Um bats?

Man I really should write all this shit down before I forget but I'm almost positive this is only one coat of China Glaze Below Deck.  I think one coat cremes are probably my favourite type of polish...yes even better than holos!

I stamped with BM07 and Wet and Wild Black Creme again.  My intention here was to use black rhinestones but I decided that it made my wings look like little black bats which was not the look I was going for at the time.

So instead I opted for little pink-headed bats lol.  Topped with a coat of SV.  I'm thinking maybe I should have stamped in pink?

So I don't think Dollarama carries those little rhinestone wheels anymore.  I've been looking over the last month in several stores and haven't found any.  Crap.  I suppose I can place an online order but that will have to wait since I've got my Zoyas and some Golden Rose holos on the way...but they won't get here until May :(

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Buh-bye m64

Okay so here's 2 coats of the awesome Hard Candy Beetle of course.  And another shot because the Princess of Poo thought this polish was so cool...even though you guys have seen it a million times I'm sure.

Then I used the final image from konad plate m64 and once again, Wet and Wild in Black Creme.

You know what really kicked ass about this image?  I didn't have to get it straight to look good!  Anyways, one last shot with topcoat...

I thought removal would be a pain in the ass but it really wasn't.  So now we've got 2 plates down and about 30 more to go LOL.

On another quick note, I noticed the other day at Walmart that the Sally Hansen Salon Manicure polishes were $4.97 here in Canada!  Since Walmart doesn't typically have sales I'm wondering if this is a permanent price drop...probably not, but it wouldn't hurt to check out your Walmart if you're looking for them.

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Storage and a quickie

First up today is Del Sol Superhero in 3 coats.  I have NO IDEA why the heck these things won't change colour for me!  We do have sun up here in Canada, but I can't seem to get these to work argh!

Anyways, I stamped it with with konad plate m45 in my go-to blue stamping polish - China Glaze's Little Drummer Boy.  Nothing fancy.

So I thought I'd share with you what I use for storing my polishes and image plates.  I've been a little slow in converting my old storage system over but here's where it stands right now:

The fabric covered shoe boxes are what I was using before I found these storage containers at Staples.  They are called Really Useful Boxes and they come in different sizes.  The sizes I bought were around $14 and I should probably have counted how many polishes they hold before I posted this but maybe I can edit it later.  I can tell you that in all those boxes combined there are well over 300.  The shorter size is perfect for holding Color Club's and Zoya's but other brands don't really fit.  I've got 6 Color Club collections in that one you see.

And this is my storage solution for my stamping plates.  It's a little photo album I picked up at Walmart for $3.  It's great because I can just flip through them and pull out only the one I want, plus it's got tons of extra pages if I buy more.

So as a parting shot...here's what I picked up on my lunch Friday:

OPI Bronzed to Perfection and Yoga-ta Get This Blue.  Grand total $8.99 including tax for both.  I love a good deal!

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M64 and holo frankens

So I mentioned before that I had picked up this old Sally Hansens Prisms in Blush Diamond which is a totally girly pink and not 'me' at all.  But it's holographic so I decided to try and franken it.  Here is what it originally looked like:

And here's what I've got so far:

The left one is kind of a darker version of China Glaze's Gamer Glam.  The one on the right is just a darker pink and is still a work in progress.  I'm thinking of going really dark with it but I'm afraid to ruin the holo.  Here they are swatched under really shitty lighting and in reverse order:

I think I'm content with the purple shade for now.  I decided to try out the pink shade in my next m64 mani.

This is 3 coats of the above pink holo on my ring finger and China Glaze's Bogie on the rest - 2 coats.

I used konad plate m64 in the same colours on opposing fingers.  Unfortunately the holo polish is a little too sheer for stamping but I really love Bogie...nice colour and did a great stamping job.  I did manage to stamp somewhat straight this time lol.

I'm thinking I may go out polish hunting on my lunch today...I have no willpower dammit!

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Matte black and a crappy marble

2 coats of Orly Matte Vinyl.  Oh how I love matte polishes...especially dark and/or vampy ones!  I just wish they wouldn't chip after a day or two of wear.  If someone ever invented a permanent nail polish I would wear matte black for the rest of my life. 

Anyways, as always I have to go ahead and ruin it with my stamping.

This is BM05 and Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Celeb City.  I don't necessarily think this was a bad idea, just bad execution.  I'm getting super annoyed at not being able to stamp straight lately.

And in other rants...I'm giving up on marbling.  I just cannot seem to aim properly either.  This is 2 coats of OPI DS Sapphire:

For the marbling I used Color Club's Alias and I Believe in Amour along with clear polish in between.

First of all the pink seemed to blend into Alias which totally covered up all the sparkly awesomeness.  Second of all, I was going for the design like you see on my pinky but unfortunately I seemed to have missed half of my ring finger and then my index finger aim was totally off as well.  I just think that marbling isn't worth the effort when you can't get exactly what you want.  I think this is probably the 4th time I've tried it and it's never satisfied me.

Hey but life isn't all bad right now lol...they just announced this giant kick-ass metal fest in Toronto in July...now I just have to figure out who I'm going to drag to it haha!

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