Sweater Weather nails

Well even though we haven't gotten any snow today (yet),

 a lot of others have.

Here's a cute little snowy weather sweater mani :)

I'm pleased, for once my nail art looks pretty good!

:)))

This is OPI's 'Lost on Lombard' stamped with

Winstonia plate W120 & Sally Hansen 'White On' polish.

What do ya'll think?

Winstonia Hearts

So I pretty much suck at stamping,

but every now and then I'll try it.

Here's a time that I've tried it and it actually looks somewhat okay!

Here's a cute heart pattern from one of my Winstonia plates:

I used CG's 'Cranberry Splash' as a base,

Sally Hansen's 'White On' to stamp with,

and Winstonia plate W102.

The white wasn't as bold as I would have liked,

but the pattern still transfered okay :)

Yay!

Favorite Polishes of 2013

It's time for yet another culmination of favorites,

this time in relation to what you all care about-

nails!

'Heart Breaker' from All That Glitters

Mushroom Mani :)

- some actually semi- successful stamping for me!

'Candy Cauldron' from Pop Culture Cosmetics

'Sleigh Bells' from Starrily

:)

What are your favorites from 2013?

Let me know!

Creepy Jack

I don't often do stamping because i'm just not very good at it,

but I do like stamping.

So, I decided to attempt to use a couple stamps from my new Winstonia plates.

Here's what I came up with:

This is 2 coats of Zoya 'Thandie' with Konad black stamping polish

& Winstonia plate W116

I like that the stamp is smudged a little

and that the topcoat made it run some-

it looks even creepier to me that way :)

Anyway, that's my stamping for the month, probably

haha.

I may have a go at another one; we'll see.

Sleek acid raver's look & nails!

Happy Monday!

So one thing i LOVE about summer is all the neons.

I bought Sleek's Acid Palette not that long ago,

and have been itching to use it.

Also, i love going to shows (be they raves, dnb, edm, what have you- i'm actually seeing FLux Pavilion, Skism, & Ana Sia this weekend :DDD)

and often times neon is everywhere there.

Keeping both these things in mind,

here's the look I created using Sleek's Acid Palette.

I used:

Too Faced's Shadow Insurance

 unnamed neon yellow, orange, pink, & green from Sleek Acid Palette

Covergirl Line Exact liquid eyeliner

L'Oreal Voluminous Million Lashes

You can see I had some issues with fallout that I just couldn't get cleaned up properly,

but i'll get it next time.

I was VERY impressed with these shadows.

When I initially swatched them,

I wasn't sure how pigmented they would actually be...

but they blew me away.

Super pigmented & were easy to work with, even for mattes.

Also, (despite the primer) their staying power was amazing.

Next up,

some neon nails with crappy stamping!

Yes, those are aviators.

I attempted to stamp them in a slanty pattern but that went bust.

Though the stamping sucks,

I liked being fun in painting each nail a different neon.

ORLY 'Melt Your Popsicle'- pointer

CG's 'Yellow Polka Dot Bikini'- middle

CG's 'Pink Voltage'- ring

CG's 'In the Limelight'- pinky

Winstonia plate W109  w/ black Konad stamping polish

What are your thoughts on this look & the crappy stamping mani?! 

:)

Sleek Acid palette & some stormy stamping

Hey everyone.

I'm pretty much done with moving for right now,

so I can get back to blogging regularly :)

I have a super bright & awesome palette & swatches for you today,

as well as some mediocre stamping.

First up, in honor of the rainy  stormy weather in TN lately-

This is Revlon's 'Dreamer' stamped with one of my new Winstonia plates :)

No, the clouds were not originally intended to be upside down,

but I figured i'd make it look intentional :P

Next up, the Acid palette!

AHHHHH love me some neons!

Perfect for summer & festival season.

Swatches:

As you can see, 

some are satin shimmers & some are mattes.

The neon mattes did not seem to be as pigmented as I had expected,

but we'll see what a primer can do with them.

Still can't wait to try these babies out.

Shrooms!

Unknowingly, I have been on a hippy streak.

T'as not planned, despite was yesterday was!

