tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88521184467957503432024-02-19T16:01:53.356-08:00follow gashinnail mail may be keeping me aliveJolènehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08014785594262168574noreply@blogger.comBlogger173125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8852118446795750343.post-61595157277299277282014-02-28T20:14:00.000-08:002014-02-28T20:14:26.797-08:00DIGIT-AL DOZEN WEEK: Vintage Polka Dots<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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TWO POSTS IN ONE DAY! I was so chuffed after my last post that I immediately took to Google and found something else vintage-y to produce for you!</div>
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This was inspired by <a href="http://texturizeurart.deviantart.com/art/vintage-polka-dot-texture-69855376" target="_blank">this polka dot pattern I found on DeviantArt</a>. I started with a base of Rue (which took three coats to opacity, and was mysteriously sort of lumpy?), and then did dots with Crescent Heights, Where Did Suzi's Man-Go?, and Blowing Raspberries.</div>
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After that, I did two coats of top coat to protect the base, and did the 'watercolour' technique with Chelsea Physic Garden and Moody Blues. I then sealed everything in another coat of top coat. And then bumped my index and thumb badly while opening a bottle of wine. (This is, in a nutshell, everything you need to know about me.)</div>
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Zoya - Rue</div>
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Duri - Rejuvacote (base coat)</div>
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<a href="http://www.nailpolishcanada.com/products/glisten-glow-hk-girl-fast-drying-super-shiny-topcoat.html" target="_blank">Glisten & Glow - HK Girl</a> (top coat)</div>
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I like this effect, it's like a kind of verdigris... I look forward to doing it over more complicated patterns, probably using jellies next time for optimal ageing.</div>
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AND I FINISHED! AND IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY! I'm so pleased. Thank you, Dionysus, for all that you do.</div>
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Jolènehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08014785594262168574noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8852118446795750343.post-46425291295011768212014-02-28T18:27:00.003-08:002014-02-28T18:27:43.888-08:00DIGIT-AL DOZEN "WEEK": Vintage Flapper Dress<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I wasn't lying when I said that this would take a while. I'm still running on fumes, creatively, but I wanted to at least get this post up for you. I've had this idea kicking around in my head for the past week or so, and finally sat down to do it.</div>
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My inspiration was based loosely on the beaded trim of flappers' dresses. There was no specific dress that inspired the pattern; I just made it up. :)</div>
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I hope you click on these photos to zoom them in. Not because the detail warrants it, but because the base colour (Contraband) is very subtle and lovely. It's a blue-purple base with purple and pink sparks. It comes across as purple in person and is just a doll of a shade, both the apply and to admire on my fingertips.</div>
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The 'beading' was done with white acrylic paint and my tiny detail brush. Here is a direct light shot, to try to show you the complexity of Contraband a bit better:</div>
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Duri - Rejuvacote (base coat)</div>
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I start my new job on Monday! I'm really very excited. I hope to finish off this month's "week" this weekend sometime, likely Sunday, so keep your eyes peeled for that. Then I can gear up for the next Digit-al Dozen week-- my promise to myself is to keep doing them until I get my mojo back, at which point I will ramp up and start posting in-between them, as I usually do.</div>
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Remember me? ;) Haha. I haven't given up on Digit-al Dozen Week, though it ended last week. I've been going through some very hard times, and I haven't had the energy for much of anything since last Wednesday. But I have a job now!! I start 3 March. I'm super excited about that. Anyway, enough blather -- onto the nails!</div>
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This look was quick and easy to do. It involves only two colours, and used a liner brush and a medium detail brush. </div>
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The base colour is Shirin, and the linework is all Educate. I used a photo of a brass banister I found on Google as my rough guide, and simplified it a bit for the nail. I could have done this with acrylic paint and gone to town on the detail, but I don't mind it like this, either.</div>
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Here is a close-up so you can see the little green flecks in Educate (very pretty):</div>
