June | 2013 | Vegan Claws

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From the Vault

I still have some really old photos from when I started blogging, so I thought I would post them in a few installments!

This first one is a fall mani that I really loved! Thumb to pinkie: Finger Paints Sketchy Character, a mustard yellow frankenpolish, Kleancolor Fashionista, China Glaze Brownstone, Joe Fresh Pumpkin. The glitter gradient over everything was done with Nubar Lime Green Glitter and Orange Glitter.

Next, Orly Wild Wisteria with China Glaze Brownstone accent:

I’ll finish up this first vault post with swatches of the creme half of the Color Club Back to Boho collection, along with a couple of layering combos using them.

Shabby Drab:

With Color Club Jingle Jangle overtop:

Color Club Earthy Angel:

Color Club New Bohemian:

Color Club Nomadic in Nude:

Color Club Rad Nomad:

Color Club Red-ical Gypsy – gotta say, the stereotypical gypsy-themed polish names just make me think of cultural appropriation… This is a nice red though, and look! An appearance from my little Thor!

With an accent of Cult Nails Hypnotize Me and Nubar V matte top coat:

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China Glaze, Color Club, Cult Nails, FingerPaints, Frankenpolish, Joe Fresh, Kleancolor, Nubar, Orly

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More Soulstice Swatches

I’ve got some more Soulstice Spa swatches for you today! 😀

Venice: gold foil, two coats. It dries fast, and has an excellent formula.

Nairobi: metallic bronze, two coats. Also dries fast and has a great formula.

Madrid: candy apple red jelly. It has a smooth formula, and is even okay at one coat for a sheer wash of cherry. Two coats in the photos. I swatched this without base coat, and it stained pink a little bit, so be sure to use a good base coat!

Lisbon: a metallic navy with a good consistency. I used two coats, and it bubbled a little as it dried because I used a too thick second coat. I think three thin coats would have been better – I used three thin coats on my thumb, and it didn’t have any bubbles.

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Soulstice Spa

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China Glaze Swanky Silk

China Glaze Swanky Silk is from last year’s New Bohemian collection.

It’s a delicate champagne/pink duochrome metallic polish.

I had a hard time capturing the pink flash on camera; it was more apparent in real life than in the photos.

I used three coats for these swatches. A little care needs to be taken in order to get brush strokes straight, but no other issues with application.

This is a really pretty, subtle duochrome!

In the shade:

Here it is in one coat over black:

This is one duochrome that I definitely prefer on its own instead of over black!

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China Glaze

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Ruby White Tips Kim

I’ve got a great polish to show you today: Kim by Ruby White Tips! I recently made my first real Indie polish purchase on Etsy, when I noticed that Laura, the creator of Ruby White Tips, advertises that all her polishes are vegan!

Kim is a beautiful nude creme with subtle holo. It’s a rose-beige-mauve nude shade; at least on my skin tone it leans mauve but I’ve seen some other swatch photos where it looks more beige.

I used two coats over ridge filler, three coats on my middle finger though, because I smudged the tip. You can see that the colour became a bit deeper at three coats; two was perfect for coverage though.

The formula was smooth but a little thick, although the thickness probably had something to do with the heat and humidity the day I wore it!

I love this polish!

I’ve got some more Ruby White Tips polishes to post about as well, so that should be coming soon.

Ruby White Tips can be found at http://www.rubywhitetips.com/ 🙂

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Manglaze Lesbihonest and ILF

Quick post of a mani from last year!

This is Manglaze Lesbihonest (I’ll be honest, I mostly bought it for the name and the bottle artwork!), a rich fucshia matte polish with shimmer, alternating with ILF, a similar matte shimmer in an aqua/turquoise shade. Two coats each, nice quick drying formula. All photos are under my Ott light, and the last one shows them with topcoat.