One of my Favorite Manis EVER: Nails Inc. Baker Street with NVL Pulverized

Where do I start with this manicure? If you follow my Facebook page, I posted a picture about finding Nails Inc. crystal caps on sale at Sephora, and I quickly snatched up Baker Street (and broke my no buy). WORTH IT. Baker Street is a vivid blue creme and yes, it is that saturated with NO staining.

I got NailVenturous Pulverized a while back (unfortunately, Amy no longer sells polish, but Ninja Polish sells a few of her creations). My Pulverized might look a little different from yours, well, because it is. This version was specially made for me and doesn't have the large hex. It have large white hexes with smaller blue and purple hexes. Then there are mini bars and microglitter in purple, blue, and green. I love it SO much! Baker Street perfectly complimented Pulverized, but I didn't have the heart to cover up all of Baker Street, so I went with a freehand diagonal, which I alternated.

You really do not need tape for this manicure. If your lines aren't perfect, cover it with dots! Again, I wanted complimentary colors, so I chose A England Tristam and Lady of the Lady, which was perfect. Pulverized has awesome green microglitter, so I grabbed A England Dragon, which I won from a Cosmetic Sanctuary giveaway and together, I think it created the perfect look. I was actually saddened to remove this mani; that is how much I loved it!

Baker Street, 2 coats

Baker Street, 2 coats, indirect lighting

Sunlight

I really love the alternating diagonals. 

Do you have Baker Street? If not, go get it. Now. You won't regret it.

Lastly, if you aren't following my Facebook, I added coordinating chains with all my pendants in my Etsy shop. So take a gander!

Spotlight on my Etsy shop: ehmkay designs.

Since I have hit 100 followers, I thought I would post about my etsy shop, ehmkay designs.

If you don't know, I make nail polish jewelry. Yea, yea, everyone does it. But does everyone used 5-12 polishes PER piece? That is what sets me apart. While I have mostly been doing custom orders, I have tons of jewelry that I have already made, available in my shop. There is a tab on the top of my blog with links and pictures of some of my pieces.

Additionally, because I find the sparkle is difficult to capture by photo, I offer videos of my jewelry to show live glittery action.

Recently, I have added sterling silver chains for the silver pendants, and gorgeous silk ribbon double strand necklaces for bronze pendants. These are included in the pendant price.

Lastly, I have expanded and now offer silver rings, silver studs, and white gold hook earrings. All my jewelry is nickel-free. I have added pictures of some pieces below, but definitely take a look at my shop!

Link to Piece

Link to Piece

Link to piece

Link to Piece

Thank you all for taking the time to look at my  Etsy Shop!

Ultimate Galaxy Nails

Last week was my boyfriend's birthday and we had an awesome time celebrating! I had ordered a special polish to wear on his birthday, but it didn't arrive in time (but you will see it soon; it is stunning). So instead, I went with galaxy nails! Boyfriend loves space and watching shows about the universe, AND galaxy nails were actually the FIRST nail art I ever tried a little over a year ago.

So what do you think?! I spent a little over an hour on these but I think they were amazing. I was sad to take them off.  There are 8 million pictures, with the colors at the bottom and a picture of the first time I ever did galaxy nails! I forgot to add my bottle of IMN Northern Lights, which is what I topped this look with

That might be my boyfriend in the background..

All the colors I used for this look.

First time I ever did galaxy nails...uh, I was a bit shakey

Birthday beers for the boy!

Happy Birthday to the boy!  He loved this manicure so much, he requested that I do them once a month!

If you haven't liked my Facebook page, head over there! I've been posting my hauls and some truly epic nail mail!! ALSO, I'll be announcing my blog sale soon with about 40 polishes. This gal's gotta purge.

Don't forget to check out my Etsy shop!

My Version of Fire Nails: Gradient with Orly Emberstone

I don't know what it is, but I always like asking people what they want to see on my nails. One day, the boy responded with "fire." So I dipped into my untrieds and went to work!

Orly Emberstone. This was one of the Mineral FX polishes from last fall. I found it on super duper clearance at Sally's and I am so glad I picked it up. Emberstone just glows. Depending on the light, it can appear more red or more orange, so I'll stick with red-orange. The mineral particles really set it apart although not sure it justifies the higher price tag, but it was definitely worth the $1.99 I paid!

To make Emberstone go on fire, I added a coat of Zoya Chloe, a flakie that flashes orange, yellow, and green. But because that wasn't enough, I added Kleancolor 2-2-Tango on my tips. Kleancolor makes some amazing glitters and did I mention they cost a dollar?? Of course, I had days of clouds when I did this mani, but hopefully you get the gist.

Lately, I love doing these types of manicures because they help me go through my untrieds, but in a meaningful way. I don't swatch polishes, so this is how I justify buying so much polish :-D

Now this manicure was awful to photograph because either I got the color of Emberstone correct, but then there was no sight of the flakies. So here we go. And wow, my nail lengths were crazy haha.

 

 

More color accurate of Emberstone, but hard to see Chloe

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Hare Cumulus Excellence Duo: Rad Cloud and Magic Mist

I recently ordered Magic Mist off of Copious and then NEEDED Rad Cloud to complete the duo (plus, I loved Rad Cloud). I actually got Rad Cloud off Hare's etsy site pretty easily. No rushing, no cart-jacking; I was a happy camper. And I was able to get Magic Mist for only $2 because of Copious!

Today marks my first day teaching at a new, large college. I wanted to do a collegiate mani for the college, but decided to save that for a football game. Instead, I whipped out my new Hares. Please pardon the tip ware. Moving and writing with chalk (can you believe college classrooms still have chalk?! I've been used to whiteboards!) really didn't agree with my nails.

On my left hand I did one coat of OPI Suzi Pedal Faster! topped with one coat of Rad Cloud. Absolute perfection. Great formula and I love the purple and green squares. Then I did an accent nail with one coat of Essie Play Date (this is definitely in my top five cremes) and one coat Magic Mist. Magic Mist was slightly thicker, and because of that, I was a little too heavy handed. I did the reverse manicure on my right hand and you will see much better application of Magic Mist. All in all, I do love this duo and I'm glad they were my first Hares!  My students also looked at my nails like 0_o. They could not even handle the glittery indie polish. Enjoy way too many pictures! You're going to want to click on these to enlarge them.

Artificial Lighting

Artificial Lighting

One coat of OPI Pedal Suzi Faster! and Essie Playdate

One coat of Essie Playdate and OPI Pedal Suzi Faster!

Artificial Lighting

Cloudy day, but direct "sun" light

I really like this inverse look!

Have you tried Copious yet? Click this link to get a free $10 which I used to get my first RBL!

Do you have any Hare polishes? What are your favorites and which should I get next?

ALSO, I have finally hit 100 followers! And I hit 100 on Facebook. I have something in the works for a fantabulous giveaway. Would you prefer one winner or multiple getting one polish each?

I have chains now for all my pendants, so I am now selling necklaces not only pendants! Check it out through my tab on the top or right here.