CNT Presents ~ 26 Great Nail Art Ideas ~ Pastel Christmas

Hello Dahlings!

For our final mani of 2016,

the Tart's are showing you ideas for a Pastel Christmas!

I did this...

 ...and my editing software chopped my pic off. Blerg!

Anywho, I did a bottle brush gradient by applying each color

using the brush & overlapping them slightly to blend them.

Easy peasy, lemon squeezy!

I then stamped using MoYou London Festive Collection Plate 01

I sealed it all in with a coat of Seche Vite.

 Cotton Granny Panties white franken;

From the Color Club 2015 Poptastic Collection ~

Boogie All Night Long, Feel The Funk,

Get Down Tonight & On The Flip Side;

& Hit the Bottle Shadows of Darkness.

Oh yeah, the Poptastic Remix glows in the dark!

>^. .^<

Ciri wishes you a relaxing holiday season!

Happy Holidays to All

& May Krampus not steal your children!

~ Inky

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Swatch-a-rama time feat. Cuttin' Edge!

Hello Dahlings!

What? Wait! This isn't a Tart's challenge week?!?

Nope, it's my getting out a post

that I should have done months ago.

Sara at Cuttin' Edge released some fun polishes

during the height of the Pokémon Go! craze

& she sent me a few to swatch & review.

I got the swatching done in a timely manor,

now for the review...

 Pikachu is right on target!

This is 2 dabbed on coats over a retired CE polish (Hot Wheels)

& the red circles, black triangles & whiskers

plus the metallic gold lightening bolts & whiskery bits in clear base

with small gold holo circles & sheer iridescent flakies

totally reminded me of Pikachu.

Even if you aren't now or never were into Pokémon (like me)

this is a fun topper that would scream CHRISTMAS!!!

when applied over a dark green base color.

(I did this swatch over a liquid latex base coat

& topped it with Orly's fast dry top coat. No Gellish needed!)

~~~

 Aquaman is a gorgeous pearl blue green semi-sheer polish

with a green shimmer & fine gold flecks

that that needed 3 thin coats for opacity

& to minimize that pearl finish tendency to streak.

It's a tad bit persnickety in that you don't want to over stroke it

or you may get streaks, but paying attention will pay off big time

in giving you a beautiful mani!

(I did this swatch over my regular franken base coat

& topped it with Orly's fast dry top coat.)

~~~

Glameow is my fav of this trio!

One dabbed coat with it's small silver holo & black hexes, 

blue holo diamonds

& fine gold holo dust with silver whiskers in a clear base

it was a perfect pairing over Aqua-man.

I loved this combo so much that I wore it for a week!

(I added a coat of Seche Vite to protect the glittery goodness.

No Gellish needed!)

All 3 of these beauties are currently available

& I think Glameow would make an awesome New Year's mani!

>^. .^<

 Psst! Hey Ziggy!

 Who dat? I hears you, but can't sees you!

Did you calls me, Meowme?

Thanks for stopping by

& please visit Cuttin' Edge Nails

for some most  excellent polish!

~ Inky

CNT Presents ~ 26 Great Nail Art Ideas ~ Christmas Preparations

Hello Dahlings!

It's December already!

My how time flies when one is crazy busy.

This time the Tarts are sharing mani ideas 

that represent getting ready for the holidays.

We don't do a big Christmas around the Inky house anymore,

just a smidge of decorations & stocking stuffers on Christmas morning.

But I do remember when we did a lot more

& one of my fav winter holiday traditions as a child

was decorating the tree while snow fell outside.

 I've been doing a bit of traveling of late
& wore this fun mani for over 2 weeks.

I used a piece of cosmetic sponge to do the angled gradient

& stamped using Creative Shop plate 36.

 I started with  my usual franken base coat

& then added one coat of Cotton Granny Panties franken white.

I used The Lady Varnishes Indigo, Stormy & Shy Violet.

For the stamping, I used Hit the Bottle My Suitor Wears Pewter.

To top it all off, I used a coat of Seche Vite.

Don't you just love the glow of holiday décor at night?

>^. .^<

Can I helps decorate this tree?

How about some birdy feathers & cat nip balls?

Thanks for stopping by

& please check out

what the other Tarts are up!

~ Inky

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CNT Presents ~ 26 Great Nail Art Ideas ~ Winter Warmth

Happy Turkey Weekend Dahlings!

For those of you that don't live in the US...

Happy Friday!

This time around the Tarts are doing manis that show winter warmth.

I did this...

 To me winter warmth means hand made gifts

to warm both the body & the heart,

so I went with hand stitched stamping.

