Nail Junk
by C. R. C.
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Blue holo with gems
Vivid Lacquer Son of a Birch with black AB finish gems from the Born Pretty Store. We’ll just pretend the chips on my index finger don’t exist, yes?
Instagram my nails
I just figured out how to get Instagram without upgrading my phone or borrowing someone else’s, so I made an Instagram account for my nail stuff. I know a couple of you have said you use IG for y...
Red French Tips with Stamped Negative Space
First, I laid down a layer of Frappe from Nailtini. Then I outlined my tips in a base layer of Sally Hansen Insta-Dri in Rapid Red, then a layer of Zoya Ember. Finally I stamped in the negative...
Gradient with geometric stamps
There’s a base coat of Zoya Nail Polish and Treatments Purity to make the colors pop, then the gradient is China Glaze Nail Lacquer Sweet Hook (Purple), Sally Hansen Parrot (Green), and ORLY Ora...
Alcohol Marble
I used the technique shown in this video: except I used hairspray instead of hand sanitizer. I think plain ol’ rubbing alcohol would work too.
Spring Water Transfers
Zoya Wednesday (blue), Layla Ceramic Effects Sour Cherry (pink) and some random water transfers I bought on ebay.
Spring flowers
The yellow is Zoya Piaf, the purple is I Love Nail Polish Amanda Hugginkiss and the plate was Vivid Lacquer vl036.
Matte Teal
This is FingerPaints Art Dealer Teal-er, then KleanColor Chunky Holo Teal, then NYC Matte Me Crazy top coat.
Swirls On Blue
The base color is Zoya Rebel, stamped with Zoya Cassedy using Cheeky plate CH52. The corner swipes are done with Vivid Lacquer Theoretical Gamer.
Matte Purple Stamped With Black
The purple is Zoya Harlow, the black is Zoya Willa (also called Black Swan, but they only sell it as Willa now) and the stamping plate was Pueen 59, then I used a matte top coat.
Red Sparkly Stamped Jelly Sandwich
All Zoya polishes: The base polish is Rekha, then I stamped with Purity (using Messy Mansion Nail Art and Nail Parties plate MM04) and topped each nail off with a dabbed-on layer of Jade.
St. Patrick's Day Nails
There are SO many polishes here: Zoya Goldie, Irene, Song, and Pippa, Sinful Colors Green Ocean and Love Nails, Sally Hansen Parrot, China Glaze Coconut Kiss, FingerPaints Be-leaf It Or Not, ORL...
Stamped French tips
I saw a pin on Pintrest where the artist had stamped her French tips like this. I don’t think it ever would have occoured to me, but damn does it look good! The base color here is Nailtini Frapp...
Mermaids on the Shore
This week needs a glitter bomb! Well, it needs a miracle, but for now a glitter bomb will have to do so Mermaids On The Shore it is! The outer nails are a base of Zoya Nail Polish and Treatments...
Red with Glitter
OPI An Affair In Red Square with KleanColor Salsa Much accents.
Valentine's Day#2
The black cherry-ish color is Zoya Stacy and the glitter is Rescue Me by Darling Diva.
V-Day Water Marble
The first of two manis I did during the week I worked at the flower shop for Valentine’s Day. This is Zoya Purity, Wet N Wild Candylicious, and OPI Big Apple Red. :)
Blue!
The base color, the blue, is Zoya Prim. The silvery glitter on top is OPI Pirouette My Whistle. OPI wins for worst polish name puns every time.
Blue and Green
These polishes are: Wet N Wild I Need A New Com-Pewter (Green) Mentality Vigilance (Turquoise) Lucky 13 Mystery Machine (Glitter)
Holo leaves on red.
This red is Oswin from Zoya’s Ultra PixieDust line. I can’t handle texture polishes on their own, so this has a layer of Gelous, then Seche Vite, then the stamping ( Color Club Nail Lacquer Cher...
Holo Multichome Polish
Polish is Milky Way by Dance Legend, then I wrecked it by stamping it with Zoya Wednesday and a knitting image from vl004.
Art Deco Fans
This gorgeousness is Zoya Remy from their recent Ignite collection stamped with Color Club Cosmic Fate. I used a wonderful set of art deco-like fan stamps from Vivid Lacquer’s vl031 stamping pla...
Icicles
The lighter blue is Scallywag from Butter London, then I sponged a polished called Spaaaace! by Vivid Lacquer onto the tips. The stamp is also from Vivid Lacquer, off her plate vl016. I used Zoy...
Bubbles! And a question answered.
The stamp here is from Vivid Lacquer plate 024, and the polishes I used to stamp with are Son Of A Birch, Mother Trucker and What The Fork from her Curse You, Autocorrect! collection. The gray ...
Purple and yellow
So the base here is Get Glowing by Cover Girl, which I got in a beauty box subscription (Walmart to be exact). It’s a really bright egg yolk yellow. Then I stamped it with A England Avalon with ...
Book Description
What’s one more place to post about my nail obsession, right?