tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58114491125675360212024-03-14T02:30:46.157-07:00The FluffoluffogusNail Polish, hair dye and beauty reviews, knitting and more from a Fluffy chick with a slight yarn and nail polish storage issue.The Fluffoluffagushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15132999864495226149noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5811449112567536021.post-39816570109129890752012-09-19T17:54:00.001-07:002012-09-19T17:59:36.218-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The Fluffoluffagushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15132999864495226149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5811449112567536021.post-46108496356807523202012-07-13T02:12:00.000-07:002012-07-13T02:12:11.249-07:0030 Day Challenge Summary Part II<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Day 7- Black and White</h3>
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I'm not a fan of white on my nails so I went for black with a white lace water decal high light. The sparkle above the lace is a genuine Swarovski crystal. The black is Revlon Black Lingerie topped with China Glaze Fairy Dust.</div>
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Day 8 - Metallic</h3>
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My interpretation of metallic went towards representing a metal type. I chose copper because I'm totally in love with my Ozotics and wanted to show them off. This is Ozotics 531 over Revlon Black Star. The Feature nail is Black Star under Ozotics 530, a gorgeous colour shifting glitter. Both of these polishes have been discontinued (sob). Pop into <a href="http://www.picturepolish.com.au/index.php?cPath=51" target="_blank">piCture pOlish</a> and grab them while you still can.<br />
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<br /></div>The Fluffoluffagushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15132999864495226149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5811449112567536021.post-29153334094130539642012-06-13T05:09:00.005-07:002012-06-13T05:09:49.492-07:00Models Own Stash and Haul<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The Hoars from TFIMP rocked my world today! I ordered the treasures in the top row below to complete my Beetle Juice set plus the two HedKandi glitters and those sweet hearted angles added the Champagne Box set that I had to drop from my order because of a credit card debacle and needing to help out a family member. I am in heaven. You guys are the best! There were also two yummo treats in there. The right size for the weekly treat my food plan allows. Thank you Knithal!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Top Row- what I ordered~ Emerald Black, Golden Green, HedKandi Ibiza Mix, Purple Blue, HedKandi Disco Heaven Second Row- My surprise RAK- The Champagne Box Set~Sterling Silver, Lili Pink, Mystic Mauve, Champagne, Gold Rush and Green Flash.</td></tr>
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There will be Mani pics from this lovely RAK posted shortly. I'm having a hard time choosing what to wear first.<br />
<br /></div>The Fluffoluffagushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15132999864495226149noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5811449112567536021.post-58535135875146822092012-06-07T06:56:00.001-07:002012-06-07T06:56:37.589-07:00One loves a Jubilee<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
In honour of Her Mage's special celebrations and because I am kind of fond of our monarch despite my republican leanings I am sporting a Jubilee mani. Apologies for the lack of clean up. It was late and I was tired. I was going to take new shots but it's chipped now and looking tired.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ozotic 509 (silvery holo) China Glaze First Mate under Blue Years Eve, Revlon Get Reddy, Sally Hansen Crushed Gems in Showgirl Chic for the bling. Red striping tape and two sizes of fimo cane Union Jack. Seche Vitae is holding it all together.</td></tr>
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I plan on doing a second one this week for The Queen's Birthday long weekend. I think it might involve real crystals and some stamping of crowns.<br />
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I have been a neglectful blogger lately. To make up for it I have a whole bunch of 30 Day Challenge pics to post.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I am not a fan of yellow so I had to find a way to make it bearable for me. My solution was to stamp over it so it's at least half another colour then coat the lot with my Frankened Seche Holo Top Coat- I've christened it Crystal Shine. I am quite pleased with the result but I still think it would have looked much better in pastel pink or violet. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">This was a major fail mani. The base is OPI<i> Fly</i> from the Nikki Minaj collection. It stained my fingers, my nails and everything I touched with my stained fingers after trying to remove it. I love the colour but it's hard work. It's topped with three coats of <i>Save Me </i>from the same collection. It looks a bit like silver Muppet fur. Next time I use <i>Save Me</i> I'm sticking with one coat only.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">This one is all <i>Mish Mash</i> from <a href="http://www.picturepolish.com.au/index.php" target="_blank">piCture pOlish</a>. Multi chrome Holos, what's not to love. It's the best of everything. The feature nail is<i> 531</i>, the others are <i>533</i>. <i>Mish Mash</i> are among the list of soon to be discontinued colours. Get in and get them while they're still available. American readers can find Ozotics at<a href="http://shop.llarowe.com/" target="_blank"> Llarowe</a>. </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Fantasy Fire</i> by Max Factor is the star of my Violet mani. I used Revlon <i>No Shrinking Violet</i> for underpants. This Mani was dangerous. I could not stop looking at it even while walking. I ran into a lot of stationary objects over the few days I wore <i>Fantasy Fire</i>. It looks a lot like<i> Clarins 230</i> (aka Unicorn Pee). The bottle is tiny and won't last long. I have plans to get my hands on more of this gorgeous colour shifting beauty. </span></span></span></span></div>
