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March 4, 2013

Shimmer Polish – Mary 3

by Andrea • Indie Polish Swatches • Tags: , , , ,

My manicure today is what I call a jelly sandwich or glitter sandwich… a coat of glitter polish between two coats of colored polish.  The glitter layer is Shimmer Polish “Mary” which has red, black and silver glitter in a clear base with a red tint.  I combined this with China Glaze Seduce Me, and topped it off with two coats of Seche Vite.  I love how this turned out!  You can see more examples of Mary in Shimmer Polish’s Etsy store – it looks great on top of red too!

Shimmer Polish "Mary" - Jelly Sandwich Mani

*Products provided for review.

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January 25, 2013

Gelish Year of the Snake Collection 2013 5

by Andrea • Gelish Swatches, Nail Art • Tags: , , , , , , ,

Gelish Year of the Snake 2013 Collection Swatches

I’m excited to share with you the Year of the Snake Collection from Gelish.  Meet the King and Lady in Red, were designed specifically to celebrate the 2013 New Year.  The Chinese New Year officially begins on February 10th after the New moon in Aquarius.  This 2013 year of Snake is meant for steady progress and attention to detail.

Lady in Red is a vivacious creamy red.  The formula was great and only two coats were required to achieve full coverage.

Gelish Lady In Red Swatch - Year of the Snake CollectionGelish Lady In Red Swatch - Year of the Snake Collection

Meet the King is a luxurious, royal gold. This one also only require two coats and applied flawlessly.

Gelish Meet the King Swatch - Year of the Snake CollectionGelish Meet the King Swatch - Year of the Snake CollectionI decided to do a little nail art with these two awesome colors to celebrate the Year of the Snake.  I did a skittlette with a snakeskin accent and gold moons.  I love how this turned out!

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January 9, 2013

Gelish Sizzling Summer Nights Collection Swatches 5

by Andrea • Gelish Swatches • Tags: , , , , , , ,

Gelish Sizzling Summer Nights Collection Swatches

Yes, I know it’s the middle of winter (at least it is here in the US), but today I have the Gelish Sizzling Summer Collection to share with you. These polishes are all “showstoppers” in my opinion! I can’t believe I waited this long to try these colors… they are stunning!  These all had full coverage with just two coats and applied flawlessly.

This is Sunrise and the City, a gorgeous duochrome.  It really does remind me of a sunrise with the burning shades of orange.

Gelish Sunrise and the City Swatch

Gelish Sunrise and the City Swatch

This is Shake Your Money Maker, a sparkly olive green.  I didn’t expect to like this one, but once it was applied I LOVED it!

Gelish Shaker Your Money Maker Swatch

Gelish Shaker Your Money Maker Swatch

This is Showstopping! Wow… this one totally blew me away. I took pics of this one in the lightbox and under an OttLite to try to show you how shiny and sparkly it is, but the photos still don’t do this color justice. Love, love, love!

Gelish Showstopping Swatch

Gelish Showstopping Swatch

Gelish Showstopping Swatch

Gelish Showstopping Swatch

And finally, this is Big City Siren, a sparkly red beauty.

Gelish Big City Siren Swatch

Gelish Big City Siren Swatch

Sizzling Summer Nights Collection

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December 23, 2012

Gelish Layering: Bella’s Vampire and Good Gossip 2

by Andrea • Gelish Swatches • Tags: , , , , ,

One of the great things about gel polish is that you can create new shades by layering two different colors.  Today I was playing around and layered Good Gossip over top of Bella’s Vampire and the result was stunning!  My light box totally drowned out the sparkles in Good Gossip, so I had to take this shot with a desk lamp to try to show you how gorgeous these two colors are layered together.

Gelish Good Gossip layered over Bella's Vampire

Good Gossip is a very sparkly red glitter polish, and Bella’s Vampire is a creamy dark purple.  Here are my swatches of Bella’s Vampire before adding the red sparkles.  Bella’s Vampire is very close in color to Diva, but it has a slightly redder tint and I actually like the formula of Bella’s Vampire much better.  It didn’t pull back from the edges and was very easy to apply.

Gelish Bella's Vampire SwatchGelish Bella's Vampire Swatch

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October 18, 2012

Blood Splatter Nails 0

by Andrea • Nail Art • Tags: , , , ,

I’ve been wanting to try splatter nails, so why not create some gruesome blood splatter nails for Halloween! My inspirations for this manicure are Wacky Laki’s Bloody Nails, Chalkboard Nails’ Spooky Splatter Nails, and the YouTube video that’s embedded below that shows the splatter technique using a straw.

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September 16, 2012

Love Affair – OPI Affair in Red Square 0

by Andrea • Nail Art • Tags: , , , , ,

I needed a good red, so I purchased An Affair in Red Square by OPI.  This shade of red and my awesome date night this weekend inspired me to do some love themed nail art.  ;)

I used OPI Black Onyx for the tips of the red nails, and the striped nails have OPI Alpine Snow as the base and then I used a black nail striper for the stripes.  I’m actually not real happy with how uneven the stripes are, so I think next time I attempt stripes I’ll do the tape method instead.  I also used my favorite top coat for nail laquers, Seche Vite.

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August 25, 2012

Gelish – Backstage Beauty 5

by Andrea • Gelish Swatches • Tags: , , , , ,

This is Backstage Beauty from the new House of Gelish Collection.  It’s similar to Rose Garden, but not a dupe.

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June 28, 2012

Patriotic 4th of July Nail Art with Gelish 0

by Andrea • Nail Art • Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

gelish patriotic nail art

This is my manicure for the 4th! The colors are Gelish Rose Garden and Gelish Caution with a white nail art striper. The stars were added with stamp plate SE21 and white Konad polish.

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