Taking a little sanity break

I just couldn't find the oomph inside to do anything for the blog this week.  I will be back next week!

Nayll Custom Polish: Rose Marshall

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My final custom polish from Nayll is the only one NOT inspired by my dog.  Rose Marshall is the hero of Sparrow Hill Road by Seanan McGuire, a book I love by an author I love.

Here's the book description:

Rose Marshall died in 1952 in Buckley Township, Michigan, run off the road by a man named Bobby Cross—a man who had sold his soul to live forever, and intended to use her death to pay the price of his immortality. Trouble was, he didn’t ask Rose what she thought of the idea.
It’s been more than sixty years since that night, and she’s still sixteen, and she’s still running.
They have names for her all over the country: the Girl in the Diner. The Phantom Prom Date. The Girl in the Green Silk Gown. Mostly she just goes by “Rose,” a hitchhiking ghost girl with her thumb out and her eyes fixed on the horizon, trying to outrace a man who never sleeps, never stops, and never gives up on the idea of claiming what’s his. She’s the angel of the overpass, she’s the darling of the truck stops, and she’s going to figure out a way to win her freedom. After all, it’s not like it can kill her.
You can’t kill what’s already dead.

On the night she died, Rose was dressed for prom in an emerald-green gown, with blond streaks in her hair from a summer of lemon juice and sun.  I chose Nayll's Tulip Green Jelly, and added gold holo hexes, matte green dots, shiny emerald dots and matte green flakies.  It looks as if it's bumpy, but with one coat of Seche Vite, the polish was smooth to the touch.  I used two coats of Rose Marshall, and I really love how it turned out!

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The cost of polishes varies depending on what you add to them.  Mine averaged $9.40 each and shipping was $3.50.  I can't say enough good things about Nayll, especially their super-helpful FAQ and How-To sections.  Sara, the owner of Nayll has very generously offered my readers 20% off and with code BAUBLES and it's good until June 30th at midnight.

Nayll Custom Polish: Smoky's Collar

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This is the polish I'm not proud of.  In fact, the more I look at these pictures, the more I want to hide them behind the jump.

My puppygirl's collar is purple and pink and white, so I added purple, pink and white circle glitters to Nayll's Lilac Purple Jelly.  I think I just used too many glitters, I've decided I don't like the way white glitter looks in a dark base and my application wasn't good, so the polish looks weird.

 If you're brave enough, take a peek...

Nayll Custom Polish: Puppy Breath

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My next custom polish from Nayll is kind of a bitter joke on my dog.  Friends have told me that their dogs have pleasant puppy breath, especially when they're waking their owners in the morning.  My dog eats mulch and the dirt from houseplants and will catch and kill mice and once even a rat, so not even the best breath-freshening chewies are much help.  So if my girl's breath smelled like the good things she eats, there'd be green for mint, white for yogurt, orange for carrots and gold for corn.  And of course, it would all be kibble-shaped, i.e. round, in a pale, milky peach jelly base!

All swatches are two coats of Puppy Breath, no top coat.

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The cost of polishes varies depending on what you add to them.  Mine averaged $9.40 each and shipping was $3.50.  I can't say enough good things about Nayll, especially their super-helpful FAQ and How-To sections.  Sara, the owner of Nayll has very generously offered my readers 20% off and with code BAUBLES and it's good until June 30th at midnight.

Nayll Custom Polish: Mousie Hearts

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If you've ever had the dream of a perfect polish in your head but didn't feel like getting seriously into frankening, Nayll is the solution!  I designed four polishes, Nayll made them, and in one week, I had them in my hands!  Three of the four were inspired by my dog and one was inspired by a fantastic novel I just read.

There are lots of dog stories on my other blog, Curmudgeonette, but the short version of the one that inspired the polish is that one year on Valentine's Day, my dog left me a dead mouse.  The vet asked if I opened it up to see the little red heart, and I said no.  So Mousie Hearts is purple, white and pink hearts in Nayll's "Plum Jelly" base, which I would characterize as a berry jelly.

The jelly base is gorgeous--smooth, shiny, not too thin or too thick, applied like a dream.  I had to do just a bit of fishing for hearts, but I suspect if I had been willing to wait while the polish sat upside down overnight, it wouldn't have been needed.

First I used one coat over Sally Hansen Titanium Flash:

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Then I used two coats of Mousie Hearts on its own.

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The cost of polishes varies depending on what you add to them.  Mine averaged $9.40 each and shipping was $3.50.  I can't say enough good things about Nayll, and I've started saving up for the rest of my polish ideas!  Sara, the owner of Nayll has very generously offered my readers 20% off and with code BAUBLES and it's good until June 30th at midnight.

Cult Nails Spring Radiance collection

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Before we get to the pictures, Cult Nails is on Hautelook right now!  Signing up is free, and if you use my affiliate link here, it won't cost you anything but will get me a credit if you buy something.

Spring Radiance is is a limited edition set consisting of a mauve with hidden shimmer, a berry crème and a mint textured polish.

My pics after the jump!

Sneak Peek: 06/02/14-06/06/14

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