Gradient Pedicure

A quick look at my current pedicure.

It's a gradient with China Glaze Too Yacht To Handle, Color Club Power Play, & Sinful Colors 24/7

The black I used is Sinful Colors Black on Black. 

The stamp is from Bundle Monster BM03. I applied a single black rhinestone to the center of the image.

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Feather Bright

Here is a bright, almost neon gradient look I worked up for an afternoon by the pool.

I used China Glaze Too Yacht To Handle, Color Club Power Play, & Orly Oh Cabana Boy for the gradient. Then the feather stamp is from Bundle Monster BM15 and I used Konad black polish for stamping. I freehanded the other swirl & dot details with a black striper polish.

Here is a swatch pic of just Too Yacht To Handle. It is a close cousin to For Audrey, but with a brighter kick. I can justify having both ;)

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Born Pretty - Nail Foils

Born Pretty Store is now carrying some nail art foils! They can be found here for $2.99.

The "how to use" instructions on this page did not work for me. They instruct you to apply several coats of a base polish and when the top layer is mostly dry, to apply the foil and it will stick... This didn't work. No matter how little or long I waited, it either didn't transfer or pulled up chunks of my base polish. I still had some Transfer Foil Adhesive from the website Dollar Nail Art. So I used that.

First up is #22.

Purple to pink to red abstract gradient. Reminiscent of your 1980s Trapper Keeper cover.

 Here I applied it over Color Club Power Play. Once the foil transfer adhesive dried, I just pressed it on and removed it, then pressed it on in a different spot.... repeat all over. Pictures are without topcoat because this adhesive reacts funny to topcoat.

Next up is #25

Yellow to orange to fuchsia gradient.

 Same process as with the other foil. I just dabbed it on over Spoiled Jail Bait until the entire nail is covered.

I applied topcoat for this picture so you can see how it crackles and dulls the foils. It's some kind of strange chemical reaction thing...

I would choose to wear these without topcoat to get the most out of the metallic-ness. This will most likely shorten your wear time though.

*Provided for review*

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Disappearing Ink Surprise Nail Art

I feel like I've seen this on another blog before, so I'm not claiming this idea is original to myself. The idea of stamping with a UV changing polish over a base polish of similar color.

I used Ruby Wing Crowd Surf over Color Club Power Play, these are exact dupes indoors. 

 Indoors this combination looks like just a simple solid color manicure.

Once outdoors and in the sunlight, the design comes to life! I stamped with a zebra pattern (and first it wasn't opaque enough of a stamp to show on it's own, so I later freehanded over it to "darken" the stripes.) Once the design is stamped or freehanded, make sure you use a topcoat so it smooths the lines nicely.

I think this is a really cool idea for the summer time!

I tried this same concept again with Color Club Get Your Lem-on and Ruby Wing Electric Firefly. I used the skull and crossbones stencil from this set available for $3.89 on Born Pretty.

 

The stencil didn't pull off perfectly cleanly, you can see little flecks of red stuck on my nail. My index nail didn't take the pattern very well at all and it really blobbed up and garbled the design.

I also added a thin freehand line of Electric Firefly for a french tip.

 *The stencil was provided for review by Born Pretty*

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Color Club - Kaleidoscope Summer Collection - Evolution & Pearl-spective

These 2 polishes are part of the Kaleidoscope Summer collection.

Evolution

Pictured is 2 coats. Creme finish light blue. 

Probably many dupes across various brands for this one.

(Can be found here for $8)

Lol. Here I realized I'm holding the bottle upside down, so my picture is rotated from its normal setting.

Pearl-spective

(Can be found here for $8)

Is a glitter topcoat with a clear base. It lends a pink/purple shimmer to whatever your base polish is.

 I just layered 2 coats over Color Club Evolution

 

  *These products were sent for review as part of the Color Society Bloggers Network*

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Stripes & Drips

These nails were inspired by Nancy Mc and her Mickey nail wheel.

I don't think I've ever done drippy nails before, but these were a lot of fun.

 I used Sinful Colors Snow Me White as a base and started taping off the stripes to create them. After 2 nails I got sick of that slow process, so I just freehanded them with Sinful Colors Time Out which is a black striper brush polish.

 I then applied white for the drippy sections because I wanted the neon to be vibrant. The neon dark pink is Color Club Raspberry Rush. Then black striper polish to outline the drips and a white acrylic paint and a tiny brush for the shine marks.

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Color Club Fiesta - Wild Cactus & Flamingo

These are 2 new colors from Color Club's Fiesta Collection. Interestingly enough these polishes are listed for 2 different prices on their website..... Hmm...

Wild Cactus

$6.00

Sorry that some of my pictures are fuzzy. My camera freaked out and thought this polish was teal. My iphone's camera actually picked up the green accurately. 

Pictured is 2 coats and it applied absolutely perfectly. 

The color is the true emerald tone that is one of the "it" colors of the season.

I LOVE IT! Home run in my opinion.

 

 Flamingo

$8.00

3 thin coats. Applied kind of thick and remained "dentable" even after it should have been fully dried.

Indoors the polish looks mostly just intense bright pink.

 

Outdoors, the polish definitely takes on a neon tone.

 

 

Meh, I have many different neon-ish pink polishes that are less tricky to apply, so I'm not totally in love with Flamingo.

*These products were sent for review as part of the Color Society Bloggers Network*

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Color Club Halo Hues - Over The Moon & Beyond

Color Club Halo Hues are the beautiful new holographic polishes that you may have seen floating around on blogs. They can be found for sale on the Color Club website here for $10 each.

Over The Moon

Light blue linear holographic. 2 coats in the sunlight.

GORGEOUS!

Indoors with flash

 I read where others have had success with these polishes and stamping. So here I used Over The Moon to stamp BM313 over Beyond.

Beyond

2 coats in sunlight. Black linear holographic.

Indoors with flash.

Here I used Beyond to stamp BM313 over Over The Moon.

The formula and application was superb. Amazing for a holographic polish. I didn't experience any of the dragging and patchiness that happens with other holographic polishes. 

The dry time is fast and easy to work with.

*These products were sent for review as part of the Color Society Bloggers Network*

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