Stamping with Suedes

Good afternoon dear reader!

How are you all doing on this sunny friday? I'm feeling kind of blah, having a headache but luckily I've had all my appointments for today so I can relax now. A couple of days ago I stamped with a suede polish for the first time and I really liked the result. I never thought of stamping with suedes because of the drying time but yes, it is possible!

Suede Stamping in sunlight

As my base colour I chose China Glaze - Secret Peri-Wink-Le from the Operation Colour Collection (fall 2008). It's a dusty periwinkle blue creme that applied fine. I'm wearing three coats in the picture. For stamping I pulled out one of OPI's suedes: Russian Navy, a gorgeous shimmery navy blue. Suedes dry very fast so you have to be quick while working with these. I'm really liking the effect of stamping with a suede, it definitely brings a twist to the normal Konad designs. I used plate M70, I love the full plate flower design.

Have a good start of your weekend!

Michelle

Zoya - Veruschka

Hi dear reader!

Today I'm showing you another polish I received from a very sweet person, Kris from My Lucid Bubble! She offered to do the Zoya exchange for me and of course I wanted that - so we swapped. One of the Zoya's I wanted and received was Veruschka.

Veruschka is a deep matte green packed with loads of shimmer. This isn't a matte like the mattes from OPI, this has the finish of a suede polish. It is gorgeous!

Veruschka in daylight

I'm wearing two coats in the picture. Application was good, the texture of the polish is very smooth so you don't have to worry about uneven lines. The drying time wasn't as fast as a matte or suede from OPI but since this is a matte polish, it still dries very quick.

Veruschka with topcoat, in daylight

Okay. Wow. This totally rocked me off my socks. Look at the friggin' shimmer! It's everywhere! In the picture you see two coats of Veruschka topped with Nubar Diamont.

I definitely think Veruschka is a must have. Even if you hate matte polishes you must have it: with top coat you can make it gorgeous. This has to be one of the prettiest greens I own, it just stunned me.

Have a great day!

Michelle

OPI - Damone Roberts 1968

Hi dear reader!

So you've all heard of OPI having a rerelease of the limited Damone Roberts and I just had to have it. I love greens so when Ange from Scandalously Polished tweeted she had a few, I responded and a week later it was mine! Damone Roberts is the eyebrow king in Hollywood (I didn't know) and this shade is based on the wall colors of his salon (another thing I didn't know).

It's a pastel mint green creme and I do like these shades, but it didn't get me all hyper and dancing around the room. It is a nice addition to the collection though. :) Application was fine, not the best I had from OPI but it was managable. I'm wearing three coats in the picture. I used my silver Essence striper and light green rhinestones to pimp up this baby - I needed a little nail art in my life.

Thanks for visiting and have a nice day!
Michelle

Franken: Rockabilly Blues!

Hi dear reader!

Yesterday I started with frankening for the first time. I've created seven frankens now so I guess you could say I found myself a new hobby! Five frankens are on their way to their new owners, my polish friends, and I'm now going to show you my first. :)

This is Rockabilly Blues, named after a Johnny Cash song. It's a dark blue with a greenish gold and purple glare and purple, blue, green and golden glitters.And it's a little pearly. Now I didn't expect it to come out this good but it is so darn funky! It changes when the light changes. When the colour looks purple you really notice the blue glitter, when green the gold and blue. The purple glitter isn't that noticable, sometimes you'll see it flashing by.

I'm pretty sad I couldn't capture the different glares and glitters on camera so I think there will be a repost when the sun shines again - and when I think of it of course. I'm wearing three coats in the pictures and these were made in daylight.

Thanks for stopping by!
Michelle

Two Winners in One Post

The winner of my giveaway is...

Marinka!

And the winner of my nail art contest is...

Thriszha!

Congratulations dear ladies,

I'll contact you asap by email.

Thanks everyone for joining! :)