Nail Art: Happy New Year!

Posted by Unknown on Saturday, December 31, 2011


First and foremost, Happy New Year! Woohoo it's 2012 and we have one year left to live. I hope the nail polish selection is worth it this year!


For my New Years manicure I decided on a glitter gradient. I started with a base of Orly Le Chateau, added a thin sparse coat of OPI Gone Gonzo, followed by OPI Crown Me Already spread just along the tips, and lastly another sparse coat of OPI Gone Gonzo along the tips and up 1/3rd of the nail.


My new camera doesn't seem to be calibrated correctly at the moment. It always sees Gonzo as being quite silvery when it definitely has more blue to it. So bear with me while I try and sort that out!


Any new year resolutions? 
Mine are to work harder and be more of a good person.
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Zoya Nail Polish Presents Spring 2012 - Zoya True and Fleck Effects

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NEW YEAR - NEW COLORS 
from the experts at ZOYA NAIL POLISH!

SPECIAL PREVIEW - 2012 SPRING NAIL COLOR by ZOYA


TRUE
HONESTLY, BEAUTIFUL COLOR
A fresh bloom of dewy color. Inspired by the runway looks of top designers this collection features slightly muted and unexpected spring shades in six easy to wear full-coverage creams and metallics.

·           Cho (ZP585): Full coverage, vanilla shimmer metallic
·           Farah (ZP586): Full coverage, latte beige cream
·           Bevin (ZP587): Full coverage, pale sage green cream
·           Skylar (ZP588): Full coverage, silvered slate blue metallic
·           Tru (ZP589): Full coverage, gilded purple orchid metallic
·           Lotus (ZP590): Full coverage, light lotus purple metallic

and
FLECK EFFECT
MYLAR FLECK TOPCOATS
Zoya Nail Polish presents - three new sheer mylar fleck glazes (with just a hint of color) that can be worn alone or layered over the new ZOYA TRUE collection colors for a unique and beautiful nail look!

·           Maisie (ZP582): Blue tint with mylar green fleck effect
·           Opal (ZP583): Green tint with mylar green fleck effect
·           Chloe (ZP584): Pink tint with mylar green and gold fleck effect

Sug. Retail $8.00 per 0.5 fl.oz. bottle (US)
Available January 13, 2012

Find Zoya TRUE & FLECK EFFECT as well as over 300 other ultra high-fashion Zoya shades at www.zoya.com





As always, each and every Zoya color is made for women so we name them after women.

Zoya Nail Polish and Treatments are vegan friendly and feature a long-wearing toxin free formula - no formaldehyde, toluene, dibutyl phthalate or camphor!
  

Zoya is the new color of fashion...

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Happy New Year!!!

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Happy New Year!
Over 365 Zoya Nail Polish colors and counting to make 2012 your most nail polished year yet!

XOXO
Zoya Nail Polish and Treatments (AKA the Nail Polish Fairies)

Zoya is the new color of Fashion!
www.zoya.com 

© 2011-2012 Art of Beauty Inc. All rights reserved
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Zoya 2012 Spring Sneak Peak

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2012 SPRING NAIL COLOR by ZOYA

TRUE

HONESTLY, BEAUTIFUL COLOR

A fresh bloom of dewy color. Inspired by the runway looks of top designers
this collection features slightly muted and unexpected spring shades in six easy to wear, full-coverage creams and metallics.
  • Cho (ZP585): Full coverage, vanilla shimmer metallic
  • Farah (ZP586): Full coverage, latte beige cream
  • Bevin (ZP587): Full coverage, pale sage green cream
  • Skylar (ZP588): Full coverage, silvered slate blue metallic
  • Tru (ZP589): Full coverage, gilded purple orchid metallic
  • Lotus (ZP590): Full coverage, light lotus purple metallic
and

F
LECK EFFECT


MYLAR FLECK TOPCOATS

Zoya Nail Polish presents - three new mylar fleck glazes that can be worn alone or layered

over the new ZOYA TRUE collection colors for a unique and beautiful nail look!
  • Maisie (ZP582): Blue tint with mylar green fleck effect
  • Opal (ZP583): Green tint with mylar green fleck effect
  • Chloe (ZP584): Pink tint with mylar green and gold fleck effect
Zoya is the new color of fashion...
Ultra long-wearing, glossy nail lacquers by Zoya are free of harmful industrial

chemicals like toluene, camphor, formaldehyde, resin, dibutyl phthalate (DBP)

that are known to cause cancer and birth defects.


