This polish was from the monthly mystery set for September from Native War Paints.  I know, it's a Halloween mani and it's February.  But I was so proud of myself for getting those stencils to work on my curvy nail beds and I forgot to post it for Halloween.

This sparkly orange jelly is the perfect Halloween orange too.

I'm pretty sure all the stencils are from What's up Nails.

Native War Paints doesn't do the mystery polish kit anymore.  I'll miss it, but they do have a new monthly program with some gorgeous shimmery polish.

Enjoy, hug the ones you love, and Namaste.

I got this polish in a destash.  I remembered reading about these holo's from China Glaze when they first came out so when I saw it in the destash I snagged it to try for myself.  

 

I can see why they might have been intriguing at first, but holo's have come a long way and compared to what's available now they aren't very impressive.  

I could barely find any holo in this at all.  I especially couldn't capture it in a pic.  It's a pretty olivey green though.  If you were buying it for the color alone you can't really go wrong. 

Happy New Year, hug the ones you love, Namaste!

Mermaid nails

Hello to anyone out there paying attention.  I didn't post anything over the summer for two reasons.  1) I don't typically do my nails much in the summer 2) I lost my dad to cancer this summer.  Grief is hard and I am trying not to be debilitated by yet go through the normal progress of emotions.  It's a balancing act.

I'm just going to get right into the nails.

My first attempt at mermaid nails!  I used Yodel Me on My Cell from OPI as the base and Ivanka from Zoya for the scales.  I had a really hard time getting my camera to focus on Ivanka so there's only one pic.  I made decals with the vinyls on my Ubermat.  It took a little longer but was so much easier for me than applying the vinyls to my nails.

I got my vinyls from Stickit nail vinyls.  

Enjoy, have a great day, hugs the ones you love, Namaste.

Hello out there.  This mani is brought to you by the OPI color tints. 

 I wanted to see what it would look like by itself and over a silver.

Meh, I don't love it, I don't hate it. 

 I guess I do see the potential for artwork, but meh.

Sorry, this pic is awful. At least it doesn't show what an awful job I did free handing those silver chevrons.

The formula was just fine though and it did look pretty cool over the silver.

If I was to wear it again I would just put it over the silver.  

This was 3 coats over an LA Colors silver.

Anyway...Have a fantastic day, hug the ones you love and Namaste!

NWP - A Dolly For Sue

Hello and happy Thursday!  I LOVE this polish.  It came in the December Native War Paints mystery box.  The theme of the box was The Island of Misfit Toys from Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. 

It's a white crelly with white and red glitters of various sizes and shapes and then some bigger red heart glitters.

So, a lot of times I will absolutely love a polish in the bottle but then I put it on and maybe love it a little less.  Not because it isn't magical gorgeous goodness, but because on my little nail beds it might not be as flattering as I want it to be.

Sometimes though, the opposite happens.  Now this one I thought "Oh, that's cute" ,BUT... when I put it on I loved how it looked on me and I couldn't stop staring at my hands.

This is three coats and the formula was lovely.  It looks the slightest bit pink on the nail.  I'm thinking maybe it's just picking up the pink in my nail?  Look how it whitens up the tips of the nail though.  So cool!  I know that a visible nail line is a no no, but I like to think of them as the poor man's french mani. I do not mind a VBL at all.

I only got a heart on one nail, but I don't mind.  I don't usually dig for glitter.  My philosophy is that if I didn't get it this time then eventually I'll hit the jackpot without trying. 

You can find Native War Paints online and on instagram, I haven't been disappointed in any of their subscription boxes yet and it's an amazing price.  I highly recommend checking it out.

Have a great day, hug the ones you love and Namaste!

Happy Sunday out there! This is a mani I did a few weeks ago.  Obviously I'm a little behind.  Anyway, I totally solved my stamping issues.  The solution was to get stamping polish from Mundo de Unas.  

My base polish is a Franken that I absolutely love.  I made it years ago and don't really remember what is in it.  I stamped using Old Pink from Mundo de Unas.  It stamped like a dream.  Absolutely no trouble whatsoever. 

While this is not a spectacular mani, I got more compliments on it than I have on any mani ever.  

(My nail beds are small so they just don't demand attention like ladies with nice large nail beds.  Not to mention that most of the outside world is not as nail obsessed as I am and probably doesn't make a point of checking what someone is wearing on their nails.)

So, if you are stamping handicapped like me check out Mundo de Unas.  If you've read any other reviews about them, yes they do stink to high heaven, I recommend working near an open window.  Yes, they take awhile to get to you - they come from Mexico so they have to sit in customs for awhile.  They are very affordably priced though so you can place a decent sized order and not spend too much money.

That's it for today.  Have a great day, hug the ones you love and Namaste!

I've started experimenting with watermarks and so far I have tried ezy watermark lite.  You can see how successful I was.  I got the watermarks on, but after I loaded them it rotated all my photos.  I guess I have some more tinkering to do.  

 Anyway, on to the polish.  This is Winchester from the wonderful Frenzy polish.  Gray with what looks to be like a bit of holographic and a scattering of silver and red glitters.  This is 3 thin coats.  A heavier hand could easily get away with two.

This was a really pretty polish.  I love everything that Frenzy makes and I love that this was inspired by the show Supernatural.  I love me some Jensen Ackles!  

I hope you enjoy this.  Have a wonderful Sunday, hug the ones you love and Namaste!