Jior Couture Collab Collection #AsYourIndieMakerICommandYou (part 2)

Today I bring you the second part (second lacquer) of the limited collab collection by +Jior Couture  #AsYourIndieMakerICommandYou.

More info about this collection can be found at part 1.

Available in store on September 27th.

Up is Best Believe It's Gonna Be Flamin'

True Blood quote:

Lafayette: "Save room for dessert. I ain't gonna tell ya'll what it is, but best believe it's gonna be flamin'."

Best Believe It's Gonna Be Flamin' has a dark plum jelly base filled with different sizes and shapes gold holo glitter.

Coats suggested: 3

Pictures show 3 coats + topcoat

Swatches

Picture taken outside with natural light. No flash.

Picture taken in light box with flash.

It was so hard to catch the real beauty of this lacquer on camera. 

The holo glitters are much more visible in real life when light hits them.

And again, the 3D effect of lacquers like these is just amazing! It's like looking at a gorgeous starry night.

Nail art

For the nail art I was inspired by flambe desserts.

I started with applying a black base on the accent nail (China Glaze Liquid Leather).

Then I applied a large blob of UV topcoat on my tip and used a striper brush to drag the topcoat up to 2/3 of the nail (simular to the needle dragging method). 

Of course trying to make some flames like movements.

The base being still wet.

Then I applied another blob of black polish on the tip and did the same thing.

Only the black I dragged less up to the nail to 1/3.

Now, this nail art looked nothing spectacular in real life but next to the UV bulb...

Day 312) Nail art The Hunger Games

This week's challenge is "The Hunger Games".
First I wanted to skip this one...it's been so long since I've seen the movie.
But after looking at some images and refreshing my memory for a bit I decided to give it go and it actually turned out pretty good I think :D

Day 227) Nail art flames

Do you know those pimped cars which have flames on the side (stickers or spray paint).
I tried to translate this to today's nail art.
After making the 'single nail' nail art I thought it would be fun to paint the other nails in such colors that it turned out to be a kind of gradiënt thing.

Colors used (from left to right)
1) Catrice Limited Edition Glamazona - C02 I Got The Flower! +
    Max Factor Max Effect  Mini Nail Polish - Fantasy fire
2) Catrice Limited Edition Glamazona - C02 I Got The Flower!
3) Catrice Limited Edition Glamazona - C02 I Got The Flower! +
    Catrice Ultimate Nail lacquer - 850 Aretha's R·E·S·P·I·N·K
4) Catrice Ultimate Nail lacquer - 850 Aretha's R·E·S·P·I·N·K

Day 134) HOT nails

The title of my blog post suggest that I have a very nice nail art for you...and I have!
At least, so I think ;-D
Not only is the look very 'hot'.
The word 'hot' is also a reference to the design of today's nail art; which is 'flames'.

After the basecoat I painted my nails black and applied a topcoat:

For today's nail art I used 16 different colors of nail polish (including the black nail polish from above).
This is a lot and I understand that if you aren't such a huge nail polish and nail art addict as I am, you might not even own 16 different colors or more.
In that case I recommend you keep it at one colour group which means you only need 4 colors (including the black). For example if you choose the colour group pink, you'll need a lightpink, a regular pink and a darker pink or possibly white, pink and red). Whatever you like!

The nail art itself can be made in 3 simple steps:

1. Start with the lightest colour and make long flames. Starting from the tip and ending almost at the cuticle
2. Then use the middle colour to make flames, starting from the tip and ending at 2/3 of the nail
3. Last you use de darkest colour to make flames, starting from the tip and ending at 1/3 of the nail

For the flames it's best to use a striper brush. This brush almost makes flames on it's own. Because in the beginning the brush releases more nail polish than at the end (which will be the end of your flames). Not sure about it...just try a few times on paper to get used to the technique.

To illustrate the steps I have some pictures for you:
1)

First make some wavy stripes one way (picture 1), then let these stripes be crossed by wavy stripes the other way (picture 2). Start with the lightest colour, beginning from the tip and ending almost at the cuticle.

2)

Make the same wavy stripes as above with the middle colour. Beginning from the tip and ending at 2/3 of the nail.

3)

Do the same with the darkest colour, beginning from tip but ending at 1/3 of the nail.
Apply a topcoat and done!

 To make this nail art really 'hot' I used a different colour group on each nail:
- Thumb: greens
- Index finger: blues
- Middle finger: purples
- Ring finger: pinks
- Pinky: oranges

And this is the outcome of today's nail art:

HOT or NOT?
Let me know!