Marcus Manis- Stained Glass

Today we have another mani from Marcus.

For people who are not regular readers of the blog or for Life in Lacquer newbies, Marcus is my father in law and also an artist. He comes around every now and then and paints my nails!!

I will be making a proper page for Marcus soon (which will be found above the main Life in Lacquer logo) so you can see all his nail art in one place. 

Today we wanted to do a mosaic effect nail art. Marcus loves mosaics and often makes mosaics with found items. You can take a look at his web page here 

Marcus used a white base and then various polishes to create this look. He then used black acrylic paint to outline the shapes. 

I am so sorry I didn't make a note of which polishes he used! 

We then matted it with Mentality Matte topcoat. 

What do you think? 

It really reminds me of beautiful stained glass!

Red Heart Nail Art

A couple weeks ago I was rooting through my stash looking for a red, a proper red. A pillar box red, if you will. 

And to my shock and horror I didn't have one!! So the next day we were out shopping and my husband went off on his own to the bank, only when i saw him later he suprised me with THE perfect red! What a babe!

So today I have some lovely valentines day type nails (in oct) lol. 

This is Max Factor Glossfinity Red Passion 110

The polish is pretty much opaque with two coats but you can still see my smile line on some nails. This is a tad less noticeable in real life.

Applies well although I did fine it a tad thin but the coverage isn't affected and I actually prefer a polish to be thinner as long as it builds up well. 

I used a stamping plate by Cheeky to do this mani. 

Sick Lacquers Swatches and Review Part 1

I am a very lucky lady! 

Today I have some swatches of three indie polishes by Sick Lacquers. 

I do have more from Sick Lacquers to show you but I'm teasing you all by breaking it down :P

Sick Lacquers are available to buy on Etsy and are handmade by Peggie and her son. 

You can purchase them HERE and they do ship to the UK.

Without further ado.....

This First one is Berrys and Cream

2 Coats + Seche Vite topcoat

All i can say really is wow! Your going to get a lot of that on this post HaHa! This features different size purple glitter suspended in a creamy white base. The more you layer it on the deeper the effect gets. I love that you can see all the glitter from the previous coat just peeking out. If you look at the (crap) Macro shot you will see the different shapes of glitter this polish has to offer. 

The formula is fab and the glitter lies pretty well flat without topcoat.

Next up is Buttercup. This is 3 coats with topcoat. 

Your going to need to wear shades for this cheeky neon-esque shade. Not too bright its offensive but eye catching enough to get you noticed!

This features micro, slices,hexes and even cute star shaped glitter. You could either wear this alone or over another polish depending on your mood, and if worn over another polish it would turn down the brightness. 

The larger hexes don't lay as flat but that's expected really with larger glitters. In the macro shot it looks way worse than it looked to the "naked eye"

Taste the Rainbow. 2 coats with Seche Vite.

WOW, I wanted this to stay on my nails for forever and a day. 

This polish is another glitter suspended in a creamy base. This literally has all the colours in the rainbow, well all the good ones! Formula was great as with all the others. 

I cant really say any more about this polish, but you haven't got something like this, then its a no brainer.

What do you think of these super beautiful indies? 

Please also take a look at their FACEBOOK and INSTAGRAM and show some love!

*some of these products were sent to me for an HONEST review. The views on this product are COMPLETELY my own.*

Essie Lights with Glitter

Here is Essie Lights!

A beautiful bright pink. Its a creamy type of neon, and its bloody beautiful!

I think I would have used this whole bottle up by the end of summer. Its probably the brightest shade I own. Its not like a really eye burning neon but more of a creamy bold colour.

The formula is lush and is opaque in two thin coats.

The glitter is Guilty Pleasure  by InVogue.

I simply used a sponge to fade the glitter out.

What do you think of bright colours? What are your fave summer shades?

Lady's and Magenta-men with Water Decals

 This is Lady's and Magenta-men by OPI. 

I received this as a gift from my husband along with the water decals.

I'm not even really sure what the decals are supposed to be pictures of LOL 

But never the less, they are pretty!

Lady's and Magenta-men is quite similar to China Glazes Fuchsia. 

A shimmery Bright,bold pink. 

Pictured here with 2 coats and Poshe topcoat.

 I can just imagine this shade on my toes whilst sitting out in the sun, a proper summery shade. 

The black pearls are from eBay.

Trees Against a Sunset Nail Art

Its been hot here recently, I decided to use my oranges. 

I don't use them that much but whenever I do I remember how beautiful they are. 

To do this I used 

Essie's Fear and Desire, Orange it Obvious and Flawless. 

BarryM's Bright Pink 

Oumaxi Acrylic Paint in black and white. 

To achieve the background I painted 2 coats of Essie Flawless (light pink). Then used a sponge to mottle over the different colours until it looked good :P 

One thing that did annoy me was for some reason i kept getting little bits coming off the sponge!

 This is another really easy one to do, so give it ago! 

Indie Polish GIVEAWAY! Win 2 Love Nailz Polishes!

There is a beautiful nail polish that needs YOUR help! 

It is nameless and is searching for the perfect name.

Be in for a chance of winning TWO indie polishes From Love Nailz, whats more they will be CUSTOM DESIGNED BY YOU!! 

Talk about a prize of a life time!!

Here at Life and Lacquer i have been given a lovely blue with a pinky and blue holo type of glitter from indie polish brand Love Nailz. 
Love Nails is a Canadian brand made by the lovely Louise. You may have seen their polish in another of my posts. If you haven't check it out HERE :)

Here it is with two coats and Poshe topcoat. The first two pictures look more green but it was the only way I could capture some of the glittery goodness. I can assure you all these are the same polish! 

A lovely light blue with holographic glitter. It was really hard to photograph the true beauty of this polish. It catches the light and then you can see all the glitter.This polish has a really high glitter content. 

Great polish for the summer sun!

So time to get your thinking caps on! Will you go for a funny name or something inspired by a film or a song? Or maybe even something personal? 

ANYONE WHO ENTERED PREVIOUS TO THE 3/06/2013 WILL NEED TO RE ENTER

Its super easy to enter, all you have to do is follow the steps on Ralfflecopter below :) 

The more steps you complete the higher your chance of winning!

Please complete stepd honestly as all entries will be checked, so no saying you commented if you didn't and so on :P

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 YOU MUST SUBMIT A NAME SUGGESTION FOR YOUR ENTRY TO BE VALID
 The Giveaway is open for residents in Europe, Canada and the USA. 

 Love Nailz make their own beautiful indie polish and ship internationally. Find them HERE

T&CS 

Open to Europe, Canada and the United States. Both custom nail polishes are full sized 15ml bottles. No substitutions. Love Nailz will have the rights to the name chosen for the nail polish, as blogged about on Life in Lacquer. The winner will be chosen at random by Rafflecopter, and winners notified through Facebook messaging (unless email is available) within 48 hours. If winner does not respond within 48 hours of notification, Rafflecopter will draw a new winner. All enquiries should go to brooklinmommy@rogers.com.