NOTD: Gold & teal splatter

Hey, guess what I haven't done in a while? A nail art post, that's what. I actually have a bit of a backlog to work through so there's a sliiight chance I might even post more often for a brief spurt. These nails are from about a month ago, and the base is a prototype I made for what eventually became my current Tu B'shvat collection!

NOTD: Hanukkah nails! (1/?)

Happy Hanukkah everyone! I don't have anything super profound to say about this nail art, but it was surprisingly fun to do, and very easy! I was thinking about starting with only one lit candle and then adding a new one every day, but that would mean leaving this on for eight days, and if you know me at all, making me wear the same nail polish for even three days is cruel and unusual. Even if somehow a Hanukkah miracle occurred and it didn't have any chips or tip wear in that spam of time. I suppose it would be a seasonally appropriate miracle, but I'm not patient enough to test it out :D I have a few Hanukkah nail designs planned out, but I'm not committing to a full eight days of new nail art, so let's see how many I can manage!

#31DC2015 Day 20- Water Marble

Ok, so after all that talk yesterday about being original and trying to stand out, for today's post I actually went with something that's super popular, the neon watermarble. Since I didn't have any neon polishes, I actually made my own, although I don't plan to sell them. I love neons, but so many indies have done them lately that I don't feel as though I have anything original to contribute to the market. Still, I couldn't resist picking up a pigment sampler pack, and I used them to make some polishes specifically meant for marbling. And boy, do they marble well! The polish is actually not fantastic in quality- I should have mixed them for longer. But despite that, I love how this watermarble came out. I'm definitely going to do it again soon.

I'm not going to bother listing the colors, since these are all polishes I made myself, and I didn't name them. The white base is Color Club French Tip.

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#31DC2015 Day 2- Orange

I used one of the polishes from my own indie brand in this mani, and a lot of my friends claimed it's gold, not orange. (I don't keep a copy of every single of my polishes for myself, but when I do keep one it's usually because it's holo). Please help! Is this legitimately orange? Or is it gold? Have I failed today's challenge?

Polishes used:
Fedoraharp Lacquer- Pepper Potts (orange holo)
Color Club- Cherubic (accent triangles)

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New polishes and a giveaway!

It's my birthday, so you know what that means (actually you don't but I'm officially making it A Thing now)

IT'S GIVEAWAY TIME KINDERLACH

First of all, let me introduce you to three new nail polishes that I just added to my shop, and they're glorious if I may say so myself.

Melinda May

Pepper Potts

Mystique

ARE THEY NOT GLORIOUS?

And here is the giveaway!

It's my birthday today, so I'm having a giveaway! I just added three new polishes to my shop- the first (but not last!) holos by Fedoraharp Lacquer! I'm giving away one of each of my three holos, plus one more polish of your choice! To enter, repost this picture (using an app or a screenshot, I don't care) with the hashtag #fedoraharphologiveaway and make sure you're following the rules. Rules: 1- Open internationally 2- You must be over 18 3- No giveaway accounts 4- No private accounts (I have to be able to see your entry) 5- Must be following @fedoraharp 6- Giveaway ends July 26th, I will select a winner using random.org That's it, good luck! And keep your eyes peeled for a mega sale right after the giveaway ends!

A photo posted by @fedoraharp on Jul 12, 2015 at 12:20pm PDT

Now away with you, friends, fly to Instagram to go enter my giveaway ASAP!

NOTD + Preview!

Today I have a preview for the Passover collection! This is an early version of a polish that I'm planning to release for Passover. I've still got to tweak it a bit- the glitter sinks to the bottom and it took four coats to be opaque. But still, this one turned out so pretty that I needed to wear it as a full mani!

After I wore it by itself for the purpose of swatching in natural daylight, the next day I added some stamping accents and little gold decorations, which is why this is also an NOTD post. This is some more Born Pretty Store stuff I picked up on Black Friday, the stamping plate is BP-L 004, and the little treble clefs are also from there.

So, what do you think of this color?

