Unnamed Superficially Colorful thermal lacquer and NailPorn ring!

Hey there!

I hope you're having a good Monday! If your holidays are over today *cry cry cry* or if you're feeling uninspired for this week's challenge, just keep calm and pretend it's not Monday.

Now, let's lust over today's lacquered beauty, which is yet another Superficially Colorful thermal lacquer that's still unnamed...

Have a peek at the shimmer and fine pink glitter in this polish!

This baby - Candy Floss anyone? - required two coats for opacity. Its hot version is a very light pastel pink, ironically switching to a hotter pink when cold. I am completely in love with Superficially Colorful lacquers; Jin had me at Giggly, and they have all been hits until now. Let it continue!

AND... have you seen my personalized all-swag&all-out ring? That's right: a NailPorn ring! Ha! Well, I'm not wearing this at work because I don't want the clients' eyes to pop out of their sockets, but I will definitely wear this with some sicko nails soon! If you're interested in anything similar, this Etsy seller can personalize your ring with any word up to 8 letters - yeah, CriminalNails didn't fit :'( -. It has costed me $23.98 and has arrived very quickly from Israel. 

I also decided to keep rocking those stilettos at work; with a sane degree of "fear", I might add. Not that I'm a nail amazone of some sort, but heck, I just don't want my personality to drown in my corporate/lawyerly outfits. So I will show 'em some more love, until my boss makes me a painful remark or until a catastrophe happens, like ripping one of my nails off. 

Take care now,

M.

Superficially Colorful Lacquer in MEDITATIVE

Hello there! :)

One of the good things about Jin's thermal polishes is that you never know what you're going to get color-wise. You choose a color from the collection that seems appropriate to your mood or outfit, but what you're seeing in the bottle is the "cold" version of it; the "hotter" one is still a surprise. Once it's on, the magic happens and... tada: the hot version appears!

If you're feeling the urge to know the color you're putting on beforehand I guess you can heat up the bottle... Well, without putting too much thought on it, I don't suggest to use the microwave unless you want an explosion of color, literally ;) [Okay. I typed this and thought... "I am sure there's someone in this planet that has tried this, filmed this and uploaded it on YouTube". Bingo; there's ALWAYS the dumbass next door. Always: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sznbUpX3y_M]

On to today's star: after showing you a swatch of Jin's creation, Giggly, here's its sibling, Meditative. 

Meditative is a gorgeous shimmery dark teal that turns into a beautilful olive green. The formula was just as perfect as Giggly's; what you're looking at is two coats plus top coat. No. Issues. Whatsoever.

What do you think about it? Are you digging some more swatches of the Mood Swings Collection? I hope so, 'cuz I am loaded guys ;)

Take care,

M.

Heart tips over Superficially Colorful Lacquer in GIGGLY

Howdy!

Let's follow up with Superficially Colorful Lacquer in Giggly, shall we? I found this polish to be so lovely as its creator, Jin, so I tried my hand at some textured heart-tips:

Heart tips, that's something I could not really do with oval nails; and I was dying to! I think they are so cute! I stopped at two accent nails per hand because I don't use to be all-in when it comes to a girly girly manicure. It's just that I naturally give this image of a smiling harmless young lady and I prefer not to give more circumstantial evidence in this regard. Basically because the image people get and my true self just don't match. 

Well, just a couple of weeks ago I ordered a Coca light and the waitress asked me for my ID. I am still traumatized.

- Excuse me?

- Your ID... I mean, you look so young.

- For what?

- For the beer you ordered?

- What beer? I ordered a Coca light..! 

For Christ's sake, I am f*cking 24 years old! Having been a criminal lawyer in practice for 2 years is obviously not phisically marking. I hate when this happens. Just imagine when it happens in Court! 

Although I have to admit it has made my work quite easy sometimes... *evil smile* Never ever judge someone by her looks. Never.

Back to the cute heartsies... They have been done with OPI Pussy Galore, the manageability of which surprised me. For a textured polish, it behaved very well: it did not get textured right on the heart's borders, you know? When it has to be nice, smooth and curvy.

Hope you like them! I am off enjoying my last day in France!

Take care & be bad,

M.

Mish Mash Challenge - Purple. Superficially Colorful Lacquer in GIGGLY!

Hello there!

The ladies behind the ABC Challenge could not (virtually) live without one another. It has been such a great way to get to know each other, the group has grown strong and... decided to concoct yet another challenge! I am happy to announce the start of the MISH MASH CHALLENGE! :)

Day 1: Purple. 

My dear friend Jin from Superficially Colorful sent me a package with her Mood Swings collection, along with some other gorgeous goodies, which I received just before leaving for my week in France. To say that I was happy is an understatement; my neighbors were alarmed and my ceiling still shows some bumps... ;) 

I thought today's topic was the perfect occasion to introduce Superficially Colorful Lacquer's Giggly, from the Mood Swings collection! This gorgeous polish shifts from dark purple to hot pink, and I have been absolutely in love with it since I put it on:

The formula, the jar and the brush were perfect. What you see are two coats of Giggly applied like butter and a coat of INM Out the Door. Here in Collioure the temperature is crazy hot so most of the time the mani looked like in the first and second pictures, with a subtle gradient.

Now, have you remarked I have changed my nail shape? I decided to try stiletto nails (sort of) for the holidays, and I adore them so far. They look fierce without being too aggressive, and they make my fingers look longer... The Boyfriend likes them, but prefers square or oval nails: yup, that means stilettos are ranked 3rd and last, as I've only tried those three nail shapes. Honestly now, what do YOU think about them? Yay or nay?

Whatever, they offer new nail art possibilities that I intend to take advantage of. Take a look of what I have taken with me for a single week away:

I might have been a little overboard... Considering we've traveled in a motorbike, just like last year, in all honesty I think there's more polish than clothes in my luggage... But of course, what we call summer clothes are just tiny teeny pieces of fabric, so I guess it's not that bad. Right?

Off-topic: here's what was written in the French August Cosmopolitan. Loose translation: "Use a base coat and two coats of red polish clumsily applied. The more we overflow the nail the better, this way we will not forget any bit. Then, use a Q-tip with polish remover to clean up the excess and a top coat". 

Right. So this advice sits next to hair oils costing Eur. 30 that are supposed to make mine look like a mermaid's, yes? Oh well, let me see, I think you've lost ALL YOUR CREDIBILITY, Cosmo.

Feel free to think crap about their advice from now on, and take care!

M.