Time Warp Challenge--Day 3

Today's challenge is...

I remember when...

Personal or historical events were the inspiration and focus of this challenge.  I focused on history since I find it more fascinating than my own life:-P So many great historical events flooded my mind.  I listed and sketched so many ideas.  I ultimately landed on what I was most excited to recreate on my own nails...

October 4, 1957

The launch and orbit of Sputnik.

 I'm pretty pleased with my choice of this event and of the final product.  I think it's a pretty neat twist on a galaxy manicure:)

Polishes used: Too many:) Seriously, I don't know if I remember all of them!  Here's my best shot (not in the order applied): SinfulColors Black on Black & Nail Junkie, piCture pOlish mirage & orbit, essie Fear or Desire, and Zoya Purity

What event would you have chosen? (My other choice was the fall of the Berlin wall)

Playing With Polish--piCture pOlish accent nail edition

At the end of July, I was fortunate enough to have been chosen to take part in piCture pOlish Blog Fest 2012.  The polishes I was given to try and showcase were beautiful.  I still take them out and stare at them.  Sometimes I even leave them on my desk because they're so lovely!

I recently wore Orbit again.  I put it on and was mesmerized by its beauty.  Then I felt as though I needed to wear Mirage again too.  So I swiped it on to my accent nail.  I used 2 coats of Mirage which gave me better more even coverage than my original swatches.  Take a peek at the gorgeousness... (in sunlight& shade)

Look at that pretty duochrome...*sigh*... :)  This is just lovely.  I'm loving this combo!

What is your favorite way to dress up a manicure?

Playing with Polish--piCture pOlish mirage

Ok, so every now and then I go a little crazy playing with nail polish.  Sometimes I'm testing out nail art ideas, other times I'm playing with layering or testing out "effects."

This episode of Playing with Polish, is no different.  I recently swatched piCture pOlish mirage for Blog Fest 2012.  I fell in love with it even though I could not master its application for the life of me.  Every time I swatched on a dark color like navy or black there was balding at my tips and cuticles. Besides, it was almost as if the polish shrunk after application.   I could probably use more layers, but I didn't want my nails to look thick with polish.  I was determined to master mirage.

I decided to play with it.  I layered it over a medium teal polish.  It was stunning, see for yourself!

See?  MUCH prettier than over a SUPER dark color:)  Even the duo chrome is prettier!

I know what you're thinking "what's with the dots?" well I put them there so you could see the color that I put underneath.  Also, I was just playing around;)

Have you tried out anything lately while playing with polish???

piCture pOlish Blog Fest 2012

Press Samples

It's piCture pOlish's blog fest!! 

They are launching 11 brand new shades!!

There are many bloggers world wide participating in Blog Fest 2012
 
I am beyond honored to be a part of this year's piCture pOlish Blog Fest!

Here is a little story to get you started...

Once upon a time, in a beautiful place called Austraila...

          Two exquisite ladies had a dream of creating something more beautiful than a clear night sky and more addicting and satisfying than the best chocolate.  The problem was that many others were on a similar quest. They tried to capture special occasions, memories, and aspirations in a little square bottle.  
          This was working wonderfully until one day a jealous creature came to steal their secret.  While in the act, the creature was spotted by one of the girls.  This upset the creepy little wizard so he captured her.  He then sent word to the other girl, threatening not to giver the other back until his demands were met. 
          First he challenged her to contact the wonderful Sara Hassan who is a mysterious, beautiful woman who has the ability to forecast beauty trends.  The girl contacted her and was so proud that she wrote back to the creature boasting of this feat.  The wizard was surprised that the girl was able to contact her so quickly so he challenged her to create one of her little bottles full of anything Sara Hassan wanted.  Sara was put under a spell by the wizard and was forced to ask the impossible.  Sara asked the girl to create a vision or fantasy, an illusion. The girl worked tirelessly until she created a mirage in a bottle.

           The wizard was upset by her ability to conquer this challenge from an innovative, creative mind like Sara's that in a moment of furry, he asked her to put all of the wonder of a night sky in a little bottle.  The girl was stumped.  She had succumb to bottle block!  She thought she was defeated. Inspiration struck as she decided to try to trick the wizard.  She confronted him and asked if she could have her friend back.  The wizard said no so the girl motioned and asked if she completed the given challenge AND created the perfect travel partner for the wizard if he would give her back.  He agreed.  The girl worked all night to create something out of this world.  
           She finally met the challenge and sought the jealous creature out.  He was mystified by the bottle in front of him so much that it immediately sent him out into orbit where he is to this day, traveling with the intoxicating bottle she created for him.

            The girls were united and continue to puzzle all with their unique creations. 

Here are some swatches of Mirage...

Mirage is a bluey grey with slight violet & turquoise duochrome, depending on the light.  This is one coat of Mirage over one coat of a dark, blackened purple.  The polish was a tad on the thick side and I had a bit of trouble with streaking & balding near my cuticle & tips.  I think I need to get the hang of applying this & possibly use some thinner. Overall this one is a stunner, I have never seen anything like it.  I could not wait to see how gorgeous this looked over different colors so I put it alone then also over bright white, a dusty yet bright periwinkle, a dusty dark navy, and black (thumb to pinkie respectively).  I'm still excited to try out more combos.

Mirage is a new and very special polish from the new ‘Collaboration Collection.’ This lovely polish was jointly created by Sara Hassan.  Sara was asked about her shade, she sent  piCture pOlish  the most beautiful picture of a bird with magical plumage and said 'a grey shade with a blue hue.' piCture pOlish recommends that you use a dark base coat (black or dark blue) with this polish as it will truly makes the shade shine!!

& Orbit...

Orbit is simply put, gorgeous!  This polish is made up of millions of tiny, ultra fine "mesh" silver & bright indigo glitter suspended in an indigo base.  This is such a beautiful unique polish that I struggled finding appropriate words to describe its beauty.  This polish is PERFECT for those who are dying to have galaxy nails, but don't want to take the time to do nail art.  Orbit is my favorite of the two polishes.  The swatches all show ONE spectacular coat of orbit.  Orbit is a little gritty without a topcoat and would look amazing matte.

Orbit is a new ‘Mesh’ shade from piCture pOlish. 

Both nail polishes will be available from piCture pOlish on-line and from all Network members! 

The new piCture pOlish collaboration shades are available here

and the mesh shades can be found here.

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Disclosure: The product(s) in this post were provided to me by  piCture pOlish  for a 100% honest review.  For additional information please visit the tabs below the header.