#i just need to topcoat the orange and do the silver

[acornminiatureslog]

First take on the rogue trader I wanna have following around my next imperial fleet. Still might go back and try same basic setup but with a different, less standard prow. Maybe find some other batteries. Like the spine, engine, bridge, and masts tho

[thelunarbond]

1, 5, 8, 13, and 27 for everyone? (for 13 have their best friend dressing them up please)

1) Their favourite outfit

Yume: A nebula pattern crop top, holographic skater skirt and thigh high black socks, and purple shiny platform shoes (because he’s insecure about his height). Sometimes he’ll also wear an acid wash denim jacket thats covered in pins, patches and buttons

Chase: A white button up shirt with a sweater vest or cardigan, worn with grey jeans and brown brogues. He’ll sometimes add a plain tie to the look as well. Chase loves to dress formally 

Lavender: A pastel pink, frilly lolita dress with a cat print, knee high socks and pastel pink high heels. She’ll finish the look with a big pink ribbon in her hair, face glitter and a cat shaped purse

Minami: A sparkly bralette with a black mesh long sleeved shirt, paired with a black skirt, fishnets and sparkly sneakers. Despite this being her favourite outfit, she doesn’t wear it often as she feels she doesn’t look good in it

Alexis: her dragon kigurumi, as it’s functional and she can also sleep in it without needing a blanket. Also because dragons are cool. It’s the second most common thing to see Alexis wearing

Phoenix: A massively oversized light pink hoodie that has red ribbon down the sleeves and goes down to just above his knees, a pair of ripped black skinny jeans and white sneakers. Depending on whether or not he’s reading, he’ll wear a pair of circular reading glasses. Phoenix optimises being comfortable but still wants to appear vaguely presentable if he goes out in public

5) A Sharp Suit

Yume: Looks like a normal suit but is probably in a wacky colour such as neon green or bright orange. Wears a bow tie that’s got some kind of pattern on it or is sparkly. Watch out for when he walks past, you’re gonna need sunglasses

Chase: A typical suit. Black jacket, vest, white shirt, black tie, the works. Probably pushes his hair back as well to complete the look. Despite wearing a normal suit, he’s still very eye catching

Lavender: Would hate wearing a suit as she doesn’t like wearing trousers. She’d insist that it had to be in a pastel colour, such as blue or pink. Would wear a bow tie that matches the jacket and pastel coloured brogues. Would spend the whole time complaining that she looks ugly

Minami: Definitely a sunshine yellow suit, with a yellow hat and yellow eyepatch to match. Would probably wear a bow tie. Wears her hair into two braids. Despite it being something she’d never wear, she looks really good in it

Alexis: A velvet, dark green suit jacket, white shirt and black tie, and dark green velvet trousers. She’d never admit it, but she feels good wearing a suit and highkey wouldn’t want to take it off as it makes her feel sophisticated and important

Phoenix: A patterned suit jacket with a shirt that matches the accent colour, and no tie. Wears trousers that match the pattern on the jacket. Like Chase, he’d probably also push his hair back and may wear his reading glasses. He looks like a whole different person

8) Red Carpet Event

Yume: Definitely wearing a dress. Not just a pretty red carpet gown either, but a eye catching, bright yet tasteful dress. Would probably be covered in fake birds or something like that. Has his nails done to match the dress and would wear heels

Chase: Probably the sharp suit mentioned before. If not, a suit made by an extremely expensive designer label that would make him brag about his looks 10 times more than he does already

Lavender: A huge, pastel pink gown that’s covered in rhinestones and sparkles. Also has little diamonds in her hair and sparkly face makeup. Definitely wears heels that are too tall so she can barely walk

Minami: A sunshine yellow knee high dress and yellow heels. The dress would definitely have a fluffy skirt and be covered in sparkles. Has a sparkly yellow eyepatch to match 

Alexis: Good luck getting her to a red carpet event, but if she were to go to one she’d wear a dark green slightly shiny suit with a black tie and black shoes. Would probably also wear a smoky makeup look

Phoenix: Probably the patterned sharp suit mentioned before, or a baby blue suit with white shoes

13) Dressed by Another OC (Their Best Friend)

Yume, dressed by Chase: A grey blazer, white button up shirt without the top button done up, grey slacks and black shoes. Would also push his hair back. Chase hates to admit it, but Yume looks really good dressed like that

Chase, dressed by Yume: A mesh shirt and high waisted denim shorts, with high-top sneakers and pulled up sports socks. Would also put cute hairclips in his hair and cover his face in glitter. Chase is highly embarrassed but Yume loves every second of it

Lavender, dressed by [NAME REDACTED]: A trendy, sporty crop top and a pleated dark purple skirt, along with thigh high socks and platform sneakers. Would also do a dark makeup look on her and put her hair in one big side braid, as well as putting a stretchy headband on her. Lavender would love the refreshing look (her best friend’s name is redacted as I haven’t introduced her yet :3c)

Minami, dressed by Phoenix: A cosy, mustard yellow cardigan with long sleeves, a statement t-shirt tucked into a denim skirt and a pair of boots, as well as a mustard yellow eyepatch. Minami is surprised by Phoenix’s taste in clothes and feels really good in the outfit, but she’d have to do her own hair and makeup because he has no idea how to do any of that stuff (and he’s too embarrassed to get that close to Minami) 

Alexis, dressed by [NAME REDACTED]: She wouldn’t want to put Alexis in clothes that she’s too uncomfortable in, so it’d probably be a baseball top and skinny jeans with plimsolls. Would probably also do her hair and put black stud earrings in her ears. Alexis feels like a different person in this outfit, however it’s too uncomfortable to wear all the time (Alexis’ best friend is her girlfriend, but I don’t want to say who that is for spoiler reasons and because I haven’t introduced her yet)

