Oooh, Pixie Dust NAIL ART!!!

Well, Hello!!!

So I was super DUPER excited when I received Pixie Dust to review.
Everyone does swatches, I wanna do Nail ART!!!

First my review. These polishes were SOOOOOO much easier to work with than I thought they would be. They were thin and needed build up, but man, are they ever worth it. The first one I slapped on immediately was Dahlia.

Application: I put on a base coat even though they say not to use one. (Yeah, I'm a rebel...) I did 2 medium coats. They went on like a creme. There was virtually NO dragging, and I did the second coat while the first coat was still semi wet. I DID NOT top coat because I wanted to see how long I could go without the texture driving me nuts. Dry time was SSSSLLLLOOOOWWWW. Only because I use Seche and used to every mani being and being done in 10 minutes. Ten minutes later things were still kinda smooshy. I used it as an excuse to sit and do nothing. "Nope, sorry, I can't, my nails are still wet!!!" ;-)

Review: I wore it for a full WEEK before I experienced minimal tip wear.  Suprisingly, it didn't AT ALL. After I took Dahlia off, I put on Chyna. It also lasted a full week before I experienced minimal tipwear. (again with basecoat and 2 medium coats of polish.)

Removal: It was acutally relatively painless also. Easier to get off than glitter but harder than say just a regular creme polish. The process I found to work the best was to wet the cotton ball put on for about a minute with firm pressure pull off. It all came off in one stroke (except for minimal leftovers around the cuticle.)

Ok, enough of the talky talky, on to the pretty!!!!!
(Pardon the close cropped pics, my cuticles have been awful lately. :-( )

First off Godiva with Dahlia dotted on.

 Lamp (natural) light

 With flash

Vespa with a nice line of Ibiza. I LOVED the contrast of the rough/shiny textures!!!

 Lamp (natural) light

 With Flash

Lastly, London with Holly Shamrocks. Again, with the rough/shiny texture.

Lamp (natural) light

With Flash

Have YOU tried the Pixie Dust Craze? What do you think of them?
Thanks for reading!!!

Oh great pumpkin...

WHERE ARE YOU?!?!?!?

Ok, so I don't have any great pumpkin here, just pumpkin faces.
This is Arizona covered with RIP Creepy Pumpkin with printed stickers.

Halloweenie Marbles!

I want to get back into watermarbling. Apparently, I am good at it. either way, it's fun to experiment with what works and what doesn't.

For this one I used China Glaze Grape Juice, and Liquid Leather, and Color Club Twiggie.

GOSSAMER!!!!!

Todays theme is Things that go bump in the night. (monsters) I wanted to be different. I thought of Gossamer. That giant red ball of fluff from the Looney Tunes. Monsters lead such interesting lives....

I love, love, LOVE how this gradient turned out. I will be doing this combo again. This is white, black, and red. with an accent sticker of Gossamer I printed out on my printer.

Freestyle

I guess this means you can just go caaaaaaa-raaaaaaazy with your mani. well, I didn't...not so much. I liked it when I first did it, but the more I saw it, the more I hated it. :(

This is Puccilicious, Wham! Pow!, and The Lime Starts Here with BM319 and a random black with BM320. I think I might have liked it better if the black was more opaque. I should have used my konad special polish, but anyone who has used it knows how hard it is to get off of skin. :( I should have taped it off and done it. Oh well. :)

Halloween Gradient

I have fallen in love with gradients. they are sooooooo super easy. I have a tutorial >>HERE<<

So yeah, here is black, Puccilicious, and The Lime Starts Here, then I matted it because, well, it was already semi matte and looked awesome, so I just finished the job. :D

 no flash under lamp light.

::knock knock:: who's there? WITCHES!!!

Ok, so this is only 1 witch. This is from the challenge. The theme of course was Witch.

This is OPI Cabana Banana, GOSH Golden Bronze, Milani Rad Purple, and Black sponge gradiented over white. I LOVE how this combination turned out. Very autumn-y. Accented with OPI Cabana Banana over white and 2 coats of China Glaze Sexagon seeing as Cabana Banana is so sheer, I thought the holo would shine through... I like the very subtle effect.
Also, notice Hazel from the Looney Tunes. :)

ZOMBIEEEEEES

back on the challenge

Theme today Zombies

This is Stranger Tides stamped with some random plate I can't remember where or when I got.

no flash

 flash

g-g-g-g-GHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOST!!!

Again off the challenge

This is Sally Hansen Lavender Cloud covered in Orly Au Champange which WOULD be my favorite white, but it's so sheer. I love it. It's slightly sparkly, and just so beautiful! dotted with just a plain black.

 Flash

No flash

KITTY!!!!!



Today is from the challenge. Theme is Black Cats

 

This is black, Puccilicious, and The Lime Starts Here sponged, stamped with konad special black and Sally Hansen Lavender Cloud

 

Matted no flash

 Matted flash

 TC'd flash