Aly Loves Lacquer

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 cream is mint chocolate chip, so that is what I tried to paint.

I used SpaRitual Living in the Moment, a nice creamy taupe color for the base. Then, I added criss-crossed lines in Finger Paints Sketchy Character, a deep brown, to mimic the waffling on a cone. After that dried, I used China Glaze For Audrey to outline the ice cream shape, and China Glaze Re-Fresh Mint for the ice cream itself. After that, I added dots in Sketchy Character to look like chocolate chips. Then, I topped it all with a coat of Seche Vite.

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 is a jelly, it took a good 4 coats to be opaque. I absolutely LOVE jellies though, so I was fine with doing that. The finish is squishy just like every good jelly should be.

These pictures show 4 coats Butter London Twee, and 1 coat Seche Vite.



This color made me feel very girly. I love a nice jelly finish, and the shimmer really kicked it up a notch. I definitely will be investing in more Butter London polishes after trying out the lovely Twee.

- Aly

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 was nice and easy to work with as well. I guess you get what you pay for in a designer polish!

OPI The "It" Color is part of the Brights collection, and I bought it from a recent blogsale. I had been curious about this particular yellow crème for a while, and I am glad to have finally picked it up. The "It" Color is a very pigmented yellow crème. It had the typical application issues of a yellow, but looks beautiful and streak-free after three coats. This is the type of color that really looks nice on tanner skin, and I think I will only be wearing it during the summer.

These pictures show 3 coats of OPI The "It" Color and 1 coat Seche Vite.


I used to really hate yellow nail polish, but OPI The "It" Color is so pretty! It also seemed to make my hands look even tanner than they actually are, which is always a plus.

What's your favorite yellow?

- Aly

P.S. I just made my first ever NARS purchases :)

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 out.

I had no application trouble at all, and with 2 coats Sally Hansen Nail Prisms Pink Rose Diamond looked beautiful. I do have Seche Vite on top in these pictures.