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

7 Deadly Sins Tag

Hey everyone!

My only Friday class got cancelled today so i'm a happy camper.

I haven't felt much like blogging or doing any looks lately for some reason,

but I did decide to go ahead and do this fun little tag i've seen going around.

I feel like a lot of these are actually interchangeable because of the way whoever created this defined them... but whatever :P

I won't tag anyone specific in this,

but if you decide to do it,

leave me a link so I can go look!

:)

Here we go:

1) GREEDY

Which polish is the cheapest from your stash?

Pretty sure that all the PureIce polishes I own were like $1 :)

They're pretty good, considering, too!

2) WRATH

What polish do you have a love/hate relationship with?

I have a love/hate relationship with 'Too Schmexxxy' from DarlingDivaPolish & 'Be Brave ' from ORLY, because- though both look AWESOME in the bottle- I HATED how they looked on my nails. The first was way too clumpy, while the ORLY looked like pubes :/

3. GLUTTONY

What polish have you desired ever since you saw it?

One of the first nail websites I ever perused was Llarowe, which of course has tons of amazing holos. I was immediately drawn to this baby from Glitter Gal!

I was initially DYING to get 'Connect the Dots' from Lynnderella, but it soon became clear that it was nearly impossible to score any of her polishes. SO, I began looking for an alternative. I feel like there are tons of black & white glitter topcoats out there, but 'Salt n Peppa' from Lush Lacquer adds more of a twist with tiny holographic micro glitter mixed in. I LOVE IT.

The very first brand of nail polish I was ever interested in (aside from the basics like CG, OPI, etc) was HITS No. Olimpo collection. This is Hermes, and it's uh-mazing.

4) SLOTH

What polish do you hate wearing because of the hassle to apply or remove it?

Though I love how both OPI's 'How's It Snowin?' & CG's 'I'm Not Lion' look- they are a PAIN to get off- even with the foil method. But that's the price you pay with glitters!

5) PRIDE

Which polish are you most proud to own?

'Across the Universe'- my only DL polish! They're so amazing but just so pricey, so the one I have, I cherish!

'The Walking Dead' is not only one of my favorite shows, but also an amazing polish from one of my all time favorite indie makers, All That Glitters. Proud to own it!

'Black Knight' is one of 3 BL polishes that I currently own,

and look how yummy it is! Proud momma :)

6)LUST

Which polish makes your nails look sexy?

Obviously, I'm a fan of red. I think if any nail color were to make my nails look sexy- it would be red. Seen above are BL's 'Knees Up', OPI's 'It's Always Oktoberfest', & Zoya's 'Kimmy'! :)

7) ENVY

What polish is your biggest lemming? You envy those who have it.

Is it cheating to saw I envy ALL the polishes from their Ornate collection...? :x

zesty nails!

hellooooo everyone.

I've been wanting to use my daughter's cute little dress as inspiration some nail art for quite some time, but I was waiting for the warmer weather :) Despite the fact that today just happened to be the coldest day we've had in awhile, the rest of the weather lately has indeed been almost hot!

Luckily I almost have all the colors in it, so I used those plus BM04 plate for this mani!

*close up

I used:

PureICE's 'Wild Thing' as the base

Konad stamping polish in 'pink'

Zoya 'Pippa'

Sally Hansen's 'Sun Kissed'

& here's the inspiration!

I like this mani more than I thought I would, but it's still only meh. I wish the yellow & orange  slices had shown up better, but they weren't polishes specifically for stamping so i'm not surprised.

The worst part was the base polish. It's one of the polishes I've had the longest, & it's consistency was just CRAP. But it was the only polish I had that matched the dress, soooo :/

As soon as I got the plates a couple months ago & saw that stamp, I knew exactly how I wanted to use it. All in all, i ain't mad at it. It's okay :x

What do ya'll think?

DayGlow splatter mani

hey guys,

super excited about tonight's post.

DayGlow was in town recently & I wasn't able to go due to not having anyone to watch my daughter :/ boo.

SO, i thought I'd at least do a little mani inspired by it's amazingness.

For those of you who don't know what it is,

let me enlighten you:

......

YEAH

THAT F-ING AWESOME.

jangkjabgkjabgjkadbgajkg

:)

Anyway,

I had been wanting to try a splatter mani for awhile & this finally sent me over the hump to do it.

xD

This was a ton of fun to do.

I made a total mess & felt like a 5 year old in art class.

I used the straw method with some cheap bendy straws I found at Kroger.

The polishes I used are:

China Glaze's 'White on White' as the base

Zoya's 'Robyn'

Sally Hansen's 'Sun Kissed'

PureICE's 'Wild Thing'

China Glaze's 'Gorgeous'

It still looks really wonky compared to the other splatter manis i've seenm

but you gotta start somewhere, right?!

:)

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!

:)

a little Spit Fire for you ;p

hey guys! :)

 Blahhhhh, i've been barely keeping my head above water with school, my daughter, cleaning the apt, etc. etc... so I haven't had the energy to post too much lately. But I feel rather revived after forcing myself to relax some today, so here we go!

I'm pretty stoked about tonight's post because it's featuring a polish I've been anxious to use for quite awhile now.

I give you PureICE's 'Spit Fire' :e

* fluorescent lighting

!!!!!!

Super badassssss <3

'Spit Fire' is a clear base with tiny rose colored glitter and larger pieces of holographic glitter. I couldn't believe my luck when I discovered this on the Walmart shelf. I feel like (at least at the Walmarts around me) I always see the same PureICE polishes... but I had never seen this little gem before. So of course I scooped it up. I can't believe the gorgeousness of this cheap little polish! :P So awesome.

Above is 3 coats, but it still looked great with just 2. As with most glitters (at least in my experience)- it dried pretty durn quickly. HOWEVER, removal will probably be the bane of my existence, but we'll see :o

 This song was too apt to pass up. I love me some Prodigy every now & then :) DNB, baby.

What do you guys think?! 

Thanks for reading! xD

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.

:L

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

Kardashian Kolors & my spontaneous haul!

Hola!

I'm really hoping that UPS isn't swamped with people returning gifts or something this week, because I need my purchase from Sephora ASAP as it's the new Urban Decay Mariposa Palette! I'm so stoked & can't wait to try some looks out with it.

Anyway,

 as I was in Walmart picking up a few items, I remembered that I had a walmart gift card... and what better way to spend that than on some polishes & other things I don't need! :) Seeing as how I bought the primary necessary items I truly NEEDED, I felt justified in splurging a little on myself through frappacinos, make up, and nail polish :p

I give you my little spontaneous Walmart haul!

but HERE is what I was most excited about:

*from left to right: Kendall on the Katwalk, Kourt is Red-y for a Pedi, Khloe had a Little Lam-Lam, It's All About the Glam, and Hard-Kourt Fashionista!

asngkajbgjka! All the walmarts/targets i've been checking lately have been completely out of this collection, so I couldn't believe my luck when I just happened to stop by the aisle today & found almost  ALL of the collection!
Due to feeling crappy about blowing all of my gift card on nail polish, i just bought 5 :p

Also, I bought 4 PureICE polishes:

*from left to right: Spit Fire, Dreamy, All Nighter, A List

I was particularly drawn to 'Spit Fire' and A List', but i'm pretty excited about the others, too.

Lastly I got this Essie:

'Wrapped in Rubies'



I'll try to have some swatches up soon of these! :D


What do you guys think?
Do any of you have any of these ?!