Greetings from the shadowy depths of the forest floor, fellow rogues!
As everyone knows, you must always check for traps. In dungeons, we rogues locate and disarm all sorts of dastardly potential pitfalls, but out in the wilderness, sometimes you need to turn to the trusty ranger in your party. Although I’m reasonably adept at using the poisons that come out of assorted funghi, I have to admit that I could use a refresher on identifying them in the wild. Fortunately, Ooly the ranger is here to show you a fabulous manicure that will help you to remember what not to eat! Also, it’s terribly cute.
Without further ado, I’ll hand you over to Ooly!
Toadstool Nails, Ranger-Style
Hi! I’m Ooly, a mountain ranger type. I enjoy the snow and ice, reading, the view from a comfy tree at sunset, crafting my own projectile weapons and weaving nets for traps. Also, nail polish.
I’m hijacking Syl’s blog with a set of toadstool nails that feature a recent random acquisition of mine: Covergirl Outlast Stay Brilliant Glosstini in #515 Sangria, from the Tropical Collection (LE).
I bought it on a winter whim, as part of a 5 for $25 deal from a pedlar who happened to pass through my neck of the frozen woods. If he’d been offering me sangria that was actually this red, I’d have suspected a poisoner lurking about: the only time I usually see this colour is on top of those toadstools that are cute, but better left to themselves.
In the snowy whiteness that is my current world, though, this is a pleasure. It’s eye-catching but not scary; bright and cheerful, like the fire that’s roasting my dinner, with a very, very faint pearliness to what is otherwise solid, glossy colour. It goes on well, and if you were careful but in a hurry, you could probably get away with one coat. Wears well, too, and doesn’t stain.
Oddly, I almost immediately developed a strong desire to take to it with some French white and my dotting tool. So I did.
The kit: these nails have a base of Chanel Base Protectrice (never leave the cave without it). Two coats of Sangria, dots in Manicare French White (because that’s what I had – any solid white will do). Top coat is Chanel Vernis Cristallin (Nail Glaze) in #95 Diaphane, because my other top coat ran out, but honestly, you could use any. Add a two-ended dotting tool, a bit of patience, and there we go! Toadstools. 🙂
My favourite mani-comment ever came today, from a three-year-old boy in the village, reaching out to touch my thumbnail: “Look, mushrooms! Shiny, so shiny.” ♥
Covergirl Outlast Stay Brilliant Glosstinis: NZ$5 (about US$4) each, from wherever stocks Covergirl near you. Since they were LE, it will be whatever’s left, but there seem to be some still around online.
Until I learn to spit gold, no one will pay me for my opinions! Alas. And so, I return to my mountain dwelling. Good hunting, friends. And always look up.
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Thanks Ooly, for the fabulous manicure and the words of rangery wisdom 🙂
Until next time, fellow adventurers, don’t forget to check what you’re eating before you eat it!
Syl
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I love it! That compliment from the little boy is exactly how I feel.
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Thanks! ^_^ I’m glad it made you happy. (The kid was so sweet. A future botanist, maybe?)
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Super cute, I love doing spotted nails! (question, does Ooly the ranger have a blog?)
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Not that I’m aware of – we rogues know how to get the exclusive access! I’m hoping she’ll be a regular guest poster here though!
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Awesome! Thanks Syl!
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Thanks! Dots are always fun. 😀 I don’t have a blog… stone cave walls turned my router into a paperweight. Woe! But Syl lets me hijack her space sometimes. Yay!
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Amanita Muscaria nails! Not just toxic, but mood-altering. And it contains fruit, which is good for you! I learned so much in this post!
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Eheheheh… “mood-altering”… yes… It is the ranger’s job to test- uh, to know these things. *cough* Glad to have been educational! ;D
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Always good to see some shrooooms. Be it nail art or on the base of a Goblin miniature. Good freehand by the way. I am impressed the white spots came out so flawlessly.
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You and your shrooms 😉
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Why thank you, bearded stranger. With the right weap- I mean, tools, much can be achieved.
PS. If I’d known you were so fond of the ‘shro(oo)oms, I’d have made y’all some ‘shroom pie. Heheh. 🙂
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Am I a bad person? The whole time I was reading this post, I was hearing Mario music in my head.
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…the wizard and I walked back down the aisle and signed our marriage licence to the orchestral version of the Super Mario theme, so…I can’t criticise 😛
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The whole time I was painting ’em, I was hearing the same thing. 🙂
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Woaaah, this is perfection, Syl! I love the dotted mani!
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Thank Ooly 🙂 always remember to have a ranger in your party, kids!
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Hee, glad you like it! Rangers: occasionally aesthetically useful. ;D
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Aww that lil boy is so cute! This kinda reminds me of Minnie Mouse for some really strange reason LOL
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… Now I see it! Could do a modified version with the ring finger nail having a Minnie Mouse head outline on it… Ooly?
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There’s actually one with a black sort of bow thing that’s kind of cute…
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The kid was seriously adorable. 😀 It’s odd you should mention Minnie, actually – another kid, a girl this time, asked me if I’d done them this way because of the Disney Channel… There’s a show called “Minnie & Me” or something. I don’t watch DC, but I Googled and there is a Minnie-mani, if you will, that has a nail like this! Heheh. At least the kids think of Minnie first, and not poisonous fungi, right? 😀
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This look is gorgeous! The shades are perfect…
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Isn’t it too cute for words? 😀
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It is indeed haha 🙂
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Thanks! It matches more of my clothes than I thought it would, too (heheh). Being as they are… camouflage-y. 😀
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I’m reminded of the mushrooms from Super Mario. So cute! 🙂
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Those mushrooms are super cute! And much better for you (or Mario) than a real fly agaric, LOL. Now I’m thinking I should do an actual Mario manicure. Could be fun!
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DO IT. 😀 and publish it here, obviously…
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Cute mani. Does Ooly want to meet for tea? It seems like we have a lot in common, being rogues and liking nail polish and all. 🙂
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Thanks! 🙂 You know, we should all totally have an adventuring party tea party. I’ll bring some spit-roasted cupcakes. The wizard is a wizard with bread. And I know Syl has some tea somewhere. 😀
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Wow that was odd. I just wrote an incredibly long comment
but after I clicked submit my comment didn’t show
up. Grrrr… well I’m not writing all that over again.
Anyway, just wanted to say fantastic blog!
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I’m so sorry your comment went awry! I just fished this out of my comment spam folder, for which I apologise profusely on WordPress/Akismet’s behalf! I’m glad you like the blog, and I hope you’ll stick around (if the unintentional spam foldering hasn’t put you off, which would be understandable! 😦 )
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