Mish Mash Challenge Week 5: Music!

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Hello again lovelies! Since it is Wednesday, I owe you a Mish Mash Challenge mani! This week just snuck up on me. Hell, I'm still trying to leave comments for last week! I really need a clone. Anyone know where I can get a clone?

This week's challenge is Music, and lemme tell ya - I was simultaneously inspired and uninspired. For me, music is synonymous with Daft Punk, yet Daft Punk is incredibly hard to translate into nail art without spending a few hours free-handing. Needless to say, I didn't have several hours to work on nail art, so I had to come up with something Daft Punk related that wouldn't take all night.

After several hours of thought and a few instances of "well hell! I'll just do something generic and call it done!", I finally stumbled across something that just might work.....Although you have to be a Daft Punk fun to really get it.

My inspiration? A Helmet. A golden, robotic, helmet of shiny awesomeness that adorns the head of one Guy-Manuel de Homem Christo. Or, as he is more commonly known, Guy-Man (or the Gold Robot). I do dig Thomas Bangalter as well (Silver Helmet), but Guy-Man will always be the sex bomb in my book. If you've seen pics of him unmasked, you may get what I'm sayin. But since I don't want to ruin the fun, here's Guy-Man in his  2013 Gloriousness:

Oh Hai, Robot Overlord! I for one, am ready to accept your 120 BPM rule!

Obviously I initially thought of something black, with black glequins. However that's pretty hard to see, so I opted for a different route. I combined the image on teh side of Guy-Man's helmet with the iconic Daft Punk pyramid.

Helmet. Really cool helmet. I'm fairly sure this leaves Guy-Man's glorious mane in Helmet Hair condition.

Super awesome Pyramid. All lit up in blue. Pretty!

Since both the sound wave on Guy's Helmet and the Pyramid are blue here, I opted to use A-England Camelot as my base color and add the details using bright blue glequins. I had originally planned this as a tape mani, but since The Robots are sporting sequined jackets these days, I decided this was a good time to use some of my giant hoard. This mani is by no means Epic, but it works in a pinch. The glequins make the design hard to see unless you're right on top of it, so use your imagination to fill in the blanks. :)

Again, not exactly Epic, but it looks fairly cool in person. Plus, it's Daft Punk. You can't really make Daft punk uncool. Unless you were to unmask them and stick them in Lederhosen. Then they may not be as cool.

Don't forget to check out all my girls and their Music inspired manicures!

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I'll be back tomorrow with more from the Polish TBH Diagon Alley Collection, so check back soon!

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Polishing!
-Kimber



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Faux Flakie Friday! Incredibly late Sunday version, cause I'm a slacker.

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Good Morning Lovelies! I am a slacker! Well, not on purpose, but here it is Sunday morning and I'm just now managing to post my Flakie Friday mani. Maybe I should've called it Slacker Sunday. ;)

I had intended to post this Friday evening, but I ended up at my mom's house, watching my kids soak each other with water balloons and by the time I made it home I had so much else to do that I couldn't get to my post. Yesterday was so sweltering hot that I honestly couldn't accomplish anything. So I took the kiddos over to moms and they played in the pool and kept cool. I am not a hot weather girl, and it's been incredibly hot here lately. I plan on cranking up the AC today since we're finally getting it up and running today (darn thing eats parts like nobodys business). It's also been wonderful to just hang out and spend time with my mom. That last hospital stay really scared us. I'm over there twice a day to give her an anti-coagulant injection anyway, but being there with the kids has been really lovely.

Today's Flakie is one of those polishes where I sat under a lamp and played a rousing game of "Flakie? Not a Flakie?" for a good hour. I settled on glitter, but looks like a very fine flakie so it's going to count today because I really wanted to wear it. See what I did there? Justification. Even if you guys determine that it doesn't count, I'm still counting it since I loved it enough to attempt to cheat!

This beauty is one of my 35 brand new Catrice polishes that the ever so awesome Simona from Light Your Nails was kind enough to pick up for me. Let me tell you - I am so excited about these Catrice polishes! There is a true flakie in the bunch, but this one was really calling to me. It's Calm Call from the Siberian Call Collection and it's a shiny black base with multicolored glitters and what appears to be very fine silver flakes, but could very well be glitter that just looks like flakes. Either way, it's beautiful and one of my favorite twists on black.

I really wanted to play with some of the awesome loose glitters that I received from Born Pretty Store as well, so I added a frame with silver glitters, stamped my accent nail with a honeycomb image from Dashica plate SDP-A, and filled in the honeycombs with glitters. The result is a lot of fun!

