Sloppy Clouds

Just a quick post today, got an exam on Thursday -_-

After my atrocity of peach and black yesterday, I began doing this cloudy sky/sun design. Barry M's Blue Moon is a gorgeous pale blue, however, with the word pale comes sheer, and with sheer comes a pain in the behind to use :p This is actually 2 coats of white and then 3 (or 4) coats of Blue Moon, so 5 or 6 coats of polish! :o I decided to leave this overnight to dry as it was late and I would've stabbed myself in the eye if I messed it up with the clouds.

Blue: Barry M, Blue Moon
White: Ultra Pro, White
Yellow: Revlon, Sunshine Sparkle

Sunshine Sparkle is also sheer but this only required 2 coats of yellow over 2 white, so not as bad to handle. I was going to do one finger grey clouds with rain (since the weather in the UK pretty much IS rain), however, that effed up also. However, I did a thick layer of topcoat on top of the blue before the clouds, so none of the blue came off when I took off the grey clouds :)

Anyways, that most likely makes no sense, I'm a bit brain fried right now -_-

Hopefully my next post is better, sorry guys!

Double Post! - Matte Flakies & Peach and Black

Hello folks! Today'sa double post! Not intentionally I must say, I intended to finish the first mani the day after I done the base, as I done it quite late at night, however I messed it up royally -_-

Grey: Models Own, Grey Day
Flake Topcoat: Andrea Fullerton Nail Boutique,  Gemostone Overcoat
Matte Topcoat: GOSH, matte effect topcoat

My plan for the grey mani was to draw some white clouds so it'd look like a rainy day, however, I completely failed on drawing the clouds so I ended up having to take it off. However, I did like the base on it's own, I like the contrast of the shimmer of the flakie with the matte of the grey base. I actually bought the flakey topcoat before the whole flakey trend kicked off, but I dont tend to use it much cos I don't actually use glitter topcoats too often. However it does add a lovely effect to cream polishes :)

So, with the mani in the bin, I ended up doing this...debatable...mani...you can say that I'm not as pleased with it as I usually am with my designs :/ I've been craving to do a peachy coloured mani for a while but once it got to it, I didn't really know what to do with it. -_-

Peach: Barry M,  Peach Melba

Um, I thought bows would be a nice idea and that black would be a nice contrast, not too girly y'know. I can't remember where exactly I bought the bows, but it was on a site where you get 10 in a pack for a couple of pounds. Not sure if it's worth the money for just 10, but it's kind of hard to find small bow gems on ebay :(

Not sure why I added the dot gems...ugh, the more I talk about this, the more I detest it...I'll no doubt change it tomorrow, I have the day off (after only going back today hehe). Even though I have an exam to study for...

Anyhoos, see you later! :)

Change of blog name, Matte Crackle Clash & Rainbow Connection Ring

Happy 2012 folks, hope you've all settled after plenty of food and drink over Christmas and New Year! And hopefully you will have has a less windy time than the UK, blowy times have had public transport cancelled and motorways have even been shut off :( I recently changed my blog name from Fizzy Vimto Nails to Laquerised. Think I was worried in case Vimto would've been on my case for copyright :p Not sure if there's anyone else out there with Laquerised as their name as well, so please let me know if you find someone, don't want to get into trouble!

Anyhoos, I haven't got much of an interesting manicure today, just some Barry M purple crackle over W7 teal and mattified with some gosh. I didn't realise till afterwards that the colours were a bit too dark to see the contrast :/ I also need to work on my hand position a bit better, I've finally got into the habit of taking photos of my nails against a white background so there's nothing too distracting and the colours pop a bit better...Hopefully learn some techniques from other bloogers out there, if you have any suggestions, then feel free :)

Teal: W7, Teal

Crackle: Barry M, Purple Rain

Matte Topcaoat: GOSH, Matt Effect

This is my first W7 polish, in fact I'd never even heard of the brand before, but it was on sale in New Look for £1.50, and I saw it when I was exchanging some clothes, so thought I'd pick it up since I don't own a teal polish and it was a bargain for a standard sized bottle. The Barry M crackle was one I'd been wanting for a while and a lovely friend of mine's gave it to me for Christmas! It's a lovely dark purple with a slight hint of shimmer to it. Not sure if it's limited edition or not, but it's one to pick up and have in your collection! I also think it cracks better than the black one, don't know if Barry M have changed their formula since they've released more colours, but it's a definite improvement :)

Another present that I particularly loved was a nail polish ring from Etsy made from OPI's Rainbow Connection form The Muppet Collection.