Anyway, I have some fun stamping for you today.

I'm slowly but surely getting better at stamping,

but still have a lot of work to do.

I wanted to use my new Winstonia plates some more,

so here's ya go!

This is Winstonia plate W110 in Konad black stamping polish 

over China Glaze's 'Flip Flop Fantasy',

which is one of my top 10 favorite polishes :)

I LOVED these little toadstools.

It's so cute, fun, and different that I didn't want to take it off.

What do you guys think about this stamp?

Beer & Gradient fail

Bleh, so I attempted another gradient mani today.

This is only the third time i've done one,

& it's definitely my least successful :(

To compensate, I decided to add a cute St. Patty's day stamp!

.... and had little luck with that, too.

I just need to stick to makeup! :(

Despite the massive fail,

I figured i'd post anyway :/

(this was prior full cleanup!)

So I decided to use CG's 'Four Leaf Clover', 'Re-fresh Mint', & 'Kinetic Candy'.

I think done right, the combo could look really cool.

I just need to perfect my skill set a bit :/

I've been looking for ways to use some of my new Winstonia plates,

so the failed gradient presented a good opportunity.

I know a lot of people do pub crawls or drink/party for St. Patty's day,

so the little beer mug stamp fit perfect :)

Stay tuned for some (more decent) St. Patty's day manis in the next couple days! 

Easter egg stamping

Hey again everyone.

Hope your weekend has been awesome!

I have some silly stamping for you all today.

I'm not great at stamping,

but i've been really anxious to use some of the designs from my new Winstonia plates.

I used the same mani from yesterday because I really liked it as a background.

Here are some uneven little Easter eggs using plate W105 :)

So no matter how many times I tried,

I just could NOT get all of the egg stamp to transfer well.

Humph.

The plates are amazing, though :)

That's it for today.
I have an Easter look for you guys tomorrow, so stay tuned!

nail/beauty mail & SC Sugar Rush Collection- 'Candy Coated'

Hello everyone.

Sorry for the lack of posts lately,

been a super busy past several days.

First up,

I bought my first Lime Crime palette the other day,

and it came in! yay!

Here are the swatches over Too Faced's Shadow Insurance:

Also,

it's been a long time since i've bought any new stamping plates.

After seeing them on Makeup Withdrawal's IG,

I purchased my first Winstonia plates!

The box was a little beat up, but everything arrived okay.

Here are my favorites :)

Yay! Can't wait to try these out.

Finally,

here's the second to last polish from Sinful Colors' Sugar Rush collection-

'Candy Coated'.

'Candy Coated' is a lovely lilac creme with subtle shimmer. I'm so in love with shades of purple like this for Spring this year. So delicate and happy :)

POLISH INFORMATION

Brand: Sinful Colors

Type: Creme

Formula: Pretty good!

Opacity (1-5): 4

Application: Pretty good

Price:  $1.99

Get This: any local drugstore like Walgreens or big super markets like Walmart

Stamping & drugstore haul

Hellooooooo.

I actually have some decent stamping for you today!

:O I know- it's shocking.

I've been wanting to try another Covergirl polish since I was so impressed last time.

I also half-heartedly gave stamping another go,

and i'm pleased with how it came out.

Here's 2 coats of 'Golden Opportunity' stamped with Konad plate 

(I know this last one is blurry, but I wanted you to see the full effect.)

'Golden Opportunity' is a champagne gold foil. It didn't last anywhere near as long as 'Constant Candy', but it's still a great polish!

As for the stamp, i don't even like paisleys, but I found myself liking this pattern against the gold.

POLISH INFORMATION

Brand: Covergirl

Type: Metallic Foil

Formula: Great!

Opacity (1-5): 4

Application: Awesome!

Price:  $5

Get This: any local drugstore or large super market like Walmart & Target

What do you guys think of the pattern & combo?

ALSO,

i gave in & purchased the entire Sinful Colors' Sugar Rush collection :P

AND some St. Patrick's Day polishes:

Can't wait to show you these!

I freaking love pastels.

