NOTD: Blue & White Water Marble + Tutorial

I've been meaning & meaning to get this posted ... then I've had interruptions at lunch, connectivity issues, and yesterday a crapload of thieves that I had to file copyright infringements on.  So!  Finally here is my blue & white water marble, using Orly White Tips & Orly Angel Rain, a beautiful combination and one I took a lot of pictures of ... even so, the iridescence of the blue was nearly impossible to capture on camera:

Here are some close-ups:

And here's the tutorial:

Thanks for reading =)

~Colette

Trick or ... TREAT!

If you watch my vids or follow my Fan Page, you'll know I've been planning a giveaway since I ended up with some duplicates of some very nice Orly polishes.  In thanks to my fans for helping me win the colors in the first place, I'm giving away the dupes:

Since it was a Facebook contest that my fans helped me win, this is going out mainly to them & Liking my Page IS a requirement.  The only other is that you are 18 - this is open worldwide.  So if you'd like some lovely pretty Orly polishes, enter & cross your fingers - contest will be open until midnight November 11th.

a Rafflecopter giveaway
Of course, pictures of the awesome mani that won me the contest as well as all the fun stuff I've done with the other colors I won will be coming eventually =)

Thanks for reading.

~Colette

NOTD: Pink & Blue Easter Dots + Tutorial

This was kind of a last minute design, at the time I didn't want the purple swirls on my nails for Easter LOL.  For the base white I used Orly Au Champagne, then the dotting is done with Revlon Coastal Surf & Revlon Passionate Pink:

Here's the tutorial:



Thanks for reading =)

~Colette

NOTD: Purple Swirl + Tutorial

I am SO stubborn. I'm aware of this. Usually it pays off in the end ... we'll hope one day that will be the case around here LOL.

I wasn't really very happy with this ... this.  Base color is Orly Charged Up, Swirled with Sally Hanson Be-Jeweled, swirled & then topped with Essie Shine of the Times ... and eventually Warpaint Mattify:

Here's the tutorial:



Thanks for reading =)

~Colette

Guest NOTD: Orly Royal Velvet

Not much to say for this one - just Mom wearing Orly Royal Velvet:

You can see the original post on my nails HERE, there are some shots that show the duo-chrome to a bit better effect, but that's just because it's easier to take picture of my own nails - the duo-chrome was definitely still visible on short nails =)

Thanks for reading.

~Colette

NOTD: Spring Pastel Rainbow Water Marble + Tutorial

So, Nail Art April started off with a marble that didn't quite fit into March =)  I used Orly Au Champagne for my base, then Marbling was done with 6 Revlon pastels - Sunshine Sparkle, Peach Smoothie, Pink Again, Gum Drop, Blue Lagoon & Minted.

I actually started out this design with a big fail that turned out kind of cool in hindsight; I wish I'd taken more pictures.  I wanted each nail to have just an arc of color, but it turned out too pale - I tried an overlay-marble of black that turned out looking grey ... and so after I did one hand I took it off & stared over again.  Here's a look at the fail that maybe wasn't quite such a fail:

Either way, this is what replaced it - due to the way I dipped my nails, they almost all turned out just a little different.  Very pale, especially in certain lights, but it was well suited for the Easter season it happened to be at the time:

I didn't have any nails that I didn't like, which as you know is pretty rare - so I took close-ups for all of them:

And of course here is the tutorial:



Thanks for reading.

~Colette