BaronessX: Snow Leopard

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Snow Leopard is a fluid art/spotted style of nail polish. The polish was released on Jan 24 and is live in the shop.

Snow Leopard
Bright white fluid art nail polish packed with a twinkling shimmer. This polish creates the spotted effect as seen in fluid art nail polish designs.
I went for a beachy vibe with this nail art by using two neutral creams and a vibrant blue cream. I love how it turned out!





Super easy to use, I dropped a few cream colors on a mat, then dropped a couple of drops of Snow Leopard, then I folded the mat to smoosh the polish twice and let dry. After it dried, I applied like a decal. This is the second time I've done fluid art and I'm pleased with how easy it was to get these results from the BraonessX polish.

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Polish Pickup: Written In The Stars

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The theme this month for Polish Pickup is Written In The Stars! Launch is Jan 3 at 10am Central through Jan 6, 11pm Central. A heap of fantastic brands have offerings this month, and I have some of them to share with you!




BaronessX X Marks The Spot
Rich black fluid art nail polish with large particle holographic pigment. This polish creates the spotted effect as seen in fluid nail art.
Cap 75

Super easy to use, I dropped a few cream colors on a mat, then dropped a couple of drops of X Marks The Spot, then I folded the mat to smoosh the polish twice and let dry. After it dried, I applied like a decal. This is the third time I've done fluid art and I'm pleased how easy it was to get these results from the BraonessX polish.






Blush Star-Crossed Lovers
Inspiration: Romeo + Juliet movie cover (1996)
A burnt orange nail polish with a shifting pink-orange-gold shimmer, holographic flakes and gold flakes.
No cap






Great Lakes Lacquer The Scorpion, The Serpent, The Phoenix
Inspired by the astrological sign of Scorpio
A purple based multichrome with shifts of blush, silver, lime, aqua, and fuchsia.
No cap







KBShimmer I Need Space
Inspired by stunning photos of our galaxy from earth.
The polish starts as a silver slate. When you apply a magnet, a bright silver line accents a blackened-navy background. Micro and small holo glitters sparkle like the night sky with tiny, shifty blue flakes.
No cap

I used a bar magnet for the diagonal line.






KBShimmer Astronaut Ice Cream
Inspired by a bar of freeze-dried Neapolitan ice cream
The sugar scrub features three layers, each with its own scent: classic strawberry, vanilla and chocolate. Use each layer individually, or stir them to form a juicy, chocolate-covered berry scent.
Cap TBD






Lollipop Posse Scorpio Season
A purple-based multichrome that shifts between royal purple, deep magenta, and a burnished gold, accented with pink color-shifting iridescent flakes.
No cap

Purple is my favorite color and I always have trouble deciding which shade of purple I love most. With this polish, I get both! Loving how it shifts from a blue leaning purple to red raspberry leaning violet.







Turtle Tootsie Across The Universe
A medium blue linear holo polish, with a red sparkle, gold flakies and pink/purple ucc flakies.
Cap 200

This royal shade of blue sparkles and shines bright like twinkling stars!





Such stellar, out of this world polishes! These brands have outdone themselves, yet again.
Each polish is shown in two coats with glossy topcoat. Formula for each was good, as I typically find with indie polishes.
What are you picking up this month?

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My First Fluid Nail Art!

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Guys!!! I am so excited to show you my very first fluid nail art!




I'm wearing this in a full mani, and below is my other hand (a rare site!). I didn't plan out the dominant colors for each hand, it just happened this way!




I used three of the KBShimmer Seas The Day pastel neon creams: Pink or Swim, Lime All Right, Harbor A Crush, and Eclipse (black cream).

They're so pretty, I had to!




Those tiny cells tho!
The cells are made by using a DIY spotted polish (shoutout to OPI for the original!).
I added silicone based hair serum (1/4 polish bottle) to clear polish (3/4 polish bottle) and shook it up well. I chose clear so that I could use it with alllllllllllll the polishes! I found the best method to get cells was to dot my mat with creams, add two dots of the clear silicone polish on top and then fold the mat once or twice. After they dried, I applied them like decals.

I learned the polish mixing method from Jenny Jones's facebook comment and the technique of folding the mat from Kyong.

To apply the decals, I sponged on some base coat so that it's kind of sticky, then smoothed the decal on over it. I use a tool like a cuticle pusher to cut the decal around the edge of the nail. It takes some patience and care, but it works. You can also melt away the edges with a brush dipped in pure acetone. The acetone can be fairly messy, just wipe the brush once over the edge, clean the brush on paper towel, redip in acetone and repeat. If you keep a clean brush it'll be less messy on the skin. After that's all done, I topcoated it to seal everything in.

I have found that my silicone polish needs to be shaken well right before use because it tends to separate. Results will vary depending on what you decide to use, I ended up using an old bottle of Wet n Wild Clear Nail Protector with Garnier Fructis Sleek & Shine hair serum. I've heard of fluid art artists using tread mill/bike oil, OGX Coconut Milk hair serum, and a few others. Just make sure it has Dimethiconol in it.



What nail art are you planning with your Summer Neons?!
Comment below and tell me your ideas!
And please come back and drop a link or email a photo to me, I'd love to see.

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