Silence Tally Mark Day

FELLOW WHOVIANS!!!

Today is an *awesome* day!!

You bet your booty I did a mani for this :D  I belong to a super fun and awesome group on Facebook called "Doctor Who And Nails" (you should totally join, we're Fantastic!) and we all decided to do a link-up for this awesome day!!!

For those of you who don't know what the bloody what I'm talking about, let me give you a brief run down.  "The Silence" is an alien race that you will only remember if you are looking at it - the second you turn away, you forget it (later on in the season, the main characters in the show began writing tally marks all over themselves whenever they saw The Silence).  

On April 23rd, 2011, The Impossible Astronaut episode aired and this is when we first see The Silence.  So to honor that episode, we all created Tally Mark manis!  Here is mine!

For my mani, I used "Silence, Boy!" by Baroness X because it's ironic and also a DW themed polish, Bow Thermo topcoat by Dance Legend, and Pure Colors nail art brush #10 from What's Up Nails.

...What were we talking about again?

Hey look!!  Tally Mark Manis!! :D

An InLinkz Link-up

Crumpets Nail Tarts: Geeks

This week's theme was actually pretty easy for me to figure a design for, because there are two things I geek-out about: Doctor Who, and The Little Mermaid (anything mermaid, really :D )

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I knew exactly what I wanted to do to combine the two, and it's based off this amazing t-shirt I *really* need to buy someday from Teefury:

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Before I show you my nails, I need to tell you - they're nubs :(  Earlier in the week, my cat decided to wake me up 40 minutes before my alarm by meowling at the bedroom door, because she wanted out.  My husband was already up with the kids, so I rolled my 7 month pregnant butt out of bed to let her out.  What does she do?  She darts into the bathroom as soon as I stand up - so I chase her to the bathroom, where she decides to then dart through my legs, tripping me and causing me to fall, landing in such a way that my pointer finger completely broke off down to the skin.  

Damn cat.

So I had to cut them all down.  And I had to figure out this design around short nails.  I didn't let myself get angry though.  I adopted a very passive attitude towards the whole ordeal after realizing plenty of women wear nubs fantastically, and I could very well be one of them.

So, without further ado, here are my nails:

Yes, that *is* the ninth Doctor's sonic ;)

I wish the hand peeking out from the Tardis had shown up better from a front-looking stance.  The Tardis ended up a bit bigger on my nail than I anticipated, but even without fully seeing it, the image still makes sense :)  I'm pretty happy with how it turned out - only took me about 2 hours to complete (I was half distracted binge-watching Bones on Netflix).  

I hope you enjoy the design!!  Be sure to check out the other absolutely fantastic Geek-themed designs through the inlinkz below!!

Oh, and here's one more Geek meme for you, because it made me LOL pretty hard :D

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An InLinkz Link-up

MPolish Metallic Collection

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Howdy folks!!  Today I've got 4 of the 6 new metallic stamping polishes just released by M Polish to show you!

First up is "Guilded:"

Guilded is a lovely gold metallic, shown here stamped over Zoya "Kierra" using an image from my MoYou London Geek plate 05.

Next we have "Bronze:"

Bronze is as its name suggests and is shown over Zoya "Hunter" using images from MoYou London Geek plate 03 and hand placed watch parts.

Next is "Baroque:"

Baroque is a lovely deep burgundy metallic shown over watermarbled "Bells of Ireland" and "Snowberry" (also by MPolish) and stamped using an image from Pueen plate 73.

Lastly we have "Iron:"

Iron is a dark silver/iron metallic polish shown (along with Guilded on the ring finger) over Pretty & Polished's "Sea Spray" using the Gallifreyan image from MoYou London Geek Plate 05.

I am never disappointed when using these stamping polishes - they are so ridiculously easy to work with!  I love that they cooperate with more than just one kind of stamper, as well.  

There are six polishes in total (not shown is Copper, a penny colored metallic, and Elizabethan, a dark brown metallic).  You can purchase them individually at $9.50 for the 15ml full size, or $3.25 for the 5ml mini size.  You can also purchase the whole set for $54.00 for the 15ml full size, or $18.00 for the 5ml mini size.  

What do you think of these?  Do you own any MPolish stamping polishes?

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Polishes sent by maker as a press sample for art and review.  Opinions remain my own and are 100% honest.

*Press Release*: Gothic Gala Lacquers New Doctor Who Polishes

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Gonna make this a brief post today :) I'm still trying to get over whatever virus decided I needed to be sick again - you know, after I finally got over whatever that last nasty was.  Ah, life!

I wanted to show you three gorgeous new polishes just released by Gothic Gala Lacquers, all Doctor Who themed!  Since I am a new Whovian, I very much fell in love with these polishes as soon as I unboxed them :D  

We'll start with a polish that is particularly fun for me, as it is based off one of my favorite little characters in the show so far.  This polish is called Adipose:

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Adipose is a lovely cream colored polish with a pearly shine and a light brown shimmer.  Opaque in 3 thin coats, it applied very smoothly and dried in under 5 minutes to a nice shine.  Here is the character that inspired the polish:

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Next up is an awesome thermal nail polish called "All of Time and Space:"

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All of Time and Space is packed with beautiful multi-colored flakies and changes from a soft grey color to a dark grey/black when cold.  Opaque in 3 thin coats, this polish dried to a semi-textured finish in under five minutes.  I added a clear topcoat in the photos above.  To achieve the cold state I dunked my fingers in ice water (thus why they look wet in the photos :D ).  

And last but certainly not least is "Smaller on the Outside:"

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Smaller on the Outside is a gorgeous blue jelly packed with various sized glitters and flakies.  It is absolutely stunning in person, and the flakes/glitter add fantastic depth to the polish.  I am wearing 3 thin coats in the photos and you can still see some nail line - I'd imagine a few more coats may bring it to opacity, or you can layer it over a white/cream colored polish.  Smaller on the Outside dried in under five minutes to a beautiful shiny finish, as seen in the photos above.  

As I said before, all these fantastic polishes are available now for purchase!  You don't have to be a Who fan to appreciate how beautiful these polishes are :D  Here are some links for you:

Store: Here

Facebook:  Here

Facebook Fan Group:  Here

Twitter: Here

Instagram: Here

Hope you all enjoy the rest of your day!  See you soon <3

*NOTE: These polishes were sent to me for swatch photos.  My opinion is still 100% honest and in no way swayed.