Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Twinsie Tuesdays - Ruffian Manicure

Good morning, ladies! Today our Twinsie Tuesday theme was to rock a ruffian manicure. This is my first ruffian manicure, since I'm not a big fan of the look. I chose two Essie polishes to work with since I'm such a huge fan of the amount of control the brush provides. I used Mint Mojito as the base and Going Incognito as the second coat. This was much easier to pull off then I had originally expected. The color difference/gap reminds me of acrylics that need a fill in.  :0X




Make sure you check out the ruffian manicures that my twinsies are rocking!

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, February 19, 2013

Twinsie Tuesday - Dot or Stripes Manicure

Good Morning! Today's Twinsie Tuesday theme is a dot or stripe manicure. It seems like such a simple concept, but I spent quite some time thinking out what I was going to do. I chose a base which I wanted to work with and then decided to go with dots - but I couldn't pair up the perfect accent color to go with the base. In the end I decided to stripe it up. I did some freehand (not like I needed to tell you that...) stripes using my Jordana Pop Art Nail Design polish in black over Orly Sapphire Silk (which is more green in person)....


Make sure you check out my Twinsies and see whether they decided to go with dots or stripes...
 
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, February 12, 2013

Twinsie Tuesday - Marching Orders (Summer Inspired Mani)

Hey, everyone! It's Tuesday, so you all know what that means. The theme for this week's Twinsie Tuesday were marching orders, given to us from another Twinsie. Marisa from Polish Obsession was responsible for giving me my marching orders.

Being a fellow New Yorker, Marisa stated that she was over the cold weather and winter all together and she wanted to see a mani that reminded her of summer. I couldn't agree with Marisa more! I'm so over this winter and the 30"+ of snow that's sitting on the ground outside. I think the cold air and snow mixed with being stuck inside made me a tad delusional, because I went all out in nail art for this one......




I used all Color Club nail polishes for this one. I started out with three coats of a streaky unnamed yellow. The flowers are Peace Out Purple, Pink Rush, Pucci-Licious, an unnamed baby pink and an unnamed red. The centers of the flowers are an unnamed neon orange (I got these unnamed polishes in a pack at Ross in NJ). The vines are my all time favorite Color Club, Age of the Aquarius. I had a hard time getting this mani color accurate since some of the flowers were pastel and some were neon. I didn't plan it too far ahead....

Make sure you check out my Twinsies and the marching orders that they received. I'm excited to see what everyone came up with.  (And a special thanks to Marisa for giving me such a fun theme to work with!)

Amanda at Amandalandish
Ashley at Art Evolve
Chelsea at Nailed Blog
Cordia at Seriously Swatched
Elizabeth at Did My Nails
Jamie at Polish, Please!
Katherine at Haul of Fame


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Monday, February 11, 2013

Shimmer Polish - Tiffany & Jasmine

Good Morning! Today I have my last two Shimmer Polishes for you. They are Jasmine and Tiffany. Each one I try leaves me just as impressed as the one before. I can definitely say I'm a fan of Shimmer Polish and her creations.

Tiffany is made up of pale pink and pale baby blue glitter in a clear base. The formula was easy to work with and opaque in two coats. The glitter also lays flat when applied. When I pulled this out of the package it instantly reminded me of magical unicorns, for whatever reason. I think because it's so soft and girly. This may be my absolute favorite Shimmer Polish.

 
 
Next up is Jasmine. Jasmine is described as aquamarine, light blue and green glitter in a clear base. I also can eye spy some red and gold glitter in there as well. The formula on Jasmine, like Tiffany is easy to work with and opaque in two coats. Another gorgeous Shimmer Polish....



You can purchase Shimmer Polish on Etsy, here. You can also check out all of the polishes offered by Shimmer Polish on her website, www.ShimmyShimmer.com. They are full size bottles that retail for $12.00 each.

These polishes were provided for my honest review.
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Sunday, February 10, 2013

Weekend Spam

I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend so far. I'm so behind on blogging, it's not even funny. I'm stuck in the house this weekend due to the massive blizzard that came across NY and dropped over 30" of snow in my neighborhood. I decided to do some "spring cleaning" and start going through older swatches which I intended to reswatch. Some of these are from early fall, so you will see various nail lengths....

OPI Absolutely Alice over OPI Swimsuit Nailed It.

OPI The One That Got Away

Essie Armed & Ready

Color Club Fashion Addict

Essie Don't Sweater It

Essie Tart Deco

Essie No More Film

Essie She's Picture Perfect  (I have a reswatch of this one coming soon....)

