Dragon Scales

Hey Everyone!!! Yesterday I got it in my head that I wanted to make some polish jewelry pieces. I pretty much spent the day thinking up designs and being very antsy to get started. I only was able to start one piece being that I was at work and by the time I got home I was tired and not feeling well. Apparently I am going to make the pieces I planned out because I am ready to work on them! I always get these crazy ideas I feel I must do and then I work and work on them. Sometimes I actually finish them and sometimes I don't. I have a problem with not finishing projects too. 

Today I have the finish of the mani I showed you last week. I started with a base of Catrice Enter the Undergrowth and Darling Diva Pendragon. I turned that mani into a dragon mani. 

I used GALS stamping plate GA14 and Konad black stamping polish. I thought this image would give it a scale like appearance.

I used Matte Top Coat to give it a matte effect. I love matte top coat over glitter. 

I love this mani. I love the colors and with the stamping I can totally see dragon scales. 

My stamping did get a little bit smeared by the top coat but I think it was mostly my fault. It didn't happen on every nail. I really need to get better at top coating stamping.

I love this mani. I love Pendragon and had it on my wishlist for a really long time before I finally pulled the trigger. I am so happy that I did. 

I was also thinking this color combination would make a nice camo mani. I might have to try that at some point later on.

That's all for now :)

Abalone Shell Mermaid Scales

Hey Everyone! It is Monday, again, but at least it is a short week. I need to do my nails tonight but I really don't know what to do. I did do a cute mani over the weekend and I worked on some polish jewelry but I am still not overly excited about much. 

I started this mani with a base of Sinful Colors Into the Blue. You can find Into the Blue in the Sinful Colors Sail la Vie Collection. 

I thought Into the Blue would make a great base coat for Nail Sauce Abalone Shell. 

Abalone Shell is really pretty and I have the lovely Stephanie from At Peace with Polish  to thank for this one. I had won this one from a giveaway Stephanie was hosting. It is a gorgeous polish and so pretty layered over Into the Blue.

The combination made me think of mermaid tails so I used plate GA14 from the Gals Princess plate set to make scales. I used white polish for the stamping.

I don't know how mermaid like this mani looks but it was definitely very pretty.

I want to try Abalone Shell over all the colors now.

I should probably also try it on it's own.

I love the soft gold duochrome shift that this pretty blue shimmer shows off at the right angle.

Over the dark blue it looks like there is some green flashing in there. It is a really pretty effect.

I also liked how Abalone Shell made my nails look more green than blue. Pretty cool considering both polishes are blue.

I would have done the stamping in a different color had I thought about it. Probably something to bring out the scale look more. Overall I still loved this look.

I don't own any other Nail Sauce polishes but the brand is definitely on my radar now. Thank you Stephanie for introducing me to this brand! 

That's all for now :)