Style and Graphite: OPI

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Saturday, September 14, 2013

Makeup: I'a Cthulhu!

I'm on a Lovecraft bend at the moment!

Bubbling nails
OPI's Tomorrow Never Dies, black bubble decals

Ombre nails
OPI's Yodel me on my Cell (and odd name for such a lovely mermaid teal), Pirouette my Whistle (silver glitter), and Wet n' Wild's Mystic Blue (shimmery navy)

Monday, January 21, 2013

I'm sorry I haven't posted: between school, work, and my brother and my schedules hardly crossing paths I haven't been able to take any photos! However I'm back with a quick blow-by-blow of today's manicure. It is complicated, certainly.

I started with a basecaot and two coats of Crabtree & Evelyn's Snowdrop nail polish. I am so impressed with the formula: before I bought I tested it over black polish to see how opaque it was. It covered completely! Also, it has a soft cast to it as opposed to a gray cast some whites have (OPI, I'm looking at you) which is very flattering.

Then, with my Sally Hansen Nail Art pen in Silver, I made vertical lines on all nails but my ring fingers.

Dipping a very fine-tipped brush in OPI's Bastille My Heart, I drew lines on my ring fingers (I messed this hand up a little), a heart on each index and a diamond on each pinkie.

Using the same brush and OPI's Black Cherry Chutney, I drew clubs on my thumbs and spades on my middle fingers. I thought briefly of spades on my ring fingers and birds/birdcages on my middle fingers but I do have a job and a sense of decency. :-P

Everything was finished with a OPI top coat.

For my first shot at this- although last week I played with background designs- I'm quite proud!

Friday, July 20, 2012

Style- Fruit of the Spooky Tree

From http://forestertreeservice.com/plum-tree/

I love plums. Biting into their sugar-sweet flesh to be followed by the sharp sour tang of the skin is one of my favorite things about summer. At their peak ripeness they are deep purple-black, maybe frosted soft silver. So I was delighted when plums arrived in the local grocery store's produce section. I had to make a special, simple dessert: fresh plums and strawberries with homemade whipped cream!

Then, inspired by the fruit's deep hue, I coordinated my nails, makeup, and outfit.

Elf black eyeliner and Revlon Va-Va-Violet on lips. OPI's Black Cherry Chutney polish.
Altered Claire's stabbed-heart earrings, self-made bead choker (inspired by Tim Burton in general, Nightmare Before Christmas and Vincent specifically!)

Thrifted Judy Knapp lace vest, Faded Glory printed tank top, Lee Riders shorts, Merona flats.

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Style- Behold, Red & Black Week, and my first foray thereinto!

After weeks of not-very-gothy dressing for work- I don't want to shake up my managers too much- it's great to go all out!

The shirt is far less pink than the photos show... but that's what happens with unpredictable natural lighting!

Merona shirt and jeans; thrifted vest; thifted Nine West stilettos; Claire's choker (altered), leather and metal rose cuff, and spiderweb fingerless gloves; self-made magnetic bracelet.

I did my nails specially for the R&B Week- it's a red (OPI's Malaga Wine) and deepest plum (OPI's Black Cherry Chutney) French manicure. My lipstick, which isn't very obvious, is two tone: plum on top (Revlon's Va Va Violet) and burgundy on bottom (L'Oreal Infallible in Bold Bordeaux).