Hi there everyone, welcome to Monday. Well I was headed into work this morning but I had some stomach issues after dinner last night. I'm not sure if I overdid the junk food or if it was the shady Taco Bell we ate at but I am home today. Despite that, yesterday was a great day because we went to a giant craft fair with my mom. I did post a haul on my youtube channel if you are curious what we came home with :) Today I have a stunning holiday polish to share with you. I was stuck the other night so I reached into a basket with untried polishes and pulled out Julep Waleska. Whoa baby is it gorgeous. I believe this is from August but to me it is totally holiday.
Julep Waleska to me is a shimmery green with strong blue undertones and dense gold shimmer. It's such a good combination of green and teal that most of the time it was hard for me to tell which color it really was. The shimmer was really strong in this polish and it just makes it look that much more "holiday". The formula was really great and I used two easy coats with topcoat.
Overall I'm in love with this polish! The color is gorgeous and shimmery and I'm already ready to wear it again :) Sadly I did cancel my Julep box a few days ago. I just was canceling it every month but I do still plan to hunt for good colors at my local TJMaxx. Do you have a favorite holiday polish?
Hello there my polish friends. I hope the weekend is treating you well. It's been a great weekend so far as I sit here in my robe under my heated blanket :) Yesterday last minute we went to the Illinois/Penn State football game which was really fun. We didn't stay the entire time because it was freezing and my lips actually turned blue. Today we are going to a huge craft fair and my mom is driving down to meet us so you know I'm pumped about that! Today I have my last Fall mani most likely. Fall is my favorite season and it did get swallowed up by my surgery but with the number of days of snow and ridiculously cold weather we've had it feels like Fall is gone.
This combination is one that I wore the other day because Zoya Tanzy is the most unflattering color for my skin tone haha! Once I combined these two colors it was like a Fall shimmer-bomb on the nails :) This combination is Zoya Tanzy as the base and one layer of OPI Orange You Fantastic over top.
Below is Zoya Tanzy. I saw this polish in stores and fell in love with it so eventually I ordered it on Zoya's website. Zoya describes it as a bright tangerine orange with yellow gold metallic sparkle. It's a beautiful warm metallic and I thought it would be amazing for Fall. When I applied it I discovered one thing...this is probably the most unflattering polish I could have ever picked for my skin tone. Besides the color being awful on me, the color is pretty and the formula is great. I used two easy coats with topcoat below.
Well there it is for Fall this year. I am sad to see it go but I figured it was over when I spent 15 minutes getting my car door open the other morning.
Hi Friday polish peeps! I am so excited that it's Friday :) It's been a long, drawn-out week at work! But, there is an exciting weekend ahead so I just need to get through the next seven and a half hours :) Tonight we are going to our friends house for dinner and video games. Our friend actually took the day off of work to go to the midnight release last night of the Wii U Super Smash Bros game so we will definitely be playing that. Tomorrow we've got some errands to run and then the hubby and I are going to a HUGE Christmas craft fair with over 350 vendors. Can you tell I'm excited? Today I have my very first makeup review video. I did pre-film this back in September pre-surgery so I was a little flat because my zombie gallbladder was hurting me, but overall I'm pretty happy with it. I think it's something I might keep up with in the form of videos. Let me know what you think. Have a great day everyone!
Hi there polish friends, welcome to Thursday. Last night I was definitely in lump mode. It's just too darn cold here and my hormones were just all over the place. I was happy because I had cheese with dinner, then mad because I ate all the chocolate yesterday, then crying for no reason #justgirlythings Does anyone else hate those #justgirlythings on pinterest? Haha, I do! I couldn't hold in the crazy last night. Then right before bed I got the brilliant idea to convince my husband we should switch around our spare rooms (just convince him, not actually do it). Somehow through all that I did manage to fall asleep right away, too much crazy. Today I have a polish I couldn't wait to show. I know I'm behind on swatching collections, my hands are like lizard dry. I've been slathering them with lotions and oils and wearing the dorky gloves when I sleep but nothing is helping. Anyone have any suggestions for a really strong hand cream? I do promise to catch up this weekend, dry hands or not!