Phoenix, dressed by Minami: A long sleeve, vaporwave-esque shirt tucked into a pair of high waisted light blue jeans and black boots. She’d also restyle his hair so his bangs are pulled back and would put his reading glasses on him, as well as painting his nails black and putting earrings on him. He’s embarrassed to have Minami so close to him for such an extended period of time, but it makes her happy so he’s happy in the end

27) Their Current Outfit

Yume: A ¾ length sleeve sports jersey which is tucked into a black skater skirt, which he wears with thigh high socks and sneakers. He also wears a red-brown scarf and a dog tag necklace. His nails are painted dark blue with a sparkly topcoat, and he wears dark blue stud earrings and has an eyebrow piercing

Chase: A white button up shirt and tie, black slacks and brown brogues. He’ll sometimes wear a grey suit vest with it as well. His formal appearance makes him seem threatening to those who first meet him

Lavender: A pink blouse with a peter pan collar with a frilly white suspender skirt that has pink trim, as well as knee high pink and white striped socks and pink pumps. In her hair she wears a lot of pink and white bows, on her hands she has lots of plastic pink rings and pastel pink nails covered in rhinestones and sparkles. She also wears white pom pom earrings

Minami: A yellow, short sleeved t-shirt, light blue high waisted mom jeans and white sneakers. She’ll also wear a grey oversized cardigan when it’s cold. Around her neck she wears a necklace with a small key on it. Her eyepatches change daily, but her favourite is a pink one that has four red hearts on it and a frilly ribbon to tie it up with

Alexis: A vest shirt that has some kind of nerdy reference on it (e.g. lvl up!) with a pair of fleecy jogging bottoms and fuzzy slipper socks. She wears some variant of this outfit every day unless she’s wearing the dragon kigurumi mentioned before. Alexis also wears basic stud earrings and a septum ring on occasion

Phoenix: A light blue zip up hoodie that is unzipped, a white button up shirt and black ripped skinny jeans, along with a pair of beaten up old sneakers. He also wears a pair of basic silver stud earrings and an ear cuff on his right ear. Occasionally he’ll have his nails painted black by either Yume or Lavender as they like the way he looks with painted nails. Sometimes he’ll also be wearing his circular reading glasses if he’s reading or if he’s been reading and forgotten to take them off

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Femme Fatale Poison Garden Trio

-Valentine’s Day 2019

Today I’ve got a lovely trio to share- the 2019 installment of Femme’s Fatale’s annual Valentine’s Day trio! This year the theme was poison garden, and I’m in love with the aesthetics of this trio- not to mention that it’s super refreshing to see some Valentine’s polishes that aren’t strictly pink!

Bloodflower- A golden orange holographic with red iridescent flakes and fine silver holographic flakes.

I LOVE a good orange; I feel like it’s a color that isn’t often tackled, and this one is perfect! This polish was opaque in two coats! It’s also one of those neat polishes that looks totally different in sunlight and low lights; in the sun it’s basically a crazy linear holo, and in lower lights (which I wasn’t able to capture on camera because of lighting that day) the flakies really come out to play while the holo gives it a shimmery base.

It’s also gorgeous with a matte topcoat, shown above! Some colors I can only see myself wearing in certain seasons, but this is an orange I could wear all year round.

Lobelia- An earthy, foresty green foil with a slightly tealish base; and aqua shimmers.

I had trouble capturing the little blue shimmers in this one (you can kind of see them on the bottle in some pics) but it’s a gorgeous, shimmery green. It was mostly opaque in 2 coats, though I did need a 3rd to really cover my nail line and deepen the color.

I did notice that this polish had some brush streaks, but I personally didn’t find them distracting and I don’t think it takes away from the overall appearance! Shown above with a matte top coat.

Laceleaf- Juicy raspberry pink jelly with pink-gold shifting magnetic shimmer and green iridescent flakies.

So... I had a lot of trouble with Laceleaf. It’s a gorgeous polish, but I had one hell of a time getting the magnetic effect to show up on my nails, even applying all of the usual tricks and going above and beyond (shaking between every coat, extra thick coats, holding the magnet over until it was bone dry... you get the idea.) No dice. It magnetized wonderfully on the bottle, but I couldn’t get the effect to show up on the nail AT ALL. I was initially using my Tonic magnets which have worked beautifully, but they just weren’t cutting it.

I didn’t want to buy a bunch of new magnets when the ones I already had worked on everything else, but I caved and bought that crazy super magnet  that people have been raving about, and had MUCH better results. Sometimes special products need special tools, and this one needed the big guns!

Unfortunately, I don’t have pictures of the manicure using the jumbo magnet- I only have natural lighting and an iPhone available to me, and even tho I could see it on the nail, I couldn’t capture the magnetic effect in pictures. The magnetic color is just too close to the base color for my camera to pick up when it’s also being blown out by my lighting :( However, I did have the thought to do a quick swatch of one coat of Laceleaf over a dark base, and it shows off the magnetic effect SO MUCH BETTER! Please forgive me for only having a quick & dirty thumb swatch; I’d already done 3 manis while messing with different magnets and I wasn’t interested in doing a fourth all in one week lol. I would definitely suggest people try this one out as a topper too! I think it has a lot of potential.

There’s been many times where I’ve said that I feel like my pictures don’t do the polish justice, and this is definitely the worst of them all lol. This is the first time I’ve really felt disappointed by what I was able to capture, but that’s 100% on me, and not on the polish.

All of that aside, this is a delightful trio and I’m pleased with my purchase! Like what you see? This trio is no longer available on Femme Fatale’s website (it was a one time presale) but should be coming to their various stockists in the near future :) I’d recommend reaching out to your favorite stockist to see if they’ve ordered it!

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