Bliss Polish - Bliss Made Me Do It

Bliss Polish was one of the first indie brands I purchased from. I bought so many polishes in a short amount of time that it was kinda crazy. I decided I'd take a break from Bliss and share my love (and money) with other indies. After joining BP's Facebook group, Bliss'd Out Babes, I'm re-obsessed with my Blissies again! 

Unless you've been living under a rock, I'm sure you've seen the awesome duochrome Starbucks tumbler. It's beautiful. The official NPA tumbler. Well, there was a Bliss'd Out Babes group custom polish made to match it and I couldn't resist!!

Bliss Made Me Do It is a teal-blue-purple duochrome polish. I used two coats over a black base plus Gem Glam Top Coat.

These photos seriously don't do it any justice! I'm wearing it at work right now and can't stop watching the shift. In my light box, it really only looked purple and of course it rained or was cloudy every day I swatched last week, so I didn't get any good outdoor shots of it. Hopefully I can get one today and I'll post it on Instagram.

Lolita Lacquer - T-Red & Low Rider

I happened to find Lolita Lacquer on Instagram not long ago and fell in love with her polishes! I picked up my two favorites from her Etsy shop. They're super gorgeous, so check em out after the jump!

Polish By Jessica Jean Swatches

I found another glitter crelly master! Polish By Jessica Jean! I saw she was releasing a few new ones a week or so ago and fell in love with one. Me being me, I couldn't just get one... Check out the swatches of the two pretties I got after the jump.

Tribal Stamped Accent Nail

Did a simple stamped accent nail for the weekend. I love how it turned out and I'm so excited my stamping has improved so much in just a few weeks!

Polishes:
Julep - Oxygen Smoothing Base Coat
China Glaze - License & Registration Please
China Glaze - Pop The Trunk
Rica Polish - Black Out
Julep - Oxygen Top Coat

Stamper
Bundle Monster Plate BM603

Striped Water Marble - Pipe Dream Polish

This one's a couple weeks old, but I thought it was too good to not share here. I typically don't water marble on all my nails because of how much polish is used, especially if I do each nail separately, but I was going to enter into a thing and this is what I came up with.

Honestly, I probably should have made a video for this, but I'll try to explain as best as I can...

I use the entire Pipe Dream Polish "A Night In Vegas" creme collection. I started with a white base on my nails and put liquid latex all around my cuticles and finger tips. When I marble, I use a medium sized plastic cup filled about one inch from the top with about room temperature tap water. I also have a long sewing pin and cosmetic sponge nearby for when I start marbling as well as a popsicle stick or orange wood stick. Line up your polishes close to your cup and have them all unscrewed; you'll need to work quickly!

Drop one drop of each color onto the surface of the water, pink, orange, yellow, green, teal, blue, purple, then repeat. Using the sewing pin, drag from the center of the bulls eye to the top, all the way to the edge of the cup, then from the center to the bottom. Wipe your pin on the cosmetic sponge after each line to keep it clean. Starting a couple rings in at the top left of the bulls eye, drag the pin horizontally across the cup. Move down about a quarter or a half inch and drag the pin from right to left horizontally. Repeat until you've reached the bottom. Rotate your cup 90 degrees, the stripes should be vertical now. Drag your pin left and right horizontally down the bulls eye again. Find a section of stripes you like the best and dip your first nail. While still submerged, blow on the polish on the surface. Use the popsicle or orange wood stick to collect the polish on the water. Oncea ll the polish has been removed, pull your finger out of the water. Remove the latex with tweezers, use acetone to clean up around your cuticle and apply top coat.

Polishes:
Salon Perfect - Sugar Cube
Pipe Dream Polish - On The List
Pipe Dream Polish - 110 Degrees
Pipe Dream Polish - Light Of Day
Pipe Dream Polish - High Roller
Pipe Dream Polish - Happy Hour
Pipe Dream Polish - All In
Pipe Dream Polish - VIP Pass
Salon Perfect - Top Coat

Memorial Day Nail Art

Today I have some patriotic nail art that can be used for Memorial Day, Fourth of July, or any day really! I had purchased the stamping plate I used for the stars over a year ago, but was still 100% failing at stamping so I never got to put it to good use. This is actually the exact mani I had in mind at that time and I'm kinda glad I never attempted it until now. I finally have this stamping thing down and a year ago I would have insisted on hand painting the stripes (which would have ended up crooked or uneven).
*Note: I realize my stars are upside down here, but when I was looking at my nails while stamping, they were right side up. It all depends on which way ya look at them. ;) 

I started with a base of Essie "Hide & Go Chic" on my index and middle nails and Salon perfect "Sugar Cube" on my ring and pinky and applied Dream Polish "Gem Glam Top Coat". I gave the top coat about 5-10 minutes to dry completely before adding the finishing touches. I used "Whiteout" from Rica's Polish to stamp the stars and Straight Vinyls from Nail Vinyls with China Glaze "Bing Cherry" for the stripes. I let the details dry completely for about 10 minutes to prevent any smudging before finishing with Salon Perfect Top Coat.

Polishes:
Essie - Hide & Go Chic
Salon Perfect - Sugar Cube
Rica - White Out
China Glaze - Bing Cherry
Dream Polish - Gem Glam Top Coat (Jelly Bean Scented)
Salon Perfect - Top Coat

Tools:
Stamping plate
Stamper from this set
But the larger scraper from this set
Straight nail vinyls

NWP Monthly Box - Avengers

Native War Paints recently introduced a new monthly subscription box. The box is $17.50 a month. It comes with a full sized and mini polish based on a certain theme along with another item that could be another polish, hand and nail care products, or a make up item. This box came with an extra polish, which I was super excited about. The first box was for May and was Avengers themed, so I had to get one! See what was inside after the break!