A Little Polish

7.07.2014

The Nail Challenge Collaborative Presents - Recreate Your First 4 Mani's - Look 1

This month's theme in the Nail Challenge Collaborative is "Recreate your first 4 mani's". I voted for this and thought it would be really cool, until I went back and looked at my first four looks; I am pretty sure that only one, maybe two, would be something I would wear again.

You could interpret this theme to be an exact re-creation, something "inspired by", using the same technique, etc. but I decided to try to stay as close to the originals as possible with only minor modifications.

This is a re-creation of the VERY FIRST blog post that I posted, which you can see here. The base color that I used was OPI Chicago Champagne Toast. I had just received that color as a gift, when I received it, it was a color that I would wear a lot, 2 1/2 years later, not so much, but I won't part with any of my OPIs so lucky me, I still owned this shade for the re-creation mani.

As you can see in the original look, I had a bit of a half stamped half plain look which is actually kind of cool, except the reason I had it like that was because I wasn't very good at stamping so I was lucky to get half a nail stamped; but hey, necessity is the mother of invention, right? I also had some bling on my original look, which I chose to omit in the re-creation since the base is a bit metallic on its own.

So there you have it, my "first" re-creation. If I wasn't sticking to the original colors I would have chose a nice tan cream for the base and done a traditional leopard print, but I really liked the idea of keeping it as close to the original as possible.

Check out how the other ladies have re-created their first looks.

An InLinkz Link-up

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7.04.2014

Patriotic Stamping - Happy 4th of July!

Happy 4th of July for the girls and boys in the US! Of course I had to do a patriotic mani and with all the holiday themed stamping plates out there, it was easy :)

Polishes Used:
-China Glaze - Electric Beat
-China Glaze - Man Hunt
-OPI - ?? (It's a mini bottle red shade)
-Rica - Whiteout
-Cheeky Jumbo Plate 6 - Happy Holidays

This is just a really simple look, I started with the Electric Beat base and them sponged on some random red and blue and topped it off with the USA stamping :)

To celebrate the day, I'll be hitting up the Pirates / Phillies game later today and maybe getting together with some friends. (Can't get more American than a baseball game on the 4th right?)

Let me know what you think of the look and what your plans are for the day!

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7.02.2014

Patriotic Mani featuring KB Shimmer Nail Decals

Well the USA didn't win their game yesterday in the World Cup so that's a bit disappointing however with Independence Day fast approaching, I have some Patriotic Nails to share with you!

For this look I used Rica White Out and applied the decals directly on top. They were REALLY easy to use, I mean, peel and place! This was a super easy look to create for a fun Patriotic mani! The red nails are OPI Mighty Bow (I love that color!)

These star decals come in a Stars and Stripes Set:

Image from KB Shimmer Website: https://www.kbshimmer.com/shop/stars-and-stripes-nail-vinyl-decals/

As mentioned with my last post, the instructions for the decals are simple:

Steps for Nails Vinyl Decals (Leave On Sticker)
1)       Apply nail polish and allow nails to dry. Wait longer then you think to assure no smudging occurs when decal is applied.
2)       Peel away vinyl decal from paper. Use a tweezers to help with small pieces.
3)       Place decal onto your nail in desired location.
4)       Press decal firmly.
5)       Apply a clear top-coat to seal in the design.

You can find KB Shimmer at the following locations:
-US: https://www.kbshimmer.com/
-International: http://www.harlowandco.org/

*Products in this post were provided by the manufacturer for my honest review*

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