PHD Challenge Mani: Vampire Nails

Has anyone entered PHD's weekly challenge? The theme for this week was Vampire nails. There's a link to her blog on the left. Here is my entry:

I wanted to go for the True Blood effect here:



I tried to achieve this by using a water marble manicure. My Simple Little Pleasures has a great tutorial...there's a link to her blog on the left as well. I think she is hands down the best water marbeler out there!

The base is OPI: Quater of a Cent-Cherry, and I marbled with Zoya Blair and WnW Black Creme. Here's what I got:



Closeup:


What do you think? Not too bad for my 1st water marble mani! I had the hardest time trying to capture the colors, my camera hates reds. You can click on each pick to enlarge it.

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Lippmann Collection Ruby Red Slippers

So, I just got this baby in the mail the other day and I think it's one of my favorites ever. Blackened red perfection - right up my alley!


Here's a mega closeup:



This was one heavy coat over two coats of Orly Glam. I tell you, after seeing this color in person I now think I need to hunt down Across the Universe......

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Dollar Tree Maybellines 4

So, today I just bought Lippmann Collection Ruby Red Slippers online. I'm so excited to get it!! Too bad it probably won't be in time for PHD's Vampire challenge. I bet it would had made a good base color! I'm still lemming Across the Universe.

I have to say, so far, it's the most expensive polish I will be soon to own....but it's red, so it's ok! LOL.


These next two are the last of the Maybelline swatches that I have done for now. The first color is called Fairy Pretty. The bottle color is a pale greenish blue shimmer color.




This is one layer over WnW Black Creme. The bottle color translates pretty accurately over the black. It's a pretty unique color, but not a favorite.



This color is Red Hot Reds. The bottle color is a super bright red with gold flecks of color mixed in:


And this is one layer over WnW Black Creme again. This is so pretty, I love how you can see the flecks of color show through.



So that's it for today, I hope you liked them :)

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OPI DS Extravagance

Wow, I just picked this up at Ulta today. It's been a lemming for a while, but I just didn't realize how pretty this color was until I wore it. It's a pinkish-purple base with holo particles. Man, in the sunlight, wow!




I think I have a new favorite color....and it's not a red!! ha ha.

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Dollar Tree Maybellines 3

The first color on today's list is Fuchsia Flash. The bottle color is a bright pink jelly with blue iridescent glitter:


Here is one layer over WnW Black Creme. It's too sheer to wear on it's own, but you loose any bit of pink when you layer it....you just see the glitter. The glitter flashes blue and purple.

The next one here is called Imperial Red. The bottle color is a nice dark red color with gold shimmer swirls.


Here is one coat over WnW Black Creme. It's a nice blackend red and you can still see a faint gold shimmer. Very pretty!


That's all for today. I have two more already swatched, I'll probably post them tonight or tomorrow.

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Dollar Tree Maybellines 2

Here are two more of the DT Maybelline swatches I have ready. This is Bonfire. The bottle color is a bright orange-ish red color with a bit of gold shimmer:



This is one heavy coat layered over WnW Black Creme. I definitely prefer it over black. It's just too bright for me on it's own, the black mutes it somewhat and I like it so much more that way.


This color is called Red Hot. This one is interesting. The bottle color shows a very bright red color with some gold-ish particles...not glitter...kind like flecks in the color.


Now over black, it takes on a more maroon color. Notice the flecks? Very pretty! This is one layer over WnW Black Creme.


I hope you're all not bored with more popsicle stick swatches, cuz I have more to post soon :)

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Revlon: Ruby + Slipper

I'm in love with today's NOTD! I originally saw this set posted on The Nailphile. Well when I saw the red, I was of course done for! LOL. It's a combo polish set, the base color is called Ruby and the glitter top coat is called Slipper:



The base is a deep red jelly, very nice on it's own:



And the topcoat Slipper is A M A Z I N G! I love it! It's got red and sliver glitter with silver holo hex glitter. Layered over the red, it's so pretty!!


These are my first Revlon polishes and so far, I like 'em. I also picked up Galaxy. I found mine at Meijers and Rite Aid if anyone's interested.

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