Hi everyone and welcome to Tuesday. Yesterday was kind of a weird day because I decided it was finally time to go see the doctor for my migraines. I ended up working a half day and then went in and had to do bloodwork, schedule an MRI, and then got some medicine to take. My MRI isn't until July 7th but hopefully I will have some relief with the medicine until then. Sometimes it just takes talking (or typing) about it to realize that you need to do something about it. Not much else is going on around here besides stormy weather and a typical work day.
Today's TT post was a fun one, inspired by food or drink. I had a hard time deciding what to do so I eventually took a peek at my "nail art inspiration" board that I made on Pinterest. That's where I found the picture below and thought it would be really fun to recreate. Sweets are my weakness and I saw all those pastel colors and knew that was the winning picture.
To create the base for this look I started with two coats of OPI Alpine Snow for the white frosting. For the inner vanilla cake, I made a ruffian and used two coats of OPI You're So Vain-illa. For the layers of frosting, I took some thin striping tape and taped off seven pieces on each nail. With a small nail art brush I dabbed on the frosting colors so that they wouldn't be completely uniform. Here's the frosting colors-
Pinky/red frosting-Julie G Romeo
Red/orange frosting-Maybelline Color Show Coral Heat
Orange frosting-China Glaze Metro Pollen-tin
Lemon frosting-Revlon Buttercup
Mint frosting-Essie Mint Candy Apple
Lavender frosting-Essie Go Ginza
To finish everything off and make it look more cake like, I took the same small nail art brush and dabbed OPI You're So Vain-illa around the ruffian edges and in between the cake layers. I finished off with one coat of topcoat.
I hope you guys enjoyed this look, I had a lot of fun creating it. It was the perfect nail art to take up some time on a lazy Sunday afternoon :) Don't forget to check out the other Twinsies below, I can't wait to see what food or drink they chose.
Hi guys, welcome to Monday. I hope everyone had a good weekend. On Saturday, the hubby and I went and saw X Men and I have to say that I thought it was excellent. Yesterday we got our internet fixed in our house, which worked for a few hours, and then shut down again. I also spent yesterday nursing a migraine. Does anyone else have migraines or headaches on a regular basis? I've been having them every day and am seriously considering going to the doctor. I guess my hesitation is the unknown....I don't know what they do, if they run tests, if I'll have to go to someone else, and if in the end I'll actually get some relief. If any of you have gone through something like that, I would really appreciate a comment if you are comfortable sharing.
Today I have some quick and easy nail art inspired completely by candy :) Last week I wore the combination of OPI Funky Dunkey and Candy Lacquer Licorice Allsorts and on the way home from work I got the idea to go some candy buttons. I have always loved candy buttons. I was a weird kid that ate paper growing up so the paper backing on the back of the candy never bothers me, but I can see why that would keep some people from eating them haha! I haven't eaten them in years and I'm not sure of the ingredients but next time I see some I will definitely be checking.
As I mentioned before, I started with a purple base of OPI Funky Dunkey and wore an accent nail of Candy Lacquer Licorice Allsorts. To create the candy buttons, I started with some blue painters tape and OPI Alpine Snow to create the backing. Since the real candy buttons aren't uniform, I used a small nail art brush to create the dots instead of a dotting tool because they would end up more circular. For the pink dots I used OPI Strawberry Margarita, yellow dots were OPI Need Sunglasses?, and the blue dots were Zoya Ling. I didn't use topcoat because I wanted to keep the effect of the dots standing up off the paper backing.
I thought this mani was really fun and it was surprisingly simple to create. I hope you guys enjoy this look and tomorrow will bring another "sweets" inspired mani for Twinsie Tuesday.
Hi there everyone, welcome to Sunday. Sorry for no post yesterday, our internet has been pretty unreliable and unusable, especially this weekend. So we are spending this morning waiting from 8am until noon for the cable company to show up. This is actually our third weekend in a row doing this. The first was to fix our cable and dvr and this one and the last service call were for our internet. I didn't get a post up but I did get a new video out, which is my Summer nail polish picks and you can find it here.
I've really been in the mindset of wearing whatever colors I want to for the day but I do have some oldies coming up as well as some fun nail art. Today I have an oldie but this is actually the first time I've worn it. China Glaze Sun Worshipper is a neon medium orange and it does dry to a matte finish. I was really happy with how bright and fun this polish was. The formula was a little thin and streaky and I used three coats with topcoat below. My only problem with this polish was that it chipped really easily, like big flakes peeling off by the next morning. That was pretty disappointing.
What do you guys think of this polish? Do you have it and have the same chipping problem? I really like the color but will probably skip a full manicure in the future because it really didn't last on me.
Hi there guys, happy Friday. Woo, finally Friday :) I got my wish of my eye exam this afternoon which means a half day of work for me. I plan on doing some grocery shopping and checking out the makeup at Ulta before my appointment. I'm excited for that. I also plan on filming today as well. I'm really trying to get myself on a schedule of filming and uploading three videos a week. I have one more for tomorrow so this is the first week I will have accomplished that :)
Today I have some OPI swatch spam for you. Originally it was going to be a mish mash of a ton of different brands but that seemed a little funny so I opted to go with just three polishes.
