Sunday, 9 January 2011

Purple Gleam Funky French

Okay, I swear I had writing in here, lol. Sorry guys, I don't know what happened, but I'm doing a quick re-do of it.

For this mani I used Milani Purple Gleam for the tips, and the brand 10, color #415 for the base color. That is DEF my all time fave base for my funky french's.


Tore Up From the Floor Up


Today's nail art was originally based on the floor tile pattern in one of the elevators at Caesars Palace here in Las Vegas. The floor design is the yellow circle with the yellow rectangles with the circle's curve on one end, all of which is outlined in black on a cream background. I LOVED how it looked when I saw it, but it didn't really translate well to the nail, in my opinion, so I kept adding color to it, and ultimately, it has more of a tiki or tribal retro feel to me now. I also have to say, I'm not terribly excited about it, hence the blog post title. :-D

One fun thing that happened today is that I met Elizabeth, who writes the Lacquered Lizard blog! :)


It was fun meeting her, and talking about nail polish, blogging, honestly, lots of stuff, we were all over the map! Plus, we ate delicious pancakes from Blueberry Hill. YUM. They're 1/2" thick pancakes of pure deliciousness. We both brought each other little gifts (I have to send part of hers because I didn't finish it), but I gave her a Dare 2 Wear polish, a green polish from Urban Outfitters, and one of the super pretty polishes from ALDO! She brought me two awesome Del Sol polishes (the UV sensitive polishes) in Ruby Slippers & the Halloween one, as well as a bottle of Seche Vite (which will definitely be put to good use!!), and a cool peach color from a Dutch brand (I believe?) called Hema! :) It was definitely a good time- and I even introduced her to Island Girl nail polishes, we HAD to go nail polish shopping after breakfast, I'm pretty sure it's some sort of law.

Anyway, on to the nails! :)



I used American Apparel Cotton as a base, with American Apparel Manila for the yellow, American Apparel Hassid for the black, and American Apparel MacArthur Park for the green. Topped it all off with 2 coats of Seche Vite top coat.

Saturday, 8 January 2011

O.P.I Spree !!

O.P.I SPREE #1 !!!!

Hey! I'm opening up an O.P.I spree @ 10 bucks per bottle (those with black caps!!) Have ready stock, subject to availability. Credits to scrangie.com for swatches. (:
*I'll only order for you once payment is transferred to my account.*

SPREE CLOSING WEDNESDAY (12 JAN). 


Send me an email at valerie.gmh@gmail.com in this format:

Name of Polish:
Item Code:
Quantity:
Collection Type: Normal, Registered or meet up
Your Name:
Contact Number:
Mailing address:

Postage Rates:
Normal Postage:
1 bottle: $1.50
2-3 Bottles: $2.50
4-7 Bottles: $3.50
8 bottles onwards: $4 (8th bottle) + $0.50 per extra bottle

Registered Postage:
Normal Postage + $2.24
Eg: $1.50 + $2.24 = $3.74


1. OPI Katy Perry Collections
 (with Black Shatter Crackle Polish! Arriving next week, but you can keep your orders coming in and I'll place a reserve order for you.)

Last Friday Night

Not Like The Movies

Teenage Dream


The one that got away


O.P.I Black shatter over Last Friday Night


OPI Black Shatter over Not like the movies


OPI Black shatter over Teenage Dream


OPI Black shatter over the one that got away

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2. Serena Williams Grand Slam Collection

 Simply Smashing

OPI Black Shatter over Simply Smashing
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3. OPI Go Goth Mini Set for Halloween


Nevermore


Obscure


Sanguine


Unripened

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4. OPI Swiss Collection Fall 2010


Color So Hot It Berns


Cuckoo for this color


Diva of Geneva


From A to Zurich


Glitzerland


I'm Suzi & I'm A Chocoholic


Just A Little Rosti At This


Lucerne-tainly Look Marvelous


Ski Teal We Drop



The Color To Watch


William Tell Me About OPI


Yodel Me On My Cell

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5. OPI Soft Shades for 2010


Isn't That Precious?


I Think In Pink


It's A Girl


Pink-A-Doodle

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6. OPI Summer Flutter Collection Summer 2010


Catch Me In Your Net



 Flit A Bit


 Flower To Flower


Wing It



Chopsticking to my Story


Dim Sum Plum


Hot and Spicy


Jade is the new Black


Lucky Lucky Lavender


Meet Me on the Star Ferry


Panda-monium Pink


Pearl of Wisdom


Red My Fortune Cookie


Suzi Says Feng Shui

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I'm sure there are many more OPI colours, here are some swatches from scrangie.com If you have other colours feel free to email me and i'll check the availability for you. (:

Revlon Royal Funky French

Here is the mani I told you about the other day. I saw a few swatches of the new Revlon Top Speeds and Royal and Royal was the only one that interested me. So as soon as I saw it, I snatched it up! For this mani I used the Sally Hansen Night Lights, Revlon Royal and my regular black.

This is 2 coats of Royal. Do you see why I HAD to have it!!  Oh and just an FYI, it does dry semi matte/vinyl.
Then I added 1 coat of Night Lights
 





annnnnd....my black tips :P