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I found out about my new job on Friday, and had my heart rather broken on Friday, too. Have you ever had that happen to you-- a really good thing and a really awful thing all at once? I'm trying to choose the path of light, to be happy and whole. Everything takes so much time, doesn't it? We're a curious bunch, us humans. :)</div>
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<a href="http://www.the-crumpet.com/2014/02/digit-al-dozen-does-vintage-roses.html" target="_blank">Debbie did a floral wallpaper-type design yesterday</a>, and I had recently seen <a href="http://www.blognailedit.co/2014/02/spring-freehand-florals-for-divine.html" target="_blank">Katy's invention of this design over at her blog</a>, and I was inspired to give it a shot! It is something of a "second-class" design for me because I didn't invent it myself, but I'm trying to give myself a break this week. :)</div>
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For this design, I started with three coats of Don't Bossa Nova Me Around, from the new Brazil collection. It went on pretty smooth, but needed 3 coats for opacity. I then painted the roses with Poco a Poco and the leaves with Crescent Heights (I wanted to use CG's Budding Romance but my bottle won't open and I'm an impatient human being).</div>
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I then took my tiniest detail brush and went in with Camelot to do all the lines. In retrospect, I should have used Revlon's Dominate (my go-to dark brown) because it would have added to the vintage feel. I'm kicking myself over it a bit.</div>
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Today I was called into the office of the place I'm trying to work for, to meet the other admin assistant who currently works there. It was super nice, she's a total sweetheart. I know they have yet to call my references, and I'm hoping that goes well... but I'm otherwise feeling a bit better about my prospects now. :) Yay!</div>
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Jolènehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08014785594262168574noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8852118446795750343.post-83938966965199732392014-02-10T19:45:00.002-08:002014-02-11T18:03:07.968-08:00DIGIT-AL DOZEN WEEK: Vintage Cutouts<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Oh my goodness. Before we dive in, let me just apologize for my absence. Since I returned from San Francisco, my work situation (by which I mean lack of work situation) has been preoccupying me in the extreme. I'm anxious all of the time, and am sleeping like a sloth because of it. I have little creative energy, and therefore little of myself to apply to nail art.</div>
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But it is Digit-al Dozen week this week, and if nothing else, I'm going to try to complete the week as part of my commitment to my fellow ladies, and to you, my lovelies. So, let's do this! This week's theme is <b>vintage</b>.</div>
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I decided to start off simple, to avoid committing myself to something overwhelming. I was struck by inspiration while visiting <a href="http://www.fiercemakeupandnails.com/2014/02/the-digit-al-dozen-does-vintage-vintage.html#" target="_blank">Nory's look for today</a> and saw <a href="http://vintageindie.typepad.com/vintage_indie/2012/07/vintage-fashion-forward-nostalgic-fashion-by-mona.html" target="_blank">the leftmost dress here</a>. Cutout necklines! Super cute and vintage-ish.</div>
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I still think I should have gone darker, for even more contrast, but there was no way I was going to do these a third time! These are also my R for my (abandoned-too-long) Follow the Devil ABC Challenge: reveals!</div>
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I have zero idea what I'll be doing for the rest of the week, and I can't promise I'll get them all done on time -- I'm waiting to hear back from an employer in particular with whom I had a third interview last Thursday, and I'm on pins and needles for some resolution. All my emotional energy is going there. But! I will get the week done however I can, bit by bit. :)</div>
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This started with three coats of Mt Augustus (which is paler in real life, sort of a bright pastel pink with coral leanings), followed by two coats of Pastille for the upper fishtail, and one coat of Educate for the lower fishtail. Some studs, and done!</div>
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Elevation Polish - Mt Augustus (which I think got discontinued?)</div>
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Mentality Nail Polish - <a href="http://www.mentalitynailpolish.bigcartel.com/product/pastille-candy-jelly-holos" target="_blank">Pastille</a>, <a href="http://www.mentalitynailpolish.bigcartel.com/product/the-420-holos-educate-shipping-included" target="_blank">Educate</a></div>
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Last day of Digit-al Dozen Week! With the exception of Tuesday's madness, I think this one was a success. :) And to end off the week on a high note, here are some mehndi designs for you!</div>
