Guest NOTD: Revlon Blue Lagoon

I think that at the time, Mom was looking for a light sky blue and she got this because it was still out from the pastel rainbow marble.  Revlon Blue Lagoon is a little lighter than I would consider a true sky blue, with just a hint of sparkle which is actually easier to see in the shade picture:

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

NOTD: Blue & Green Star Water Marble +Tutorial

OK, I will confess I didn't realize that it had been nearly a month. Time flies when you're having fun - or when you're so sick you don't know what day it is LOL.  Not that I was sick for the whole month, but I was kind of miserable for a solid couple weeks.

This design it was a little tricky figuring out the right colors to use to create a small enough inner circle to fit the entire star design on my nails.  I ended up using China Glaze Blue Year's Eve for my base color, marbling done with BYE and China Glaze Four Leaf Clover:

Here are my favorite nails:

And here is the tutorial:



This was the end of Water Marble March (yes, I know how long ago March was ...) but of course not the end of me marbling - Nail Art April starts with a water marble too =)

Thanks for reading.

~Colette