Galaxy

Hello everyone! Today's a non-nail post but it uses nail polish, so it's relevant in some way right? :P Hurricane Sandy is slowly approaching NY, which is keeping me home so I finally found time to vamp up this wooden jewelry box I purchased from an art store in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. It's a plain wooden box that I got for $4. I planned on doing something but then I decided I wanted to make it a galaxy box. I only did the top of the box, and I'm considering on whether I should do the entire box or not.


It started with this plain box like this:

Then, using a black acrylic paint, I painted the whole box black to create the base for the galaxy.

Using a number of polishes (I will list below) and a make up sponge, I created the galaxy look on the top of the box.

Polishes I used:
Cover Girl Boundless Color - Disco Dazzle
Essie Pink-A-Boo
Klassicolor (same exact polish as Kleancolor) - Aurora
Pa Nail Color - A125
Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear - Fireberry Red
Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear - Purple Gala
SaQu - 635
Wet N Wild Coloricon - The Crown is Mine
Zoya - Crystal


Thanks for stopping by and hope you like this post! :)
Katherine

Progress

Why hello there! =P Hope you've all had a good day. Today I will be showing you a cool layering taken in awesome indirect sunlight in my backyard. Lately the sun has been out and shining even past 6 so I'm happy I can squeeze in some nail polish almost each day that I attempt :).


I think I've made better progress in terms of making my nails look nice for pictures because of the brush & acetone trick that bloggers have been using. I knew about it but I wasn't exactly sure which brush to use, especially since I don't really use make up at all so I was pretty clueless until someone {sorry I forgot who!} suggested a concealer brush - so I got mine at ELF for $1 - an awesome steal♥! After I got it in the mail, I've been practicing and I'm definitely improving on that aspect; if only I had a better camera to capture the beautiful nails ;)


Anyways, onto my nails :P


I started off with Nox Twilight Talon which is a dark navy blue with blue shimmer - and it is shown in 2 coats. 

Then I layered it with GOSH Rainbow in 1 coat on top - and voila! Beautiful! :P

And here's a future sneak peak - hopefully coming soon. Do you recognize it? ;) If you have a guess, drop a comment! :P {it makes me happy when I get a lot of comments haha!♥}

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

Pink on the Brink

Hey everyone, today I'll be posting about a new nail polish brand to me, not necessarily new to everyone. So I got this in a giveaway prize that I won a while back.

BYS, I believe is an Australian brand, correct me if I'm wrong. But this is my first BYS and I may consider getting more :P This swatch is BYS Pink on the Brink - it's a red-fuschia jelly base with silver and fuschia glitters and is shown in 4 coats. On my index finger, I've layered 1 coat of Pink on the Brink over 2 coats of Sinful Colors Black on Black. I like both versions. The only problem I had with Pink on the Brink was the smell of the nail polish, it's definitely something different compared to the other brands that I've been using. :X 

Hope you all enjoyed & 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

Catching Up

This is the last post before my giveaway ends in a little over 1 hour and a half. This is from a while back which I haven't been able to post and a lot of stuff is backed up but I'm trying! I'll probably show them off later since my nails are short again... wah! stupid work! >:(

Anyways, this is 1 coat of China Glaze White Cap over 2 coats of Seafoam Spray then 1 layer of top coat. WHAT A BEAUTY AM I RIGHT?! And I just had to show off my rings that day :) My 'love' and cheetah rings are one of my favorite rings!

Don't forget to enter into my giveaway! Please try to keep all entries in 1 comment please!

hope you enjoyed & happy polishing! :)

<3katherine

My Space Nails

I've been meaning to do these nails for a while. SPACE NAILS and credits go to Asami's Space Nail tutorial. I hope you enjoy, they don't look much like space to me (compared to Asami's) but it reminds me more of a nebulous cloud in space, maybe because I sponged too much =P

Materials I used:

OPI Suzi Skis in the Pyrenees Suede (since I didn't have ManGlaze Matte is Murder or Zoya Dovima)

OPI DS Original (for the holo part)
Misa No Shrinking Violetta (for the sheer duochrome part)

Pa Nail Color A125 (for the stars)

I got a compliment today when I wore them out for the first day. :)
Hope you like them as much as I do!~

happy polishing

and don't forget to enter into my CSN giveaway (ends March 12) and my 300 follower giveaway (March 26)! Just to clarify, the picture is from google and it is not the actual polishes that I will be giving away :P
<3katherine

New Year!

It's another year coming up in a few hours and just before it hits New Years, I wanted to show you my mani. It's pretty simple though but I like it.

