Polish Haul!

Hey everyone! :)

How are ya'll doing?

I am fantastic! Thank you for asking! :p

So, I apologize for the small break I took this week.

As some of you know, I went to NYC over the weekend.

Then when I got home Sunday I had to play a double-header for softball.

That makes for a long day... especially when you're tired.

Then I did have the day off Monday, but I spent the day cleaning! Yes, I cleaned... over doing nails!
What is wrong with me?

Oh yeah... my room was a disaster hole.

I also play volleyball Tuesday's and Thursday's. I've been pretty busy.. it is quite difficult to recuperate after a three day weekend! 

Tonight... I hosted an Arbonne party! Have any of you heard of this?

It's pretty great stuff! I found out about it when I went to a bridal show.

It was REALLY fun. I found the make-up I want to wear for my wedding... I think...

There are soooo many decisions to make! Goodness gracious!

Oh my lanta! I apologize for my life story!

On to the haul already!

 I went shopping on hautelook (http://www.hautelook.com/short/3BneA) during their Color Club sale

They had some really great things on there, but I ended up getting two mini sets.

I got them pretty quickly and was extremely excited!
I got eight colors total including: Style Icon, Muse-ical, By Design, In The Limelight, Ho-Ho Holly, Berry and Bright, Gift of Sparkle, and Snow Flakes.

On to the polish... Beware of pictures!

 

In The Limelight is a true periwinkle, light blue. It is probably my favorite out of all these! The blurred photo shows the true color in my opinion, so I included it.

 



Muse-ical is a very flat, glamorous, and edgy grey. It is very opaque and can be worn with one coat.

 

 

By Design is a medium-dark plum shade. This is also very opaque and one of my new favorites!

 

Style Icon is deep red. It is very classic and perfect for the fall season! Seen below is one coat.

 

Okay, now for the glitter polishes. I only did one nail per color because, let's be honest here, I did NOT want to remove glitter from all my nails four different times! Do you blame me? :p

 

Berry and Bright is a deep red with silver and blue micro glitter.

 

Ho-Ho Holly is a very deep green with blue undertones and gold shimmer. I am so in love with this color. It's perfect!

 

Snow-Flakes is an orange-pink flakie polish. 'nuff said. It is an EXACT dupe for Essie Shine of the Times.

 

 

Gift of Sparkle is my number one favorite out of all my new polishes. It is a purple microglitter base with loads of holographic glitter. It is so beautiful, I can't handle it!

 

 

Woah dang! Is it really midnight already? Where does the time go?

Thanks for reading!

Hello to all new followers! You guys are the best! (hugsss) :)

Now I am going to lay in bed and do a crossword puzzle. How old am I anyway?

 

 

 

C'est fini!

:)

 

Good-bye, Summer!

Hey!

First of all, I would like to say Hello to all my new followers! Thank you so much!

I truly appreciate you all!

Today I really wanted to do a fun post saying "good-bye, summer!"

Since today is the last official day of summer (in the USA), there is no better time!

While I imagine some of you may be heart-broken that the warmest, most carefree season is over (unless you live somewhere warm all the time!), I know there are some of you who love fall!

Just like me!

:)

So... I wanted to do my nails of things that remind me of summertime.

For this manicure I used real sand that I brought back from Punta Cana on my pinkie - inspired by the beautiful beaches there. I also added a little silver starfish!

On my ring finger I used real jean material that I cut into my nail shape - inspired by cutoff denim shortie-shorts.

Then I did a orange-yellow gradient inspired by the warm summer sky!

Then I did a glitter-y blue/green combo on my pointer finger - inspired by mermaids!

Don't judge me, they ARE real! :p

I will list all the polishes used at the bottom of the post.

 

 

The colors I used were: China Glaze For Audrey on the pinkie. China Glaze Lemon Fizz and Essie Meet Me At Sunset on my middle finger. Essie Dive Bar, OPI Fresh Frog of BelAir, and Sinful Colors Hottie on my pointer finger. My ring finger is just jean held on my a base coat underneath and a top coat.