ANDDDDDDDDDD,

for those of you that have actually read my post-

i have a little surprise gift for you here in this 'hidden' giveaway!

Enjoy! :)

'Rory' & V-day stamping

Happy Saturday :)

I've got one of my recent V-day polish purchases for you today.

Here's 2 coats of Zoya's 'Rory'.

'Rory' is a "medium mauve pink with lilac tones, gold & silver reflective metallic shimmer accents, and a foil-like finish". Basically, right up my alley. Not only are pinks this shade some of my favorite to wear, but shimmer makes it perfect. 

POLISH INFORMATION

Brand: Zoya

Type: Metallic Micro Glitter

Formula: Excellent!

Opacity (1-5): 5

Application: Incredibly smooth

Price:  $8

Get This: Zoya.com 

    I also attempted some Valentine's Day themed stamping.

 I like stamping, even though I'm not very good at it :P

This is BM plate 08 over 'Rory'.

Totally messed up on my pinky,

and the 'L' for 'love' disappeared on my thumb...

:x

What are ya'lls thoughts?

Let me know!

Some Santa Stamping

Hey everyone!

It's been a long time since i'd done any stamping

(mainly because i'm no good at it),

but I thought i'd try my hand at some festive Christmas stamping the other day.

I used a stamp from the Konad stamping plate I had in my most recent giveaway.

Here's Santa over 2 coats of Color Club's 'Berry and Bright'.

** Let me go ahead and ask you to forgive my middle finger. The darn thing chipped right before I took these pictures & I didn't have time to fix it ://

'Berry and Bright' is a vivacious red shimmer with blue/purple flecks that can be seen in sunlight. You can kind of see it here, but not as clearly as it looks in real life. 'Berry and Bright' is part of CC's Winter Affair collection. So far I have tried 3 different polishes from this collection, and loved them ALL.

The Santa & Merry Christmas stamp are from Konad stamping plate m12 using white Konad polish.

I attempted the 'merry christmas' stamp a dozen times- and this was the best out of them all. Sad. But my stamping skills are going to be lackluster until I practice with them more, which I never seem to have time to do :/

I liked this mani okay. It was fun and gave me a chance to use my new stamping plate,

but I'm not crazy about it. The plate and the polish are great, I just don't like how I've used them together here.

What do you guys think?

BLOGIVERSARY GIVEAWAY!

WHATSUP WHATSUP!

So, my Blogiversary is coming up (dec 5) and what better way to celebrate that than to have a giveaway to YOU, my followers who make all this possible!

It's hilarious to look back at my first few months of posts,

as i was a TOTAL noob in the nail world (well, I still kind of am)
 and still experimenting in the makeup department...

Anyway, practice makes perfect!

So, even though November has just started,

I want to get a jump start on Christmas!

I want the winner to be able to receive these in plenty of time before Christmas so they can use them.

I'm going back to nail polish this time,

but I'm also throwing in a item that was suggested by one of my followers!

Prizes include:

4 polishes from China Glaze's new Holiday Joy 2012 collection,

AND

This fantastical little holiday stamping plate from Konad!

:)

RULES:

1. OPEN TO INTERNATIONAL FOLLOWERS.

2. Please be aware of your country's shipping regulations.

3. Must be 18 or older to enter.

4. Cheating will NOT be tolerated. All entries will be checked.

5. Winner will have 48 hours to respond; after that another winner will be chosen.

Good Luck!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Wee bit of Halloween Stamping

Hey everyone :)

I've got some stamping for you today.

I'm not the greatest 'stamper', but I think it's super fun and looks really cute on people who do it well. Unfortunately, I do not do it very well- but I still like to try! :P

Here's some super simple Halloween stamping I did yesterday.

In case you can't tell (due to the crappiness of my stamping skills), that's bats and a witch!

I chose Zoya's 'Tanzy' for the base polish here. It's a bright, pumpkin orange metallic with gold flecks. I wasn't crazy about it when I first bought it awhile ago, but now that it's the Fall I realize it's beyond the perfect shade. It makes me want pumpkin pie, and I don't even like pumpkin pie!

The stamps are from BM plate 13 using Konad stamping polish in black.

