Pink Floral mani

So today is my first 'Pink Wednesday' post :B

I just did a simple floral design with 4 untried colors I had. Flirty Tankini by China Glaze is the neon pink base, the lighter pink of the flowers is Subtle Strawberry by Revlon and the red contrast is Mon Cherry by Revlon as well. Lastly, the green is Show Me The Way by Sinful Colors.

July Nail Art Challenge Day 17 - Your Lucky Polish

Well I didn't really have a 'lucky' polish until May. The polish I was wearing when Joe proposed to me is what I consider my 'lucky' polish now ^-^

To see where I got this polish and a close up, click the link!

July Nail Art Challenge Day 16 - Neutral with a Twist

So this is another that I semi-cheated on. This was a mani I actually did back in May, but as soon as I saw the theme it jumped in my head! I had to use it! :)

The nude is Helen by Zoya, and the tips were Camera by Essie I believe? :s I will find out for sure later.

July Nail Art Challenge Day 15 - Coral

Hello! Gosh I am awful at even *attempting* to stick to a schedule of posts here -__- But! I will try to fill in the blanks this morning before work.

Day 15's mani was simple, Coral, and I used an un-tried from my collection, It's Chiff-on! by Sally Hansen. Oh man, this color is gorgeous! A bit sheer, but three thin coats worked perfectly. It's a perfect peachy/coral color and looked great on! It also has a bit of tiny flake/shimmer but I guess that didn't photograph. On my ring finger I have three coats of Oscar by Julep, another great color! Small gold glitter, good amount of glitter, not too thick, but not too thin.

Dinner with Joe!

So to break away from all the manicure posts I have been neglecting to post ~__~; (I will finish updating soon I swear) Here is a post about the yummy dinner Joe and I had last night!

Well I had been craving crab rangoons for foOoOoOorever and I came across a nice recipe over foodgawker. Since we went grocery shopping last night, we picked up a few ingredients to make them at home.

For the recipe, and finished product, click the link!

July Nail Art Challenge Day 14 - Redo Someone's Mani

For this post, I wasn't sure if it meant to use someone else's mani as inspiration, or if it meant to give a friend a new mani.. But I went with the latter, haha. And actually I re-did two of my friends nail's for this one, and I hope they loved them as much as I did :)

First up is my friend Annalucy's manicure:

See what I used, and my friend Samantha's new mani after the jump!

July Nail Art Challenge Day 13 - Something Tacky

This mani was so silly! I was thinking of doing something crazy and neon for this day, but when talking to some coworkers of mine, they mentioned the crazy Louis Vuitton manis they had seen before. I knew I still had an untried brown polish that I didn't know when I would get around to using and this was the perfect opportunity!

Here it is! The finished results. It honestly took f o r e v e r to paint on the middle and ring finger designs, but in the end, look A-OK to me!

I used Mahogany Magic from China Glaze's Capitol Colours collection and Lira by Borghese for the gold detail.

July Nail Art Challenge Day 10, 11, 12 - Tropical, Bird, Gradient

Okay okay, I know it's 'cheating' but gosh this was my first challenge and I get lazy! ~__~; pls forgive me. But this mani was a lot of fun to do, and to show off! I really enjoyed incorporating all the days into one!

For the gradient I used a base of C'est La Vie by Essence followed by Presto Pink and Mint Sprint by Sally Hansen. The black for the stamp is my go-to black, Hassid by American Apparel.

Again, I forgot to write down what stamping plate I used, but I will go look and update this later!

July Nail Art Challenge Day 9 - Your First Mani

Well, well, well, this was a toughy..I wasn't sure what to post as my 'first' mani... I have been getting manicures and doing my own since I was a little kid! I started collecting polish in middle school and before I ~seriously~ got into polish 2 years ago, I had around 80-90 haha.

What I decided to go with was my first mani I was super, super proud of and put a bunch of effort into! And that mani was my Halloween mani from last year!

 

I loved this mani and got so many compliments on it! 

Right hand:

Thumb - skull using a white polish by CQ
Index - stitches using a purple holo by Kleancolor
Middle - gradient cat eye
Ring - bloody nail
Pinky - Nail polish strips by Sally Hansen

Left hand:

Thumb - Eyeball
Index - candy corn
Middle - Another cool bloody nail!
Ring - Sally Hansen nail strips
Pinky - lime green and purple drip

Can't wait for Halloween this year!

July Nail Art Challenge Day 8 - Milky

So 'milky' was such an odd theme for a polish. I mean, it could definitely be easy, but I didn't know if it meant a milky polish, or something milk related..but I went with both!

