Day 4: child's favorite movie

Good evening, everyone!

Today is Day 4 of the children's nail art challenge- favorite movie!

Again, seeing as how my daughter is too little to really have a favorite movie yet,

I just went with what one of MY favorite movies was as a child...

Fern Gully!

In case you've never seen this movie (for shame!),

it's about some fairies and animals that live in a giant tree in a rainforest.

Suddenly, humans come in and try to cut everything down,

so it's now the forest's inhabitant's new mission to stop them.

... sound familiar?

Yeah, James Cameron kind of TOTALLY stole the idea for Avatar :p

Anyway,

there were a million routes I could have gone for this mani.

Due to lack to time,

I decided to do some basic stamping.

So on my thumb you have a pathetically done sun,

with ferns and other plants on all my other fingers.

On the ring finger.... well, I was going for some whimsical fairy orbs or something,

but it just turned into colored dots... -.-

OH WELL.

Obviously the ferns and plants apply because that's what the forest is made of,

and the idea behind the dots was to represent the whimsy behind the fairies,

since I'm not artistically talented enough to draw one of those :p

I used:

Thumb: NOPI's 'Khloe Had a Little Lam-Lam'; BM04 plate; Zoya 'Pippa' for sun

Pointer: Nubar's 'Reclaim'; BM19 plate

Middle: Zoya's 'Ivanka' BM03 plate

Ring: Nubar's 'Reclaim'; OPI's 'A Grape Fit'; China Glaze's 'White on White'

Pinky: Zoya's 'Ivanka'; BM03 plate

This definitely wasn't my favorite thing that I've ever done,

but it worked okay for this :/

Day 3: your child's favorite TV show!

Itttttt's Monday!

meh.

Though I start a new summer class today,

and i'm pretty excited/nervous about it :x

Anyway,

i'm pretty excited to share today's mani with you.

The theme was your child's favorite TV show.

Being that my daughter is only 9 months, I don't really let her watch TV that much, (and she doesn't seem interested in it most of the time), BUT,

she DOES seem to absolutely. love. Mickey Moues Clubhouse :p

So that was my theme!

Here I created little mouse heads over a red base,

with some white polka dots- which seems to be the signature thing to do.

The black is Maybelline's Color Show in 'Onyx Rush'.

The base is NOPI's 'Kourt is Red-y for a Pedi' from the Kardashion Kolors collection.

I have to say i really, really loved the NOPI. It goes on just so smooth and was almost perfection. The brush size was just perfect for my nails, which are wider than most people's, it seems like.

Also, on my right hand,

(ink from my pen got on my ring finger right before I took this :/)

FINALLY some successful work with the dotting tool!

I have no idea why it took me so long to get the hang of it,

but I finally did.

I realllllly love this mani. I don't want to take it off!

My daughter seemed rather mesmerized with the polka dots, too :p

What do you guys think?

Stay tuned for more from this challenge tomorrow,

and have a great day!

Day 2: Favorite children's book nail art

Happy Sunday funday!

Today is Day 2 of the children themed nail art challenge i'm doing.

Today's theme is for my child's favorite children's book!

She has many favorites, but one of them is The Rainbow Fish. I'm sure all of you are familiar with this book. I think my daughter likes it best because if the colors, seeing as how she doesn't really understand anything else about it yet, haha.

SO, I went out on a limb and attempted to fish scale nail art using my dotting tool.

(this is prior to clean up, because i wanted a good picture before they got messed up)

As you can see... it didn't work out all that well :( For some reason i have the hardest time with the dotting tool. I think if I made each dot bigger, it would have helped. But oh well.

This was taken outside not long after...and YEP, it already got messed up. My dots were somewhat gloopy, and my topcoat did nothing to help the matter. It got mushed and smushed minutes after I took that first photo. humph.

Here's what I decided to do with my right hand, after the dotting tool art fail.

Easy peasy.

Despite how it turned out,

I really like all the colors I chose.

