Grunge Fairy Nail Art

Good afternoon, readers! I really love the grunge/worn/acid wash type nail art techniques but I don't always want grungy color palettes on my nails. I think it's the non-perfection of lines or designs that draw me in so I wanted to do something a little more "girly" with that idea in mind today. I guess we can call this Grunge Fairy! 

Tutorial Tuesday: Cute Alien Nail Art!

Good afternoon, readers! As promised, here is this week's tutorial on my cute alien design! I wore the alien on my accent nail and had galaxies on the rest of my nails in a similar color scheme. There are double the amount of steps in this tutorial than needed if you are working with non-shimmers or colors that are more opaque. I did a lot of opaque cremes and then layered a sheer shimmery polish in the next step because I wanted to have a sparkling alien. Feel free to use whatever colors you would like on your own alien!

Cutesy Alien and Galaxy Nail Art!

Good afternoon! TGIF! I have some fun nails to share with you that I'm wearing for the weekend. If you haven't noticed by now, I tend to gravitate a lot toward cutesy animal/creature nail art (I am Mommy to a 6 and 2 year old after all). For this look, I created a girly galaxy with my favorite colors and a cute little alien accent nail! This is such a "Jacki mani" that I am pumped to be wearing them!

Patriotic Galaxy Nail Art!

Happy Fourth Of July to my US readers! For the past few days, I was struggling with some kind of red, white, and blue nail art to wear this weekend. To be honest, I just don't think the three colors look that pretty together. (Please don't throw your American flags at me!) I'm just not a fan of the combination for nail art so I tried and failed to create a look I was happy with until this one. Now, I'm glad I gave it one more try before being a rebel and just wearing bright purple or something.

Indigo Bananas Medusa Transducer: Glows TEAL In The Dark!

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Good morning, readers! I have a glow in the dark polish by Indigo Bananas to share with you today! It's called Medusa Transducer and it is from the recent Rocky Horror inspired collection! The most surprising part? It glows in the dark TEAL! 

Fairy Princess Glitter Layering!

Hello, readers! You may have seen a sneak peek of this mani a few weeks ago during a Tutorial Tuesday post where my thumb nail was photo-bombing the picture of the nail art tools. If not, that's ok because I'm showing you now!

Indigo Bananas Skittlette!

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Good morning, readers! Today's post is one that I previewed on my instagram (@adventuresinacetone) last weekend, so come follow if you aren't already! I post manis on there that don't make it to this blog occasionally. This was the mani I wore the entire weekend with barely any tip wear and I loved it! The color combo was so fun and the blingy pinky accent nail sealed the deal.

The polishes used were all from Indigo Bananas and really gorgeous! Here are their descriptions straight from the Etsy Shop:

Immortal Game: "Immortal Game is a teal / aqua 'crelly' (pastel jelly / creme hybrid) packed with lavender-pink to gold duochrome glass fleck pigment of a very large particle size, so the shimmer is very obvious and strong. There is also subtle scattered purple flecks as well as a small amount of holographic microfine glitter in this - neither of which want to show up for the camera!"

Electric Unicorns: "Do androids dream of electric sheep? No. They dream of electric unicorns!
Electric Unicorns is a periwinkle blue (or a medium, blue leaning lavender) creme packed with pale green duochrome glass flecks that also shift a green blue, and a stronger blue at steeper angles. There is also a scattering of superfine pink shimmer, as well as small amounts of holographic silver shimmer - neither is super obvious, but gives this polish extra sparkle in the sun."

Moonlight (Clair de lune): "'Moonlight' (Clair de lune) is a super shiny, real silver flakie based polish that has purple, black and holographic microglitter in it - the effect is super silvery, metallic and smooth but with an interesting visual texture. Very chromelike indoors and very sparkly in the sun/outdoors. (Part of a duo set with "Earthshine (clair de terre)", a set inspired by Offenbach's opere 'Le voyage dans la lune' which is in turn based on Jules Vernes' 'From the Earth the Moon'.) "

I've done 2 coats of Immortal Game above, stamped with Bundle Monster BM-411 and Pure Ice Silver Star, and used a detail brush and Moonlight to add extra sparkle to the hearts in the stamp design. Topped with one coat of HK Girl top coat. Immortal Game applied easily and the duochrome flecks are really apparent in this macro! Absolutely love it!

I've done 2 coats of Electric Unicorns above, with HK Girl top coat. It applied easily and the shimmer is a gorgeous color combo!

Above, I have 4 coats of Moonlight (Clair de lune). I almost stopped at 3 because it seemed like enough coverage but added a 4th for good measure. I can't get over how amazing this polish is, so blingy and in the sun you can see holo micro shimmer as well! LOVE LOVE LOVE

The bottles together are gorgeous as well!

You can purchase Indigo Bananas polishes at the shop link below. They retail from $5.75 to $14.50 depending on the polish bottle size and ingredients. 

Indigo Bananas Links:

Etsy Shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/IndigoBananas

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/indigobananas

Blog: http://www.indigobananas.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/indigo_bananas

Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/indigobananas/

International Etailers:

Edgy Polish (Sweden/north EU) http://www.edgypolish.com/shop-by-brands/indigo-bananas/ 

Mei Mei's Signatures (Singapore) http://meimeisignatures.com/index.php?id_category=345&controller=category 

Thanks for reading!

*Some of the polishes in this post were sent for me to review with my honest opinion.

Indigo Bananas: Maui, Wednesday, and Low-key Swatches!

Hello, readers! The new indie brand, Indigo Bananas, has been making quite the impression in the nail polish community lately! Andrea has a few glitter polishes and spectraflair top coats, but the majority of her Etsy Shop is filled with gorgeous duochromes in two categories: glass fleck and smooth finish with added holo shimmer. I was so excited to be able to review a few of them for you and decided to put them all in one post so you didn't have to wait longer to see these beauties!

First up, we have my favorite of the three, Maui. It is a smooth duochrome with added holographic shimmer. Andrea describes it in her Etsy shop as: "Maui is a vibrant teal/blue duochrome / multichrome nail polish with a scattering of holographic glitter, shifting blue, purple, and a reddish plum shade at steep angles (in the sun)." I'm showing three coats below with top coat. It applied easily and the color change was more noticeable in person than my pictures show. The holographic glitters are also more prominant than they are showing up in my lightbox. Such a gorgeous color combination!

SO pretty!!!!

Up next, we have Wednesday! This is one of the glass fleck finishes and its gorgeous! It has a darker base with flecks that change from plum to purple, pink, and gold. Super pretty! I'm showing 3 coats with top coat. You could probably get away with only two coats if you are generous. No application issues to report.

Lastly, we have Low-key. This is the same finish as Wednesday, but in green tones. A dark base with glass flecks that change from olive to green and teal. Very cool! 2 coats below with top coat, no issues to report. 

I love the teal peeking out!

What do you think of these beauties from Indigo Bananas? I can definitely see why they are a big hype!  Very nicely done! 

You can purchase your own at Andrea's Etsy Shop below. They retail for $4.50 (5mL mini bottle) and $10 (15mL full sized bottle).

Indigo Bananas Links:

Website: http://www.indigobananas.com

Etsy Shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/IndigoBananas

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/indigobananas

Twitter: https://twitter.com/indigo_bananas

Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/indigobananas/

Thanks for reading!

*The polishes in this post were sent for me to review with my honest opinion.