 

Some questions for you guys!

1. Would you like to see pictures of the actual polish?

2. Where are you from? I'm really interested! I think other cultures are amazing!

 

Thank you soooo much for reading! I really appreciate that you take time out of your day to visit!

Up Next: Say "Hello" To Fall Nails

C'est fini!

:)



Color Club Sale!!!! :)

Hey guys!

I just wanted to let you know that color club nail polish is on sale on Hautelook today!

Go get you sooome! :)

I ordered two of the mini kits!

Hautelook: http://www.hautelook.com/short/3BneA

 

Okay, have a great day!

I should have my hand and nail care post up later this evening!

C'est fini!

:)

Strawberry Jelly

Hello!

Today I wore my first scarf of the season!

I love fall weather.. it is my favorite! So I finally got to break out my fall scarves!

Thought I would share that little piece of information.

If you would like to see more little glimpses of my life follow me on instagram!

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Today, I created my first 'jelly sandwich'

Why haven't I done this before? Someone tell me!

It's amazingggg. I love the effect!

-runs to buy more jelly polishes-

It gives a muted glitter look and I love it!

The base color I used is OPI: Bubble Bath and the glitter is OPI: Gettin' Miss Piggy With It.

It reminds me of strawberries. I also wanted to add some black glitter, but I have none.

On to the nails!

 

 

And just for the fun of it (and because I am obsessed with fall) I thought I would share my favorite fall candles with you! :)

These are from bath and body works, which in my opinion are the best candles!

Lucky for me, I made it to the 2 for $20 sale so I picked up Pumpkin Cupcake and Leaves.

I absolutely love Pumpkin Cupcake! It smells like a bakery with a mix of pumpkin carving. hahaha

I know, I'm so good with my descriptions!

And I'm sure everyone knows about the infamous Leaves.

I get it every fall because it just puts me in the fall spirit and I burn like 3 of these per year.

I need to go back and buy more scents!

 

Thanks for reading!

 

Also, do you guys like when I add other little things (like candles and ellen) or no?

AND... can someone pleaseee, please help me with my layout or whatever? I'm begging you!

 

Thannnks!

Coming up next: Hand and Nail Care Routine

C'est fini!

:)

 

 

 



Disaster!

Hey guys!

Today I wanted to try what I called in my last post a "funky blue design".

Well, let's be honest... it didn't turn out they way I had imagined it.

I'm sure this dilemma has happened to all nail artists.

I was going for a futuristic design so I suppose I succeeded.

I used Essie: Mezmerised as a base color.

OPI: Gargantuan Green Grape for the bottom half of the design.

And Pure Ice: Silver Mercedes for the top half.

Then I topped that with Love My Nails: Milky Way.

 

 

I also, of course, am spending the evening catching up on my DVR'd Ellen Shows!

I can't even express how much I admire and respect Ellen!

I honestly believe she is one of the most inspiring women.

On top of that... she's HILARIOUS!

 

Plus.. she's the best dancer EVER! :p

 

 

And.. she shaves ugg boots into her dog. Sooo funny!

 

Okay, I hope the dog photo made you giggle as much as it did me.

So have a fantastic day!

As Ellen would say... "Be kind to one another"

Thanks for reading!

 

Coming up next: Jelly Sandwich

C'est fini!

:)

 



Owl Be Seeing You!

Bonjour!

How is everyone?

This design was inspired by my recent obsession with owls.

I have no idea where this came from.. oh well. I think they are cute!

Wait... I do know where I fell in love with them. I saw an owl Scentsy burner!

I thought it was adorable, so I wanted an owl on my nail. :)

The color you see on all other nails is Zoya Edyta. This color is probably going to be my favorite for fall.

Then on the "owl" finger. I used Zoya Avery for a base. Essie Set In Stones for the owl body.

Then I used little gold circle studs and beads that I got from a local beauty store for outlines.

I think it turned out cute. I'm not sure how much of an owl it really looks like though!

