Nails of the Day:Hot Pink Tips! super girly, super glittery

Hey!!! So last night after I was done with my school work I wanted to try doing a french tip manicure.  I was going to do black because its my go to color on my tips but I wanted to try something a little more fun.  I bought Illamasqua Collide a little while ago so I figured why not.

I had seen a couple of different tutorials on Youtube on how to do french tips using an old makeup brush and pure acetone.  I use those to clean up my nails anyway so I went for it and I'm very happy I did.

I used Collide for the tips, then a hot topic polish with stars in it for my thumbs and ring fingers, and lastly a coat of China Glaze Fairy Dust.

Have a great weekend!!!

Nails of the Day: Halloween Glitter Gradient!

Hi!! I wanted to do a Halloween inspired nail look.  I used two coats of Zoya Arizona, one coat of OPI Y'all Come Back Ya Hear?, and used a brush to apply layers of nails inc special effects sloane square.  I love how this turned out.  I was inspired by a look I saw here  but i wanted to do it more Halloween colors.  http://www.apolishaddict.com/2012/05/nails-inc-for-instyle-bluebell-reverse.html

I hope you guys enjoy it too!

Nails of the Day: Butter London La Moss

Today I decided to try another one of the Butter London polishes I got about a week ago.  This is La Moss. Its a gorgeous dark burgundy color with a creme finish.  I absolutely looooove it!!!!! Its so pretty and dark.  I can't believe it took me so long to get a color like this but I am so glad I finally did.  The application was awesome not streaky at all.  It was opaque in two coats and you could probably get away with one thick coat.  It took a little longer to dry than Wallis but nothing crazy.  It also has a really nice shiny finish that you don't even need a top coat, I have a top coat on in the picture though.  Alright swatch time!

China Glaze Fall 2012 On Safari Collection

On Safari

LtoR: Elephant Walk, Desert Sun, Man Hunt

   

     There are some gorgeous colors in this collection with 12 total.  There are a couple of shades that I would still like to get but these are the ones I have for now.

LtoR: Desert Sun, Man Hunt, Elephant Walk

I really love all of these colors they were all opaque in two coats.  Both Desert Sun and Man Hunt have creme finishes and Elephant Walk has shimmer in it but its nice and subtle.  I don't usually like shimmery colors because I like to go all the way or none of the way.  So I like either creme or tons of glitter.  For some reason I really like the shimmery gray/blue colors like Elephant Walk, Illamasqua Raindrops, or OPI I Have a Herring Problem.  

Desert Sun is such a nice fall color.  It reminds me of the color of apple cider.  When I first saw it in the bottle it reminded me of a dark manilla envelope for something but when its swatched it reminds me more of apple cider or gingerbread.  

Man Hunt is an awesome royal blue color with a creme finish.  I don't have a color like this because I prefer more aqua blues and turquoise but everyone should have a nice royal blue color for their collection and Man Hunt is definitely a good choice. 

Elephant Walk like I said earlier is a gray with a subtle shimmer.  I like it because I don't have any light grays so its nice to have this one.  I think I'll end up getting a gray with a creme finish eventually but this one works for me now.  

Overall, these are all nice shades I really think Desert Sun stands out and if you don't have it go get it! haha only if you want to of course.  Its so beautiful and unique so if you are thinking about it go and get it.  I could do without Elephant Walk just because I don't see myself using it that much but all of these apply wonderfully and are nice is two coats.  

Now I want some apple cider...

Butter London

   I finally decided to take the plunge and try Butter London.  I'm not going to lie, I am a cheap person so paying 14.00 for a nail polish is a little steep for me.  I received an email from Ulta so I decided to check their website out and they had Butter London nail polish buy 2 get 1 free.  I was all over it.  I had been wanting a couple of polishes really bad.  Wallis was the first one I really wanted to try and after scouring the web for swatches I found two more that I liked, Disco Biscuit and La Moss.  I had been on the search for a really rich vampy red for a while and a lot of the ones I had seen had too much purple for me.  Overall I am really excited to have these and would shell out the 14.00 for them in the future.

     Currently I have Wallis on two coats.  I really love this polish it dried super fast and felt  really light and not super thick like other polishes.  Swatch Time!

 Wallis

Disco Biscuit

 This one was a little strange.  When I was applying it, it was smooth and then it dried with a bumpy texture.  I really wish I could see more of the glitter in it but its still beautiful.  Two coats.

La Moss

I love this polish.  I think I'm going to try this one next. 

