Thursday, June 17, 2010

Pretty Detailed Manicure

These nails are natural and belong to a friend of mine. I thought they were so creative. She was nice enough to let me share with you. It's such a treat to see what she creates, especially since she is self taught. This intense manicure took her 5 to 6 hours.

Friday, June 11, 2010

Glitter Tips





I finally caved and put Acrylic tips on my nails.  I haven't had these in years.  There are 3 types of glitter, and rhinestones  mixed with clear powder. The glitter is inside and the nail is smooth.  It shines beautifully in the sun. This style is  called encapsilado in Spanish- its very popular in Latin America.



Thursday, April 8, 2010

Starry Starry Night as a Dusty?

 Like most polish fanatics, sometimes I day dream about finding that HTF discontinued item.  In general, I am not lucky but I'm hopeful. The other day, I decided to stop by a random beauty supply store in hopes of finding something worth finding. I hit the big one- Essie's Starry Starry Night. There she was dusty on a shelf in the back row behind endless pinks. SSN is everything I thought it would be.  It just might be my favorite polish.

Monday, April 5, 2010

KhakiZING by Revlon


This beauty is KhakiZING by Revlon. It is a gorgeous duochrome! Love it!! It has green tones, blue, purple, gold and teal.  I found it at TJ Maxx last week. I think this it is very old.  This is definitely on my top favorite colors.

Friday, April 2, 2010

MAC give me Liberty of London Blue India








 I wanted to share a few items I bought from the MAC give me Liberty of London collection.  I really liked the colors and the fun packaging was a bonus.  The high perennial lip glass (coral color) reminded me of my favorite discontinued Chanel gloss in Sirop. Does anyone know a dupe for that? Viva Glam Lady Gaga lipstick is also pictured.  This was the first time I have bought a MAC nail polish and I was very disappointed with the formula. The color is Blue India. It took about 30 minutes to fully dry. I applied Poshe top coat and the finish looked a little off.  At the end of the day I had a chip and it looked very dull. This will be the last Mac polish I buy unless they change the formula.

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

For Audrey by China Glaze



NOTD is For Audrey by China Glaze.  I thought it would be nice for the Easter week.  The girl at the coffee shop was telling me how this was her favorite color and she had to buy the entire display so that she would not run out anytime soon.  Hmmm, maybe I should have gotten a backup of this one too?

Saturday, March 27, 2010

Tropical breeze


Hello! I am so very happy Spring is here.  I was due for a renewal of some kind.  I always find Spring reminds me of Hope.  I thought this was perfect for Spring.   There was a pleasant breeze of orange blossom scent when I was taking this picture.  I used China Glaze OMG in GR8 for the base, Sally Hansen intradri in Mint Sprint and SH insta in Orange you fast and Konad plate 36  BTW: Somewhere over the rainbow by IZ is playing in the background- all that is missing is a tropical Mojito in my hand.