Showing posts with label Twinsie Tuesdays. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Twinsie Tuesdays. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Twinsie Tuesday - Marching Orders Take Two

Hello! Before I begin I want to welcome both Amber from Nails Like Lace and Roisin from Cuti-CLUE-les to Twinsie Tuesdays. We also Heather from Peace, Love & Polish joining us the third week of June. Give these ladies a warm welcome - each has an amazing blog and skills that deserve some serious recognition.   :)

Today's Twinsie topic was marching orders. I received my marching orders from Traci from DrinkCitra, who ordered a summer inspired manicure with glitter. Nothing screams summer more to me than a neon pink manicure or pedicure. I layered three coats of China Glaze Shocking Pink (Neon) and then topped it with a coat of China Glaze Fairy Dust. I looooved this mani, although the wear time on this one didn't make it all too long. By the next morning I could feel Shocking Pink lifting from my nails. I'm going to attempt this again, but maybe with a different base coat.


 
Make sure you check out all of the ladies and see who had to come up with what  ;)
 
Amanda at Amandalandish
Amber at Nails Like Lace
Chelsea at Nailed Blog
Cordia at Seriously Swatched
Elizabeth at Did My Nails
Katherine at Haul of Fame
Kelly at Tuxarina
Lakeisha at Refined and Polished
Marisa at Polish Obsession
Meredith at Polish and Charms
Rachel at Top Coat It
Róisín at Cuti-CLUE-les
Sarah at See Sarah Swatch
Traci at DrinkCitra
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Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Twinsie Tuesday - Inspired by Another Blogger

Good Morning! Today's post was a tricky one.....inspired by another blogger. There were SO many people that came to mind that I didn't know how to narrow the choices down. After thinking about it for a few days I went to my helmer to pick a polish and it clicked. Before I started blogging I was pretty much obsessed with LetThemHavePolish. So much so that when she posted her Bettina swatches I took the first opportunity to purchase them when an email address was provided for a contact at Bettina. I picked out a bunch of polish, all which turned out to be amazing. For today's polish I chose Bettina Starfish, a bright orange crème that seemed just right for the 90 degree weather we had the last few days in NY. The formula on Starfish is almost a one coater. Two coats really pulled everything together.

 
Be sure to check out my Twinsie's posts. I'm excited to see who everyone picked:
 
Amanda at Amandalandish
Anna at Going to the Showing
Anne at Grape Fizz Nails
Chelsea at Nailed Blog
ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi
Cordia at Seriously Swatched
Elizabeth at Did My Nails
Katherine at Haul of Fame
Kelly at Tuxarina
Lakeisha at Refined and Polished
Maribeth at Obsessive Cosmetic Hoarders Unite
Marisa at Polish Obsession
Meredith at Polish and Charms
Nory at Fierce Makeup and Nails
Rachel at Top Coat It
Sarah at See Sarah Swatch
Traci at DrinkCitra
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Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Twinsie Tuesday - Fishtail Manicure

Good Morning! Before we even get to today's post, I would like to welcome our three new Twinsies - Kelly from Tuxarina, Lakeisha from Refined and Polished and Traci from DrinkCitra! Welcome, ladies! We're super excited to have you on board with us. I want to make sure everyone shows them some love and checks out their blogs, which are linked below.

For today's post we had to do a fishtail mani. A quick Google Image search brought me two options - the option that I chose and a a fishtail mani that resembled a braid. Since my nail art is a bit meh, I chose the easier of the two options. For my base I used Zoya Rocky. The green is China Glaze Four Leaf Clover and the darker blue is China Glaze First Mate. I wanted to keep this ocean themed, so I went with all blue and green colors but I think I would have liked a bit more contrast. Please excuse my nubbins and extra dry cuticles....




Check out all of the other fishtail manicures through the links below. Also, remember to give our new girls a nice big welcome!
Amanda at Amandalandish
Anne at Grape Fizz Nails
Chelsea at Nailed Blog
Elizabeth at Did My Nails
Jamie at Polish, Please!
Katherine at Haul of Fame
Kelly at Tuxarina
Marisa at Polish Obsession
Meredith at Polish and Charms
Rachel at Top Coat It
Traci at DrinkCitra
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Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Twinsie Tuesday - Polish Picked By Someone Else (Essie Avenue Maintain)

Morning! This week we had to let someone else pick our polishes, so I let my BF pick out the one I would be sporting for today's post. In the end, even though it wasn't my choice that day I fell in LOVE. Essie Avenue Maintain is an amazing bright blue creme with an amazing formula. I wore this for about 4-5 days once I had it on my tips. Below is two coats of Avenue Maintain...


Love love love! This is going to make an awesome pedicure color in the summer.

I'm interested to see what everyone else had to wear. Check them out here:

Amanda at Amandalandish
Ashley at Art Evolve
Chelsea at Nailed Blog
Elizabeth at Did My Nails
Jamie at Polish, Please!
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Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Twinsie Tuesday - Sweet Sixteen.... (Polish Picks from Back in the Day)

Good morning! Today's Twinsie Tuesday challenge is an interesting one - a polish that we would have worn at 16. From about 14-18 years old I had acrylics. I had longish, thick, slightly curved acrylics. I had them painted in all types of crazy airbrush designs and sometimes with freehand nail art. They were pretty popular back in my high school, so like most of the other girls I forked over $40 every other week for some stylish nails. Did anyone else have these? Does anyone remember these?

