Easter Mani #1 - Easter Eggs

So for my first Easter mani, I was trying to think of something that symbolized Easter for me. Easter eggs! My first attempt was kind of scary as I really had no plan and was just slapping stuff here and there. It wasn't exactly a fail but I felt the need to reattempt.

My second attempt actually was done with a plan. Polka dot eggs. I used China Glaze Dance Baby, Sally Hansen mellow Yellow, Color Club Twiggie, China Glaze Bahamian Escape, and Revlon Charming.

I dotted one some dots with my set of dotting tools and Milani 3d Holographic nail polish in:Digital,3D, Hi-Tech, Cyberspace, and Hi-Res. I topped it all off with a coat of Seche Vite.

Here's the finished result:

Hope you liked it. Much Love, The Dragon Lady

Day 15: Delicate Print

 
So this is the post I was going to do today but you get two today because as I said earlier I fell asleep. I would hold off on this and save it for tomorrow but I am hoping to have a review of the Shany Stamping plates for you tomorrow!So because this was going to be done on a Fav or Franken Friday I chose my fav metallic purple in my collection to stamp with, China Glaze Harmony. The base color is 3 carefully placed coats of Revlon Charming. I love the color of Charming but was not happy with the formula on this one! I found it to be runny and even after letting the first coat dry completely then next coat thinned out sections so I applied a thicker third coat when the second was still kind of wet and Seche Vite over coat 3 to hid some of the drag marks and streaks. Thank goodness for Seche! I will definitely have to practice with Charming to see if I can get a perfect coverage out of it because i really do love the color!

I used stamping plate m71 for the "delicate" pattern. I was going to wear this mani out for dinner (my step-father's birthday dinner) tonight but there was a problem with it. So I took it off, if I have time to pull off the mani I want to for dinner I'll either post it later tonight or tomorrow. So look at all the pictures (it's in every one) and see if you can tell what's wrong with this mani!

Okay if you haven't guess it I smacked my index nail while the under coat was still wet I guess, so it  smeared and wrinkled the stamp. I slapped on another coat of Seche Vite to semi-smooth it out for these pictures. I admit it's not horribly noticeable but once I know it's there it will drive me crazy!


Much Love, The Dragon Lady

***EDIT***
Didn't have time for the mani I had planned for dinner, also managed to rip off two nails on my swatching hand in the process. Grrr! I told myself that I would review this soak off nail gel that I got recently (to use for mom's nails) if I broke anymore nails so you might get a double review tomorrow of both the gel and the Shany plates. Good nighty all! Off to play with gel, manis, and redo my polish stash list since it hasn't been updated in almost 3 months!

Pink Wednesday: Revlon - Starry Pink

My 100+ Follower Giveaway ends tonight! So for this week's Pink Wednesday I decided to show you Revlon Starry Pink (I'm giving away her twin, Popular).

This is 3 coats with no base or top coat:

This is 2 coats over 2 coats of Color Club Sugar Sheer:

 

  

Much Love, the Dragon Lady

Revlon - Blue Mosaic

Once again, since I am giving away some Revlon polish to one lucky winner in a few days I thought I show you some Revlon polishes. Here is Blue Mosaic (I am giving away her twin, Radiant) - two coats layered over Color Club Worth the Risque. I topped this with one coat of Gelous and one coat of Air Dry (same brand as Gelous). I love how glitter looks over holos!

 

Good luck to those who entered my 100+ Follower Giveaway! If you haven't entered yet, hurry it ends soon! Click here to enter!

Much Love, The Dragon Lady

Revlon - Facets of Fuchsia

Since I am hosting a 100+ follower giveaway containing Revlon polish that ends in 2 days, I figured that I would use those remaining days to show you some Revlon polish. This one is Facets of Fuchsia (I am giving away her almost twin, Scandalous). Anyway, since FoF is in a sheer black base I choose to layer 2 coats of it over one coat of Sally Hansen Black Creme. No top coat.

Don't forget to enter my giveaways here and here if you haven't already! Good luck to those who entered!!!  Much Love, The Dragon Lady

100+ Follower Giveaway!

Sorry I have been MIA for the last few days. Here's why...first we had a storm come through that knocked out our power, then our toddler cut herself on a piece of glass, my camera cable is missing and is not a normal connection so I can't use another cord, yesterday was my father's birthday (It would have been his 74th and is always an extremely hard day for me - we lost him almost 9 years ago and it still feels like it just happened), and last my school semester started up today. It's been a rough couple days.

I still need to do my Week 4 Plaid mani but I think that might have to wait until tomorrow or until I can find my camera cable (or replace it). I did however manage to get a few pictures of what I wanted to giveaway for my having reached 100+ wonderful followers! I am giving away Revlon's Popular, Scandalous, and Radiant - which are almost dupes of their own polishes Starry Pink, Facets of Fuchsia, and Blue Mosaic (see pics below) - these three are unused and unswatched.

Popular, Scandalous, Radiant

Left: Blue Mosaic, Right: Radiant

Left: Starry Pink, Right: Popular

Left: Facets of Fuchsia, Right: Scandalous

These new three are almost dupes of the old three.

Thanks again to all my wonderful followers. I look forward everyday to reading your great comments!!

Much Love, The Dragon Lady



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