So there you have it.

Simple but festive :)

Thanks for reading!!

Neon leopard print nails!

Goooood afternoon, everyone!

Please look what I just saw outside my window:

SO. CUTE.

My neighbor leaves birdseed or something all over their patio (ugh), but it WAS cute to get to look out and see these tiny guys. adorable.

ANYWAY,

I finally played around with some stamping again,

and using my daughter's leopard print leggings-

here's what I came up with!

Tada!

 I totally love this mani. It's by far my favorite that I've done in awhile :)

I'm still not that great at stamping, but i'm slowly getting better.

I used:

China Glaze's 'Pelican Gray' as base

Konad stamping polish in black for spots

Konad stamping plate m57

CG's 'Purple Panic' & 'Yellow Polka Dot Bikini' for accent spots w/ dotting tool

SV

What do you guys think?!

Also,

STAY TUNED because I justtttttt might be announcing a giveaway tomorrow! ;)

Day 7: child's room decorations

Hey guys!

So I just noticed something :x

I've got the days and themes mixed up JST A BIT.

This is due to one of the day's assignments being totally illegible. Well, at least a part of the sentences is. And EVEN when using my context clues like a good little English student,

I have no idea what it says.

SO, i'm just going to skip that day altogether!

Anyway,

tonight's post is about your child's room decorations.

My daughter's room is themed in a Jungle Jill theme,

which is basically jungle animals in light pink, white, green, and brown :)

I used her comforter as my inspiration:

Cute, right?

I tried my hand some stamping (which failed) and some nail art (which didn't turn out that badly):

Obviously i've tried to incorporate the different 'themes' of the comforter on each nail.

What's that on my pointer finger, you ask?

Well, it WAS giraffe print stamp. But it didn't exactly transfer over that well.

Neither did the zebra, obviously.

But whatever.

I don't claim to be a nail artist!

;)

I used:

Zoya's 'Gaia' as base on thumb & Zoya's 'Kylie' for dots

China Glaze's 'White on White' as base on pointer and ring finger

NOPI's 'Hard Kourt Fashionista' for giraffe print & BM10

CG's 'Re-Fresh Mint' for base on middle finger & 'Kylie' and 'White on White' for flowers

Konad polish in pink & Konad plate m57 for zebra print

OPI's 'Pink Friday' on pinky

ALSO,
Don't forget to enter my giveaway &
 vote for your favorite eye look for a tutorial!

July 4th nail art & indie

Happy Independence Day!

To all my international followers,

I know this day holds little significance for you (unless you're from the UK, heh heh),

but it's still a great excuse to drink, be with the people you love, and relax!

I've got some nail art to show you AND my third and final July 4th indie.

First up- the nail art.

:)

I know this is super simple, but I still quite like how it came out!

There's a lot going on, so i'll break it down for ya.

I used the following:

Thumb: China Glaze's 'White on White' as base; Sinful Colors Nail Art in red and blue

Pointer: Kleancolor 'metallic blue' with tiny confetti stars on top

Middle: CG's 'Blue Year's Eve'; stamped with BM20 & white Konad polish

Ring: Butter London's 'Knees Up'

Pinky: OPI's 'Into the Night'; stamped with BM14 & Konad white polish

It's been awhile since i've done any stamping,

so this holiday was a perfect excuse to do some :)

Next up,

my last July 4th indie polish to show you.

This is 1 coat of DarlingDivaPolish's 'Anita' over CG's 'White on White'.

'Anita' is a clear base with micro holographic glitter and large white (matte), red, & blue hexagonal glitter.

This is the polish i've been most excited to show you guys out of the 3,

and it's the one I ended up liking the least :(

The polish was just terribly gloopy and like it threw up all over my nails.

Despite only using 1 coat,

it was still really hard to work with.

I've bought one other glitter from this shop,

and it was the same way :(

I do know, however, that she has some other polishes which are not topcoats that are highly popular,

so it must just be these.

She does have a TON of other polishes in her shop that look great.

You can get 'Anita' and others for about $8.

That's it for me!

What do you guys think?