GOT Polish Challenge: PURPLE. Old and newer blurple- aubergine- purple with silver Pueen 49 stamping

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I wanted to use my vintage Estée Lauder polish and some other purple- aubergine- blurple 1,5-  a few years old polishes. With the stamping the difference between the polishes doesn't show much, but luckily it showed better on the photos. :-)

I'm not sure how old the Estée Lauder polish is, but probably 10- 15 years old. The glue is still where the name probably used to be... There's not much left in the bottle, and I had to use a little thinner. I would describe the color as a dark purple with a little grey and brown mixed in, and a lot of gold/ bronze shimmer. You can see it on my middle finger. I have showed this bottle before when I showed my tiny vintage nail polish collection. You can find it here.

I've written a list below, with all the products I used, and which nail polish you can see on which finger.

Gina Tricot, Nfu- Oh, Estée Lauder, OPI, Deborah Lippmann, China Glaze, Pueen 49

Used:

Duri Rejuvacote -base coat
Gina Tricot: #102 Cabaret - thumb
Nfu- Oh: #51 -index finger
Estée Lauder: no name - middle finger
OPI: Every Month is Oktoberfest - ring finger
Deborah Lippmann: Let's Go Crazy - pinkie
Stamping plate: Pueen 49
China Glaze: Awaken -silver
XL stamper
Lint roller - to remove polish from the stamper
Scotch tape - to remove polish from the skin
Brush dipped in acetone - to clean cuticles

Sadly I have not showed swatches of these before, other than Nfu- Oh #51 over a blue polish. You can see it here. I've used Nfu- Oh #51 several times for nail art. And the OPI has been used for layering here and here.

I tried to remove the stamped polish from my skin with scotch tape, as seen on Wacky Laki. Removing stamped polish from the skin with tape, and removing it from the stamper with a lint roller has saved me a lot of time.

Below you can see the other GOT nails. I was too late to add my thumbnail.

Lani

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Something New -Polish Days January

PAINTED & MAGNETIZED

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Painted & Magnetized

For Polish Days January we are all going to make something new. I have used this technique once before, but this is the first time I use the same pattern on all nails. And this time I use red/ magenta, green and blue/ blurple, and added rhine stones. The pattern is created by first painting a pattern using magnetic nail polishes, and then make a second pattern with the magnet after applying top coat.

Painted & Magnetized

For information about Polish Days, and how you can join in, just click on the badge below, and you will find everything you need, explained by Hannah from Polly Polish. She is the one who started Polish Days and she organizes it.

More photos:

Painted & Magnetized

Painted & Magnetized

Painted & Magnetized

 

Painted & Magnetized

Painted & Magnetized

Painted & Magnetized

Painted & Magnetized

Painted & Magnetized

Painted & Magnetized

I wasn't good at placing the magnet this time. I wish the inner circles were placed in the middle, where the stripes met. I also wish I had managed to make a more smooth surface.

Used:

Tiny brush
Palette
Magnet: China Glaze Magnetix II
Base- and top coat
Magnetic nail polish:
Deborah Lippmann Magnetic Wave: Love is A Battlefield (magenta)
IsaDora Magnetic Nails: 854 Opposites Attract (green)
Prestige: NMM-03 Topaz (blue/ blurple)
Rhine stones (fuchsia)

IsaDora Magnetic Nails 854 Opposites Attract, Deborah Lippman Magnetic Wave Love is A Battlefield, Prestige NMM- 03 Topaz, China Glaze Magnetix II magnet, Used for my Painted & Magnetized mani

China Glaze Magnetix II magnet, bulls eye pattern, Used for my Painted & Magnetized mani

Dotting tool, fuchsia rhine stones, Bundle Monster nail art wheel, Used for my Painted & Magnetized mani

The rhine stones are from one of the 5 nail art wheels I chose when I won a Chit Chat Nails Bundle Monster contest! :-) Link: Nailart Nail Art Glitters Beads Rhinestones Wheel from Bundle Monster. The other thing I chose was the 2012 stamping plates.

Painted & Magnetized, Bundle Monster nail art wheel

Below, you can find thumbnails with links to all the participants' posts.

