Sinful Colors Timbleberry

Sinful Colors Timbleberry was a difficult color to photograph. It gave me a the case of red lobster hands, but the polish color is accurate. It is a pretty pinkish coral cream. I was surprised by how bright this polish is. It looks a bit more muted in the bottle than what comes out on the nails. I believe it is one of the colors in the main line. This is two coats with a top coat. Application was good with great coverage...

Swatch Details
	Brand: Sinful Colors Collection: main line Color Name/Number: Timbleberry, 108 Number of coats: 2 Top Coat: Yes Free of Formaldehyde, Toluene, Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP)

I would love to know what you think of this color! :)

NOTE: This is a scheduled post. I appreciate all your comments and will respond as soon as I return from my trip! Thank you in advance for commenting :D

Thanks for looking!
Anutka :)

Sinful Colors Slate

Sinful Color Slate from the Destination America collection is a soft gray with a silver shimmer. The shimmer is very fine and it perfectly compliments the gray. The formula is good, easy to work with, two coats for full coverage and no visible nail line. Swatches are with a top coat...

A close-up of the shimmer...

Swatch Details
	Brand: Sinful Colors Collection: Destination America Color Name/Number: Slate, 1055 Number of coats: 2 Top Coat: Yes Free of Formaldehyde, Toluene, Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP)

I would love to know what you think of this! Are you a fan of gray polishes? :)

NOTE: This is a scheduled post. I appreciate all your comments and will respond as soon as I return from my trip! Thank you in advance for commenting :D

Thanks for looking!
Anutka :)

Black and White Challenge Day 2 - White on Black

Today is day two of the Black and White Challenge, which means a white on black manicure. I started out with two coats of Wet 'n Wild Black Creme. Then I painted the white sloped tip with white acrylic paint and added the leaves in black and white acrylic paint as well. I meant for it to be more black than white, but it looks almost 50/50. It reminds me of a skirt I used to have that had the same curved angle (without the leaves)...

A new swatch of Wet 'n Wild Black Creme. This is my favorite black that I have used so far. It is opaque in one coat, cheap, and works well for stamping. What more could you ask? However, even though it is opaque in one coat, I used two here because I find it covers the nail ridges better...

Swatch Details
	Brand: Wet 'n Wild Collection: main line Color Name/Number: Black Creme, 424A Number of coats: 2 Top Coat: Yes Free of Formaldehyde, Toluene, Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP)

I would love to know what you think of this manicure!

NOTE: This is a scheduled post. I appreciate all your comments and will respond as soon as I return from my trip! Thank you in advance for commenting :D

Thanks for looking!
Anutka :)

Sunday Stamping: Plate Ending in 4

I managed to sneak in a manicure for this week's Sunday Stamping Challenge for the facebook group Adventures in Stamping. This week the challenge was to create a manicure using a stamping plate ending in 4. I chose to use Bundle Monster plate BM-224.

The base of the manicure is an un-named Color Club polish. A vampy deep plum color with a nice shimmer. I will have swatches of it up soon. I stamped using a Sally Hansen Color Quick pen in Chrome Rose. I got it from Carolina's giveaway a while back. I'm still going through all the fun stuff she sent me and discovering new gems all the time. This was my first attempt at stamping with the Quick Color pens and all I can say is that it is amazing to stamp with. I wish they would bottle this stuff up, I'd stock up for sure! For some reason I have a fear of the pens drying out. To accent some of the stamped flowers, I added a small yellow rhinestone on each nail...

UPDATE: The Color Club polish is named Catwalk Queen. See swatches here.  

I would love to know what you think of this. Have you stamped with the Color Quick pens before?

NOTE: This is a scheduled post. I appreciate all your comments and will respond as soon as I return from my trip! Thank you in advance for commenting :D

Thanks for looking!
Anutka :)

Hawaiian Sunset

This is an exciting post for me because it means that tomorrow I will be heading off on my vacation to Hawaii. I will be sneaking away with my mom for some much needed rest and relaxation as we leave our boys to fend for themselves. To mark the occasion, I created a Hawaiian Sunset manicure. I've seen ones like this before and have always wanted to try it...

I started out with two coats of Color Club Almost Famous (yellow) and sponged towards the base of the nail with Color Club Warhol (neon pink). These are both from the Color Club POPtastic collection and happen to be the same colors used in the flames manicure a few months ago. On top of Warhol, at the base of the nail, I sponged Sinful Colors Let's Talk, a pretty metallic purple. The tip was then sponged with Wet 'n Wild Black Creme.

The palm tree was stamped using Wet 'n Wild Black Creme and Shany plate SC19. Since the stamped palm tree is just an outline and I wanted it fully shaded, I filled in the shape with a small detail brush and black acrylic paint. I love how this turned out. I'm hoping to see a sunset just like this...

Here was the image that I used for inspirations. I found it here. Such an amazing sunset...

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I would love to know what you think of this!

Also, just to let you know, I have prepared swatches and some nail art for the time that I will be gone. I do not plan on having internet access, so I will respond to any comments left when I return! :D

Thanks for looking!
Anutka :)

Sinful Colors Amethyst

First, I would like to say that I'm so flattered by the response to yesterday's black and white manicure. Thank you so much for all the lovely comments, they mean so much to me. I actually feel somewhat bad following it up with just a swatch and no nail art. At least the color is lovely so I hope it is not too much of a disappointment :)

Sinful Colors Amethyst is a beautiful purple that lives up to it's amethyst name. It is slightly more purple in real life than the photos show, but the blue always likes to come out stronger than it is. The formula on this is great. Two coats for full coverage and no problems with application at all. Swatches are with a top coat...

Swatch Details
	Brand: Sinful Colors Collection: Main Line (also rereleased in Go Plaid collection) Color Name/Number: Amethyst, 978 Number of coats: 2 Top Coat: Yes Free of Formaldehyde, Toluene, Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP)

I would love to know what you think of this!

Thanks for looking!
Anutka :)

Black and White Challenge Day 1 - Black on White

The first challenge in the Black and White Challenge is to create a black on white manicure. I started out with three coats of Wet 'n Wild French White Creme for the white. It is the only white polish that I own (and use all the time). It makes me think of when I first started this blog almost a year ago, since French White Creme was the first polish I ever blogged about.

For the black, I used black acrylic paint and added dots using different sized dotting tool. I started with a small flower at the base of the nail and added dots in two semicircles around it and continued from there. I really like how this manicured turned out. I'm starting to appreciate the dotting tool more and more...

I thought I would throw in swatches of Wet 'n Wild French White Creme just for fun, since it has been almost a year since the last swatch. French White Creme is a pure white. The formula is good, two coats for opacity, although I always add a third coat to even out the coverage. Does anyone else remember the days when a solid white manicure like this was popular or is it just me? :)

Swatch Details
	Brand: Wet 'n Wild Collection: Main Line Color Name/Number: French White Creme, 449C Number of coats: 3 Top Coat: No Free of Formaldehyde, Toluene, Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP)

I hope you like my black on white manicure! I would love to know what you think about it. :)

If this looks fun and you would like to join the challenge, take a look on Mateja's blog Purple Glitters for more information.

Thanks for looking!
Anutka :)