Showing posts with label Black. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Black. Show all posts

Saturday, August 11, 2012

BFF Challenge: Black and White

Today's BFF Challenge is Black and White.  It was my day to choose again,  and I just love how black and white nails always turn out.  These came out amazingly, and I am super happy with them!

I used Sinful Colors Snow Me White as the base then I used a makeup sponge to sponge on Wet N Wild Black Creme.  I then used my salon express konad dupe stamp  to stamp on the lacy tips in Sinful Snow me White.  I absolutely love the way this looks!


And a closer photo with the Topcoat Bottle: HK Girl from Glisten and Glow.



I love love love the way these turned out!

XOX Caitlin

Check out these other amazing ladies!




Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Striping Tape over Acid Wash Nails

For this mani, I used the previous mani (seen here) and used striping tape and Wet N Wild Black Creme to create the design. I really love using striping tape, you can create so many cool designs.  :)

The colors used in the base are: Illamasqua Poke, Zoya Bevin, and Color Club Sweet Pea


XOX Caitlin

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Stripes Revisited

Before I took off the previous striped mani, I wanted to see what else i could do with it, so I went back to the striping tape.  This is what came from it, and I kind of like it even better than the original.

The under polishes are stated in this post, and I just took more striping tape and went the opposite direction and painted with Wet N Wild Black Creme over it.



What do you think?

XOX Caitlin

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Day 15: Creative Lacquer Challenge Favorite Band

Today's nails are a tribute to middle school me.  My favorite band in middle school was AFI.  Over the past two years they have virtually dropped off of the face of the earth unfortunately, because they were my favorite band in middle school.   They have been around since before I was born, and their popular songs include Miss Murder and Love Like Winter from their album Decemberunderground.  Before that their most popular song was Sing the Sorrow from the Sing the Sorrow album.


In this manicure I used Sinful Colors Snow me White as the base and freehanded the bunnies and AFI logo in Wet N Wild Black Creme.

It looked much better before I put the topcoat on, because I put on the Barielle Manicure Extender Top Coat, and it did not play nice with my nail art. :( I should have stuck with my good ol' Seche Vite.  That is why my nails are streaky, because of the topcoat. :(



This is what I was replicating in case you are not familiar with AFI:



The smeary lines kinda make it look like its rusted or something, you know those stains from water?

Anywho, What is your favorite band?

XOX Caitlin

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Day 14: Creative Lacquer Challenge Funky French

Ahhhh the Prismatic Collection.  These glitters are the hardest thing in the world to photograph.  I never wanted them from seeing all of the swatches, but when I saw them in person I had to get them. 

I used China Glaze Prism from the Prismatic Collection for the funky french.   I really hate glitters, because they are such a pain to remove.  this one was no exception, it was a pain in the rear to remove, but it is just so pretty it was worth it.
 The stamp used for this funky french is from the Cheeky Set CH23



Do you have any of the Prismatics?

XOX Caitlin

Sunday, April 1, 2012

Day 11: Creative Cacquer Challenge A Trend You Hate

One Nail trend that I just really don't like is Crackle.  I bought this OPI Silver Shatter when I was first getting into nail polish, and I thought it was cool.  It was cool, but now it is time for the crackle to go away.

This is just Wet N Wild Black Creme with OPI Silver Shatter over the ring finger.


What is your least favorite nail fad that you have seen(or even done before?)

XOX Caitlin

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Day 8 Creative Lacquer Challenge: Cartoons

For today's challenge I did Mickey Mouse.  Isn't he cute? :) I did the old school micky on my middle finger, and did a mickey motif on the other nails.



The colors used are the OPI Mini White from the Spookettes
Wet N Wild Black Creme
Color Club Almost Famous
Color Club Cadillac Red

XOX Caitlin

Saturday, March 24, 2012

Sunday Stamping: Black and White

In the Adventures in Stamping group on Facebook the theme this week is Black and white. <3

this is what I came up with: a hearts accent nail. :)


I used the mini OPI white from spookettes, and wet n wild black creme.  The plate is Cheeky CH15.

XOX Caitlin

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Day 1: Black and White

the first day of our challenge is Black and White nails! Here are mine. :)

I used OPI spookette mini - the white one, the name escapes me at the moment.
Wet N Wild Black Creme as the dots!
and dotting tools of course. :)


Here is a link to Bec's blog to see what she is doing for black and white!

