You're all too clever!

Hi everyone!
Yup... april fools!
I'm glad I didn't get many of you, did you really think I'd leave you all? No way!

ANYWAY I know I have been REALLY backed up with posts... please be patient with me as for the next week or so they might be a little al over the place...

First cab off the rank... my nails for the Obsidian Lace photoshoot! I know technically you've seen them in the other photos I posted but I don't know how many of you saw them (or saw how bony my wrists are or my freaky long hands! I'll wait here while you check.... back? Okay!)

I'm not going to post a billion shots of this one as it's simple and my application was a bit dodgy because I was in a rush. I used stargazer's white for the base, used reinforcements and painted over with colour club's after hours.

I'd love any ideas you may have for nails for future photoshoots! I'd like them to be mostly gothic style, preferably in monochrome colours.

Love,

Nail art... ...abstract impressionism is art, right?

Hello everyone.

Before you see these, I'm sorry.
I really, truly am.

I should only show you beautiful, gorgeously manicured nails.
I shouldn't show you this.

I shouldn't be laughing.

But seriously, if these guys had legs, i'd be telling them to RUN not walk to crazy town.

First off I'll let you know how this came about. I got three polishes from China Glaze's Ink collection. Being a MANIAC for purple I've known for ages that I had to get Flying Dragon. I also picked up Japanese Koi and Blue Sparrow.

Next, I wanted to do some nail art with these guys. Initially wanting to do something tattoo themed, the idea crumbled as I created these monstrosities...

     

Why on earth did I attempt something so ambitious? 

Because I wanted to. 

And I hoped it would have one of two results:

a) something AMAZING

b) something HILARIOUS.

Which do you think it was?

NB:
The first one is a BIRD.
Those are clouds.

The second one is a FISH.
Those are flowers in the water.
FLOWERS CAN FLOAT!

What I used:
BIRD:
Chi Chi - Mermaid
China Glaze - Blue Sparrow
Stargazer UV Nail Art Pen - UV Yellow
The Face Shop - BK901
Stargazer - White

FISH;
China Glaze - Blue Sparrow
China Glaze - Flying Dragon
China Glaze - Japanese Koi

Stargazer UV Nail Art Pen - UV Yellow

The Face Shop - BK901

Stargazer - White

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Love,

Hello Kitty!

Hi everyone!
Everything's been a little mad here so yet again I didn't get to the shops, sorry!
You'll have to settle for a vault post where I went... insane....

Yes, that is a little hello kitty. On a toenail. A big toe-nail. A man big toe-nail.
There's a story behind this which i'm not going to go into.

The base for this one is Orly's Enchanted Forest with Fauxnad Hello Kitty using Colour Club's After Hours as stamping polish, the face is Stargazer White (from the "Gothic French" kit) the nose is The face Shop GLI11 and the bow is Stargazer nail Art Pen in UV Pink.

And yes, this is waaay sloppy, you all know I normally wouldn't post things this bad but for a Hello Kitty man-pedicure I had to make an exception!

My nail art needs a little work but mostly this is due to me trying to finish up and slap some seche on before Jai could complain. :)

Love,

Valentines Pt. III... Can you say NEON?!

Hello again lovelies!

I was thinking how bright my nails are.. would they glow under UV? 

Well being the Darkling that I am - I can answer that for you right away as I have UV and actinic lighting in my bedroom!

I didn't take any under UV as that is a menace to photograph, not to mention I would have to stand very precariously on the back of the couch so you'll have to settle for actinic! [Actinic lighting is often seen in aquariums or in some seedy nightclub bathrooms - this is that really blue light that reacts like blacklight - this is because it emits a light spectrum from blue to UV! :) ]

OoooOOOOoooOOOoooh.

I wanted to play with the UV and I thought it would be annoying if i set up the actinic and it didn't glow! So I added to my nails in case - this way if the pink wasn't UV then I would still have something to show you!

I used Stargazer's Nail Art Pen in UV white - under UV this usually glows like a white shirt in a club - but the pink overpowered it a bit!

I'm sorry for the terrible pictures - actinic light is really hard to photograph under - especially when you're holding the camera with the wrong hand!

Also, please excuse me for not doing any clean up at all today, I was too excited to show you everything!
Love,

Gumleaf Mafia

Hello Ladies!

First off I would love to give a HUUGE shout-out to all the ladies of the Gumleaf mafia! It's great to see that even though we can be a bit limited, there are some Aussies (and Kiwis!) with AWESOME polish skills.
I've popped them in my sidebar - if you haven't seen their stuff yet - check them out!

Secondly, I have no new nails to post today because I'm loving my half moon mani a little bit too much!
It is monday morning after all...

So until we resume you to your usual polishing madness, have some cuteness.

And here are some pictures of me looking pretty. Yaaay. (Psuedo make-up post?) (Clickable!)

Wait a second... whats that on my hands in the last pic?

I managed to get a pic of some nail polish in here after all!

That one was Stargazer's "Gothic French Manicure" set.

Is it sad that 8 months on I remember that?

Love,

Valentines Pt. II

Hello Gorgeous Girls!
I'm feeling really bleh today. I did a cutesy valentines mani - its so cutesy I think I'm gonna barf. In all honestly i'm trying to cheer myself up and get in the valentines spirit - which for my own reasons is really hard right now but ANYWAY.

This is what I did:

For starters - what the HELL causes those damn bubbles?

Also that bright pink is UV reactive. Its one of the stargazer nail art pens. The dark purple has silver glitter though it which refused to show up under any lighting conditions. The pale purple is a franken I made - 4 nail polishes and some mineral eyeshadow. It didn't turn out quite how I wanted but it's still pretty.

Also - I have a formspring.me! (the widget is on the left sidebar) so ask me some mad questions!

What do you think ladies? Are you boycotting valentines or looking forwards to it?

Love,