I'm thinking about doing some nail art or creating an eye look with them in the future...

Here's what all I used!

SO, nail art fail for this day :( But lesson learned, I think. It will be interesting to try again after i've had more practice!

new nail art challenge!

Hey guys!

I'm really excited to FINALLY be starting this nail art challenge!

I've had it saved on my computer for the longest time and have just now gotten around to it.

I love that this all revolves around your child/children (or niece/nephew if you don't have any!).

I've had ideas for this challenge forever,

and can't wait to start it!

It IS a little old,

so I don't know anyone who's currently doing it.

If you plan on doing this also, or know anyone else that is-

please let me know!

Okay, so Day 1 is a color that reminds me of my child.

*forgive my horrible cuticles!

So this is 2 coats of Essie's 'Nothing Else Metals' from their new metallic collection!

Besides the name being a play on 'nothing else matters' (which obviously describes how I feel about my daughter), I really felt like this shade was an accurate depiction of little Layla. It's a medium pink that has a bit of sass to it with the metallic- and my daughter (despite being 9 months) is already sassy... i'm in so much trouble :x

Anyway, this is a polish I haven't had a chance to use yet,

and I felt it suited the objective for Day 1 very nicely.

That's it for me!

Thanks for reading!

:)

Lime Crime's Uniliner Eyeliner review

Helloooooo!

So glad it's friday,

though it means by short hiatus from school is over :/

Anyway,

some of your feedback also mentioned you wanted to see reviews.

Since it's been awhile since i'd done one,

(and being that I just got these eyeliners in the mail this week),

I figured now would be a perfect time to do one!

So here we have Lime Crime's eyeliners!

First, you'll notice the awesome packaging. This goes for ANY Lime Crime product. Their theme is so mystical and fantastical- i love it!

Though I wanted to buy the entire collection,

I could only afford two at the moment:

'Lunar Sea'

'Blue Milk'

First off, i WILL say they are much smaller than I thought they would be, but I really don't think it's going to matter.

Each of these liquid liners are beautiful and unique.

They are milky and opaque with one 'coat', sometimes it takes two.

They're so versatile- i can't wait to create some looks with them.

'Blue Milk' and 'Lunar Sea'

The only downside is that they're not very forgiving, and for people who have shaky hands (like me), this can make them very difficult to work with. But practice makes perfect :)

Still, I prefer liquid eyeliners over pencil anyday. I find that they really just mesh with my eye looks better.

LC has many other colors for sale that I hope to add to my collection soon.

You can get these and others on their website for $13.99 a piece!

Also,

don't forget to vote for the eye tutorial of your choice,

and

enter my giveaway!

:)

YOU pick the tutorial! (pic heavy)

Hey ya'llllll !

Hope everyone is having a great week,

and recuperating (if necessary) from yesterday ;p

I've gotten some really great feedback lately through my giveaway.

Many of you have mentioned that you'd like to see tutorials for some of my eye looks,

so I figured i'd do my best to oblige :)

That being said, for my first tutorial,

i'd like it to be over something that YOU guys WANT to see.

SO, i'm going to need your help!

I need you guys to look over the looks on this post & tell me which you would most like to see a tutorial for.
I've complied ones that either were my favorite or most popular among you guys.

Whichever look gets the most 'votes', wins!
(the following are in no particular order)

1. Spring

2. Fire

3. 'The Hulk' (deemed so by one of my lovely followers!)

4. Valentine's Day 

(sorry for the horrible pic quality; some of these are pretty old!)

5. Dainty Easter

6. Lilac

7. 'cool' colors

8. Biopolar 'Dream Tree' looks

9. Crazy Easter

10. 'In Search of Saveopatomas'

11. ombre

12. Trafalgar True

Thanks for the help guys!

:)

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?

another July 4th look & an 'All That Glitters' polish

Helloooo!

There's so many things I want to do in honor of the holiday,

i don't think i'm going to be able to do them all :(... but i'm gonna do the best I can!

