Mini Haul Series -

Hello.

I first want to start by saying sorry for the lack of posts.

I haven't been finding much inspiration lately.

Also, my nails have been very fragile and peeling recently and my cuticles have been getting very dry thanks to the cold weather that is quickly approaching here on the east coast.

But, that's enough with my silly excuses!

Either way, I haven't been posting. :(

However, I have been shopping. So.. I decided I would do a 'mini haul series' while I work on getting my creative juices flowing again.

Get excited!

Today, I will start with a polish I purchased awhile ago and actually featured it in a guest post for Jessie at Nailed It NZ. You can find that here.

It is called My Very First Knockwurst by OPI.

It's a very pretty light pink leaning purple/beige color.

I think it would be flattering on any skin tone.

 

 

Thank you for reading!

 

 

 

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.

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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!

:)

 

 

 



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! :)



Ikat, you kat.

Today I tried a really fun manicure that I've been wanting to do for awhile now.

Yes, it's the ikat design.

This is a very on trend pattern right now!

It can be seen on many different clothes, home goods, and nails - obviously!

The colors I chose are very bright and summer-y.

I think this is a cute design, but if I were to do it again... I would NOT put three on ANY finger.

My middle finger just looks crowded and clustered.

Anyway.. I really love it. It makes my fingers look so fun!

The colors are Julep - Mandy and China Glaze - Spontaneous and two striping polishes.

Mandy is my favorite, favorite, favorite color of all time!

Hope you enjoy!

Back to Black

Today I did a gradient featuring the Maybelline Color Show nail polish that I did a post on the other day. Turns out the polish lasts really well without chipping! I was impressed so I wanted to do a little something extra to my manicure. I knew I wanted to do a gradient, but wasn't sure with which color. So as I was going through my collection, it was between chunky glitter, lilac, white, or black.

Well, I obviously chose black because.. let's be honest, I adore dark nail polish. I used a black OPI polish that has no name because it came in a Halloween kit I bought one year.

Anyway, I'm pretty pleased with the way it turned out so until next time! :)



Maybelline Color Show - Fuchsia Fever Swatches and Review

Yesterday, while I was at my drugstore I saw the new Maybelline Color Show Nail Lacquer's

I decided I wanted to give one a try so I picked up this gorgeous color called Fuchsia Fever.

I was so excited about this color because I saw a Zoya polish almost the same color called Charisma!

So, I thought.. I could save some money buying this one instead.

As soon as I got home I started on my manicure!

I think the color is absolutely gorgeous!

 However, it took me around 3-4 coats to get the opacity I was looking for. That's alot especially since I'm used to only doing two coats!

Also, the polish dries really quickly which is fantastic and allows me to apply the coats at a quicker pace. When the polish dries it has a matte-like finish (you can see this in the first photo), but then I applied a top coat and they became so shiny and gorgeous!

So, overall...

I love the color.

I love how quickly it dires.

I don't love the amout of coats it takes.

I don't particularly love the finish either.

 I would give this polish a C+ grade.

Polka Dot Dot Dot

Hello again! Today I did a really fun manicure with contrasting colors.

I thought that since the weather is getting warm (or scorching in my case)

I would use some bright, fun, summery colors on my nails.

The colors I used are China Glaze - For Audrey and Julep - Mandy.

Before I forget, you can sign up for Julep Maven this month for a penny!

Yes, you read that correct. Go here: http://julep.com/?r=19060511

and type in the code COLOR2012 at checkout!

 Plus, they are throwing in an additional nail polish this month.

It's a Fourth of July themed glitter!

Using these colors I created a polka dot design.
I wanted to do a kind of polka dot gradient, but it didn't work out as I had visualized.

However, I liked it anyways!

I adore these two colors together. I think it is so fun and cute.



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? :)

 

Water-mani-on

Today I was inspired by the delicous and popular summer fruit...

watermelon!

Since the summer months are here I though I would try do to a manicure that is summer and picnic ready! I chose to do watermelon because it seems to be a universally popular picnic and BBQ food choice. It's very simple to do and I hope you like it!

The colors used are NYC: Polyester Pink and OPI: Who The Shrek Are You

for the white and black I just used basic striper polishes.



Hey there!

I had a bit of free time tonight so I spent it doing my nails.

After I posted my collection (it's below)

I wanted to use a nail polish that I hadn't used in a while.
I chose Funky Fingers Screamin Fuschia.

It's probably the hottest, brightest, neon pink I've ever seen.

It is one step away from blinding!

However, it is such a facinating color so I just had to use it again.

I added a little bit of glitz on my ring finger using diamond shaped gems to create a flower shape.

I hope you enjoy and have a great weekend!

Pretty Little Gold Glitters

Hi again!

Today I bring you another manicure which I find very, very girly!

I did pink, white, and gold.

The colors I used were a basic pink from the brand N.Y.C.

and a basic white from OPI.

I then used some chunky gold glitters from a nail art kit I have for my accent nails.

Without further ado:

 

I hope you enjoy!

If you have any ideas for nail art or

something specific you want to see.. let me know!