Simply Beauty.: Blue's Week

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1/16/12

I've Got the Blues Week : Day 7- 'A List'

Good evening fellow bloggers!

Today was a pretty badass day, considering I colored my hair for the very first time ever.

My natural color is this chestnut brown shade, but I really wanted a change. SO, I decided to go a couple shades darker! :p

and voila!

I'm in love and want to keep it forever.

ANYWAY, on to the final day of Blue's Week!

I give you 'A List'!

*fluorescent lighting

*excuse my f-ed up ring finger... wouldn't be me doing my nails if they didn't get screwed up right afterwards! :f

So I bought this polish not too long ago & have really been looking forward to trying it because it's just such a unique shade. It's a silky, pale blue that is super luxe. HOWEVER, I was pretty disappointed (though I guess I shouldn't have been, considering it was just a couple bucks) :/ Application was super trying. I don't know if i was because of the polish or what, but it was virtually impossible to not have the brush strokes showing. It was also a very unforgiving polish-- it shows ANY AND ALL errors. But again, it WAS just a couple bucks at Wally World so what did I expect? Not the way I wanted to finish Blue's Week, but there you have it! >.<

This reminds me of this polish because I have a feeling that if you're on the A List, you're bumpin' something like this because you know you're the sh*t :p

1/15/12

I've Got the Blues Week : Day 6- Kleancolor metallic

Hello everyone!

Although blue's week has been fun, i can't lie- i'm ready for it to be over. I've gotten so many new goodies in the mail that I can't wait to show you guys! But just one day left :e

For tonight I give you this sweet metallic:

This navy blue metallic is from Kleancolor's Techno High mini collection. It doesn't have a name :c I love the richness of all the colors in this set, but the quality does seem a little so-so. It was pretty thick and difficult to apply smoothly. The fabulous color makes up for it, though. These are the only Kleancolor polishes I have... does anyone else have any? What has been your experience with them?

Aside from my daughter, my other passion in life is music. I'm going to try to pair a corresponding song with each of my posts just to share with you guys what I love or am listening to :)

Though this song has no lyrics, the song title hits the mark :p
& it's also something i've been listening to a lot lately.

Thanks for reading! :k

1/14/12

I've Got the Blues Week : Day 5- 'Robyn'

Happy Friday the 13th! :vD

So for today's blue i'm featuring my first Zoya polish!! I ordered this one and one other during the recent little deal Zoya.com had going on & could not wait for them to get here!

Behold, I give you Zoya's 'Robyn'

'Robyn' is a turquoise cream polish with a gorgeous glossy finish. As excited as I was to get this polish, I was pretty disappointed :/ I chose it because I don't have any other colors like it, but I really didn't like this color on me after all was said and done. The polish itself is wonderful, but the shade is just not for me. Maybe once my nails grow longer it will somehow look better? I don't know... it sucks, to say the least. Perhaps once i'm more tan for the summer...

Aside from how I think it looks with my skin tone, the actual polish is super fun and reminds me of a
good summery shade.

Do any of you have this particular color? What's your favorite Zoya?

This song reminds me of 'Robyn' because it's a happy, make-you-feel-warm-and-fuzzy color... & this song has always made me feel that way, as well xD

1/12/12

I've Got the Blues Week : Day 4- 'Aruba Blue'

Hiiiiiiiiii ;)

Im not so sure I'm going to have time to post tomorrow due to a full day, so i'm going to go ahead and post tomorrow's polish- tonight.

Quickly, I give you Essie's 'Aruba Blue'.

* fluorescent lighting

*regular indoor lighting

Above is two coats of 'Aruba Blue'. It's a beautiful, sapphire blue with a slight shimmer. It actually reminds me very much of China Glaze's 'Blue Year's Eve'- swatched here. I loved the richness and glossy-ness of this polish. I'm not usually a fan of deep/bright blue on my hands, but this polish really began to grow on me. The consistency was a little thin/watery for my liking, but it was good enough. As with most Essie's, you can find it at the Targets, Walmarts, Walgreens, etc. :)

'Aruba Blue' calls to mind a beach scene,.
& this song is one of my favorite beachy tunes :)

I've Got the Blues Week : Day 3- 'Rich in Spirit'

goooooood afternoon, ya'll.

Welp, classes officially started back today :(

In honor of such, I picked one of my favorite blues for today's polish.

NOPI's 'Rich in Spirit'

* fluorescent lighting

* regular, indoor lighting

ALLLLLLLLRIGHTY.

'Rich in Spirit' is a metallic, silvery blue that is gorgeous 8)

One of my favorite colors to wear on my nails is silver, & this gives me a nice variation. I think it would look quite nice with this look, also. This polish is a great, wintery shade and is definitely one I can't wait to wear again :i

1/11/12

I've Got the Blues Week : Day 2- Russian Navy Suede

alright so some of you may remember the collection of suede finish polishes that OPI released a few years ago. yes? Well i happened to find one of these little gems in a random box whilst moving and figured I'd feature it during blues week! xD

I give you OPI's 'Russian Navy Suede'.

*forgive my dried out cuticles :/ I've got Burt's Bees Lemon Butter Cuticle Cream to the rescue!

** also forgive the messed up spot on my ring finger. oopsies >.<

Here you have 2 coats, with no top coat (which, obviously, changes the look from suede to glossy).

Though not my favorites of polishes, I think this is really neat. It's a cool idea and the finish really does remind me of suede. I'm not a huge fan of the matte-ish look, but that's what makes it suede :P Application was easy and it actually dried quite quickly. Anyway, it's not a polish I've seen featured much on any blogs (perhaps due to its age), so I figured I would give it a little light!

:) What do ya'll think?!

1/10/12

I've Got the Blues Week: Day 1- 'Kendall on the Katwalk'

Good morning, ladies!

So in honor of school starting back this week, I decided to dedicate my posts to blue polish o_O

For day 1 I chose to feature one of my newest blues- 'Kendall on the Katwalk' from the NOPI Kardashian collection.

This polish has a light blue base and contains light & dark blue glitter and purple glitter.

* regular indoor lighting