Mish Mash Challenge Week 8- "Cold"

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Hello Lovelies! Here I am, a day late for the Mish Mash Challenge. I mentioned this yesterday, but this mani di dnot want to come into being. I had so many problems that I literally wanted to set everything on fire.

This week's theme is "cold", a theme that I wasn't feeling too hot about TBH. I had several ideas, but none of them really called to me. Eventually I settled on some little penguins, buuuuut.....my acrylic paints are MIA, so I had to use regular polish. Usually workable, but every polish I grabbed for this started getting thick and stringy right away. Normally I reach for my Finger Paints Paper Mache when I need a good, opaque white, but that seems to be missing as well. I literally attempted this mani 3 times with 3 different sets of polish and every single time the white and orange glopped up immediately. This is my third and final attempt, and even though I'm not happy with it, I was not about to sit down and create another new manicure after doing 3 in a row. I promise next week will suck less.

So my poor little penguins are thick, and look like they're recovering from a mild bender. Not a complete fail, but I am FAR from happy with them. I'm also showing you my left hand, which is still growing out and really needs to be shaped. Not a good mani day for me - don't judge me.

Okay, so they're not a complete fail, but that thick white polish made things so hard. No clean lines here, folks. These also took forever to dry! I do like the little Fimo bowties (thanks to Polish Asphyxiation for those! Couldn't wait to play with them!), but you should see the dent in the polish where those were!

Make sure to check out all my polish sistah's and their challenge nails - I promise they won't be as slap-dash as mine!

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I'll be back later with a gorgeous polish from Euphoric Lacquers. Flaie Friday is on for tomorrow, and I have some awesomeness from Tawdry Terrier, Love Angeline, Gothic Gala and Polish TBH on the way.

Thanks for stopping by and may your penguins remain sober!
-Kimber





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Mish Mash Challenge Week 4 - Untried Nail Art Technique! 2 different manicures!

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Hello Lovelies! Man, am I late with this post! See what happens when I take it easy? Haha! Actually part of my lateness is due my own indecisiveness. I had one manicure in mind for this week's challenge, but I wasn't 100% satisfied, so I tried something else on the other hand. Then I couldn't decided which one to use, so I'm posting them both and you lovelies can decide which you like best.

Both manicures are brush stroke manicures, just different techniques. This first manicure was done with the polish brushes and is comprised of random brush strokes of 5 different polishes. I used A-England Camelot as my base, and Sally Hansen HD Polishes in DVD, Byte, LCD, Spectrum, and Resolution for the brush strokes. Once the brush stroked were finished, I stamped using Bundle Monster Plate BM 208 and Konad Black to create a Mosaic style manicure. I really dig how this one turned out!

Also, I photographed this in different lighting and I'm still getting used to it. Forgive the brightness here, okay? :)

I really dig how this turned out, even if you can't really tell it's a brush stroke mani. Those HD Polishes are beautiful and have great color, but they're also sheer and full of flecks, which makes getting the brush strokes to show is tough.  Not a total fail though since I love mosaic designs and this one was great fun to wear.

The next brush stroke technique is more along the lines of the awesome Ozotic mani from Fashion Polish, except I used Jewel Tone polishes. This technique is done with a fan brush as opposed to the polish brush, but still derives its effect  placing soft, random brush strokes of polish at random on the nail. A-England Camelot is the base color again, with A-England Avalon, Order of The Garter,  and L'Oreal The Muse's Attitude, The Mystic's Fortune, and The Mystic's Future for the brush strokes.

Also, I'm showing you my left hand here, which is uneven since I'm letting it grow out to match my right hand. I've actually managed to refrain from using my middle nail as a soda can opener!

Now I *really* like this one, however the jewel tones are kinda hard to see in photos. I dig how the brush strokes are a touch more blatant (thanks fan brush!) and I adore Jewel Tones on black. This was also much faster than the HD Mosaic Brush Stroke Mani since I didn'thave to use multiple brush strokes for each color. And of course, no stamping.

 I think the Jewel Tone is my fave, although the mosaic is so colorful and fun. What do you think? Which is your fave?

While you're at it, check out all my girls and their awesome manis!

