Nude & Gold Stamping

Hi there!

I'm a terrible blogger!  I haven't yet found the balance between working full time, planning my wedding and painting my nails.. sometimes something just has to give, and sadly in this case it's been my favourite hobby.  Boo.

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How cute is this combo though?  Gold and nude just look so good together!

I started with OPI My Vampire is Buff and using Essie Good as Gold and an image from Pueen-33 I stamped over my base.

Then I added some small square studs to my ring finger, and used OPI Honey Ryder as a pinkie and thumb accent :)

Hope you're all having a great weekend!

Revlon Select: Revlon Natural Pink Review

Hi all!

There's the second polish that was sent to me in a Revlon Select package.  This one is from their new Nude Expressions nail polish collection, which is 8 new releases that are meant to match your skin tone.  I was sent Natural Pink which you can see below.

For this mani I applied two easy coats of Natural Pink, and you can see it's completely opaque.  I LOVE this shade.  It felt so girly and pretty and it even made me look a little tan.  To add a little sparkle I did a reverse gradient with OPI Which is Witch?

Which is Witch? is the most perfect glitter topper EVER!  It's so sparkly and full of holo goodness.  I absolutely love it :).

The wear of this polish was awesome, but I find that my body chemistry works really well with Revlon's formula - their polishes last for ever on my nails.

Have any of you purchased any of the Nude Expressions polishes?  What are your thoughts on nude polishes?  (I love nudes right now!)

*polish sent for review. 

Nude & Blue

Hi loves!

I hope you all had a good Easter weekend if you celebrate.  If you don't, I hope you still enjoyed a long weekend :)

Just a quickie today - my parents (and grandparents) are coming in later today from Ontario, which is the first time in the nine years that I've lived out of province that they visit for the sake of visiting and not just dropping me off for the school year.  I still have a little bit of tidying up to do before they get here, but I'm soo excited for visitors :)

For this I started with wanting to use Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure - Mermaid's Tale which I used on my pinky, then just went with the blue theme. 

On my ring finger I have Revlon Downtown stamped using a Mash plate and Konad White polish.  My middle and pointer fingers have OPI Skull and Glossbones with some loose glitter than I placed around the nail to frame it, then topped it off with Finger Paints Flecked.

 

 (posting this photo because you can see some of the flakies a little bit better)

This was such a 'fresh' mani to wear!  Perfect for Spring :)

Happy Tuesday all, thanks for reading!

Valentine Mix 'n Match

Hi all!

Here's a fun Valentine-y mix 'n match manicure that I wore over the weekend!

On my index and pinky I added two coats of the gorgeous Essie Leading Lady, then using a small dotting tool I added the hearts using Orly Glow.  My ring finger is Gosh Deep Purple and using a small dotting tool again, I placed medium sized loose glitter in the shape of a heart.  I tried to get these uniform in spacing but quickly gave up on that idea :P

 

On my middle finger I have Orly Glow and created (or at least tried to) heart shaped leopard print using Leading Lady and Wet 'n Wild Night Prowl as the outline for the spots.

What do you all think?  Too early to be thinking about Valentine's day? The tradition in this household is to NOT spend valentine's day together.  Okay, I'm partly kidding but it kind of is a tradition even though it's not by choice..  Chris has always been at sea and this year is no exception.  Doesn't mean I won't indulge in cute valentine-y things though :)