OPI - Black Cherry Chutney - Vampilicious Pt. II

Good morning everyone! Hope everyone is doing well. Today I'm wearing OPI's Black Cherry Chutney, a classic vampy color which belongs to the India Collection from 2008. When I posted OPI's Midnight in Moscow last week, I mentioned that I thought this polish is pretty similar. Well, they are, but they do have different undertones: MiM is leaning towards brown where BCC is leaning towards a deep cherry color. I love them both!

Some people say vampy colors are only meant for really short nails, but I think they look good on several lengths, what do you think?

Gel nails - Little gremlins and pink

For those who follow my twitter, you would already have seen the little gremlins I posted on twitter. Well, this is the reason why I have to pre make the little devils.


Yes, she requested for the gremlins cos she saw them in Nail Max. A pinky glitter base and some dark pink disco ball flakes makes it more interesting.


Did them from scratch using acrylic powder. The face, nose, eyes, ears, tail.. then painted them.. :D Cute or not!!! They look very naughty! hahahahhaa. In the process of making these rascals, my mum came into the room and asked what I was doing. I told her, "making monsters".


!!!! Love it to the max! The ears, tail, eyes...


Then this is her mum's set of nails. Similar to hers, but tiny silver flakes instead of the pink ones.

I'm not exactly a pink person, but I love creating pink nails. They look so demure and sweet lah!

Both sets are gel extension.

Gel nails - Little gremlins and pink

For those who follow my twitter, you would already have seen the little gremlins I posted on twitter. Well, this is the reason why I have to pre make the little devils.


Yes, she requested for the gremlins cos she saw them in Nail Max. A pinky glitter base and some dark pink disco ball flakes makes it more interesting.


Did them from scratch using acrylic powder. The face, nose, eyes, ears, tail.. then painted them.. :D Cute or not!!! They look very naughty! hahahahhaa. In the process of making these rascals, my mum came into the room and asked what I was doing. I told her, "making monsters".


!!!! Love it to the max! The ears, tail, eyes...


Then this is her mum's set of nails. Similar to hers, but tiny silver flakes instead of the pink ones.

I'm not exactly a pink person, but I love creating pink nails. They look so demure and sweet lah!

Both sets are gel extension.

Greased Lightning...McQueen? Nails!

Day 94

Hey all, decided to do nails inspired by the cake!! I think they turned out pretty fun, the lightning bolt is definitely my favorite though!!! :-P The person I did the cake for, Kim, one of the bosses where I work, was absolutely thrilled with the cake, which made me feel really great- the 4 am night was worth it, I'm sure her son will love it!!!



I used China Glaze Salsa as a base for all of the nails...

Thumb: face/eyes

China Glaze White on White for the eyes, Zoya Yummy for the blue, and OPI for Sephora What's a Tire Jack? Matte for the pupil.

Index: tire

OPI for Sephora What's a Tire Jack? Matte for the tire, and China Glaze White on White to paint on what fit of the word LIGHTYEAR.

Middle: race car number- 95

Diamond Cosmetics #319 Lemon Yellow Zest for the numbers, and mixed with Sally Hanson Hard As Nails Xtreme Wear in 06 Sun Kissed and China Glaze Salsa for the gradient, OPI for Sephora What's a Tire Jack? Matte for the black outline, and China Glaze White on White for the white outline.

Ring: Part of the Rust-eze logo

Essie Alligator Purse for the logo background, with Diamond Cosmetics #319 Lemon Yellow Zest used to paint the words and lines.

Pinky: Side lightning bolt

Diamond Cosmetics #319 Lemon Yellow Zest to paint the bolt, and mixed with Sally Hanson Hard As Nails Xtreme Wear in 06 Sun Kissed and China Glaze Salsa to make the gradient, and OPI for Sephora What's a Tire Jack? Matte for the bolt outline,

Everything was topped off with Seche Vite top coat.

:) Vroom vroom! Bedtime. :-P

Greased Lightning...McQueen?