Lani

Geometry- Polish Days September

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Geometry- Polish Days September

On Polish Days, once a month, we all try to make a manicure and post it at the same time. Some weeks before, Polly Polish tells us what the theme/ task is, so that we have some time to think and prepare. And today our theme is GEOMETRY.

 Click on the badge and go to Polly Polish and read more about Polish Days and how you can join in.

MY AWESOME BEAUTY contest: Tape recreation #3

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Here is one more entry for the MY AWESOME BEAUTY contest. I told about the competition in today's first post.

This is my version of Sophie's tape design from the post called "Simple pink bling". A very purple version:

Tape recreation #3

In memory of 22nd of July 2011

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In memory of 22nd of July 2011

I made this manicure in memory of what happened in Norway one year ago.

I hope things like that never happen again any place on Earth. And that we can work on how to prevent such things from happening, and make the world a better place.

Deborah Lippmann: Steal My Kisses- set. Part 2

Berry Metal (magnetic)

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Deborah Lippmann: Berry Metal

This is part 2 about Deborah Lippmann's "Steal My Kisses"- set.

Deborah Lippmann: "Steal My Kisses"- set

In my last post I told about the set, how to use it, and showed "Love Is A Battlefield" (magenta). If you haven't seen part 1, click here. Now we will take a closer look at the other magnetic nail lacquer; "Berry Metal".

Deborah Lippmann: Steal My Kisses- set. Part 1

Love Is A Battlefield (magnetic)

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Deborah Lippmann: Love Is A Battlefield

"Love Is A Battlefield" is one of the two magnetic nail polishes from Deborah Lippmann's set called "Steal My Kisses", that I bought early in May, as you can see here. In the next post I will show you the other nail polish; "Berry Metal".

 Deborah Lippmann: Steal My Kisses

On the front of the box it says "magnetic wave design nail lacquer", and it has a silver wave design, and through a window you see the purple- silver nail lacquer, the magnet, and the red nail lacquer, which I will show today.

(If you want to see a lot of photos, get some snacks and something to drink, lean back, and click on "read more"! Or just scroll down. Or go to the next post (part 2))

Deborah Lippmann Sweet Dreams

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Deborah Lippmann Sweet Dreams

Earlier this spring, I was lucky and got a chance to try Sweet Dreams on twice. I tried to tell myself that I did not need it. But I could not forget it, so I bought it. And today I will show you some nailphotos of Deborah Lippmann Sweet Dreams as a full manicure.

TL Design: #96 Bombay + layering

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TL Design #96 Bombay

Today I want to show you  TL Design #96 Bombay. First nailphotos of it on its own, and later with Accessorize Aztec on one accent nail, and then with OPI Fresh Frog of Bel Air layered over Bombay. And finally some other layering options on my nail wheels.

TL Design Bombay:

Glitter- illusion- dots

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This is my very first attempt on making a post on my first blog ever. I have taken pictures of my polished nails for some time, so I have a lot to show you. But first I have to learn how to blog and how to watermark the photos.

I thought I could start by trying to show the nailphotos I submitted to Chalkboard Nails dotting tool nailart contest, this weekend. To go to Sarahs blog, Chalkboard Nails, and find out all about the dotting tool nailart contest she is hosting, and see all the entries, click here.


My entry to Chalkboard Nails nail art contest:

I tried to make dots that should look like big glitter, with the dotting tool and various nailpolishes in a random order

Here you see the silver-purple color of the duochrome polish. It was much more difficult to capture than the silver or silver- green.

Indoor outdoor picture... with pigeons in the snow

I hope you liked my pictures! If you look at the other entries in this competition, you will see that there are a lot of beautiful designs, so I doubt I will win. But it was fun to come up with ideas, and I am so glad I partisipated, and excited about finally having a blog, even though it has been a lot to learn about how to do everything on the PC, and so difficult that I several times almost gave up. But my best friend helped me, again and again. And next time everything will not be new :-)

For this design, I used two Deborah Lippmann polishes; Wicked Game, and Happy Birthday on the tips. Then I added dots of nailpolish in some of the same colors that you find in the glitter.

I feel so good using the Deborah Lippmann polishes because they are cruelty free. It is even written on the bottlebox. I wish all the brands who do not test on animals, would mark their products too. To see Deborah Lippmanns collection klick here.



Lani