Mani Monday Featuring the New Steampunk Collection from Gothic Gala Lacquers

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Hello Lovelies! 

   I am back again for another installment of Mani Monday and this time I have a super special treat for you Samantha from Gothic Gala Lacquers contacted me and asked if I was interested in swatching a  new Steampunk collection that she was planning to release in the beginning of September. So, of course, I was super excited since not only do I love her polishes but I love all things Steampunk.

OMG! Did you say Steampunk?

  Then, I began to worry since I started thinking about the blog and my new found romance with animated gifs and blogging and then I realized I hadn't seen that many steampunk movies.

Hmmm, Let me think about this.

Then, I began to search the internet for steampunk animated gifs...

I searched everywhere and it seemed like a never ending task.

   Until it finally hit me that The City of Lost Children would be absolutely PERFECT for this collection. Not only was it one of my favorite films, it also had an amazing steampunk feel and Ron Perlman was in it. So it was made to animate this blog post for Gothic Gala's Steampunk collection.
    When most people tend to think of Steampunk, metallics often come to mind so naturally I was thinking that I was going to have shiny metallic nails. However, Samantha always continues to surprise me with her collections. Instead of bright metallics, she went the opposite direction and did mattes. Yup, that is right a mostly matte Steampunk collection which is simply brilliant. I liked how she took the grittier aspect of Steampunk while still working with the traditional metallic aspect. I swatched the polishes as they are and then with a top coat to give them either a matte or a shiny look so that you can see the differences. Just take a look...

Blue Steel is probably the most non traditional steampunk color with it being blue.It is a lovely hybrid combination of both a lighter blue and silver. This is naturally a matte however, it is just as gorgeous with a shiny top coat which makes it slightly darker and more metallic looking with a shiny top coat. I will have to say it is one of my favorites.

Bronze is the is a lovely like orange with a hint of gold and tons of shimmer when the light hits it just right. It is also a matte but looks only slightly darker with a shiny top coat.

Rust is the mid range tone of the steampunk metallics. While it is a lovely orange metallic hue it is darker with a  bit more red or even possibly a hint of pink. This is another matte but turns slightly darker when the shiny top coat is added but just as lovely.

    

Copper is another one of my favorites which is the darkest of the three orange metallics. It has more of brown hue than the other two with the most dramatic transformation when the shiny top coat is applied. You can see more of the brown the shiny top coat than in its' natural matte.

Finally, last but not least no steampunk collection would be complete without Silver. This is collection is no exception. While this color is silver it isn't the flashy over the top metallic silver since it would be completely out of place with the rest of the colors. This silver is more subtle and subdued however still silver none the less. This is the ONLY naturally shiny polish out of the entire collection and it is just as stunning with a matte top coat.

So there you have it lovelies, the Steampunk collection from Gothic Gala Lacquers releases September 1st. You can  either pick up the entire collection for $37 $45m since she has added a new color which is on its' way to me right now, or you can pick out your favorites for $8.50 a piece.

With prices like that you won't completely blow your beauty budget 

    

This collection will be around until Spring so no need to take up drinking just yet!

You can purchase Gothic Gala polishes here. If you would like to follow her on the web you can follow her on Facebook, Facebook Fan Group,  Instagram and Pinterest. I hope that you enjoyed this installment of Mani Monday and until next time lovelies!

Mani Monday: Catch a Star Featuring Vapid Lacquer

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Hello Lovelies!
   It was a crazy and sad week with the passing of my parents' dog due to Sego Palm poisoning so I wasn't able to do another post. However, I am back with another Mani Monday installment, this time I am featuring some new polishes from Vapid Lacquer. I have to say Vapid Lacquer makes truly EPIC holo polishes and I needed to pick up some more since I can never have enough sparkly goodness. So I picked up three minis (two holos and one duochrome which I will share with you at another time) and some of her bath goodies to try out and review. The two polishes that I am featuring today, Catch Me If You Can and Star Stuff, caught my eye and I knew that I needed to have them on my nails immediately. Catch Me If You Can is described as a "teal polish with a TON of linear holo" on the site. I just think it is the perfect combination of blue and green, and what I would consider on the dark end of the teal spectrum, with holo-y goodness thrown in. Now Star Stuff is described on the site as "stunning bright silver packed with linear holo". This polish is purely epic. It is a lovely silver when you are wearing it indoors but when the sun hits it, Star Stuff is a holo explosion which makes me think of disco balls coming out of the corner and drag queens running to sing Abba on my fingernails. While I love Catch Me If You Can, I  REALLY LOVE Star Stuff (possible borderline obsession really)  and I need to order a full size in hopes that drag queens will ambush me and sing Abba when the sun hits this polish. I mean seriously on a crappy over cast day I was still able to get this awesome holo shot (and NONE of my indoor shots would do this justice).

Catch Me If You Can  and Star Stuff (accent nail) from Vapid Lacquer

  So needless to say these two polishes are simply gorgeous so if you want or NEED to pick them up you can do so HERE. You can also follow her on her Facebook Page as well were she posts games where you can win some awesome goodies from her store. Hope you enjoyed this installment of Mani Monday!

Until Next Time lovelies!

Sultry Sunrise Tutorial featuring Classy Chick Cosmetics and Barbie Forest Three Toned Lenses in Blue from Uniqso

Hello lovelies!
     Things have been really busy this past week in the Dreadful household. My littlest Dreadful turned two, our puppy got fixed, our keyboard died and our hard drive crashed causing us to loose everything. Mr Dreadful hopes to attempt to recover our stuff however I am really not that hopeful with our current computer luck. I did have several tutorials saved and ready for the editing process so that is a really disappointed. However I did do another tutorial yesterday of my look featuring Barbie Forest 3 Tones Blue Lenses from Uniqso and Classy Chick Cosmetics. I am venturing into YouTube so all of my tutorials will be posted there as well as here in the future. So enough chattering on with the tutorial!

So please be sure to rate, comment and subscribe to my channel. There will be live tutorials in the future to help with the process however I need to possibly get a lamp and a makeup mirror since I do most of my tutorials at night and the lighting isn't the best.

Here is a list of items that I used for the tutorial from Classy Chick Cosmetics:
Shady Lady Pigment
Butter Me Up Pigment
Sunny Spot Pigment
Super Nova Pigment
Marilyn Monroe Lip Glaze

Just click on the link and it will take you to her store. Here is the  review on their products.

If you want a pair of your own Barbie Forest 3 Tone Circle lenses or just a pair of circle lenses in general click on the Uniqso icon in my sidebar and it will take to you the page. Be sure to enter the special coupon code ddivine10 to receive 10% off your order!

Until next time my dears!