Monarch Butterfly Nail Art

Hello ladies, I have done butterfly nails before with a tutorial, but since I had Jade Uau on my nails, I knew it was the perfect base for another one. I did a gradient with Jade Mystic Gold to match the colors of the Monarch butterfly, and then used a fine brush and a dotting tool for the details. Love the result! Thank you for reading and don't forget to move to Bloglovin since Google Reader will shut down tomorrow. I'm already there waiting for you!

Bonjour Mesdemoiselles, J'ai déjà fait les ongles effet papillons avant avec un tutoriel, mais puisque j'avais Jade Uau sur mes ongles, je savais que c'était la base idéale pour un autre nail art papillon. J'ai fait un dégradé avec Jade Mystic Gold pour faire correspondre les couleurs avec celles du monarque, et j'ai ensuite utilisé un pinceau fin et un dotting pour les détails. Je kiffe le résultat! Merci pour de me lire et n'oubliez pas de passer à Bloglovin puisque Google Reader va cesser de fonctionner demain. Je suis déjà là bas à vous attendre!

Jade Holographic - Uau

Good morning! Today is a holo day with Brazilian brand Jade. I finally completed my collection by adding Uau to my stash. It comes in an 8ml bottle and is super pigmented. It is so vibrant and sparkly, I love it. Nice coverage and fast drying time, I have no complaints on this one, it's a keeper! Uau is a burnt orange holo, unique. It was opaque in two coats, applied nicely, and dried fast. I added one coat of Seche vite, which did not dull the holo effect. I just love it when I don't need to have a special base to wear my holos. I only use a special base with my Gosh and Layla holographics. Let me show you this gem.

Bonjour! Aujourd'hui, c'est journée holo avec la marque brésilienne Jade. J'ai enfin completé ma collection en y ajoutant Uau. Il vient dans un flacon de 8ml et est très pigmenté. J'aime la manière dont il est vibrant et brillant. Le temps de séchage est rapide, je n'ai rien à redire sur ce vernis, il est à garder! Uau est un vernis holographique orange, unique en son genre. Il est opaque en deux couches, s'applique parfaitement, et sèche rapidement. J'ai ajouté une couche de Seche Vite, qui n'a pas terni l'effet holo. J'aime quand je n'ai pas besoin de mettre une base spéciale pour porter mes holos. J'utilise une base spéciale qu'avec mes vernis holographiques Gosh et Layla. Laissez-moi vous montrer ce petit bijou.

 With flash/ avec flash

Ludurana - Red Orange

Hello lovelies!
I'm back with a new Ludurana polish and this one is beautiful! Red Orange is an orange to copper duochrome when worn by itself (index and middle finger) but it changes completely when applied over black. It goes from copper/brown to green. I was greatly surprised at the formula too, less sheer than the others and opaque in two coats. On to the pics! 

Ludurana - Orange Cyan

Hello there,
It's a another day and a new Ludurana duochrome to show you. Again I'm not a fan of this one by itself, but I can definitely wear it over dark colors if the color shift is as amazing as that. This is a true duochrome, that goes from olive gold to green. I wore two coats of Orange Cyan by itself on my index and ring finger, and over Wet N Wild Ebony Hates Chris on my middle finger and pinkie. Love it over black!

Hits - Unconventional

Hello again!
Wow I have a gem for you today! The polish I'm wearing today is called Unconventional and is one of the eight multichromes part of the Mari Moon collection. This masterpiece was designed by Hits Speciallita, the genius behind the No Olimpo holographics. The collection comes in two sets, but you can buy it individually. Unconventional is part of the Unique set, the second set is Modern. I went with two coats without top coat. This is the sexiest multichrome ever and my favorite of the Mari Moons. I see copper, red, burgundy, violet, and blue. I'm not a fan of the formula, but it's not a big deal. On to the pics!

Natural light

A little layering (pics heavy)

Hey lovelies!
I'm so happy that we have some sun because I can finally rock my holo polishes! I wanted to have something with depth, something distracting and screaming hey you there!! so I decided to do a layering manicure. I followed Nail Polish Anon layering technique and here is the final result, Hope you like it!

