Just Glue Some Gears On It (and Call it Steampunk): The Neverending Pile Challenge and The Nail Challenge Collaborative

Another day of combing two challenges! Again it is The Neverending Pile Challenge (Boutique Polish) and The Nail Challenge Collaborative (Post 2 of Movies/Music/TV).

I started off with my untried boutique polish Illamasqua Radium (two coats). Boutique polish had a lot of different definitions. I chose to follow the definition of higher end polish found in only a few shops. I got this from Sephora when they were clearancing them to $7! I really love this color and the formula was fabulous!

I stamped using BM-415(gears) and MoYou Sci-Fi 02 (Owl). I used KleanColor Metallic Brown. Holy crud, do you know how long it took me to do this mani? The stamping took forever! Over a half an hour! Stupid KleanColor! I thought it would work since it's a metallic and my others work like a charm. Um, nope! But I really wanted the metallic sheen to it. Should have gone with my Essie metallics. Oh well. I added four dots under the owl because I had positioned him too high and there was no way I was redoing it! Hahahaha! I topped it off with HK Girl Top Coat.

So how does tie into The Nail Challenge Collaborative? How about a song called: Just Glue Some Gears On It (and Call it Steampunk). A hilarious Steampunk song about just because you've put gears on it, that doesn't make it Steampunk. I can admit of being guilty of this! :)

Don't forget to check out the other boutique polishes!

An InLinkz Link-up

And don't forget to see what the others chose for their day 2 Movies/Music/TV posts!

An InLinkz Link-up

Trend Week: Max Factor Fantasy Fire

Oh yeah! Max Factor Fantasy Fire! Do you remember when all the deals in polish groups were being made to trade or purchase this amazing polish!? This was one of the first major "it" polishes that I fell victim to that I had to have! (this is two coats)

This polish is just an amazing tiny bottle of gorgeous. It is a close match to Clarins 230, Unicorn Pee! The colors that it flashes are red, orange, bronze, and green! Sadly only red really wanted to play with the camera today. Grrrr! But I did keep staring at my nails when I had this on--it is very distracting! :)

Here is the base color that I used: Illamasqua Jo'mina, a gorgeous easy to use polish! Fantasy Fire totally makes it darker!

Do you own Fantasy Fire? Love it? Hate it?

TGIF and Indie Month Day 15 and The Digit-al Dozen Does Geek - It's a Me Mario!

Day 5 (and final day) (so sad to see this week end!) of The Digit-al Does Geek (and still continuing my Indie Month) and it is also TGIF: Thank Goodness, Indy Indie Friday! So I have a fabulous Indie for you: Dollish Polish: It's a Me Mario!

First I started out with two coats of Illamasqua Scorch. Thank you Sephora in JC Penny for having these on sale! Such a pretty white and nice formula!

Here is one coat of Dollish Polish It's a Me Mario. Red and blue glitter with holo stars! How perfect! Now, the red and blue glitter applied very nicely. But I did have to fish for the stars (haha, that's sounds funny!). But you know what, I am not a huge fan of shaped glitter, so I am alright with that! :)

Here is two coats of It's a Me Mario. Oh no, the star I fished out got covered. Have to fish out another! :) But holy cow did I find my 4th of July mani for this year!

I did the same things for the Mario images as I did for my Zelda ones. Printed off small pictures (sized to my nails) and painted over them on a page protector.

I used OPI Candelight and China Glaze Lemon Fizz for the star with Wet N Wild Black Creme and Milani White on the Spot. For the pipe plant I used Catrice King of Greens, China Glaze Starboard, Zoya Sooki, and Milani White on the Spot. For the bullet I used Wet N Wild Black Creme, Zoya Sooki, and Milani White on the Spot.

I just love how this one turned out! So fun, just like the many many games! I remember playing Super Mario Bros when we first got our Nintendo! Had a blast!

Bottle shot of Dollish Polish It's a Me Mario.

You can buy this polish for $8.75 over at Dollish Polish's store.
Don't forget to check out Dollish Polish Facebook page to be kept up-to-date.

And don't forget to check out Emma's TGIF post over at Manicurity, my TGIF partner in crime!

Don't forget to check out the other ladies and their Geek nails! Some of the ladies did owls for me! How awesome are they! Thank you ladies!