Quick Thumb Swatch

Hey everyone :) I hope you all are doing well! Today here's a quick thumb swatch I did at Sephora a few days back and I'm so in love with it that I'm going to buy them!♥

Sorry for the crappy picture but my camera couldn't handle the shimmery shininess of this! This is 2 coats of Nars Orgasm topped with 1 layer of Sephora by OPI Wild About Shimmer. I think Nars Orgasm looks great by itself and layered with Wild About Shimmer. Even another customer complimented me on it! :P


Hope you enjoyed and happy polishing! :)
<3katherine

A Few Essie Swatches

Hey everyone! Quick question for those who know: Does anyone know why TransDesign removed all their OPI's from their website? I know that a while back OPI and etailers had problems and OPI wanted to stop supply e-tailers from selling it, and TD said they were "liquidating" their OPI stock but then it continued to suppy the newer collections until now, where they removed even the link and all the polishes from their website. Also, where do you order your OPI's from? :) Anyways I've been wondering about that for the past few days :( Now I don't have any online beauty supply e-tailers that sell OPI to order from wahhhh! 

Here's some recent swatches I did before my ring finger nail broke :( The funny thing is that it was hanging by a small section (painful if I tried to tear/cut it) so then I used crazy glue and the tea bag fabric-material to keep it together but yesterday as I was closing my purse, it broke painlessly! I trimmed the rest of my nails down a bit so that it would be "even" or closer to even with my ring finger being a nubbin. :(

Essie Greenport - I received this from a swap, this actually came out when I was starting to buy nail polish but I passed on it. Afterwards, I totally regretted not getting this one (and Sag Harbor) earlier before it was all sold out and hard to find. Luckily I was able to swap for this from MUA! Greenport is a turquoise teal creme that has a nice jelly-reflective finish and it's shown in 2 coats and 1 coat of top coat. I might even do a comparison post with Chanel Nouvelle Vague and China Glaze For Audrey, to see how it compares to those two to fill my curiousity.

Essie Hot Coco from their Winter 2010 Collection - It's a medium brown that's on the dusty gray side. This is shown in 2 coats and 1 layer of top coat. 

Essie Sag Harbor - Received this from a MUA swap and I'm so glad I finally got it after painfully regretting not getting this. It's on the dusty gray side of light sky blue and it's shown in 2 coats with 1 coat of top coat.

Hope you all enjoyed and happy polishing! :)
<3katherine

Gaga

Hi all :) Here's my current mani. and I'm trying different manicures right now because I want to try to do more since summer is finally here and with work, I'll probably only be able to actually do nail art those days and I can swatch during weekdays. But I am definitely trying to post more this summer :)


So I was a bit sad because Lady Gaga was here in NYC (Central Park) on Friday morning and I didn't know until I saw Friday morning's news. So in honor of her coming to NYC, her hometown, here's a mani. that's kind of "recycled" but I think I did a better job than the previous time. 


I did 2 coats of Deborah Lippmann Bad Romance and on my ring finger I used OPI Alpine Snow for the white and the shimmer over the white is Sephora by OPI Wild About Shimmer! 

Hope you enjoyed and happy polishing :)

<3katherine

Layered

Hey everyone! I'm super duper excited because I'm FINALLY done with school and finals and summer is HERE for me! WHOOOOO ;)


Now on to nails - here's the lastest mani. that I've been sporting.


First I used Catrice Hip Queens Wear Blue Jeans, which is a medium denim blue creme with blue shimmer that's kind of hidden, in two coats. 

* sorry for the partially blurry picture, my camera is still acting up & I don't notice it until I've resized the picture, BLAH. {seriously need to invest in a better camera -.-; }


moving on.... I then layered Nfu Oh #51 on top of HQWBJ for this awesome layer mani. that I topped off with top coat :)

I wanted to take pictures of the different colors but my room lighting isn't letting that happen, blah! 


Anyways, I hope you all enjoyed and happy polishing! :D
<3katherine

Wish I Had A Private Jet

So I got this idea from Kris (My Lucid Bubble) on creating a holographic polish with a pigment called SpectraFlair - I immediately ordered myself 1 gram of that pigment because I wanted to re-create OPI My Private Jet the holographic version. Check out Kris' post here & there's a lot to read about the pigment and her version there! SpectraFlair can be found on Ebay and Kris got hers for $14, and I paid $15 because the guy raised the price. (-_-;) I'm planning on trying to make other holo's with this baby :P


Here's OPI My Private Jet the scattered brown version that I have which is shown with 2 coats of MPJ and 1 layer of top coat.

NOW here's my version with SpectraFlair that I call Wish I Had A Private Jet - I filled an empty bottle with half of the original MPJ I had and then added a small scoop of SpectraFlair Silver. My version is a bit of a dustier version of the original MPJ that I own - I'm guessing it's because of the silver powder but still looks AWESOMEEEEEE. I tried to make my camera cooperate and take non-blurry pictures so I could show you the awesomenessssss.

Hope you enjoyed and happy polishing!
<3katherine