Black Magic Friday

Happy Friday everybody! Have you ever walked into a store, saw a polish that looked absolutely GORGEOUS in the bottle, and bought it on the spot? Then, when you get home, so eager to paint the glorious beauty on your nails, experience utter disappointment? The polish is thin and almost invisible, and you feel as though you might as well have painted water on your nails? Well, this post is for you, my friend! All hope may not be lost! There is a well known trick/secret amongst the nail polish community, and that, is black nail polish. Yep, that's it! Just black lacquer! It doesn't have to be anything fancy, in fact, the cheaper [as long as it is opaque in two coats] the better, because the black is just the catalyst for your poor, sad nail polish to show it's true pop of color! Duo/Multi Chromes really benefit from the black polish trick. You can usually see every facet of color over black, and it really makes each shade stand out depending on the angle of your nails. 

Here are some examples of how black can transform different colors of polish. Unfortunately I don't have swatches of all of these colors on their own... I can make a swatch wheel for you, or you can google the colors and will mostly likely be able to see how they fare on their own two feet. I love looking at these pictures and seeing the magic transformation of colors that, on their own, are nothing special, but when layered over black, become a magic, enchanting display of razzle-dazzling beauty.

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(1) Essence Holographic 03 Blueray (2) Pure Ice Busted (3) Pure Ice Spitfire (4) OPI Sugar Plum Yum (5) Golden Rose Scale Effects 14 (6) Kleancolor Starry Meteor (7) Kleancolor Silver Star (8) Kleancolor Chunky Holo Black (9) Kleancolor Chunky Holo Purple (10) Color Club Magic Attraction (11) Color Club Wild & Willing (12) Misa Mega Margarita (13) Misa Denim & Lace (14) Orly Rock Candy (15) Sally Hansen DVD

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This is very picture heavy, so if you want to see more, click below!

Pink Wednesday!

Hi everyone! Happy half-way through the week!! :) As you know, today is Wednesday, which means it's time for another pink nail polish! I am going to be sharing Golden Rose, "116", with you today. It's really nice bright, medium pink color. The application is pretty good, and opaque in three coats. The bottle states holographic, and it is there, but not as much as you would see in other well known holographic polishes. Holographic aside, this is just a really nice pink nail polish anyway! :)

Have a great day, everyone!

Pink Wednesday! + BM Stamp & Nfu Oh 61!

Here we are, another Wednesday in the books! Next Wednesday, it will be June! I can't believe how fast time is going by! Today, I have a Golden Rose color for you. These have numbers, not names, and this one is 108. It's a rosey pink color, and is holographic.... although none of my pics do it justice! Maybe if it didn't constantly rain and storm here I could get better pictures, but alas, all I have are indoor shots. 

In other news, I decided to stamp with Sally Hansen's Xtreme Wear in the color "Black Out", over my Nfu Oh 61. I used the Bundle Monster plate from the first collection that has the zebra stripe (Sorry, I can't remember the plate number!). I ended up putting some Seche Vite over top, so the holo is dulled, and I couldn't get a sunny picture this morning because it is storming the MOTHER LOAD outside. Anyway, here is a recap of the lovely Nfu Oh 61 from yesterday:

Oooooohhhhh look how pretty!!!!

And now with added stamp:

I like this, I just wish I could have captured a bit more of the holo from underneath! Thanks for stopping by! :)