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<br /></div>The Fluffoluffagushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15132999864495226149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5811449112567536021.post-56033195347714030752012-04-18T07:10:00.000-07:002012-04-17T07:36:46.939-07:00Glitterlicious! Happy Pink Wednesday.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I'm a sucker for anything glittery. If it sparkles I'm there. I'm also a pink princess. Yup, that's right I have just confessed to being sparkly pink princess. I own way more pink polishes than any other colour and glitter is the biggest category in my collection of 402 polishes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Here's the sparkly pink proof.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Revlon Cotton Candy (a gift from The Mama- thanks Mum), China Glaze Fairy Dust for all over shimmer and BYS Glitterazzi Starlette for the gradient. Topped with my much loved Seche Vite.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">BYS Gitterazzi is a series of glittery jellies all containing holo glitter. And now for an out of focus shot to show off the holo glitter. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Le sigh they were just getting long here. I nubbinned my nails a couple of day ago. I miss my long talons but they were splitting. I guess it was the last of the grow out from before I knew about using quality base coats and non acetone remover. The remaining nail is healthy strong and unsplit. I aim to keep them that way by giving them one day off each week with just a coat of my Sally Hansen Miracle Cure Strengthener.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">PS <a href="http://sweetlibertine.com/shop/category/eye-shadow/" target="_blank">The Sweet Libertine Sale</a> is still on. Jump on the bargains and your last chance to get colours like the beautiful about to be gone forever <em>X Marks the Spot</em>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"> I use this pot of gorgeous a lot. This shimmery lilac pink can look dressed down and work ready with neutrals or princess pretty with sparkly silvers and a splash of purple.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">After the Great Healthy Lifestyle Make Over That Had to Happen of April 2012 in which all of the bad food and rotten habits were shed in one great cathartic purge there are only two vices that remain in my life. They are biggies but are both good for my self esteem. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Vice #1 <strong>Nail Polish</strong> (well Duh!). I have the big love for the finger paints. My collection numbers over 400 and they are all beautiful. Having pretty nails makes me smile. Researchers released information a couple of years ago proving that smiling leads to genuine happiness and other research proves that happiness extends your lifespan, improves your over all health and boosts immunity to disease. Therefore my nail polish is good for me.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> Vice #2 <strong>Eyeshadow</strong>, <strong>specifically </strong></span><a href="http://sweetlibertine.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>Sweet Libertine's beautiful boutique mineral eye shadows</strong></span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> click their name to see for yourself.</span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">These little beauties started me on the road to caring about how I look. Before I discovered them I stuck to the same purple pink cream eye shadow that made my eyes itch topped with some sad grey eyeliner and clumpy charcoal mascara. I looked the same day in day out, morning and evening. I also lacked confidence and barely kept up with keeping my regrowth in check. I just couldn't be bothered</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The day I got my first package in the mail from Sweet Libertine something magical happened. I started to want to live up to these beautiful colours, for the first time ever my eyelids didn't itch when wearing make up. I played with my look and started to want to take care of myself. These wonderful little pots of potential beauty changed my life and gave me self confidence.. They work as eye shadows and as an eyeliner when mixed with a drop of water. Their staying power is legendary- especially if applied wet. Putting on make up in the morning is something to look forward to doing not a chore to get done. I now have around two hundred colours, including glitters. I've made myself a make up station in my study where I sit and pamper myself daily.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The Sweet Libertine range is original, all mineral with no additives like talc to create itchies. They're having a sale right now to clear their retired colours. Get in and get them before they're gone. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is Dragonfly. It's a must have colour. It looks plain here but it comes to life on your skin. It shimmers blue, green and even purple. It adds instant sheen to solid neutrals when dusted over the top and as an eyeliner it looks like dragonfly wings shimmering a swirl of metallics across the lid. PS I totally stole the pic from the Sweet Libertine site.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Last of all I'd like to give a shout out to my new favourite Blog. <em><a href="http://konadlicious.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Vintage Musings of a Modern Pin Up</a> </em> Click the title to check it out. I just discovered it a couple of weeks ago. Carli has 3000+ followers. Her gorgeous Blog features nail polish and a whole lot of retro chic. There's a competition over there right now to celebrate her 3000th follower. Pop in and enter while you're over there drooling over the vintage pretties.</span></div>The Fluffoluffagushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15132999864495226149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5811449112567536021.post-52030183841279328542012-03-27T08:08:00.001-07:002012-03-27T08:08:42.094-07:0030 Day Challenge Day 2: Orange<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Day two is my second least favourite nail polish colour- orange.<br />
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I decided to be literal and add fimo orange slices to accent fingers.<br />
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This is two coats of NYC Colour <em>Peachy Keen</em>, a singel coat of Ulta 3 <em>Crystalina</em>, tips Sinful Colors <em>Tokyo Pearl</em> and<em> Cloud 9. </em>Seche on top as usual<em>.</em><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sorry about the lack of clean up. After smearing and redoing it all twice I just want it over with and off. It's dinged all over the place and thicker than 80s acrylics.</td></tr>
