Showing posts with label American Apparel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label American Apparel. Show all posts

Vintage Bunting - 4th of July Nails

Wednesday, July 2, 2014
Hi folks!

Just popping in to show you my nails of the day. I may do a flashier, glittier version for the actual 4th of July. 
NATALIE CAUDILL / MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS / CREDIT
 These nails were inspired by no other than the beautiful vintage patriotic buntings that I see from time to time. I won't lie, sometimes I wish we had an old house just so it could go with the feel of lovely antique things such as this.


I used sorta faded hues (that red looks less vibrant in real life and more antiquated). American Apparel Cotton as the base. For the red, I mixed AA Pinto and Downtown LA. The blues consist of Cameo Blue and Mount Royal.

In case I don't get a chance to say it later... Happy 4th of July, fellow American friends!

Chevron Tipped American Apparel Mount Royal

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

I've had a new addition to my American Apparel nail polish family! Mount Royal is a gorgeous dark blue creme that is perfectly opaque in one thicker coat. However, I actually used it as the accent color as a part of today's manicure.

California Trooper left, Mount Royal right
I started out with a base color of American Apparel California Trooper, a creamy sand color. I let that dry and taped off the triangular chevron shape with striping tape. People often ask where to purchase such a thing and the easiest place I can direct you to is online. I buy mine from eBay but shipping takes a while. Nail art supply etailers carry rolls of it in different bright colors.

Next, I painted the tips with Mount Royal then immediately peeled away the tape to reveal those perfect shapes. The last steps were to cut and apply more striping tape in gold and to seal everything off with a quick dry top coat.

American Apparel polishes are $6 each (or you can buy them in discount packs online or 3 for $15 in store) online or instore.

Product featured was sent to me for review. For additional information, please refer to my Disclosure Policy. 

American Apparel Lip Gloss - Legalize LA

Monday, February 25, 2013
Hi folks!

Today I have a lip gloss from American Apparel to show you. I believe that American Apparel only started selling these last year, but I had not heard much about them on the beauty blogosphere so I was quite thrilled to try one out. I picked the shade "Legalize LA" because I am a red lips fiend and will make no apologies for being one.


 Legalize LA is a cherry red with very fine shimmer. It comes packaged in a very simple (and I mean that in the best way. I really love understated and nondescript packaging) and sturdy hefty plastic tube with a doefooted applicator.

This shade may look intimidating in the tube but I swear to you that it is more mild than it seems. It's a gateway red gloss, the kind that makes you wonder why you were ever scared of red lips in the first place. You can wear it by itself, sheer for a beautiful soft red. You can wear it on top of red lipstick for an intensified red pout.
Here, I'm wearing Legalize LA by itself. This is the sort of shade that looks absolutely beautiful on any skin tone, for almost any occasion. The formula is quite nice; not too thick yet not too much slip, not sticky but does not migrate nor stain and most importantly for me, unscented.

American Apparel Lip Glosses are $12 each and can be found in store and on the American Apparel website. The color swatch of Legalize LA was dead on, so that gives me quite a bit of confidence in the other shades.

Check out the other shades! I have my eye on African Violet and Pasadena, they're very unusually bright shades that I don't often see with gloss.

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Ikat Manicure

Saturday, February 2, 2013
So I originally tried a heart manicure today and it was absolute rubbish. Really, just terrible. I don't do hearts very well, ok? Or pink. So I scowled, scrubbed it off my nails and tried again.





I used: OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls, American Apparel Lopez Canyon, American Apparel Raccoon and American Apparel California Trooper.

Surprisingly, I really liked the brown in this manicure. I think I need to incorporate it into nail art more often, it looks so lovely with orange.

Thanks for checking it out!

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