January 19, 2015

Velvet Textured Nail Polish


Hey guys!
I'm here to show you all the new polishes I picked up from the new Sally Hansen Velvet Texture collection, this line includes 8 polishes that dry to a matte textured finish.

Velvet Textured Nail Polish

First up is Velour, a pretty bright purple:
Velvet Textured Nail Polish

Next up is Velveteen, a rich pure black:
Velvet Textured Nail Polish

One of my favorites is Regal, a amazing vibrant cobalt blue:
Velvet Textured Nail Polish
My favorite of the set is Lavish,a beautiful rich wine color:
Velvet Textured Nail Polish

The first couple of times that I applied the Velvet Texture polish it was a complete fail. It took forever to dry and it kept denting everywhere, I was ready to call it quits. I decided to give it another try and finally figured it out how to make it work for me.

I used an extremely thin coat of polish making sure my entire nail was well coated. Once it was completely dry I went over it with another thin second coat to darken the color, making sure to only go over each area once. If you use thin coats the polish drys pretty quick so you have to work fast, I noticed if I went over an area more than once it would mess up the smooth texture and make it look lumpy as it dried.

After I figured out how to work them I was in love! All polishes were opaque in 2 coats and on the bare nail gave me about 3 days of chip free wear.They all had a soft smooth the texture that really did remind me of velvet. My favorites were Regal and Lavish(the names match them perfectly) I loved how vibrant Regal is and how dark and vampy Lavish is. There are 4 more polishes in the collection but unfortunately  my store didn't have them. So once I find them I will definitely snatch them up and let you guys know what I think of them.

What do you think of the velvet texture polish? Did you have a favorite?

Velvet Textured Nail Polish

Thanks for stopping by!

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January 11, 2015

Sinful Colors Blue Crushin Dark Teal Turquois Nail Polish

Hey Guys!

For this look I wanted to keep things simple but I also wanted something that would be eye catching.
I decided on a bold base color and went with a gold and white gradient. For my first gradient it didn't come out too bad.

Sinful Colors Blue Crushin Dark Teal Turquois Nail Polish



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Between Christmas gifts and not being about to leave the store without a new polish(or 5), I have a ton of new polishes to show you guys.

I'll start of with Blue Crushin by Sinful Colors, which was originally apart of the Chill Out Collection from last year but I just picked it up from my local Walgreen's for 99 cent. Blue Crushin is a beautiful dark teal cream polish, it goes on smooth and to my joy it's a one coater!

Dark Teal Turquois Nail Polish


Dark Teal Turquois Nail Polish
Sinful Colors Blue Crushin

                                               
Dark Teal Turquois Nail Polish
1 Coat of Blue Crushin + 1 Coat of Top Coat

I'm totally in love with the color and opacity of it. So what do you think of this one?  What's you favorite one coater?




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January 5, 2015



Hey guys!

I hope you guys had a great holiday and are having a great new year so far. Sorry I've been missing in action, my Husband decided to give us everyone the flu right after Christmas. So my entire house has been shut down and unfortunately, I wasn't able to complete the December nail art challenge, but now that Hubby is back at work and my daughter and I are back at 100% I can get back into into more nail post. The plus side to that is I was lucky enough to get a crap ton of nail polish for Christmas and I've also picked up a lot of polish in these first weeks of 2015, so I will be a busy girl swatching and posting new nail art for your viewing pleasure.

I hope you guys stay tuned and if there's anything that you want to see feel free to let me know!



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December 25, 2014


So this is my second to last Ipsy bag, my year subscription will end in January. This month I got my bag in super late, but I guess with all the Christmas mail being sent its forgivable. I'm still not sure whether or not I want to keep my subscription or not. Although I love the excitement of never knowing what I'm going to get, I hate never knowing what I'm going to get. This month I really like the bag they chose and the contents were okay but the color selection for a few of the items were a bit off for me.

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December 22, 2014

The theme for Day 22 of the challenge was Match socks. Yet again another simple theme that took me forever to decide on(between me and you I think I maybe be getting a little burned out on nail art but I can literally see the finish line and I refuse to give up on my first challenge). For the mani I went with a simple design( or so I thought) and my inspiration for it was black with fuchsia and white hand drawn hearts. The design looked easy but it was a pain in the butt to hand paint so many different size hearts with nail polish, this girl will definitely be looking into getting some acrylic paint after this.

Purple_Heart_Valentines_Day_Love_Nails


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