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Nails of the Day: A Vision of Red Prints

Sunday, December 14, 2014

So because I help international friends make purchases through Sephora, I ended up hitting Rouge again. Yep, despite my best intentions to shop elsewhere. For renewing Rouge status for another year, there was a free Sephora Formula X polish in an "exclusive" color. It's called X(Heart)Rouge.

That color is red. Red creme. Opaque, leaning a bit warm.

How exciting.

I used it to stamp over Chrome Girl Nails Between The Sheets, a white creme. Used Winstonia W111, W113 as well as my new plate from eBay. They're basically knockoff of large scene Moyou plates, but for under $2, I can deal with it.

I phoned it in on the clean up job, guys.

Have a great weekend!

Triangular Manicure

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

I just wanted to pop in a quick picture of my current manicure before I go and take it off. I started with a base of American Apparel Cotton and used KBShimmer Vinyl Nail Decals (Thick & Thin Lines) over it to create various triangles. I used American Apparel Peacock, KBShimmer Eclipse and Nature Republic BK006 Burnt Grey.

This is a possible color scheme that I was considering for one of the spare bedrooms. Now that I've seen these colors together though... I think I'll switch out the black for a glitzy, warm gold.

Have a great rest of the week!

NOTD: Monet's Lilies

Monday, September 1, 2014

Good evening!

I hope you had a safe and fun Labor Day weekend! Today I want to show you some nail art that I did before we left for our trip to see my in-laws. Having never been the flower loving type, you don't often see floral manicures on this blog. For some reason or other, I decided to do blurry, dreamy, Monet painting-esque strokes. Think it turned out pretty well!

I used so many polishes, I just don't think it'd be very helpful to list them all, because I mixed them just like you would with paint. Just so you get the gist of it - I used all the American Apparel blue polishes, black and white are from Cirque, top coat is also Cirque, greens are from Nature Republic (Korean brand), pink and yellow are also American Apparel. Throw in a few miscellaneous China Glaze colors too.

Have a great night!

Sephora Formula X Liberty

Friday, July 4, 2014

I have a confession. I really love patriotic manicures. A lot. A ton. I started thinking about 4th of July polishes like two months ago, back when I bought one of Sephora's new Formula X polishes called Liberty. It's a topper that consists of red, white and blue matte glitters. In other words, it screams "HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA."

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!

Laquerlicious 4th of July Collection

Wednesday, June 25, 2014

America's birthday is around the corner - so I'm pretty excited. Independence Day is one of my favorite holidays; a time to reflect back on our nation's birth and to spend time with family and friends. I'm really hoping that by next year, this house business will be settled and we'll be able to have our families over for a huge barbecue with copious amounts of meat products.

A Few Recent Manicures

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

I've had a few manicures lately that I haven't really shared on the blog but have gone up on Instagram. I only managed to take one good picture of each manicure, so I'm just lumping it into one post.

Above: Bettina Grape, Zoya Cole, Essie Butler Please, OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls. Done using nail striping tape and free hand painted.

Tardis in Space Nails

Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Hi folks! I've had a crazy few days since I last posted (birthday, emergency vet trip, jury duty) but this is what has been on my fingers during that time.

RBL NailsandNoms

Friday, May 2, 2014

Hi folks,

This is the manicure that I've been wearing these past couple of days. I really was drawn to the warm carrot orange of Rescue Beauty Lounge NailsandNoms so I used that as my base color.

NailsandNoms is such a beautiful color, modeled after an even more brilliant blogger - Rie. I used four coats because it was a little bit sheer for a creme. NailsandNoms is so unique, it's filled with beautiful blue/purple/fuchsia-looking ultra fine shimmer.

I then taped the design using nail striping tape and used American Apparel Cotton as my accent color.

Rescue Beauty Lounge shades are available here.

Have a great night! I'm not sure if I'll be blogging this weekend. The mister has half a mind for us to go camping. In the snow (but... but why? Madness, I tell you).

Products featured were press samples. For additional information, please refer to my Disclosure Policy.

Cirque Colors: The Heritage Collection

Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Good evening!

I'm sure that by now you have probably seen the press release or heard about the new Cirque Colors Heritage Collection. It's glorious, a symphony of rainbow hues with a scattered holographic finish and check out the new screen printed bottles! I won't let to you, part of the reason why it too me so long to finish my swatches was that they were so beautiful that I felt like I had to savor each shade and create different manicures to really show them off.

