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Sunday, November 24, 2013

Movember Manicure

Hello everyone. It has been a long absence but I have a fun manicure to share with you. I was sent some adorable mustache charms from KKcenterHk which were perfect for the fun Movember theme that so many guys take part in each November.

I'm in love with these charms! They have great color, shape and are super strong. Each charm is slightly arched, which allowed it to lay pretty flat on my nails, which was a nice change from nail charms I've reviewed before. I wanted to keep this manicure simple so the mustache would get all the attention. I used my favorite gold from Orly, Glitz & Glamour along with Sinful Colors Snow Me White.

What do you think? What colors would you have paired with the mustache? Do you think this manicure is too plain?

Product Information Website: KKCenterHKCharms: N.NAIL Studs Lovely Gold Beard 8mm X 3mm Nail Art
Price: $4.50 for five pieces

*product provided for review*

Thursday, July 4, 2013

Happy 4th of July

Happy 4th of July to everyone! I have a fun American flag nail design to share with you.

I thought this design would be easy, but the red and white stripes gave me some trouble and they aren't as straight as I had hoped. Maybe it's a waving American flag? ;)

I'm gonna leave you with this awesome +Pepsi display I saw at the store. Nothing says America better than an awesome Pepsi product display!

Have a fun and safe 4th everyone!

Polish Information Kleancolor: Cobalt (09)
Kleancolor: Red (08)
Sinful Colors: Snow Me White
Wet n Wild: The Star of the Show

Friday, June 28, 2013

Graceful Blue Bird Nail Art Decoration

Today I have a manicure to share with you inspired by the pretty blue bird nail art decoration sent to me by KKCenterHK. I'm also going to lump this manicure in with the untried challenge I'm slowly tackling.

Here are the pretty nail art decorations I chose to review. I love them. The detail is perfect and are exactly like they are pictured on the website.

Oval Graceful Blue Bird Nail Art Decoration

Top and Bottom of Oval Graceful Blue Bird Nail Art Decoration

Up close picture of Oval Graceful Blue Bird Nail Art Decoration

Taking the nail art out of the package and observing the white paper backing, I thought these decorations might be self adhesive. Scratching a little at the back I pulled off some of the bird pattern of one, and quickly discovered they are not self adhesive. Luckily the small scratch was hidden by my white base polish.

I knew right away I wanted to use this nail decoration for my accent nail. I looked over my blues and thought the gorgeous Cerulean by LVX would be a perfect pairing! Cerulean just happened to be an untried, and qualified as a "cool" color, which made this manicure a double win for me. To jazz it up a little I used stripping tape along with my go to Snow Me White from Sinful Colors to do stripes with Cerulean. I really like the way this came out.

From above I LOVE the nail art decoration. But from the side, this manicure makes me sad. Its such a huge oval bubble on my nail that I played with it constantly, until I just popped it off. As pretty as these oval nail decorations are, for me they are just too big to be used in my nail art. However, I plan on keeping these adorable nail decorations and applying them to something else. (I'm just not sure what)

What do you think of this manicure? Do you think these blue bird nail decorations are too big? Is there such a thing as too big when it comes to nail art? Do you own any LVX polishes?

Product Information Website: KKCenterHKGlitter: Blue Sea Oval Graceful Blue Bird Nail Art Decoration
Price: $4.00 for two pieces

*product provided for review*

Friday, June 7, 2013

Untried Polish Challenge

A while back I stumbled upon a neat polish challenge while day dreaming on Pinterest. I quickly pinned it knowing it would be the perfect thing to kick start me into using the many untried polishes in my stash. I present to you the Untried Polish Challenge from Jonochi at Just Add Polish.

I started with "Three Colors". Not sure why I picked to do that one first but these are the three untried colors I used.

Big Yellow Taxi by Ciaté is from their Advent Calendar that I ordered in November of 2012. Spring from Too Cute-icle was a polish I won from a banner contest that the creator, Jess, held on her Facebook page. And In Bloom from Color Club is a lucky find from Ross. The white isn't an untried, but is Sinful Colors Snow Me White.

Three untried polishes used and an adorable design to show them off. I'm so glad I found this challenge! And on to the next one!

Saturday, May 25, 2013

Cotton Candy Yum Yum

Just a quick post to show everyone I'm still alive and painting my nails. Things have been busy around here but I hope to play some catch up and not neglect the blog. Stay tuned!