Nails of the Day: Candy Corn Inspired

I love Halloween.  I wish I was still young enough to trick or treat but I guess that is one of the perks of having a child.  This year is my son's first year actually trick or treating.  He is almost two years old and we're going to take him out this year and see how it goes.  I'm pretty excited about it to be honest.  I think he'll have a blast.

Another reason I love Halloween and fall in general is because of candy corn.  When I was eight or nine years old I entered a coloring contest at school and the prize was a whole pound of candy corn...I won!  I ate the whole thing and it was amazing.  Ever since then I have had a love for the delicious little candy.  I decided I wanted to do something festive with my nails but not too over the top or too time consuming (I was doing this while my son slept so I had to allow time for drying and all that fun stuff).  Here is what I came up with.

On the pinky and index finger I have Hot Ticket Hella Yella

this is my first time using it and I was happy with it 

On my ring finger and thumb I have Illamasqua Scorch which is the first white I have been happy with almost completely opaque in one coat.

On my middle I have Wet N Wild Shine in Sunny Side Up

On all the fingers I have a glitter coat China Glaze Fairy Dust

Nail Polish Haul!

So we went to a different Walgreens last weekend and I finally went back this morning.  I have like three within five miles of my place but I went to one more up north and it was the best decision ever!  I walked in and it was like heaven they had the best OPI selection around me plus they had theBalm which I really wanted to try.  So here they are! Swatches coming soon I have to get some nail wheels or something.

This color is soooo pretty! I got it because it reminded me of a darker version of Illamasqua's Raindrops. 

This color reminds me of a lighter version of Essie's Sew Psyched but it has no shimmer at all.  Its super pretty though I was excited to see they had it. 

This is a beautiful nude color that I've been wanting for a while.  I like it because it is more pink than the other nudes I've tried so it actually looks good with my skin. 

I'm glad I got this color because I don't have anything else like it.  I can't wait to try it. 

Super gorgeous! What else can I say. 

This color is amazing!!! I'm so excited about it I can't even! It seriously resembles a salmon. So pretty!

I was obsessing over swatches of this color.  So happy they had it there :) 

This color is also beautiful.  I love yellows like this.  Unfortunately it is extremely similar to my OPI The It Color.  Just by looking at it, it looks a little more yellow while the it color is a tad more orange than this.  We'll see how it looks on the nail.

Alright well that is it for now but I do plan on doing a couple more haul as well as a swatch-fest.  Have a good week!  Let me know if you have tried any of these and what you think about them.  

Nails of the Day: Teal Teal Teal

Teal! I love teals and turquoises sooooo much.  So I decided to use that on my nails this week.  They turned out really great and I got to use my Orly Halley's Comet.  This is just one coat of Sinful Colors Savage which is super gorgeous it happened to be matte though which was pretty cool even though I ended up using a top coat.  Two coats of Halley's Comet on my ring finger.

Nails of the Day: Nude and Black

So originally I wanted to do a nude colored nail with a black french tip but it just was not working out for me.  I ended up doing something different instead.  I realllllly like it.  It is very different for me and not really my style but it looks pretty and elegant in my opinion.  I don't know how long I'm going to keep it but we'll see because I picked up some new polishes that I am eager to use.  Oh I had some bubbling which doesn't really bother me but this was also my first time using Revlon's quick dry coat so I think that might have done it...not sure though.  In the last pic you can really see the bubbling.  Well let me know what you guys think.  Oh I forgot to mention this kinda reminds me of snake eyes I don't know why but that is always what comes to mind when I look at my hands.

One coat of Color Club Best Dressed List
Two coats of OPI Black Onyx on ring finger
Line done with LA colors black strip polish

Nails of the Day: Cinderella Manicure

Hi Everyone!  I have had Deborah Lippmann's Glitter in the Air for over a year now and have not figured out how I like to wear it until a couple of days ago.  Last week I had finally picked up a light blue nail polish Sally Hansen's Air.  I also went to my Walgreens and picked up Sinful Colors Cinderella.  So I was thinking about how I wanted to do my nails and figured I would give Glitter in the Air another try and I am sooo glad I did.  I did two coats of Air, one coat of Glitter in the Air, and one coat of Cinderella.  It was amazing such a pretty combo.  Cinderella is so awesome I can't wait to see what it looks like on other colors.  It almost has a holographic effect but its more of really light pink glitter flecks.

I really wish these pictures captured how pretty and glittery these polishes look together.  I definitely reminds me of Cinderella.  I do wish I picked up more of the hexagonal glitter from Glitter in the Air but I don't like too many coats of nail polish.

Let me know what you think.  What are your favorite nail polish combos?