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I'll be back later today sometime with the first polish from the upcoming Polish TBH Diagon Alley Collection. So excited to share these with you lovelies! Such an amazing collection - I mean, it's Polish TBH, so I don't expect anything less than amazing! I'll be showing the entire collection over the next few days, so be sure to check back often. I also have some amazing polish from Cinema Swatch Lacquers and Squishy Face Polish coming up as well.

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Polishing!
-Kimber




















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Try It On Tuesday - Sally Hansen Sugar Coat in Sour Apple

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Hello Lovelies! Well, it seems that I totally underestimated just how busy I would be today, so I have another late night post for you. I'm really hoping that I'm able to post during daylight hours tomorrow, but the way things are going, I'm not convinced. Every day several surprise errands keep popping up, and they're not small errands either. I'm starting to think I need a clone.

Also, I want to warn you all the my poor fingers are a bit inflamed. I had a bad reaction to some cuticle balm (I'm out of my beloved Pure since I managed to lose the bottle. Thankfully a new on is on its way!!!) so the skin around my nails is still a bit swollen. I was a genius and tried it out again last night to see if it really is the balm, or if it's something else I've been using, and lo and behold! it's the balm. Ugh. My poor cuticles and skin are already so dry and grumpy without Pure, this is just insult to injury!

For this week's Try It On Tuesday, I just had to wear one of my textured polishes. Darn it, I love these polishes, and I have a ton, yet I rarely get to wear them. TIOT is the perfect excuse to give these babies some love!

Today's pretty is Sour Apple from Sally Hansen's Sugar Coat line of textured polish. I honestly could not decide which one of these to wear, so I asked IG, and this color actually won out. I'm pretty pleased with that since Sour Apple is a beautiful Mint texture - the perfect shade of mint green I do believe.

This is 2 thin coats, no top coat:

Yeah, I think I dig this polish. I DO NOT dig this stupid swelling and dry cuticles and skin! Again, let me tell you how much I love my Pure Nail Oil and am so happy that it's on the way. Being without it sucks!!!!!!

Anyway, I love Sour Apple. The color is fabulous, even if it does bring out my olive undertones! Formula was a bit on the thick side, so I added a few drops of thinner and voila! Much better! Application was a bit tricky until I added the thinner- lots of dragging and balding and very hard to get the polish to spread out to the sides of the nail. Once I added the thinner though, I had no problems. The texture can be a bit finicky - I had to re-do my ring and pinky since the texture didn't really show on the first try. I had to shake the bottle really well and swirl my brush around in the polish to make sure I had alot of those little texture beads in order to ensure that those two nails would dry as textured as the rest.  Dry time is fairly fast, and wear is excellent, considering this is supposed to be worn sans top coat.  I do feel the need to mention that despite being a pastel, this baby is a stainer. I tend to polish close to my cuticles, which means that when I clean up, my brush will usually smear some polish along my cuticle and I'll have to go over it again to clean that off. In those few moments between swipes, the green managed to settle into my cuticles and leave a slight green cast. Those little texture beads are a bit of a pain as well - spreading all over during clean up and really sticking into cuticles.

Despite the semi-tricky application and initially thick formula, I really love these. I have a good 12 of them, so I'm sure you'll be seeing these pop up often on TIOT. Of course, that means that I have to pick a color, which is near impossible for me. If you have a Sugar Coat that you'd like to see, by all means let me know.

What do you think of Sour Apple? Are you a fan of textured polish?

I'll be back tomorrow (before midnight, lol!) with week 3 of the Mish Mash Challenge! I also have some Luscious Potion, Polish TBH, Fandom Cosmetics and Love, Angeline coming up!

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Polishing!
-Kimber


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ABC Challenge - X is for Sally Hansen X-Treme Wear (Inspired by Derpy Hooves)

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Hello Lovelies! Happy Wednesday! I managed to photograph the awesome Polish TBH pretty yesterday, but right now I have an ABC Challenge manicure for you (I'll post the Polish TBH this afternoon)!

Today's challenge letter is X, and I have to tell you, I was largely uninspired until I realized that I have a drawer full of X-Treme Wear polishes. I've had some nail art ideas in my head, thanks to my daughter, and took this opportunity to create her favorite.

