Glam Polish Pop! Nail Art

Ok, so I enjoyed doing comic-type graffiti nail art yesterday, which also happen to be the name of the polish. Today I'm back with another polish from the same collection by Glam Polish, Knockout part 2, with similar nail art as I did yesterday. 

I swear I think I'm starting to need a magnifier glass while doing my nail art. I always caught something that needed to be fixed while editing the photos, even then sometimes I need to look twice to find what I see on the screen, on my nails!

Oh well. I hope you're okay with some imperfection. Here goes, Pop!

If only I'm not on a long no buy (5 months and going strong, go me!), I would totally get the rest of the polishes from this collection and do this nail art for every single one of them!

Oh, and just in case you're not familiar with the brand (gasp!) or the collection, this one is called Pop! from Knockout collection part 2 released early this month (swatches & review for 3 of them can be found here)

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Novi

Glam Polish Boing! Nail Art

Hi! I'm back with a rather simple idea for a nail art. The idea comes from the names of Glam Polish Knockout Collection recently released. I have the swatches of 3 of them right here. 
I painted the name of the polish in a cartoon style, with the polish itself as the background, Glam Polish Boing!. The polishes I used are OPI Good Grief!, OPI Romantically Involved, Cirque Carpe Diem, and KBShimmer Eclipse.

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Novi

Gradient Roses

Happy Monday! Today I have a somewhat bright manicure, inspired by pic of a cake I saw someone posted on a facebook thread. The cake was decorated with roses all over it, but in a gradient teal shades. Very pretty! I'd feel bad eating it. 

I never quite get how to make a pretty roses, I saw it on others all the time and wish mine would turn out that good. But, I'm pretty satisfied with these!
The 3 roses shades I used are  Picture Polish Marine, Cirque Lady Liberty, and Picture Polish Tiffany. The darkest teal shade on the roses is OPI Ski Teal We Drop.
On the other 3 nails, I used Cirque Lady Liberty as the base colour, and Picture Polish Tiffany for the roses, accented with Cirque Vigo and Picture Polish Marine. 

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Novi

Double Floral Pattern

Happy Easter Monday! I'm bad, I didn't do any Easter themed mani this year. I was having too much fun in my other hobby, crocheting/knitting, spent my long weekend doing just that until my back felt sore.
Today I feel it's time to give my nails the attention they've been deprived of for the last few days. I painted a two-tone floral pattern over a white base, Cirque Carpe Diem. The grey and black I used here are KBShimmer How You Dune? and Eclipse. The brush I use is Winstonia Kolinsky brush #0000. Sealed off the design with HK Girl top coat.
I found the inspiration from google image , but looking at it, it's exactly like double stamping, right?

I really love the finish look, more than I thought I would! :)

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Novi

Four Seasons Owls

Happy Monday! Today I have four adorable owls on my nails, each representing a season. I just finished an owl amigurumi yesterday, that's probably why I still have owls on my mind. I know there are people who obsessed with everything owl, if that's you, I hope you like this mani! :)

I used around 20 different shades for this mani, and silly me, I've put them all back in the drawers and forgot to write down all the names. Doh! The 2 bottles I'm holding in my pics here are OPI My Vampire is Buff and Zoya Micky. I used a bunch of shades from OPI, Zoya, and Picture Polish.

Did you notice anything missing? I've only realized it as I'm writing this post that I forgot to give them feet! Poor owls, forgive me.. Lol!

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Novi

Despicable Me Nail Art

Hi guys! I hope you enjoyed your weekend! I'm sure when you saw the post title, it's obvious that you'll be seeing cute little minions on my nails. That's correct! But I also wanted to include Gru in it. I watched (half of) Despicable Me 2 on Netflix this weekend, and he was so adorable and sweet dressing as a fairy for Agnes' birthday. 
I have seen a lot of great minions manicures, but I don't think I've seen Gru in any of them, but I could be wrong. Anyhow, here's Gru with his minions.

This is my first time painting a face, it's not easy to get the shading right (even though it's just a cartoon face). I used Zoya Chantal, OPI Dulce de Leche, and OPI Bubble Bath for Gru's face. His striped scarf is using KBShimmer Eclipse and Julep Meryl, the same goes for my thumb and pinkie. 
Minions and the bananas are painted with OPI Good Grief! The green apron and orange wig are OPI You Are So Outta Lime! and OPI Call Me Gwen-ever, and OPI Dining Al Frisco is on the other minion. All the white is with Cirque Carpe Diem. Everything is sealed with HK Girl top coat.

