Acid Butterfly

Greeting fellow nail geniuses!

I was inspired by Dressed Up Digits'  rainbow water marble, which came from the tutorial by the incredibly talented and marvelous ProfessionalDQ and this manicure  by Chokoreto to produce my own version, which I have dubbed The Acid Butterfly. 

I have had oodles of trouble with water marbles in the past, but this one worked awesome!  I made sure to use filtered water that was room temperature, and the sheers were pretty runny which helped when I was making my bulls eye. OR it was pure magical coincidence that I managed this one.  ;p 

Sorrrrry!  My eczema is actually getting better now, but this manicure is from a week ago, and it was still bad then.  I know it's ugly, and the camera makes it uglier than it really is.  I would not have bothered photographing that hand but each nail was unique.

Base: L.A. Colors basecoat/topcoat

1 coat Sally Hansen HD4070-04 Hi-Def

Sponge gradient (moon to tip): 

Sally Hansen HD4070-04 Hi-Def, 

Sally Hansen HD4070-13 Resolution, 

Revlon 340 Ocean

Marble: SH Hard as Nails 4860-28 Black Out,

Finger Paints 806618 Merry Mistletoe

Dots applied after using SH Hard as Nails 300 White On

Topcoat: Seche Vite

I got nail mail yesterday and I am dying to show it off!  Working on the review post for it tonight.  MADE OF WIN.  

And that giveaway IS coming.  It's just that I've been away from the internets awhile.  I'm trying to familiarize myself with rafflecopter. The giveaway is actually getting bigger as time goes on and I find more cool stuff, which is ok...right? :P  

Happy Painting!

♥

JQ

Sally Hansen Black & White Paisley

 

 

Base: SH Extended Wear

Nail (and dots): SH Xtreme Wear "White On"

Stamp (and dots): SH Hard as Nails "Black Heart"

Plate: BM-315

Top: SH Insta-Dri

 I know it's been months and months since I last made a post and this is pretty short and sweet, but I promise I am still a total addict!! My polish stash continues to grow despite all efforts to restrain myself --sometimes they are just toooo pretty!  I collected all 3 BM sets plus that handy case, and I have more image plates arriving by post sometime in early Feb.  Things have been intense here over the past 6 months or so, but now that the dust is settling I hope to be back to fairly regular posting.  Stick around! I'm plotting a giveaway! :D

♥ ♥ ♥

JQ

Black and Red Reverse French

With rhinestones! :P


Base - Essie Lacquered Up 2 coats
Tips - Claire's Black Hole 1 coat
Detail - Kiss Nail Art striper polish in white plus Claire's Snow Ball with dotting tool for flower and a dot on each tip. I used the toothpick technique to draw down the petals. I finished off with red rhinestones.
Top Coat - Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Anti-Chip



Thanks for stopping by. And thank you for all your comments!
Later gaters!
JQ

Black and White FNA Challenge Entry

Hi all! This is my entry for last weeks "Black and White" Fab Nail Art challenge. The FNA Challenge is being hosted by the ladies at Fab ur Nails and Art of Nail . Thank you gals for hosting these neat challenges!


I painted two coats of Claire's Snow Ball, then used my Kiss black striper polish to draw a curving diagonal across each nail. I filled in the tips with Claire's Black Hole. I then used my Kiss white nail striper for the white diagonal stripe. I used Konad special polish in Black Pearl and BM IP #09 for the heart image (using a Q-tip with acetone to remove the splashes for all nails but my thumb. I used Claire's Black Hole and my embossing stylus to make the dots.


Top coat and voila! My "Black Black Heart" mani. Oh. This must mean I'm diggin' it. It has a pet name already!


I experienced Shrinkage with my Seche Vite this time around, so today I'll be switching up my naildo. I picked up some cool new Kiss Art colors for striping so maybe I'll play with those!

Once again, thank you all so much for stopping by and for your comments! I see that I am already almost at 50 followers! Oh my GOSH! CHEERS! Just to let everyone know I am putting thought into ideas and keeping my eyes open for neat things to stick in a box for the big 100 Giveaway. :)

Hearts off the Charts!
JQ