Sug. Retail $8.00 per 0.5 fl.oz. bottle (US)
Available January 13, 2012


Find Zoya TRUE & FLECK EFFECT as well as over 300 other ultra high-fashion Zoya shades at www.zoya.com.
As always, each and every Zoya color is made for women so we name them after women.
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Make up favourites of 2011

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I don't really do reviews on the site much less make up but I have a few items I use daily and really love that I thought I would share with you.

1. Bourjois Detox foundation in 51 (the lightest shade) is a highly pigmented contains no silicones and gives quite high coverage without being a mask. It doesn't need powder on top (my skin is quite oily). If my skin is good I mix it with Garnier BB Cream for a more glowing look in the summer when it is a bit drier. I have used Clinique superfit, Clinique even better, Lancome Teinte Idol Ultra, Lancome Teinte Idol Silky Matt, and Chanel ProLumiere. Only superfit and prolumiere did not oxidise on my skin. Superfit I would continue to use if I hadn't found this Detox and ProLumiere is too dark for my skin even in the lightest shade. I have great difficulty in finding a foundation that does not turn orange after 10-15 minutes on my skin (oxidization) and that does not contain silicones (brings me out in giant cystic spots). Neither look is attractive.
2. Chanel Les 4 Ombres in 19 Enigma


As you can see this quad has a pink shade, 2 taupes and one purple. I have used this palette 80% of the time over the last year. I adore it.

At first the shadows were hard to use and I didn't get much colour payoff (as seen in the faint swatch on my hand) however the more I have used them the better the colour payoff (bottom swatch) I believe this is because they are baked. I have read that you can get better pigmentation scratching them when you first get them. I didn't do that I used Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer which helped and I continue to use as it helps with longevity. The pink is a great pink, most pinks make me look like I have been crying but this is a perfect light pink which acts as a good base of the other colours. I just looked this up for price and it is £37. I just noticed this was part of the Fall 2010 collection so I feel like I should get a back up quickly in case they stop making them!

3. Clinique Redness Solutions Instant Relief Mineral Powder £25 for 25g.

I use this when my skin is bad and very red. You warm a little powder in your hands and rub it on your face. I found it to be very effective and quicker than using a brush. I really reduces the urge to use a lot of foundation when you skin is red, spotty and generally annoyed. It's a lightweight product which does what it is supposed to. I bought this on a whim and I am so glad I did. I have used Clinique loose powders before and they all have a great lightweight texture just like this one. 


4. Love, Chloe Eau de Parfum 
I got a 30ml bottle for my birthday in September 2010 and bought the gift set in January 2011 Sales - the picture shows the 50ml bottle from the giftset and the 30ml box so you can see the packaging. I love this perfume. It smells AMAZING. I could wear it everyday. I have a few others I wear but none that I love as much. I can't describe perfume properly but I like this because it has a powdery quality and is not sweet. Other perfumes I like are Chanel Allure, Chanel No 5, Dior J'dore and Gucci Flora. I also love the original Chloe but that doesn't have the same moreish powderyness that I love about Love, Chloe. 

5. L'oreal Lash Architech 4D - Love this I don't have any pics but it is amazing. I have good length, thick and naturally curled lashes so everyone always asks what mascara I use and before I tried this it was Lancome hypnose but sorry Lancome L'oreal have beaten you hands down now.  I bought 2 Lancome Doll Eyes mascara with some christmas money as they were £13 each with a mini eyeliner and eye make up remover but I kind of regret it now. L'oreal is better especially for the price (about £10)


So there you have my favourite non-nail products of 2011. I bought each and every one with my own go to work get paid money and I would happily buy them all again. In fact I did I bought Detox foundation again today from Boots and got a free mascara too. 


Hope you all have a great new year. I think 2012 is going to be an exciting and fantastic year. I will be starting my own business as a nail technician so hopefully I will have lots of customers nail art to show you, more than there has been lately. 

I love my puppy but she sure eats into my nail painting time :D, she is growing fast though and I will miss those days soon. I love the picture of her above because she is so tiny and because the brown mark on her side looks like a bone to me :D She still has the mark but it's not quite such a good bone shape anymore :D
Thanks for visiting my blog and if you would like to win the scrapbook software you will probably win as no one has entered yet!!

I wish you all a very happy and prosperous new year! 
Love Stacie xoxox
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rebecca's favorite polishes of 2011 - the runner ups!

