Wow. A year and a half later. Things are very different in my life, which is to be expected. However, I miss my nails, I miss writing, and I miss my online friends. I can't say that I know exactly what this blog will become, but I just know that I miss it.
So to come back, I'd like to show what my current nails look like. I have a different job now and it is really rough on my nails. I do have acrylics on, but eventually I would like to transition back to natural nails....it's just impossible right now with the amount of breakage and peeling that occurs at work. Even with the acrylics, I still paint my nails every few days. Here's what I'm sporting right now-
Right now I'm wearing a very spring-y combo of OPI Do You Lilac It? with ring and thumb accent nails with Nicole by OPI Be Awesome. Lilac It is a very cool-toned lilac purple. Normally I don't care for purples on my nails but this polish feels fresh, soft, and pretty. It applies in two easy coats. I used two coats of glitter which I really like. Be Awesome is a pastel combination of diamond shaped glitters, and it's one of my favorite glitters to add to many different polish colors.
Here is Lilac It on it's own.
Clearly I'll need to get back on the cuticle oil bandwagon. Let's just see where this little blog goes. I might talk about different things that I'm loving right now, planners, crafting, etc. It feels good to be back.
Wow! Hello there. Clearly I haven't written anything in awhile and I haven't meant to but tonight I was just feeling it. Maybe it was because I had a terrible day at work and I was feeling chatty perhaps? Either way, I wanted to share my polish with you and I really like the idea of sharing untried polishes. Maybe it will only be every once and a while, we'll see. Let's get to it!
Today's very first untried is Essie Sexy Divide. I have definitely not been into Summer polishes this year...it's pretty much just been nudes, metallics, and pastels for me. We had a nice week of 70's this week and I just went for the vampy polishes. I reached for Essie's Sexy Divide, which originally comes from the Winter 2008 collection. It's a dark, cool-toned shimmery purple, which is almost black and sometimes a bit blue looking.
The formula was really great on this polish, I had zero formula problems. I used two easy coats with one coat of Seche Vite topcoat for my swatches, which are also taken after a full days wear of this polish.
Overall I'm quite pleased with this vampy little number, although I know I'll have to keep the vampy nails to a minimum next week because we're going to be in the 90's...yikes! Do you own this polish? What do you think of it?
Hi polish friends. I hope everyone is doing well. Long time no write here but I've pretty much been doing daily videos on my YouTube channel here. A few days ago I was contacted by Royal Caribbean cruise lines because they wanted to use a swatch photo of mine. Well, I wanted to show it off and I thought the concept was really cool. They wrote an entire article about matching your manicures to your type of cruise. I've been on many of cruise, including a cruise to Alaska for my honeymoon. So I just wanted to share the article with you guys because I'm proud of it :D
Here's my picture below which was a swatch of Ciate Pool Party chosen for a cruise to Aruba. I have been to Aruba and I do love snorkeling, although scuba diving would be amazing as well!
If you'd like to check out the full article, just click here.
Hi there everyone! Boy am I glad it's starting to look like Spring. Come check out my thoughts on the Spring 2015 Zoya Delight collection down below.
*Press Samples
Hi everyone, happy Friday! I can't believe we are right in the middle of February already. Today I have the perfect Valentine's nail polish to share with you. If you are a long-time follower of my blog, you'll know that I am not a red lover whatsoever. So when Valentine's Day rolls around, I am all about the pink. I wear pink, I will usually be sporting some kind of rose gold makeup, and you know it's going to be about the pink polish. Today I have this bright pink number from Live, Love, Polish to share with you that is the ultimate hot pink for the day of love tomorrow.
Seche is a brand that I've heard of before, mostly from the topcoat, but I was given the opportunity to try out a polish from the line. I of course went for a traditional cream (they always steal my heart...pun intended) and this one blew me away. Seche Rendezvous is a hot pink cream and it applied like a dream! It was seriously a one coat wonder. I have absolutely no complaints. The color was stunning and the formula was a dream to work with.
I'm sure many of you have heard of the wonder that is Seche Vite Top Coat but if you haven't, it's definitely one of the better topcoats out there. Seche Vite is high up on the list of my topcoats because it dries pretty much instantly and it has that mega-shine factor. It's also the only topcoat I use when topping nail art because it doesn't smear the designs. My only negative with this topcoat is that it doesn't really work with my body chemistry and tends to chip pretty quickly on me. That doesn't happen for everyone though.
Overall I was really impressed with my first try with Seche nail polish and Seche Vite continues to be my go-to topcoat for nail art. Have you tried Seche brand nail color before? You can find both products on the Live, Love, Polish website here. Happy Valentine's Day :)
*Products in this post were received for review in exchange for my honest opinion.
