Ida Pie: February 2012

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

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ELF Manicures - Abstract

I sponged on ELF - Passion Pink to two thirds of my nail

making it fade. Then I used a Nail Art Brush and a Dotting

Tool for the stripes and dotts with ELF - White and Black.

ELF - Passion Pink, White and Black.

The inspiration to this last ELF Manicure I got from Katie.
I had no idea what to do. Last polish, last manicure. And
Katie posted a link on Facebook to a YouTube Video. She
has a Color Theme going on. And in this one video she was
doing stripes and dotts. So I did stripes and dotts. Not that
mine looks like hers but the idea what to do I got from her.

ELF - Passion Pink, White and Black.

This is the last of my ELF Manicures as I have used
all of my ELF Nail Polishes. Have you found a favorite?

ELF - Passion Pink, White and Black.

ELF Manicures:

Dotts

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Tuesday, February 28, 2012

ELF Manicures - Dotts

ELF - Nude, Burgundy, Copper, Moonlight and Dark Red

I started with ELF Nude as the base color. Added ELF - Burgundy

to the tips and an accent nail. Did dotts with ELF - Copper, Moonlight

and Dark Red using Dotting Tools in different sizes. Applied Top Coat.

ELF - Nude, Burgundy, Copper, Moonlight and Dark Red

ELF Manicures:

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Monday, February 27, 2012

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ELF Manicures - Striping Tape

I used ELF - Fluorescent Pink as the base color and applied

ELF - Mint Cream as color blocks here and there. Over that I

applied a layer of Spectraflair Top Coat. And I taped it all off with

Striping Tape in Silver. Top Coat to get the tape to stay in place.

ELF - Fluorescent Pink and Mint Cream (Striping Tape)

ELF - Fluorescent Pink and Mint Cream (Striping Tape)

ELF Manicures:

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Sunday, February 26, 2012

ELF Manicures - Watercolor

I started with ELF - White as the base color. Then I used

ELF - Punk Purple, Fire Coral and Teal for the shapes,

I did them using a technique called watercolor manicure.

I'm not going to do a tutorial on that, because it has been

done already. So I'll just link the one I looked at - HERE!

There is also a YouTube Video Tutorial on there to look at.

ELF - White, Punk Purple, Fire Coral and Teal

This is my 3rd atempt. My first misstake was to do too small

shapes. My second misstake was to use too much nail polish.

And the brush I was using might not have been the best brush

for the job, but it was all I had - a brush for actual watercolors.

ELF - White, Punk Purple, Fire Coral and Teal

ELF Manicures:

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Saturday, February 25, 2012

ELF Manicures - Freehand

ELF - Blush, Champagne, Mod Mauve, Medium Red, Glitter Glam & Black

I used ELF - Blush as the base color. Sponged on

ELF - Medium Red, Mod Mauve, Champagne and Blush

and touched up with ELF - Mod Mauve and Medium Red on the

tip again. I applied ELF - Glitter Glam mostly to the tip of the nail.

After that I applied Top Coat so that the nail would be smooth.

And then with a thin nail art brush I applied the branches with

ELF - Black. I did the dotts with ELF - Medium Red using

a dotting tool. Topped it with a layer of Top Coat.

ELF - Blush, Champagne, Mod Mauve, Medium Red, Glitter Glam & Black

ELF Manicures:

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Friday, February 24, 2012

ELF Manicures - Waterdecal

I used ELF - Innocent as the base color and then applied

ELF - Smoky Brown with a thin nail art brush. I did a coat

of clear polish before I started applying the Waterdecals from

Viva La Nails. And lastly Top Coat to seal in the manicure.

ELF - Innocent and Smoky Brown (Waterdecals)

ELF Manicures:

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Thursday, February 23, 2012

ELF Manicures - Gradient

ELF - Pearl Pink, Berry Pink, Sunset, Rosy Raisin, Party Purple & Matte Finisher

ELF - Pearl Pink, Berry Pink, Sunset, Rosy Raisin & Party Purple.

For this manicure I started out with ELF - Pearl Pink as the base color.

Then from the darkest color I started sponging with ELF - Party Purple

and continued with ELF - Rosy Raisin, Sunset, Berry Pink and I also

sponged with ELF - Pearl Pink. Then I went back on with ELF - Rosy

Raisin and to get the tips really dark I went over them with ELF - Party

Purple using the polish brush. Topped it all of with ELF - Matte Finisher.

For a smoother result you can apply Seche Vite before the Matte Top Coat.

ELF - Pearl Pink, Berry Pink, Sunset, Rosy Raisin, Party Purple & Matte Finisher

ELF - Pearl Pink, Berry Pink, Sunset, Rosy Raisin & Party Purple.

I applied Seche Vite on ring finger and thumb so

you can see how it looks glossy. I prefer it matte.

Watch the YouTube Tutorial

ELF Manicures:

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Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Spectraflair & Silver Holographic Flake

Spectraflair Top Coat

Swatches are 3 coats over black. How opaque it is rather depends

on how much Spectraflair you put in your clear polish. I think it is better

to have a it thin so that you do not mute out the color you apply it over.

Silver Holographic Flake Top Coat & Spectraflair Top Coat

The other swatch is Silver Holographic Flake. I bought

25 grams of Painting Pearls from Custom Painting Pearls,

on ebay. Now this is something you use for painting cars.

But they also sell it as Cosmetic Nail Polish Powder.

You can also take a look at their web site - HERE.

Silver Holographic Flake & Spectraflair

I would say this is a holographic glitter. I'm thinking it is similar

to: Out the Door Northers Lights - Silver Hologram Top Coat,

China Glaze - Fairy Dust and Cover Girl - City Lights 430 (or the

discontinued Cover Girl - Quicksilver 130). But I can't be sure

as I don't own any of them so I can't make a comparison.

3 coats over black.

Silver Holographic Flake

UPDATE:
I was asked a good question so I thought I would post
it here if anyone else was wondering the same thing.

CaCaFeb 23, 2012 09:35 AM

I want to ask if the Silver Holographic Flake dries to a smooth or gritty finish when you mix it with a clear polish??

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Ida PieFeb 23, 2012 09:45 AM

The Spectraflair is so fine so that one dries completletely smooth. But the Silver Holographic Flake is a bit gritty. Not like most glitters but a little bit. But I would apply a top coat on it.