Glitter Kitty

Animal print, you either love it or hate it. After months of sticking to stamping animal prints I have recently been experimenting with applying these designs free hand. Whilst I am yet to master the zebra print I'm feeling pretty confident with the cheetah print. The beauty of this print is that flaws make it more authentic, so try to make them uneven and messy, its looks much better.

The base colour is China Glaze Glistening Snow. This polish is a multi coloured silver glitter that develops some holographic qualities in sunlight. It has a rough sandy texture however smooths down with top coat. It made applying the animal print a little tricky due to the uneven bumpy texture however like I said, animals print isn't supposed to be perfect. For the coloured dots I used glequins (of course) then used a black nail art pen to draw random "c" shaped black lines around the glequins, then added a few dots and squiggles here and there. I used 2 coats of top coats for this design in an attempt to gloss up and smooth down the Glistening Snow. Reeeeow!

2012 Christmas manis

Yes I'd like mine gift wrapped please. After a deluge of red and green nails over the past few weeks I was so anti traditional Christmas nails. So I went for bling instead.

China Glaze Its A Trap-eze (from the Cirque de Soleil collection) with accent nail of Color Club Harp On It. Stamped using Konad special stamping polish in black and MLS-05 stamping plate. And of course because its me and I cant help myself I had to add a glequin, cause im a gleq lol 

My awesome sissy la la nails, Deborah Lippman - Candy Shop with OPI - My Very First Knockwurst (Germany collection). These studs and glequins are available from www.dramaqueennails.com

Aussie Christmas Challenge: day 9 - green

Aussie Christmas Challenge: day 9 - green. I had intended to do some art over the top of this green but it was just so sparkly and glittery I couldn't cover it up. China Glaze Running In Circles. 

The formula for this polish from the Cirque De Soleil collection is really good. The glitter spreads evenly without being streaky. It is opaque in 2 thick coats. It wears well and is relatively easy to remove considering how difficult some glitters can be. This picture was taken in sunlight.

We will be stocking the heart sequins in the shop at www.dramaqueennails.com from January 2013.

Aussie Christmas Challenge Day 7: Aussie Sunset

You're looking so hot today Rhonda......like a sunrise! (Aussie joke). So here we are on day 7 of the ACC. I love gradients and there is nothing more beautiful as the colours that melt together in the sky as the sun is setting.

For the gradient I used:

• Zoya Pippa - banana yellow creme
• China Glaze Japanese Koi (neon) - dark orange neon creme
• China Glaze Love's a Beach - hot pink neon shimmer

For the water marble I used:

• China Glaze Japanese Koi (neon) - dark orange neon creme
• China Glaze Love's a Beach - hot pink neon shimmer
• Zoya Yummy - a sky blue creme
• China Glaze Sun Kissed - a neon yellow shimmer

 I have added my gradient tutorial in for everyone as I used this method for this design just added another line of colour.

Aussie Christmas Challange

Just in time....with everything else going on right now in my life I was stumped for ideas for new nails as my brain is melting from the heat and just thinking about too many things that need to get done in the next couple of weeks (running the shop, manicures at the markets, packing my classroom and moving it all to a new school, picking bathroom things for our upcoming reno, getting ready for Christmas etc etc). Thanks to this great challenge by Elissa Sinclair from lissaspolishaddiction.blogspot.com.au no thinking is required...just doing! I'm already 2 posts behind (great way to start!), but I'm sure Ill catch up with challenges only due every couple of days. Anyone keen on joining in? And now I've got six white boomers in my head....aarrrgh!