31 Day Challenge Day 7: Black and White

I would have liked to do the design by Mely @rockyournails in black and white, but I don't have a white. I mean I had a white up until my littler 5 year old sister became the polish mixing elf and poured in a pink into Tempest my white cult nails polish :(

So, I decided to go with classic black nails with a fine shimmer polish by venique on top.

I really love how a black polish looks on nails, I think it looks classy. Some people say its goth, but definitely think it's cool.

This is 2 coat of OPI Black Onyx and the shimmer by venique(I can't find the darn thing at the moment to tell you the name.)

Like the little black dress, this makes your nails look nice and sleek ;)

I've always wanted to do both of these looks so I did both. I have seen this on Google, yeaahhhh I think it looks better on other nails. The checkers look cool, but as you can see I need more practice :)

Practice makes perfect!!!

Xoxo, 

Cathy

KB Shimmer Hex Appeal

Hello! So I try to blog as much as I can when I have the time. This is one times I actually get to do that :)

This S-T-U-N-N-I-N-G bottle is the first ever indie polish I bought and it started my love for glitter and indie polishes. It is beautiful in real life and I am so glad I made the choice in making it my first purchase. Tried to show the glitters as best I could with this picture.

 Hex Appeal is a dark navy/purple jelly with magenta, silver, and blue hex glitters, and bar glitter. This is two coats over a dark base, plus top coat.

 I was Channeling my inner @Lacquerloon :) she has beautiful and flawless swatches!!!

My hands/fingers are really awkward when it comes to bottle pose, but I am trying to figure out what works for me.

My normal pose.

This is the picture I posted on Instagram: @catsnails

Hope you liked this polish as much as I do!

Thank you for reading!

Xoxo,

Cathy

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Swatch of Polished by KPT Nostalgia

Hello Lovelies! Have I ever mentioned my love for thermals? I don't think I have, but now you know! They are so magical and it is still amazing to me, I love how they change in an instant, can't help but stare at your nails. While you are washing dishes, when you go out and its hot, while taking a shower, etc.

Nostalgia was given to my by Katherine, she had little presents that she was giving away for people who RSVP'd to her event. In that little box came Nostalgia, little nail art wheel, a file, and chocolates. She is  so giving !!!

Nostalgia is a polish that dries on Matte and is a super light purple with shimmer(when the temperature of your fingers is warm/hot).

If you have longer nails, your tips tend to look like this. This is also the transitioning effect.

 When your skin is cold or you are using cold water, Nostalgia turns into a dark purple with lots of shimmer. In person, the purple looks more intense. I painted 2 coats of this polish on my first three fingers and on my pinky I painted it with 3(plus top coat on all fingers). You can tell more that 3 coats is better (at least for me), when your skin is cold because I noticed teeny tiny patches on my middle finger. I couldn't really tell most of the time because my hands were always almost warm.

This last picture is of a ring I made with Ophelia's Love at the grand opening of Ecomonster at it's new venue, at Katherine's little DIY station. Ophelia's love is a thermal polish, that is a dark intense purple with grey undertones and with with even more shimmer/glitter that turns into a really light, light purple with the shimmer/glittler. I really forgot that it was a thermal and one day that it was hot, it changed to a really light color. I got really freaked out! But, then I put it in a cool area and it changed back, AMAZING!!

Thermals will forever continue to be magical! Don't you agree?

Thank you for reading!

Xoxo,

Cathy