Golden Oldie Thursday - Brown

Good morning! I always have a hard time with brown, but after giving it a go with some stamping, I am actually really pleased with these nails. I used China Glaze Call of the Wild for my base. It's a nice, rich, chocolatey-brown cream. I decided to add some stamping using MoYou London's Suki 06 plate and Loreal's Because You're Worth It, which is a lovely gold.

Here is what China Glaze Call of the Wild looks like on it's own. Like all the China Glaze polishes I own, it painted on smoothly, with no issues. This is two coats.

Thank you so much for looking. This is the end of the Golden Oldie Thursdays, but we are starting up something new and fabulous next week. Stay tuned! And make sure you check out what the other girls did, too!

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Tri Polish Tuesday - Lilac, Teal, & Grey/Silver

Hi everyone! I am back for another mani featuring these same three colors you've been seeing for the past three weeks. Are you sick of them yet? I hope not, because there is still one more Tuesday left in September! For today's mani, I decided to use Estee Lauder Caviar for my base again because I wanted a nice, dreary background. It's been raining here a lot lately and fall is approaching quickly, so I thought I'd create a cute umbrella pattern on my nails. I used essie Play Date for the umbrella shapes and added my stripes and dots using Maybelline Color Show Tenacious Teal.

Thank you so much for reading. I'll have a new mani for you on Golden Oldie Thursday. :)

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Golden Oldie Thursday - Burnt Orange/Copper

Hi all! I got a little short on time, so I had to settle for a simple stamped manicure for today's post. I have very little in the way of burnt orange/copper polish, but this one will have to suffice. It is a polish that was released exclusively by Target two years ago: a no-name orange from COS BAR. I rarely wear orange on it's own because it's just not a good color for me, so you know I had to add some stamping here. And since fall is apparently here (the horror!), I did a nice fall leaf manicure.

I stamped using an image from MoYou London's Suki Plate 07 with Avon Gleaming Gold. After that, I stamped leaf images over top of it using Clinique Garnet Ice and Bundle Monster plate BM04 and Red Angel plates RA-118 and RA-121.

Here is COS BAR's orange on it's own. This polish is on the thin side, so I did three thin coats to build this up to full opacity.

Thank you so much for looking! Make sure you look at what everyone else shared for their orange/copper polish!

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Golden Oldie Thursday - Ignored For Too Long

For this manicure, I decided to use a couple of old polishes that I really don't know why I didn't use sooner! In the last few moments of sunlight this summer, it had to be a holo. I wore this during vacation in Massachusetts and lucked out that it was bright and sunny all week long!

This is Barielle Welcome Ohm with Wet n Wild Hannah Pinktana over top.Pretty, shiny, sparkles!

Here is Welcome Ohm all by itself. It is a nice orchid cream. It went on smoothly in two coats.

 

Thank you for looking! Have a great day!

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Golden Oldie Thursday - Indie

Hi! For my Golden Oldie post today, you are getting a WAAAAYYY overdue review of some polishes I bought from LynBDesigns on Etsy, which I absolutely adore. I actually was in the midst of swatching these last year when I received the news that my grandmother did not have long to live and had to pick up and go to Connecticut to say goodbye. I was wearing Let's Get Mawwied when she passed away. It's a silly thing to remember, but I don't think I'll ever forget. Anyway, this girl has a fabulous collection of handmade polishes. I picked up four of them at the time, and I love them ALL!

First up, I am going to share the two Dr. Who themed polishes that I purchased. I love them so much - both for the names, and the colors and quality. This first one, is called Time And Relative Dimension In Space. It is a pretty blue jelly with shimmery flecks, silver glitter, and some silver shard glitter as well. It applied very nicely and dried to a satin finish. I decided I wanted it shiny, so I added topcoat. This polish required 3 coats to cover my (unfortunately stained) nails, but I'm sure someone with unstained nails could get away with 2. It was easy to apply, even with all that glitter, too! This one did me no favors and stained my nails even worse, but ah well. I liked it too much to really mind. :) My original swatches for this were awful, so I redid them...hence the difference in nail lengths/lighting.

Next, we have The Girl Who Waited. I wore this to my grandmother's funeral, managed to take the pictures, but then just lost the desire to blog for a little while afterward. This polish is a very sheer purple tinted jelly with iridescent shimmer, purple glitters, and large pink flower glitter. I'm in love with the flower glitter. This Amy Pond polish suited me very nicely, too. This one also was a breeze to apply and could be built up with 4-5 coats if desired. I opted to wear two coats of it over two coats of Maybelline WC135. I had to fish for the flower glitters and place them individually on my nails, but they were not difficult to get out of the bottle.

Next, is a polish from her Land Before Time Collection. This is Spike, and fits that cute little dinosaur to a T! It has tiny black glitters, medium bluish iridescent square glitter, and large gold flower glitter! I love it. I'm especially in love with the square iridescent glitters. From some angles, you can't even see them and then you turn your hand a certain way, and suddenly there is a gorgeous pop of bright blue! You can see it on my pinky - love!

