Finger Paints: Laugh My Art Off swatch

Finger Paints: Laugh My Art Off is a brilliant blue glitter in a transparent blue base. I love, love, love the color. Since the base is blue tinted, but rather clear, it did take me five coats to get it opaque.



I would definitely recommend this to anyone who loves blue glitter as I do as a must-have polish.

This product was bought with my own money for review by myself.




Today's book recommendation is The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente. This is another book that started online. The story was cleaned up a little bit a published, first in hard cover and the in paperback. If you like fairytale-type stories I would recommend this. I think it combines the sweetness and innocence of Dorothy in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz with the zaniness of characters that Alice meets in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

Week 18- Cartoon Manicure (Sailor Moon)

I think this was the most time consuming manicure that I have done yet. For my manicure I did a cartoon from my childhood, Sailor Moon.

Sailor Moon

COSMIC MOON POWER!

On my thumb I put the Crescent Moon Wand and the Silver Crystal. The image is a bit blurry, sorry, there is a better one below.

The base color is FingerPaints: Watermelon Watercolor, then I drew the shape of the crescent and wand with the gold Stripe Rite, and over that I added the opalescent glitter Stripe Rite. And finally added the clear rhinestone.

Sailor Mercury

Mercury Bubbles Blast!

For my base color I used Finger Paints: Raspberry Taffy (from the Gumdrops and Lollipops collection.) Then I used the opalescent glitter Stripe Rite and drew tiny circles for the bubbles.

Sailor Mars

Mars Fire Ignite!

I used FingerPaints: Curator's Crimson for the base color, then with a very fine nail brush I added FingerPaints: MichelTangelo (you can't see it very well in this picture,) and I added Finger Paints: Lemon Sour (from the Gumdrops and Lollipops collection. Lastly I dabbed Jordana Pop Art 509 Golden Artist the the tip of my nail.

Sailor Venus

Venus Love Chain Encircle!

I actually placed Venus and Jupiter in the wrong order, but by the time I figured it out I didn't want to go back and do everything over.


For my base color I used Finger Paints: Lemon Sour (from the Gumdrops and Lollipops collection), I then used the gold glitter Stripe Rite and made a wide stripe down my nail. I used the gold Stripe Rite and made hearts, but the were hard to see so I outlined them with the white Stripe Rite.

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Sailor Jupiter

Jupiter Thunder Crash!

For Jupiter I used FingerPaints: Go Van Gogh! as the base color. I used the gold Stripe Rite and a yellow rhinestone to make the lightening rod that comes from Jupiter's tiara, I used the white and opalescent glitter Stripe Rite to make the lightening.



And here is all of them completed


These products were bought with my own money for review by myself.






The book recommendation for today is Timeless (The Parasol Protectorate) by Gail Carriger. It is the last in this series, but if you love the books like I do don't despair. Ms. Carriger is writing two different serieses, I believe both are set in the same world.

Finger Paints: Art You Blue? swatch

I wasn't sure about Finger Paints: Art You Blue? when I picked it up, because I tend to like bright blues or sapphire blues.



The formula for this polish was nice and smooth, very easy to apply and dried fast. I had some nail growth before I took this picture so I applied another layer, but I got a few bubbles. Oops. I like the color a lot more than I expected to, I think it looks like suede (the leather type, not the nail polish texture type.)

This product was bought with my own money for review by myself.






Today's book recommendation is Heartless (The Parasol Protectorate), the fourth in the series by Gail Carriger. This series makes me want to wear a corset, too many layers and drink too much tea.

Finger Paints: Lemon Sour (Gumdrops and Lollipops collection) swatch

I have to say that this isn't a favorite of mine, the formula is very thin and leaves streaks.



This is five layers, there are bubbles, and I could see my nail near the nail bed where the polish didn't fully cover the nail. At the tips of my nail the polish quickly cracked. I don't like this polish and it separates in the bottle.

This product was bought with my own money for review by myself.


Today's book recommendation is The Neverending Story by Michael Ende. I loved the movie so much when I was growing up. The book is so great. I am recommending the hardcover instead of the paperback, because in the hardcover the different parts are printed in green and red ink which can make it less confusing.

