little muted, grey under tones...might be a good stamping polish.

Tutu cute, Blue Streak

These were purchased at target one day.....awhile ago....all pretty colors, the glitter made me a little mad trying to get those bigger pieces on my nail! Ugh!

Starry Silver Glitter, Cashmere Creme, White on, Lacey Lilac

These are from Wal-mart, They look great on top of crackle or 'like' colors.

Oh Baby!, Busted

These beauties were purchased from Sally, I walked in to kill some time before work, working next to Sally is a hazard....And they had these four! I got them all of course! Everyone applies good...

Crushed Candy, Lightning bolt, Broken Hearted, Cracked concrete

Plus these two, It was a buy two get one free thing....so I bought the four above and got these free! I haven't tried these yet...

Razzle, Last Call (this is Nina Ultra Pro)

Found these pens at Big Lots....$2 each. Not quite sure how I like them I tried the purple one once, on a post found here. It is pictured last on that post, it was slightly uneven base due to the stamp, so maybe that was the problem....

Purple, Blue, Pink, and Yellow

And this is the free purse from the Finger Paints deal at Sally.

Purple flower purse.



Pink Wednesday, Hyper Haute!

For today's pink Wednesday I used China Glaze Hyper Haute, from the tronica collection. It is a yummy Holographic pink. The only thing I'm not to keen on, is that it dries super fast, one brush stoke down the middle on my nail and I go to the second stoke and it pulls up a little from the first stroke...it was managable though, and looks so 'Haute' when finished! I then stamped it with Orly Velvet Rope using a flower found on Bundle Monsters 03 plate. I stamped a bunch of times so it looked like a full nail design instead of one lone stamp....it turned out fabulous!

Today I bring you an awesome tape Mani!

Hey guys...I did a really good looking tape manicure today. I am VERY happy with it...
I used Orly's Royal Velvet , its a pretty multicolor. It has blue and purple tones and changes in different lighting! Its a very pretty color! I then taped off a triangle in the middle of my finger and added China Glaze's Matte Magic. Then I dotted a top coat in the matte triangle and matte in the two other portions!

Isn't it gorgeous?

You can see the purple in the bottle in this picture

Here's the purple, sorry for the crappy picture

and the purple again, another cruddy picture



So what do you think?