Bettina Feathered Ikat Manicure

Monday, April 28, 2014

Good evening, folks!

While I was in Puerto Rico, I made it my sole mission to pick up some more Bettina Polishes. (Morgan was not pleased.) I've managed to accumulate about 16 bottles of these most excellent Bettinas thanks to my buddy Kat of Hooked on Polish but I'm not sure if I've shown you any yet.

Holo Watermarble

Friday, April 11, 2014

Here's a recent manicure I did using Nubar Kiss the Sky and Color Club Eternal Beauty in a watermarble. This was maybe... 3 weeks ago? 2?

Anyways, I'm still on vacation so I won't be able to read/reply to comments until after I get back.

Have a great weekend!

OPI Sheer Tints

Thursday, April 3, 2014

A few weeks ago my favorite nail supply shop had the new OPI Sheer Tints so I snatched them up. I had envisioned doing some sort of plaid manicure with them and was excited because tints/jellies are among my favorite types of nail polish.

Revisited: Zoya Opal

Sunday, March 30, 2014

Good evening!

Having recently fallen in love with flakes all over again because of Deborah's swatches, I pulled out one of my favorite shades, Zoya Opal.

I had forgotten how beautiful Opal can be, particularly over dark shades (pictured here over LeChat Dare to Wear Upper East Side) and with a matte top coat (Wet'n'Wild Matte Top Coat, read this comparison post here). Ah, that glorious green-blue shift!

What is your favorite "flakie" shade?

Some of the products featured include a press sample. For additional information, please refer to my Disclosure Policy.

Holo Watermarble

Wednesday, March 19, 2014

I missed doing a full watermarble, so I used Nubar Texas Sky and Color Club Halo Hues Eternal Beauty yesterday.

I really loved how it turned out, despite being really out of practive. The pointer and ring finger aren't as pretty as I would like, but I didn't want to redo them.

Have a great night!

St. Patrick's Day Manicure

Monday, March 17, 2014

Hello there!

I hope that you are having a very wonderful St. Patrick's Day!

Here's my green overload manicure for the day. I pretty much just grabbed the nearest greens within reach and tried to make something of it.

I stamped with Winstonia W105, it's hard to see the clovers in the blinding sun. A lot of people really liked that super fine water marble so I think I'll attempt another with other colors soon.

Left to right, top to bottom: Nubar Reclaim, Color Club Halo Hues Kismet, Celestial Cosmetics Mrs Claus' Jugs, Le Chat Dare to Wear Enchanted Forest, OPI Here Today....Aragon Tomorrow Suede, Kiko Sugar Matt 643, KBShimmer Green Hex and Glam, Zoya Chita, Glitter Gal Lizard Belly, Zoya Opal

These also happen to be some of my favorite green shades! Green is hands down my favorite polish color though it often times clashes with my skin.

Did you do anything fun for St. Patrick's Day?

Glam Polish Rydell High, Part II: Grease Inspired Shades

Monday, February 24, 2014

Good evening (well, early morning, really)!

Today I have for you another installment of the Glam Polish Rydell High Collectors Series. The three shades I'm showing you today are available now for preorder but will be released on February 27th.

Glam Polish Nature's Beauty Trio

Friday, February 21, 2014

Good evening!

Tonight I have three Glam Polish shades to show you, from the Nature's Beauty Trio. These will be available for purchase on Feb. 27th but are available to preorder from the Glam Polish website now.

Two Valentine's Day Manicures

Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Here's a couple manicures I did last week that were V-Day themed!

The first is a chocolate dipped strawberry manicure. I used Morgan Taylor Man of the Moment as the red and Wet'n'Wild Black Creme as the black color. Everything else was painted with acrylic paint.

This simpler manicure used Lacquer Lust Amor as the base. It's a white to pink thermal on which I placed heart studs, also available at the LL shop.

Short and simple post, that's all there is to it tonight.

Glam Polish Rydell High Collectors Edition - Grease Inspired Shades

Saturday, February 8, 2014

Hi folks! Tonight I have the first part of the Glam Polish Rydell High Collectors Edition shades. These three shades are available now directly from Glam Polish. These are vibrant shades with micro flakes and scattered holo effect. The three tonight are Hopelessly Devoted, Look at me I'm Sandra Dee and Summer Nights.