I will warn you guys, these were taken early in the morning before I had a chance to moisurize so my hands look a bit dry. I've been horrible about moisturizing my hands the past few days. I never forget my Pure Nail Oil, but my hands? Yeah...I've been bad! I also managed to shape my nails (and finally hit the cuticle remover) after this, so ignore the weird off center shape.

I also wanted to show you all my Moustache. It took me weeks to grow it! ;)

This is 2 coats of The Calm Call with Born Pretty Store silver glitter (which I assure you are all there - the silver glitters have to catch the light just right or they blend into the polish):

Oh how I love black with a little oomph! The Calm Call is definitely a new favorite black polish. The glittery frames really made this for me though, and the accent nail was so blingy that driving was dangerous!

The Calm Call's formula was fabulous, which was a relief since I had read several blog posts stating that the formula was less than stellar. I had no problems at all. Application was lovely as well, even though this girl has one of the fluffy Catrice brushes. Bad brushes I can handle, and since this pretty had no other issues at all, I was totally able to overlook the brush.

The loose glitters from Born Pretty Store were probably the most fun I've had working on a manicure in awhile. Maybe it's just me, but playing with shiny glitter makes me happy. These were easy to use (just place a dot of topcoat where you want the glitter, then use a dotting tool, toothpick or tweezers to place the glitter onto the dot of topcoat. Repeat as desired, seal with topcoat and done!) and looked fabulous! I was very impressed with their staying power as well - I had worried that I would be replacing them all day long, but I only managed to loose 1 glitter, and that was my while doing some gardening. They're also so very versatile - and since I have 12 pots of them, I foresee lots of glittery nail art in my future.

You can check out these loose glitters (or Glequins) by visiting BornPrettyStore.com, and searching for item number 3103 or simply click here. These come in a set of 12 small pots (which is still enough glitter to last a lifetime!) and sell for $6.45. While you're at it, take a look around and check out all that Born Pretty Store has to offer. They have an amazing array of nail art supplies at low prices, with free worldwide shipping. Use the code below to save 10% off your order!

I have alot of awesome polish coming up this week including more from Wingdust, Nail Pattern Boldness, Twenty Seven Polish, Polish TBH and Live life Polished, as well as a fabulous base and top coat, and more Pure Nail Oil updates!

What do you think of The Calm Call? Flakie or glitter that aspires to be a flakie?

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Polishing!
-Kimber



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Autism Awareness Month - Autism Awarenss Nail Art with Born Pretty Store Glequins

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 Hello again lovelies! I mentioned in my previous post that I would be back with some Autism Awareness Nail Art, so here I am!

I have decided to save my daughter's story for tomorrow though - it's very long and hard to write, and considering it's already Midnight here, I have to bump it to tomorrow. 

Autism Awareness Month and World Autism Awareness Day are very meaningful in my world, and it's only fitting that I celebrate them with Autism Awareness themed manicures. Awhile back I received a pack of 12 different colors of loose glitters, or Glequins as we like to call them, from Born Pretty Store. I decided that they would be perfect for some blingy nail art!


 For this manicure, I chose Rimmel Blue Eyes Girl, a bright, saturated blue, for my base color.  Then I added blue, red, and gold (I don't have yellow) Glequins in the shape of the Autism Awareness ribbon on my ring finger. I used more of the blue, red, and gold glequins to make some rows of stripes on the rest of my nails and voila! I am really happy with the results, even if my rows of glequins aren't even. I did this at night and my lighting in my polish corner is terrible - I literally couldn't see what I was doing half the time! Still, I really dig this manicure.

Not too shabby for my first time working wtih Glequins, right? Not to mention that whole not being able to see what I was doing! I need to find a desk lamp that doesn't create a ton of glare! I also apologize for the scratches on my top coat - I didn't get to photograph these until about an hour ago!

These particular Glequins are part of a set of 12 from Born Pretty Store. Each jar contains more glitter than I'll ever be able to use, and the entire set sells for only $6.45 with free worldwide shipping.

These glitters are so incredibly versatile! I love all the colors, and they are the perfect size to use alone, with stamping, or mixed in with other decorations. They're high quality glitters which do not fade, apply easily (All I used was some top coat and a dotting tool), and lay perfectly on the nail. I have yet to loose a single glitter, and I've been wearing this for over 24 hours! In fact, I'll be showing you a few more manicures with these soon! You can grab a set of your own by visiting BornPrettyStore.com. This set is item ID 3103, or you can click here.

If you have yet to check out Born Pretty Store, you really should head on over and see all the fabulous nail art products and polish they have to offer. They offer quality products of all kinds for a steal! Shipping is incredibly fast and Born Pretty has some of the best customer service around. You can also save 10% on your entire purchase by using the code below ( Just click the picture to go straight to the store!)

 

 Are you a fan of glequins? Have you tried them yet?

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Polishing!
-Kimber  
  
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