Peter Pan

Peter Pan!!! This one I had to do as I am reading this book called Tiger Lily by Jodi Lynn Anderson, its basically about how Peter Pan met Tinkerbell and how he fell in love with Tiger Lily (all before Wendy ever showed up.) Very good story for anyone interested, you guys should check it out.

Anyways, This is probably one of my best faces yet. I got a lot of compliments from people who have seen it. Considering this one design took me a little over 1 hour, I wish I could actually sport it on my fingers, however I really don't have 10 hours of spare time to do my nails :P   I guess with practice I will get quicker at it.

This picture above is my inspiration and below are a list of the colours I used for my design.

Colours Used;

NYC:
    Pier 17

Rimmel:
    Green with Envy

ACO:
    Cookie Dough
    Tuxedo

Sally Hansen:
    Limestone
    Mellow Yellow
    White On
    Honeymoon Red

OPI:
    Samoan Sand
    Friar, Friar, Pants on Fire

China Glaze:
    Gaga for Green
    Street Chic

Revlon:
    Chic

Toy Story

So lately, I have been on a huge Disney kick, I love the movies, the characters and well... everything about it.   I have recently started trying acrylics, they are pretty poor.. you guys will see a picture of them soon, but hey! its my first pair of acrylics, EVER! and they are made by me.  Well having acrylics, I have tons of time to design fake nails.  So here is my attempt at Toy Story. 

I have to say I absolutely LOVE this one, the face actually turned out well and his suit.. I'm just in love with it.  Wish I had a cow printed vest :P

So this is the picture that inspired me for this design. Any ideas on what I should do next?

Cow Print Nails

Swatches

Turned Up Turquoise (Neon)

China Glaze

Seeing this bottle on the counter, I was extremely excited to buy it. There is a slight shimmery look to it that just screamed BEAUTIFUL!  Summer was just around the corner and I needed something with a pop of color. 

 After trying it on, I was a little disappointing by the consistency of the bottle, again, as my other china glaze, this one was a little clumpy and required quite a few touch ups. It only took 2 coats for full opacity, but 3 to make it look smooth and nice.  

My second disappointing moment, which lasted all but 2 minutes, was that it turned out to have a matte finish. I have nothing against matte nail polishes, but not only was this one matte it also lost its shimmer that you see in the bottle. I loved that shimmer :( I have now come to expect that any China Glaze bottle with neon on it dries matte. But with a top coat it gained a little bit of its shimmer back. 

On the bright side, this color is amazing, its vibrant and was definitely a topic of conversation with people I encountered.  Plus, the color looks very nice as the background to Mr.Candiipants's Koi fish. 


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Swatches

Samoan Sand

OPI

I got this after work one day while I was searching for a beige that would go with my skin tone. I love OPI for that reason, they don't have the brightest and flashiest colors, but they do have a crazy range of tones in beige, browns, and reds. 

After testing it out, I finally found my tone. This one!! I will continue to buy beige's, as I love them and its always nice to find one that goes well with someone else's skin tone. 

 This first picture of the swatch (Above) is only two coats of polish and with inside lighting.

 This top picture was taken with outside lighting, the bottom one again with inside lighting. Both these swatches have three coats of polish, which gave me full opacity.

The quality of the nail polish is okay, a little too runny at times, although it did go on smoothly with very minor problems.  It does dry with a slight shine and very smooth to the touch. My only problem with OPI's collections are their prices. I know there are many other polishes out there that are much more expansive, however I still find that 10$ for a polish is a little too much for me. When there are tons out there with good consistencies under 5$.  Although I guess I can't complain since the world's most expansive nail polish, found here, is worth the cost of a house.. No thank you! Although I will dream of it at night like all the other polish addicts out there.

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Swatches

TUXEDO

Aco

Aco is a brand I bought one day in Ardene's after trying them out, I loved the formula of their brand, plus their bottles have 17 ml of nail polish in them!! Woot!!! The price of these aren't bad, if I am not mistaken, I think its 2 for 6$.

To be perfectly honest, I am not sure why I bought this one, I already own a black and it works perfectly well, oh well, I guess a nail polish addict still needs another one..

I am glad I got this one, it is extremely glossy and very reflective, as you can see an image of my pink camera on them. And yes, that is the color without a top coat.

All of my pictures were taken with 2 coats of Tuxedo, I love a polish that doesnt require 10 coats. :) The formula is very nice and liquid. The only downfall to this color/brand is the smell, it has a very strong nail polish smell.

This last picture I posted because I wanted to show off the new ring I got off eBay! It's such a cute red fox, I will definitely have to do a nail design with it in mind.

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Swatches

RIVETING

China Glaze

This polish is a sparkling orange called Riveting. It is part of the Hunger Games Collection and one of my favourites within it. As a stand alone polish it is one of the prettiest and fun colors out there. I would probably call this a good fall colour to be worn on its own. 

Iv'e used this color to make flames on some designs, and it is wonderful, the sparkles definitely catch the light without it being too thick to make the flames out of place. 

The formula for this polish is great, it applies smoothly and becomes opaque in 2 coats.

I definitely recommend this polish to everyone who enjoys nail art.

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