TreasuresByTan -- Dolphin's Cove

I hope everyone had a good Monday!  As promised, here is my swatch of Dolphin's Cove from TreasuresByTan.  Tanya told me this is one of her favorites and was her second creation ever. I can't wait to see this over a light blue, a lavender, a white and a black!  

I chose American Apparel Coney Island as the undies.  Due to the AA polish being so streaky and thin, I used three coats on top of Seche Clear base coat and I followed everything with INM Out the Door top coat.  

Excuse the cuticles ~ they are currently under construction.  I have short fingernails but don't a great many of us?!  I do a lot around the house and can't seem to keep long fingernails.  I think it is a refreshing change to see a nail blog with not so perfect hands, don't you?!

The polish was super easy to apply.  The glitter was easy to work with and move around when I wanted to.  I did thin coats on my index, ring and pinkie fingers; thick coats on my thumb and middle finger.  Therefore, I had to apply another thin coat to the three fingers while the thumb and middle finger remained at one thicker coat.  

Tanya's store describes Dolphin's Cove as being made up of blue and turquoise glitters in varying sizes and shapes.  There are also multi-color shifting glitters (which I tried to show in my pictures). The base is clear....my favorite "color" for a glitter base!  Her polishes are all custom blended using cosmetic grade mica, glitter, stainless steel balls.  They are all made from scratch -- no store bought polishes are used!  Tanya's polishes are also 3 Free (meaning they do not contain any Toluene, Formaldehyde or DBP) and they are cruelty free.

Be sure to check out Tanya's shop on etsy and tell her 10FickleFingers (or 10FF for short!) sent you!

Outside

Inside using artificial lighting

Shade

Sun

Inside using artificial light, blurred

Sun

So, what do you think about Dolphin's Cove?  What do you think about my photos?  Too many? Not enough?  Need more lighting options?  Email me or leave a comment here!

Little of This, Little of That

A little tidbit about me--I am a perfectionist with certain things.  You'll probably notice that during your time on 10 Fickle Fingers.

I got some goodies in the mail today and knew I couldn't take photos outside and expect them to turn out well (snow, no sun).  I knew I'd have to make a lightbox.  I started with a smaller box but opted for a larger one.  Making the lightbox was fairly easy to do using some how to's I found on the internet.  Since I had all the materials on hand that I needed, it was also free!

In the future, I may take pictures of swatches in various lighting.  I think that the shade, the sun and my lightbox would be good sources to get a nice variety of how a nail polish may look on you.  At the moment, I do not have my digital SLR camera here so I had to use what I had available for the following photos.  I think once I get my Olympus back, the pictures will improve greatly!

I will be posting a NOTD (nail of the day) with one of the polishes I won from TreasuresByTan, which I received today.  It was very difficult to choose the two polishes I wanted.  I know I will be purchasing some soon!  There are so many unique polishes in Tanya's shop.  All items are handmade and there is more than just nail polish!

Look at the way Tanya wrapped the treasures!

I won a zebra 14" x 14" pillow cover (so soft, folded in the picture), a lip gloss and lip balm (I got to pick the flavor of that), a necklace, bracelet, earrings and matching stretch ring, two nail polishes (SO tough to narrow it down to two).

I chose Dolphin's Cove and Reindeer Games.  I also added about 20 other polishes from TreasuresByTan to my wishlist!

Love the glittery goodness!

Cotton Candy Twist lip gloss and Orange Cream Vanilla lip balm .. YUM!

Handcrafted necklace and bracelet

Handcrafted stretch ring and matching earrings

TreasuresByTan also offers custom orders.  Be sure to check out Tanya's Facebook page for sneak peeks.  Do you own anything from Tanya?

Do you blog?  Do you use a lightbox or do you prefer using the good ol' sun?  What kind of camera do you use?  Let this new blogger hear from you!

Welcome!

Hello and Welcome!  I hope you enjoy your time on 10 Fickle Fingers.  I created this blog because of my addiction to interest in nail polishes.  There will be other stuff thrown in and I hope the variety will keep you coming back.

Here is my nail mail from yesterday.  A quick cell phone picture.  My husband thought I was silly taking a picture ... but look at the awesome goodness ... (and I didn't intentionally cut off the head of my nail file).  Most of these are from swaps on Facebook.  There are a couple of notables in the bunch:

• The nail file (an extra not even mentioned in the giveaway) and the Illamasqua duo are winnings from Nail FREAK
• The Models Own Boogie Nights and GOSH Gasoline (the latter of which has been on my wishlist forever and thought I'd never get it so took it off) are freebies from a swap
• The York Peppermint Patties had a casualty (I ate one as soon as I opened the package)
• The Essie Lapiz of Luxury is a RAOK (random act of kindness) from a facebook group
• There are three (yes, THREE) polishes from Nail-venturous Lacquers in there!!

I still have some things to add to the blog, like my wishlist and stash list, social networking icons (Facebook, Twitter and so on).  I do wonder, though, should I set up a Twitter and Facebook account solely for this blog or use what I already have set up?  My twitter has just 26 followers so it isn't like it would be a big inconvenience to set up a new twitter account for 10 Fickle Fingers.  I think every blog I have visited and joined has their own Facebook account.  So, needless to say, as I've been typing this, I have come to the conclusion that I need separate accounts for the blog on Twitter and Facebook.

I would love to hear from you.  Send me your tips, feedback, comments, criticisms, helpful suggestions.  Enjoy the blog.  I have lots of ideas and lots more to come!