31 Day Challenge (v.2!) Day 31 : Recreate Your Favorite Challenge

Morning lovelies!! Did you notice the change here at KLK? That's right! KLK is now located at Kimberslacquerkorner.com! Yay! I don't know if it's blogger, but since I went to the .com addy my follower widget has been acting up. It seems to be ok if you refresh the page, so if you're trying to follow KLK, just refresh! :) Also, remember to like KLK on Facebook! Once I reach 100 likes I will be having an A England Giveaway!

Today is our final challenge, and I am both relieved and sad. I have met so many amazing bloggers through this challenge, and learned so much. Had I not done this challenge, I never would have attempted anything by Robin Moses, new color combinations, new nail art techniques. I would not have met all of the lovely ladies that worked their butts off on this every 3 days. I've made some very close friends through this challenge - thank you to each and every one of you for sticking with me and letting me get to know you - It's been amazing and I'm honored to call you all friends.

Having said that, if any of you are up for a different challenge, Let me know! We can decide together what kind of challenge and what time frame we can commit to. I'll be honest, I'm going to miss posting with you all and am loathe to let that go!

Today's challenge was tough. There have been so many utterly amazing mancures in this challenge that it was hard to choose. But one really stuck in my head. I knew that I had to try it ASAP, and so I decided to try it out for this challenge. I will warn all of you - I will be re-creating more manis from your challenges since there are so many that I am in love with and want to try.

This Manicure is my tribute to Kat from Hooked On Polish. I've known Kat since before she really started blogging and let me tell you guys, she is the sweetest person. Her nail art is incredible. She uses the most awesome color combinations and techniques. I love her blog, I adore her, and I fell in love with this manicure the second I saw it. Yup! You guessed it! It's Kat's Day 8 Metallic Nails Mani!

I didn't have the exact polishes that Kat used, so I grabbed my Layla Magnetics in Purple Galaxy and Blue Grey Flow. I used 2 coats of Blue Grey Flow as my base color, then used BGF and Purple Galaxy for the sponging. I used a coat of Gelous before applying the magnet, and woah! I wish I had taken pictures of this right after I finished. I forgot that the pattern would spread out a bit overnight! But when I pulled the magnet away initially I had the strongest magnetic pattern ever! I'm going to try the coat of gelous technique on some of my other magnetics to see if that's the key here!

But enough babbling! Kat, this one's for you! (Sorry about the bubbling and spread out pattern. SV is evil lately!)

I really wish I had taken my photos last night instead of waiting. The pattern was so crisp and strong! I think that's the only thing I don't really like about magnetic polish - how the pattern spreads out.  Still, I really love this technique and am happy with the results. I still dig magnetic polish so I'll certainly be trying this with different color combos.

Varnished Vixens, it has been my pleasure to host this challenge. I hope that we all keep in touch, and tackle many challenges together. You ladies are my little polish family, and just because this challenge is over, well....you're not getting rid of me that easily!

Be sure to check out the Varnished Vixens final challenge manicures!
-Kimber at Kimber's Lacquer Korner
-Kat at Hooked On Polish
-Diana at Nails By Diana
-Aly at Wonderland Beauty
-Meredith at Perfectly Polished
-Nicole at The Color Republic
-Kate at The Painted Pony Nails
-Cee at Absolutely Cee
-Sam at Polished Art
-Nail Narcotics
-Nicole at Nicole Gets Nailed
-Shelby at Shelby's Swatches
-Stephanie Louise at All Things Beautiful
-Mixed Mama
-Joanna @ Sweet Polish of Mine
-Patty Greenberg
-Liz and Lisa @ Lozlosa 
-Mari at Nailista
-Greta at How Was Your Day?
-Miss L at Beauty by Miss L 
-Gini at Sassy Paints 
-Chameleon Stampede 
-Pam at Nail-E-Glance
-Me, Myself, and Polish 
- Robin Sparkles  

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Polishing!
-Kimber

Illamasqua Baptiste's (not-so-evil) twin! *Pic Heavy!*

Hello Ladies! Today's post is ultra-special since it's a Twin post with a blogger (and friend) that I adore. Not only is she one of my nail crushes, but she's a really awesome person and I count myself lucky to know her.

If you don't know Kat from Hooked on Polish, then you've been living under a rock. She has the most gorgeous nails, and mad nail art skills. She has created so many lemmings for me, and I've learned a ton from her as well.

I met Kat just before she started her blog, and have been a fan ever since. Her blog has kicked butt since day one, and she's just the sweetest person. Awhile back I was lucky enough to win her awesome giveaway (you'll be seeing polishes I won soon - I'm kind of saving them for special occasions since I love them so much I don't want to use them up!). One of the prizes was an Illamasqua polish of my choice, but being indecisive I asked Kat to pick for me. Kat has awesome taste in polish and I knew I would love anything she chose. Imagine my surprise when I opened the package and there was Illamasqua Baptiste!! Both my husband and I spent  good 10 minutes ooooohing and ahhhhin over it. Kat loved it enough to grab one for herself, and we decided to do a twin post. It may sound silly, but I am very honored to be sharing a post with such an awesome lady.

Illamasqua polishes are always amazing, and Baptiste is no exception. She's a deep, shimmery eggplant with exceptional pigmentation and depth. I wish I could capture that on camera, but this is one you really have to wear to appreciate. The formula and application was flawless as well. Just an awesome polish and a must have in my book!

Here is Baptiste in all her glory! I did end up adding some nail art, but that's for another post. I loved this polish so much on her own that I decided to show her alone for today.

Details:
1 coat OPI Nail Envy Matte
2 coats Illamasqua Baptiste
1 coat SV

I know, I took a ton of pictures. But man! This girl is so gorgeous I just had to show her off! Sorry my cuticles are still trashed They're healing from that cuticle remover mishap and they're not being nice about it!

A huge thanks to Kat for sending me this polish. I cannot thank her enough! This is definitely one of my fave polishes in my collection, which says alot in a stash of over 850!

Go check out Kat's Baptiste post! Trust me, it's awesome! And follow her. You'll be glad you did.

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Polishing!
-Kimber