Which means packing posts chock full of as much as I can, haha.

I'm taking full advantage of this week of not having to do anything!

So, without further ado, the second look I've come up with for July 4th.

(see the other one here)

*i messed up the eyeliner on the left eye, oops :/

* inside, with flash

*natural light, no flash

So I just got the white eyeliner in the mail today, and i've been waiting for it to come in so that I could use it for another look. Everything else, I just kind of randomly tried. I like the look okay, but its definitely not something I would wear out in public. It was fun to create, though :)

I used:

Lime Crime's 'Siren' on most of eyelid

Urban Decay's 'Evidence' in outer corners

Lime Crime's 'Lunar Sea' eye liner 

(will be doing a review of this^ soon!)

Next up- polish!

This is 'Glitter Glory' from All That Glitters.

 I've been dying to snatch up some of her stuff,

and finally I caught her shop at a good time.

This polish is CHOCK FULL of teeny red, white, and blue hexagonal glitter.

The white is matte, while the red and blue are typical glitter.

Here I used just 2 coats of 'Glitter Glory'.

ISN'T IT AWESOME?!

I absolutely love it.

This is the first polish i've had that's like this,

and now I see why everyone loves them.

SO,

what do you guys think of everything?!

let me know below,

& have a great night!

First Candy Lacquer polish!

HAPPY MONDAY!

Normally, I would be feeling all 'meh' about mondays,

but since i don't have any classes this week- i ain't mad at 'em.

Anyway,

today's polish is the first of 3 July 4th indie polishes i'm going to be showing you guys.

:)

This is 2 coats of Candy Lacquer's 'American Pie' over 2 coats of Revelon's Dreamer'.

'American Pie' is chocked full of crazy awesome glitters! It's a clear base with red and white microglitter, white and blue bar glitter, small blue and white hexagonal glitter, large red, white, and blue hexagonal glitters, blue stars, and large white squares!! There may even be more, but all that I could decipher for now :)

I had never bought anything from this shop before, so I wasn't sure what to expect- but i LOVE this polish. Such a great topcoat with so much diversity inside. You can get this polish along with MANY other awesome ones in her Etsy shop, for about $8. I know I, for one, am definitely planning on buying more from this shop.

What's your favorite indie?!

Stay tuned for another July 4th indie tomorrow,

and don't forget to enter my giveaway if you haven't done so!!!

June favorites!

ahhh, HOW is it already July?

last month flew by so fast, it's unreal.

But alas, it's over- and it's time for my end of June favorites.

First off, let me start by saying THANK YOU to everyone that's already entered my giveaway!!

Also, lots of you have given me some great feedback and suggestions,

and I really appreciate it! :)

Okay, on to my favorites

(and forewarning, they all somehow have to do with smells this month!):

Bath & Body Work's 'Coconut Lime Breeze'

This fragrant mist is one of my top favorite scents for summer.

The coconut gives it that wonderful, beach-y feeling,

and the lime keeps it from smelling too much like tanning lotion.

All in all, it's a great mix that has great staying power.

AND, it's only $11 !

Next up,

Herbal Essence's 'Hello Hydration' products.

I've picked these strictly on how they smell, lol :)

I have pretty long hair (and being that it gets in my own and other's people's faces all the time, though its mostly accidental)- so I want to smell delightful, if I can make it so.

This also has a beach-y smell, as it's made with Hawaiian coconut and orchid extract.

Yummy!

Lastly,

Tarte's 'Celebutante Dry Oil Shimmer Spray'

This spray smells FANTASTIC and gives your body that shimmery, summery glow.

Though it's a product i orgininally used in winter time,

it ALSO smells of coconut (shocker! I think we have a theme here...),

and works perfectly well for summer, too.

This IS a bit pricey, going for about $30 at Sephora or Ulta.

That's it (oddly enough) for my June favorites.

I've had such little time to explore much of anything new last month with my stressful schedule, but July is looking muchhhhh more open ;p

Thanks for reading!