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Hi everyone! I told you I'd post the polishes that didn't quite make the cut for my top ten, and here they are!
You might be able to spot some of them in the image I made for the series! Haha.

When deciding my final ten, I went through all my drawers and pulled out the ones that were possibly in the running. Then I took that photo. And then I narrowed it down!
Let's see what else I loved this year.


This year, I liked a lot of glitter.
Top:
Color Club - Very Merry Berry. Such an interesting combination! And smells good to boot!
Color Club - Jingle Jangle. A unique shade of glitter, looks great on.
China Glaze - Skyscraper. Just plain pretty.
Deborah Lippmann - Glitter In The Air. Although this is difficult to work with, I love it and I'm really glad my mom got it for me in Vegas.
Essence - Edward. It's teal, it's glitter, there are squares... It's just cool.
Revlon - Facets of Fuchsia. Perfect dupe for Lippmann's Bad Romance! So happy I didn't have to splurge on the Lippmann.
Bottom:
China Glaze - Marry A Millionaire. Another unique glitter! With bar glitter! Love it.
China Glaze - Twinkle Lights. Christmas glitter. Big fan.
OPI - Crown Me Already! Super blingy silver glitter. If you're looking for a silver glitter, this is it.
OPI - Excuse Moi! Another unique glitter - this one has a slightly tinted base.
OPI - Divine Swine. Fuchsia glitter, not highly original, but great with the added silver.
OPI - Last Friday Night. Another from the Katy Perry collection! Blue and pretty. Love!


Also on the glitter front, I made two awesome frankens this year. You know Rebecca Likes Cupcakes but the other is unseen and unnamed (for now.) I adore them both!

Here are some non-glitters that were in the running:


Revlon - Royal Cloak. A nice shade of purple with tiny flakies in it!
BB Couture - Junk In The Trunk. Awesome shimmery blue.
Color Club - Hot Like Lava. Hot hot hot pink foil.
Glitter Gal - Frappe. Cute light pink holo.
China Glaze - First Mate. I have a soft spot for this navy creme.
China Glaze - Sea Spray. Perfect gray-blue shimmer!

Lastly, I'm gonna show you the 5 polishes that were seriously hard to not include. I almost did a top 15...


Sephora by OPI - Hell To The No. Amazing purple with great gold shimmer. Looked for this one for so long! Finally came to me by way of a great friend named Rhonni.
Essie - Smooth Sailing. Cornflower blue shimmer with a great formula. First Essie I actually felt I needed.
Nails Inc. - Bloomsbury Square. Best purple glitter ever, seriously.
Ozotic - 528. Multi-chromatic glitter. Need I say more?
Orly - Sweet Peacock. Bright blue foil, great formula, amazing color. (Looks great on toes, too!)

Sheesh! See how hard it was to decide?
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GRANDMA ZENTNER GOT HER NAILS DID!

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Nude clouds for New Year's Eve

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Hello everyone! Here's a quick little post on my New Year's Eve mani. Initially I wanted to do the festive star pattern again that I wore for Christmas, but in the end I decided to go for something quick and simple instead. I don't like my nails naked, but this semi nude cloud look I like ^^ I used H&M Golden Treasure and Color Club Where's The Soiree? for the clouds and finished with a topcoat.
Have a great New Year's Eve and I'll see you in 2012! :)
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Striped Gradient

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You may remember for Halloween that Michelle from Sonoma Nail Art did a spooky candle gradient during her 30 day challenge (if you don't remember, you can see it here). I thought it turned out totally awesome and used it as inspiration for these nails! Instead of doing a normal faded gradient, I used curved stripes to give the look of gradient nails. I loved these because from afar they look like normal gradient nails but up close they have awesome detail! After painting these I realized that they looked like the sky, so after a few days of wear I ended up painting some flowers coming out of my cuticles. This ended up being a mistake: they looked weird and it took away from the simplistic awesomeness they already had.

Have a wonderful new years celebration tonight! I will be posting my favorite nails of the year tomorrow, so make sure to check back to see some old designs!
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Deborah Lippmann for Gaga's Workshop Edge of Glory

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Happy New Years Eve! Today I have the infamous Deborah Lippmann for Gaga's Workshop the Edge of Glory two step 3D holographic set. This set was made exclusively for the workshop in Barneys. It retails for $45 and is still available at the Barneys website.

