Playing Catch up

I know its been a while since I last updated this blog... but here is a big catch up post! Enjoy!

Piece 75 is a necklace with a round glass cabochon (30x30mm) and an 18-inch silver plated snake chain.  This is a necklace with a very sophisticated and grown up gradient effect using NYX Golden Lavender (which has the most incredible gold shimmer) and Ulta3 Allure (which is my go to nude nail polish of the moment).

Piece 74 is a necklace with a rectangle glass cabochon (24x48mm) and an 18-inch silver plated snake chain.  Imagine if it rained glitter, a shimmering shower of glinting discs of glitter. That’s what I imagine when I look at this necklace which uses 2 glitter nail polishes – Jordana Cosmic and LA Girl Aqueous which are backed by NYX Ink Heart.

Piece 73 is a ring with a high domed round glass cabochon (22x22mm) set on a black enameled filigree adjustable ring. This ring is absolutely breath taking. The magic of Kleancolor’s Chunky Holo Black creates a rainbow kaleidoscope which is entirely mesmerizing. Fair warning – you will not be able to achieve anything while wearing this ring and driving is dangerous due to the fact that you wont be able to concentrate on anything other than the prism of colour in this ring. To compliment the colour shifting glitter BYS Black creates a perfect canvas.

Piece 72 is a pair of stud earrings with round glass cabochons (8x8mm) and silver-plated studs. The hero nail polish used for these earrings is Jordana’s Carnival but if I had my way I would rename this nail polish 40 leagues or deep sea because I think the layered, multidimensional effect created with green and blue hex medium glitter and small blue glitter suspended in a navy jelly base evokes the deep ocean. To amplify the navy jelly base I have used NYX Ink Heart which is also a navy jelly.

Piece 71 is a ring with a high domed round glass cabochon (22x22mm) set on a black enameled filigree adjustable ring. This piece is a little unorthodox – another piece made with TKB Pigments that are designed for frankening nail polishes. Franken nail polishes (or the act of frankening) refers to mixing your own concoction using existing nail polishes, pigments, colour bases, glitters or flakies to create your own custom polish. The Indie nail polish scene has exploded in the past year as more people experiment and create their own unique nail polishes, to find some great nail polishes you can check out etsy or llawore. This ring uses TKB Green Flakies which create a chunky and chaotic colour changing effect when paired with BYS Black.

Piece 70 is a necklace with a tear shaped glass cabochon (18x25mm) and an 18-inch silver plated snake chain.  If you’ve visited this blog more than once you may have noticed my predilection for any nail polish that changes colour, usually called a duochrome (shifts between 2 colours) or a multichrome (shifts between more than 2 colours – like a rainbow captured in a nail polish bottle!). This tear shaped necklace uses Ozotic 507 which is widely recognized as a dupe for Chanel’s Peridot which was a massive hit in the nail polish world a couple of years ago – and it’s easy to see why! This nail polish shifts between a golden green, Kelly green, forest green and all the way to a deep hunter green – it’s a green dream! Duochromes and multichromes are most vibrant and the colour shift is most pronounced when paired with a dark base colour, for this piece I have used BYS Black.

Piece 69 is a necklace with a round glass cabochon (30x30mm) and an 18-inch silver plated snake chain.  This necklace is bright! China Glaze’s Celtic Sun is my go to neon yellow nail polish and it has been combines with Sally Hansen’s Celeb City to create an eye catching gradient. This is a necklace that will definitely be noticed!

Piece 68 is a necklace with a tear shaped glass cabochon (18x25mm) and an 18-inch silver plated snake chain.  The beautiful gradient created in this piece is a combination of LA Girl’s Bronze Medal – a nail polish somewhere between chunky shimmer and micro glass fleck glitter, and LA Girl’s Deejay which is a bright blue which glows blue under black light!

Piece 67 is a necklace with a oval shaped glass cabochon (30x40mm) and an 18-inch silver plated snake chain.  This necklace uses 2 Ulta3 nail polishes, a champagne metallic called Envy and a bold pink called Hot Spring.

