From the Vault- 'Anita' & 'American Pie'

Happy Wednesday, guys!

I have two throwback polishes from last year for you guys.

Here is Darling Diva Polish's 'Anita' (2 coats)

over Essie's 'Blue Rhapsody', with Milani's Red FX & Pure Ice's 'Strapless' as accent nails.

'Anita' is from DDP last year, and is a clear base with holo microglitter, tiny holo hexes, and medium red, white, & blue hexes. 

You can tell the Milani somehow missed my eye & got totally clumped and gross.

I was super pleased with the Pure ICE polish, though. Reminds me of the Pixie Dust polishes that are big now :)

'Anita' is a nice little topcoat, though a little gloopy.

Still love it over the Essie though.

Next up,

Candy Lacquer's 'American Pie' from last year over Sinful Colors' 'Sugar Rush':

'American Pie' is a clear base with red & white microglitter, medium red, white, & blue hexes, and white & blue bar glitter.

I can't figure out why I've never tried this indie brand again,

because it goes on flawlessly!

(although, it looks an awful lot like the polish form yesterday, doesn't it?)

Welp,

closing the vault back for now.

STAY TUNED for my July 4th makeup in tomorrow's post!

:D

a beachy combo

happy saturday everyone!

Today I have 2 interesting polishes for you.

I bought them without the intention of putting them together, but once I got home I figured i'd give it a go, & i'm okay with how it turned out. It's not my favorite combo ever, but I like it all the same.

First the base- Revlon's 'Dreamer'

'Dreamer' is a pale, almost baby blue creme with seemingly grey undertones, depending upon the light. This is only my second Revlon polish (the other being a glitter) &, despite their iffy reviews, I was rather pleased with this one. It's consistency was pretty good and it was opaque it 2 quick coats. I don't know if it was because of the SV or what, but mine actually refrained from chipping longer than many of my other polishes O_o

On top of that I used Milani's 'Teal' from their  Jewel FX line.

'Teal' is a clear base with large deep blue, green, and silver hexagonal holographic glitter. The polish reminds me very much of the water in the Caribbean, which is where the beach combo idea came into play.

ANYWAY,

I used 2 coats of it over 'Dreamer' & got this:

Tada!

I'm not usually a fan of bright blues on my hand (though they are growing on me i general) but I quite liked this combination together. It feels springy & makes me anxious for the beach, even though that's not for another month or so.

This was my second polish from the Jewel FX line & it was just as awesome as the first!

All in all, pretty pleased with this mani.

What do ya'll think?

Have a good Saturday!

beauty/nail mail & simple V-day manis

Happy Valentine's day!

normally i think this holiday is totally dumb & overrated, but it has a whole new meaning for me now because-

1 year ago today is when I found out I had a bun in my oven xD

now my little munchkin is my Valentine.

Anyway, I got a few goodies in yesterday.

My Feb. Birchbox!

stamping plates

stamp set

yay! can't wait to use these, although I've still got to get some Konad polishes :/

And I haven't even had a chance to really look in the Birchbox yet,

but I'll try to do that soon & devote a whole post to it :)

On to the nails.

Both of these are super simple and were done, obviously, in light of Valentine's Day.

NOPI's "Hard Kourt Fashionista' ( a rich, chocolate-y creme) & Milani's Jewel FX in 'Red' (clear base with very large red hexagonal glitter)

I just bought the Milani yesterday because it. is. phenomenally. pretty.

so ridic.

I used 2 coats of the NOPI & one coat of the Milani- then one of SV.

It reminds me of a V-day chocolate box, for some reason.

Super simple, but I really really love that red glitter.

Fabulous! <3

Next up,

* daylight, it's a gloomy day :/

* artificial light w/ flash- messed up on middle finger... this cold has really dried out that one

So this is apparently all the rave right now- using 3 colors from the same color family and going from pinky to thumb with the lightest to darkest colors. The lightest on your pinky and ring, medium shade on your middle and pointer finger, and the darkest on your thumb.

Again, totally simple... but I like the effect.

NOPI's 'Kourt is Red-y for a Pedi' on pinky & ring

CG's 'Ruby Pumps' on middle & pointer

PureICE's 'All Nighter' on thumb

Then just for kicks, I used OPI's Designer... de Better' and a dotting tool to make little hearts on my thumb.

I like the simplicity of both of these.

Hope everyone has a fantastic V-day!

:)