For this manicure I started with a base of Sally Hansen X-Treme Wear in Grey Area. I have no idea why I haven't worn this before - it's such a pretty grey, even if it is darker than the grey from my inspiration. After that dried, I added a few different sized dots in another X-Treme Wear polish, Breezy blue. Then I added some tiny dots to the upper right of the blue dots in yet another X-Treme Wear polish, White On.

This design is actually inspired my a character in My Little Pony : Friendship Is Magic named "Derpy Hooves". She was a background character, but the fans fell in love with her uneven eyes and clutzy mannerisms, so she was adopted into the cast. My daughter is a huge MLP fan and adores Derpy, so it was only fitting that I recreat Derpy's Cutie Mark (the image on the pony's flank) on my nails. Her cutie mark is just random floating bubbles, but I think these look pretty darn cool!

I admit it - I really dig these! Derpy is a pretty fab character, and even though my base color is darker than Derpy is, I'm still thrilled with these. Now if my nails would grow faster, I'd be a happy girl! Unfortunately I had been patching a tear that was just behind the quick on my index finger, and that started to give way so I had to take my length down one last time. It does keep my right hand closer to the length on my left though, so in the end it works out. I'm just missing having *some* length.

What do you think of my Derpy Hooves Cutie Mark Nails? You get extra points if you actually know who I'm talking about!

Be sure to check out all my polish sistah's and their letter X manicures!





I'll be back later with Polish TBH awesomeness, and I have some incredible Indies coming up this week, so check back!

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Polishing!
-Kimber


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ABC Challenge: "W" is for Weak Water Marble

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Hello Lovelies! Check it out - I managed to post again before midnight! Woohoo!

Today is another ABC Challenge day! This challenge has flown by. I can't believe we're already at "W"!

For today's challenge I decided to water marble, which was a bad idea since I am so out of practice. The last time I marbled was for the 31 day challenge, which was at least 6 months ago. I need to bone up on my marbling skills since I love water marbles and can pull off some pretty cool manis when I'm doing them regularly.

I suppose It's not all that bad, especially since this is another 4 am manicure. My biggest issue was that the polishes I chose were not great for marbling, but I am stubborn and decided to force them to work. Yeah, not my best idea. But at 4 am, the last thing I wanted to do was go through my stash to find the good marbling polishes in the right colors.

For this mani, I chose Sally Hansen White On as my base ( my fave white to marble with) and used Orly Wild Wisteria and Nina Ultra Pro Lilac-ing Discipline for my purples. I added the white dots to try to offset how bad this is, but it didn't help. Neither did my attempt at small flower petals since my nails are fairly short. My pinky also came out very light, which was odd since I used the same exact number of drops and the same pattern. Meh.

Here is my weak water marble:

So not epic, but not a complete fail. I hope. I'll definitely be marbling more often to get back into the swing of things though!

Don't forget to check out my polish sistahs and their W manicures. I guarantee they're way less weak than mine is!

Are you a fan of water marbles? Would you like to see more marbling manis?

I'll be back tomorrow with a new Indie Brand that you'll love, so check back!

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Polishing!
-Kimber




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Studded Nails with Sally Hansen Sugar Coat in Lick-O-Rich!

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Good morning lovelies! Happy Tuesday! I'll be spending my day working on some gardening, hanging out with the kids and the hubs at my mom's, and hopefully swatching some awesome Indies! First of all, I'd like to ask you to ignore my poor, battered hands. I was a naughty girl and didn't wear gloves while doing landscaping and I was tearing open packages with my bare hands and snagged a couple cuticles on the edges of the boxes so my hands are a bit grumpy. You would think I would learn, right? At least the scratch marks from my new rose bushes are on the back of my hands and you don't have to stare at those. Also, you'll be seeing my Cinderella hand for a bit since my left hand is all scratched up and my nails are shorter on that hand currently since that middle nail had the most damage and is uber short. I'm determined to wear gloves when working in the yard and garden now (even though I detest them since I cant stand my hands being too warm and I always end up with water and soil in them anyway) and I grabbed a letter opener for boxes since I can't seem to open a single one without scraping my cuticles on the rough edges. It's hard to be such a klutz, I tell ya!