Piece 66 is a necklace with a oval shaped glass cabochon (30x40mm) and an 18-inch silver plated snake chain.  More colour blocking! This piece uses Ozotic 505 at the top, Color Club Alias in the middle and Picture Polish Mask-a-rade glitter and all backed with BYS Black.

Piece 65 is a ring with a high domed round glass cabochon (22x22mm) set on a white enameled filigree adjustable ring. This was an experiment that went incredibly well. I created this effect by painting a layer of clear nail polish and dipping it into TKB Pigment Cherika Moon to create a thick and mottled effect. I think this creates a finish that looks like a celestial cloud and with the colour shift from bright magenta to brilliant blue this ring is complex and eye catching.  BYS Black finishes this piece.

Piece 64 is a ring with a high domed round glass cabochon (22x22mm) set on a white enameled filigree adjustable ring. Orly’s Halley’s Comet was one of the first Orly nail polishes that I bought and it still beauty still flaws me. Halley’s Comet is a glass fleck polish (think glitter but irregular and fine) which shifts through bright cyan blue, vibrant cobalt blue and a green aqua. To maximize the aqua this ring is backed with OPI’s Fly, a simple crème.

Piece 63 is a pair of cufflinks with round faceted glass cabochons (14x14mm) and silver plated French style cuff links. These cufflinks are eye-catching with a shimmering holographic effect created by Color Club’s Blue Heaven and BYS Black and heightened by the facets in the glass. These will blow you away in the sun!

Piece 62 is a necklace with a tear shaped glass cabochon (18x25mm) and an 18-inch silver plated snake chain.  By now you will have recognized my love for colour blocking and in particular I love the idea of using colour blocked triangles which look like a slice has been taken out! The ‘slice’ in this piece is Sally Hansen’s Spectrum which is surrounded by China Glaze’s Starboard.

Piece 61 is a pair of stud earrings with round glass cabochons (8x8mm) and silver-plated studs. NYX Frizz Spots is a complex polish with charcoal grey holographic hex glitters and small holographic glitter, which together create an incredible shifting rainbow effect. To compliment the glitter BYS Black creates a simple but effective base.

Piece 60 is a necklace with a round glass cabochon (30x30mm) and an 18-inch silver plated snake chain.  Mode is an Australian nail polish brand which can be found in some chemists and pharmacies and costs just $2 which is great value in Australia (OPI are $21 RRP in Australia!). Mode Fashion Addict is a vibrant and saturated purple with a slight jelly finish (some nail bloggers refer to a crème jelly nail polish as a ‘crelly’ polish!). Fashion Addict has been sponged with a pastel purple polish created by myself using Mode Fashion Addict and a white nail polish.

Piece 59 is a necklace with a tear shaped glass cabochon (18x25mm) and an 18-inch silver plated snake chain.  This multilayered pendant has a stunning combination of 4 different nail polishes. First a layer of Color Club’s Covered in Diamonds which is a chunky mylar flakie polish, next Sinful Colors Pearl Harbour which is a clear polish with fine blue glitter which shifts from a bright cyan blue to a deep royal blue. To compliment the 2 glitter layers Sally Hansen’s Pixel Pretty is a beautiful nail polish with a slight colour shift which is enhanced by the final layer of BYS Black.

Piece 58 is a pair of stud earrings with oval glass cabochons (10x14mm) and silver-plated studs. A pretty combination of LA Girl’s Animate, a suspension of red glitter and my favourite BYS Black.

Piece 57 is a pair of stud earrings with oval glass cabochons (10x14mm) and silver-plated studs. Pastels have been a big trend that Milani’s Lavender glitter is simply stunning, especially when paired with NYX Muted Lavender – the perfect pastel purple combination!

Piece 56 is a pair of stud earrings with oval glass cabochons (10x14mm) and silver-plated studs. Mint green is definitely the ‘it’ colour of the moment and this gorgeous mint green glitter called Celestial by Jordana is perfect! To enhance the mint green colour these earrings are backed with L’Oreal’s Waters Edge which is a slightly dusty mint green crème polish.

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