Showing posts with label Nail Decals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nail Decals. Show all posts

Snow=Snowman Polish!

Above & Below: The bright pink neon shimmer Snowman polish dries to a satin finish, so I used a top coat. A Nailene snowman decal seemed appropriate! The shimmer looks silver and pink in the bottle, but once applied, it's shows as a beautiful baby blue and violet iridescent look.
It's been snowing all day, so I think a Snowman polish from Blue Cross Beauty is in order. I posted last month about how I'd picked some of these up at Rite-Aid, mainly for the 'cute' factor. This bright pink shimmer was not one of them, however. When I stopped in again last week, I walked past the display and they were all gone. Except this one. He looked so sad and lonely, so he came home with me! These are not the greatest polishes...the brushes are sometimes wonky, some of them need 3-4 coats (as in this case), and I don't hear any ballz when I shake the bottle. But for $1.99, you get cute, festive, and fun. In my opinion, for the entertainment factor alone, they're worth it!


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Art Club Pretty Shiny Things Nail Art Kit

Above & Below: My first real attempt at nail art using Art Club's Pretty Shiny Things kit. The bottle pictures are the 2 shades I used.
Below: Close-up of my handiwork. It's far from perfect, but it was fun to try. I'm sure I'll be practicing using this kit for some different looks.
Below: This is how the kit is packaged. It even has a carrying handle!
Below: The kit includes 2 sheets of nail decals, and although I didn't use any today, I think they're some of the most intricate and beautiful decals I've ever seen.
FedEx delivered a package yesterday and I thought it was my LORAC Cosmetics orders, but I was pleasantly surprised to read the address label from Forsythe/Color Club. They sent me the Pretty Shiny Things Nail Art kit to try out. I was glad they sent it, but I was a little concerned, because I don't know that I've ever tried nail art beyond the occasional Konad or a nail decal. This is my first real attempt, and I am happy to report it wasn't too terrifying! It's certainly not perfect, but it was fun to do and I'm sure now that I've broken through my fear of trying nail art, I'll do it more often.

BeautyJudy did some nice work with her kit recently and she mentioned that she got it at a local beauty supply. I also see that they're available on the Victoria Nail Supply website for $19.95, and she offers a variety of them. It comes with 3 art striper polishes that are easy to work with, 2 sheets of nail decals, 2 jars of sprinkles and a carousel with compartments filled with jewels and gems. According to the brochure, these items can also be purchased separately.

Here's what I did...the instructions show several looks you can try, and they start out by saying to paint your nails with one of the striper polishes. That sounded a little too time consuming to me, given the narrow and long size of the brush, so I opted to paint 2 coats of Color Club's Rule Breaker, a turquoise shimmer with a nearly metallic or foil finish. I then used You're Golden and painted a quick "Lazy S" shape on each nail, beginning at the cuticle. I took the copper art striper, Penny Pincher, and drew a thinner line inside of You're Golden. Taking a drop of clear polish on a piece of paper and a toothpick, I put a small amount of the clear on a toothpick, picked up a "Sprinkle" jewel, and placed it on the nail. I pressed it down for a few seconds using the clean side of the toothpick. It took me less than 10 minutes from start to finish, which delighted me simply because I don't have a lot of time or more importantly, a lot of patience. I think that's one of the reasons I've avoided nail art, because I thought it to be too time consuming. Granted, mine was a simple look, however.

There are endless looks that can be created with this kit and now that I've tried it, I'm sure I'll be ordering a few more. Victoria Nail Supply now has their China Glaze Wizard of Ooh Ahz sets in, so I'll be sure to ad another Art Club Nail Art Kit onto my order. How many of you do nail art on a regular basis? How many of you have been afraid to try it, like I was?!!
*Products furnished by Forsythe Cosmetic Group


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Color Club Japanese Glitter: Too Violet



Above & Below: Color Club's Too Violet outdoors, no flash. Some pictures are in sunlight, others are in shade.


Below: Too Violet, indoors with flash.
Below: Color Club's Japanese Glitters L-R: Strawberry Candle, Sakura Glow, Too Violet, Strawberry Sherbet (the label says Strawberry Sharbe, but on a Japanese site the number 109, which is this one's number also, says Strawberry Sherbet).
Below: Comparison picture of some of the China Glaze Glitters and the Color Club Glitters. Both are Japanese Exclusives, so perhaps that's why they are similar. L-R: ChG Preppy Pink and CC Sakura Glow, ChG Bad Kitty and CC Strawberry Candle.
Below: Some Halloween stickers I got from VNS. I also got some Essie polishes which I forgot to photograph! I'll include them in one of my next posts on the Color Club's.
Here is the first of 4 Color Club Japanese Exclusive polishes that are now available at Victoria Nail Supply. Too Violet is a medium purple shade filled with tiny multi-colored, slightly holographic glitter. The formula is an odd consistency, likely due to the fact that there must be billions (I may be exaggerating) of pieces of glitter in the bottle. The application went well even with the consistency being what it was, and the photos are shown using 2 coats. The finish is obviously not smooth, but it's not unpleasant or chunky in any way. I don't know if there are more of these to come, because there were more than 4 released originally in Japan. How do they remove, you ask? Assuming that there's a universal glitter difficulty removal chart somewhere, these would rank in the more than acceptable range. The China Glaze Glitters would be a 9 on a scale of 1-10, with 10 being the most difficult. The Color Club Glitters I would rank at a 5.

I'll be posting the other 3 hopefully throughout the day, but I wanted to show you some comparison pictures to the China Glaze Glitters, which were also originally Japanese Exclusives. When I pulled them out of the box, I thought they looked quite similar to some of the China Glaze ones. As you can see in the picture, 2 of them are. I won't know until I use them just how similar they really are, but I will let you know. I love the China Glaze Glitters, but I prefer the finer glitter that is found in the Color Club's.


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