Circa 2000ish...

Sorry for the cruddy quality - it's one of those super cheesy cruise shots with part of my cousin's head and shoulder, but I think you get the idea here....

Fast forward a few years and I started to polish my own nails to save money. I would only wear "safe" colors. Blue, green and red were NOT options. Blue, green and red didn't come into my stash until about 3-4 years ago. Red was the very last color to make it into my "safe" and "comfortable" zone. I wore a ton of pinks, light purples and corals. For today's pic I decided to go with OPI I'm India Mood For Love, which would have been more than safe back in the day...


 
I'm really interested to see what everyone else picked for their go to polish shade/style in our teen years. Not only have my nails changes from acrylics to nubbins, but now I will also wear any color on my nails without giving it a second thought. As for everyone's picks from back in the day, I have a feeling we're going to see a lot of girly shades  :)
 
Check everyone else out here:
 
Amanda at Amandalandish
Ashley at Art Evolve
Chelsea at Nailed Blog
Elizabeth at Did My Nails
Jamie at Polish, Please!

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Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Twinsie Tuesday - Fruit Mani

Good Morning everyone! I have to apologize, but I'm missing a post for today's Twinsie Tuesday topic. I've been having a lot of trouble with the my fingers and hands, to the point where I haven't been able to paint my nails at all in about 2 weeks. Without painting my nails regularly, I wouldn't even attempt to do nail art. I'm sorry!

In the meantime, don't forget to check out the awsome ladies who are bringing you your servings of fruit today:

Amanda at Amandalandish
Ashley at Art Evolve
Chelsea at Nailed Blog
Elizabeth at Did My Nails
Jamie at Polish, Please!
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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Twinsie Tuesday - Polish Roulette (China Glaze Bare it All and Mango Madness)

Good Morning! It's Tuesday, so we know what that means  :)  The theme for today was polish roulette, where we picked two random polishes from our stash and make them work together. I headed over to my Helmer and decided to dive into my China Glaze drawer since I haven't shown them much love lately. I picked out Bare it All. When I went back in for a second dip, I may have looked just ever so quickly before reaching down and grabbed Mango Madness. I don't consider it cheating, my eyes were closed when I reached down lol. I attempted to do a gradient, which turned out to be a little more uneven than expected. I used three coats of Bare it All and a coat of Mango Madness. Sorry for the cruddy photo. I dropped my camera when the zoom was open last week and now it's broken  :*(


Check out my Twinsie sisters here:
Amanda at Amandalandish
Ashley at Art Evolve
Chelsea at Nailed Blog
Elizabeth at Did My Nails
Jamie at Polish, Please!
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Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Twinsie Tuesday - Nails Painted by Someone Else (OPI Every Month is Oktoberfest)

Good Morning! Errr, before we get started I have to come clean about not being prepared for the Twinsie Tuesday theme for this week. The theme was to have someone else paint our nails. I've been running super behind with blogging, and I've been doing my TT manis last minute lately. It's 11:30pm on Monday evening and I just realized that I don't have anyone available to paint my nails.....
Sorry for the fail on my part! I didn't want to not write anything, so in lieu of what I was supposed to post today I'm just going to leave you with a recent NOTD which was 2 coats of OPI Every Month is Oktoberfest.



Be sure to check out the other Twinsie Tuesday ladies, who I'm sure did much better than me this week.
Sorry ladies! :(

Amanda at Amandalandish
Ashley at Art Evolve
Chelsea at Nailed Blog
Elizabeth at Did My Nails
Jamie at Polish, Please!
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Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Twinsie Tuesday - Copy Cat Post # 2

Good morning! Today we have another Copy Cat post. The first time around I was paired up with Anna from Going to the Showing. She has amazing nail art skills. Due to arthritis/carpal tunnel of some sort that it taking over the joints in my fingers the last few days I was feeling less than skilled this week. I decided to go with something simple. I searched and searched through Anna's posts until I found a polish that I also owned. I did two coats of China Glaze Emerald Fitzgerald topped with Seche Vite. For whatever reason, I just don't like this polish on me. It looks fantastic on Anna, but on me I think it clashes a bit :::puts in purge pile:::

Check out Anna's post featuring Emerald Fitzgerald here.

My swatches:

 
Just. Not. A. Fan.  I embrace my paleness at all times but I feel like this just makes me look uber washed out. It's much more dark teal than it is emerald. I wouldn't even consider it a true green. I've had it on since Sunday, but I'm blaming my laziness on that.
 
Don't forget to check out all of my Twinsies and their copy cat manicures.....
 
Amanda at Amandalandish
Ashley at Art Evolve
Chelsea at Nailed Blog
Elizabeth at Did My Nails
Jamie at Polish, Please!
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