LTHP's First Cling- Wrap Skittle Mani!

Good Afternoon loves!! 

  

  I hope everyone had a great weekend and a good start to their week. I had an absolutely fab weekend. Saturday I got to go to a little photo shoot/ party for the new Cult Nails Deceptive Collection. Maria hosted a little get together for a few of us #FLbeautybloggers at the Cult Nails HQ and we had SO much fun playing with the new colors and posing for photos. I will have about this day post soon :D! 

  Today's post features my first try at the cling-wrap mani. I'm not sure who originated this technique, but it is SO easy and so much fun.

  My base colors from thumb to pinkie were: China Glaze Orange you Hot, Sation Loudest Color, Kiss my A's, Let's make Lemonade and Shock me Twice Pink. This looks features mostly Sation colors. For the cling wrap accents from thumb to pinkie I used: Bettina Pink Bikini, China Glaze Ride the Waves, Sation Tardy Tart, Oh My Oceania and Miss Emo Shun All. To add some contrast I cling- wrapped with O.P.I My Boyfriend Scales Walls over all my nails and then topped it all off with some Finger Paints Twisted. These looked AMAZING in person but the flakes and brightness of the neons were pretty much impossible to capture in my photos.
  There are many different ways to use cling- wrap for nail art. Just do a Google search for "Cling Wrap Manicure Tutorial". It is crazy the many different looks you can achieve with cling-wrap and some polish. I basically sponged, but with cling wrap.

 Everyone should try this technique! It's an easy way to get some really cool nails! I can't wait to try this again with as many different color combos as possible.

  Have you tried this look yet? Thoughts?

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Chick Nail Polish Mermaid Inspired Mani

Good Morning and Happy Humpday!

  I was not in a Pink mood when I came home from work yesterday. Also, I've had this mani in my head for sometime and I felt like I had to do it NOW! I'm keeping things really short today because it is very late, I am very tired and I still need a shower... But these pics should really give you something to stare at... Mr. LTHP and I could not believe how amazing this turned out.

 I started with a base of Two coats of Chick NP Raven's Egg. I sponged the tips of my nails in Chick NP All A Twitter. To give the tips some sparkle and a little something extra I lightly sponged all over the Light Blue and somewhat into the Dark Blue with Finger Paints Sparkle TC. I stamped using Red Angel plate RA-111 and Essence Be Optimistic! This light Blue is amazing for stamping! I added some gemstone accents on my Ring Finger and Thumbs. This mani goes back to one of my first layered manis. Some of you may remember [THIS]? I freaking LOVE this!!

The gemstones came from Avon and they were a gift from my lovely M-I-L Cindy. Julie from CNP!! I hope you are reading!! I love this look soo much and your lovely colors inspired the whole thing. 

Thanks for stopping by!

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Spam Sunday!! Total and Utter Randomness Edition

Hi loves!!

  For this edition of Sunday Spam I have some totally random swatches. The actual plan for Spam Sundays is to have some sort of Theme but for this first one there were a few colors I needed to swatch or wanted to re- swatch. Spam Sundays are really fun to work on so I'm really happy last Sunday's Post had such a positive response. 

  So like I said, this week is going to be a little bit all over the place but I hope you guys enjoy the spam non the less :D....

To see some swatch spam just keep on readin'

 I won't be going into a whole lot of detail about these since I've covered them before but I'll do some quick blurbs.

Borghese Stellare Note

Stellare Note is an amazing Blackened Teal with a slight Purple duochrome. It is very oilslick like in color shift and really beautiful and classy. It has a mysterious quality about it. Three coats, great formula.

Essie Pretty Edgy 

Yummy grassy Green creme/jelly or as Jen calls them "crellies". This is such a refreshing color. Two effortless coats.

Finger Paints Sparkle Top Coat

I picked this up on clearance not long ago and I am SO glad I got it. This is just beautiful It is like a less dense China Glaze White Cap but with a Pink to Purple shift instead of Green to Gold. Here I have it layered over Zoya Ki. This combination is just... WOW!

O.P.I Black Onyx

Black. Creme. Perfection

Zoya Ki

One of the most beautiful duochromes ever. Purple to Green to Blue... Just awesome. Three thin coats.