I know I said I would have this posted yesterday, but I am quickly learning that my schedule is so insane at the moment that I really can't make any promises as to when I'll have things posted. I'll have a post up daily, I just have no idea when. Yesterday I ended up taking my lunch while she was having her chemo done and I stayed there most of the afternoon just yacking with her. After 38 years and a lot of butting heads and tension between us (I'll be honest - mom and I are both stubborn and I have always been a but of a wild child, which was not to her liking), I finally have the relationship with my mother that I have been longing for. Years of therapy couldn't help me let go of some of the stupid baggage that I held onto so tightly, and my mom does the same thing. Knowing that she has stage 4 incurable lung cancer changed a lot  but almost losing her a few weeks ago really jolted my brain. Life is too short to dwell on the past, and as parents we all make mistakes, and do things to protect our children that they will never really understand. It really sucks that it took this much to make me realize that, but I am thankful that I did get to that point.  Nowadays I see my mom every day as well as talk to her on the phone several times each day, and we have a blast together. It's incredibly awesome and I am cherishing every last moment.

But hey! Who wants to see some really cool polish?

I was recently given some of the new Sally Hansen Sugar Coat polishes (as well as 4 of the fuzzy coats). I love my friends! I had finally managed to hunt them down but with my bank card being stolen and bills to pay, money is tight. So she grabbed some for me, which made my day. I had a tough time deciding on which one to share first )and how to work all these in with all the Indie's I have to catch up on!), but in the end I decided to go with Lick-O-Rich, the little black dress of textured polishes.

I have to say that I wasn't sure about these babies since the texture is very different from the Milani textures and Zoya Pixie Dust, but I really loved wearing Lick-O-Rich. This one reminds me more of the Nails Inc. leather finish polishes, which is a-ok with me! However, as cool as this polish is, it need some Zazz (8 million bonus points and instant awesome status if you get *that* reference!), so I grabbed these awesome 3mm laser etched studs that I received from KKCenterHK and added a bit o' fun to this mani.

These studs are so cool! I love studs anyway, but these ones have actual etching in them. If you look closely you can see a criss-cross pattern etched into the tops, which I think is just ultra-cool. In fact, I loved this mani so much that I whined about taking it off. Oh, the woes of having too many polishes to share, right? ;)

This is 2 coats of Sally Hansen Sugar Coat in Lick-O-Rich, no top coat, with silver laser etched studs from KKCenterHK:

Love It! These silver studs really stood out - I like shiny things. Hehe!

Does this not remind you of the Nails Inc, Leather finish polish in Black?

The formula on this baby was a bit on the thick side, and got fairly goopy toward the second coat. Nothing a few drops of thinner couldn't handle, and it may have been due to the extreme heat out here. Application was a bit tricky until I added the thinner, then everything evened out nicely.

Check out the etching on those studs! Isn't that just awesome? It's very visible IRL as well, and I had alot of questions on where I got these from. Great twist on studs. These were actually easier to apply than my regular silver studs since the underside is concave and sinks into the polish nicely. Even without topcoat, these stayed in place right until removal. All I did was add the studs immediately after applying my final coat of polish and voila! Instant badass nails!

You can check out these studs (and all the awesome nail art supplies and polish) at KKCenterHK.com. These particular studs are item number N.NAIL-DRN671 or you can click here to go right to them. They come in a package of about 50 studs and sell for $5.28. They are re-usable as well, just pop them off, drop them into some acetone of polish remover for a few minutes, rinse off and they're ready to be used again. Don't forget to use code KimbersKorner at checkout to save 10% off your order. KKCenterHK ships worldwide and shipping is super fast. They've been getting a ton of new nail art stuff, so check it out!

Overall I'm actually really digging these Sugar Coat polishes at the moment and am itching to try the others in between my fabulous Indie babies. My only problem is which color to show next! What do you want to see? Pink, Purple, Green, or blue? Or I could use them in a gradient or some nail art. Let me know and I shall oblige!

