Thursday, June 28, 2012

Disney Hero!






Today we have The Disney Hero.  If you remember, I grabbed the villains from The Emperor's New Groove, so now here are the heroes to save the day. 

Emperor Kuzko is a selfish, arrogant, horrible leader of an ancient Inca society. He is turned into a llama by Yzma(the villain from last week) and ends up relying on Pacha for help.  Pacha is a good honest villager who raises llamas and alpacas.  He helps Kuzko back to the palace and back into a human body.  He also helps Kuzko become a better human being and a wonderful leader.  The nail designs are (thumb to pinky)the steamed pill bug for the happy couple, Kuzko's crown, tribal designs from the cover of the movie, Pacha's Village, and Pacha's Poncho. I really like the pill bug and the village. 




Yay! Look at the hot steamy pill bug! I Love it.  Well, that's it for me today. Next week I am super excited for the end of this challenge so I can do the ultimate hero and villain.

Happy Manicures!

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Disney Villain!



Week 3, Disney!  I was originally thinking princesses and evil witches/queens/stepmothers, but really that's just conditional thinking from my lovely Sweetpea.  I finally started thinking outside the box and came up with my favorite disney movie ever...

Emperor's New Groove!!!

I love that movie! It is so hilarious and the good guy is kind of a minor character.  The bad guys don't die or get banished, one is turned into a kitten and the other becomes a scout leader. The main character is like an antihero.

So, for the villains we have Yzma and Kronk.  Yzma is the real bad guy(gal), Kronk is her henchman and doesn't really realize that he's with a bad guy. For my nails I did (from thumb to pinky): Yzma's Cape thingy, A tribal design in yzma's colors, The label on the extract of Llama, Kronk's uniform, and The hammer from Yzma's fantasy.

Favorite quote from these characters:
"I know, I'll turn him into a flea, a harmless little flea. Then I'll put him in a box and put that box inside another box and I'll mail that box to myself.  And when it arrives, HA HA HA, I'LL SMASH IT WITH A HAMMER!!!" LOL

OK, here are the pics:



I love the llama label.  I'm going to do a whole mani with animal silhouettes.

On thursday the heroes come to save the day!

Happy Manicures!

Saturday, June 23, 2012

Copper Goodness

I have a beautiful mani to show you today.  It is the weirdest polish I own.  It looks like a purple jelly with copper micro glitter.  But it comes out just copper.  When you take it off, the cotton pads are even purple.  It's so strange.

Here are a couple of bottle shots of the base color Ingenue, by Orly.



I added a rose gold glitter top coat and INM Northern Lights just to add to the sparkle.  I really loved this mani.




Then, I mattified it with Warpaint Beauty Matte top coat. This is the best matte I have found anywhere.  It is sadly being discontinued but my Hot Topic had them on clearance for 99 cents. I bought the rest of them.  It is even and smooth and dries slower than other mattes which I really like.






Like I said, I love this mani, it's so pretty. Like Rose Gold.

Happy Manicures!

MOAR SKULLS!!!

I was so happy with Blue Me by Blackheart, that I had to go get more.  I now have a family of Seven Blackheart Nail Lacquers! They are available at Hot Topic stores and Hot Topic Online for just $5(plus shipping if you order online). They are vegen friendly, which I'm not sure if that really means anything in polish.  They smell funny, and it makes me sneeze, but they are by far the best polishes I own.  The formula is incredible. Super smooth, super shiny, and gorgeous!  I want the rest of the line. Here's what I have so far:


If I could figure out how to do a page break I would.  This is a pic heavy post and I apologize if this sucks for you.

Here are the individual bottles and swatches.  All of them are 3 coats, no top coat. I didn't use a top coat because they all have unique finishes.

Beautiful Revenge


This one is like a jelly sandwich in a bottle.  This is three coats and I think it is perfect.  The glitter is well proportioned and it covers nicely.

WTFuchsia


This one is a nice neon-ish fuchsia.  I say neon-ish because it doesn't dry as matte as my other neons but it has a nice satin finish. 

Violet Tendancies


This one is so pretty! I'll have to do a comparison because it looks exactly like the purple color club franken I did a while back Purple Paradise.  This is from me remembering the color though so they could be quite different. 

