Femme Fatale Isle of Cythera Captain America Manicure

Another Femme Fatale polish in the Birth of Venus Collection is Isle of Cythera. Isle of Cythera is also a holographic polish! I knew I had to use that one in something fun and when I saw the star in the circle in Messy Mansion MM15 I knew it would make a great manicure.

I first polished all nails with Femme Fatale Isle of Cythera and then painted the accent nail with Esmaltes da Kelly Hipapa. I stamped the star in the circle image from MM15 with the Creative Shop Galaxy Stamper using Isle of Cythera.

Then top coated everything with Seche Vive top coat. It is the newest Seche product and is a top coat that is gel-like but dries on its own. I find that it has the same glassy goodness of Seche Vite but you don't need to float the top coat in order to avoid smearing the stamping.

Have you used Seche Vive yet? What's your favorite top coat for stamping?

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Holographic ZigZag with Femme Fatale Arrival of Venus and Creative Shop Plate 9

As soon as I saw that Femme Fatale Arrival of Venus was a holographic polish I knew I had to get it on my nails. Of course it's a stunner. It reminds me of a citrine stone with it's brilliant orange color and pretty rainbow holo flash.

I wanted to try stamping with it as well so I did an accent nail with Kleancolor Pastel Orange and stamped with the Creative Shop 9 Stamping Plate. These Creative Shop plates are absolutely amazing if you haven't tried any yet! They are very detailed and you can see in the image that it stamped wonderfully even with the intricate lines. I used the MoYou London NEW Rectangular sticky stamper for the stamping.

Have you tried Creative Shop stamping plates yet? What did you think?

Epiphany Gradient Manicure Featuring A England and Messy Mansion MM01 Stamping Plate

I've always wanted to do one of these manicures with the gradient twilight look in the background. What better time than the Epiphany (The Feast of the Three Kings).

Check out the video tutorial I created for this look :)




Have you ever done one of these manicures?

Snowflake & Flowers on a Blue Holo Background Featuring Glitter Gal Blue Suede Shoes

Occasionally, in the winter the sun can come out. What a perfect time to enjoy a holographic polish!

Here is Glitter Gal Blue Suede Shoes Holographic polish as the base. I love how holographic this is, but it does take a few coats for opacity (something I put it over a white base or a coordinating creme base in order to not use as much polish).

I wanted to stamp a winter-y design over this so I went with some Konad Red and Konad White and stamped the flowers that sort of look like snowflakes. What do you think?

I think it sort of looks like Poinsettias in the snow!!

Swatch: Femme Fatale Isle of Cythera, a Holo that Stamps!!

We just recently launched the Femme Fatale Birth of Venus collection which is inspired by the painting with the same title. There are some linear holographics in this collection and I just couldn't wait to try them out!

This is Isle of Cythera which is a teal linear holo that also looks really beautiful without sun. It has a foiled appearance with sparkles in it plus super holo in the sun (and with regular indoor lighting as well).

I noticed this was pretty opaque, so I tried it for stamping. IT WORKS!!

For the accent nail I used Esmaltes da Kelly Hipapa and stamped using the MoYou Rectangular stamper and Messy Mansion plate MM15.

Do you have any holos that stamp?

7 Days of St Patrick's Day Nail Challenge: Day 6: AEngland Dragon

Continuing with the 7 Days of St. Patrick's Day Nail art challenge I found on Facebook, I decided to do a swatch of one of my favorite greens.

AEngland Dragon is such a beautiful color. It is a grass green with olive green flashes and holographic particles! This is one of the first international polishes that I owned and what really got me started looking at international brands and indie nail polish polish. 

What was that first polish that got you checking out international brands?

N is for New: I LOVE this New Plate!

Today for the A2Z Challenge, we have N is for New. I decided to go with a new plate that I haven't used yet. It is Marianne nails plate n53.

I started with AEngland Guinevere on all nails.

 

 

I then stamped the Love image from Marianne nails plate n53:

After I stamped, I added Glitter Gal Wysteria and AEngland Avalon on the accent nail.

What do you think? Have you used any new to you plates lately?

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Swatch: Glitter Gal 10 to Midnight

Isn't this a beauty? I just love my Glitter Gal holographics and this certainly did not disappoint, it's a nice cloudy black linear holographic polish!

Glitter Gal 10 to Midnight

Glitter Gal 10 to Midnight

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Patriotic Manicure + Youtube Tutorial!

Today I have a very first for this blog, a youtube tutorial! I decided it is easier to explain some thing by actually explaining them in a video. Let me know what you think about the video and any suggestions or requests you have for future posts.

Without further adieu, here is my 4th of July patriotic manicure:

Here's the video tutorial:

Here's a photo in the sun to see all the awesome holographic rainbows:

 Hope you had a Happy 4th of July!

Swatch: Glitter Gal Not Another Red NEW 10mL Holographic Nail Polish

Today I have a swatch of one of the brand new Glitter Gal holographic nail polishes. The smaller bottle size is now 10mL instead of the previous 9mL. This means the 9mL bottles are discontinued, so they will be offered on beautometry.com until they are gone.

Glitter Gal Not Another Red Nail Polish

 This color is a great strawberry red linear holographic. I really like the way the red base is in this, that strawberry color is great for Valentine's manicure, summer and even Christmas! The photo above is two coats over natural nails. Love the coverage of this and wear-ability as well.

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It is true to its name, it may be another red holographic nail polish, but it's not the same as any other that I have. It has a great bright feeling and that sets it apart from the other red holographic polish offered by Glitter Gal. You can find the new 10mL bottles on beautometry.com along with the whole Glitter Gal range.

Don't forget about the Saint Valentine's Day Nail Art Contest! One lucky winner will receive one of these new 10mL Glitter Gal holographic polishes of their choice.

And here's a final closer shot of this beautiful polish:

Glitter Gal Not Another Red Nail Polish

Swatch: OPI Coral Reef Orange Holographic and Matching Orange Eye Look

OPI Coral Reef

This is OPI Coral Reef from the 2003 Summer For Shore Collection. It is a really nice subtle orange linear holographic. Great for October fall manicures because the sun may still be around, and of course since it's orange!

Here are a few more angles to see more holographic goodness and the richness of this polish. It applied nicely and was pretty opaque, even after only 1 coat!

And here is a matching orange eye look:

Orange Eye Look

Orange Eye Closeup