NOTD: Matte blue skittlette

I bought a whole bunch of stamping plates from the Born Pretty Store for black Friday, and as soon as I got them I immediately needed to play with them. The plate I used for this mani is BP-L 005. I'm really adoring how this one turned out! I forsee these stamping plates ending up in a lot of future manis.

Polishes used:
WOW Cosmetics 427
Konad white stamping polish
Fedoraharp Powdered Sugar
OPI Matte topcoat

New in my Etsy store: Purim duo!

Most of the people who follow this blog also follow my other social media, so you've probably seen these already. Still, I feel I should try to be consistent about sharing new releases on my blog too! So here is a blog post type thingy for my Purim 2015 polishes.

Clowning Around:

Mini size polish here | Full size polish here

Masquerade:

Mini size polish here | Full size polish here

You can also buy them as a pair at a discount, both in Mini and Full size!

Full disclosure: Most of the pictures of my hands are a little bit photoshopped. I only used it to get rid of patches of dry skin or places where my cleanup wasn't great or places where there was residual glitter on my fingers. The polish itself is completely untouched, I wouldn't want a dishonest representation of my product. My fingers, on the other hand, are mine and I am not selling them so I can do with them as I please.

New items in my shop: Sound of music duo!

Hey all! This is a quick announcement to say that I just added two new polishes to my shop, inspired by the Sound of Music!

Here they are:

Raindrops on Roses

Mini size polish here | Full size polish here

Whiskers on Kittens

(Note: This polish has a glossy finish but I included matte swatches because IMO it's cuter that way!

Mini size polish here | Full size polish here

You can also buy them as a pair at a discount, both in Mini and Full size!

Full disclosure: Most of the pictures of my hands are a little bit photoshopped. I only used it to get rid of patches of dry skin or places where my cleanup wasn't great or places where there was residual glitter on my fingers. The polish itself is completely untouched, I wouldn't want a dishonest representation of my product. My fingers, on the other hand, are mine and I am not selling them so I can do with them as I please.

New collection: Futurama!

~~~*WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF TOMORROWWWWWW*~~~

I have done it! I have launched my very first fandom collection in my shop! Since I have a ton of photos to post, I'm not gonna be very wordy, I hope you enjoy the polish I've created!

Executive Delivery Boy (Inspired by Fry):

Mini size polish here | Full size polish here

Bite My Shiny Metal Ass (Inspired by Bender):

Mini size polish here | Full size polish here

Clobberella (Inspired by Leela)

Mini size polish here | Full size polish here

My Manwich! (Inspired by Hermes):

Mini size polish here | Full size polish here

Good News, Everyone! (Inspired by Prof. Farnsworth and the Planet Express)

Mini size polish here | Full size polish here

Kappa Kappa Wong (Inspired by Amy Wong):

Mini size polish here | Full size polish here

What about Zoidberg? (take a wild guess who inspired this one)

Mini size polish here | Full size polish here

Fun fact about the Zoidberg polish: I considered leaving him out of the collection as a joke, but then I decided that I'd rather make a Zoidberg polish than have a meta joke in my collection.

I'm also selling complete sets of both the mini and full sizes at a significant discount:

Full size SET here | Mini size SET here

I hope you like them! I kind of want to make a "Shut up and buy my polish!" joke here but that would be in poor taste.

Full disclosure: Most of the pictures of my hands are a little bit photoshopped. I only used it to get rid of patches of dry skin or places where my cleanup wasn't great or places where there was residual glitter on my fingers. The polish itself is completely untouched, I wouldn't want a dishonest representation of my product. My fingers, on the other hand, are mine and I am not selling them so I can do with them as I please.

Another full disclosure: I am aware of the fact that Loki's Lacquer used to make Futurama themed polishes. If this were the kind of thing where a gazillion people had done polishes inspired by the same subject (like with Doctor Who or Avengers) I wouldn't say much, but because it's only one other person that I know of, I felt compelled to discuss this with her before I created my collection. Don't worry guys, I have her blessing (particularly since she no longer makes polishes and she's glad someone is carrying the torch!). I am actually going to be sending her this collection to review, I'll link to it here when that happens!