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It took forever and looks chunky and gluggy so it's definitely coming off tomorrow. I have an idea for the yellow that might actually make me forget how much I hate yellow nail polish. <br />
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I've finally come over to the dark side and decided to hit the 30 day challenge. It will give me a chance to break into some untried reducing my excessive untrieds shame. <br />
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Day one is red. I decided to go for a holo red because my GlitterGal red has sat in my drawer for months untried. I haven't had much success with any of my GlitterGals lasting more than a day. True to form it chipped by midday the day after I applied it (which was around 10pm the night before)- less than 24 hours after application despite a coat of Seche, wrapping on every layer and babying my nails. In an effort to make the minuscule bottle last longer I undercoated with a metallic red that usually has excellent staying power before applying a single coat of GlitterGal. I'm going to have to stop being hopeful about this stuff. The formula just has no staying power. I really wanted it to work this time. It would be nice to give an Aussie company a good review.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">NYC Colour (The Heat Group) Ruby Shoes as underwear for GlitterGal Red Holo. Ruby shoes is a gorgeous metallic red with fantastic one coat opaqueness. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Obligatory blurry shot to show off the holo flare. It's really pretty, pics don't do it justice. So sad that it's a one day wonder.</td></tr>
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This post is really just here so I can post this pic of some Wollmiese so I can offer it to trade for my dream nail polish- Nfu Oh Laquer 51.<br />
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Premium yarn for premium polish- a fair trade I think.</div>The Fluffoluffagushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15132999864495226149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5811449112567536021.post-24911661217881672872012-02-27T06:00:00.001-08:002012-02-27T06:05:08.372-08:00SpectraFlair Spectacular<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
About a month ago I invested in a gram of SpectraFlare glitter via a fellow nail enthusiast. So of course I put some in a half bottle of Seche Vitae. Best idea ever. It makes what ever I put it over into a holo.<br />
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This is my first mani using my new Instant Holo Top.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">NYC Colour Australia Purple Monkey topped with Polka Dot, Instant Holo Seche, BM 206 Plate, Konad Special Polish, Silver Glitter.</td></tr>
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And now for the artsy dark pic that shows up the holo sparkle. Apologies for the messy flooded cuticles, I'm working on learning to leave a tiny space between my cuticles and nail bed.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Right Thumb- Rimmel 60 second in Green, Born Pretty nail art jewels, China Glaze fairy dust and Seche top.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Left Thumb- NYC Colour Purple Monkey under Ulta 3 Grape Shimmer, teeny beads from Born Pretty and of course China Glaze Fairy Dust and Seche top.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The purple nails are NYC colour Purple Monkey Under Ulta 3's Grap Shimmer, they're topped with China Glaze Metallic Crackle and Fairy dust. Greeen Nails are Rimmel 60 Second in Green topped with OPI Niki Mina Minaj Super Base, China Glaze Fairy Dust. Highlighted with jewels from Born Pretty and topped with Seche.</td></tr>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hDVN1u2Thxo/T0OkSbOwOQI/AAAAAAAAAGU/vVQBGbUPBWI/s1600/Mardi+Gras+12+right+hand.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="236" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hDVN1u2Thxo/T0OkSbOwOQI/AAAAAAAAAGU/vVQBGbUPBWI/s320/Mardi+Gras+12+right+hand.JPG" width="320" /></a></div></div>The Fluffoluffagushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15132999864495226149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5811449112567536021.post-12480605330270381982012-02-18T06:52:00.000-08:002012-02-18T07:14:27.189-08:00LSG Gets Nailed Blackout Challenge Week Three- Black Tie Affair<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gliiter Gal (Pink) under BYS Quake topped with Seche in a vain attempt to keep this on for a few days. Black lace decal from <a href="http://www.bornprettystore.com/" target="_blank">Born Pretty</a>. Check them out- they are bargain Grand Central with FREE SHIPPING. </td></tr>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Glitter Gal are really expensive for a very small bottle. It chips and gets edge wear within hours despite being covered with Seche. I can't say it's a brand I'd buy again despite the colours being so pretty. I'm all for supporting Aussie companies but when they charge nearly triple compared to overseas equivalents I have to throw my hands up and import from eBay sellers and friendly nail polish mules. I bought about nine of them direct from the Glitter Gal site. Because the bottle is basically a mini they only hold what I estimate to be around 6 manies. Below is a pic after two manies consisting of two very thin coats each. The brush is dreadful- it's too thin and ends up pulling off half of the previous brush stroke.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">This is the edge wear I woke up sporting only 8 hours after the mani was done- I finished up with a coat of seche, read for half an hour and went to sleep. I can't imagine what I did in my sleep to get this kind of wear considering that I wrapped the nail with Seche.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Below is the chip that showed up an hour or two after waking up. The only thing I did besides surf and goof off that morning was pour myself a bowl of cornflakes and make a cup of coffee using an automatic coffee machine that requires a couple of button pushes to make coffee. Oh how I suffer with such hard manual labour.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">This week's Black Out Challenge was Rock Star nails. What could be more rock star than glitter over black? This is three coats of Special Effects on each nail over the top of NYC Colour (Australia- by The Heat Group) Night. Of course it's topped with my ever favourite Seche. