Lippies... Who doesnt love to wear lipstick at least once in their life? Well I for one love lipsticks, the bright the better! One of my favorites is Revlon Matte lipstick in Strawberry Suede. I was inspired by my lippy loves so here is my first attempt of lipstick Nailart. (items used: Essie in licorice and olé caliente, wet n' wild coloricon white, Kiss Nailart paint in pink glitter, and lastly art deco black striper)
This was not hard to create and took me less than 5 mins. No top coat used.
A magenta with gold shimmer throughout. Smooth formula, 2 coats is more than enough, it's fast dry like it claims. My one hand with two coats each finger took 4mins to dry entirely. I do not use base coats nor top coats for swatches.
I love Halloween, the whole concept but my favorite parts are the decorations and costumes! I'm very much into the pop-characters of all kinds so here is a mani I did today just to get the "juices flowing". I also included a picture of all items and polishes I used for this look.
Two coats no top coat :). Easy application, fast dry, very opaque color with excellent coverage. I like the wide cap on Ulta polishes, I have better hold-control of the brush.
Painting nails can get messy. Some have a preference on brush size but I don't. True some cover more areas in a swipe or two compared to others but to me its the formula also. Here I have taken a picture of Sally Hansen complete Salon Manicure thick brush, an Ulta Salon Formula brush, lastly is an Essie brush. I found that the Essie brush I have to swipe more to cover an entire nail but I don't hate it. Essie's formula is thin so second to third coats are always required for an even coverage. On the plus side each coat dries pretty fast.
Sheer but clever! This sheer polish reminds me of young romance. Light pink hex and round glitters, similar shaped light blue glitters and small round silver glitters floating in a sheer blue polish. It lives up to its name, whimsical. I love this polish I swatched two fingers. Had to do four coats. The brush is standard skinny, application was easy and smooth. The formula is not chunky. Each layer dried fast no bubbling. I love my bottle of whimsical!
Okay, so I took a week off my office job to try to get things in order then I realized.... o m blob I haven't swatched even half of my polishes!! How do people swatch all their polishes when their stash is over 100+ bottles?! I did two swatches today and my fingers are dry. Also I feel guilty... I buy polishes because I love the color but I dont just swatch a whole hand for a post. Idk I am not a wasteful person and think I should wear the shade and show it off not just swipe it off after the pics are taken :(. I am posting pics of my "stash" and newbies. I am feeling so much pressure from looking/reading through some other blogs and seeing their swatch lists (some are so lengthy). I understand everyone likes to see and know about the polish well I want to see is it ok if I swatch a SINGLE nail? And describe in detail how I felt about the application? I will post more pics of my manis and steps as I go but the whole swatch and remove for pics really makes me frown to waste polish. Open to opinions pls let me know what you think.
Sally Hansen Salon Manicure in Yellow Kitty. My favorite yellow! I love the fat brush, goes on smooth, driea fast. The soft yellow needed three coats. I got this bottle on sale from CVS for under $3!
Ahhh!! It finally got here! I'm so excited about this set. Zang Toi ia fabulous. Each color is gorgeous in their bottles and Trixie was a freebie!! I will swatche these another day I'm working in a mani and pedi now before I opened the package so booo but dang it.
Ulta Maine Attraction two coats easy app, fast dry, good cream coverage.
Might sponge on glitter on an accent nail of my choosing :)
I'm not fashion savvy but my ootd seems cool. Tribal bird top that I scored for $3, emerald skirt I caught at a sale under $10 & the flats were a gift.
Weekend work days I try to dress a tee up for work :p it's how I roll.
*excuse the dirty mirror at the job pic
Diva is a very sheer pink with round fine holo glitters. Piñata-yada-yada is a clear base with hex and round shiny glitters (yellow, silver, blue, red, fuschia, and green). Lav-ish is a lavender like purple with a gold shimmer. Each finger was two coats except Diva (took 4 coats).
So I again was at my day job and caught myself on Google... Idk how but am glad I found Nailnerd.com. Wow she is talented! Her About The Nerd had me "lol" literally. I love finding out about new-to-me blogs and reading about them and can relate to what I read. I want to ask her where she gets her Barry M polishes cause I need some in my life!
Ok so I think I'm addicted to beauty/polish clubs. I canceled Julep but join My Glam... sigh.. never ending I swear. Lol oh well full size products eh well I will see about that. Wonder what will be in my bag... Hmmm I won't get mine's till October though. Well as soon as I get it pics will be up!
The first pic is one coat, I did stop at two coats. The coverage was great and went on smoothly. I like how fast all Sinfulcolors polish are. My thumb is Out of This World, index finger is Moss Have, middle is Zincing of You, ring finger is Hot Wired, and Pinky is Gone Platinum. The only " issue" I had was Moss Have, it dries while applying so stroke fast!
So I'm going to Ulta today and besides trying to score awesome Butter London colors I'm going with coupon in hand. I do not own a single Butter London so to get two for less than $10 that's so around my pricing for bottle polishes. So many reviews and raves I want to know why. Hmmm will this surprise me like Revlon Whimsical did?? I really hope I read the fine print right and walk out with two bottles and only paying $8 with tax. Wish me luck!!
Sometimes FB hurts my wallet more than anything. Oh well it's for polish and a Limited Edition Collection at that. Eek so excited I got my order in... now the hard part, the waiting game. I will swatch these as soon as they come in and I may do a nail mail opening video! I wish I could've snagged the other collection also but I wasn't quick enough. The holo glazes have been on my wishlist for a while I think that will be my next Zoya purchase. Hope some of you got lucky and placed your orders for this ridiculously genius collection.
