Bundle Monster "Rocko Wear"

 

Hi guys and happy Saturday!  Today's nail polish is Bundle Monster's (now Maniology) "Rocko Wear."  I picked up this stamping polish a while back because the name reminds me of a 90's TV show called Rocko's Modern Life - who else remembers this show?  Here's how "Rocko Wear" looks in the bottle:

"Rocko Wear" is a pretty minty green creme.  The formula of this polish was very thick, but it is a stamping polish.  Despite's the thick formula I was able to apply "Rocko Wear" to my nail pretty easily - I just went slow and steady.  After two coats, the nail polish was entirely opaque and only had a few streak marks.  Here's how this lovely green looks up close:

Overall I really like Bundle Monster's Rocko Wear."  The color is gorgeous and I cannot wait to test it out in a stamped design, but I wish the formula wasn't quite as thick.

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Bundle Monster Color "Straight Up Black"

Hello guys and happy Monday!  Today's first nail polish is Bundle Monster Color's "Straight Up Black" which is a stamping polish.  Bundle Monster Color has rebranded and is now called Maniology - but they still sell awesome nail polish and stamping plates!  Here's how "Straight Up Black" looks in the bottle:

"Straight Up Black" is unsurprisingly a black nail polish, but it is designed to use with stamping plates.  The formula is very thick, which makes it difficult to wear as the base color but is fantastic for stamping designs.  After two coats the polish was nearly opaque but did get a couple of weird streak marks.  It was thick and goopy as a base coat so I actually didn't wear "Straight Up Black" out of the house but the thickness does fine when stamping actual designs.  Here's how it looked up close:

Overall Bundle Monster Colors "Straight Up Black" is great for stamped designs but not at all useful to me as a stand alone nail polish.  But that's okay because it just means I'll use it solely for nail art.

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Unicorn Nail Art

Hi guys and happy Saturday!  I've had a busy week at work and decided this weekend needed a little happiness!  So today I decided to try some fun nail art - UNICORNS!  (I couldn't resist.)  I've been seeing these designs all over Instagram and decided to give it a go.  Here are the nail polishes I selected to create this design:

Maniology's "Coconut", OPI's "Pink Ladies Rule The School", Frenchi's "131" and Bundle Monster Colors "Straight Up Black."

First I used Maniology's "Coconut" as the base.  This gorgeous off-white came in one of the Mani x Me monthly subscription boxes.  After two coats my nails looked like this:

Next I used OPI's "Pink Ladies Rule The School" and Frenchi's "131" to create the flower crown and Bundle Monster Colors "Straight Up Black" for the ears and eyes.  Then my nails were adorable.  Here's an up close look at the unicorns:

If you want to know more about OPI's "Pink Ladies Rule The School" or Frenchi's "131" then check out some of my previous posts!

Overall I am thrilled with how this cute design turned out.  It was an easy design to re-create and was a perfect start to the Halloween season!

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Egyptian Nail Art

Hello everyone and happy Monday!  Today's nail polish is actually Egyptian Nail Art!  (I love Egyptian history!)  So without further ado check out my fun stamped design using these nail polishes:

Bundle Monster Colors "Straight Up Black" and Sinful Colors "Super Nova."

To create the design I actually used two stamping plate - both by Bundle Monster Color (now Maniology.)  The first plate is BM-S250:

The second plate was BM-XL152 called All Around The World:

After picking out the polishes and stamping plate I applied two coats of Sinful Colors "Super Nova" as the base coat.  My nails looked like this:

Next I used Bundle Monster Colors "Straight Up Black" to create the design on each nail.  The final looked turned out better than I could have imagined - plus I just love Egyptian history!  Look at the design up close:

If you want to know more about Sinful Colors "Super Nova" check out my previous post!

Overall I am very happy with how this stamped nail art turned out!  It was fun to do and I find myself getting better at stamping every time I try a new design, which makes me even happier!  I'm falling more in loved with stamped designs every day because they allow me a level of detail that I cannot seem to get from freehand.

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Stamped Cacti Nails

Hello everyone and happy Tuesday!  Today's nail polish is actually some stamped nail art! My Dad is currently in Arizona so I decided to pull from that and create some cacti nails.  First I needed to pick out my polishes:

Color Club "Meet Me At The Rink," Bundle Monster Color "Straight Up Black," Sephora by OPI "Leaf Him At The Altar," China Glaze "Lime After Lime," Sally Hansen Insta-Dri "Thyme Is Money," OPI "How Does Your Zen Garden Grow?," Maniology "Seashell" and OPI "California Raspberry."