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I just ordered a salon sized Seche kit with the Restore from EBay at a great price. I'll get back to you on the seller if she turns out to be any good when it comes to service and getting it out quickly. There's already some iffiness on the lack of promised combined postage when checking out with eleven items as one transaction.. She has OPI really cheap for us Aussies and will post to our golden shores but if postage is going to be that high then savings aren't that great. I'm hoping she'll fix up the postage issue. If not then my nail budget gets spent elsewhere.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">They don't look like much in the bottle but on the fingers they are like little opals. I'm planning on trying them over a bunch of other colours. I think they would look like white opals over NYC Colour's Angel (pearl white with a delicate gold sheen).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">I officially love flaky polishes! I can't wait for my Essie Luxe Effects to get here. Gold Flakes people! GOLD!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Oh and <a href="http://sweetlibertine.com/" target="_blank">Sweet Libertine</a> have new gorgeous colours out and there's a sale on with big discounts on blues. Get your butt over there. You know you want your share beautiful mineral eye shadows and bargain prices. I've already blown my make up budget for the month over there. Yay for being back at work and having money to be self indulgent. </div></div>The Fluffoluffagushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15132999864495226149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5811449112567536021.post-76683644382104354392012-01-30T17:30:00.000-08:002012-01-30T17:30:09.765-08:00LSG Gets Nailed Black Out Challenge<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">If you're a Ravelry user you probably know about LSG. It's a no holds barred group where bad language and being awesome to one another is the creed. There's an offshoor group called LSG Gets Nailed for the nail polish obsessed knitters and hookers (crocheters). This month there's a challenge on to get us to use a little black. I've always been a little stand offish with black so I'm giving it a go. <br />
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<strong>Challenge #1</strong><br />
<strong>The Rorschach Test</strong> <br />
Give me a mani that uses black to enhance or accent your look. Black lace or Pinstripes? Get your nads on! This is a great way to ease into black. I want to be seeing Rorschach all over your fingers.<br />
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For more information about traditional owners in the Sydney area visit <a href="http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/barani/themes/theme1.htm" target="_blank">Barani</a>, a site that explains it all really well. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Political sensibilities aside I love my country and consider myself fortunate to be a daughter of the antipodes. Although I really wish Australia Day were on another day I still want to celebrate my country. So how do I celebrate things? I put it on my nails so I can look at it while I'm knitting.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TWFTwjuZGg0/TyFVQ8ViFTI/AAAAAAAAAEs/rLplpJ4PTCc/s1600/Aust+day+mani+tools.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="289" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TWFTwjuZGg0/TyFVQ8ViFTI/AAAAAAAAAEs/rLplpJ4PTCc/s320/Aust+day+mani+tools.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">My Supplies- (from left to right) Seche Vitae (best top coat ever despite the dreadful chemicals), NYC Silver Sparkle, BYS Red and White Nail Art Polishes, OPI -Yoga Ta Love this Colour, tiny silver metal balls for the smallest star in the southern cross, tiny diamantes for the bigger stars and BYS Silver Nail Art Polish, a fine but firm brush for making the stars on the flag and a skewer for picking up the bling. I also used NYC Mushroom over my Seche base as an opaque neutral. The OPI is a little transparent.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
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The Union Jack (the flag of Great Britain which is a whole bunch of flags united) in the corner of the Aussie flag was done using the BYS Red and White Nail Arts. I painted the white section first (St Andrew's flag representing Scotland) starting with the cross in the middle then adding the diagonals. I added the red diagonals next (St Patrick's flag for Ireland) being careful to leave the white frame for the cross in the middle which represents St George's flag (England). Then I added the middle of St George's cross in red. <br />
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The seven pointed federation star, which represents our six states and The Australian Capital Territory, was made by placing a big dot of white below the Union Jack then using the stiff bristled brush to smudge out the points. Next I put the stars of Southern Cross, our famous constellation visible anywhere in Oz. These were also smudged dots, the main four stars should have seven points with the smaller star having only five but I just went for star-like. <br />
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Next step was to add the Southern Cross to my ring fingers using BYS Silver Nail Art Polish. I smudged out some points with my stuff bristled flat brush, coated all nails thinly with NYC Silver Sparkle Added the bling to the southern cross then topped with Seche.<br />
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Happy Australia Day everybody! We're celebrating Australia's multi cultural heritage by having croissants for breakfast. We're out of Vegemite so it will have to be with jam. We'll be having Chinese take away for dinner to celebrate the contribution of the Chinese people during the gold rush days. There's iced lemon myrtle tea, which is a bush tucker flavour, and Japanese mochi cakes for afternoon tea (no significance for mochi cakes- we just really like them). Lunch will involve meat pies and lamingtons -fair dinkum Aussie tucker.</div>The Fluffoluffagushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15132999864495226149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5811449112567536021.post-62197730897488902752012-01-25T02:25:00.000-08:002012-01-26T05:34:34.977-08:00Pink Wednesday- Vintage (almost) Polish<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">The nice thing about nail polish is that it can last for years. The base in this Wedesday Pink mani is at least 15 years old. I bought it sometime in the early 90s. I know not where. It's sparkly- almost in the same way that the more recent holos are sparkly. I compared it to some holos and it wasn't far off. Everything old is new again!<br />