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Novi

Happy Lunar New Year 2015!

Does anyone here celebrate Lunar New Year? It's been many years since I last celebrate it, but I remember how it was when I was little. The most exciting time of year, kind of like christmas. New clothes, candies, the dinner, and of course red envelopes! Ah memories..

Since I'm feeling a bit festive, thought I'd do a nail art appropriate for the occasion. I google 'Lunar New Year 2015' and found this cute sheep image, I tried my best to re-create it. I think I did ok. 

I used all Cirque Colors shade for this mani. The black and white are Memento Mori and Carpe Diem. The red is Cirque's February release, Doyers. And Ica Valley is my choice of gold to use here. 

I use Winstonia Kolinsky brush #0000 to free hand the sheep, using Doyers and Memento Mori. For my thumb and pinkie, using the sharp end of an orange wood stick and Ica Valley, I drag a swirly random shape. I sealed everything with a generous coat of HK Girl top coat.

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Novi

Heart Season

First Valentine's Day themed mani of the year! Well..sort of. I did plan on doing some V-Day themed nail art, but I don't feel like wearing pink or red. So I did this instead. It has plenty of hearts to fit the theme, but not dominated with pink or red. I also painted a cartoon version of lovebirds on my thumb. 

I used Cirque Carpe Diem for the white base, and Memento Mori to paint the tree silhouette. I used various shades of OPI for the hearts. 

I feel like I need to do more free hand nail art, which I haven't done much lately. Even the bf commented 'what happened? you used to spend 16 hours a day painting your nails'. He obviously exaggerated the fact, but yeah I got lazy :p
Hopefully I can push myself back to do more free hand nail art! In the meantime, hope you enjoyed this :)

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Novi

OPI Damone Roberts 1968

After dreaming about it and drooling over so many swatches, I finally got my hands on OPI Damone Roberts 1968! One of my US buddy helped me to get it during black friday sale and it made its way to me yesterday. It did not disappoint! Creamy formula that's opaque in 2 coats, and a gorgeous shade of mint green. I should have bought 2, 1 to wear and 1 to hoard, lol.

OPI Damone Roberts 1968

OPI Damone Roberts 1968

I could wear this on its own, but I wanted to try out my new Winstonia Kolinsky #0000 brush. I have to say that I finally found *the* brush! Hands down the best detail brush I have ever used. Plus, I found this article on how to clean nail art brush posted on WInstonia FB page. I personally prefer to paint with polish than acrylic paint, so I find this article really helpful. I used OPI Christmas Gone Plaid to paint the design.

If you're still looking for a fine detail brush, I highly recommend this Kolinsky #0000 by Winstonia. I might need a few back up myself!

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Novi

Penguin Santa & Elf

Happy Monday! Hope everyone had a relaxing weekend. I was finishing my crochet project while watching Supernatural and Sherlock Holmes on Netflix. The project is almost done now, so yay!
I saw a short video a few days ago on my facebook feed of a bunch of penguins dressed in santa costume, so freaking adorable! I couldn't find the video anymore, I think it was one of those sponsored posts. That video inspired today's mani, though my mani doesn't have the same cute factor as those penguins. I tried, haha.

Santa and Elf penguins were painted with acrylic paints over China Glaze Glistening Snow. I use my new OPI for the rest of the nails, I Carol About You and Snow Globetrotter. I sealed the mani with HK Girl top coat.

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Novi

Pink Damask Pattern

Happy Monday guys! How was your weekend? I went to a Grey Cup game yesterday, though I didn't understand football and only started to follow how the game works on the third quarter, I still quite enjoyed it. Live sporting event is always fun to go to!

Anyway, I finally bought some acrylic paints to play with. I have to admit I was struggling with it. I couldn't paint thin and smooth lines with it, it's definitely a learning process. 
Today's mani is another brown & pink combo. I googled pink damask pattern, and there's one that I really like, the design I painted today is a simplified version of it. 

The base is 2 coats of OPI Love Is Hot And Coal. I mixed a red and white acrylic paints to get the pink shade. Sealed off the design with HK Girl top coat.

