Duo-chrome Striping Tape

Hey guys,

So I decided to play with my Chanel Bel Argus Dupe mani by adding some striping tape designs to it.  I used China Glaze Unpredictable to go along with China Glaze Want My Bawdy.  I don't know how much I like this one.  Using a Duo-chrome made it super hard to photograph the designs.  Anyways I hope you all enjoy!

Colors used: China Glaze Frostbite under China Glaze Want My Bawdy and China Glaze Unpredictable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trying to Dupe Chanel Bel Argus

Hey guys,

So I have been lemming Chanel Bel Argus really badly lately, but I do not want to shell the money out for this polish.  I decided to try and dupe it with polishes I already have.  I had read something on MakeupAlley about it being a lighter more metallic version of China Glaze Want My Bawdy, so I came up with the idea to layer a coat of it over China Glaze Frostbite.  I don't know how close this comes to Bel Argus but holy moly I frickin love this combo so much! 

Colors used: 2 coats of China Glaze Frostbite and 1 coat of Want My Bawdy

 

Indoor w/ flash

 

 

Natural light, indirect

 

 

Natural light, indirect

 

 

Indoor w/ flash

 

 

 

High On Hope

Hey Guys,

So I got one of the new Orly's from the Hope and Freedom Fest collection.  I only picked up High On Hope but I really want to grab the yellow and green from this collection as well.  This polish is a dusty, grayed out blue with a gorgeous pink duochrome shimmer running through it.  It applied okay but need 3 coats to be opaque.  It's really pretty but the shimmer didn't show up as much as I would like.  I decided to do a gradient with Orly Space Cadet because I thought the two of these polishes would look amazing together.  I was right they look really good together and I found that sponging on High On Hope made the pink shimmer appear so much better!  I would recommend sponging on the last coat of this polish to bring out this gorgeous shimmer.

 

Flash

 

 

Natural Light, Indirect

 

 

Natural Light, Indirect

 

 

Direct Sunlight

 

 

Underwater, I mean could all duochromes look like this in real life please!?!?

 

 

 

 

Duo-Chrome Gradient

I have wanted to try this mani out for a while now.  I like how it turned out, however I hate using a black base and then not being able to cover up some of the black that is at the base of the nails!  Anyways, for these I started with a black base of Wet N Wild Ebony Hates Chris and then used my gradient technique to sponge on China Glaze Want My Bawdy, Deviantly Daring and Rare and Radiant.  I struggled to get good pics of this one, I have been having issues taking photos lately haha.  I can't seem to get them right, but hopefully these are ok.

 

indoors w/ flash

 

 

 

direct sunlight

 

 

 

under water w/ flash

 

 

 

natural light, overcast

 

 

 

Frostbite

This is one of my favorite China Glaze's.  Frostbite is a shimmery royal blue polish that seriously almost glows on the nails.  I paired this one with one of the China Glaze Prismatics, I love them and they make great accent nails.

I used China Glaze Frostbite and Liquid Crystal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rare and Radiant

I have another one of the China Glaze New Bohemian to show today.  I grabbed a few more of them last weekend when Sally's was having their half off clearance sale.  Seriously that is the best sale ever I got this polish for like $1.68.  Also sorry for no natural light pics it has been overcast all week pretty
much.


China Glaze Rare and Radiant

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Underwater

 

 

 

31 Day Challenge, Day 20 Water Marble

Ok so I am not an expert at all when it comes to water marbles, I have honestly done 3, including this one, so I apologize if this is not the best water marble you guys have ever seen.  I was inspired my The Polished Mommy she has done some really cool stuff with the China Glaze New Bohemian Collection and one of them was a water marble.  Definitely go check hers out because it is amazing!


I used Wet N Wild Ebony Hates Chris as a base, then I water marbled with China Glaze Unpredictable & Deviantly Daring, and OPI Just Spotted the Lizard.


Also this many looked so bumpy but it felt smooth to the touch, I think my topcoat made it bubble like crazy...

and an underwater one

Duo-Chrome Splatter

I tried out a splatter with some of the duo-chromes I have.  I like the result but I feel like the color combo I chose looks a little Mardi Gras themed.  I need to get a blue duo that would have been a better choice than the purple I think.  Oh well I still like them!  If you want to see the tutorial for splatter nails go here

I used Wet N Wild Ebony Hates Chris, OPI Just Spotted the Lizard, China Glaze Unpredictable, and Color Club Alias.  Sorry there is a whole bunch of pics of this one...

First up is an underwater one, gah if only the duo showed up like this out of water!

Indoors with flash

Direct sunlight

Natural light, shade

Unpredictable

I picked up one of the new China Glaze New Bohemian polishes today.  These are all duo-chromes and I grabbed Unpredictable.  It is a blue to green duo and it is so pretty!  I would love to try out a glitter gradient with this one for a really cool mermaid mani.  Also there is a crazy amount of pics for this one since it shifts colors and photographs different in the sun than in the shade.

Direct Sunlight

Direct Sunlight

Shade, natural light

Shade, natural light

And for fun an underwater pic because it brings out the crazy duo-chrominess of polishes.  I wish it could look like this out of the water!