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The stamp is a Bundle Monster plate. I didn't write it down and seeing as I am a cushion for a rather large kitty right now I won't be getting up to get my stamping kit to look at the number. It's from the second set released on Amazon. The white is a Konad special stamping polish. <br />
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</div></div>The Fluffoluffagushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15132999864495226149noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5811449112567536021.post-81979260039666487422012-01-05T05:48:00.001-08:002012-01-06T06:04:37.351-08:00The Funky French Attack<span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aKflQfuZvV8/TwbsJz4FTJI/AAAAAAAAACk/BiHg2NwteFw/s1600/IMG_0296.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 239px; height: 320px; float: left; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694498432144985234" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aKflQfuZvV8/TwbsJz4FTJI/AAAAAAAAACk/BiHg2NwteFw/s320/IMG_0296.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><ul><li><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">I have a bit of a backlog of mani pics so I'm posting this lot in a batch. This is my Funky French Collection. I discovered BYS Nail Art polishes. They have this wonderful long brush that practically paints the stripe itself. This lead to a mini Funky French Obsession.</span></div></li></ul><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">First we had the teal mani. All colours are BYS plain colours range. There were no names on the bottom of the bottles.</span><br /></div><p align="justify"> </p><ul><li><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Seen here with my </span><a href="http://www.sweetlibertine.com"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Sweet Libertine</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"> lip balm. They have THE BEST range of mineral eyeshadow in the world. I have over one hundred and fifty of their overshadows. They're <em>that good</em>. It stays where you put it all day. Even if you happen to be running around on a melting hot day. I apply mine using a brush, mixing the eyeshadow with a tiny drop of water in the lid. The colours are a little brighter when applied wet and have longer staying power. They also make stunning eyeliners. </span></div></li></ul><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span><div align="justify"><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Sweet Libertine gives out samples if you send a stamped self addressed envelope. If you're a mineral makeup newb don't bother with the samples. I highly recommend jumping in and getting one of their really reasonably priced beginner's sets to start you off. And don't forget to grab a mineral veil while you're there. If you're a mineral foundation person they're great for balancing out those too yellow colours that are a problem with some mineral brands. On those days when I'm wearing a conventional foundation I use a mineral veil to set the foundation and extend it's longevity. It goes without saying that Sweet Libertine is my hands down favourite mineral veil. There are rumours that Sweet Libertine might have a foundation in development. I can't wait.<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Vmv8LJoK5LE/Twb1iFP72JI/AAAAAAAAACw/vDU3jk13gm4/s1600/IMG_0336.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 211px; height: 280px; float: left; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694508744729942162" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Vmv8LJoK5LE/Twb1iFP72JI/AAAAAAAAACw/vDU3jk13gm4/s320/IMG_0336.JPG" /></a></span><br /></div><ul><li><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"></span> </div></li></ul><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;">And back on topic</span><br /></div><ul><li><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;">Funky French #2- Flirting with a Dotting Tool</span></div></li></ul><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"></span><div align="justify"><br /></div><ul><li><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;">The pink is a BYS scented. I think it's Floral. This time I taped off the top, painted a BYS black stripe across then ripped off the tape before it dried. </span></div></li></ul><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"></span><div align="justify"><br /></div><ul><li><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;">After drying add a stripe of BYS Striping Polish in White and another in Chrome Silver.</span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;">My pointer was done using a medium sized dotting tool.</span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;">The dot feature on my ring finger used the second smallest tool. </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"> </div></li></ul><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;">Funky French #3 NYC all the way!</span></p><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bKhQ-faYyIQ/Twb8kwTwJ0I/AAAAAAAAAC8/_SRScGMd4U0/s1600/IMG_0352.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 239px; height: 320px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694516487229810498" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bKhQ-faYyIQ/Twb8kwTwJ0I/AAAAAAAAAC8/_SRScGMd4U0/s320/IMG_0352.JPG" /></a></span></div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;">At this point I had discovered NYC by The Heat Group. They also make Ultra3. Both use the same formula. They are cheap and cheerful. They stay chip free on me much longer than OPI ever did. If you use the NYC Top Coat and remember to wrap the nail edge wear rarely happens.</span></div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"> </div></span><p></p><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"><p align="justify">The Purple colour is Purple Monkey the tip is Polka Dot- very sheer but shines up nicely over an opaque colour. The strip is my trusty BYS Chrome Striping Polish.</p><p align="justify"> </p><p align="justify"> </p></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"><p align="justify">I used the usual tape and paint technique to get my tips straight.