Dupe or No Dupe, That is the Question!

Hey Everyone!

I hope you are all having a great Saturday!

I received a request to compare the Julep Sienna that came in my August Maven box with Orly Luxe and I am all too happy to oblige.

 Does look pretty close.

In the pics below, I put two coats of each and topped with a coat of Seche Vite!

 Mother nature wasn't cooperating with providing sun but you can see that Orly Luxe does seem to be a brighter true gold.

I have to say that I prefer the Orly Luxe since the Orly is cheaper and larger.

I had gotten this Orly at Sally's for I believe $8 and Julep sells for $14, $12 if a Maven.

I couldn't waste an opportunity to do some stamping!

 I used China Glaze Frostbite to stamp this water marble effect stamp from BM320.

I first tried the chrome blue that came in the August Julep Maven Box, Melanie, but it was just too light to show up.

 I think it is a really pretty combination.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend and thank you for visiting!
Cher

Happy Memorial Day!

Happy Memorial Day!

I hope you all are enjoying the holiday and thank you to all the men and women who have given their lives to give us the freedom we enjoy!

I wanted something patriotic but also that represented the military.

I did a alternating red, white and blue water marble and camo look.

 

Red: China Glaze Poinsetta

White: Sally Hansen White On

Blue: China Glaze Frostbite

 My fave finger that came out!

 

Light green: China Glaze Starboard

Darker Green: OPI Jade is the new Black

Brown: OPI You Don't Know Jacques

Black: Wet and Wild Black Creme

 

I decided to make it matte cause thought it looked more military appropriate 

instead of being all shiny.

  Top Coat: Seche Vite

Base Coat: Nail Life Gripper

Matte top coat for Camo: Essie Matte About You

 Left Hand

 Right Hand

Have a great rest of your holiday and thank you for visiting!

Cher

Gradient and Water Marbling

Hope you are all having a fabulous weekend.

My birthday was on the 12th and my awesome sister Becca and her boyfriend Nick 

gave me these two polishes.

Shockingly I did not have these two. What were the odds!

The blue is China Glaze Frostbite and the Purple is China Glaze Grape Juice

I started by using Nail Life Nail Gripper as my base coat.

I then painted two coats of Grape Juice since it was the lightest as a base color.

Next I  used a makeup sponge to create a gradient of the purple to blue. 

 

Here's what i looked like after sponging. I didn't clean up since I knew

 I was going to be water marbling.

 Here it is all cleaned up and with the water marbling done.

I used Wet and Wild Black Creme and China Glaze White Cap for the marbling.

I sealed it all in with a coat of Seche Vite Topcoat!

I hope you all enjoy as much as I do!

Thank you Becca & Nick!

Thank you for visiting and have a fantastic rest of your weekend,

Cher