Day 8--Duochrome, Flakie or Holo

Hi Everyone!  Today's Crumpets Nail Tart's Challenge puts us to Day 8 aka Duochrome, Flakie or Holo.  When I first saw this theme I said to myself well why not do all 3?  I think we all know I love duochromes--I especially love Sally Hansen duochromes  huge fan of flakies as well, but holo's not so much.  While it's true I have a lot of holos I just HATE they look like crap indoors!  I spend most of my time indoors working and I'm not out lazing around in the sun enjoying the prismatic effect of a holo for crying out loud!

BUT today I decided to do all three.  I chose Sally Hansen Ruby Sapphire for my duochrome, three nice coats of it, but on my accent nail over 2 coats I did a layer of my favorite flakie--Cult Nails Clairvoyant.  

I love a duochrome because it has so much to offer, one color one minute, another color the next

I move my hands all over the place when I wear a duochrome

I stamped another accent nail with Color Club Cloud Nine and Cheeky XL D

While the flash makes the holo come to life with a prismatic blaze, it hides the gorgeous flakie, and buries the 2nd color of the duochrome

 I'm not sure why my skin is so golden here either lol!

Back into a shade pic and the duochrome and flakie shine but the holo is DED

Poor, poor holo, you only come out to play in the sun

I guess that's why when it comes to "finishes" I'm always going to want to go with a duochrome or flakie over a holo.  I'm glad I got all three into this mani though, it shines in and out of the light for me!

What's up for tomorrow?

Saran Wrap!  I haven't tried a Saran Wrap mani yet!!!!

Let's see what the other Tart's have come up with for today

Move over Brittany Spears!

Hi Readers!  Today's mani is TOXIC!  But definitely in a good way!  I received Cult Nails Toxic Seaweed as a birthday present from my sweet friend Marissa.  She is a really wonderful friend and I love her DESPITE the fact she is a New York Giants fan UG!  With the addition of Toxic Seaweed to my polish stash I now consider I have the trifecta of Cult Nails beauties--Captivated, Clairvoyant and Toxic Seaweed.  Maria really knows how to do glitters and flakies!  Next up for me from them will be Iconic, Time Traveler and Vicious.
No stamping on this mani today readers, just some gorgeous greens!  I did two coats of the lovely Zoya Veruschka and then sponged Toxic Seaweed on at the tips.  I love flakies matted and since I started with a matte I wanted to keep that look so a topcoat of Essie's Matte About You finished the look

I love Zoya Veruschka it's so rich!

Here's a nice closeup of the flakie goodness!

When you matte a flakie it just traps all the shine and shimmer and I love it!


So there you have it readers, a nice, easy but beautiful green mani for St Patrick's Day!  I'm actually thinking of attempting a water marble mani!  My friend Jodi over at Captivating Claws marbles like no other and she makes it seem so easy so you never know I may just surprise her and try one of my own!


Thanks for stopping by! I hope you all have a fantastic day!

Jewelry for your nails!

Hi readers!  Today I've decided to highlight jewelry for your nails--and by this I mean nail polish of course!  I don't know if I'm the only one who feels this way or not but I wasn't all that excited when Cult Nails came up with the whole "Unicorn Puke" limited edition number bottles.  Honestly I'm not going to wear anything with "puke" in the title on my nails.  BUT Clairvoyant I can definitely "do".  Clairvoyant is a truly gorgeous multi colored flakie polish with a hint of purple.  I was lucky enough to get it on the Black Friday sale for less than $10!!!  Maria does a truly fantastic job creating some gorgeous colors if you haven't ever ordered from them before or have never seen the colors they offer you can check them out here.

Here I have two layers of Clairvoyant over the lovely OPI Ink

Here's a picture of it with flash because I always like to take pictures in light or with the flash as it does change the appearance of the polish

Isn't it just gorgeous???  I usually stamp my mani's but this is so pretty it needs nothing more!

I also make nail polish jewelry so I made some pieces using Clairvoyant

I'm not sure what I was thinking when I set these pieces on my rocking chair to snap a pic of so please excuse the colored background lol!

I tried to get a picture of me showing off my ring with the my mani but it's a bit dark, still I love having a matching ring for my manicure!

And last but not least is my favorite pic of me and Clairvoyant!  My nail polish buddy Crystal and I were both so excited to get Clairvoyant that we were doing the count down to who's going to get it in the mail first.  We decided we would wear it on the same day with the same underwear.  She got hers a day before I did but waited for me to wear hers--wasn't she sweet????.  Here is our picture--the Clairvoyant Wonder Twins!

How do you feel readers?  Did you get one of the limited edition bottles of Unicorn Puke or did you get the lovely and "normal" named Clairvoyant?  Or are you checking out Maria's site right now to get a bottle of this gorgeous polish?