</p></span><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"></span></p><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"><div align="justify">So there you have it. My Funky French Phase. Up next is the Crackle Crack Up.</div></span><p></p><p align="justify"> </p>The Fluffoluffagushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15132999864495226149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5811449112567536021.post-23551006987954794142012-01-05T03:14:00.000-08:002012-01-05T05:31:58.574-08:00The Turkish Delight Easter Egg Mani<div align="justify"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DeRLUJRCkMA/TwWKW5CbP3I/AAAAAAAAACY/AZYgjc7ReVQ/s1600/IMG_0074.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 298px; height: 289px; float: left; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694109429752610674" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DeRLUJRCkMA/TwWKW5CbP3I/AAAAAAAAACY/AZYgjc7ReVQ/s320/IMG_0074.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">This one is over a year old. I was going through old pics on my iPhone and thought I'd update with some of these old shots.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"> </span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">When I did this I had just gotten an OPI haul from Ebay. Both colours are OPI. Pamploma Purple and Glitzerland.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"> </span></div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">I didn't mean to make a copy of a Cadbury's Turkish Delight Easter Egg wrapper. I didn't even pick up on it until a couple of days of looking at it and thinking it looked very familiar. Then it hit me. I'd recreated my favourite type of Easter egg's wrapper. The Derp- I have it.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"> </span></div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">No wonder The Husbear had been making cracks about my delicious nails.</span></div><div align="justify"> </div>The Fluffoluffagushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15132999864495226149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5811449112567536021.post-34907554169460094412011-10-29T06:29:00.000-07:002011-10-29T07:12:39.978-07:00Colour Change Daisy Fest<div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XpyEyJ2WVwM/TqwITgyLxjI/AAAAAAAAACM/LlCvH5arx84/s1600/colour%2Bchange%2Bin%2Baction.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 239px; height: 320px; float: left; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668915162263569970" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XpyEyJ2WVwM/TqwITgyLxjI/AAAAAAAAACM/LlCvH5arx84/s320/colour%2Bchange%2Bin%2Baction.jpg" /></a><font size="2" face="trebuchet ms">My love for glittery nail polishes boarders on unreasonable. If it glitters and I have cash it's going to end up coming home with me. If you throw temperature colour change into the mix there will be squeeing and it will definitely be coming home with me. I get hours of amusement out of colour changers. I love watching the colour change through the day. You never know whether it will be the warm temperature or cool colour or even better a gradient like in the picture on the lower left. This mani features BYS Moods in Blue. I don't know if I'm more in love with the sky blue cool temperature colour (pictured over there on the left) or the palest ice it becomes when it's warm (pictured below right).</font><div><div><div><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS"></font> </div><div><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS">There was something about this blue that just said DAISIES. These decals have been languishing in my nail stamping plates box for a couple of years now. They came in a Hello Kitty show bag. I've never been a fan of decals because they often peel off so I prefer to paint or stamp images onto my nails. This time I put the decal onto not quite dry top coat, let it dry then put another coat on top. They stayed on for about four days. The polish needed daily topping off where it wore around the edges of my nails despite them being wrapped. BYS has great staying power on the nail bed but the edges usually need a lot of maintainance.</font></div><div><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS"></font> </div><div><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mKkGAI22Fxc/TqwHZudr-CI/AAAAAAAAAB0/hxtjsW0r834/s1600/colour%2Bchange%2Bcool%2Bcolour.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 239px; height: 320px; float: left; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668914169503283234" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mKkGAI22Fxc/TqwHZudr-CI/AAAAAAAAAB0/hxtjsW0r834/s320/colour%2Bchange%2Bcool%2Bcolour.jpg" /></a><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2otFPU8YZk8/TqwH1vNLa_I/AAAAAAAAACA/3SGDYkmB_nk/s1600/colour%2Bchange%2Bwarm%2Bcolour.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 239px; height: 320px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668914650738813938" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2otFPU8YZk8/TqwH1vNLa_I/AAAAAAAAACA/3SGDYkmB_nk/s320/colour%2Bchange%2Bwarm%2Bcolour.jpg" /></a></div></font></div><div> <- Gradient effect</div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2otFPU8YZk8/TqwH1vNLa_I/AAAAAAAAACA/3SGDYkmB_nk/s1600/colour%2Bchange%2Bwarm%2Bcolour.jpg"></a> </div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2otFPU8YZk8/TqwH1vNLa_I/AAAAAAAAACA/3SGDYkmB_nk/s1600/colour%2Bchange%2Bwarm%2Bcolour.jpg"></a> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div></div></div></div></div>The Fluffoluffagushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15132999864495226149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5811449112567536021.post-691874141009720692011-10-06T10:30:00.000-07:002011-10-06T21:02:35.732-07:00Multi Coloured Dotty Mani (with a How To)<div><div><br /><div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rMqvdYTkw_o/To4zR5BUKHI/AAAAAAAAAA4/FF9FhSv-FtQ/s1600/dotty%2Bmani%2B2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 239px; height: 320px; float: left; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660518164108421234" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rMqvdYTkw_o/To4zR5BUKHI/AAAAAAAAAA4/FF9FhSv-FtQ/s320/dotty%2Bmani%2B2.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">I had to <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">nubbinise</span> my nails yet again last week. They were splitting because I wasn't giving them time off at all and the base coat I was using was not so great. I've switched to <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">BYS's</span> base coat which is fantastic and surprisingly cheap at $5. