A Day In The Life Of DollFace: August 2010

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Nail Talez 300 Follower Giveaway!

The oh so amazing ,ever lovely, Nikki

from Nail Talez is

celebrating her 300 follower's with a

GIVEAWAY!!

12 GORGEOUS China Glaze polishes!!

Go check out her incredible work

here

http://nailtalez.blogspot.com

and here

http://www.youtube.com/user/nailtalez

500 follower Giveaway WINNER!!

It's time to announce the winner of my 500 follower giveaway!!

So without further ado, the lucky winner is.....

Adeline

from

http://through-beauty-eyes.blogspot.com

Congratulations Girl!!

Please send me your info so I can get your goodies out to you!!

Thanks again to everyone for participating & for following me

and supporting my blog, it means alot!!

xoxoxo ~ Dolly

Monday, August 30, 2010

My Channel Background

MyWeezyLover, a YouTuber subscriber, like my background on my main channel page so much, she asked if I could do a nail design to mimic it.

Here's my background

And here's the nail design

PRODUCTS USED:

PRO Nail Systems Base Coat

H&M polish in - Bella's Choice

China Glaze in - Something Sweet

Sinful Colors in - Cream Pink

"Franken" in - School Bus

L.A.Color Craze in - Black

L.A.Colors Art Deco in - Black

Hurricane Nail Striper in White

China Glaze Fast Forward top Coat

For full tutorial on this look, please visit my YouTube channel

www.youtube.com/user/dollface22772

Sunday, August 29, 2010

Another Fall Haul

If you don't know this by now...I'm a horror junkie.

Anything eery, scary or creepy and I'm like fat kid in a candy shop.

So naturally, Halloween is my favorite holiday, and

when I saw China Glaze's collection, "Awakening",

obviously I had to have it.

Who cares if I have similar colors already,

just the names alone made it a MUST have for me.

But the other reason why I got it was because

Ick-a-bod-y reminded me of Fortune Teller

I was one of those poor unfortunate souls that was WAY too late to grab this amazing little gem.

And though I'd LOVE to get my hands on this color,

I'm not really up to paying $38 on E-Bay.

(Yes, this was the latest bid I've seen on there)

After playing around with it, it's no replacement for Fortune Teller

SIGH.

But still, it is a great color and does have a similar effect when paired with a black base and topped with Matte Magic

I'm thrilled with the set, and can't wait to use them

In my travels, I also picked up 2 colors from Color Club's latest collection,

"Untamed Luxury"

Snakeskin and Soft As Cashmere, as well as Plum Luck

from Sally Hansen.

Plum Luck is exactly that, a rich plum cream. While I love plum, we shall see about this color, because it dries a bit darker...and I want a more vibrant plum.

Soft As Cashmere is a cool grayish taupe. A definite go-to color for Fall.

Snakeskin is the real winner of the bunch. A metallic gunmetal gray base with gold shimmer.

Ohhh yeah, momma likes!!

Can't wait to use these and see what goodies I can create with them!

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Shabby Chic Summer Rose

Again, another request from a YT subbie

(I'm actually catching up on my requests, YAY!)

She asked for a Summer rose design, and this is what I came up with.
I love Shabby Chic

PRODUCTS USED:

PRO Nail Systems Base Coat

TOMA Nail Lacquer in - Innocence

Color Club in - Twiggie

KleanColor in - Melon Green

My Studio Acrylic paint in - Neon Pink

Americana Acrylic paint in - Warm White

Royal-Soft Grip Art Brush - # SG 160

So Easy Stripe Rite in - # 698576 - Medium Green

Color Club's Art Club Striper in - Mochalotta

Cosmetic Sponge

Dotting Tool

For full tutorial on this look, please visit my You Tube channel

www.youtube.com/user/dollface22772

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Newest Collections

Ok, so call me a dork,

I'll wear the badge proudly,

but I am SO in love with my two latest collections at

my Etsy shop, Littlest Charm Factory.

These button stacker's give the illusion of plugs, but without the pain or commitment. I'm a wuss when it comes to pain, SO I'm down with that.

These are the 12 colors I've got available, but I am always open to taking suggestions or custom colors and arrangements.

~**~

And my second collection, Silhouettes.

Perhaps its just the simplicity of the shapes, or perhaps it's the

stark black in contract with it's white background, but I've

been obsessed with them for as long as I can remember.

Why not bring that beauty to a piece of jewelry?

Here's a few pieces from the collection.

Aren't these fun? I have many up on the shop now, with loads more to come, especially some for Halloween :)

( Giddy laugh)

To check out these collections, as rest of my goodies,

head to

http://www.etsy.com/shop/LittlestCharmFactory

Monday, August 23, 2010

Elvis Presley featuring VivaLaNails

So, I've had several requests for an Elvis inspired look just over the last month alone...so I finally caved.

LOL, I'm kidding, for someone who was weened on Elvis,

it was a total blast to do these nails!

All the glitter and rhinestones were sent to me by VivaLaNails

for review purchases.

The truth is, there is no one company that makes better rhinestones or

other various nail art accessories,

but what I can tell you is that VivaLaNails has an

amazing selection of nail art & nail art accessories, which for me, makes me a loyal customer, because it saves me time, and energy and shipping!