Just classic polka dots. :)


XOX Caitlin

Here is a reminder of what all we will be doing in this challenge:


Wednesday, March 14, 2012

More Nail Art!

Today I just wanted to do more nail art with my new dotters, because they are super fun and easy.  I have a set of 5 I bought off of ebay (that I will do a post on, as soon as all of my ebay nail stuff comes in!) and I love them.

I have some pink scroll print nails over black today.

I used Wet N Wild Black Creme as a base, and then used my smallest dotter to draw the design with Color Club Hot Like Lava.




XOX Caitlin

Sunday, February 26, 2012

Zombie Nails

I have zombie nails for you today.  Zombie, you say?  Yes! I went to a Zombie Murder Mystery dinner last night, and of course we dressed up.  These were my zombie-fied nails. ;)

I just used wet n wild black creme, and then remover to remove most of it and make it look gross and disgusting. 



Just for fun here is a bonus picture of me and my roomies,  Lauren as Zombie Audrey Hepburn, Brittany as Zombie Daisy from the Great Gatsby, and me as Zombie Michael Jackson. lol


lol zombies are fun!

XOX Caitlin

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Heartbreaker + Flecked

Earlier this week I showed Pure Ice Heartbreaker(here is the swatch), and It was just so pretty I wanted to wear it again today with a twist. I decided to add Flecked from Finger Paints on top, because it has the same green-blue quality, and the results are pretty cool. I used Wet N Wild Black Creme as the base.

There was a very elusive blue hint, at that certain angle that I was unable to capture in a photograph, but you can see the flakies begin to change in some of these pictures. 





What do you think?

XOX Caitlin

Sunday, February 5, 2012

Comparison: Black Tie and Stellare Notte

I said a while back that I would do a comparison of Sally Hansen Black Tie and Borghese Stellare Notte.  I picked up Stellare Notte at big lots a while back and noticed the pretty duo-chrome. Then Sally Hansen came up with a duo-chrome that looked kinda similar, and I didn't think I needed it, and I saw it.  So I picked it up to do this comparison for you guys. :)


Comparison:
The first two fingers are  2 coats on their own.
The last two fingers are one coat over Wet N Wild Black Creme.


Bottle Shots:


What do you think? do you have one? or both?

XOX Caitlin

Friday, February 3, 2012

Black Knight Layering Experiment

I couldn't decide what to wear today when I got home from school, because I got my amazing nail mail from my Secret Valentine! I got Butter London the Black Knight and Nostalgic Lacquers Rio from my Secret Valentine, and they are sooo amazing that I couldn't decide which to wear first...

Soooo I did what any rational polish addict would do...  I layered them!  This is one coat of Wet N Wild Ebony Hates Chris, One Coat of Black Knight, and One Coat of Nostalgic Nail Lacquers Rio. How gorgeous is this??

I am in love.



I think they go so perfectly together! What do you think?

XOX Caitlin

Thursday, February 2, 2012

Purple Crumpet Fairy Challenge: Inspired by a Book

"Just for the record, the weather today is partly suspicious with chances of betrayal.”

For my choice in the Purple Crumpet Fairy Challenge I chose Inspired by a book.  My all time favorite author is Chuck Palahniuk(the Author of Fight Club), so of course I am doing one of his books. :)

My inspiration today comes from Diary, which is my favorite book.

"Misty Wilmot has had it. Once a promising young artist, she's drinking too much and working as a waitress in a hotel. Her husband, a contractor, is in a coma after a sucide attempt, an his clients are threating misty with lawsuits over a series of vile messages they've discovered on the walls of houses he remodeled.
Suddenly, Misty's artistic talent returns. Inspired but confused by a burst of creativity, she soon finds herself a pawn in a much larger conspiracy that threatens to cost hundreds of lives. What unfolds is a dark, hilarious story from America's most inventive nihilist, and Palahniuk's most impressive work to date."

This book has some really neat cover art, and i want to show you my nails inspired by it.


Waytansea:




My left hand:

And I wanted to add an artistic picture in here. :P

Have you read anything by Palahniuk?

What is your favorite book?