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">BYS's</span> polishes are generally great value. You can get all sorts of special effects like crackle, scented, colour change, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">holo</span> glitters, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">neons</span>, UV glows and jellies all for $5 each and their range of plain colours makes me vibrate with glee.</span></div><div> </div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;">It's hard to do a <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">mani</span> that makes nubbins look good so I went with one of my favourite looks, POLKA DOTS. I have a serious affection for the spots. I prefer to make them myself rather than stamp because I just can't find a good white for stamping. I think I'm going to have to cave in and pay a small fortune for a genuine <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">Konad</span> stamping polishes in white, black, gold and silver.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">A <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">mani</span> that takes this amount of time requires sound prep for longevity. There's nothing more annoying than taking an hour to pretty up your nails only to wake up the next day to chips or having it look a mess because of sloppy edges. Good prep really only takes a couple of minutes plus drying time.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;">Nail Prep 101 (The less mess method)</span></div><ol><li><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;">Rub all around your nails with cuticle oil or petroleum jelly. This step makes polish overspill really easy to clean off.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;">Swab each nail with nail polish remover. I prefer acetone free for this step. Do not use one that cl</span><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;">aims to add oils or vitamins or any other extra fruit salad. The point of this step is to remove any surface oils and overspill from the goop you just wiped around your nails</span><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;">. Wait a couple of minutes after this step to make sure all of the remover has dried off your nails.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;">Apply Base coat and let it dry thoroughly. Properly dry base coat makes the coloured polish adhere to your nails a little better.</span></li></ol><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;"><strong>Dotty Mani Step by Step<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vfs6REfoyFw/To47d_cPV_I/AAAAAAAAABA/4E9BLZbgQv0/s1600/dotty%2Bmani%2Btools.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 320px; height: 239px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660527168083417074" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vfs6REfoyFw/To47d_cPV_I/AAAAAAAAABA/4E9BLZbgQv0/s320/dotty%2Bmani%2Btools.jpg" /></a></strong></span></p><ol><li><strong><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;">Gather your tools. Bundle Monster Plate #14, assorted nail polishes in colours you adore, a dotting tool, your stamping tools, top coat, base coat and white stamping polish for the dots.</span></strong></li><li><strong><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;">Paint each nail a different colour. Two coats as needed, letting it dry completely between coats.</span></strong></li><li><strong><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;">Put a generous drop of white stamping polish on the corner of your stamping plate holder. Dip the dotting tool into the polish and put three dots at the base of the nail replenishing the paint between dots. Offset the second row between the first and the third row between the second. Let the dots dry before doing the dots on the other hand. I always do my dominant hand first. I smudge less nails that way.</span></strong></li><li><strong><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;">Rose print nail- follow your normal stamping procedure using the rose stamp. Stamp in random places all over your chosen rose nail. Let dry then do the other hand.</span></strong></li><li><strong><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;">Rose with leaves- Thumb. Still using the rose stamp place a rose a <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">little</span> off centre on your <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">thumb</span> nail. Put a dollop of green polish on your plate holder dip the dotting tool in, dot your nail then drag slightly to create a leaf shape. Place the leaves around the rose. Let dry before doing the other hand.</span></strong></li><li><strong><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;">Two colour cup cake. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Using</span> the cup cake stamp on BM#14 plate put a small dollop of brownish polish on the bottom of the cup <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-error">cake</span> and a dollop of your chosen <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">frosting</span> colour on the top. When dragging the scraper across the design be very careful to go horizontally across the cup cake so as not to mix the colours. Stamp in the usual way.</span></strong></li><li><strong><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;">When everything is dry apply top coat, clean up your edges by wiping off the petroleum jelly and admire your handiwork. </span></strong></li></ol><p><strong><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;">To keep the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" class="blsp-spelling-error">mani</span> looking fresh apply a thin layer of top coat once a day. This should get you almost a week out of your MANI. Don't forget to wrap the nail each time. Wrapping is when you drag the brush across the top of the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_14" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">nail while</span> trying not to paint the top of your finger. It's the key to stopping chipping.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nE_OIwYysm4/To50Mm0t5YI/AAAAAAAAABI/6EvCZ3oo5jI/s1600/dotty%2Bmani.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 239px; height: 320px; float: left; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660589541580203394" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nE_OIwYysm4/To50Mm0t5YI/AAAAAAAAABI/6EvCZ3oo5jI/s320/dotty%2Bmani.jpg" /></a></span></strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p></div></div></div>The Fluffoluffagushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15132999864495226149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5811449112567536021.post-71715378388301059472011-10-05T10:33:00.000-07:002011-10-05T16:52:34.786-07:00I'm Puffed!