First, I finally got my lemming, Sephora by OPI Worth My Weight unfortunately it looks ODDLY VERY SIMILAR to Sephora by OPI It Looks Like Raindeer. Which I will do a comparison post soon. Anyways I used 2 layers of WMW and then I layered it with OPI Bring on the Bling to add more glitter to my mani.

hope you enjoyed,
happy polishing
& HAPPY NEW YEAR!
<3katherine

Sparkling Coconut Kiss

My last post for today will be a layer post of 2 new polishes that I haven't shown in my blog. First is, China Glaze Coconut Kiss. It's a shimmery frosty purple that's sooo beautiful! It's my favorite purple now :) To reach bottle opacity, it took 2 coats of Coconut Kiss. I used top coat on my pinky and index finger and it seems that top coat makes it less shiny and frosty! :(

And for the layering, I layered 1 coat of China Glaze Fairy Dust over Coconut Kiss. Totally beautiful and so sparkly that my camera can't capture it and it looks blurry haha.

hope you enjoyed,

happy polishing

& happy early new year! :)

<3katherine

Tis the Season

Continuing from the Tis the Season where I left off, I'm going to overload this post with the rest because I want them outttt for everyone to see before Christmas. So please note that this will be an IMAGE HEAVY post. :P

Mistletoe Kisses. Green base with green glitters. 2 coats & 1 coat of TC.

Mrs. Claus. Sheer red jelly-ish with red and silver glitter. 3 coats & 1 coat of TC.

Naughty and Nice. Vampy deep wine purple-red. 2 coats & 1 coat of TC.

Party Hearty layered over black, white, Phat Santa and Naughty and Nice. 2 coats & 1 coat of TC.

 Peace on Earth. Green olive gold shimmer foil. 2 coats & 1 coat of TC.

Phat Santa. Medium red creme. 2 coats & 1 coat of TC.

Ruby Deer. Medium red creme but a little lighter than Phat Santa. 2 coats & 1 coat of TC.

Sugar Plums. Medium maroon purple with glitters. 2 coats & 1 coat of TC.

hope you enjoyed China Glaze's Tis the Season with necessary★nails!

and happy polishing! :)

<3katherine

Fail Mani

So I've been MIA because of finals! :( Studying my butt off and I hope it pays off! Anyways, a while back when I had my first giveaway some people suggested that I should post up fail mani's as well because sometimes not all mani's go the way you want it to! I had this idea for a Christmas/Winter theme where it was white but gray-ish base with glittery top coat over it to make it look like snow. Well, that was a complete fail!

What I used:
Catrice London's Weather Forecast
China Glaze White Out ("sponged" with a bounty LOL)
Sinful Colors Pearl Harbor
China Glaze Nova

hope you enjoyed & happy polishing! (:
<3katherine

Tickle My France-y!

November 11, 2010

Today's NOTD includes layering! Trying to do something more than swatches :P Today's manicure is OPI Tickle My France-y. The color is amazing itself, it's a muted pink/mauve taupe creme but it's so beautiful! I used 2 coats of it and then I layered Color Club Hot Couture over it. I got this from a blog sale. It's a pink jelly base with micro glitter that shines in different colors. I layered this over TMF with one coat and then put on top coat. I feel like I made something beautiful already into something BEAUTIFULLY AWESOME lol! :)

hope you enjoyed,

<3katherine

Purrrrple Round 2

This is the last purple, I swear! I'll post up a comparison of the purples to see which ones are similar because after I bought them and was reorganizing my nail polishes, I was surprised because I kept forgetting that I bought a dark purple polish already! :(

Sephora by OPI Just A Little Dangerous. dark purple with purple shimmer. 2 coats and no top coat.

Sephora by OPI It's Bouquet With Me over Sephora by OPI Just A Little Dangerous. clear based purple and silver round glitters. 1 coat over Just A Little Dangerous & no top coat

which purple did you like more?

2 more followers!!! :)

hope you enjoyed,

<3katherine

Purrrrple

Today's a swatch + nails day. :) I've thought about my collection and I realized that I didn't have any dark purples (excluding Catrice Poison Me, Poison You because this was before I got it). And so I found myself picking up a bottle of this Essie (below) at the nail supply store.

Essie Sexy Divide

deep purple shimmer. The swatch is 2 coats and no top coat. Very beautiful and easy to apply. LOVE IT!

This is Essie Sexy Divide and Revlon Glitters Star. Star is a clear base with purple and silver glitters. This definitely reminds me of stars and the night sky! :P

2 more followers!
I'm totally excited and I added 2 more things into the giveaway :)

hope you enjoyed,

<3katherine

Glitter Madness?

This month is such a lucky month for me! First I won second place from Kristen's giveaway (OH MY POLISH) and now I found out that I'm the winner for Katrina's giveaway (Katrina's Nail Blog). This is totally awesome!!!!!!! The first 2 times I win a giveaway in my life are in the same month!! I'm so happy! :) And I get to try different nail polishes that I don't have access to.

I used my blue nails from my previous post and added Revlon's new glitters Galaxy (1 coat). I went to Rite Aid to pick up packaging tape and decided to stop by Walgreens and I see the display for the Revlon glitters. Out of 7 of them, I picked up 6 - one set of 4 and 2 extra for my giveaway. I won't tell you which ones yet! ;)

ring finger: 2 coats of OPI Absolutely Alice (2 coats) & 1 coat of Seche

other fingers: 2 coats of OPI Suzi Says Feng Shui (2 coats), Revlon Galaxy (1 coat) and 1 coat of Seche.

91 followers?! 9 more until I start my giveaway so pass around my blog and we'll get the giveaway started!!! =)

hope you enjoyed!

<3katherine