Hey all, today's nail post will be this evening, I was up til 4 am makin' this bad boy, and his accompanying cupcakes for a 5 year old's birthday!! :) It is my very first 'sculpted' cake, meaning I carved the shaped from a 3-layer rectangle shaped cake. I'm super pleased with how it turned out! :) Just thought I'd let y'all know so I didn't leave you hangin'. :-P At least now you have something to look at in the meantime, right? :)





the cupcakes:

OPI - DS Signature

Hi everyone! Since I took out one my favorites the other day, I thought I'd share this other favorite with you too. It's Signature from OPI and it belongs to the Designer Series that came out in 2008, I believe. I really like the fact that it's holographic and still pretty shiny. You can't really tell I didn't apply a top coat. It also dries pretty fast, I applied 3 coats, wet on wet, without my fast drying top coat and after 15 minutes it was pretty much dry.

I've actually worn this so often that the bottle is about empty! :-(. Do you ever finish a bottle or do you own so many bottles it's nearly impossible?

Retro red nails

Hello dear readers.
I am super tired right now, so i ll just make a quick post with some pictures.
Unfortunately i broke few of my nails recently, so i had to cut it all off.
So decided to march my short red nails with my pedicure, and in fact i really love the effect.
A little Vamp but i believe very stylish looking . What do you think?

Misa - Toxic Seduction

Today I'm wearing a nail polish you've probably already seen this week, well , you visit Dutch nail blogs that is ;-). Meet 'Toxic Seduction' by Misa. I wondered if I even should be making this post, but then I thought, you can never see enough of this beauty. It's definitely in my top 5 of nail polish!

I'll stop wasting words now since you've probably already read it :-). Take care and till next time!

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OHHH, Who Lives in a Pineapple, Under the Sea?

Day 93

...SPONGE-BOB SQUARE-PANTS!!!

Ok, so I find myself watching Spongebob Squarepants quite a bit, not sure why, but it amuses me. :-P Lots of celebs have done voices too, including the very dreamy Johnny Depp, who teaches Spongebob how to hang ten in one episode. These nails are also, in part, for my sister, who loves Spongebob!! :) These buggers took a while, all the black line work was tough, I wonder if I can find a smaller brush? Anyway, hope they make you want to steal the Secret Formula!! :-P



I used:

Thumb: Spongebob, of course!! :-P

American Apparel Manila as a base, mixed with a teeny bit of Zoya Envy for the spots, which you can't see really, lol. China Glaze White on White for eyes, teeth, and shirt, China Glaze Liquid Leather for all black lines. Zoya Yummy for the irises of his eyes, China Glaze Salsa for his tie and mixed with American Apparel Manila for his cheeks, and Zoya Dea mixed with American Apparel Palm Springs for his pants. (His SQUARE pants ;))

Index: Patrick's Belly (I couldn't fit his whole star body)

American Apparel Palm Coney Island as a base with Zoya Maya over top to add the coral-y ness. Zoya Maya mixed with China Glaze Salsa for the spots. China Glaze Liquid Leather for the black lines, OPI Parlez Vous OPI? for the flowers on his shorts, and Piggy Polish Good Moor-ing for the shorts color. FUN FACT: I used to design the packaging for Piggy Polish when I was a freelance designer!! :)

Middle: Gary's Shell

OPI Parlez Vous OPI? as the base color for the shell, with 2 coats of Essie Waltz over top to lighten the purple (it's still too dark, but oh well... if only I had Light as Air from Up & Away!! lol Anyway, I mixed China Glaze Salsa and Essie Alligator Purse for the swirl, and used Zoya Yummy for the spots. for Gary's body (what you see of it), I used Essie Mint Candy Apple.

Ring: Squidward's Mug :-P

Essie Mint Candy Apple as a base, with China Glaze Liquid Leather for the black lines, Essie Alligator Purse mixed with Zoya Dakota for the centers of his eyes, American Apparel Cotton for the 'whites' of his eyes, and Zoya Tallulah for the background color.

Pinky: Plankton :-)

Essie Sag Harbor as a base, with American Apparel Cotton for the eyes, China Glaze Salsa mixed with Essie Alligator Purse for the centers of the eyes, China Glaze Liquid Leather for the black lines, and China Glaze White on White for the teeth. For the antennae, I used BB Couture Poison Ivy and China Glaze Liquid Leather to outline.

Mew.

Disclosure: American Apparel Palm Springs was provided to me by American Apparel for review.