December macro challenge: Vermillion vagabond Femme Fatale swatch

Introduction

Good day darlings. It's Monday again and I want to show my red/holo swatch for December macro challenge. I did these swatches during summer and never had a chance to share them. Vermillion vagabond is a gorgeous holographic red with holo microglitters and pink blue shimmer. Wow, so many different things in one polish, no wonders it looks so stunning. I tried to capture all aspects of this complex polish and hopefully you will enjoy my pictures.

Results

Figure 1. Vermilion vagabond Femme fatale swatch.

December macro challenge: Picture polish Honey moon swatch

Introduction

Good day darlings. It's time for second prompt of our December macro challenge -Green/Flakie. I chose to show delicate mint green with skattered holographic mini flakes. This polish has a nice formula and was opaque in 2 coats. I love how refereshing and peaceful it looks. Also, I experimented with 3 fingers macros, what do you think about it?

Results

Figure 1. Picture polish Honey moon swatch

December macro challenge: Picture polish Never nude swatch

Introduction

Good day darlings. Today we begin our December macro challenge and you will have entire week to post your macros of White/shimmer polish either in our FB group or on Instagram. Please do not forget to use tags #Decmacrochallenge and#macrochallenge, so that we can find each other. My entry for this prompt is combined with another challenge 30 Days of colour. I want to show wonderful off white Picture polish with shimmer and sparse glitters - Never nude. It does look like a sparkling snow in the bottle (take a look at my macros at the end), but unfortunately I was not able to catch the same shimmer on my nails. And even  though application was a bit tricky due to the thick consistency, I still love it a lot.

Results

Figure 1. Never nude swatch.

December macro challenge with prizes

Introduction

Good day darlings. Today is the first day of December and I want to invite all of you to join our December macro challenge. This time it will be different. We are switching to one prompt a week and since it's a holiday season there will be two small prizes involved. The rules are very relaxed (please read them below) and you can combine this challenge with any number of other challenges. Even if you just started to take macro pictures you are welcome to participate. It's really simple, just find our group on Facebook Macro nails and polish, join it and start posting your macro images. If you prefer Instagram use our tags #DecMacroChallenge, #MacroMonday and #MacroChallenge, so that we can find each other and everyone can appreciate your work.

Clairestelle8challenge: Femme fatale Moonlight statues swatch

Introduction

Good day darlings, today I have something amazingly beautiful for you - a swatch of purple glitter , because I'm combining two challenges #clairestelle8challenge and #macrochallenge. The polish which I chose is fantastic glitter from Femme fatale - Moonlight statues. It's described as a berry  jelly with strong blue shimmer, but since I applied it on top of the dark purple Cauldron of dreams by Emily de Molly, its color looks more intense compared to other swatches. I honestly think that these two polishes were made for each other, and I'm so much in love with this combo!!! You will see plenty of gorgeous pictures below and trust me, I had a super hard time trying to narrow them down. Moonlight statues is outstanding and very complex glitter, definitely a must have one. 

Results

Figure 1. Moonlight statues swatch. 

November Macro challenge: Femme Fatale Hearts desire swatch

Introduction

Good day darlings, new months has began and we restarted out macro challenge. You can find full list of prompts at the end of my post and feel free to join us on Facebook or Instagram, also use our tags #novmacrochallenge and #macrochallenge. We start with an easy prompt - Swatch it. And I swatched wonderful polish called Heart's desire created by Femme fatale cosmetics as a part of White witch collection. Heart's desire is a sort of coral crelly polish with green-gold flakies and tiny orange microglitters. It looks really pretty in the bottle, but I was not really sure if it goes good with my skin. However, after taking macros I immediately fell in love with it. Just look at the flakies and and sparkles, they are fantastic. I'm wearing two coats without top.  If you search this polish on internet you will notice that there is a huge difference in colors between different swatchers. In my opinion, Herat's desire is definitely a warm coral polish, not a cold pink and I tried to show it as close to real life as possible.

Results

Figure 1. Hearts desire swatch.

Emily de molly Throwing copper and stamping nail art with decals "Golden beach"

Introduction

Good day darlings, it has been a while since my last post. Yesterday, we came back from beautiful island Cyprus and my summer is now really over. Bye, bye wonderfully hot weather and Mediterranean sea, it's time for the last summer mani called "Golden beach". I created this nail art just before leaving Canada in August and never had time to share it. Background is Emily de Molly polish Throwing copper and gradient is done with golden sample glitter. I made individual star fish decals from image on BM 503 and applied them either on top of glitter gradient or on top of the stamped chevron (ring finger). This gold glitter makes perfect sand with extra sparkle. Summer is over, but since it's already late September, so I'm super ready to start enjoying colorful autumn.

Results

Figure 1. Nail art "Golgen beach".

Picture polish Revenge swatch for August macro challenge

Introduction

Good day darlings, I finally had some time for a quick post with swatch of beautiful duochrome Picture polish called Revenge. I made these swatch pictures before my very popular contrast stamping and decided that it would be perfect for duochrome prompt in our August macro challenge. This polish is very easy to apply and it gets completely opaque after two coats. It was a pleasure to wear Revenge and hopefully you will enjoy looking at swatches below. You can buy this polish at color4nails.

By the way my vacation is going great and I'm trying out new for me Russian brand called Nail look, pictures coming soon on my instagram account @phdnails.

Results

Figure 1. Revenge swatch.

