Dionysus from Shades of Phoenix

Hello.. Shades of Phoenix are releasing new pretty polish in their etsy store.

I was privileged to get a bottle of Dionysus back in January at the AN Melb meet-up.

The pics following are with one coat of ulta3- orchid as undies; however the new release has a slightly richer and darker base colour of purple AND is still with an array of matte glitters.
Yes this polish has bar glitter, I'm not afraid of it..

Without topcoat:

(shade)

(sun)

 

Super duper shine- added 2 coats Seche Vite:

(sun)

(sun and glare)

(shade)

 

The 'Olympus' collection of nail polish from Shades of Phoenix is based on Greek mythology. Wikipedia tells me that Dionysus is the god of wine, merrymaking, theatre and ecstasy.
Well, wine and merrymaking, just what I need during an extra long hot summer.. I like it.. and will show it using nail stamping..

 

1st and 3rd nails with matte, 2nd and 4th Seche Vite:

(sun)

(shade)

 

I applied a thin coat of fantasy fire over most nails,

then sponged the tips with the matte glitter in Dionysus:

(shade)

 

Base polish: ulta3- orchid, Shades of Phoenix- Dionysus
Stamping polish: Barry M- gold foil
Image plate: CH36
seche vite
essie- matte about you
max factor- fantasy fire

Are you buying the new release? Have you already purchased other polish from Shades of Phoenix?

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SSSP: put the light on top

Hello.. Welcome to another Sunday Stamping Sneak Peek (SSSP)..
The theme for this week from AIS is "light stamp over a dark base"

I started with a layer of dark blue polish, then added the gold/blue glitter of "through the looking glass".

The full image stamp is of swirls, then I added a white rabbit (like from Alice in Wonderland..)

Inside pic

Outside pic

The polish has tiny bright pink and blue glitters too.

Base polish: BYS- midnight blue, BYS- through the looking glass
Stamping polish: Models Own- blue moon, konad- white
Image plate: CH52, BM302
poshe topcoat
essie- 3 way glaze

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Pool party at my place

Hello.. Today's pool party day for the Aussie Christmas challenge.

 

You're invited too, so get your togs/ bathers/ swimmers/ budgie smugglers on..
Ooh by the way, Melbourne is not experiencing summer weather today, it's very windy and chilly- even had the heater on in the early morning.

On to the polish by the pool..

All the essentials for a pool party are there: 

sunshine, cocktails, sunnies, bathers, flip flops (thongs) and waves. 

Base polish: BYS- blue bang
Stamping polish: ulta3- orchid, Barry M- gold foil, Sally Hansen insta-dri- Night flight; rushing rubies, Models own- blue moon, essence- hard to resist
Image plate: CH37, BM205
Star diamonte

Ulta3 topcoat

Poshe topcoat 

Others having fun in the pool..

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My weather prediction for Aussie Monday

Hello.. welcome to another ANM..

ulta3- spring shower (2 coats) Gloss n Sparkle- mirage (2 coats)

 

I love the holo-ness of the chunky glitter in the mirage polish.

 

As this weeks theme is weather I added some stamping.. 

 

Base polish: ulta3- spring showers, Gloss'n'Sparkle- mirage
Stamping polish: BarryM- silver foil
Image plate: CH36 (sun/clouds)

 

The pics are a bit shocking, but I love the polish and still had to show you..

Links to the lovely ladies from Aussie Nails:
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

 

See you next Monday for a theme I'm yet to try, but very popular :)

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SSSP: Starting out blue

Hello.. Welcome to another Sunday Stamping Sneak Peek (SSSP)..
The theme for this week from AIS is "over a blue base".. and thats exactly what I did.

 

Base polish: ulta3- pacific splash, essence- Jacob's protection
Stamping polish: Barry M- foil effects gold
Image plate: CH40

Heart shaped diamontes- pink, silver, black, red 

 

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SSSP: Quick, they are invading

Hello.. Welcome to another Sunday Stamping Sneak Peek (SSSP)..
The theme for this week from AIS is "OMG, It's an invasion of ____".