 The Lady Varnishes The Ghost with the Most

Hit the Bottle Drop Red Gorgeous 

I stamped using Creative Shop Plate Ukraine 

I got the glow in the dark option

as I do whenever Kristen offers it.

Look at that awesome detail in this image!

>^. .^<

Having a personal lap warmer doesn't hurt either

when it comes to staying toasty!

Thanks for stopping by &

Please visit the other Tarts!

~ Inky

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The Crumpet's Nail Tarts Present ~ 26 Great Nail Art Ideas ~ Over a Black Base

Hello Dahlings!

This time the Tarts are doing nail art over a black base.

Easy peasy, nice & squeezy!

I did this...

I did this not long before Halloween,

so that's where my design went.

My black base is 2 coats of a franken I made

that contains the leftovers of good black polishes.

You know how when you get past the half way point

in a bottle of polish, it gets harder to get

a usable amount of polish on the brush?

This is my solution to those half empty bottles

of frequently used colors like black & white.

Black base franken ~ Silk Boxers

Sinful Colors ~ Got a Bat-attitude

Whimsical Ideas by Pam ~ Bat-chelor in Paradise

Hit the Bottle ~ Midnight Pumpkin

After applying my franken base coat & 2 coats of Silk Boxers,

I added 2 coats of Got a Bat-attitude

& avoided fishing out any lil bats.

Then I full brush dabbed Bat-chelor in Paradise on all my nails.

Most chunky polish require lots of fishing

to get those big shapes out of the bottle, but not with BinP.

If anything, I was having to put bats & moons back in the bottle

for the nails I was going to be stamping on!

I used MoYou London ~ Festive 29

with Midnight Pumpkin to stamp the Jack O' Lantern faces

& sealed it all in with a coat of Seche Vite on the stamped nails

& added a coat of Carpe Noctem ~ Glitter Slayer

before adding a coat of Seche Vite.

The tips of the bat wings were a lil pokey,

but this glitter smoothing top coat did the trick.

Yeah, this worked out well!

>^. .^<

Me wants cat treats...NOW!

Thanks for stopping by &

Please visit the other Tarts!

~ Inky

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Crumpet's Nail Tarts Presents ~ 26 Great Nail Art Ideas ~ Halloween in the Wrong Colors

Hello Dahlings!

This time the Tart's are presenting Halloween manis in the wrong colors!

So I did this...

 I know, it looks like one of my regular manis. LOL

 Drip Drop Nail Paint Meteor Shower

The Devil Wears Polish Tip Toe Thru the Tombstones 2

Color Club Beyond (used for stamping)

plus Sugar Bubbles SB008 nail art plate

Meteor Shower glows-in-the-dark!

>^. .^<

 Was dis?

Dat's a trick, not a treat!

I wants meat, not fruit things!

Thanks for stopping by

& please visit the other Tarts!

~ Inky

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26 Great Nail Art Ideas ~ Blue & Silver

Hello Dahlings!

My nail life has obviously been derailed for the last 6 months,

but I'm hoping to get it back on track by participating in the

NEW Crumpet's Nail Art Tarts 26 Great Nail Art Ideas challenge.

This new challenge is the 2016-17 version

of the 40 Great Nail Art Ideas challenge

that I failed to complete earlier this year.

Our 1st prompt is Blue & Silver, so I did this:

Quaint Paints is a new to me brand & me likey! 

This is 2 thin coats of Quantum Fizz-ics

over my usual franken base.

I added funky French tips using

Stripe Rite from Sally's Beauty Supply.

I then sealed it all up with 2 coats of

Seche Vite Instant Gel Effect Top Coat.

I added the 2nd top coat layer

due to the points on the stars being a wee bit pokey.

Quaint Paints Quantum Fizz-ics

Stripe Rite When In Chrome

Seche Vite Instant Gel Effect Top Coat

Oh yeah...Quantum Fizz-ics does this...

Glow-in-the-dark is my fav polish type

& it's not just for Halloween!

>^. .^<

You didn't think I'd forget to include a kitty pic, did you?

Yeah, Ciri is still His Royal Tininess of Cute-i-tude.

I'll be back next week with a review

of some uber fun Cuttin' Edge polishes!

Thanks for stopping by

& please share the luvs with the other Tarts!

~ Inky

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Anonymous Lacquer ~ The Customs Colors Trio!

Hello Dahlings!

No, nothing catastrophic has happened to me.

I've just been buried under real life.

Lots of work plus dejunking around the house

have sucked up the majority of my waking hours

& left me with little energy to paint my nails,

let alone take pics & write blog posts.

I've been managing one simple mani a week.

Pathetic, I know.

Anywho, back in March, Anonymous Lacquer held a contest

in the FB group Adorably Anonymous. 

