Showing posts with label Riveting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Riveting. Show all posts

Monday, December 3, 2012

Snake Inspired

Today I have mani to how you that I did awhile go. It was inspired by a picture of a snake I found on pintrest. I like how it turned out, and I plan on trying it again soon because I think I can do better.

First off here is my inspiration:
 
Such a pretty color combo. Every time I look at this picture I also laugh a little to myself because he (or she) kinda looks like their smiling :) It's all in the eyes lol.
 
I forgot to take a picture of the base color, but It was just a fleshy color. Is fleshy even a word??? Oh, well it is now!
 The base color is Revlon "Bare Bones"
 
 Over that I did 2 (or 3) coats, I can't totally remember, of Nicole by O.PI. "Yellow It's Me" It is a sheer yellow, with and orange shimmer. I think it's really pretty and that says a lot because I really don't care for yellows. I pretty much only got it because I thought it was different than anything I already had.
 
 I think this polish worked great for this design. Almost perfectly :)
 
 Next I used China Glaze "Riveting" (which is one of my favorite polishes) and sponged it on over YIM.
 
 Lastly, I used a a awesome black nail art pen I got at some cheap accessory store at the mall.
 
 The cool thing about this thing is you can take the little plastic cap off and it's a very fine point and you have to squeeze the bottle, or you can take the whole top off and use it as a striper. For $2.00 each I think it was an awesome find. I bought most of the colors they had.
 
 I like how this turned out and I think next time I do it, it will be much better.
 
 I feel like I really captured the coloring of the snake, and it kinda makes me think of a tiger.
 
 Since it was the first time using the nail art pen it took a little getting use to.
All in all I'm happy with how it turned out.
 
Do you think this looks similar to the source picture? What do you think?
 
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Thursday, November 22, 2012

Dupe Alert(s)!!!

I have 3 comparisons for you today. One I just found by accident, and the other 2 I suspected, but still got them... just in case lol.
 
The first one I found just a few hours ago when I sat down to do my nails. I wanted to do something fall-ish so I picked out an orange... little did I know it was a dupe for one of my favorite polishes (win for me!)
 
 Salon Perfect 'Goldfish" and China Glaze "Riveting"
 
 "Riveting" is one of my favorite polishes, and I use it a lot (as you can see by the fill line hehe)
 
 In my opinion these are total dead on dupes. "Goldfish" was bought at Walmart not too long ago. I'm not sure if it is still available or not, but I'm glad I got it. Even though I have a backup of "Riveting" (or 2) I'm still glad to have this one?
 
 I think the only difference between these two is the drying time. "Goldfish" dried so fast I was shocked. I'm not sure if this is the case with the Salon Perfect brand or if it was just his polish.
 
 I just love this color!!!
 
Next up:
 China Glaze "Def Defying" and Finger Paints "Sexy Sundress"
 
 "Def Defying" is part of the new Cirque du Soleil collection that is coming out in December, or in some place it's out now, and "Sexy Sundress" was from the past summer collection. I have seen this at a couple Sally Beauty's in the clearance section.
 
 When I first saw pictures of "Def Defying" the first thing that came to my mind was "Wow, that looks a lot like "Sexy Sundress"!!" I was pretty close in my assumption. DD is just a hair darker the SS.
 
 I think these are close enough to only need one, unless your obsessive like me. What do you think?
 
And lastly:
 O.P.I. "Goldeneye" and Sally Hansen "Gilded Lily"
 
 For this polish I did one coat of each over black and then 2 coats on my naked nail.
 
I think that these are very close to being dupes. As you can see though "Gilded Lily" is more dense and opaque. I prefer it over "Goldeneye" and I decided that I don't need both so I'm probably going to add it to my blog sale.
 
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