XOX Caitlin

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Psych Week of Colors: Black

Somehow I stumbled upon a color psychology website, and so I decided I wanted to do a week of colored mani's and give the description of the color from the website.

As a psychology major, I thought this would be a cool thing for me to do since school this week. :)

First up: Black.

"Black is the color of authority and power. It is popular in fashion because it makes people appear thinner. It is also stylish and timeless. Black also implies submission. Priests wear black to signify submission to God. Some fashion experts say a woman wearing black implies submission to men. Black outfits can also be overpowering, or make the wearer seem aloof or evil. Villains, such as Dracula, often wear black."

And what color is more perfect to show you today than Black Tie? :)

This is Sally Hansen Black Tie. It is a beautiful black duochrome that flashes purple to teal and has a black/grey base.



And when I turned the flash on look who decided to show their face:



And a bottle shot because I love you all. This is Stellare Notte vs Black Tie.  They are almost identical. I feel a comparison post coming on...


Thats all for now folks!

XOX Caitlin

Tomorrow: White!

I got the color psych info fof this upcoming color week from:
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/colors1.html

Thursday, December 29, 2011

Great Silver for stamping

 I found an awesome Silver polish for stamping, This is Wet N wild Black Creme as a base and Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Silver Sweep stamped on.  It shows up very well and looks really awesome!  This stamp is Konad M73.
 



What do you think?

XOX Caitlin

Saturday, December 17, 2011

New Stamping Plate M73

I would just like to say that my mom is also amazing. :)  She got me this awesome Konad plate, M73!  It is the one with musical notes on it and I am super excited to have this one now, because I have been dreaming about doing a Phantom of the Opera mani, and I am just so excited. :)

Here is the plate:




Here is my first time using the plate, How awesome is this? These are my sisters nails, because I wanted to use the new plate, and didn't want to take off my current polish, so she let me do it on hers. :)

I absolutely love this stamping plate, I don't think I can say that enough.

I used 2 coats of Sinful Colors Snow me White, and stamped on Wet N Wild Black Creme.  Then of course topped it off with Seche Vite.



LOVE IT!

XOX Caitlin

Do you stamp?  What is your favorite stamping plate?

Monday, November 28, 2011

Purple Crumpet Fairy Challenge Most hated polish

A few weeks ago I joined a group on Facebook called the Purple Crumpet Fairy Challenge.  It was created by Debbie Crumpet(of The Crumpet) and Claire Gallaugher (of Purple Fairy Dust).  This week's challenge was to post a pic of your most hated polish.

I hate to admit this, but the polish that is my most hated is China Glaze Lubu Heels.  I think that it is too thin, the glitter does not stand out from the black, and it leaves my nails really gritty.  Its to the point that I don't even want to put a top coat on because I just automatically remove it after I took this swatch.

I really just don't like this polish...


What do you guys think? what is your most hated polish?

XOX Caitlin

Sunday, November 20, 2011

Day 20 of Untrieds - CG Haunting

Day 20 of my untrieds is Haunting by China Glaze from the Halloween 2011 collection.  It is in my untrieds because I got in on clearance right after halloween at sallys for $2!  I absolutely love this color.  It is shown in 2 coats  with no top coat.  Yes the glitter is chunky to the touch, but I don't really mind it. I have read from ladies on PolishAholics Anonymous that Gelous from Sallys works well on top of "hungry" glitter, I have yet to try it.

the first pic is fine, the last 3 I have lobster hands, but they captured the glitter very well in the photo.






do you have this polish? What do you think?

XOX Caitlin

Check out the other awsome bloggers joining me in this challenge!


Alexandria at Je T'aime Lacquer
Alyssa at Always Polished
Amber at The Polished Momma
Andrea at Addicted to the Allure of Beauty
Caitlin at Something Creative
Carly at Lacquered Lover
Caroline at Good Lack, Nail!
Caroline at Shadow's Nail Art
Chelsea at Pretty and Polished
Ingie at Limited Addiction Nails
Jacki at Adventures in Acetone
Jamie at Nails Adored
Lindsey at Nailtopia
Nory at Fierce Makeup and Nails
Rachel at Cherry Glam Girl
Sarah at Lucky Lacquers
Shaina at Haute Lacquer
Taylor at Nailed to the T
Thalie at Glazed Talons

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