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I had this idea a long time ago, but never did anything with it because I wasn't sure I'd do it justice. I still haven't really done it justice, BUT I'm nonetheless happy with the outcome.</div>
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I started with two coats of Don't Pretzel My Buttons to ask as a nude base, and then painted on the designs using Temperance. </div>
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I then went over only some parts with Tettegouche to darken them up and make them stand out more, to give a look of henna before and after the paste falls off.</div>
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OPI - Don't Pretzel My Buttons</div>
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Elevation Polish - Temperance, Tettegouche (limited editions)</div>
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I hope you've enjoyed the week! On the 'good and bad news' front, I won't have any nail art for you next week, as I'll be visiting my tattoo artist and his wife over in San Francisco, exploring the city, hanging out with their pups and chickens and orchids, getting tattooed on my right hip, and generally having an awesome time! I'll report back upon my return. ;)</div>
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Jolènehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08014785594262168574noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8852118446795750343.post-14700577537495689282014-01-16T09:00:00.000-08:002014-01-16T09:00:02.412-08:00DIGIT-AL DOZEN WEEK: Monochrome Green Damask<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hello lovelies! Today's mani is just a half step away from yesterday's, in my mind.</div>
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For this look, I began with a base of Dragon, and then I used a medium detail brush to paint on bits of damask patterning using Def Defying.</div>
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I like how it turned out, actually -- what I'm learning from this week is that I really like tonal differences in nail art. You can do some extravagant designs and they come out sort of perfectly subdued. It's really nice! I will have to do more monochromatic designs even after the week is done...</div>
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China Glaze - Def Defying<br />
Duri - Rejuvacote (base coat)<br />
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Do come back tomorrow for the last (and my favourite) look of the week! It's something I've been meaning to do for a long time and I'm glad I finally did.... (ooh, the suspense!)</div>
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Today's venture into photography land was, as you can tell, far more successful.<br />
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I had three teal polishes stacked side by side and had zero idea what to do with them. So, true to form, I did a floral. (There is no going wrong with a floral.)</div>
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I began with two thicker coats of Willow, which is stunning in every way, and then painted on random blobs of Still Waters for the petals and 1977 for the leaves. I then used Ski Teal We Drop to outline everything, deliberately going for a sketchier/messier look.</div>
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Jolènehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08014785594262168574noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8852118446795750343.post-24043694673693281362014-01-14T09:00:00.000-08:002014-01-14T10:44:19.091-08:00DIGIT-AL DOZEN WEEK: Monochrome Honeycomb Ombre<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hello lovelies! Whew, what a mouthful today's title is. And it proved to be the hardest-to-photograph mani I've ever done, too! I had to set the white balance WAAAY off to even get the differences in the colours to show up at all.<br />
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Waugh! It's a shame, because it's a lovely mani in person. (You'll just have to take my word on it.) It's an ombré of pink/orange/coral tones. I started by painting my nails with, from pinkie to thumb, 1963, Generally Hazzardous, My Paprika is Hotter Than Yours, 724, and Jinx.</div>
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I then 'bumped' each colour over by a finger (e.g., used 1963 on top of Generally Hazzardous) in order to draw the honeycomb shapes. It turns out I'm crap at honeycomb, so I'll have to practice that more. :)</div>
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I love love love this colour family but it's impossible for the differences to show up on camera, or at least, on <i>my</i> camera. Any experiences like that before, for you? So frustrating! Come back tomorrow for a look that at least didn't elude my meagre photography skills...</div>