Normally, I would not spend $45 on a set of polishes that can be easily dupeable, but I knew I would regret it if I don't buy it and if it ever goes out of stock. But I didn't do it for that reason, the other reason is that it's also for charity. Here's a little information about Gaga's workshop:

A unique collaboration with Lady Gaga, the campaign brings together renowned creative talents
including artists Eli Sudbrack and Christophe Hamaide Pierson of assume vivid astro focus (avaf)
and Mugler Creative Director and Lady Gaga Fashion Director, Nicola Formichetti, to create
Lady Gaga’s interpretation of the iconic Santa’s Workshop.

For the first time ever, Barneys New York will convert an entire floor of its Madison Avenue flagship
in New York City into a dedicated space for this holiday initiative. Working with the Barneys New York
team in collaboration with creative director Dennis Freedman, avaf has designed the interiors
and signature artwork for GAGA’S WORKSHOP, which will also be featured on
special holiday shopping bags and packaging.

In honor of this special project, Barneys New York is proud to donate 25% of sales from all items
featured in GAGA’S WORKSHOP to the Born This Way Foundation, recently launched by Lady Gaga.
The Born This Way Foundation will focus on youth empowerment and equality by addressing issues
such as self-confidence, well-being, anti-bullying, mentoring, and career development –
and will utilize digital mobilization as one means to create positive change.



Edge of Glory base is a black creme, opaque in one coat, but this was done in two coats, no top coat.


Edge of Glory holographic top coat is a mix of blue, orange, green, red flakies.



I know a lot of you are thinking that $45 for these two is crazy, but you know it was for a good cause, and I'm happy with the polishes, so it's a win-win situation! There may or may not be a dupe coming out from Finger Paints Special Effects, if I ever get my hands on them, I will do a comparison for you guys!

But that's all I have for today, now let's countdown to 2012!!
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Pocahontas

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Focusing on another Disney Princess... Here is Pocahontas. Mainly her necklace and Flit the hummingbird.
Suggested by You're Late For Tea, and 2 anonymous followers.

I started by painting all of my nails with a nude franken I made.

Tutorial of how I painted the necklace.
These steps were all acrylic paint.




Then Flit:
Again, all acrylic paint.





Well? What do you think?
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Happy New Year Chromey goodness

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Happy New Year to everyone.

I have HUGE plans for this evening.  As a mum of a a 3 year old and a nearly 1 year old, I'll be in bed by 10:30, I'll sleep in the new year and be up at around 6:30.  I'm such a partly animal aren't I!

Despite my plans, I did put on something with a bit of zing.  This is an older polish. Sally Hansen Canary Diamond Chrome Nail Makeup.  For some stupid reason, I never got China Glaze Millennium (I only got 2030), thinking I had a good enough silver chrome.  This is nice, but I don't think it has as much of a mirror finish as Millennium.




This was only one coat over Orly bonder.  I like Orly bonder as a base for chrome polishes because it leaves a really shiny base.  Chrome polishes always show every imperfection in the nail, so a nice shiny base helps it be smooth and glossy.
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2012!

Posted by Unknown on Friday, December 30, 2011

Have a great 2012! Xoxo, TNS!


This will be our last post for 2011!
What are your 2012 resolutions?
Before setting them, are your resolutions for 2011 all checked?
Don't worry!
If they are not completed, you still have exactly 9 and a half hours to check all of them!
Ending the year 2011 feeling satisfied is the best way to welcome 2012!
Today is the last Saturday of this year! Do what you always wanted to and start afresh tomorrow!
How was your 2011 like? Good or bad? Happy or sad?
Do you wish for it to end quickly or you can't bear to say goodbye to 2011?
What lessons have you learnt this year?
Many many questions will run through your mind today. Especially today (haha) because people around you will post these questions on Twitter, Facebook, their pages and EVERY WHERE ELSE.
How many questions did you manage to answer as stated above?
Is it just another year or you are planning something big for 2012?

From TNS

3 words for the last day of 2011: It is over!
3 words for the first day of 2012: A new start!
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Please take note that The Nail Status will be closing at 7pm today (31 Dec 2011)!

As for tomorrow, Sunday 1 Jan 2012, we are sorry to inform you that we will be closed.
Do take good care of your pretty and glamorous nails and wait for us to be back! 
* Our girls need their public holiday on the start of a new year too! :) *
We thank you for your understanding!

Business will resume on the following day, Monday 2 Jan 2012.
However the opening hours will be as stated: 11-7pm

Opening hours will be back to normal on Tuesday, 3 Jan 2012!
Opening hours: 11am-9.30pm

Do not hesitate to contact us if you are still unsure about the opening hours! :)
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 Please drive safely, look after your valuables and have a good night!

