ANM: black and white and AN Melb meetup

Hello.. Today is the Australia Day public holiday.. long weekend. yay!
[My previous blogged about black and white mani in September 2012.]

I'm using Aussie brand ulta3 for my mani today.

Base polish: ulta3- lily white
Stamping polish: ulta3- black satin
stamping plate: CH31
essie- 3 way glaze

---------------------- [mani for lunch with ladies from Aussie Nails] ----------------------

 

Base polish: models own- jade stone, chi chi- booty-licious, Gloss 'n' Sparkle- spectraflair topcoat
Stamping polish: ulta3- orchid, color club- cherbic
Image plate: CH40, CH14
poshe- topcoat

[We got the cutest group pic.. but I haven't sought permission to use it, yet.]

newly acquired:

Shades of Phoenix- Dionysus

 

rainbow honey- frozen flame.

Sportsgirl. Nail it!- northern lights

 

stamping plate- B68

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AUS: Footy

Hello.. Here's another Aussie Day theme-y post.

I have to admit I'm not at all a hardcore fan of footy, or rugby, or soccer, or many sports at all.
Also I haven't had anyone close explain their love for it to me.
I'm happy if yo9u love it, but please don't hate me, cos I really don't get it!!



Australis: speck-tacular

Ulta3: black plum

Sportsgirl. Nail it!: star bright

 

Stamping plate: CH35

Stamping polish: konad- black, ulta3- black plum

Claire's- black nail art pen

The black lines on my pinky are goal posts.
There are2 long ones in the middle and a shorter one either side.

Speck-tacular is on all nails.

It's really hard to capture on the white gold :(

 

 

 

 

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Birthday- Aussie Nails Monday

Hello..  Welcome to The inaugural theme to celebrate the Aussie Nails Monday (ANM) challenge, undertaken by a fab group of ladies who love ploish and reside in Australia.

My nails depict all that I love about birthdays. Cake, yum! And taking photos so we can look back on the memories and laugh.

 

Base polish: Sally Hansen insta dri- rushing rubies
Stamping polish: konad- pastel pink (hearts), konad- black (frames), BarryM- silver foil & Avon- cozy brown (cupcake)
Image plate: BM317, BM320, BM307

Candle: Hex glitter- silver holo, Essence- silver striper. 

Tips- Barry M- silver foil. 

Elissa - Lissa's Polish Addiction
Bec - Nail Gun XS
Marie - Marie's Manicure Madhouse
Courtney - Tales from the Makeup Bag
Sarah - Shatter me Claire
Chantelle - A Polished Prance
Teneil - Tee Bee's Nails
Nicole - the epitome of superficiality
Bec - Lacquer Dreams
Naomi - NananaisNails
Eboni - Enamoured With Enamel
Katie - Pretty Polish Please
Adelle - adelle1985
Rosemarie - Every Little Polish 
Rebecca - Polished Peripherals
Debbie - All Things Charmed
Melissa - Mel my issta
Natalie - Walk In My Eye Shadow
Jennifer - JennLojko

Kristy - The Polish Haven
Em - Nails in the Desert
Erin - Erinzi
Brie - Strawbrie

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Halloween: Ghosts

Hello.. Ooh scary things hiding under white sheets???.



Base polish: BYS- black & gold
Stamping polish: konad- white, konad- blue, SH insta-dri- jumpin jade
Image plate: BM223 (ghost), CH47 (boo/m), CH43 (mouse, under ghost 1)


There's a mouse image hiding under the ghost on my pointer nail. 

Quick and easy. I love stamping and letting the base polish shine through in its own right. 

Everytime I see this BYS polish in the drawer I'm reminded of the song black and gold. Sam Sparrow..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUjmsNQ2NPw&sns=em

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30-YAY.. Inspired by a tutorial. [30 day challenge/ untrieds]

Hello..We have made it to the last day of the month, but you can't get rid of me that easily. I know I have been saying it's a [30 day challenge/ untrieds]. But it also will include another post tomorrow..