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Jolènehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08014785594262168574noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8852118446795750343.post-23378305280791625162014-01-13T11:15:00.000-08:002014-01-13T12:53:24.758-08:00DIGIT-AL DOZEN WEEK: Monochrome Oranges<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hello lovelies! So begins another week of The Digit-al Dozen! This month our theme is <i>monochrome</i> -- varying values of the same colour (including black and white). I cheated ever so slightly for today's simple look.<br />
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I started with two coats of White On, and then filled in the oranges starting with the peel (1964 and Y'all Come Back Ya Hear), then the pith (a mix of Streetside NYC [this is how I cheated; used yellow] and White On), then the flesh of the orange (Y'all Come Back Ya Hear with highlights of Funny Bunny and White On).</div>
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This mani is kiiiiind of leaning towards the sorts of looks I'll be creating for Digit-al Dozen week starting next Monday. Any guesses as to what the theme is? ;)</div>
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Jolènehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08014785594262168574noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8852118446795750343.post-37893638004648025942014-01-06T17:42:00.004-08:002014-01-06T17:42:50.988-08:00Nostalgia<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I've been largely without inspiration for the past few days. Which is an issue, with Digit-al Dozen week coming up (that was a FAST month)! I did produce <a href="http://instagram.com/p/ixfI_xTBI0/" target="_blank">a simple floral look</a>, which I posted to Instagram and Facebook. But today I do have something for you!</div>
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Yes, more lace moons. But on a multichrome polish called Nostalgia, how could I do otherwise?!</div>
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This look began with three easy coats of Nostalgia, which I did without using black undies. (You don't need them for I Love Nail Polish multichromes, though using them would let you get away with one to two coats of the polish instead of three.) Multichrome polishes can often be underwhelming, taking all kinds of weird hand poses to show a colour shift. NOT THIS ONE. Look at these photos! Swoon!</div>
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The design was done using white acrylic paint, which I should have thinned with water but did not, and a combination of a liner brush, a script brush, and a tiny detail brush. It was inspired by <a href="http://www.britexfabrics.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/900x600/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/b/r/brid-veni-20-wht15.jpg" target="_blank">this image</a>, which I found on Google. I didn't want to do a more complicated lace pattern, lest I cover up more of the beautiful base polish. Seriously, this one takes my breath away.</div>
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Duri - Rejuvacote (base coat)</div>
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<a href="http://www.nailpolishcanada.com/products/glisten-glow-hk-girl-fast-drying-super-shiny-topcoat.html" target="_blank">Glisten & Glow - HK Girl</a> (top coat)</div>
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Today we finally got a break in the frigid cold we were having; yesterday it was down to -39˚C with the wind chill (-38˚F). Are you in the part of North America currently being walloped by the huge winter storm? If so, I hope you're keeping as warm as possible! Protect those fingers and toes and noses and ears!</div>
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Jolènehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08014785594262168574noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8852118446795750343.post-32744825164773852572014-01-02T17:51:00.002-08:002014-01-02T17:51:21.592-08:00Subway Map<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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HELLO LOVELIES!!</div>
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Have you missed me? I missed you, too. I've had a quiet holiday season, which is a good thing in my books. I hope yours was everything you wanted it to be.</div>
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I'm, in fact, about to go play some drunken Super Smash Bros. Brawl, because we have a Wii and it's the right thing to do, but first-- I have nail art for you!</div>
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Sorry about the cat hair above. Didn't realize I had to sticky-roller my lightbox. If <i>someone</i> would stop sleeping in my lightbox, this would probably not be an issue. Alas, it IS a box, therefore it is to be slept in, apparently.</div>
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What are you hoping for in 2014? I'm hoping for a job, mostly. That'd be a killer start to my year! :)</div>
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Jolènehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08014785594262168574noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8852118446795750343.post-9332279965795520642013-12-16T17:56:00.001-08:002013-12-16T18:05:15.129-08:00NAIL FAIL: Quilted Nails<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hello lovelies! Today's post is a rant post: I hate quilted nails.</div>