I have an awesome new beauty from Catrice to share with you all later today (if all goes as planned. I make no guarantees  but it will be posted within the next 24 hours anyway!), and a challenge post tomorrow. Thursday I'll have some Wingdust awesomeness and hopefully more Nail Pattern Boldness goodness. Friday is Flakie Friday as usual and Saturday I'll have some killer photo-chromatic beauties from Live Life Polished, so stick around!

What do you think of the new Sally Hansen Sugar Coat polishes? Yay or Nay?

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Polishing!
-Kimber




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Summer blue gradient nails-Uñas azul ombre

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Primero que nada mil disculpas chicas y chicos por la tardanza, no he posteado tan seguido como quisiera, mi cámara ya no funciona :( y solo alcancé a hacer esta manicura la cual fue la última que fotografié para subirla después. Mi mala suerte como siempre jeje pero ya compraré una nueva, por lo pronto les mostraré esta manicura :D

Este diseño fue inspirado por una blusa que vi en pinterest, me gusto mucho la combinación de un ombre  suave con unas lineas fuertes negras que van cambiando de grosor gradualmente. Para el gradient usé OPI what's with the cattitude? y Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Blue me away. 

Que les parece?? Espero que les guste mi disenio y espero comprar una cámara pronto y seguir posteando mis manicuras :D, pero si les prometo que les tendré una gran sorpresa cuando vuelva!!!

Daring Digits 80's Hits Collection - Like A Virgin

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Hello Lovelies! Happy Tuesday! I took Monday off due to a horrible migraine, but I'm back! 

Today I have the final polish from Volume I of the Daring Digits 80's Hits Collection. I'll be starting on the 5 beauties from Volume II this week, and you do not want to miss those! 

I'm also extending the giveaway for a bit, since I really want to show all of these babies before ending the giveaway. :)

I purposely waited to use this polish, since it's so very unique, as well as a serious reminder of my childhood. Named for the Madonna song "Like A Virgin", this baby is a mix of every kind of white glitter imaginable in a clear base. If this doesn't remind you of the iconic modified wedding dress that Madonna wore while performing during ther very first VMA's (holy hell, now I feel old!), then you're probably way younger than I am and have never seen that performance. It was, in typical Madonna fashion, groundbreaking at the time and highly controversial. I remember thinking that Madonna was a genius. Everyone was talking about her - good or bad, her name was everywhere. Brilliant marketing!

This is 2 thin coats of Like A Virgin over a pink/blue gradient. I used Sally Hansen Pink A Card as my base (and let me tell you, This polish was the biggest PITA on earth!) and SH Pacific Blue on the tips and topped it all with NPB Glitter Food and HK Girl Top Coat:

 Despite really needing to work on my gradients on my right hand (did you notice? I've been swatching on my dominant hand! I suffered a horrible break on my left hand and have been letting it recover.), I really like the effect of the white glitter over the gradient colors.

Like A Virgin is literally jam-packed with glitter, yet is not too thick or clumpy. It applies smoothly and evenly, and the glitters were very well behaved. I did have the occasional stray bar glitter, but that was due to the shape of my nails and not the glitter itself. The large glitters are very heavy, so you will need to give the bottle a good shake (or keep it tipped upside down for a few minutes) in order to mix them in with the rest of the glitters. Like A Virgin does dry a touch textured, mostly due to those large glitters, so I added a coat of Glitter Food to smooth things out.

I love this polish. Just love it. There is something so beautiful about an all white glitter. In fact, had I not been photographing this, I would have worn this over white.

You can win your very own bottle of Like A Virgin, as well as the other 9 beautied by entering my giveaway! 2 lucky lovelies will win the entire 80's Hits Collection! There are some daily entries, so don't forget to grab those!

Daring Digits polishes can be found at DDPolish.com. All Daring Digits creations are 3-free, cruelty free and handmade. Full size bottles retail for $8.50, with free US shipping and $3 flat rate shipping to Canada. Outside of North America? Mei's Mei's Signatures is now carrying Daring Digits! Don't forget to follow Daring Digits on Facebook for updates and information!

What do you think of Like A Virgin? Are you a fan of all white glitter?

Be sure to check back soon - I have some AMAZING polishes coming up!

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Polishing!
-Kimber

     






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