The Neverending Polish Challenge - Best Granny Color

This will be my last post for this challenge, as I have no other polishes for the last two prompts, and I'm not about to buy any more! Now, as Jenna of Inky Whiskers would say, this is a "born again virgin untried" polish, heehee. I've had it for probably close to 20 years. It was one of the first polishes I got, and I just can't seem to part with it, even though it is awful. In fact, I dislike it so much, I plan to remove it within a day, and will begin swatching some Juleps which I am VERY behind on posting about. Anyway, here it is: this is Artmatic Elegant Mauve. Yep - it even has a granny-sounding name. :
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This makes me think of my grandma...I think I will give her a call. Have a great week, and I'll be back later in the week. Now that I have no more challenges, I don't know what I will do with myself. Hopefully, I will come up with some sweet nail art for you all (after I share three months worth of Julep boxes with you)! Make sure to check out what everyone else did!

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The Neverending Pile Challenge - Free Polish - 4th of July!

Hi all! Of course I had to make my free choice day a 4th of July manicure! I have a lot of celebrating to do today, so this will be brief.

This is Julep Scarlett for the base. I stamped with Konad Special White using an image from Mash-49. I then filled in some of the stars with Julep Carly. Scarlett and Carly were both given to me by my aunt who didn't want the colors. They work perfectly for today! Yay America! :)

Here is Scarlett all by herself. This is a gorgeous bright red with flakies in it. It's a bit of a jelly, too. I did three coats here to reach opacity.

Off to a picnic - everyone have a safe and happy holiday! And to all of my readers elsewhere, have a wonderful day!

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The Neverending Pile Challenge - Brown

Good evening. The three brown polishes that I have for you today are all from Julep. I started out with a base of Julep Amber. It has a matte suede finish, and is really very pretty. I added a  simple glitter gradient to it using Julep Hilary (gold glitter) and an unnamed polish that came in the New Year's box last year. I added essie matte about you to keep the entire thing matte.

Here is Julep Amber all by itself. It's a nice suede finish. I don't have many of these, so it is nice to have in my collection.

Thanks for looking. Please make sure that you look at what everyone else did for today!

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The Neverending Pile Challenge - Purple

Hi everyone! Today, I have as pretty purple to show off that I bought myself for my birthday back in April. As you all probably know, I love purple, although to be fair, I love pretty much all colors, purple is just one that I'm always really drawn to. This is China Glaze Grape Juice. It is so pretty and has an awesome iridescent shimmer to it, too!

I added some simple stamping using Konad plate m79 and Konad Special White polish. I forgot how much I love this stamp. I haven't busted this plate out in over a year! Shame on me!

So, there you have it: simple and easy nail art that doesn't impede the purple power. Mmmm, I love me some purple polish! :P

Have a great evening everyone, and make sure you take a look at everyone else's purple manicures for today!

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The Neverending Pile Challenge - Cremes

For today's post, I decided to try out some one-stroke flowers again. I used Sally Hansen Kiwi Bikin for my base, and added the flowers with Julep Dendrie. The colors in the images below are not accurate. Something weird happened when I added the topcoat and Dendrie went from a pale grey to a weird beige. Kiwi Bikini seemed to be unaffected though. I'll have to show Dendrie some other time without topcoat, so you can see what she really looks like.

Here is Kiwi Bikini by itself. It is a nice color and took about three thin coats to become completely opaque.

Thanks for looking today. Please take a look at what everyone else did for today.

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The Neverending Pile Challenge - Untried Stamping Plates

Well I'm nearly late again - as usual. I had to really dig through my plates to find an untried one that I actually wanted to try. I suppose I should really try out more of these because this one actually turned out to be pretty good. I used Bundle Monster stamping plates BM05 and BM14 and two previously unused polishes from Julep: Courteney and Leah.

This is Courteney all by itself. They are a couple of really pretty greens. I had no complaints about the formula either. Both of these were great and Courteney went on in two coats.

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

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The Neverending Pile Challenge - Skittles

I have three untried polishes for you today in this skittle mani. These are all pretty recent purchases - I bought them all around my birthday to celebrate turning yet another year older. I didn't really have anything in mind when I did this mani. I just sort of started and this is how it turned out.

I used Zoya Rebel and Piaf, and Piggy Polish Finger Fireworks is the glitter. It turned out to be a pretty bright, springy manicure. I like it.

Here is Zoya Rebel and Piaf on their own. They were both super awesome - great formula, beautiful color, and just...awesome.

Well that's all I've got for you, so have a great night everyone! Make sure you have a look at what everyone else did!

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The Neverending Pile Challenge - Holo

It's holo day! And believe it or not, I actually have two holos that I have never used before. I know - it's shocking. The truth is, I wasn't entirely sure what to do with these, but I just had to have them. They are from the holographic collection that China Glaze released last year. This is Galactic Galaxy and OMG a UFO.

I wanted these because of the fact that they are not your typical bright holographics. I was enamored with the idea of a dark gray and drab green holographic. That just seemed so cool to me, and when I saw their rainbows in the store, they had to become mine. I decided to do some stamping with these so that I could use them both in one mani.

Here is China Glaze OMG a UFO all by itself. It's pretty and the rainbow leans a bit green/yellow, but it's there. I was not lucky enough to have sun for the photographs, so I used my best daylight bulbs in the hopes that I could do these nails some justice. The polish itself is great - it does not pull, and this is three thin coats.

Thanks for stopping by and make sure you check out what the other girls did!

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The Neverending Pile Challenge - Vampy

Oooh Vampy! I've been patiently awaiting this day as I have loads of OLD polishes that are super vampy from my more rebellious days ;). I decided to pick one that I haven't touched in years - Sally Hansen Always Ascher. It is super old and more than half gone because I loved the dickens out of it. After I put it on again after such a long break, I remembered why I love it so much. It just looks so...badass. Like, I should lace up my black combat boots, pop on a sweet motorcycle jacket and just start doing some sick karate in the middle of the street. I would totally do that in my living room by the way, and it mayyyy have happened once or twice. Or more times.

Anyway, I had to do something cool, and it's been so long since I really sat down and did some serious nail art, so I had a go at it this past Friday night. I was inspired partly by a video game, that I have mentioned many times on here - Skyrim. The vampires in that game have awesome clothing, so I took some of those little details from their clothing to inspire my nail art. I also just tried to go dark, seductive, and well, vampire-y.

I totally love how these turned out. I'll have to remember this polish and my large collection of colors that are just like it at Halloween. :)

Well as always, thanks so much for looking. I really do have to try to get more fabulous nail art on here like this. I should have more time now, but I'm clearly spending too much of it on housework and...maybe video games. Now that I have my super cool nail nook, I have no excuse to hold out on the nail art. :) Make sure you take a look at what everyone else did for this challenge!

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