The next step was to paint my nails with two coats of Color Club's "Meet Me At The Rink" to create the sky behind the cacti.  My nails then looked like this before I added the Live Love Polish Precision Peel cuticle protector:

To create the cacti I used Bundle Monster's BM-S168 plate which looks like this:

The final step was to use Bundle Monster Color's "Straight Up Black" to pick up the cacti and then a dotting tool to dab the greens and pinks on to the design and then placed the design on my nail.  Look how the design turned out up close:

If you want to know more about Sephora by OPI's"Leaf Him At The Altar", China Glaze's "Lime After Lime", Sally Hansen Insta-Dri's "Thyme Is Money" or OPI's "California Raspberry" then check out a few of my previous posts.

Overall I love how this cute desert design turned out!  I am still not quite the master of stamping or reverse stamping but I am enjoying the process.  In the mean time I'll smile at my cacti nails for several days!

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National Nail Polish Day Nail Art

Hello everyone and happy June!  Today is National Nail Polish Day so I decided to celebrate with some freehand nail art!  My goal was to create nail polish bottles on my nails, so I picked out a variety of colors.  Here are the polishes I picked out:

Sinful Colors "Horizon Shine," China Glaze "Stoked To Be Soaked," Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear "Daisy Dukes," Maniology "Ducky," Lisa Lacquer "Ice Ice Baby," OPI "Samurai Breaks A Nail," Sinful Colors "Festival Fairy" and Bundle Monster Color "Straight Up Black."

Since I am using a rainbow of colors for the bottles I decided to use Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear's "Invisible" as my "base color" to create a fun look.  Here's how my nails looked with the clear base:

Next I used the rainbow colors to create bottle-like blobs on my nails with a dotting tool.  Here's how the blobs turned out:

Next I used Bundle Monster Color's "Straight Up Black" and a small brush to draw the outlines and bottle caps for the nail polish bottles.  This created the final look, which I sealed in with a quick drying top coat.  Here's an up close look at the bottles:

If you want to know more about Sinful Colors "Horizon Shine", China Glaze "Stoked To Be Soaked", or Sinful Colors "Festival Fairy" then check out some of my previous posts!

Overall I am thrilled to celebrate National Nail Polish Day by creating a fun freehand look!  I hope all of you awesome enthusiasts enjoyed today as well!

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Feather Nail Art

Hey guys and welcome to the weekend!  Today instead of nail polish I decided to practice my stamping skills and create some feather nails!  First I needed to pick out the nail polish:

Disney for Target "White," Bundle Monster Color "Straight Up Black," OPI "Hopelessly Devoted To OPI," Sinful Colors "Treasure Chest," Illimite "La Femme Fleur" and Zoya "Aster."

After selecting my polishes I painted my nails with two coats of Disney for Target's "White" and put on Live Love Polish's Precision Peel Cuticle protector.  My nails then looked like this:

Next up was to select the stamping plate!  I picked out Maniology's MXM002 which features several different feathers.  Here's how the plate looks:

I decided to stamp with Bundle Monster Color's "Straight Up Black" and then reverse stamp with the colored polishes to create the final look.  I dab the colorful nail polish on to the stamp I used some basic dotting tools from Amazon.  In the end my ails looked adorable and I think I was pretty successful at reverse stamping this time!

If you want to know more about Disney for Target's "White", Sinful Colors "Treasure Chest" or Illimite's "La Femme Fleur" check out some of my previous posts!

Overall I am really pleased with this attempt to reverse stamp and create some colorful feathers!  I can't wait to try this technique again and hope to keep improving with each design.

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Geometric Stamped Nails

Hello everyone and happy Wednesday!  Instead of a swatch today's post is actually some nail art!  I decided to do a stamped geometric design.  The first thing I did was select my nail polishes:

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear "Breezy Blue", Live Love Polish "Last Call Confetti" and Maniology "Shibori."

After settling on my colors I used three coats of Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear's "Breezy Blue."  My nails looked like this:

The second step for this design was to apply a coat of Live Love Polish's "Last Call Confetti" to create some shimmer.  It looked so nice:

After that it was time to pick out the stamping plate.  I selected Maniology's plate M002 which features a variety of geometric designs.  The plate looks like this:

To stamp the design I used Maniology's "Shibori" which is a lovely navy blue.  The completed look turned out nicely:

If you want to know more about Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear's "Breezy Blue" check out my previous post.