I like the finished look of these, but they could use more work, look rough and sloppy to me (sorry about the tiny drop of water there, I totally didn't see that until I was editing the pics!). I definitely will be practicing more using acrylic paints. Any tips and trick you have in using it, please feel free to share! :)

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Novi

Christmas Tartan with OPI Gwen Stefani Holiday 2014

Hi guys! I feel silly for starting the post title with 'christmas' when it's not even December yet, but this mani unintentionally turned out looking christmas-y to me, so I thought maybe this could count as one of christmas manicures idea.
The bf got me 14 of OPI Gwen Stefani Holiday polishes for my birthday, since I don't feel like swatching them today, I did a nail art instead. 

I started with 2 coats of the base color, OPI Red Fingers & Mistletoes, and painted the vertical & horizontal criss cross pattern with Christmas Gone Plaid and First Class Desires, then sealed with HK Girl top coat. These were easy and quick!
I ended up using matte top coat on these, and I think I prefer them this way. What do you think?

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Novi

Gradient Purple Swirls

Hi guys! I had another post ready for today, but then I thought it would be nice to start the week with a nail art post instead. Plus I've been wanting to try my new brush from SharingVu. It feels like forever since I did a full free hand nail art. Today I did a semi intricate nail art, swirls, started with black near the cuticles then 4 shades of purple going down to the tips. 

I find the brush is really good for delicate nail art, though the polish/paint used seem to affect the result too. I realize that using nail polish will shorten the life of any nail art brushes, even with good care, at least that's what happened with all my brushes. I'm just not ready to switch to acrylic paints yet.
I sealed the design with HK Girl top coat and added INM Northern Lights for subtle sparkle. 

L-R
Eclipse, Aphrodisiac, Violet Femme, Pansy-monium, Hugs & Wishes, My Vampire is Buff, HK Girl tc, INM Northern Lights

For those who enjoys free hand nail art, what is your favorite brush?


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Novi

HPB Oct. Halloween Mani Link-Up (feat. Glam Polish)

Happy Saturday! Today's post is another halloween themed, and there's also a link-up with a bunch of other bloggers from Hobby Polish Bloggers group on Facebook. The group is mainly for bloggers who blog for fun (hence the name), but there are also experienced bloggers involved in the group, sharing advice, tips & trick with newbies like me.

Anyway, I wanted to swatch the Halloween Limited Edition from Glam Polish, so this is perfect. 2 birds 1 stone! This is my first time buying a halloween themed polish, I'm usually not a fan of the palette. But after seeing all the gorgeous swatches of Frankenslime, I just had to have it! I bought the glitter because it was a Snoopy inspired polish, but ended up loving it just as much. I did a little bit of (fail) nail art for both the polishes. I used Glisten & Glow HK Girl top coat for the nail art and piCture pOlish Gloss on Top! for the swatches.

Frankenslime 2014, a green crelly holo with tiny neon green and metallic purple glitter. This one dries gritty and need a good top coat to smooth out the surface. I used 3 thin coats and top coat.

Frankenslime 2014

Frankenslime 2014

Frankenslime 2014

And here my frankenmonster! I think he doesn't like the haircut I gave him here. The purple slime is Glam Polish I'm Through With Love. Frank was painted with KBShimmer Eclipse and Butter London Cotton Buds.

Frankenslime 2014

Snoopy The Witch, a clear based glitter topper with of orange, black, white, and purple, hex, square, circle and mini star glitter. I layered it over KBShimmer Honeydew List, and used a one-ish dabbed coat. The glitter were easy to get out, I didn't get too much glitter on the brush, just enough to use on one nail which is nice. 
I free handed Snoopy The Witch on my middle nail. KBShimmer Hugs & Wishes is the base, Snoopy was painted with KBShimmer Eclipse, Stonewashed, Pansy-Monium, Butter London Cotton Buds, piCture pOlish Citrus, and Totes. I placed the glitter all around Snoopy as accent. I really like it! Even though he looks a bit deformed :p

Snoopy The Witch

Snoopy The Witch

Snoopy The Witch

Snoopy The Witch

This Halloween LE polishes can be purchased from www.glampolish.com.au with shipping to Australia & USA shipping rates to USA are $7.95 for the first polish and an extra $1.00 for each additional polish. You can also check out their international stockists for availability.
Lastly, don't forget to check out the other posts from the link up below and have a great weekend!!


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Novi

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