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I had to do quilted nails for the Follow the Devil ABC Challenge, for the Q prompt. They're soooo messy looking! It seriously challenges my perfectionist streak! But I can't skip the prompt, so up they go...</div>
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I started with 4 coats of Mirth-- a number that surprised me (I was hoping for fewer), but works in this case because it meant the polish on the nail was thicker. I applied a coat of HK Girl, and waited about 5 minutes. When the polish was dry to the touch but still indentable, I used one of those individual flossers to make the quilting indentations, which was the frustrating part -- not perfect enough! I then painted on the stitching with Passport Blue and dotted on Shirin.</div>
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I've got some important news stuff to let you know: I'm going on hiatus until January. This is because I'm moving to the new house tomorrow and we won't have Internet there until early January. I will still have cellular (on my phone and iPad), so I'm sure to get little snapshots up for you here and there <b><a href="http://instagram.com/gashin_nails" target="_blank">on my Instagram</a></b>. (If you don't have an Instagram account but would like to follow along anyway, try <b><a href="http://www.facebook.com/FollowGashin" target="_blank">my Facebook page</a></b>-- I will be trying to cross-post everything.) But posting to the blog will be essentially impossible without Internet at home, so I'm taking a holiday break from all of my yammering! (You're welcome. ;) )</div>
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Jolènehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08014785594262168574noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8852118446795750343.post-37945347491171105202013-12-14T16:01:00.000-08:002013-12-14T16:01:22.156-08:00SWATCH SATURDAY: Dandy Nails - Chilled Down<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hello lovelies! Two posts in one day, totally off the hook over here!</div>
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Just a simple swatch this time, because I was in the mood for it. Accent nail is inspired by <a href="http://instagram.com/p/hgam71QA-C/" target="_blank">a photo Vanity Projects posted of a Lexi Martone mani</a> that I LOOOOOVE.</div>
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Base is three coats of Chilled Down (could have gotten away with two, but taking photos in a lightbox is very demanding in terms of visible nail line). I love this polish. I love polishes that look speckled, and this one reminds me of a bird's egg. A really awesome bird's egg.</div>
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Accent nail was done with Shirin, then acrylic paint in blue and white, plus some 1.5mm rhinestones from Born Pretty.</div>
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<a href="http://www.mentalitynailpolish.bigcartel.com/product/shirin-stampers" target="_blank">Mentality Nail Polish - Shirin</a> (I have been ADDICTED to this polish, lately!)</div>
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Any seasonally-appropriate designs you'd like to see me do? I don't much celebrate Christmas so it can be hard for me to come up with nail art for the season. If you have any ideas, send them my way!!</div>
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Jolènehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08014785594262168574noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8852118446795750343.post-91762042171325857562013-12-14T09:00:00.000-08:002013-12-14T09:37:11.207-08:00Copper Pattern<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Welcome to Saturday! At least, Saturday where I am. </div>
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Today I have a very simple look for you, because I'll have to take these off sooner rather than later to do my ABC Challenge prompt (Q for quilting). But I kind of like them anyway!</div>
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This started with two coats of Lights Will Guide You, an almost black green with flake emerald shimmer and copper hexes in three sizes. It's a beautiful polish (I'm all over anything copper or rose gold, lately) but it stained my touch-up brush something fierce, so I'm somewhat wary of what'll happen to my nails. I will update this post tomorrow after removal to tell you how it went!</div>
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The designs were all done with a liner brush, a dotter, and a medium detail brush and Penny Talk. I don't know where I was going with this pattern, it just popped into my head randomly! I would have liked for Penny Talk to be more yellow-toned to go with the hexes better, but from a distance you can't really tell.</div>
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Essie - Penny Talk</div>
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You know what I like about Saturdays? PANCAKES. My current partner makes pancakes for his kids and I. I love pancakes almost as much as I love waffles, and I actually own a waffle maker, so that should tell you something.</div>
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Hello lovelies! Day 2 of Nubbinses, and the final day of Digit-al Dozen Week, is upon us!</div>
