Sunday, June 30, 2013

Swatches: Essie Naughty Nautical & NYC Matte Me Crazy

Hey guys! Today I splurged a little bit and got an Essie polish, which is pretty rare! I have had my eye on Naughty Nautical for a while. I also picked up Matte Me Crazy from NYC because I didn't have a matte top coat before. I am very impressed with both of them!

Essie Naughty Nautical: 
I love this color! It is from the Essie 2013 Summer Collection and it is super gorgeous! It is mostly blue with a hint of green and it has some sparkles in it! It is very pretty! Great formula too, which is expected from Essie. I used a base coat, 2 coats, and no top coat in these pictures!





NYC Matte Me Away Top Coat:
I am in love with this polish! It works really well and drys super fast! It totally works shown here! 


See, totally matte! These are some pictures I took with it over Essie Naughty Nautical!




I would recommend adding both of these polishes to your stash! Have a great day!

31 Day Challenge- Day 7 Black & White, Day 8 Metallic, Day 9 Rainbow


Hey! I'm thinking that I'm probably going to just do the 31 day challenge in posts of three! It's a lot simpler on my part. Well I had a great day! Got some polishes that I will make a post about soon! Here are 3 more days of the challenge!

                  Day 7 Black & White




I used little silver beads and these polishes:
~ Sinful Colors Black on Black
~ Sinful Colors Snow Me White

                     Day 8 Metallic




I used nail art brushes and these polishes:
~ NYC Tribeca Silver
~ Nabi Metallic Lime

                     Day 9 Rainbow




I used dotting tools and these polishes:
~ Maybelline Keep Up The Flame
~ Sally Hansen Sun Kissed
~ NYC Lexington Yellow
~ NYC High Line Green
~ Sally Hansen Blue Me Away
~ Maybelline Iced Queen
~ NYC Matte Me Crazy Top Coat

Thursday, June 27, 2013

31 Day Challenge- Day 4 Green, Day 5 Blue, & Day 6 Purple

Hey guys! I am so behind in posting or the 31 day challenge! So I just kind of put them all together! I have been going through a lot and I have been sick. I am starting to feel better now though! So here are days 4-6 of the challenge!


Day 4 Green

Just plain nails for day 4! I used China Glaze I'm with the lifeguard!


Day 5 Blue


I used Pure Ice Watch Me Go over Sally Hansen Breezy Blue.


Day 6 Purple


I used my dotting tools and these polishes:
  • Sally Hansen No Hard Feelings
  • NYC Purple Pizzazz  Frost
  • Pure Ice No Means No
  • Maybelline Color Show Iced Queen

Monday, June 24, 2013

Born Pretty Holo Polish Color #12!

I am super excited to share this polish with you guys!! I won it in a giveaway from the Born Pretty Store blog! It was my first giveaway that I have won, even though 200 people won this one, I was still pretty excited! This is also my first hologram like polish. This polish sets my expectations pretty high for holo polishes from now on, because this one is pretty great. I would recommend it! It is 50 percent off right now and is only $6.44! You can get it here: http://www.bornprettystore.com/born-pretty-holographic-holo-glitter-nail-polish-varnish-hologram-effect-p-6410.html .Or just search the holo polish on there website. They have 12 polishes in the Holo Polish Collection! If you want the one I have get effect/color #12.


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31 Day Challenge- Day 3 Yellow

Hey! So sorry for the lack of posting recently! I have been sick and very much not myself. I am don't perfectly better but i'm getting there! So day 3 of the challenge is yellow. I know they aren't my best by far but they are alright. I just wasn't feeling very creative because I'm sick. Hopefully i'll get better soon!


Have a great day!

Thursday, June 20, 2013

31 Day Challenge- Day 2 Orange!

Hey there! Today's theme is orange from the 31 day challenge. I probably spent more time picking out my orange color than actually doing my nails. Orange is my favorite color so I have a ton of polishes that are orange. I also got a dotter and brush today so I had to try them out! I love the new brush because before I just had to use a toothpick! I'm never going back! For this mani I used Wet n Wild Sunny Side Up, NYC Times Square Tangerine Creme, and Finger Paints Brilliant Brushstroke!


Have a great day!

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

31 Day Challenge- Day 1 Red

Hey girlies! Today I started the 31 day challenge... again! The first time I did was before I was blogging! So I figured I would do it again! Here are the rules!


Today is all about red nails! Red nails are super classy and fierce! My nails are more on the goth (vampire?) side!
These are the polishes I used! Maybelline Keep Up The Flame, NYC Broadway Burgundy Frost, Sally Hansen Black Out, & Candies Enchanted Night!



Have a great day!

Monday, June 17, 2013

The Whole Deadly Sins Challenge!


Lust Day 1 "Be a bad girl and make something you have wanted to do soo badly."


Lust Day 2 "Be your body talk and feel free to do whatever you want."






Gluttony Day 3 "Delight yourself with a Sugar Spun manicure."


Gluttony Day 4 "Skip your diet and paint something that makes your stomach growl."


Greed Day 5 "Go wild and use your most expensive and precious polish."






Greed Day 6 "Remember more is more, don't hold yourself back."



Sloth Day 7 "Don't try too hard but explain everyone how to do something (tutorial)."






Sloth Day 8 "Create a manicure inspired by your laziness...or whatever... im so tired."






Wrath Day 9 " Get mad trying, again, that technique you know is going to be a fail."


Wrath Day 10 "Find something that blows your top and express it with art."


Envy Day 11 "Who would you like to be? Let us know by recreating another challenger's nails."






Envy Day 12 "Let the Green Monster lead you to some enviable nails."





Pride Day 13 "Recreate your work to make it even better."


Pride Day 14 "This is YOUR time! Brag about how good you are at..."


This challenge has been really fun! Thanks to One Nail To Rule Them All and Nail Wish for this awesome challenge!
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