My 19th birthday is Sunday, and I had family over for a little celebration a few days ago. Because my mom made delicious homemade ice cream cake, I decided to try a little ice cream nail art. This is my first ever attempt at doing freehanded nail art, and I think it turned out pretty well. One of my favorite flavors of ice...
It's Wednesday again, and time for another beautiful pink. This week I have Butter London Twee, a bright pink jelly with lots of silvery shimmer. The bottle is larger than most Butter London polishes and has special labeling on the front that indicates it is a jelly. Twee is my first ever Butter London lacquer, and I like it a lot. Since it...
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NARS,
peach
NARS Orgasm
I'm really excited to show off one of my first ever NARS polishes, Orgasm. NARS Orgasm is a beautiful peach polish packed with golden shimmer, just like the blush and lip gloss by the same name. The peach color was very nice against my tanned skin, and the shimmer is absolutely gorgeous. Application was a breeze -- 3 easy, even coats. The brush...
I was so honored to receive my first ever award from the lovely Veronica from Chic and Shiny. The rules are as follows: 1. Link back to the person who tagged you.2. Tell 7 things about yourself.3. Answer the questions below.4. Award this to 15 bloggers. Okay, so here are seven facts about myself.1. I am a French and International Studies major. I love all things...
It's Wednesday again, and today we have Sally Hansen Nail Prisms Pink Rose Diamond. The Nail Prisms line is long discontinued, but also loved my many of us in the blogosphere. I bought mine from an ebay seller, cassiecosmetics, and highly recommend them. The customer service was great. Pink Rose Diamond is a beautiful pink holographic polish, and the holo shows both indoors and...
Hi everyone! It has been a few days since my last post, and it feels weird to have such a break in between. Sorry about that -- I was super busy with work and social stuff. But I am back! Today you're looking at my first Tronica by China Glaze, Gamer Glam. I LOVE the name of this polish. I like video games,...
This is the final polish from the Inaugural Collection by Cult Nails. Living Water is an incredibly deep teal with beautiful light teal glitters. The base color becomes almost black, and the glitter brings it to life. The application of Living Water was just as lovely as that of the other Cult Nails polishes I tried. It took two easy coats to reach...
I know it is Pink Wednesday, but I wanted to continue showing you my new Cult Nails polishes. Today we have My Kind of Cool Aid, a super greyed out lavender with gorgeous silvery shimmer. Once again, the application was great -- two easy coats. This color is very interesting and pretty, and so nice in the sun. My only problem was that...
This is the second polish I have tried from the Cult Nails Inaugural Collection. Quench is a beautiful red jelly-crème. It covers well in two coats, but still has that squishy looking jelly finish. Cult Nails Quench is ladylike, but with a lot of sass too. I can see the old Hollywood stars wearing a color like this. Once again, application was a...
I recently purchased the Cult Nails Inaugural Collection, which includes the first four polishes released by Cult Nails: Iconic, Quench, Living Water, and My Kind of Cool Aid. The first one I tried out is called Iconic, and it is a beautiful burgundy polish packed with golden shimmer and gold flakies. Iconic is completely unique to my collection, and I think it would...
Here is another reader request: China Glaze Watermelon Rind. This was released in the Summer Days Collection of 2009, along with the famous Strawberry Fields and Grape Juice. All of the polishes in Summer Days have a beautiful glass fleck finish, which China Glaze does incredibly well. Watermelon Rind is a deep green glass fleck polish with some blue in the formula. This...
I had a request to see the new Orly polishes I bought at Sally Beauty, Frolic and Fresh. Frolic is a gorgeous one-coat purple crème. It is very vibrant and quite unique to my collection. Fresh is a bright green crème that takes two thicker coats to be completely opaque. I decided to wear these two together, so I did a fun polka...
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haul,
Recent Hauls!
I received lots of nail mail today, and wanted to show you all my recent purchases and swaps. Let me know which ones you would like to see swatched first. All polish names will be given left to right. Okay, here we go! From Rachel Marie's Blogsale: Ulta Minis in Pink Ruby, Amethyst, Emerald and Smoky Quartz. Ulta Pro Last Fling Before the Ring,...
It's Wednesday again, and this week I have one of my favorite polishes for you: OPI DS Reserve. I purchased this one from transdesign on a whim, and I am really happy I picked it up. DS Reserve is a soft pink polish with a weak scattered holographic effect. Though this polish isn't a linear holo, I love the way the holo particles...
Here is the second Pure Ice Crackle polish I picked up, a shimmering turquoise called Strike a Pose. I like the Pure Ice chose creative names, as opposed to just "black crackle" or something similar. Strike a Pose is beautiful because it has a lot of shimmer and depth to it. Here I am wearing it over OPI DS Reserve, which I will...
At my local Walgreens, there is a huge Pure Ice Crackle display. Each polish is $3.99, which is great compared to some of the more expensive crackles. I picked up All Shook Up, and pretty purple crackle. I wore this over Sinful Colors Pink Forever, a nice pink crème. I had a bit of trouble applying All Shook Up, but I think that...
It is almost Fourth of July, but I can't post tomorrow as I will be celebrating up North at my cabin. I wish all my American readers a lovely long weekend! So here we have one of my favorite water marble designs I have done so far. I used OPI Dutch Tulips for the red, OPI Dating a Royal for the blue, and...
