HPB Presents: Neon Illusion

Purchased By Shelby Lou

Hey guys, I have been having a rough month. Last week I almost ended up in the ER with the worst back pain and muscle spasm of my life. Then Sunday I left work (at a hospital) only to rush to another hospital where my husband was in the ER. We are both fine, just need some appropriate follow-up, but still. Ugh. Anyway, at least these nails make me happy! This month's prompt with the Hobby Polish Bloggers is "neon." I saw a similar look to this one from The Internet and had to do it. Of course now I can't find the original inspiration, d'oh! If you have an idea of who it might have been, leave me a comment.

I started with a base of OPI Angel With A Lead Foot and stamped an image from MoYou London Illusion 09 with Rica Blackout. My stamping isn't perfect (that dreaded word!) but I really like how it worked out.

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Hobby Polish Bloggers: Neon
Neon Illusion

After safely topcoating everything, I added a layer of Lush Lacquer (now Polish Me Silly) Clowning Around. This polish is such a classic translucent neon glitter; yum. This bottle is a couple (maybe even three?!) years old and I've got no bleeding, fading, or curling issues. Now that is a quality glitter, my friends.

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Hobby Polish Bloggers: Neon
Neon Illusion

I hope you check out some of the other amazing neon looks from HPB this month! Have you loved your cuticles today?

An InLinkz Link-up

Rainbow Fish Scale Gradient with Zoya Island Fun

Purchased by Shelby Lou
Press Sample 

Fall polishes are already starting to pop up everywhere, including Zoya's! I love fall, really, but summer barely got started here in Buffalo. So I decided to buck the system and do a completely summery mani with my summer Zoyas.

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Rainbow Fish Scale Gradient
Zoya Chantal, Demetria, Jace, Cecilia, & Talia
Love, Angeline Stuck On Love Nail Vinyls
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I started with a base of Zoya Chantal, one of my favorite nude polishes for my skintone. It's nice and bright without being too yellow on me. I wore this as a base for a few days and got great wear from it.

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Rainbow Fish Scale Gradient
Zoya Chantal, Demetria, Jace, Cecilia, & Talia
Love, Angeline Stuck On Love Nail Vinyls
(with flash)

I used Love, Angeline Stuck On Love Nail Vinyls for my fishy scales. I snipped the sides in a couple places and used a liquid latex barrier to protect my cuticles. I sponged a gradient of Zoya cremes from the Island Fun collection in Demetria (a red-orange creme), Jace (green), Cecilia (Teal), and Talia (blue). I only had to do three passes with my make-up sponge for this super-saturated coverage. I know I received these cremes as samples, but seriously, the more I use Zoya for nail art the more I love Zoya's formulas.

Products:
Zoya Summer 2015
Love, Angeline Stuck On Love Nail Vinyls

Are you ready for fall polish or still clinging to summer like me? I might still rock some summer colors into September, but can still legally start eating pumpkin-everything and watching Hocus Pocus. Have you loved your cuticles today?

The Lacquer Ring: Holographic Blue

Purchased By Shelby Lou 

I'm back on the blog, go me! I have been moving towards more microblogging lately and have been more active my my instagram, facebook, and twitter. Mostly instagram, although I noticed a ton more ads than I would like today in particular. Anyone else aside from me? Today's prompt for The Lacquer Ring is Holographic Blue. I decided to use a fantastical polish which I am ashamed to say was still an untried: Picture Polish Freya's Cats. Freya's Cats is a deep blue jelly with that magical holographic shimmer known only to Picture Polish.

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Picture Polish Freya's Cats
Feather water decals
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I decided to bust out some water decals I must have bought from Born Pretty Store approximately a million years ago. I actually had quite a good experience for my first time with water decals! I got a small wrinkle and some odd bubbles? holes? in my one decal that I have no explanation for.

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Picture Polish Freya's Cats
Feather water decals
(with flash)

I got many compliments on this polish from muggles which I consider proof of how lovely it is. What is your favorite holographic blue polish?  Have you loved your cuticles today? Make sure you check out the other holographic blue looks from the other ladies of The Lacquer Ring!

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Twinsie with The Fancy Side feat. Son of a Beachin' Unicorn

Purchased By Shelby Lou

I have not been feeling blogging lately. I went away for a long weekend last weekend and had an emotionally exhausting week at work. If it wasn't for this mani I had coming up I probably wouldn't have done anything else this week either. I have been excited for this mani though and completing it has gotten me excited to dive back into polish again. Today I have a twinsie with Amy from The Fancy Side! I have recently starting collecting the Unicorn series from Lacquer Lust and discovered Amy is also a fan. Naturally we needed to bond over this mutual love. We decided to use this summer's release called Son of a Beachin' Unicorn; a holo base with neon pink, yellow (or yellow-green?), and blue matte glitters. We agreed to do some graphic black details with this polish and you know I love a good visual contrast.

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Twinsie with The Fancy Side
featuring Lacquer Lust Son of a Beachin' Unicorn

For my mani I started with only two coats of Beachin', I was expecting to need a lot more but two was perfect. I decided to randomly place an image from MoYou London Pro XL 02 stamped with Rica Blackout. I went a little 80's but that never hurt anyone!

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Twinsie with The Fancy Side
featuring Lacquer Lust Son of a Beachin' Unicorn

Make sure you check out Amy's mani over at today. She went a little tribal and I am in love with the details and her placement! Check her out on your favorite social media platform while you are there. Have you loved your cuticles today?