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Chevrons with Essie and China Glaze

Hello all. I have a fun and happy looking nail design for you today. It's a simple chevron design that I did a little different than I usually do. Normally I have the triangle only go to the middle of the nail. Today I extended it all the way to the cuticle and I love it! I feel with the triangle being longer it gave the design a much more dramatic look. Such happy little triangles.

I'm also super late to the party and picked up Essie's Butler Please only yesterday. I was a little worried I may have a blue somewhere in my stash that was gonna be close to Butler Please. Good news, I did not! This color is beautiful and I really should have picked it up sooner. I paired Butler Please with +CHINA GLAZE It's a Trap-eze! I really love this glitter and its likeness to what indie polishes look like.

Enjoy and hope to hear feedback from you on this look!

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Day Ten (delayed) - Inspired by a Fellow Participant

I'm finally finishing the very fun Valentine Challenge thought up by Dahlia over at datyorkLOVES. I postponed the final days challenge to give it the love and dedication it deserved. The manicure that inspired me was Dahlia's lace manicure.

Dahlia's Lace Manicure

I loved everything about this manicure. The colors were beautiful, the design looked exactly like lace and the overall delicate and romantic feel of the manicure. I just hope I do this lovely manicure the justice it deserves.

I had never tried a lace manicure, and am happy with how it turned out. I love that i started this challenge. It got me motivated the really start this blog and try new techniques and do more nail art. I look forward to the next challenge!

Colors Used
Sinful Colors - Snow Me White
Wet n' Wild - Tickled Pink
Pure Ice - Gossip!

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Day Eight - Splatter Manicure

I hate starting out posts showing you my epic fail of a manicure. Especially when a splatter manicure should be easy. I wanted to do a little more than just throw paint on my nails, and in my head this idea looked much better. So here it is, please no pointing and laughing. ;)

I am actually really happy with how the pinkie and middle nails turned out. I think they look like adorable Valentine sweaters. While the other two nails fall into the ugly Valentine sweater category. Since I am a few days behind I decided to just leave the manicure like this and move on to happier and prettier nails for the next days challenge. Check out the other non fail manicures in the links below!

Colors Used
Sally Hansen - Hard to Get
JLB Nail Lacquer - Cherry Pop
Heart Glitter - Martha Stewart

Saturday, February 9, 2013

Day Seven - Tape Manicure

Hi all! Day seven and today's theme is a tape design. I love using tape or striping tape for manicures. It allows you to do fun designs with awesome precision.One of my all time favorite tape designs was done by Sophie over at My Awesome Beauty. I really wish I had the brain power to come up with this design on my own, but it's all Sophie. Even her color choices are perfect for this Valentine themed challenge.

Such a great design. I hope Sophie would approve. Be sure to check out the other girls' wonder tape designs!

Colors Used
Julep - Lauren
Sinful Colors - Snow Me White
Wet n' Wild - Tickled Pink
Orly - Glitz and Glamour

Friday, February 8, 2013

Day Six - Doticure

I've worked the early shift the last two days which lead to me getting a little behind on the Valentine challenge. As promised, I'm gonna complete this challenge. The sixth day was dots. I liked this theme because who doesn't love a nice dot manicure?

I love this simple elegance of this look. Even when using black, you still know it's a Valentine manicure. I'm so glad I'm doing this challenge and am looking forward to catching back up with the rest of the girls. Be sure to check out their hard work!

Colors Used
Sinful Colors - Snow Me White
Wet n Wild - Black Creme
Kleancolor - Light Red (79)

Sunday, February 3, 2013

Day Three - Kisses

I'm really bummed about getting this post up so late. I was running low on ideas for kisses. So in a pinch this is what I came up with.

As a kid I always thought it was neat that hugs and kisses was represented by X's and O's. A manicure on the simple side but still qualifies. My thumb nail needed love to, so I added the cartoon heart, and found it cute and appropriate.

Colors Used
Sinful Colors - Snow me White
OPI - Feelin' Hot-Hot-Hot!
Color Club - In Bloom

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Sassy Lacquer - Here Cums Santa

A few days ago, I was lucky enough to win a bottle of nail polish from Sassy Lacquer. I was beyond excited because this was my first indie polish. There is something really awesome about supporting a fellow nail polish addict and having a polish that is new, unique and something not many people will have.

Here Cums Santa is a polish with a very naughty, but fun, name. A milky white polish with Santa colored glitter floating inside. The fun display of square, bar and round glitter has the right amount of naughty and nice. An added bonus is that this polish goes on smooth and no "fishing" is needed to get every glitter out, for all to see. This is three coats plus a top coat.