Essie Luxe Effects

Hello 2012! Yes... it's been almost a year since I lasted posted. Set in stone is on my fingers. Nothing too special about these glitters,except they look more grown up to me. With different shaped/size glitter. I'm still here...loving all things nail polish and cosmetics....ha,ha,ha...yes my little finger is crooked on my left hand. It was slammed in a car door by accident when I was just a year old. The doctors, for whatever reason, decided to not put a splint on it,probably because of how small a one year old finger is......in the end, it was broken ,and mended crooked. Anyway........
I hope to post more this year. Forgive me if I don't. I do have a lot of things I want to talk about in the nail polish and make up world. I love color,and makeup and nail polish is just one way for me to express myself. Until next time...take care and stay safe.....Velvet.

Hmmm.....glittery nails at the tips?

Two coats of Yoga-ta Get This Blue,with a swipe of Paris Couture For Sure,and little bit of Absolutely Alice on top.
Hey how's it going? I was feeling kinda spontaneous last night....and thought I would just free hand some glittery swipes on the nail tips. I know. Nothing real special here. I don't usually get into the whole nail art thing. But it never hurts to try something new every now and then. Right? Thanks for dropping by.....

Revlon Fuchsia ,Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day! Take care everyone. Hope your day is sweet!

Wuthering Heights

I've had this small pink edition since I was sixteen. I remember being in a Walden book store in the mall when I bought it to read. I had a girlfriend that year in school who was in art class with me. She had read the book. Being a romantic like myself,she told me that it was,"so tragic that it was beautiful".....fast forward twenty two years later and that sounds ridiculously funny .....right?! Ah.... what did a couple of sixteen year old girls know about love? I do remember that I did enjoy reading the book.
While out looking for a cabinet at the thrift store a few weeks ago. I came across this mint condition Wuthering Heights published by Random House in 1943,with beautiful engravings by Fritz Eichenburg.
Here's a sampling of the engravings that are sprinkled through out the book. Isn't that romantic! In case your wondering I paid just $5 for this lovely hard back edition of Wuthering Heights. What a treasure to find without even trying. Are there any books that you consider a favorite?

Opi Teenage Dream

Here's a little bit of pink, sparkle, bling! My three favorite things together. Lovely cheery combination. Hope your Monday was interesting,and not manic!

Vintage Vanity Items/ Update for Bring on the Bling

Hi,how are ya? I thought I would share some of the items I use daily.
I bought this vintage 1950's vanity mirror from a thrift store in town for about $15. Ya, I could have bought a brand new one for the same price. But it would not of had this beautiful base of stems,and flowers.
This is a metal,and glass loose powder holder from the 1950's too. I found this at the same thrift shop,different day,for around $8. At first I wasn't sure how I would use it. But then it came to me. Elastic bands a.k.a. pony tail holders.
Last but not least. Here's a cute mirror vanity tray also from the 50's. It's not very big,but oh so cute!
See the cute flower on the edge? You just can't find this kind of stuff anymore. Maybe if you special order from catalogs,or find an on-line store. But not at any of your major box stores around town. On another note. I would like to talk to you about Bring on the Bling. This blog started out with only modeling nail polish. Recently I've had the urge to add other aesthetic items of beauty. Like the vintage items exhibited today. Or the cosmetics I've modeled in the past. I will continue to model pretty nail polish. Just not everyday. This is the main reason why I haven't been blogging a whole lot. I'm kind of tired of just talking about nail polish. So from here on out you will see things that are beautiful to the eye of this beholder. I completely understand if this is not what your looking for,and my feelings will not be hurt if your not interested in following. No. I'm not trying to provoke you into not following......I'm just saying....that I totally understand that some of you follow strictly to see what certain colors,brands of nail polish look like,and the wearing/staying power of them. So with that being said... Enjoy the beauty that is around you.

FOTD and Art Ramble

Hello. So you're probably tired of me modeling my face,and thinking what a vain woman! But that's really not the case. When taking photos of the cosmetics that I had used today. I began to see the potential of a still life colored drawing,or pastel painting. There is one particular photo of the cosmetics,where you can see the reflection of the lip stick,and lip gloss in the mirror of the Estee Lauder palette that I thought looked interesting. I think I'm going to hold myself to drawing that still life. (Sigh) I'm what you call a lazy artist. I know how to draw,but I hate to practice. I'm sure that won't make any sense to some of you. I suppose I prefer using mediums that give three dimensional results. For example,crazy quilting,or sculpting with clay. I really like using clay,although I haven't explored that medium in years! I guess having a husband, three kids,and a house hold to run. Makes creating the time an effort mind you, not impossible,but an effort none the less. And there's where I'm lazy.
This is the natural lighting that I'm working with today. Misty, gray,and white! Which can be good to work with,if you can get the right angle to take photographs. But not easy,unless you practice...there's that dang practice rearing its ugly head again!
Okay. Ya, this photo makes me look like I have a big honker......but it was hard to get a photo that didn't look washed out. Even in this picture you can't really see it. You can enlarge it if you're really curious.
I used Estee Lauder's cream shadow in Ivory Cream all over my lids. Then I applied the green teal on my lids from the Starchild Odyssey palette. The navy shade from the Blue Dahlia Estee Lauder palette in the outer corners of the eyes blended out. Flirt eyeshadow in Sugar Daddy on the brow bone. Estee Lauder eye line in Midnight Blue. Cover girl mascara Falsies. Flirt cosmetics blush in Apple Dapple. Revlon lipstick in Blush,with Elf Minty lip gloss on top. Sheesh! I hope you didn't have anything pressing to do....when reading that massive list of cosmetics. That I just used on my face. I suppose if I can make time for all of that. Then surely I can make time to draw,or mess around with some clay....right?! By the way, amazingly I didn't use a foundation,or powder of any kind. Oh,and I forgot to mention that I did use a concealer under my eyes. Now this was the first time that I used the ivory cream shadow as a base,then apply colored eyeshadow on top. Which produced a soft colored effect on the eyes. I'm not sure if I would do this again. But if you're leery of bold eyeshadow colors. Then you might try something like this. I would think any kind of ivory,iridescent cream shadow that doesn't crease would work. I don't know. You'll just have to play around and see what works. Well! Have a good day,or evening.....see you next time.