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.

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.

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!

 

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

First post! First attempt at a 'fishtail/ruffle' mani

Hello! And welcome to my blogspot! I decided to make one to have a more specialized blog about my nail/beauty/personal posts. On my tumblr things definitely are scattered into a large mixture of anything that caught my eye on my dashboard. I am going to try and post everyday here, or at least as often as I can. ^-^ 

So this is my first post on my blogspot, and it is the mani I am currently still wearing. I saw a video tutorial by Sarah at Chalkboard Nails the other day for her 'Chevron/Fishtail' mani, and decided to try it out for myself!

To read what I used and see more pix click the read more link!