Overall I kind of like how these nails turned out though I still can't seem to get the clean crisp edges - even after touch ups.  That being said I do think I am improving on stamped designs.

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Sponge and Stamp: Flowers

Hi all and happy Sunday!  Today's nail art is my attempt to stamp over a sponged design with flowers so we'll see how it turns out.  (Please forgive my terrible sponge "technique."). Here are the nail polishes I picked to create the design with:

OPI "Lima Tell You About This Color!", Bundle Monster Colors "Straight Up Black" and OPI "Samurai Breaks A Nail."

After applying cuticle protector I used a basic sponge to dab this design on using OPI's "Lima Tell You About This Color!" and OPI's "Samurai Breaks A Nail."  Here's how my nails looked after the sponged design:

Next I used Bundle Monster Color's "Straight Up Black" to stamp on the design.  I used Maniology's plateMXM005, which looks like this:

The final look turned out pretty well, I think, for my first attempt at stamping over a sponge.  Look how pretty the flowers look up close:

Overall I am pretty happy with how this design turned out - though my touch up skills still leave a lot to be desired.  However I do think this is the best stamping I have had thus far.

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Bundle Monster Color "So Metal"

Hello guys and happy St. Patrick's Day!  (I totally forgot to wear Greene or do any themed nail art!)  So today's nail polish is Bundle Monster Color's "So Metal."  Bundle Monster has re-branded as Maniology but they still do nail polish and nail art items!  Here's how "So Metal" looks in the bottle:

"So Metal" is not shockingly a silver shimmer which can be used as a stamping polish.  The formula is horribly thick - which can be fine for stamping but does not go well for wearing as a stand alone nail polish.  The photo above shows two coats and you can clearly see streaks and it was weird and lumpy.  I think the main issue is I've had this nail polish for a while and it has gone thick and bad.  Since "So Metal" looked horrible on my nails I wasn't able to wear it for more than a photo.  But you can see the shimmer up close in the bottle:

Overall I'm a bit crushed by Bundle Monster Color's "So Metal."  I have tried this nail polish for stamping and it has worked fairly well but lately the polish has gone thick and I can barely get it out of the bottle.  I am undecided if I'll keep "So Metal" around or if I'll look for a new silver nail polish to stamp with.

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Bundle Monster Color "Dear Violet"

Hello all and happy Tuesday!  Today's nail polish is Bundle Monster Color's "Dear Violet."  Bundle Monster has now changed its name to Maniology but they still sell really fun stamping nail polishes and stamping plates!  Here's how "Dear Violet" looked in the bottle:

"Dear Violet" is a gorgeous violet colored polish with silver and lavender shimmer in it.  The formula of this nail polish is wonderful and it applied wonderfully.  After only a single coat "Dear Violet" was entirely opaque and streak free.  In terms of chipping, I was able to wear "Dear Violet" for five days before there were a couple of tip chips.  Look at this shimmer up close:

Overall I am really happy with Bundle Monster Color's "Dear Violet."  Everything about this nail polish is lovely and I cannot wait to stamp with this nail polish and wear it again and again!

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Bundle Monster Color "Heart Of Gold"

Hello all and happy Sunday!  (Though really where did the weekend go!?!)  Today's nail polish is Bundle Monster Color's "Heart Of Gold" which is a stamping polish.  Bundle Monster Color has recently been renamed Maniology, but their products remain awesome.  Here is how "Heart Of Gold" looks in the bottle:

"Heart Of Gold" is a gorgeous shimmery gold.  The formula of this nail polish is thick, which helps it stamp, but made it a bit difficult to apply evenly on my nails.  After two coats, "Heart Of Gold" was fully opaque but with a couple of streak marks from the shimmer.  (But the shimmer is so gorgeous so it's fine!)  In terms of chipping, I was able to wear "Heart Of Gold" for four days before I had a few tip chips.  Look how stunning the shimmer is up close:

The shimmer of "Heart Of Gold" is also clearly visible in the bottle too:

If you want to see how well it stamps check out my Constellation Nail Art from late last year!

Overall Bundle Monster Color's "Heart Of Gold" is really great and lovely.  The color is fantastic either when worn as its own polish and it looks lovely when stamped also!  "Heart Of Gold" will remain a go to nail polish in my collection.

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