2 thumbs WAY up for 1-stop shop!

Ok, so unto to the design

Elvis and his jumpsuits....how could I not do that design?!

PRODUCTS USED:

PRO Nail Systems Base Coat

Essie in - Van D'Go

Sinful Colors in - Snow Me White

L.A. Colors in - Black

L.A. Colors Art Deco in - Black

So Easy Stripe Rite in - Gold Metallic

Hurricane Nail Striper in - Red

So Easy Stripe Rite in - Turquoise

Migi Nail Art Pen in Black

VivaLaNails assorted Rhinestones & Glitters

Seche Vite Top Coat

For full tutorial on how I achieved this look, please visit my

YouTube channel

www.youtube.com/user/dollface22772

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Back To School

Several YT subbies requested I do a back to school look.

So I decided to a re-creation of a mani from another blogger

(and one that I'm secretly obsessed with)

Melissa, from The Daily Nail

Not following her blog?

Then you are SERIOUSLY missing out!

Not only is she extremely talented, but she does the most fun and unique mani's edged with sharp-witted humor and cute, funny names.

But the best part?

She does a different one everyday!

This is my ode of sorts, to Melissa and her wonderful designs.

And I can only hope I have done her justice.

PRODUCTS USED:

PRO Nail Systems Base Coat

"Franken " - School Bus

China Glaze in - Platinum Silver

Sinful Colors in - Vacation Time

Maybelline Express Finish in - Pink Sunset

L.A.Colors Art Deco in - Silver

Color Club Art Club in - Mochalotta

Seche Vite Top Coat

For full tutorial on this look, please visit my You Tube channel

www.youtube.com/user/dollface22772

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

500 FOLLOWER GIVEAWAY!!! (CLOSED)

OMG I HAVE REACHED

500 FOLLOWERS!!!

I cannot thank you all enough for your continued
support and friendship,
It means so much to me.

As a special thank you, to you, my 500 followers,
I'm having a GIVEAWAY!!!!

There will be 1 winner.

The lucky winner will have the choice of 1 of 2 prizes

A $ 40 gift card to Sally's Beauty Supply!

OR

The entire China Glaze "Vintage Vixen" collection!!

So, now for the rules :

* You MUST be my follower/subscriber to my blog.

* Re-post about this giveaway, either on your blog,
FaceBook, Twitter, My Space, YouTube etc.

* Write a comment to this post
and be sure to include your name and e-mail
so I can contact you if you are the winner!

* Only 1 entry per person!

Giveaway will run until August 30th
&
Winner will be announced on August 31st

GOOD LUCK!!

Monday, August 16, 2010

Haul - Fall Polish

Here's another recent haul, mostly Autumn colors in preparation for Autumn

Peacock - This color is from ICING, the more grown-up affiliate of Claire's accessory store.

A turquoise base with a magenta duo-chrome finish, this is a real stand-out color and I was very happy to grab it.

Picasso - Another ICING color, this is a true Khaki with a slight blue pearl shimmer to it.

Khaki Fringe - More of an Olive, rather than a Khaki, this is another color I was really happy to pick up. After seeing it on Brooke's aka GETCHA NAILS DID I really wanted a nice Olive green polish to add to my large green polish collection.

Tinsel - After finishing my bottle of Sally Hansen's Celeb City, I could not find another to replace it, so I grabbed this instead. NOT a good replacement. While it is a bright silver as Celeb City was, Tinsel is more of a fine glitter, as compared to Celeb City which is more of a shimmer.

Still, it's China Glaze, so I can never really be disappointed with owning another.

Lissi at nailaddictsanonymous was gracious enough to offer me her extra bottle of Bella's Choice after seeing me foaming at the mouth for it, but never being able to find it. But unfortunately Lissa,

as some of you know is dealing with some family affairs

and was unable to send this to me.

While vacationing I stumbled into an H&M and there was the polish.

Needless to say I did a happy dance.

Look Lissi, I found it!!

BIG Hugs to ((((((Lissi))))

for being a doll and even offering to send it to me

Wild & Willing - This color is from last year's Fall "At Heart" Collection.

Don't ask me why I never picked up this color until now, because it is absolutely GORGEOUS!. Rich copper shimmer with a pinky-rose duo-chrome. LOVE.

Mocha - KleanColor doesn't make the best of polishes, but they get me every time with their great colors. I had to get this color, because I don't have a single cream like it.

This Franken I call School Bus. Several You tube subbies requested I do some back to school looks, but when I decided on what type of nails to do, I realized that I didn't have that school bus, pencil yellow-orange color.

So I made this using nothing but a light burnt orange and a golden yellow.

Here are some quick swatches, I do realize they aren't the great, so I apologize for that. But you will be seeing them in all very soon in upcoming Fall looks.

In addition to all the Fall polishes I picked up, I also picked up several new stripers.

The Hurricane polishes rarely have names, not to mention the fact that I have never seen the brand anywhere else other than the small Korean beauty supply store that is in town. But, the 3 center stripers are all from Color Club's Art Club.

The Brown is called Mochalotta

The purple had the labe ripped off, but I've since found out the name is

Orchestra

And the 3rd Art Club is Copper Glitter