ANNOUNCING: Charity Nail Polish Jewelry Sale!

I've been making nail polish jewelry for myself for as long as I can remember and have made a few pairs of earrings for different occasions, unable to find the right color combo. With the encouragement of my friends, I have opened up an online shop featuring earrings, pendants, hair clips, and other items made with nail polish! The BEST part is that all of the profits are donated to Autism New Jersey, a nonprofit dedicated to serving autistic individuals and their families.

I'm constantly adding items to the site and only the earrings are up at the moment. They are available in both sterling silver and surgical steel.

Another cool aspect of the jewelry is that I am able to do custom designs in whatever combinations, shades, and patterns you can dream up. There is no additional charge for a custom order either! Check out my polish stash here for some ideas!

There is a certain pre-made quantity of each item listed at the store, but they don't take too long to make. So don't worry if something sells out. It will be re-stocked really quickly!

If you have any questions or custom orders, please feel free to email me: PrincessPolishBlog(at)gmail.com.

Thank you in advance for your support!
Princess Polish

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

This water marble was done with Zoya Holly, Sally Hansen Green with Envy, and Funky Fingers Blitzen (hence the glitter). I wanted the effect to look like waves, as if green liquid was being poured into a glass. Mainly because I'll be working so no beer for me. Haha.

While I'm celebrating with a water marble mani and a ton of Sprite Zero with green food coloring, I hope you're all being careful out there! Drink responsibly and trust your instincts. And be sure to check in and let me know you survived St. Patrick's Day 2012. After all, there is a brand new Zoya Collection to look forward to and you wouldn't want to miss that!

Princess Polish

Read Across America Week: Rainbow Fish Nails

Hope you all are enjoying the new look of the blog! It took a lot of toying around with Photoshop, but I think I'm really happy with it.

For Read Across America Week (last week), I wanted to do a manicure inspired by one of my favorite books as a child: The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister!

Instead of painting the actual fish, I wanted to draw inspiration from its beautiful scales. So I picked up Rimmel Marine Blue, Funky Fingers Baby Baby Baby, OPI DS Elegance, Zoya Indigo, and Sally Hansen Purple Potion... and got to work.

This was the end result and I wore it the entire weekend! It was time consuming, but relatively easy. I used a dotting tool to create a scale-like effect. I thought that using tips on four fingers and full coverage on the ring finger would add a nice accent to it. Unfortunately, it has been raining here for a week. But I managed to get the slightest hint of sunlight on Saturday.

 

And here are close up shots of the ring fingers. I blurred the last one so you could see all of the sparkly goodness in macro!

 If you want to try out the scale effect with your own polishes and color combos, please post them to the Princess Polish Facebook page! I would LOVE to see how yours turned out!

Until tomorrow!
Princess P

Dupe or No Dupe?

On Monday, I swatched Revlon Gold Coin, which you can check HERE in case you missed the post.


On Monday, I swatched Revlon Gold Coin, which you can check HERE in case you missed the post.

Coincidentally, I also happened upon a polish that looked eerily similar in the bottle while checking out the grand opening of a new Five Below in my area, called Down to Earth.

So I picked it up, along with the rest of the Funky Fingers Heavy Metal collection, and headed home to compare.



Here are the polishes after the first coat. The pinky and the ring finger are Down to Earth, while the index and middle fingers are Gold Coin. There is definitely a clear difference here, but let's give it another coat.



And here they are again, DTE, GC, DTE, GC, with two coats. They're kind of similar, but the Funky Fingers has much more of a champagne tone to it, where as gold Coin has a blacker, aluminum-like base to it. In fact, I'd venture to say that Down to Earth isn't a foil like Gold Coin, but rather a shimmer. I would say DTE is more in the vein of OPI Glitzerland.

So are they a dupe?

Leila, open the case…

DUPE BUSTED!

Check back tomorrow for a new post and stay tuned for the rest of the Funky Fingers Heavy Metal Collection.

- Princess Polish