Sister/Cousin Nail Art Ventures

I'm hoping my internet holds out long enough for me to churn out this quick post.  Once in a while a page spontaneously manages to load, but it's normally just a tease and cuts right out.  My boyfriend left at 4:30 this morning :(.  I wish he could stay up in NH longer, but one of us has to be responsible and go to work.  I've been laying around in the sun all day and feel totally baked.  It's terrible but I love it.  Anyways, I wanted to show you the manis I gave my 18 year old sister, cousin and my 13 year old sister.  The first mani came about by accident when I was just playing around before dinner.  She decided she wanted me to give it to her as a full mani the next day, and the rest followed her lead!

Nfu Oh 65 + Orly Instant Artist Stripes + Seche Vite, sunlight-ish

RGB Slate/Butter London Wallis with divider stripes + Seche Vite, sunlight

Nubar Reclaim + Orly Instant Artist + Seche Vite, flash

I need to figure out a better way to get posts out to the blogosphere from here.  This is torture!

~Shbecky

Nfu Oh #66

Hey everyone!  I hope the weather where you all are is as incredible as the weather here is.  No clouds, no rain and best of all no humidity!  The Congressional offices closed at noon today so I ran to grab a quick pedi to prepare for my trip to Hilton Head with the boyfriend's family.  I'll spare you the pictures of my feet, but they are red, white and blue striped for July 4th (duh).  I'm not sure what my internet access will be down there, so I'm yet to decide how to handle posting.  I'll do my best, I promise!  Tonight I have a polish that is a perfect match to the weather.  Fabulous Street seems to have returned all of the holos except #61 to stock, but last week they only had #65 and #66 in stock so I grabbed them.  Here is #66 in all of its holo glory.  It's a light green chalky linear holo and I'm in love. 

I know that you are supposed to use Nfu Oh's special base coat, but I used OPI's DS base coat.  It seems to work just fine.  I used 2 coats of #66 followed by one thin coat of OPI's standard top coat (anything thin will do just fine).  Then I used either one or two coat on each nail of #66.  The extra coat was just to fill in a few patchy spots.  Like most holos this dries super fast.  I'm showing you photos taken in 4 separate lighting areas so that you can see how this looks really different depending on the light.

3-4 sandwiched coats #66, no top coat, artificial light

3-4 sandwiched coats #66, no top coat, flash

3-4 sandwiched coat #66, no top coat, shade

3-4 sandwiched coats #66, no top coat, sunlight (LOVE)

Admittedly there isn't a huge difference between this and its silver counterpart #61.  HOWEVER, there is a difference.  This clearly flashes a green tint even though it is subtle.   Needless to say I will be holding on to both!

Don't forget you can win a bottle of Nfu Oh 61 by entering here!  You have until 11:59 PM EST July 4th!

~Shbecky

Giveaway!

We are so glad that more and more people are slowly beginning to follow our little blog.  2 weeks ago I was one of the fortunate few to squeeze in an order of Nfu Oh 61 while it was briefly in stock.  I grabbed an extra bottle to use as a giveaway, because I know people have been trying hard to get their hands on this baby.  This giveaway will run from now until we reach 150 followers or July 4, whichever comes later. 

I apologize to any international readers, but this giveaway will be limited to followers in the United States only.  I want to make sure I can handle the US before taking on international shipping.  There are multiple entries available, and they are labeled in the entry form below.  The giveaway will include some TBD extras to keep Nfu Oh 61 company, and I will update those as they are decided (or maybe it should be a surprise?).  Please email me if you have any questions, or post in the comments below!  Thanks for reading ~ Shbecky

Happy Fingers!

Just got back from seeing the new Pirates movie.  It was SO funny.  I managed to grab my camera from the roomie so here is the promised sunlight shot of my Nfu Oh 61/OPI DS Glamour mani. There's a bit of tip wear since I have no top coat, but still holo-ey goodness.   Sleep tight!

-Shbecky

Hello Holo - Nfu Oh 61 with OPI DS Glamour Accent Nail

It's FINALLY supposed to be sunny tomorrow!  With high hopes for 80 degrees and sunshine tomorrow I have holo-ed my hands out for play time tonight and will likely have at least 5 holos grace my fingers in the next 24 hours.  My name is Shbecky and I have a polish problem - I know.

Last week I managed to snag 2 bottles of Nfu Oh 61 during the few hours it was back in stock at Fabulous Street.  They have free super fast shipping.  I also grabbed 2 of the jelly syrup polishes that I am pretty psyched about.  Anywho my fingers are SUPER sparkly.  I started out with 3 coats of Nfu Oh 61 on all of my fingers.  I initially was going to do a tape mani, but a slight hangover ruined my motivation.  Since true linear silver holos like GOSH Holographic and Nfu Oh 61 are super thin I got away with topping my ring fingers with 2 coats of OPI DS Glamour.  Don't forget, topcoat makes holos lose their insane holo effect so leave it off!  I did use Seche Vite's clear base coat with this.  I've read that you need to use the aqua base made by Nfu Oh, but it was sold out.  Honestly, I think Seche Vite was fine, but I'm not going for a lasting mani here.

3 coats Nfu Oh 61 + 2 coats OPI DS Glamour, artificial light

 Nfu Oh 61 is dusty textured silver linear holo and according to Fabulous Street the polish is 3 Free.  It is strikingly similar to GOSH Holographic.  GOSH may be slightly holo-ier, but the difference is negligible.  Only freaks like myself need both.  My previous thought that Nfu Oh had changed the formula was incorrect, this seems as great as pics I've seen from before.  The polish evens out nicely and shows no flaws.  The Nfu Oh brush is a little thick and flimsy, so I felt like I was going to end up with a heinous mani, but no lumps here.  I cleaned up the edges with an acrylic brush I grabbed at Sally's yesterday and all is well.

2 coats of OPI DS Glamour, artificial light, super close up

I actually had this on as a full mani last night for the hour or so of sun that peaked out in time for my kickball game on the National Mall.  I then managed to destroy the mani at the bar.  Survivor flip cup can be very dangerous.   Glamour is a discontinued Designer Series polish but is 3 Free and I can't decide if the brush is the new Pro Wide or is some random brush.  It gets the job done?  This is a linear holo, but it is very shy.  It also has some scattered holo glitter as you may see in the close up of my ring finger.  I love this mani!  I was nervous that the random color of the accent nail would be weird, but I think the mani is tied together by the holo and is perfect for my Saturday night on the town :)

Verdict?  Come on, like I would ever get rid of a holo.  I may do a 100 follower giveaway on the second bottle of Nfu Oh 61 if we ever get there.  What do you think?  Holo Giveaway?

-Shbecky

PS- I will grab sun pics that get the rainbow effect in all of its glory.