Shocking Pink


I think this one has a crappy name.  I mean Shocking Pink? Come on.  It's more of a coral anyways.  But it does have a nice satin finish and is a great color.  I'm excited to wear this one.

Deceit


I have a teal like this from Zoya, but this one has tiny glitter along with the flakies.  The jelly base is super squishy too.  I love this one, I wanna layer it over shocking pink!

Blue Me


This one I've already reviewed but I love it so much I can't stop talking about it.  I'm wearing it right now and it's the second time I've worn it.  I am all about art but this one is so gorgeous I do very minimal stuff to it.  It is super shiny, super jelly, and super fantastic. Ok, I'll stop now. LOL

P.S. This one is black light responsive! My phone has a nervous breakdown when I try to photograph it, but it is super cool, trust me. 

Creep Show


I also really like this one.  It doesn't get very opaque on real nails, but it'd be awesome over a lime neon.  I've seen it over white and it really tames down and doesn't look as toxic.  Anyways it's got glitter in it and it glows in the dark. Win!

I love these polishes and I recommend everyone buy them. If you like bright colors, these are it.  There are also a lot more black light and glowy ones, I'll get those next.

Hope you enjoyed these!

Happy Manicures!

Oh, P.S. Do you like my new watermark?

Thursday, June 21, 2012

DC Heroes!



In my last post I showcased the villains, now its time for the Heroes!  I have for you, the Flash, Wonder Woman,  Black Canary, Superman, and Batman. My last post was really wordy, and I think that's because I find villains so fascinating. So, no ado this time. Here's the art:







Not as nice as I hoped, but it was still fun! Come see me next week for disney heroes and villains!

Happy Manicures!

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

DC Villains!



Time for another installment of Heroes Vs Villains.  Today we have the dc villains.  I chose to go with heroes from the JLA, and so went with their respective nemeses.
I have Ragdoll, enemy of the Flash; Angle Man, enemy of Wonder Woman; Black Alice, enemy of Black Canary; Lex Luthor, enemy of Superman; and The Joker, enemy of Batman.
It was really hard to decide who I would do. I wanted aesthetically pleasing heroes and villains, and also not extremely obscure ones.  I knew immediately that Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman would be included.  I also like the Flash but I know of none of his enemies (google is amazing in this respect).  Then I thought I needed another girl and chose the Black Canary.  Their enemies were not nearly as easy to choose from.  Joker and Lex were simple obvious choices.  Wonder Woman's archnemesis is a nazi though and I was not about to put a swastika on my nails. Ick.  So, I picked a more obscure but seriously funny villain, Angle Man.  All his bad guy stuff is centered around angles, LOL. Then, I was looking at the Flash.  I like Rose/Thorn a chick with multiple personalities and one is a villain.  I could not get thorns to look right on my nails though, so I went back and chose Ragdoll, which is actually a more recurring villain.  Ragdoll is like the green goblin in that Dad started this franchise, being triple jointed gave him the name Ragdoll, and one of his sons, also being triple jointed, took over.  Finally, I chose Black Canary, and for some reason google seems to think her main enemy is the green arrow.  Maybe cuz they had a horrible break up or something.  Anyways, I found that she had an enemy called Black Alice, and being a huge fan of the name Alice, I chose that one.  Alice can steal the magical powers of others.  My pic shows her after she stole Shazam's powers. Anyway, without further ado, here is my art!







Excellent, now to start on the Heroes.  I have a feeling this may be easier...

Happy Manicures!

Thursday, June 14, 2012

X-Men Heroes!

I am overwhelmed by how much you guys liked the last post.  Thank you so much for your comments! This challenge is so much fun! So, today we did the heroes to come in and save the day! Since my last was X-Men villains obviously I wanted to do the X-Men heroes today.  I went for the aesthetically pleasing Storm, Rogue, Gambit, Nightcrawler, and Wolverine.  I am very pleased with how this turned out, in fact I took off all but storm and painted the rest of my nails like that.  The lightning bolt makes me happy.  Now, without further ado:







I loved this one!  I am also really happy to have it done on time.  I also want to thank my wonderful Fiance` Dingus for his amazing help on these manis.  He came up with the gambit one.  (That one is my second favorite.)  I am just giddy right now, this is so much fun!

Happy Manicures!