 

I used the same base as my prev mani, ManGlaze's Mayo, but this time I left it as a matte finish. Since I wanted to go with a milk-n-cookies theme I stuck a cute little cookie cabochon on my nail! For anyone who isn't familiar with 'cabochon' they are just cute decorative pieces that are used for jewelry, accessories, making deco den phone cases, laptop cases, or even nail art!

Here are some other examples (better ones lol)

July Nail Art Challenge Day 7 - Polka Dots

So sorry for me slacking on my posts :l I have been so easily distracted lately, but hopefully this super cute mani makes up for it! The theme for today was polka dots!

 

I absolutely loved the way it came out! I used Mayo by ManGlaze as the white base, and glitters from American Apparel's Galaxy as the dots. I placed all the glitter on one by one with an orange stick, and honestly didn't take much time at all!

July Nail Art Challenge Day 5 & 6 - Your Least Favorite Color and Colorblock

Well, since I didn't do yesterday's mani until the evening I figured this post should be a combo.

So for yesterday, My Least Favorite Color, I chose neon pink! I honestly can't stand this color, and especially for nail polish...but China Glaze has come out with a gorgeous line of neons this summer and I sort of liked them :x

The base is Pink Plumeria by China Glaze, and to make it a colorblock I used some cut up tape to make a zig zag pattern. For the lime green I used Did It On Em by OPI.

July Nail Art Challenge Day 4 - Fireworks

Well I forgot to post this yesterday since I worked all day, but here is my Independence Day mani! I tried to paint on a firework on my ring finder and it came out awful, so I just decided to stick with a patriotic mani.

 

I loved the way it turned out! I still am awful at stripes, but my left hand was a lot better than my right, haha. Everyone and work loved it and thought it was cute that I was being 'festive'. 

I used Purity by Zoya on my thumb, Ruby Slippers by China Glaze on index, America by Julep on middle and ring, and on my pinky is Camaro Glitter but it's such an old bottle that I don't know the brand. For the flag I used Royal by Revlon and the stripes were Pushing Your Luck by SPOI.

July Nail Art Challenge Day 3 - Letters

Today I have for you my first time drawing on any kind of 'lettering' or words for my nail art. I really love the way it turned out too! Much better than my shaky hand expected :)

The theme for today's nail art was 'Letters'. I really like this font and figured it would be pretty easy, and  look nice and clean on the nail. The taupe base is Butter London's All Hail The Queen, a color I had been lusting over for awhile now. I will also take a pic in sunlight bc hidden in that beautiful nude, is tiny holographic shimmer! The black lettering is American Apparel's Hassid, and the Red is Zoya's Burke.

Day 2 of July Nail Art Challenge

So on Instagram I decided to do this 31 day nail art challenge, I think it will be especially helpful with my No-Buy-July. Day 1 was 'Nautical' and since I started a day late, I just posted an older mani of mine.

Today's theme was 'Yellow' and since Independence Day is right around the corner I decided to go with something patriotic-y.

 

I used Champagne Bubbles by China Glaze as the gold base, it also has tiny silver glitter in it, and it was on clearance at Ulta for 99c! For the stars I just used a thick red and navy creme, I believe by Love & Beauty, so they didn't have specific names. 

I believe the stamping plate I used was a faux-nad I don't remember where I purchased it from :( but it came in a huge set. Possibly bundle monster? I just layered the two colors of stamps on top of each other, not in any real 'pattern'.  I like the way the thumb turned out though!

 

My first Glossybox~

Aaaaaah! I am so excited for this post! I have been anxiously checking my email ever since my wonderful, amazing, perfect, fiancé purchased me a subscription for Glossybox earlier this month. Finally I saw the that it had shipped..then I saw the tracking number..then it was somewhere in Texas...and yesterday evening, it was finally on my kitchen counter!!

 

Keep reading for the goodies inside! 6 items total!

July's Julep box!

So I arrived home after work to these two beauties on the counter :3 My July Julep box, and my first ever Glossybox!! This will be my post on Julep, and since there are so many goodies in my Glossybox, that will have to be a separate post.. stay tuned! Will post it later today!

 

Keep reading for all the goodies inside July's Julep box!

Just Spotted the Lizard by OPI

So today's mani is Just Spotted the Lizard by OPI, and is a gorgeous gold/green duo chrome. It is also another dupe for Chanel's Peridot, and I believe the least expensive? Anyways I loved the color and am currently wearing it.

 Earlier this morning I saw on Instagram a '30 day challenge' involving nail art for July.. Very tempted in trying it out since I am also trying to go through a No-Buy-July. I think it would help keep me busy and not tempted to give in and purchase polish, haha.  I am already going crazy because of the new 'Fergie' line of polish by Wet n Wild and the new Equestria collection by Rainbow Honey.

BUT some good news, my Julep and first Glossybox came in yesterday! Next post will be in detail about the goodies :3