Sailor Scouts!

I was going to post this earlier but the weather has been HORRIBLE here.  I didn't have any power for quite a few hours last night and the internet didn't work.  This morning the power was back but the internet wasn't.  I eventually went out in the afternoon and right before I left the internet came back on! Yay!  On the bright side(and this has nothing to do with the weather but) our tumblr passed 1000 followers! :):):)

I've talked about this before but I do a fan fiction show once a month where sketch troupes read fan fiction.  This month was Sailor Moon.  While I wasn't a huge fan growing up I did watch it enough that I was excited about this show.

I decided to do Sailor Scout nails.  I used the top half of their outfits.  For the most part I free handed most of this with acrylic paint.  Which is quite new for me as you can probably see.  Generally my nail art is dots, lines, blobs or drawn on with a pen, simple things.  And while this wasn't hard it was for sure something different for me.  I enjoyed it, and maybe I should do more actual freehanded designs!  I also ended up using Barry M Navy, and Racing Green, NK Vibrant Orange and I don't remember the red at the moment.

Sailor Mars, Sailor Venus, Sailor Moon, Sailor Jupiter, Sailor Mercury

Also this happened at the show.  We had a majestic transformation scene!

Ps. Happy Birthday Jason (Orange...You know from Take That...if you have entered our giveaways you would know...or if you like Take That)

Nubar Jewel - My very first holo!

Just a quick post today,  First off let me start with a giant huzzah!  Our tumblr passed 1000 followers!  Now onto the polish :)

This is actually my very first I guess you would call proper holo!  I bought it 2 years ago off of Amazon for around half the original price.  Finally about a week or so ago I wore it for the first time. I don't know why I waited so long!

Jewle is a brown scattered holo, that flashes a sort of pinkish hue.  I used 3 coats but you can easily get away with 2.  The finish is a bit gritty when it dries but a top coat eliminates most of it.  You can always add another thin layer if it's not perfect.  You can easily find this still on Amazon.com/co.uk.  If you are in America you can get it off Nubar's website(no international shipping).

What was your first holo?  And did you ever have a polish that took you forever to use for the first time?

 Flash

 Sunlight

 Natural light

Happy Belated Pride! My Majepic Double Rainbow!

Oh and Happy Birthday to Robyn(and Canada)!  For the record this isn't belated because I'm actually writing this up on July first.

Anyways yesterday I went to pride!  And as usual it was super fun!  Of course for the occasion I had to do my nails up all fancy and colourful!  So I did the rainbow flag on all my nails using mostly acrylic paint and Essie's Pretty Edgy.  Then with colour club Harp On It I did holo silver half moon chevrons/v-gaps(I don't know what they are called).  The only thing I wasn't 100% happy with was it was a little light on the red and a little heavy on the green.  Either way I think it looks fabulous!

This is random but I'm sad about Sephora by OPI.  I didn't have many of their polishes BUT their strengthener/base coat is the only base coat I have been using for the past few years.  This is the first time I have ever been sad that a polish is being discontinued.

*Majepic = Majestic + Epic

It's my party and I'll watch spend all day doing my nails and watching cartoons if I want to

I am 25 today! Not into it. Being an adult is not cool. So I've spent all day watching Samurai Jack and putting together a fabulous manicure.

2 Kleancolors for this look: Mystic Grass, stamped with Black. I added some striping tape and rhinestones for shazam. Super digging these!

The unicorn stamp is Winstonia W117 and the leopard is M57 from Born Pretty Store.

A rare thumb shot! My thumb cuticles are normally totally gross but they're not too bad lately. Enjoy!

Oh, happy birthday to Canada as well. I guess I can share.

Random Wednesday: This is a VERY improtant post. It's Doctor Who related.

Now as you might have noticed I like the show Doctor Who quite a bit.  And if you even follow the show a bit you probably know that the most recent Doctor, played by Matt Smith is leaving.  I now present you with my thoughts on this.

First off Nine is my Doctor.  I don't ever get why people skip over Nine.  As far as the new series goes it would be like reading a book and skipping over the first 7 chapters.  Not only is Christopher Ecceleston a bamf, and phenomenal actor, but he sets the entire series up for you.  I also find him very attractive.

Next is Ten.  I think David Tennant was great(And of course with him came one of my favourite companions Donna Noble).  Unlike Nine he had more of a quirkynes to him.  Bad ass and adorable.  What's not like.

Then we get to Eleven.  Oh Eleven.  I don't know if this makes sense but I like how Matt Smith plays Eleven.  Out of all the recent Doctors he is probably the one who is most all over the place.  Which I think he plays well and it works for him.  My problem with Eleven is everything else.  Matt Created a great character, but out of all the new series he's story lines were the weakest,  and plot and character development were spotty at best.  These and a combo of other things made Matt my least favourite Doctor.

 

And for the record I don't blame Matt.  My pretty, painted finger of judgement is pointed squarely at Steven Moffat the show's showrunner.  He also seems to think bigger is better.  I liked Doctor Who when the sets weren't the best!  My point is I personally don't like the direction he took the show. With a few exceptions the episodes he has been the showrunner for have been the weakest IMO as a whole with a few exceptions(Vincent and The Doctor).

Now when Matt leaves I want to say I would love a female Doctor, I would love to say I want a companion who doesn't have a twinge of romantic feelings for the Doctor a la Donna Noble,  I would love to say I hope they get a brilliant actor/actress with an amazing range to replace him that brings something new to the table.  The thing is I fear that under Moffat's reign he would manage to jack up those scenarios.  Especially the female doctor.  If that's going to happen someone else needs to be the showrunner.  That being said I would not mind if he wrote episodes every now and then.  The Empty Child, The Girl in the Fireplace and Blink are some of my favourite episodes!

*All opinions are mine.  Feel free to disagree.

Incoco Temptress and other things that are going on finger nail wise.

So today I have the last set of nail polish appliqués that I was sent to review from Incoco.  I decided that this time I didn't want to do a whole manicure with this.  And for the record I don't think I've ever done this before.  I find it hard to do multiple different nails and have it all be cohesive.   But I think I pulled it off!

Anyways Temptress is a black nail appliqué with random purple lines.  Normally I would find the appliqués that fit my nails best.  But this time since I wasn't doing a full mani I used the 2 largest sizes and cut them down to fit my nails.  Once that was done application was easy.  I finished off with China Glaze Angel Wings on my ring finger and H&M Plum on my pinky and thumb along with some studs from the Born Pretty Store.

Overall I really like Incoco's nail polish appliqués.  They are thin, flexible and you can stretch them without distortion.  I also really like the fact that they are nail polish, they aver very natural looking(as far as polish goes...if that makes sense).  And I love the idea of having a bunch of these and using them for things like vacations or accent nails. 

If you would like to get your hands on some of these head on over to Incoco's website.  They retail for $8.99USD each.

*Product sent for honest review

Textured Chevrons

Initially, I wasn't too sure about this season's texture trend. While reading up on it, I came across a swatch of OPI Get Your Number with topcoat...well, that holo glitter got me! I later found it in a discount bin and decided to go for it. After playing with it a bit, I kinda started to like the texture. Of course, I couldn't have just a boring, lumpy mani...

Starting with a base of Hot Topic Finn on every nail, I stacked shaped manicure guides from Born Pretty Store onto my index and middle fingers to create the pattern. One coat of Get Your Number, remove guides, bam! Pretty neat way to work the texture trend.

I actually like these a lot!

These would also be really easy to do with scotch tape. I'd like to try this look again with a contrasting base, or a more wild design with striping tape.

Have any of you wonderful readers tried any textured polishes?