GOT Polish: As Orange as it Gets

This weeks Golden Oldies challenge was orange - and this manicure is about as orange as a manicure can get..

 This mani started with two coats of OPI Y'all Come Back Ya Hear and stamping with Konad white and BM308.

I then proceeded to do my first stamping sandwich by adding:
some more Y'all
some more stamping
a final coat of Y'all
... and a coat of Seche Vite.

I love how squishy it looks! I would like to drink anything that tastes like this looks!

 Let's see the orange artwork of the other participants!

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TPC: Tweedy

So here comes my last Tri Polish challenge manicure with February colours brown, pink and gray. In this respect the mani is a bit funny - you'll see...

The inspiration for this came from the amazing blog The manicurator.
Please look up her version! My own looks like it's done by a two-year old, in comparison...

Base three coats China Glaze Digital Dawn (I got this in a goodie bag in a meeting).
I added those tweedy lines with Color Club Beyond and Wild & Mild Diamond Roosevelt Avenue mixed with Gosh Silver.

The accent fingers feature stamping with:
Gosh Silver + DRK-A (mini houdstooth) Beyond + BM316 (lines in the left ring finger)
beyond + BM322 (large houndstooth in the right ring finger)

The funny thing with this manicure is, that I'm not really sure which colour is which - regarding the challenge. Which is the grey? Which is the extra black or the silver? Is the base really brown or pink?
Keep guessing, while browsing the wonderful work of other participants!

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GOT Polish: Textured Chevron

This Golden Oldies Thursday aka GOT Polish manicure features something old, something new, nothing borrowed but a lot of blue. And it's published on Saturday...oops...

 Today's oldies are from Orly Magnetic FX collection from 2012.

Actually I didn't ever realize these were magnetic polishes - I bought them from clearance in NYC as I had to rush to cathc a train to Baltimore, and they didn't have any tags or magnets on. Sadly, they had stayed in the untrieds since.

The base colours in this manicure were Orly Force Field (the purple one) and Opposites Attract (the blue one).

As a brand, I feel that Orly is underrated. They've released some trustworthy baseline polishes and some really extraordinary collections like the Mineral effects (Stone Cold and its mates) or the Birds of a Feather (featuring Fowl Play). Someone just said in facebook their bottles are ugly, but at least the handle enables a very good grip.

Chevron print was done with Kiko 454 (the purple one) and 457 (the blue one). These are their textured Sugar Mat polishes, which I bought this year in a set on sale. If you like texture, you will love these!

I begun to do the chevron with ordinary craft tape, but that didn't really work out after the first stripe.
I mean where was I supposed to put more tape? Maybe I should invest in some real striping tape...

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TPC: Spun Sugar and Dots

Here comes -at last- the Tri polish Tuesday manicure from last week. This has been a crazy week!

The base here is Barielle Make it a Latte – the only clearly brown polish I've got with me.

First I added some spun sugar with Barielle The Pink of Fashion. The polish worked extremely well for this technique - and it's a pink - so a total winner for spun sugar!

I also did a couple spins with OPI Skull and Glossbones - and used the two polishes for double dots. All the pics are without top coat - although I did add some later on for wearability..

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GOT Polish: Sweet Heart

When these were new, I scored nearly all of the Golden Rose Jolly Jewels polishes from a local beauty store. I went through a lot to gather them all, and up to this date, I haven't even used the all. Shame on me! But they are pretty on the bottle, too!

This one was a perfect match for a Valentine's day manicure - and for a Color Club oldie!

I started with two coats of Color Club Wing Fling, and then painted on two (relatively easy) coats of Golden Rose Jolly Jewels 108. I just loved the bling and the jelliness - in fact everything about this polish!

Above is Wing Fling on its own. It's one of my old favourites, and I like the whole collection - but just why are these so sheer!! Just why!?! Otherwise I would use these all the time!

To make the sweetness even sweeter, I added a heart on my ring finger and some stripes on the middle finger with Sally Hansen Complete I Pink I Can, using sticker label and striping tape.

Don't forget to see what the other GOT polish participants are up to on this sweet holiday!

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