Formula X Alchemy is a polish I picked up during the Sephora VIB sale when it was 20% off. I saw it in the catalog of holiday gifts and although I don't normally buy these polishes because they are pricy, I thought it was too pretty to pass up. I think it's sold out online but I would check in-store if you are looking for it. This polish is a loaded dusty platinum antique gold shimmer with multi-colored shimmers. It does look different in different lighting, sometimes it looks gold, sometimes a little bronze, and sometimes even a touch purple. The array of shimmers is beautiful and really sold me on it. I see gold, blue, purple, and copper. The formula is really great and opaque, I used two easy coats with topcoat.
I'm in love with this polish. It's nothing like I've ever seen before and just so unique and sparkly! It is limited edition so if you want it I would try to find it as soon as you can. What do you think of this polish, will you be buying it?
Hi there my polish friends and welcome to Tuesday. Thankfully I haven't frozen yet with this polar vortex fun we've been having. -8 wind chill this morning and icy roads...isn't it still Fall? Not much new is going on since the weekend. I had a super lazy night last night, but to be fair, so did my husband :) I ordered my Erin Condren planner so I spent the night browsing planner supplies on etsy. Try to contain your excitement for the thrilling life I lead ;) Today's Twinsie Tuesday prompt is favorite sports team. I don't really follow sports all that much, although my husband is a die hard Chicago sports fan. I knew I was going to break his heart when I didn't choose a Chicago team but he took it better than I expected. When I lived in Tampa we got to go to a lot of Bucs and Lightning games. We were even at some of the Playoff games for the Tampa Bay Lightning which was really amazing so that's the team I relate to the most...The Tampa Bay Lightning (hockey). I've always been a hockey fan more than anything else.
I decided to keep it simple to really show off the contrast of the team's colors, white and a royal deep blue. My husband even got in on it and helped me pick out the right shade of blue. We looked at all the blues on my OPI wall rack and I picked a few and he asked me to swatch them to see them accurately...I kid you not :) I guess even if it's nail polish, men must take their sports seriously. We had the swatches of the blues, compared to the colors of the team on google, then we discussed which was better... For my white base I used a pure white, OPI Alpine Snow. For my shade of "lightning blue", the hubby and I settled on OPI Keeping Suzi at Bay, which was deep but not too deep of a blue.
I can't wait to see what everyone else chooses and if it relates to where they live now!
Hi there polish friends, welcome to Monday. I hope you all had a great weekend. I had a good one myself. Saturday was really busy. In the morning the hubby and I ran errands and did grocery shopping and then after lunch we were with our friends the rest of the day. We played Mario Kart on their Wii U, went out to dinner, and then came back and watched Guardians of the Galaxy. Yesterday was supposed to be spent swatching in the afternoon but somehow it turned into nap time with a kitty and then wrapping Christmas presents...oops. It feels a little strange writing this post after the morning I've had, but it is still technically Fall. First, the wind chill is 1 degree, second, I had to clear the snow off my car this morning, and third, I am not exaggerating when I say that it took me a full fifteen minutes to get the door to my car open because it was frozen shut. Yea, so here's a nice Fall orange...
I wanted to show OPI's In My Back Pocket because Thanksgiving and November still are Fall to me. This type of weather we are having right now is typically January weather. I wore this around Halloween and right when all the leaves were falling and it seemed like the perfect orange. Not too bright but not too deep. I always struggle finding that perfect balance with orange. The formula isn't amazing with this one but it's workable. I found that the best thing was to do three thin coats since the polish tended to be on the thin side. For my swatches I used three thin coats with topcoat.
What's your favorite orange polish? Do you have one you specifically like for Fall? Thanks for reading and I hope everyone is keeping warm if you're in a "polar vortex" area like myself. P.S. why are we naming these things now? ;)