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I decided to keep it simple today, with a red/green/gold Christmas skittlette.</div>
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Thumb and index are two coats of Chyna, pinkie is two coats of Filthy Rich. Middle and ring fingers are two coats of Shawn, followed by designs in Filthy Rich and some Just Nail nail art fluid that I didn't like enough to keep using (haha).</div>
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Hello lovelies! Today is Day 1 of Utter Nubbily Nubbiness.</div>
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Augh!! Try not to avert your gaze. They don't bite, even if they're sort of gnarly looking. (And not the good gnarly, like Gnarly Gnails; the bad gnarly.)</div>
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I went outside the directive a bit with the base colour I chose for this; two coats of Colline du Charf. I thought I'd need three, and I probably would if my nails were longer, but for this two medium coats were perfect. I love this colour, it's so dainty and stuff. I'm not 100% sold on it as the base to this manicure, though. The bells don't stand out against it as much as I thought they would.</div>
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Quo by Orly - Filthy Rich</div>
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Jolènehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08014785594262168574noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8852118446795750343.post-30655556724007830772013-12-11T15:41:00.001-08:002013-12-11T15:41:55.816-08:00DIGIT-AL DOZEN WEEK: Red/Green/Gold Poinsettias<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It wouldn't be a holiday season without some poinsettias, would it, lovelies?</div>
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For today's look, I began with a base of two easy coats of Shirin, which is way more gold and way less yellow-orange than it appears on the Mentality website (which is a good thing, for my skin tone). I then painted on the poinsettias with Fire It Up, Tomato, Nightmaren, and St. Petersburgundy. The leaves were done with Recycle and Shawn. The little dots were done with Streetside NYC and Mellow Yellow.</div>
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Layla - Souftouch 08 (Fire It Up)</div>
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OPI - St. Petersburgundy</div>
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Zoya - Shawn</div>
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My adventures in nubbiness start tomorrow! I really can't get over it. I've broken nails before but it hasn't ever really been this bad. It'll take at least a month to get any reasonable sort of length back. But I'm trying not to give up hope! Or, not <i>hope</i>, but resilience. Or something. You know what I mean? Sure you do. *whistles*</div>
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Today's Day 2 mani is a day late; yesterday was full of existential greyness. Sorry about that. But here I am!</div>
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Holly berries are the easiest thing to do, in terms of holiday designs. They also hold a special place in my heart because they're one of the designs that I distinctly remember doing when I was a kid, using only toothpicks. </div>
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I remember quite literally nothing about the polishes that I used for this mani. You have my sincerest apologies, but there's no way I'm going to be able to throw together a Polishes Used section for you today. </div>
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The only thing I remember is that the base is, as best I can recall, Nails Inc.'s Mayfair. It's a pearly off-white that seemed worthy of the season. Macro time!:</div>
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I broke my index nail down to nub yesterday, too, just in case it wasn't apparent that it was a Really Bad Day. I have one look for tomorrow for Day 3 completed on my normal nails, and then I have to figure out if I'm up to the challenge of doing Days 4 and 5 on nubs. Eeeek. I'm a bit ashamed?! Even though there's nothing to be ashamed OF?!?! So yeah.</div>
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Jolènehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08014785594262168574noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8852118446795750343.post-19712190251174063872013-12-09T15:33:00.001-08:002013-12-09T15:44:30.846-08:00DIGIT-AL DOZEN WEEK: Red/Green/Gold Abstract Christmas Tree<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: right;"><a class="button gray" href="http://followgashin.blogspot.ca/p/disclosure-policy.html">Nothing to Disclose</a><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Digit-al Dozen Week! Yaaaaay!! This week our theme is red/green/gold, which is very seasonally appropriate. I've started with these abstract tree typa things.</div><br />
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Today's post is all about my Follow the Devil ABC Challenge prompt: P for 'puzzle'.</div>
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This is a pretty straightforward look. It took waaay longer than it should have, though.</div>
