Showing posts with label matte. Show all posts
Showing posts with label matte. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Teal Tuesday: Matte/Glossy

This week for Teal Tuesday we are mixing matte and glossy! I haven't done this before, so I was really excited. I decided to start with a matte base and stamp with a glossy polish. Or one I thought was glossy...


I started with one coat of a Forever 21 matte teal polish. Then I stamped with Kiss plate B65 and Essence Bella. I thought Bella was going to be glossier and contrast more. Despite that, I really like the design. There's a bare spot on my index nails because I dropped my clean-up brush on it haha.




Check out these other Teal Tuesday blogs! If you'd like to join us, click on the badge at the top of my page!

Missy at Gnarly Gnails
Rhonda at Nails Beautiqued
Kirsten at Geeky Owl
Amanda at Mandy's Polish
Nat at No Holos!

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Teal Tuesday: Abstract

For Teal Tuesday this week, we did Abstract! I wasn't sure what to do, but eventually decided to do a saran wrap mani. I painted on two coats of a Love & Beauty matte teal polish. I really love this color, but I don't like the finish. I've decided I don't really care for true matte polishes. I only like the suede kind. But it was gorgeous after some top coat :)


Then I painted on a coat of another polish and then put some scrunched up saran wrap on the nail and pulled it off. The colors I put over the teal from index to pinky were Color Club Twiggie, Pucci-Licious, Poptastic, Blue-Ming and Lavendarling on the thumb.


I keep trying to decide what my favorites are. I think it's the thumb, index or pinky. The saran wrap method is so easy! I can't wait to experiment with it some more!


Check out these other Teal Tuesday blogs! If you'd like to join us, click on the badge at the top of my page :)

Missy at Gnarly Gnails
Rhonda at Nails Beautiqued
Kirsten at Geeky Owl
Amanda at Mandy's Polish
Nat at No Holos!



Friday, March 23, 2012

Hunger Games!

Remember when I got my Hunger Games Nail Mail? Well I've swatched ten of them here for you! When I first saw swatches, I wasn't really blown away by these colors, but I had to have them all since I love the books so much. A lot of these are kind of what I'd call "grown-up" colors, but I was really surprised by how much I liked the colors I thought would be really boring. I had already used Mahogany Magic and Luxe & Lush but didn't photograph them. I couldn't decide what to layer Luxe & Lush over for this and Mahogany Magic was kinda boring lol.

Fast Track
First up is Fast Track. This shade is super pretty, without being in-your-face flashy. And is covered really well in 2 coats for such a light shade. There's a little bit of stubborn green left in my cuticles from the green I wore before this :/ Sorry about that.


Dress Me Up
This is the type of shade I avoid like the plague. I was SO surprised that I couldn't keep my eyes off of it during class. This covered in one coat I believe.

Foie Gras
 This one covered in one coat. I was on the more favorable side of neutral for me lol. Neutral=meh to me, and this was better than that. I wasn't really wowed though. And 1 coat! That helped pushed it away from meh.

Hook & Line
 I really thought I'd hate this one. To me, the frosty finish wasn't noticeable in real life. Plus, it's a gray, so I loved it a lot. This was 2 coats and I see myself wearing this again and again.

Stone Cold
This one kinda disappointed me. It is such a beautiful polish, and was the easiest matte to apply I've tried yet. My issue with it is that I think it shows off every imperfection in my nails. It's like when you find a gorgeous dress, but on you it just accents all of your least favorite qualities? This is that in polish form. I apologize for the tip wear. I painted my nails for this and the next swatch, then went to bed. Then after I woke up I cooked lunch and then took pics.

Smoke and Ashes
This one was probably the most disappointing :( This isn't super original and I feel like it's not the best version of this. I much prefer Sinful Colors What's Your Name. I wore What's Your Name under my Firework Mani. Before I painted the fireworks I wore it to church and could not stop staring at it. I didn't get that same interest from Smoke and Ashes. Note: I remember one blogger saying this was as difficult to remove as a glitter. I used felt and pure acetone, and it removed like a creme. My felt didn't fray at all.

Agro
 This was 2 coats to even everything. I liked this, despite thinking that I wouldn't. Really pretty, even if somewhat Fall-ish.

Harvest Moon
Gorgeous! This was two easy coats and it was so stinking pretty and shiny! This is one of my favorites of the collection.

Left Hand: Riveting and Electrify

Right Hand: Riveting and Electrify
These are my favorites and this is what I'm wearing to see the movie (tonight at the drive-in!). On my left hand, I used 3 coats of Riveting and then 4 coats of Electrify on my ring finger. The only difference on my right hand is that I did one coat Riveting and 2 coats Electrify on the ring finger. I liked using Riveting as underwear better. This is so bright and pretty! I really love these two! :)

Overall, I'm so so so happy I got this whole collection. I liked it a lot more than I thought I would, and they were really really great to apply! I highly recommend most of these. I'd only leave behind Smoke and Ashes, I think. Do you have any of these? How do you like them?