My ideas were to use the new cheeky plates- the little monsters or the space invaders.

Base polish: chi chi- get down & boogie (Blue)
Stamping polish: konad- pastel blue, ulta3- orchid
Image plate: CH48- explosions, CH45- aliens

Dotty eyes- Barry M- silver foil effects

Outside- in shade.

 

Only 2 coats needed for a perfect colour coverage.

Outside- sun.

First layer of stamping.

 

All 5 fingers of completed mani.

 

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Halloween: Jack-o-lanterns

Hello.. Today's theme for the halloween nail art challenge is jack-o-lanterns, aka pumpkins.



I suck at this halloween stuff, I cant create spooky manis..
Anyway, I don't really like to eat pumpkin myself, so I've smashed up the jack-o-lantern and created pumpkin pie for you, my friends!!

Base polish: Carla 63
Stamping polish: Rimmel- Pop!, Rimmel- Modern art, konad- black, konad- white
Image plate:CH47 (boo/m), BM222 (pumpkin), CH42 (yummy), CH41 (pie)

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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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Halloween: Not technically a Water marble

Hello.. I confess I suck at water marble. I tried, several times, and it was messy, and wasted so much of my time- I wasn't patient enough to keep trying.... So I cheated !!!

This disaster is why I had to change course.

This is how I performed my "Dry water marble" technique:

1. Blobs of polish on a clean surface. (I used my plastic/ paper paint easel pad)

2. Swirl together until you're happy. (I used a pointy bamboo skewer)

3. Wait to dry. (I left it there most of the day, and in the pic you will se I peeled them off the easel and kept them inbetween plastic, as I applied them to the nails the next day)

4. Apply layer of polish to nails. (I used clear, if the polish is too wet then the dry marble slid around and ripped)

5. Work out the size of polish you need to cover your nail. (Don't make it small, cleaning up by cutting larger pieces worked well for me)

6. Press on blob of dry water marble, mold to nail curve. (Once you can tell it's stuck, time for acetone and cotton bud clean up)

7. Apply clear polish topcoat. Ta-dah :)

 

Some of the blobs on my paper easel.

The polishes I used were:
ulta3- citrus, ulta3- crystallina, NYC (dupe of ulta3)- mandarin, NYC- limelight, BC Co.- Shade 11 (black)

The best bits of the dried blobs on the plastic.

But then I wasn't happy with the appearance, so added my brand new---- Aussie made..

Gloss 'n Sparkle- spectra-flair topcoat.

Awesome shiney-ness for a sunny day.

I was looking through the large cheeky stamping plates for something spooky.. and that isn't going to be used during other Halloween challenge days..

I came across the design that, never in my life I would be willing to choose to use as something pretty for my nails.

CH33: recycling symbol.

Stamping polish: SH instadri- jumping jade

Outside- Sunny Melbourne day :)

Outside- in shade.

Why did cheeky choose that specific design?? So that we nail chicks can get the message out to everyone to save the world by recycling??

So I can now say that yes, I have now used this design...

Then and only then was my crappy non- water marble spooky Halloween challenge mani complete !!

Thank you everyone for giving me inspiration by your inlinkz.

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SSSP: French tips

Hello.. Welcome to another Sunday Stamping Sneak Peek (SSSP)..
The theme for this week from AIS is using a french tips design stamp.

I bought essence- french tip stickers during the week, so I could line up the stamp, but I forgot to use them before I stamped.. always next time.

The stamping didn't make it at the tips of my nails, but I like the way they are in the middle- like a bow on a present.

Started with a skittles of base colours- all newly acquired polish.

Stamping polish: Konad- white, Ulta3- gold rush fever
Image plate: CH24 (bow), CH54 (shopping text)
Black nail bits- for centre of bow.

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