Essie Cascade Cool

Nails Inc Sugar House Lane  (this one reminded me of melted Cookies & Cream ice cream)

Nails Inc Topping Lane

Nails Inc Pudding Lane
 
 
I hope to reswatch some of these soon, but I just have so many untrieds that I still have to get through. I've also come to the conclusion that my nails look better shorter than seen in some of these photos. For whatever reason, when they reach a certain point they start to turn a little duck-nailish. Yikes, lol.
 
That's it for today. I'm waiting for them to come plow my block, still. I've been in the house since 6pm on Friday and I'm going stir crazy. I only live about a mile from the supermarket so I could easily walk, but I don't trust my balance when mixed with snow and ice. My balance is questionable on a regular day  :P 
 
Enjoy the last bit of your weekend!
 

 

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Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Twinsie Tuesday - School Colors Mani (Bettina Glamour Chic & Wet n' Wild Tangled in My Web)

Good Morning! I hope everyone is having a good week so far. Today's Twinsie Tuesday theme was our school colors. I chose to go with my high school colors which were red and black. I'm not a fan of red and black together, at all. I'm pretty shocked that I like this mani as much as I do. I did two super easy, smooth coats of Bettina Glamour Chic and topped it with 2.5 coats of Wet n' Wild Tangled in My Web. I did two full coats, and then dabbed it on in places. I wish the glitter was more dense. Either way, here's my mani for the day...



Check out my fellow Twinsie's and their school colors here:

Amanda at Amandalandish
Ashley at Art Evolve
Chelsea at Nailed Blog
Cordia at Seriously Swatched
Elizabeth at Did My Nails
Jamie at Polish, Please!
Katherine at Haul of Fame
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Thursday, January 31, 2013

Twinsie Tuesday - 1 Year Anniversary Post (Then & Now)

Good Morning, all! Happy Thursday. Besides it being one day closer to Friday, we have a special post for today. One year ago today, we started the Twinsie Tuesday posts. Our first post was an international polish, which we were supposed to be reswatching today. Unfortunately, I purged Kiko # 255 a while back but I found another Kiko for today...

Then....



Now....

Kiko # 301



Along the way we've formed strong friendships beyond just the weekly posts. I'm thankful to be able to call the Twinsie girls my friends. :)

Make sure you check out their special posts here:

Amanda at Amandalandish
Ashley at Art Evolve
Chelsea at Nailed Blog
Cordia at Seriously Swatched
Elizabeth at Did My Nails
Jamie at Polish, Please!
Katherine at Haul of Fame
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Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Twinsie Tuesday - Vintage Mani

Good Morning, ladies! It's another Twinsie Tuesday. The challenge for this week was to copy something from a vintage mani. I started checking out vintage beauty ads on Google Images and I kept finding nothing but red, red, and more red. I liked the tone of the one below and how catchy it was so I decided to go for it. I layered two super easy coats of OPI Color So Hot it Berns and topped it with Seche Vite....


The inspiration...

 
Sorry for the super nubbins! The extreme cold weather in NY has not been good to my nails and cuticles.
 
Be sure to check out the other vintage manicures that my Twinsies are rocking:
 
Amanda at Amandalandish
Ashley at Art Evolve
Chelsea at Nailed Blog
Cordia at Seriously Swatched
Elizabeth at Did My Nails
Jamie at Polish, Please!
Katherine at Haul of Fame
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Twinsie Tuesday - Cervical Cancer Awareness Mani

Good Morning! Today's post is in honor of Cervical Cancer Awareness.

As the month of January brings cervical cancer into focus, it’s time to increase public understanding of the disease, including its prevalence, approaches to screening and prevention, treatment options, and resources that offer updated cervical cancer information throughout the year.
Each year in the United States, more than 11,000 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer and approximately 4,000 die of the disease. While certain types of the human papillomavirus (HPV) are linked to cervical cancer, vaccines such as Gardasil® and Cervarix™ are designed to prevent infection with high-risk types of HPV and have the potential to greatly reduce the occurrence of cervical cancer.
For more information on cervical cancer, its treatment, and support, please visit Cancer Connect by clicking here.


The polishes used are Essie Where's My Chauffeur, Jordana White and the black nail art pen by Jordana.
 Check out all of my Twinsies and their awareness manicures here:
Amanda at Amandalandish
Ashley at Art Evolve
Chelsea at Nailed Blog
Cordia at Seriously Swatched
Elizabeth at Did My Nails


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