Sun light

Glitter Gal Shade Shifters - Furnace Glow

Hello lovelies!
I have another Shade Shifters from Glitter Gal to show you and this one is right in my alley! I love warm toned colors so I was attracted to Furnace Glow and ordered it on Ninja Polish as soon as they got the new collection in. It also comes in a 15 ml bottle and applies nicely. I like both Shade Shifters that I own because they have a shiny finish and dry fast, so there is no need for top coat. All swatches show three coats of Furnace Glow by itself (index and ring finger) and one coat over Sation Black (middle finger and pinkie) without top coat. As you will see, there is not a big difference between wearing it by itself or over a dark color. It will flash from a warm gold/orange to copper/pink. Reminds me of a beautiful autumn. On to the pics!

Natural light

Ludurana - Fascinante (pics heavy)

Hello again!
My favorite multichrome is Ludurana Fascinante. It wears its name pretty well ! This polish just reminds me of a beautiful sunset, I love it!. I will repeat myself but I am amazed at the quality of all the Brazilian polishes I own and I'm so lucky and thankful to the nail blogging community for that! discovering new brands and creating lemmings lol! I got this one from Llarowe and wore three coats by itself without top coat.

Artificial light

Ludurana - Reluz (pics heavy)

Hey!
Reluz is another multichrome part of the Ludurana Aurora Boreal collection that I bought from Ninja Polish. It's a small 8ml bottle but it's worth every drop of lacquer because the color shift is just indescribable! It flashes from green to copper to purple to blue and applies like a dream. It only takes two coats, but I went with three and did not apply any top coat because the finish is so glossy. On to the pics!

Artificial light

Ludurana - Show (pics heavy)

Hello again!
Show is a beautiful multichrome from the Brazilian brand Ludurana and is part of the Aurora Boreal collection. Most of the Ludurana polishes come in a 8ml bottle, but they are very pigmented so there is no need to layer them over a black polish. I bought it on Ninja Polish and don't regret my choice! It flashes from orange to green to turquoise to blue to pink to purple (yes all those colors!). It is so beautifuuuul and smells so good that you won't want to remove it lol
All swatches show three coats of Show without top coat

Artificial light

ASBMF #10: Butterflies - Tutorial (pics heavy)

Good evening!
I have for you a nail art that I did for the April Showers Brings May Flowers challenge, as the ninth theme is butterflies. I thought about doing a stamping over an orange base, but then discovered the monarch butterfly technique while browsing YouTube videos and went for it! This is the final result with one coat of Seche vite. I hope you like it as this might be the best nail art I did so far lol :)

All pictures were taken with artificial light without flash.

Girly Bits - Shift Happens

Hello Lovelies :-)

I have for you another Girly Bits polish that I bought along with Razzle Dazzle. This one is called Shift Happens and is a multichrome! How cool is that name? The color is so gorgeous in the bottle that I couldn't wait to try it on. I have a lot of duochromes/multichromes and I don't like to have to layer them over black all the time because it is so difficult to remove. So I choose to give a "shift" to my Illamasqua Scarab mani with one coat of Shift Happens. I'm glad that it worked perfectly over this color and cannot wait to try it over purple and blue. I'll let the pics talk!
All swatches show two coats of Scarab, one coat of Shift Happens and one coat of Seche vite.

Natural light

OPI - Man of la Mancha (pics heavy)

Hello!

I scored this gem in my local nail supply store. Since I'm a fan of anything duochrome and multichrome, I was attracted by the sheer orange and pink base, I had never seen this color before and found out (thanks to my friend Google) that it was released in 2003 and is now a VHTF (Very Hard To Find) polish. I present to you OPI Man of la Mancha, a multichrome that shifts from gold, green, copper, burnt orange, pink, and burgundy. I don't even know how to describe this polish I'm speechless so I will let the pictures do the work! If you come accross this one, do not hesitate to buy it!
All swatches show 1 coat of Man of la Mancha over 1 coat of Sation Black (All with base and top coat)

Natural light