Challenge Tag

I was tagged by Kristin from the Manicure Monkey for this challenge..

Here are the Rules:

1. Go to your lacquer stash
2. CLOSE your eyes and pull 3 random items - JUST 3
3. Create a mani from them
4. Post your mani when you post the tag
5. Tag 3 bloggers

My boyfriend chose these three colors :-/

I decided to try water marbling but it was a mess trying to clean up the silver and dark purple from my fingers.

If you have not already been tagged.. The three bloggers I tag are

Valentine Kisses
My Lucid Bubble
You Nailed It

Goodluck ladies, hopefully you have better luck than I did :)

Sheer Disguise with Stamping

Have I mentioned how much I love to use my Bundle Monster plates? Today I stamped with China Glaze Electra Magenta (from the Tronica collection) over top of Color Club Sheer Disguise. Electra Magenta was not a very good stamping polish, I will have to try a different pink polish next time.

Color Club Sheer Disguise

Color Club Sheer Disguise is a light dusty blue grey with a creme finish. It was opaque in two coats. I am pretty impressed by Color Club. The application of the polishes I have tried has been great, and i found them at Ross which made the price great too.

Vintage Couture: French Affair Dupe

Color Club Vintage Couture is a lavender pink pastel creme. I found the formula difficult to work with and I needed three coats for opacity. This polish is a similar shade to Essie French Affair. Once I had them both on my nails I could not tell the difference. This is three coats, no topcoat

Vintage Couture is on my pointer and ring finger. French Affair is on my middle and pinky nail.

Beautiful Pearl French

I decided to try one of the sheer Color Club polishes from the Catwalk Queen collection I purchased from Ross. I hand painted white tips with NYC French White, and used Color Club Runway Muse over top. Runway Muse is a sheer, shimmery silvery/green/blue duo-chrome. Runway Muse makes a beautiful pearl french manicure.

Revealed & Subtle Stamping

Here are a few images of Color Club Revealed with subtle stamping using China Glaze Emotion. I think it looks similar to this subtle mani I did a few weeks back. I love them both. Next time I am going to try Manicured Monkey's suggestion to use black stamping.

Color Club Revealed

Color Club Revealed is a pale peach pink with subtle pink shimmer. Unfortunately you can actually see the shimmer better in the bottle than on the nail. The formula was okay, I used three coats, no topcoat. I think this polish would look pretty with subtle bundle monster stamping.

Sale Nail Polish Finds

I found a few sale nail polishes today. At Sallys I found Silver Lining and Pom Pom, but for $1.99. Then at Ross I found the Catwalk Queen collection by Color Club for $7.99. The holographic polish (Fashion Addict) from the Catwalk Queen collection was replaced with a purple creme shade :(

Silver Lining, Pom Pom

Front Row Diva, Runway Muse, Vintage Couture, Ready to Wear, Unknown purple creme, Catwalk Queen, Clear Coat

Color Club Resort to Red & Stamping

Color Club Resort to Red is a medium ruby red with a slight shimmer. This color has a great shine to it and applied easily in two coats. I stamped over top with a white polish but it turned out poorly. I think it would be a pretty manicure if the stamping was cleaner.

Untamed Luxury, Tape, Scissors

I tried again to use craft scissors and tape to make a fun mani. You can see my other scissors mani here. I am not in love with this, I think it looks best from far away. I used Color Club Untamed Luxury as a base, and used a black Wet n Wild polish on top.

Color Club Untamed Luxury

Color Club Untamed Luxury is a teal base with tons of blue and green micro-glitter. It is a nice polish if you love glitter. I am already dreading its removal though, glitter polishes are a pain to take off. I used three coats and could have probably used another. I think it would look really cool layered over something else.

Color Club Covered in Diamonds

This is Color Club Covered in Diamonds over top of Secret Rendezvous from the previous post. I have read good reviews about this polish but I am not a huge fan. The polish was a thick gloopy mess. I added at least ten drops of nail polish thinner which helped a little. The glitter is pretty but I think you would need at least three coats of topcoat to smooth everything out. This is two coats of Covered in Diamonds, with one coat of topcoat.

9 more followers until my 100 follower giveaway :)

Color Club Secret Rendezvous

Color Club Secret Rendezvous is a light pastel lavender creme nail polish from the Alter Ego Collection, Spring 2011. I had some trouble with the formula, i used at least three coats. I have read that there are several dupes of this shade by other brands, but this is my first lavender polish so I am happy to own it. This is three coats, maybe four, no top coat.

When I have time later I plan to top Secret Rendezvous with Color Club Covered in Diamonds. I will post pictures :)

Get a Clue with Subtle Stamping

Color Club Get a Clue with China Glaze Emotion (from the Romantique collection) using my bundle monster plates. So far I like using Emotion for subtle stamping. I love this look. I might leave it for a few days :)

Color Club Get a Clue

Just a quick post to show a few swatches of Color Club Get a Clue. This is part of the Alter Ego's 'Reveal Your Mystery Collection'. The shade is a pretty baby pink creme that requires at least two coats. I think this shade would be very interview appropriate along with several others from this collection. This is three coats, no top coat.

I will post pictures later tonight of Get a Clue with bundle monster stamping :)

Color Club Red Velvet & Stamping

Red Velvet is a basic black base with red glitter. I liked this polish, it was unique from everything I own. It is especially pretty in the sunlight. This is two coats no topcoat.

I decided to use my new bundle monster stamps again. I would have stamped with a silver polish but I did not have one on hand.

Color Club at Ross

I found these two Color Club collections at Ross yesterday for $7.99 each :) (Click on the photos to enlarge them)

De-luxe-cious, Ms. Hautie, Red Velvet, Untamed Luxury, Resort to Red, Snakeskin, Covered in Diamonds

Get a Clue, Revealed, Incognito, Secret Rendezvous, Sheer Disguise, Give Me a Hint, Milky White Basecoat

*Special thanks to my boyfriend for figuring out the names of the polishes online because the bottles had no label, and the names on the box were either wrong, or in the wrong order.