Pipe Dream Polish Eternal Summer Slacking

Hi Everyone! Today I would like to show you my manicure with the beautiful Pipe Dream Polish Eternal Summer Slacking. It is another wonderful handmade creation by April, the mastermind behind the lacquer. The fun mix of colors in this polish quickly perked up my mood and gave me a bit of a summer flash back. Forget the gray and rainy weather outside, I'm going to be doing some Eternal Summer Slacking...

For this manicure I used three coats of Pipe Dream Polish Eternal Summer Slacking. A beautiful milky white base packed with yellow, teal and gray glitter. I can't get over how pretty it is! It applies easily with great glitter distribution in each brush stroke. No fishing for glitter. I used two coats of top coat since it dries a bit bumpy with all that glitter. I just love this happy color combination...

On the accent nail, I willed the glitter to arrange itself in pretty floral patterns, but when that didn't work, I went to plan B. I used a base of OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls which is a creamy white with the slightest hint of gray, but it matches Eternal Summer Slacking (ESS) perfectly. I then picked out glitter from ESS and arranged it in the flower patterns. It looked kind of empty with just flowers on a white background, so I filled in the space around the flowers with a bit of ESS, giving it that speckled look. I used a small brush to pick up just the base of ESS with micro glitter, leaving the larger glitter behind...

Swatch Details
	Brand: Pipe Dream Polish Collection: core Color Name/Number: Eternal Summer Slacking Number of coats: 3 Top Coat: Yes Big3Free - Free of Formaldehyde, Toluene, Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP)

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I would love to know what you think of this manicure!

Thanks for looking!
Anutka :)

** Polishes were provided to me for review by the manufacturer or their PR. **

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Pipe Dream Polish Time in a Tapestry...

Today I would like to show you some nail art with an indie beauty named Time in a Tapestry from Pipe Dream Polish. As I was going through my stamping plates and trying to pick out the perfect design to compliment the polish, there was one design that jumped out at me. I do believe this is the first manicure I've done that has been inspired by the polish logo...

To create this manicure, I started out with a base of three coats of Pipe Dream Polish Time in a Tapestry. You can see full swatches of it further down in the post...

I stamped the paisley print using Maybeline Bold Gold (70) and Cheeky XL plate "I"...

I love how the paisley print plays into the 'tapestry' part of the name. Using individual paisley images allowed me to create a different look on each nail and space the pattern out so that the polish still shows through...

I love the paisley P in the logo and how fun is it to have a matching pattern to stamp?...
They are like two P's in a pod... (so sorry for the pun, it is really late...)

Pipe Dream Polish Time in a Tapestry is a green jelly with a gold shimmer and loaded with gold, cooper and brown glitter. I needed three coats for full coverage. I suggest thin coats for easy application since thick coats can get goopy (yup, that's a very technical term here). There is lots of glitter in each brush stroke. It is so gorgeous and perfectly fitting to the name. Swatches are with a top coat...

Swatch Details
	Brand: Pipe Dream Polish Collection: Like the Weather Color Name/Number: Time in a Tapestry Number of coats: 3 Top Coat: Yes Free of Formaldehyde, Toluene, Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP)

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I would love to know what you think of this manicure! Don't hesitate to leave a comment below :)

Thanks for looking!
Anutka :)

** Polishes were provided to me for review by the manufacturer or their PR. **

** For more information please see the disclosure policy **

Pipe Dream Polish The Night's Magic...

I set out last night to swatch the gorgeous Pipe Dream Polish lacquer The Night's Magic. It wasn't long before the name and the color captured my imagination leading to my first Halloween manicure of the year. I just love this season and the manicures it has in store. Do you believe in magic? The Night's Magic?...

For this manicure I started out with a base of Pipe Dream Polish The Night's Magic. Using acrylic paint I added the yellow moon. The paint was not quite opaque enough to provide full coverage so around the third coat of it I gave up and decided to just dab it on instead. I ended up with a textured look which I love more than what I had originally planned....

I stamped the witch and bats from Winstonia plate W116 using Essence Stamp Me! Black...

The Night's Magic is a mix of purple, teal, holographic plus more glitter in a gray tinted base. It is absolutely gorgeous! I layered two coats of The Night's Magic over black. It applies easily and each brushstroke is loaded with glitter which distributes evenly over the nail. Swatches are with a top coat...

Just look at this beauty! I love it...

Swatch Details
	Brand: Pipe Dream Polish Collection: Like the Weather Color Name/Number: The Night's Magic Number of coats: 2 (over black) Top Coat: Yes Free of Formaldehyde, Toluene, Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP)

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I would love to know what you think of this manicure!

Thanks for looking!
Anutka :)

** Polishes were provided to me for review by the manufacturer or their PR. **

** For more information please see the disclosure policy **

31DC2013 Day 22 - Inspired by a Song

Today I would like to show you my manicure for Day 22 of the 31 Day Nail Challenge. The challenge today is to be inspired by a song. I decided to go with one of my current favorites, Merry Go 'Round by Kacey Musgraves. If you have not heard this song before, you can listen to it on YouTube. The lyrics of the song really resonate with me. I was so excited that I got the chance to see her in concert this summer...

"Mary Mary quite contrary,

We get bored so we get married

And just like dust we settle in this town.

On this broken merry go 'round and 'round and 'round we go,

Where it stops nobody knows...

And it ain't slowin' down, this merry go 'round..."

We are all on this crazy merry go round of life and it really doesn't slow down. A simple fact of life that truly freaks me out...

For this manicure I started out with a base of Pipe Dream Polish Pink Elephants and Lemonade. I then added self made decals, painted the tips using Maybelline Bold Gold (70) and added dots of acrylic paint to match each unicorn.

For the decals I first stamped the horse from Mash plate Mash-42 using Essence Stamp Me! White. I then added the details using Maybelline Bold Gold and acrylic paints...

I am so excited for how this manicure turned out. It is just as I pictured it in my head...

Pink Elephants and Lemonade is a teal crelly base with pink and yellow glitter. This polish is just so gorgeous. I love the combination of colors. It applies easily with nice distribution of glitter. A lot of the larger hex glitter seems to have settled on one side of the bottle so I will be storing it upside down for a while to bring that back up for next time. I used three coats for these swatches although it was opaque at just two coats. Swatches are with a top coat...

Swatch Details
	Brand: Pipe Dream Polish Collection: core Color Name/Number: Pink Elephants and Lemonade Number of coats: 3 Top Coat: Yes Big3Free - Free of Formaldehyde, Toluene, Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP)

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P.S. I'd love to know what you think of this manicure! :)

Thanks for looking!
Anutka :)

** Polishes were provided to me for review by the manufacturer or their PR. **

** For more information please see the disclosure policy **