Inspiration: One of the first ever tutorials I saw, which then added to me becoming obsessed with polish is.. a demo on using konad plates.




Base polish: ulta3- watermelon, essence- galactic black
Stamping polish: konad- purple pearl
Dots: essence- purple diamond
Image plate: CH16

 

List of no-longer-untried-polish, used in days 21-30 = 10 bottles..

B collection by bloom:

• Edinburgh
• Osaka

Borghese:

• Stellare notte

Butter London:

• Pillar box red

Essence:

• Frozen queen
• Galactic black
• Ultimate pink

Essence- multi dimension:

• Purple diamond

L'oreal:

• Mystic blue

Ulta3:

• Purple pumps

I'll miss seeing the below challenge entries every day. They are all wonderful at what they do, and I loved the array of imagination on the 30 Day Challenge themes.

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27- Inspired by artwork. [30 day challenge/ untrieds]

Hello.. I'm super happy I get to share with you my favourite artwork for today, as part of the [30 day challenge/ untrieds].

Inspiration: Escher print.

Base polish: essence- got a secret
Stamping polish:b colection by bloom- London 
Image plate: CH13

 Rimmel- Matte topcoat was applied through the middle of the design on each nail..

Haha, it dosn't look anything like the artwork.. But I would never have used this image plate unless the Escher print had given me inspiration..

See you tomorrow for inspired by a flag day :)


Hope everyone is checking out the amazing nails of others doing the challenge too.. click their links..

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23- Inspired by a movie. [30 day challenge/ untrieds]

Hello.. Today is post number 50 for me :)

My movie inspiration for the [30 day challenge/ untrieds] is... 10 Things I Hate About You.

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7- black/white. [30 day challenge/ untrieds]

Hello.. It's not that unusual, but I didn't expect to have a black AND/ OR a white untried polish to be able to use it for the [30 day challenge/ untrieds].

My white polish is the ulta3- white lily (used to be made in Aus, now this one is made in PRC), and I read it is a great one coat polish. This is with the black polish from the brand called B.C., recently available from KMart for the bargain price of $2.

 

I also used b collection by bloom- Detroit (as seen top row, second from left- $1 clearance polish :). 

It's a silver holo glitter.

 

Started with the white base, then freehand dotted onto nails in black, really close to each other, first diagonally through middle- from point to tip.
Then with a smaller tip, dotted the black closer to the tip and again near the nail bed.
Accent nail was my not growing fast enough pinky, first in black, then dotted in white.
Then dotted over the middle diagonal in the opposite colour with the smaller tip.
Was so happy how they turned out, but finished with the glitter dots for some shimmer- and used another untried !!


Left hand.

 The thought of dotting the right hand would mean hours of messy dotting, so on top of the white base colour I stamped using black konad polish and image plate BM 322.
Accent nail I stuffed up and had to redo, so my pointer finger is the black base and silver glitter joined dots.
Also went over the outer black stamped dots with a dot of the silver glitter polish.

Right hand.

The pics didn't do it justice, I loved the glitter bouncing the sunlight around, and even though the hands didn't match they had the same style.


Do you ever have different manis on each hand?
And how many untried polishes have you used this week?

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Lookie here....

Hello.. I bought an iPad today. Woop..

I wanted one for the longest time, but was waiting for the newer model to come out. I caved in and I love it.
What does this mean for the stuff I love in my life.? I can see the pics much better than on my iPhone, as I hardly ever use the net on a main computer.

My most recent mani was for the Sunday stamping on 8 July in the group on Facebook with the weekly theme being something you love.

I love the colour combo of light and darker purple.
And I love the swirly love hearts kinda image on bundle monster plate 201
I also added a love word stamp from the new 2012 image plates in darker purple, with the Chinese stamp for blessing in black.

And to finish it off a little sparkle with essence glitter topcoat & rimmel matte for the love accent nail
Base polish: essence-42: dress for a moment
stamping polish: KONAD purple, KONAD black
image plate:BM201, BM221, BM311

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