July macro challnge: Picture polish escapade and stamping with Moon nails Salma "Playful kitty"

Introduction

Hello my dear readers, very short post today for #OMD3 cat prompt and July macro challenge brush shot. I did Ruffian nails with stamping using another polish from Moon nails supply called Salma. As you can see it stamps pretty good, but dependent on the image and stamper which you use might not be super opaque over very dark polish. I used soft creative shop stamper for kitty and firm Konad for bows, looks like result is much better with Konad. Please check out escapade brush macro at the end, it's not a standard shot, but i really love how it turned out.

Results

Figure 1. Nail art "Playful kitty"

Figure 2. One more images without bottle.

Figure 3. Escapade brush macro.

"Sugar lollipop" nails with Femme fatale Vermilion vagabond and Pueen 37 stamping

Introduction

This Lollipop design I created during my first nail art challenge in September 2014 and ever since I wanted to recreate it, because it was super fun to wear. Finally, when I realized that it would be a perfect entry for 4 different challenges, nothing could stop me from doing it. It fits 30 Days of Colour, because I used micro holo glitter polish Vermilion Vagabond as a base, it fits OMD3 challenge, because there is a silver flakie Steel panther and it's perfect for first Glam nails challenge - lollipop. Finally, with real sugar coating it becomes a great entry for our macro challenge. I love this look so much, that I would gladly wear it again and again. And what about you, do you like candy nails? Did you try real sugar coating?

Results

Figure 1. Nail art  "Sugar lollipop".

30 Days of Colour: Femme Fatale Gossamer dust and reverse stamping nail art with Monn nails Ellen "Tropical delight"

Introduction

And another month is almost over, summer days are going away too fast. For glitter/tropical prompt I did tropical nails using thermal polish Gossamer dust, so that it matches June macro challenge and instead of glitter I used flaky polish the Silence. Also I tried for the first time reverse stamping, instead of making decals. It's a bit tricky, but faster than decals. I picked up stamping image, colored flowers using gorgeous orange Ellen from Moon nail supply and stamped them on not completely dry and a bit sticky layer of flakies. I had to redo couple nails, because my timing was not good, but this technique is definitely worth learning. Thank you Sumeet for telling me about it!!!  Needless to say I'm in love with result, just look at macros, shimmer, yellow to orange thermal change, flakies and stamping, this mani has it all. 

Results

Figure 1. Nail art "Tropical delight".

June macro challenge: neon pink and green matte gradient with floral Mundo de Unas stamping "Pink & green harmony"

Introduction

It's a matte day in June macro challenge and I decided to share this matte neon gradient, which was a base for "Dragon fruit" nails. I did not know which color to use as a base for gradient and went with white Julep Nicolette, not a perfect choice as it shows through on some pictures. My favorite part about this mani is how stamping polish matches gradient colors and gorgeous matte shimmer.

Results

Figure 1. Nail art "Pink & green harmony"

June Macro challenge: Blobbicure nail ar with glitters Esmaltes da Kelly Merida and Ursula "Green and orange glitter blobbicure"

Introduction

No stamping today, instead I want to show my first successful blobbicure. Not sure why it did not work before, but with this polish combo it was pretty easy. For blobbicured nails I first applied one coat of polish and let it dry. After that I applied second coat and while it was still wet added blobs of contrast polish. This nail art was inspired by two glitters from Esmaltes da Kelly. I really loved how bright and sparkly they are and wanted to combine them together, because bright orange and green look super nice together. And it a was a rare case when I took macros of every nail, even pinky, so it was perfect for current Macro challenge prompt.

Results

Figure 1. Nail art "Green and orange glitter blobbicure"

June macro challenge: Emily de Molly Ariel's realm swatch

Introduction

It's a flakies day in our June macro challenge and I decided to share my swatch of Emily de Molly polish Ariel's realm. Previously I published neuron inspired nail art with this polish as a background. It has dark teal/green base and is loaded with numerous color shifting mini flakes and silver micro holo glitter. Another gorgeous creation from Hayley. I applied 2 coats, as it was a background for nail art and show it without top coat. There was no issues with application or staining and this polish looked amazing on my long nails.

Results 

Figure 1. Ariel's realm swatch.

June macro challenge: Enchanted polish Kids swatch.

Introduction

New month - new challenge - June macro challenge!!! Enchanted polish Kids is one of my favorite enchanteds and I swatched in April before doing Mermaid nails. Since our macro challenges starts with Holo, I decided that it will be a perfect beginning for  summer. it's holo and duochrome, maybe even multichrome, so below you will see many pictures where I try to capture different looks of this wonderful polish. take a look at last picture with polish brush, it's a gorgeous macro showing holo sparkle very well.

Results

Figure 1. Enchanted polish Kids swatch.

June Macro challenge !!!

Introduction

Extra special post today about Facebook group which me and wonderful Sumeet from Tales of coffee lacquer and beauty started together some time ago. This is not just another nail related group, because it's dedicated to our mutual passion, which fueled our friendship - macro photography. The group is called Macro nails and polish and we created it so that any macro lover can browse and share beautiful macros of nails, nail polish and nail art supplies. We have a wonderful group of ladies there, who can answer different question about macro photography. Also starting from June there will be a macro challenge and you are more than welcome to join it. Use tags #macronails #junemacrochallenge‬ and spread the word !!! We all are looking forward to new members, as our desire for new macros is not so easy to satisfy ;)