China Glaze Lighthouse

Really beautiful Golden Yellow glassfleck shimmer. here I have it layered over China Glaze Midnight Kiss for an added kick of color.

American Eagle Unnamed (90 Miles to Cuba)

This is a bit more Green in person. Beautiful color, horrific formula.. Do you see all those bald spots!!? I gave up at Three coats... White base next time...

Essence Everybody's Talking About 

Beautiful Coraly- Red with some Pink tones. It's an awesome Summer shade and it makes me go MMMMM! AMAZING formula, two coats.

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you enjoyed this Sunday Spam!

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Finger Paints - Asylum

This is how I wore Asylum. I layered 2 coats over 2 coats of China Glaze Life Preserver.

It's not as blingy as Twisted, but it's still awesome! The purple/blue flakes stood out much more in real life.

:)

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Finger Paints - Twisted

I recently got my hands on Twisted and Asylum. They were the only two of the Special Effects that I wanted. Here I layered 2 coats of Twisted over 2 coats of China Glaze Urban Night.

 It's very drool-worthy. Go out and get some!

Then a swatch of 1 coat each over black. For your enjoyment.

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Finger Paints Special Effects Collection

Hello my lovely readers!!

  Today I have some lovely pairings using the Finger Paints Special Effects Collection. I know it's been said a million times before, but, OMGGGG I am so excited to see FLAKIESSS in stores and available to us normies loool! But seriously though, I am so happy to be able to have a selection of beautiful flakies readily available to us... These are flakies I feel like I can wear because I didn't pay so much for it that it feels like a relic now... Aheemmm Nfu.Oh #52 I'm looking at you. The only downfall to these is that they are limited edition and available only at Sally's Beauty Supply Stores. Hurry up and grab them why they are around!!

  Yes, they all look the same in the bottle. Flakies are the ultimate definition of the whole "don't judge a book by a cover" thing. I mean how boring does this picture look in the reader, lol? But these... These things right here... Are worth their weight in Gold Flakies!! Just keep reading...

 To see some awesome combinations with these pretties just keep on readin'

Finger Paints Flashy over Julep Maggie

Hello Gorgeous!! Flashy is mainly Reddish/ Coppery flakes in a kind of clear- milky base. These don't really have a strong color shift and remain mostly reddish until you move your nails to extreme angles. This is the clear- based equivalent to Zoya Chloe pretty much. 

Finger Paints Flecked over China Glaze Glittering Garland

  Flecked is the most amazing Green to Blue and visa- versa flakie. If this were to have an equivalent it would be Zoya Maisie or Opal. I am absolutely smitten with this combination. The Green flakes looked like little crushed Emeralds on my nails. AMAZING!

Finger Paints Twisted over Julep Chloe

Ahhhh!!! OMG this is just so amazing! Twisted is the perfect mix of all different kinds of flakies that create the coolest effect ever. I can't even fully make out exactly all the colors that come out in this flakie because there are just so many of them at once. My eyes can't get enough of this. I believe this is like a clear-based Clairvoyant/ Unicorn Puke.

Finger Paints Asylum over Julep Trina

Asylum is a pretty even mix of Red and Blue flakes that do not really seem to have an obvious color shift. I have to comment on how sparse the flakes were on this one. Also, for some reason the base of this flake seemed extra milky... IDK, maybe it was just mine but I found that a little odd. I still like this a lot. This combination in particular really sold me on this flakie.

Finger Paints Motley over My Nameless Franken

 This may not have been the best combo to try to showcase this flakie because my base color was so similar to the darker Blue flakes but this is really beautiful in person... Anywho Motley is a mix if Blue and Green flakes that don't really have a color shift like Flecked does. Much like Asylum, the flakes in Motley are also very sparse.

Here is one coat each Finger Paints flakie over O.P.I Black Onyx.

And there you have it! These are pretty amazing. These do seem to be less packed than some other flakies out there but that's not really a problem. These were perfect at Two coats of the flakies over whatever base I was wearing. You really cannot beat inexpensive flakies that are readily available.... Well .. Just about... Seriously girls!! Run out and pick up at least one while they last! The effect these create is like nothing else and it will make you stare at your nails sooo much! 

Which ones are you loving?

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