Just use your imagination. hahaha

Hey... I tried, okay? :)

Unfortunately, my top coat bubbled. Ugh.

Alright.. alright.. here it is!

Thanks for reading!

Coming up next: a funky blue design!

C'est fini

:)

Abstract Wine

Hi everyone! I've been spending my Sunday evening preparing for the week ahead.

I've got Breakfast at Tiffany's playing, candles lit, and nailart to post! :)

Since I'm going to New York City in a month I decided there was no better time to watch this movie.

Oh, I love New York.

Anywayyyyy... on to the nailart.

I painted my nails a really pretty gold-wine color.

I used: N.Y.C - Wing it Wine.

(Okay... I did NOT plan that! What a coincidence! haha)

I wanted to try doing a tape manicure. I really love doing this! It's so simple, yet gorgeous!

 I taped out triangle shapes on each nail and painted them in with a nude shade.

I used: Zoya - Avery.

I adore this color. It's very opaque so one coat is plenty! It makes it very easy when doing tape manicures since you have to remove the tape right away. :)

I think these colors look very nice together. I also added some gold accents!

Here is the masterpiece!

 

 

Thanks for visiting! :)



New Members

I know, I know...

it's been over a month since I've posted anything.

I've honestly just been getting my grown up life together.

I recently graduated from college so I was on the hunt for a big girl job.

Lucky for me, I landed an amazing job and I couldn't be happier!

But really, I have no excuse. I was lazy. Didn't post.

Don't worry! I didn't forget about ya'll.

Nail art is a huge passion of mine and it is very soothing to me.

That being said, I will never stop doing my own nails... Ever.

So.. I would like to come back with two new members of my little nail polish family!

I found these beautiful Zoya nail polishes at Ulta.

Honestly.. I can't believe I don't own more Zoya! They are SUPERB!

Anyway.. the colors I bought are Avery and Edyta.

They are so gorgeous and perfect fall (my favorite season) colors.

(actually, Rachel Zoe used Zoya Avery in her fall 2012 runway show!)

Avery is a cool, neutral beige that is creamy and very opaque!

 It's the perfect nude nail polish if you are on the hunt for a nude shade!

The second color, Edyta is indescribable!

That being said.. I will just give you the website's (www.zoya.com) description!

 "A complex mixture of gold, olive, blue-green and smoky grey with a sparkling metallic finish.

A dark shade balanced with sparkle for a dramatic look"

Perhaps now you see why it would be impossible for me to describe! :D

It is simply amazing!

 

(I don't have swatches because my next few posts will feature the colors! Stay tuned!)

 



Happy 4th of July!

Happy 4th (well, it's the 5th) of July!

Yes, I'm a day late. But, better late than never.

Yesterday I went to a 4th of July picnic and firework show which was amazing.

I had just gotten home from a week of vacation so I have been a pretty busy gal.

I'm still not unpacked!

However, I wanted to take the time out of my day off to share my 4th of July manicure!

It's very simple, but super festive.

I used:

 Essie - Mezmerised

Essie - Meet Me At Sunset

 Essie - Set In Stones

OPI - Last Friday Night

 and OPI - White Shatter.

Then I had some gold stars that I added to my pinkie nail.

I hope you all had a safe and happy 4th!

Hey guys! I recently wanted to paint my nails something classic, but not boring.

So I thought.. what is more classic than a french manicure?

A plain french manicure looks really nice in my opinion but can be so plain looking.

There are a ton of ways to spice up a french manicure!

You can do neon tips.

Double striped tips.

Lace tips.

Zig-zag tips.

Or in my case.. Glitter! :)

Glitter is perhaps my favorite thing to wear on my nails. It's so fun to look at!

So, I used OPI Bubble Bath for the base, and OPI basic white for the tips and then I dipped them in a silver holographic glitter. I then mixed some of the holographic glitter into an old clear top coat and painted my nails with it to get a little bit of glitter all over the nail.

I really love the way it turned out!
Do you? :)