Nail polish jewellery is still new concept to me, but it's just various form of jewellery with nail polish embedded in the stone somehow. I think it's a great idea, especially if it's a polish you can't get your hands on because of it not being sold in your country, or if it's a polish that's sold out (like Rainbow Connection!) I 

Please excuse my chipped mattified Facets of Fuchia -_-

I'm not sure how much this cost as Mr Laquerised got me this, but a quick look at other nail polish jewellery on Etsy shows they're only a few dollars per piece depending where you buy from and postage isn't much more either. Who'd have known I'd have been able to join my love fro jewellery and polish together!

So that's pretty much it really, I have a few nail ideas jotted down in my notebook, so hopefully I'll get started on some more interesting manicures! :)

Keep Safe!

Happy New Year! :)

I'm not a huge fan of New Years tbh, hence the non-glittery/firework-y NYE mani everyone's doing atm :p

I found this teal W7 polish for £1.50 in New Look and the white polish is by Ultra Pro which I found in Sally's Beauty Supplies.

Don't know what "inspired" me to do the black stones, it just kind of popped into my head really. It's kind of abstract-ish I suppose...

Anyways, hope everyone had a safe and good new years, all the best for 2012! :)

The Holidays Are Coming...

Merry Christmas everyone! Hope you all have a lovely and safe day and get stuffed with ots of food...

I had to take off my previous mani due to lots and lots of cleaning destroying and chipping my polish, so I'm wearing a gold polish with a purple shimmer and Barry M's purple crackle on top :)

Have a lovely day guys! :)

Bah Humbug!

Exams are done! Christmas shopping (and wrapping) has also been done! Which means I now have time to do my nails :D And of course 'tis the season for Christmas nails!

I have to admit, I ain't one for Christmas...being Asian (I was born in the UK but my parentals are from Hong Kong ^_^ ) I'm not one for cold weather...I also hate being in crowded places and sometimes I don't like overly cheery people either, so you can see why I'm not a huge fan of winter and Christmas. Think cos my parents have never been overly traditional or Christmassy, so I've never had it installed into me :p But I'm heading to Mr Vimto's this Christmas with his huge (and traditional) family, so I'll see how I survive that :p

Anyways, back to the point, I did my nails in a Christmas mix and match theme as I figured it'd be about as Christmassy as I'd get :p

Thumb - Rudolph

Pointer - Holly

Middle - Christmas tree
Ring - Santa
Pinky - Snowman 

Thumb - Snowflakes
Pointer - Present
Middle - Christmas pudding
Ring - Lights
Pinky - Wreath

Sorry for the complete lack of any proper cleaning up and lack of moisturised cuticles, I was pretty knackered from present shopping and wrapping and tidying up for Mr Vimto's landlord tomorrow... -__-

Exams Suck!

Bleh. It's now 11.28am and I really should be studying in the library right now. However I'm actually still in my Mr Vimto's flat (he's still asleep, I've been up since 9.30am fyi...) and I'm nursing mild burns I got from a molten cheese, pickle and tomato toastie...who knew tomatoes and cheese could get so hot D: I also managed to ooze some cheese onto Mr Vimto's laptop but I cleaned it up and hopefully he won't notice... However, Friends on comedy central is making me feel better :)

But yes, exams  = life ruiner.

I was supposed to go to my friend's 21st in newcastle on the 10th of Dec,  but I have an exam on the 13th, sucks.

And I haven't had time to just sit and do my nails. which upsets me cos I miss doing them and there's so many christmas ideas :( Even though I hate Christmas, but still, reindeers are cute... Although having just plain polish on me nails (bare nails = evil! Plus my nails are heavily stained from the Haloween design...) has made me notice the the Models Own beetlejuice collection is rather hardwearing...been wearing aquaviolet for round about a week or so and I only have minor tip wear...and the grow out too obviously. Pretty sturdy for a drugstore brand, although Models Own and Barry Mare my favourite drugstore brands, SO many colours and great pigmentation (varies with Barry M I must admit...yes, I did just contradict myself...) so they're great brands I'd recommend.

But yes, been doing the asian thing of staying in the library for 9+ hours...not healthy I know, but I really dont fancy failing again XD plus, Pharmacology/Antomy degrees are hard to get into by the sounds of things. I dont make things easy for myself apparently, psychology was uber difficult as well :p It;s got to the point where I recognise some folk, like Mr I Hate My Laptop (smashes his return and space key as if there's no tomorrow) and the Smoochy Couple...you can guess form the title as to why they're called that...PDA's are nce and all, but there's no need for sound effects. Bleugh.

Gadz, it's December...Christmas...bah humbug. Also means present buying time -__- I've promised Mr V I'd get him Skyrim... *sighs* boys and their games...he has a backlog of 60 games to play XD

Anyways must go to study, sorry for no new polish related posts :( Hopefully get started back up after the 13th!

Keep safe! :) x