My Little Pony: Friendship is Manicures - Applejack

My next My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic inspired manicure is Applejack.
Applejack is a no-nonsense pony who probably wouldn't paint her nails (hooves) anyway. So, I went with a nude shade and just a little bit of embellishment.

The base color is Astor Diamant Sensation 981, and I added gold freckles with Rimmel Lasting Finish 'Bling'. I used the same method for nail art polka dots as I've done before - a bobby pin dipped into polish. It's easy and cute.

Applejack's a tough pony, and this was one tough manicure too. It lasted over a week without a single chip! Perfect for such a low-maintenance pony.


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Too many layers

Warning: the following manicure consists of seven layers of polish. View at your own risk.

If you think this mani looks familiar, you're right. It's my brown & blue polka dots from earlier, with funky french tips added on. I really like it much better this way - I think the tips pull it all together. And, you know I'm a fan of adding tips once my mani starts wearing. I use my hands too much to avoid tipwear after a few days.


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Flip-flop polka dots

I messed up my previous mani while frankening, unfortunately, so I had to put on a new one. This time, I decided to do the same idea in reverse - instead of blue with brown spots, this time it's brown with blue spots. I don't love this one as much as the other one, but it's still cute.

I started with a coat of Astor Diamant Sensation, color 981. I originally bought this for use as an underwear polish, because in the bottle it literally looks like liquid foundation. Unfortunately it's too dark for me. It's holding a strange middle ground on me; too dark for 'mannequin hands' but too light to be a trendy taupe. I don't love it. It's also wearing really quickly.


Anyway, same business as before - I used a bobby pin in lieu of a dotting tool and applied unevenly sized dots. I made sure to let the dots dry enough before applying topcoat, because I had a little bit of dragging before.

These photos aren't as true to color as I'd like, unfortunately - for some reason, the Astor didn't want to photograph right. It's lighter than shown here in reality.

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Freshening it up with nail art

I have a very short attention span when it comes to manicures. Whenever I have a bit of time to myself, I like to paint my nails - I enjoy the ritual of it, and having something new on my fingertips. Of course, doing a full-on manicure is more time consuming than adding on to your existing manicure - either by layering something over it, giving it a funky french, or adding some other kind of adornment.

I am loving these silly spots. Brown and light blue are one of my favorite color combinations. I don't have a dotting tool, so the dots aren't a consistent size - but I think I like them that way. I just used the tip of a bobby pin dipped in polish, placing the spots at random intervals until I was satisfied.


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Blush1 Haul

I got my second order from Blush1. They're a UK-based overstock cosmetics etailer. I ordered from them for the first time a couple weeks ago, and I loved the stuff so much I made another order! The shipping was INCREDIBLY fast, and after £25, it's free as well.

I got the rest of the Revlon Sweet Nothings collection, after enjoying the first one so much. They're really interesting layering polishes, made for putting over dark polishes. At first I thought they all had the same pink duochrome flash, but it looks like Satin Sheets (white) has a gold flash and Please me Pink flashes blue.

I wish I could capture the duochromes of these polishes on camera, but it's incredibly difficult. In real life, the bottles flash as you turn them and it's so lovely. Each shade is a different sheer, milky color.



These, I'll use for frankening - I got a few shades of Collection 2000 Dazzle Me powder eyeshadow (light green, bright blue, and black), some loose glitter, some glitter polishes, and clear polishes. Watch for my results soon.


This is a polish I wanted to use for 'underwear' under sheer polishes, but it's too dark for my skin tone. If I ever tanned at all, it would work. Unfortunately, I don't.


And a lippie - Too Faced Glamour Gloss in 'Girls on Film'. Nice color, feels quite sticky and has an odd smell though. It's supposedly a lipcolor that 'looks like a gloss and wears like a lipstick'. We'll see. The color suits me well enough.

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