my friends like nails... again

Hi guys! I'm running a bit short on things to post so today I'm going to have a swatch marathon!
But before I get to that, I'm going to show you some nails I have recently done on friends!

First up is my friend Steph.

Steph's favorite color is yellow so I used my favorite yellow polish, Color Club Almost Famous.
I stamped the star image from BM21 with Wet N Wild Black Creme, and then added a coat of Color Club Starry Temptress to make it all pretty and glittery!
These nails were awesome and summery - I should do them on myself before the summer is over!

Now for my friend Emma's nails. I've shown you some nails I did for her before, here.
This time, she wanted pink and blue flowers on a gray background, so I started to freehand them... but then I hated them and covered them with big purple dots.

They turned out sorta psychedelic and they actually looked rad! Happy accident.
(The background is China Glaze Recycle and the dots are Orly Frolic, the pink and blue are mixed shades.)

On her other hand, I decided to stamp some roses and they turned out awesome!

Again, sorta psychedlic! They remind me of pop art and Warhol! So I love them!
The color combo is awesome, it's two Sally Hansen Insta-Dri polishes, Brisk Blue and Presto Pink and the rose image from BM14.

Now, time for me to start swatching! Hopefully I can get a lot of polishes swatched and do some nail art! Have a lovely day, and I'll see you tomorrow with something new! :)

finally i can use this plate!

Hey guys! Today's post is brought to you by the awesome customer service at Bundle Monster.
I noticed on their facebook that a girl who had a messed up plate contacted them and they replaced it for her.
Now, I bought mine last June, so I didn't think they would do anything for me. But I emailed them through Amazon and they replaced both my faulty plates!

I sent them this image showing what was wrong.
BM19 is now perfect, BM21 still looks a little iffy on some of the images - but not the star. Which is what I wanted the most.
So I used it last night!

I've wanted to use this image forever and thought I would never be able to.

So while I was swatching Pacific Blue I remembered that Jane had told me that Pacific Blue looked great as a base for OPI's Last Friday Night. So I ran to my stash and grabbed it.

2 coats of glitter over 2 coats of color. It almost looks like what LFN would look like if it wasn't sheer.
Then I added a coat of Seche Vite and patiently waited until it was dry enough to stamp on.

(click to enlarge)

Stars! :D
I stamped from BM21 with Wet N Wild Wild Shine Black Creme.

I meant to alternate the stamp on every nail but apparently I forgot to do that on my pinky. Oh well!

Again, the no flash picture is more color accurate.

This is so vibrant and glittery and nice. I'll keep this on for a few days. I like having such bright blue nails, they really stand out. I've been at work for 2 hours and I've already had 2 compliments on them!

In other exciting news, my package from Leslie arrived today! I won't get to open it until I'm home from work but I am super excited.
And my Starry Temptress collection and new BM plates should be here before the end of the week.

I'm off to work on my polish stash/swatch list! Have a lovely day!