The first polish I have is one that I recently picked up at a Marshall's for half off normal price. It's not a color I would normally wear but I didn't have it in my collection so I picked it up. Oh boy did I fall hard for this color. Color to Diner For is from the Fall 2011 Touring America Collection and it's a shimmery maroon red. I can safely say I'm in love with this color. I used it as a base for nail art that ended up coming out bad, but I was very close to just putting it right back on. The formula was smooth and buttery. I used two coats without topcoat below.
Next up is OPI Funky Dunkey which is a polish that I wore a few days ago. If you follow me on instagram, you might have seen a picture of this with Candy Lacquer Licorice Allsorts as an accent nail (my husband told me this polish was like a purple Gobstopper so I took that and ran). This polish is from the 2010 Shrek Forever After Collection, of which I am desperately trying to collect all the polishes from :) So far I only have two but I'm keeping my eyes peeled.
This polish is a medium cool-toned grape purple cream. I'm not sure how this relates to Donkey but it's a pretty color nonetheless. The formula was opaque on this one but I did find myself having to touch up some patchy areas with a third coat. I used two to three coats with topcoat below.
Last up is OPI Shorts Story which is actually what I'm wearing today paired with OPI Rose of Light. This polish is from the 2009 Bright Pair Collection and it's a cool-toned medium pink cream. This one definitely stands out in my collection because of how cool-toned it is. I found the formula to be smooth and buttery and I used two coats with topcoat below.
Surprisingly out of the three, I have to go with Color to Diner For as my favorite! Do you own any of these polishes? Which one is your favorite?
Hi guys, welcome to Thursday. Man I wish it was Friday haha! Again, it's been pretty boring around here. I'm planning on making an eye appointment after this post goes up, I'm going to try and schedule it for the afternoon, preferably tomorrow afternoon so I can only work a half day. I'll wait a minute...I don't want to overwhelm you with the exciting things in my life :)
Today I have a battle of two glitter gradients. I have really been into reverse glitter gradients lately and today I have two very different versions. The first version I have is the funky gradient and it kind of reminds me of a fun cupcake. The combination is Essie First Timer with Glitter Daze Socialite.
For my neutral gradient, I chose a more work friendly subtle combination. This combination is OPI French Quarter for Your Thoughts with Ciate Ferris Wheel.
I think the winner for me is the funky version just because I really have a thing for color, although I did enjoy wearing the neutral one to work. Which version do you prefer?
Hi there everyone, happy Hump Day. Man it's been a boring week, I wish I had something more interesting to report :) Basically it's been having a migraine at work each day, then going home and recovering trying to lessen the migraine. My eye is feeling better but the headaches still persist. Despite the pounding head, I got home yesterday and wanted to do some nail art inspired by my nail of the day which was Essie Urban Jungle and OPI Save Me.
I wanted to mimic the glitter colors in OPI Save Me, especially the bar glitters, so that's where I went. Obviously I used my nail of the day as a base and then I cut little strips of blue painter's tape to create the stripes. For the bottom stripe I used OPI I Don't Give a Rotterdam!, the middle stripe is OPI The World is Not Enough, and the top stripe is OPI Gone Gonzo! I finished off with one coat of Seche Vite and that's all she wrote!
I ended up really loving this look and it was surprisingly easy to create despite how blingy it is :) I really like how the accent nail ties everything together and OPI Save Me is one of my favorites despite the bar glitter. What's your favorite glitter polish and do you like this look?
Hi there everyone, welcome to Tuesday. Not much of anything interesting going on around here, although this prompt fits extremely well on a day like today. It's going to be 92 degrees and the humidity is already off the charts gross. Definitely the kind of day where you stay in the air conditioning and never leave :)
Today's prompt was a fun one and I had so many ideas. It's funny because so many people love summer and I'm not actually that big of a fan. Our summers are so hot and humid that it's impossible to want to go outside, which then defeats the entire purpose of the season. There are a few things I do enjoy....the 4th of July, fireworks, camping, and fresh fruits and veggies from our yard. Today I went with a flip flop theme which is fitting for me because I wear flip flops like crazy in summer, even to work!
To create this look, I started with a base of OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls, a slightly grey toned white cream. I started by creating a black outline for the flip flops with OPI Black Onyx and then filled in the color of each one. I used alternating colors for the dots on the shoes and the backgrounds and then finished off with the black straps on each one.
Here's a big 'ol list of the colors I used:
OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls, OPI Black Onyx, Essie First Timer, OPI Red, Zoya Rocha, Barielle Panama Pina Colada, Essie Cute as a Button, OPI Yellowpalooza, Essie Play Date, and Sally Hansen Pacific Blue. Topcoat is Seche Vite.
There you have it, my take on summer lovin'. What's you favorite part about summer?
