#THELACQUERRING: Lace

Welcome back for the second The Lacquer Ring prompt  for September - lace! I thought it would be pretty easy, given how many stamping plates I have with lace imagery, but part of the problem was narrowing down what I wanted to use!

Here's what I ended up picking - do you see a hidden image there? ;)

#THELACQUERRING: Burnt Orange

Today's post is for The Lacquer Ring's first prompt for September - Burnt Orange.

#THELACQUERRING: TARDIS BLUE

Welcome back for another The Lacquer Ring post - the color prompt is Tardis Blue! I'm just going to say it upfront...this is not one of my fandoms (it may be in the future!) so I was a bit stumped this time around...and don't think I've quite hit the mark.

I've kept it simple with just an accent nail and just drooled over this blue polish I acquired.

#THELACQUERRING: Chevrons

Hello and welcome to today's post! The second prompt for July in The Lacquer Ring was chevrons and I do realize this is week one of August already but I did my chevrons and then procrastinated doing the actual typing. And then when I was ready to blog, my computer decided it didn't want to cooperate with me. For a moment there I thought I might lose everything and there's so many manis I have not shared yet!! Ack, that was a good reminder to back up and actually post more often ;D

Can you spot my chevrons there? They were disguised...read more for the details on this mani! 

#THELACQUERRING: PURPLE

Hello and welcome to The Lacquer Ring's first prompt for July - purple!! Purple is one of my favorite colors, so I'll jump right in and show the latest addition to my collection. Bonus - there are multiple nail art looks with this one, I got carried away!

If the bottle and label are not familiar - it's because this is a pretty new brand. Tonic Polish launched just at the end of June on Etsy (shop here) It's pretty exciting to be able to catch a brand right as it's launching, and observe the behind the scenes bits. When the maker, Lindsey, started showing prototypes for the debut collection, this sparkly purple is the one that caught my eye right away.

" is a blue-purple base with strong red shimmer and silver holo micro glitters."









Formula was on the thicker side and I used 2 coats for complete opacity. Top coat is recommended to bring back the shine.



It was hard to capture it in the sun, but it sparkled so much!! While in the car with my husband, I kept sliding my hand over to his side to make the nails catch the sun and make sure he sees how pretty they are, haha.





I got too excited about this gorgeous purple and quickly started practicing drag marbling with it and a neon green China Glaze I'm With The Lifeguard. I love the color combination!



This one was totally an accident, I tried so hard to replicate it for all the nails and just couldn't do it...I need more practice, but with basic polish. I ended up using quite a bit of Huckleberry Sparkle in my attempts, and nearly got a heart attack when I saw the huge fill line appear. I almost rushed over to buy a backup bottle but stopped myself - it's kind of nice to realize I like a polish so much to put it through so much use. Great job, Tonic Polish!



For the last art, I made flower decals. I'm not too thrilled with how they turned out, but it happens!



Whew. that was a lot for purple! Next week's prompt is chevrons, I'll try to be on time for Thursday's post!

An InLinkz Link-up

#THELACQUERRING: BEACH / TROPICAL

Hello and welcome to another blog post! The Lacquer Ring's second prompt for June is tropical/ocean and I finally got nail charms and put together this beach design.

*some items were provided for review*affiliate links*

There are so many recreations of this design now, and I remember seeing the tutorial for the very first time that elleandish did back in 2014 (see here) , how simple and beautiful it looked. I've tried this design last year but didn't have the charms, and I have to say, I like it more this time around! 

#THELACQUERRING: SEAFOAM

Hello and welcome to June's first #TheLacquerRing post - the color choice is Seafoam! Sorry it's been quiet around the blog - I promise I've been painting my nails, but I got a couple easy peel base coats to play with, and well...they're a little too easy. I end up shedding my manis a lot faster than I expected, and not all of them make it to their photoshoot, lol.

So I got a little ahead of myself and thought the link up was happening last week, and tried to figure out what seafoam is really supposed to look like. 4 seafoam-ish manis later, and I'm still posting a day late! How did that happen?? I guess inspiration didn't find me till the last minute, but let's look at my mani!

#TheLacquerRing & HPB Presents: Neutral & Neon Floral Design

Hello and welcome! Today's post is a combination of several themes/prompts. #TheLacquerRing second May prompt is floral, and Hobby Polish Bloggers has neutral and neon, so here it is!

#THELACQUERRING: Silver

Today is my first time joining #TheLacquerRing in their bi-monthly color/design prompts. May starts off with the color silver, and I have a really pretty one to show off!

I tried to keep the nail art minimal, but still add pops of color to all that silver canvas.