Hugs, kisses, mwahhh and pop a champagne at 00.00am! :)

 Have a good start of 2012 and TNS wishes you a very

 HAPPY NEW YEAR!
May only the best happens to you!





Featuring Nicki Minaj! :) Enjoy your party!

Xoxoxoxoxoxo,
TNS
♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
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Zoya Nail Polish is for stylish Moms!

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Zoya Smoke and Mirrors Video Review (and a few swatches)...
A great choice for healthy Moms!

We just love the little cutie cooing in the background - awweeeeeeeeee.


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Review on Pretty and Polished Sparkle Tattoo Collection

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December 30, 2011



CLICK ON THE PHOTOS TO ENLARGE

I am sooo excited about today's post! 

Chelsea from the Etsy shop, Pretty and Polished, asked me to review her new collection, Sparkle Tattoo, which will be available for purchase on January 1st! So only a couple more days! The above and below photo shows the five polishes in the collection. My favorites from the collection are Sparrow and Inked! 

Update: The glitter in this polish was easy to remove with polish remover and no tin foil method or struggling..

I tried a bunch of different combos on a nail art wheel, so I thought I would share! 


From left to right: 
2 coats of Pretty and Polished Inked and one coat of gelous
2 coats of OPI Planks A Lot, one generous coat of Pretty and Polished Inked, and one coat of gelous
2 coats of OPI Funky Dunkey, one generous coat of Pretty and Polished Inked, and one coat of gelous
2 coats of China Glaze Liquid Leather, one generous coat of Pretty and Polished Inked, and one coat of gelous
2 coats of OPI Alpine White, one generous coat of Pretty and Polished Inked, and one coat of gelous


From left to right:
2 coats of  Essence 50s Girl Love Me Tender, one generous coat of Pretty and Polished Old Skool, and one coat of gelous
2 coats of China Glaze Liquid Leather,  one generous coat of Pretty and Polished Old Skool, and one coat of gelous
2 coats of OPI Alpine Snow,  one generous coat of Pretty and Polished Old Skool, and one coat of gelous
2 coat of Pretty and Polished Old Skool, and one coat of gelous

2 coats of China Glaze Liquid Leather, one generous coat of Pretty and Polished Sparrow, and one coat of gelous
2 coats of OPI Alpine White, one generous coat of Pretty and Polished Sparrow, and one coat of gelous
2 coats of OPI What's with the Cattitude?, one generous coat of Pretty and Polished Sparrow, and one coat of gelous
2 coats of Orly Sapphire Silk, one generous coat of Pretty and Polished Sparrow, and one coat of gelous
2 coats of Pretty and Polished Sparrow, and one coat of gelous


2 coats of China Glaze Liquid Leather, one generous coat of Pretty and Polished New Breed, and one coat of gelous
2 coats of OPI Alpine White, one generous coat of Pretty and Polished New Breed, and one coat of gelous
2 coats of Kleancolor Metallic Red,  one generous coat of Pretty and Polished New Breed, and one coat of gelous
2 coats of OPI Color Its So Hott It Burns, one generous coat of Pretty and Polished New Breed, and one coat of gelous


2 coats of Pretty and Polished New Breed and one coat of gelous 
2 coats of China Glaze Liquid Leather, one generous coat of Pretty and Polished Cherry Bomb, and one coat of gelous
2 coats of OPI Alpine Snow, one generous coat of Pretty and Polished Cherry Bomb, and one coat of gelous
2 coats of OPI Sparrow me the Drama, one generous coat of Pretty and Polished Cherry Bomb, and one coat of gelous
2 coats of Kleancolor Pink Lady, one generous coat of Pretty and Polished Cherry Bomb, and one coat of gelous
2 coats of Pretty and Polished Cherry Bomb, and one coat of gelous
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I originally wanted to try a combo with OPI Alpine White and Pretty and Polished Sparrow, but my white polishes did not want to cooperate. 

So I did this instead! This is two coats of China Glaze Let's Do It in 3-d (which I purchased from Chelsea as well. She is awesome at dusty hunting. You can check her blog for current HTF polishes that are available.)

Then I added one coat of Pretty and Polished Sparrow. No top coat.


Overall, the polishes are gorgeous!!! I had fun playing with them.  The dry time is average and the application is smooth. In my opinion, the perfect amount of glitter comes out on the brush for each coat. My favorites from the collection are Sparrow and Inked. The combinations with this collection are endless! 

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