Sunday, April 20, 2014

Zoya Portia and Lynnderella Common Sense

Today I'm wearing two coats of Zoya Portia with a coat of Lynnderella Common Sense. I love Common Sense!

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Mary Kay Carefree Coral

Good evening!  Today I have a new color from Mary Kay's Spring 2014 line: Carefree Coral.  This is the first Mary Kay polish I've tried and I was pleasantly surprised.


Carefree Coral is an orange pink with decent coverage.  It's more of a jelly than a cream but the formula is nice with limited streaking, although I did have some problem with pooling around my cuticles as the polish is on the thin side.  I thought the brush was on the thin side and it was difficult for me to adjust to at first.


Pictured here is three coats of Mary Kay Carefree Coral.


Overall I was pleased with the color and I would certainly recommend this color to anyone!  I'm pleased with this color and am looking forward to seeing what else Mary Kay comes out with.

Monday, March 24, 2014

Essie Shake Your $$ Maker

Is it summer yet?  I'll even settle for it being spring, I'm ready for this winter to be over.  Today I broke out a neon from Essie's 2013 DJ Play that Song collection: Shake Your $$ Maker.  This bright, bright green is terrible to photograph, so I apologize in advance for this color discrepancy.

Shown here is four coats of Essie Shake Your $$ Maker.  This polish is thin and it really needed a white undercoat (oops) to keep the visible nail line from showing.

Saturday, March 22, 2014

Midwestern Beauty Bloggers Round-up, 22 March 2014


Good evening!  Today I have the first of hopefully many Midwestern Beauty Blogger round-up posts.

Darling Nails: Darling Nails shares nail art based on a geometric throw pillow.

Life In Color!: Skittles ... taste the rainbow!!!

Manifest Destany: Check out this Mortal Instruments nail art by Manifest Destany!

Ruby's Nails: Ruby's Nails has recreated one of her first manicures: a cherry blossom manicure that is perfect for spring!

Friday, March 7, 2014

Pillow Inspiration

While browsing Apartment Therapy this past weekend I found a throw pillow I just needed to have (this house tour if you're curious).  I tracked down the pillow to its source, Designer Fluff, where I was completely dismayed at how much it cost. Needless to say, you will not find one of these pillows on my couch.


You will, however, find a similar design on my nails. For this manicure I used two coats of OPI My Vampire is Buff, stamped Bundle Monster plate BM-422 on top using Konad Special Polish in Purple, then added gold accents with a dotting tool and Orly Luxe.

Sunday, March 2, 2014

Zoya Ziv

For New Year's Eve I wore a really cute pink lace dress with gold lining (from ModCloth, Surprise to the Occasion). To coordinate, I used two coats of Zoya Ziv on my nails. It was prefect!

Saturday, March 1, 2014

Gelish My Nightly Craving

For Christmas this past year I received a gel kit (Gelish if you couldn't guess from the title) which I want to use during heavy work/stress periods when I don't have time to do regular polish manicure upkeep. After combing through swatch galleries online, I settled on Gelish My Nightly Craving as my first work appropriate color.


I'm heading to Orlando for a conference in a few weeks and will be able to test how it wears then.

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