The Woods

Welcome to The Woods...

Two beguiling shades that are perfect for fall, winter and holiday wear.

First, we find a Shrouded Path.

Shrouded Path, The Woods by CANVAS lacquer

Shrouded Path, The Woods by CANVAS lacquer

A deep, mysterious and luxurious shade of emerald green with a gorgeous golden green to blue shimmer that dries to a satin matte finish.

Next, we meet The Fox & The Owl.

The Fox & The Owl, The Woods by CANVAS lacquer

The Fox & The Owl, The Woods by CANVAS lacquer

A rich, warm chocolatey brown with golden holographic shimmer, red shimmer and sprinkled with holographic red hex glitters in various sizes.

Both available now at canvaslacquer.etsy.com

See you soon.

31DC2014 Day 16 - Geometric

beep, boop, bleep!

When I think geometric I often think of modern, tech-y aesthetics so this prompt inspired me to do a circuit board theme.

I started with a base of Elevation Polish Carlit (Alpine Heights), the perfect shade of green for a circuit board. Using MoYou Sci-Fi 05 I stamped with Maybelline Color Show Bold Gold, an awesome stamping polish! So few things to list, but such an awesome impact these few ingredients have made!

 

 -L

31DC2014, Day 4 - Green

Hello!

Day 4 - Green

Ok, so I copped out a bit with the yellow, so I wanted to go a totally different direction for Green.

Ha! You thought I was gonna present you with something crazy and intricate done freehand didn'tcha? Nope. I went even LAZIER than yellow with this mani, but it got a fantastic response on Instagram regardless. The base is 3 coats of a FRANKEN I made, so therefore it is a one of a kind bottle. The foil is topper is Wingdust Collection Gilty Pleasures.

Even though this was super simple I adore how decadent this looks.
Also, but this point I was all like 'eff the other hand'. Makes my life so much easier.

-L

Brazil! Nails of the Day

Hello!

In keeping with my punchy colour combos, I decided to do something yellow and green. To me that's always a fresh and citrus-y look, and since our weather has been summery the last few days, I felt it was time.

Unfortunately I didn't get a chance to take pics under my usual set up, so these window shots will have to do today!
I happened to use 2 shades from OPI's Brazil Collection, I Just Can't Cope-acabana (yellow) and Amazon...Amazoff (green). My original intention was not to make such a Brazilian mani, but of course OPI must have been inspired by the colours of the flag, because that's all I can think of when I see these shades combined! I'm not much of a soccer (or football) fan, but with the World Cup in Rio coming up, I definitely see these colours trending soon.

Both the leaf image and flower image are from Pueen plates, the numbers escape me right now. I've used Amazon...Amazoff for stamping before and knew it would work well, but I wish the yellow had stamped a bit better. The glitter topper on my pinky is Elevation Polish Huangshan (the original version, the current version has softer shades of yellow, I personally like this brighter version better).

Did you immediately think "Brazil", or did you have another first impression?

-L