Week 17- Earth Appreciation manicure

I am so far behind on the weekly challenges that it is sad. But I will try to catch up.

Here are the colors I used:


Finger Paints: Paper Mâché and Be a Pal-ette, with So Easy's Stripe Right in Gold Glitter, gold/yellow and green glitter. (I have never found a proper name or number for the Stripe Rite products.)

On my first attempt I tried to leave my nails white and paint a recycle symbol on my ring finger, but that did not work out. So I did this little flower with the sun:


Here you can see all the nails:


I think if I did it again I would have done the sky blue with clouds, it looks a bit weird other wise.

These products were bought with my own money for review by myself.








The book recommendation for today is Blameless (The Parasol Protectorate) by Gail Carriger, the third book in the series. I can't say enough about this series. I love it.

China Glaze: Dorothy Who? (from the Wizard of Ooh Ahz collection) swatch

I have previously swatched China Glaze: Ruby Pumps, which is also from the Wizard of Ooh Ahz collection. Ruby Pumps is such a great red glitter that I wanted to try this great blue glitter Dorothy Who?


I think the shine on Dorothy Who? is brilliant. I had no trouble with application, but like all glitter polishes during removal there is a period that makes your finger tips look like you dipped them in a glitter bomb. (Sorry about the nail growth, this was taken during my sick time.)

You can see my swatches of China Glaze: Ruby Pumps here and here.

This product were bought with my own money for review by myself.




I read that Cassandra Clare started as a fanficiton writer, makes the books more intriguing to me and I need to see how brilliantly she writes.

Finger Paints: Blue Raspberry Taffy from the Gumdrops and Lollipops collection swatch

I was going to try and post as I go, but that isn't working out for me. So, now I am going to schedule the posts, because that away I can do a bunch of posts in one sitting and get through my backlog of swatches. I also need to catch up with the challenge of the week.

Here is Blue Raspberry Taffy (from the Finger Paints: Gumdrops and Lollipops Collection.)


It is a nice bright blue creme. If you use this polish I strongly suggest that you use a base coat, even if it is just a layer of top coat, because the polish will stain your finger nail.

I think I have used up my being sick for the year, and will hopefully not get sick for the rest of the year.


This product were bought with my own money for review by myself.


This is my current book suggestion. I love this series, this is the second book of the series, and I am rereading this book right now.

Update

I haven't abandoned you guys, I've just been sick. I am mostly recovered. I have been taking pictures I just need some time to write up the posts, which hopefully I will have some done by Monday.

China Glaze: Luxe and Lush swatch

From District 1 of the Hunger Games comes Luxe and Lush. In the bottle there appears to be a soft, blue-purple with a slight gold, but it appears very differently on the nail. I think on the nail it is more orange and green with a sharp hint of gold.


Luxe and Lushover Sally Girl Mini Nail Polish:Poser. You can see Poser by itself here.


Luxe and Lushover FingerPaints: Where Art Renoir?


Luxe and Lushover China Glaze: Smoke and Ashes

These products were bought with my own money for review by myself.




This is the second book in the Hunger Games series. I haven't read it yet, because I am waiting for it to come out in paperback, but since I plan on reading it I figured that I would go ahead and recommend it. Plus it goes with the nail polish today.

Week 16- Dotticure manicure

When I was searching on how to do this manicure I saw a lot of manicures that were obviously not dotticure (crackle, gradients, French tips, half-moons and splatter.) I went with what seemed most obvious (and hopefully the right one.)

I used the same colors from the last manicure challenge.

From left to right: FingerPaints Lemon Sour(from the Gumdrops and Lollipops Collection), Blue Raspberry Taffy (also from the Gumdrops and Lollipops Collection), Pea-Body, and FingerPaints: Watermelon Watercolor.

I painted my nails and then started shifting the colors over one nail.

I think I placed the yellow and green too closely together, and you can see the huge tear in my thumb nail. I could not find my dotting tool, so I just used the nail polish brushes and a straight pin.

I'll read everyone's comments and blogs when I get home!

These products were bought with my own money for review by myself.


I love the The Parasol Protectorate series by Gail Carriger. If you like vampires, werewolves and the Victorian Era, then you will probably like this series too.