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I started with a base of two easy peasy coats of Where the Wild Things Are. It's a beautiful polish, but it's subtle, so you won't get the full gorgeousness of it through my photos. There's a macro down near the bottom that will hopefully help with that. I am always drawn to greyed-out blues / blue-toned greys like this. Add in tiny silver glitters and iridescent glitters and micro-shards and, well, you have a polish with my name written all over it. Plus it applied like a charm, requiring almost zero cleanup.</div>
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I then painted on the squares in white acrylic paint. And here's where it took forever: I had to go over them three times to get them to opacity. (And they still aren't COMPLETELY opaque.) Argh! Once done, I used a dotting tool to place the 'interlocking' bits of the puzzle pieces in mostly random order. So long as you have a dot per side of a square, you're good to go.</div>
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This cold I've got just won't kick the bucket. I'm a snifflemonster. I'm making tons of soups to try to rectify this, and I'm sleeping like a sloth, but still I sniffle. SNIFFLEZ 4 LYFE.</div>
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Jolènehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08014785594262168574noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8852118446795750343.post-40600281316690602892013-12-06T15:55:00.004-08:002013-12-06T15:55:43.704-08:00Between Two Fir Trees<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hello lovelies! How are you doing today? It's -40˚ here (which is the same in Celsius AND Fahrenheit -- did you know that?) with the wind chill, so I'm hiding out inside by the fireplace and not moving if I can at all help it. ;)</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8PC06GtfRKVh8K7Rh4Rb7BZm45IwFUhm161AmMKaDXRfCZYim9tQAurbbnrp9iHQ_5dhmgfg89eVn0pzCxYfKbedqmLCdDR06kRPB11YtHFtd4ozWUSTXgz_GbO0nmkt4twwojYD5mvg/s1600/between-two-fir-trees-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8PC06GtfRKVh8K7Rh4Rb7BZm45IwFUhm161AmMKaDXRfCZYim9tQAurbbnrp9iHQ_5dhmgfg89eVn0pzCxYfKbedqmLCdDR06kRPB11YtHFtd4ozWUSTXgz_GbO0nmkt4twwojYD5mvg/s640/between-two-fir-trees-1.jpg" title="Between Two Fir Trees: direct CFL light" width="638" /></a></div>
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Today's mani was a bit of a saga. It started chipping almost right away, which has nothing to do with the base polish -- Between Two Fir Trees, a stunning nude-pink base with speckled green and gold metallic and holo hex micro/mini glitter -- and everything to do with the layer of Glitter A-Peel I used. Something about that base and my nails are no longer getting along, it's like trying to stick two magnets of the same polarity together...</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQQHduHcRPE7_E_LjuivcYDCRQKouyD8N896s6KqEVT4EotpHrOfoJ3U2EjArD_0aUkS5-yB4hFxOodturYCNiODjXpuWK47OyDWg616qTx0rQWUN93yHuTuBzuZt0P-nQBTx3mWGKl84/s1600/between-two-fir-trees-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQQHduHcRPE7_E_LjuivcYDCRQKouyD8N896s6KqEVT4EotpHrOfoJ3U2EjArD_0aUkS5-yB4hFxOodturYCNiODjXpuWK47OyDWg616qTx0rQWUN93yHuTuBzuZt0P-nQBTx3mWGKl84/s640/between-two-fir-trees-2.jpg" title="Between Two Fir Trees: direct CFL light" width="372" /></a></div>
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Anyway! Between Two Fir Trees went on amazingly well, especially given its pale base; two medium coats was all I needed for opacity. It isn't very rough, but you'll probably want two coats of top coat for better smoothness. I then used the name of the polish kind of literally and used acrylic paints for the fir trees, the snow, and the black cable between the trees. The little lightbulbs are done with nail polish.</div>
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I'm actually really digging this one. It wasn't super laborious to do, but it's nonetheless very cute. It helps that I had such awesome inspiration! I ordered four Cadillacquers altogether and this made me very excited to use the other ones...</div>
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Nina Ultra Pro - Punki Pink, Orange Flame, Solar Flare, Lime Light</div>
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/129187682/glitter-a-peel-peel-off-basecoat?ref=shop_home_active" target="_blank">Nail Pattern Boldness - Glitter A-Peel</a> (base coat)</div>
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<a href="http://www.harlowandco.org/products/2013" target="_blank">la couleur couture - 2013</a> (top coat)</div>
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Are there any seasonal designs you'd like to see me take on? I have one ABC Challenge prompt for this weekend (P for Puzzle), and then next week is Digital Dozen week again (yay!), but I'm totally curious as to what kinds of things you'd like to see throughout December. I'm a bit of a Grinch if I'm being totally honest, and don't much celebrate Christmas, so sometimes these things are not obvious to me...</div>
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xo,</div>
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