<div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TTwHkeDVspo/ToyVduJ2inI/AAAAAAAAAAs/YWYbrIT3fBk/s1600/puffs.png"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 265px; height: 194px; float: left; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660063169535969906" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TTwHkeDVspo/ToyVduJ2inI/AAAAAAAAAAs/YWYbrIT3fBk/s320/puffs.png" /></a><br /><div><font size="2" face="verdana">I'm completely addicted to knitting these things.</font></div><div><font size="2" face="verdana">They're called Hexipuffs, they're made of sock yarn scraps and they tie together to make a Bee Keeper's Quilt (it's a Tiny Owl Knits design). Sorry about the lousy webcan shot. I'm not in the mood to battle with the camera right now. It's been giving me a hard time. </font></div><div><font size="2" face="verdana"></font> </div><div><font size="2" face="verdana">Anyway my SSK (slip, slip, knit) edge is going kind of wavy. I wonder what I'm doing wrong. I'll have to take it to the forums on <a href="http://www.ravelry.com">Ravelry</a> to see if an expert can help me.</font></div><div><font size="2" face="Verdana"></font> </div><div><font size="2" face="Verdana">If you want to find out more about The Bee Keepers Quilt hop on over to <a href="http://tinyowlknits.wordpress.com/">Tiny Owl Knits</a> and watch the video, buy the pattern, become addicted. This thing has become huge. There are multiple threads on multiple boards on Rav dedicated to Puffing. </font></div><div><font size="2" face="Verdana"></font> </div><div><font size="2" face="Verdana">Puffing helped me get my knitting mojo back. I stopped knitting for a bit which is serious for me because I'm one of those whacky knitters who knit everywhere and always have a project in my handbag. Usually if I stop knitting it's because I'm sick or there's something big happening. This time it was a prolonged respiratory illness. Knitting is a big part of my life. The whole reason I got into nails was because I liked looking at pretty nails while I knit. I'm aiming for a puff a day while working on other projects. I'm bound and determined to get my capelet finished before the end of Summer and there are a few Hermione beanies that need finishing before Giftmas.</font></div><div> </div></div>The Fluffoluffagushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15132999864495226149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5811449112567536021.post-83696889374709362712011-10-04T02:02:00.000-07:002011-10-04T08:11:40.697-07:00Crackle is not all it's cracked up to be<div><br /><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IojO84MX9Uk/TosZ_fnOR1I/AAAAAAAAAAc/2b0m1rTMRlE/s1600/gold%2Bpurple%2Bcrackle%2Bflakes%2Boff.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 239px; height: 320px; float: left; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659645935329625938" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IojO84MX9Uk/TosZ_fnOR1I/AAAAAAAAAAc/2b0m1rTMRlE/s320/gold%2Bpurple%2Bcrackle%2Bflakes%2Boff.jpg" /></a><br /><div><font size="2" face="trebuchet ms">I'm in love with the look of crackle polishes but they just never work for me. Admittedly I've only tried the one type- BYS Cracked. I'd like to get my hands on other brands but haven't found it handily stocked in a nearby shop yet and can't buy online right now because my credit card was compromised and I'm waiting for a new one.</font></div><div><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS"></font> </div><div><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS">This mani has a no name brand goldish yellowish base with BYS Cracked Style Purple on top. I finished and had it well and truely dry before bed. <--This what I woke up to find. Big chunks of crackle flaked off despite coating each nail three times and wrapping with BYS top coat from my Cracked kit.</font></div><div><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS"></font> </div><div><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS">I attempted a repair which left me with patchy but acceptable results.</font></div><div><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS"></font> </div><div><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS">Less than an hour after the repair job which included running over every nail again (just in case) the big chunks flaked off again. So I scrapped the mani and started with a whole new theme. </font></div><div><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS"></font> </div><div> </div><div><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS">Here's what it should have looked like.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UiZBB1Tq1U0/Tosbpjhkp2I/AAAAAAAAAAk/PXoRBofZ86M/s1600/repaired%2Bgold%2Bpurple%2Bcrackle%2B2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 239px; height: 320px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659647757445801826" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UiZBB1Tq1U0/Tosbpjhkp2I/AAAAAAAAAAk/PXoRBofZ86M/s320/repaired%2Bgold%2Bpurple%2Bcrackle%2B2.jpg" /></a><font size="3"> ----></font></font></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div></div></div>The Fluffoluffagushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15132999864495226149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5811449112567536021.post-88433180291377197402011-10-01T18:48:00.000-07:002011-10-01T18:48:26.730-07:00Nail stamps are the new crack (for me).<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This is the ubiquitous 'Wow this is my first post' post.
It's also my first 'Hey look at my nails post'.
This mani was my first nail stamp mani done in April this year. I used Konad knock offs because Konad stuff is ridiculously exy. Yes their stamps work better and you never have to use the business end of a compass to scratch the details in more deeply like you need to with some of the less well etched plates in the cheaper brands. But hey, you get what you pay for.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This mani has an ancient (as in about eight years old) Avon holo glitter for the base. They didn't call it holo back then- it was Rainbow Colour. The stamp is Bundle Monster plate 16. The stamping polish is plain old ordinary polish from a 'junk shop'.</span>
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