Those of us who've had Mildred make us custom polishes,

posted pics of said polishes & the group voted for their favorites.

My Impossible Dreams WON!

It was close and the 2nd & 3rd place polishes are also gorgeous.

Once that was all decided, Mil put our customs together in a trio

& sent them to us for swatching in early April. I got that done.

What I didn't get done before falling off the face of the blog-o-sphere

was my blog post. Good thing Mil still has them available!

On to the pics...

All swatch pics show 2 perfectly butterlicious coats

over liquid latex with a coat of FDTC.

The bejeweled masks are an ordering goodie from Mil.

I'm pleased to present...Perez Pink!

This nigh on neon linear pink holo 

is the love child of my bootiful friend Nicole.

If you love pink like Nicole does,

you want this for your stash!

~~~

Next in this luscious line up is...701 Fahrenheit!

Anita dreamed up this bright coral linear creation

that plays chameleon both with lighting & skin tones.

On Anita & Nicole it looks bright neon.

On my pale skin it takes on a darker hue.

On any skin tone it will shift between pinkish orange

& orangish pink depending on the light.

I have a secret passion for orangey polishes.

This one feeds the need!

~~~

 

And last, but certainly not least...My very own Impossible Dreams!

This custom came about after I putzed about for over a year

trying to create a neon purple linear holo.

I couldn't quite manage it, but Mildred is the BEST 

at making impossible polish dreams come true.

Just look at all that pinky purply holo goodness!!!

~~~

I attempted a radial gradient with these 3 amigos.

I failed at getting the circular part done correctly,

but it didn't matter as the polishes were perfect!

All three of these must have beauties are available at Anonymous Lacquer

as singles or in a moola saving Customs Colors Trio.

You know you want them...admit it!

 >^. .^<

To make up for my depriving y'all of your regular doses of Ciri,

I give you...

Sleeping Toes of Cuteness!!!

I hope to start posting regularly again soon, at least weekly.

I've a few pics in the vault to tide us over

until I can get my act together.

Thanks for hanging in there with me!

~ Inky

Carpe Noctem Cosmetics ~ NoSleep Collection Swatch-o-rama!

Hello Dahlings!

Yes, I fell off Planet Polish into a black hole of reality,

but I came back just to show you this

FANTABULOUS collection of polish perfection from

Carpe Noctem Cosmetics!!!

All the beauties I have to show you today were sent to me

to be swatched & honestly reviewed.

All swatches are 2 butterlicious coats with fast dry top coat.

Emily fell in love with several NoSleep on Reddit authors

& was inspired to create a collection that one can't help but adore.

Let's get this drool-fest started !

 Ghost Orchids for Jason

Inspired by the writings of C.M. Scandreth

This rich white crelly with a subtle gold shimmer

is chock full of ultrachrome metallic flakies

that capture the eye as they reflect the light.

~~~

 Hunter's Moon

Inspired by the writings of Manen Lyset

You know you want this deep vampy metallic red

jam packed with linear holo & ultrachome flakie goodness!

~~~

 Midnight Violence

Inspired by the writings of Elias Witherow

Luscious ultrachrome indigo with linear holo,

ultrachrome flakies & a subtle coppery shift?

Yes, please! *SWOON*

While every polish Emily makes is Most Excellent,

Midnight Violence is easily my fav in this collection

& a runner up to Because She Danced To Space Jam

for BESTEST CNC POLISH EVER!!!

~~~

 The Kingdom

Inspired by the writings of Henry Double Door Bastard

My 2nd fav of this literary soiree!

Rich royal blue linear holo with ultrachrome flakies

& as an added bonus...NO STAINING!!!

My recent debacle with a dark blue polish had left me leary,

but The Kingdom goes on perfectly

& leaves no trace upon removal.

~~~

The Laws of Nature

Inspired by the writing of Ashley As For Class

Not too dark, not too light...just right!

This nude ultrachrome with linear holo & ultrachrome flakies

is perfect for work nails with it's subtle pink shift

& sparkly peek-a-boo flakies. 

~~~

BONUS SWATCH!!!

Pants! Put on Some Damn Pants.

Not a member of the NoSleep Collection,

but awesome in it's own right.

This playful linear holo nude with ultrachrome flakies

was inspired by Shin Chan & makes Emily laugh.

That's good enough for me!

~~~

All of these inspired beauties went on perfectly.

I'm not just hyping here, they really are perfect

& are available NOW!

You know you want these pretties on YOUR claws!

>^. .^<

Me no likey when you not have time to pets my cuteness!

Thanks for stopping by!

Now go show Emily some polish love at

Carpe Noctem Cosmetics...Go!

~ Inky