And last, (but not least!) is a Princess Bride Reference - Let's Get Mawwied. The name alone cracked me up and could have easily been the only reason I bought it. BUT, it is also a white crelly with multiple pastel colored glitters that is just to DIE for. I love it. It looks like frosting with sprinkles, so that is probably why I love it so much. :)

I totally love these polishes from LynBDesigns and can't wait to get more from her. I keep hoping for more Dr. Who themed polishes, so hopefully she will make some....or any other of my favorite TV shows/movies for that matter - The Little Mermaid, Mulan, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Psych, Merlin....haha. Be sure to check back in for my next post. I have some more fun nail art to share for Tripolish Tuesday! Thanks for looking!

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Golden Oldie Thursday - Purple

Hi everyone! I decided to try out something which I haven't done before for the sake of using up and old purple polish from Julep that I haven't really known what to do with. They call this polish a glaze, but I thought it seemed like a jelly and decided to try my hand at a "pond" manicure. I have done a jelly stamp-wich before, but knew that this would take a really long time since you have to do several layers to get the pond effect right. And it did.

This is Julep Candy. I got this polish from my aunt who had gotten it in her Boho Glam box a couple years ago and decided it wasn't for her. I stamped with Konad Special White polish using Mash-41. I did two coats of Candy, stamped, added another coat, stamped again slightly offset from the first one, added another coat, stamped again, and then added one last coat to seal it all in. I actually did this mani over the course of several days because I just didn't have the consecutive hours it would have taken to do this all at once.

I'm not including a swatch of Julep Candy by itself, because it just looked too bad. My poor nails are pretty stained, and it is super sheer. I wouldn't have been able to show what it actually looked like. It had a great consistency and didn't streak at all, which made this manicure a lot easier than it could have been.

Thank you so much for reading my post - have a fantastic day!

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Golden Oldie Thursday - Black Base

Hello! I've decided to jump back on these Golden Oldie Thursday posts because I just have so many old polishes that I haven't shown off on here! It helps me get everything swatched, and also forces me to think outside the box in order to have nail art to fit each prompt. I need that every once in a while, or I get in a rut. Anyway, today I have a positively ANCIENT polish for you. It is a polish from Old Navy that my sister bought when she was probably around 10 years old - she's 25 now. I inherited it after she moved out of my parents' house and didn't take it with her. Katie, you can have it back anytime, just ask! lol

Anyway, this polish is a iridescent topper named Annette. I decided to stamp with it over black (Pure Ice Black Rage) to show off the contrast of colors. Despite being 15 years old, it still has a perfect formula. I used an image from Red Angel plate RA-113 on each nail.

Thanks for looking, and have a great day! I'll have another post for you this weekend with some super cute nail art!

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Golden Oldie Thursday - Gradient

I have more Julep polishes to share today! I have an abundance of them and have been just awful about getting them swatched, so you will probably be seeing even more! I decided to do a vertical gradient today since I have never done one before.

I used Julep Eileen for by base. It's a creamy white. I added Julep Donna and Francis, plus Eileen to do my gradient and then added some stamping with Konad Special White. The plate is Mash-43, and I used Out The Door Northern Lights to top it all off. This is Eileen all by itself. It is actually a pretty nice white polish - very opaque. This was only two coats.

Here is what my gradient looked like before I stamped over it and added the holo sparkle.

Please pardon the ink on my hand...I have a lot going on and needed to remember some things. I absolutely adore this manicure and am hoping I can make it last for at least week before I have to take it off. Make sure you look at what everyone else did for their gradients!

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Golden Oldie Thursday - Free Choice

For today, I pretty much just have a few swatches for you because I wanted to use these Wet N Wild polishes I bought ages ago. This is Wet n Wild Heatwave and Fergie Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Here is Heatwave all by itself. Short and sweet today - I'm off to the beach with my hubby to see the sunset!

Thank you for stopping by and make sure you take a look at what the others did for this challenge!

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Golden Oldie Thursday - Red

Today I have two old reds for you: Cover Girl Cabernet and China Glaze Ruby Pumps. Cabernet is another one of my ancient polishes. I've had it for at least 8 years. Ruby Pumps is a bit newer, but I've had it for maybe two or three years and still hadn't used it. Here is what I came up with.

I used striping tape over Cabernet, but you can hardly see it. I decided to add a little rhinestone for my accent.

Here is Cover Girl Cabernet all by itself. As with all my other old polishes filled with terrible chemicals, it is still in awesome shape. It is still a fantastic formula, and it barely chipped at all after several days.

Thanks for looking and make sure that you check out what everyone else did!

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Golden Oldie Thursday - with a silver accent - Ninjas!

I have been dying to use this stamping plate, and finally I am busting it out. I feel like these are some of the most badass nails I've done in a long time!! This image is from Mash-47.

I decided to keep the nail art simple, but these throwing stars pretty much required a cute ninja to go with them, so here he is! Sqeeeeeeee! I love these nails so much, I may not be able to post again for at least two weeks. ;)

Anyway, this mani has two golden oldies - Sally Hansen Heartbeat Creme and Pure Chrome. Both of these polishes are ancient. The chrome is from Sally Hansen's very first set of 'chrome makeup'. My dad gave this to me. He works for the company that made the pigment for the polish. Heartbeat Creme is one that I have had for at least 8 or 9 years as well. Here is Heartbeat Creme on it's own. It's a good polish, and it was still nice and thin even after all these years.

Thanks for looking and be sure to check out what everyone else did with a silver accent!

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