July Julep Maven Box

Hey guys,

We're taking a brief one day hiatus from Digital Nails Week to bring you this post.

I have my July Julep Maven box to show you guys today! This was the first time since it was introduced that I really took advantage of the My Maven swap feature. I wanted to try the Body Milk lotion (I love it! it smells and feels so nice!) so I made sure that was in my box since it would have costed more as an add on. 

I loved this collection, full of bright cremes perfect for July!

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Digital Nails - Stars At Night

Hey guys,

It is SO incredibly hot here today, it was 35 degrees when I got into my car after work. Nope, I pretty much top out at 25 degrees. Good thing our office is like a deep freeze so I am always cold anyways. Until I walk outside then I melt. Nope, just nope.

I have the last surprise mini from Digital Nails to show you guys today, you know I love holos. I LOVE a good blue holo. This is a fantastic cobalt blue holo. The name Stars at Night could NOT be more fitting for this, I keep expecting to see a shooting star fly across my nails.

This applied great in three coats.

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Digital Nails - Stars At Night

Digital Nails - Supernova

Hey guys,

So today my pooch is doing a lot better, our vet came out and now she has some meds and gets to live on hamburger for a week! She's actually pretty stoked on the boiled hamburger. Way more than I would be if I were her. On another note I just saw a preview for Sharknado 2 and I can't stop laughing but seriously I haven't seen the first one but it blows my mind. That being said who doesn't love Steve from BH 90210?

I have another gorgeous Digital Nails polish today! This was another surprise mini from the wonderful Raph! Now I don't think anyone should miss out on the story behind this polish so pulled from the etsy listing here it is:
I knew I had something special on my hands the moment I mixed this glitter into base. It's gorgeous in the bag but it looks like most other silver holo glitters, rainbow-filled and blinding. Lots of times, the true rainbow effect gets lost in the base. The light just can't reflect on the surface of the glitter like it could, and the effect is dulled. That is not the case with this glitter.
Upon opening the first bottle I mixed and applying it to my nails, I'm pretty sure I said something along the lines of HOLY @#$%.

I couldn't have explained it any better, this is so sparkly and my lightbox was hating on it so much I actually went outside to take pics. ME, the VAMPIRE.
This is two coats over black.

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Digital Nails - Supernova

Digital Nails - Showtime, Synergy

Hey guys,

So welcome back from my vacation, I came home to a very sick puppy. My poor dog has been really sick and I am seriously starting to worry about her. Sorry I know that's depressing. Thank goodness for vet tech friends.

I have the next Digital Nails polish to show you. This was a surprise mini that I found in with my order so I am very excited to show you guys. Growing up I was obsessed with Jem and the Holograms, the video rental store had about 3 Jem videos and I rented them ALL THE TIME, and now I have season 1 on DVD and went as Pizazz for Halloween a few years ago. So I was incredibly excited to see that a Jem inspired polish was in my package. This is a pink, purple & blue micro glitter topcoat and is SO SPARKLY.
This is one coat over a berry creme.

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Digital Nails - Showtime, Synergy

over Julep - Evelyn

Digital Nails - Pandorica

Hey guys,

The end of vacation is always MEGA bittersweet. On one hand yay I get to sleep in my own bed tonight (although the bed in Calgary was quite comfy and amazing) but ugh back to work tomorrow. I guess on the bright side though I am headed to Nationals in a couple weeks so I get one more week stretch of vacation. Although sometimes I feel like horse shows don't count as vacations because of the crazy pace.

Today I have my very first Digital Nails polish to show you! This is starting almost a week of Digital Nails! So excited I am so in love with this brand even though this is the first taste of it I have had. SOLD. Starting out we're going to start with a Doctor Who inspired (you guys know how I love my Doctor Who) polish that more specifically was inspired by Rory Williams who is my FAVOURITE companion hands down, I actually have a Rory action figure my friend bought me after my Dad passed away. WHY DIDN'T I USE IT AS A PROP?? Oh well hindsight and all that jazz. I love this. It's Holo. I love holo, and it's black. I love black.
So to recap:
Rory Williams. Holo. Black. LOVE.
This was two coats. I can't wait for you guys to see what else I have coming down the pipe to show you.

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Digital Nails - Pandorica

Julep - Martina - July Birthstone

Hey guys,

Well tomorrow I head home but tonight my cousin Alex is getting married! I'm super excited to see him and his beautiful fiance get hitched. Although I am throwing it out to the universe, no more family members are allowed to get married until my bank account has time to recharge!

I have the July birthstone polish to show you guys today, first off I apologize for the pictures, these were taken in my hotel bathroom in Calgary, a bit less than ideal. Ruby is the birthstone for both my mom and my little brother who both just had their birthdays a week ago. I love these full coverage glitterbombs, nothing seems more appropriate for a birthstone collection. This was two coats.

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Julep - Martina

July Birthstone

Julep - Evelyn

Hey guys,

Ahhh on to the second leg of my week whirlwind vacation, I'm not at the horse show anymore I am now blogging from halfway across Canada, again I'm going to keep this short.

This is a beautiful creme berry. It is super shiny and a bit on the crelly side so it had the potential to be a bit patchy if you aren't careful but this was two coats no topcoat.

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Julep - Evelyn

OPI - Next Stop... The Bikini Zone

Hey guys,

So today I leave all my friends in Calgary and drive home, just to fly out to my cousin's wedding a couple provinces over! The excitement never ends!

I have the last Brazil OPI mini to show you guys today, this one seemed a bit out of place with the others in the set, it actually reminds me a lot of a couple of the polishes in the June Julep Maven box. It's a purpley-gold duochrome, with awesome shimmer. This was three coats.

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OPI - Next Stop... The Bikini Zone.

OPI - Kiss Me I'm Brazilian

Hey guys,

So this polish clearly got worn before the others because this features my wonderful werewolf claws! They're coming back! Lately I've been thinking of doing a post on why I love stiletto/almond nails. We'll see.
This is a beautiful summery bright pink. I really love this pink.
Nice solid application here, this was two coats.

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OPI - Kiss Me, I'm Brazilian

OPI - AmazON... AmazOFF

Hey guys,

Today we have the next mini in the Brazil mini set. I was really excited to try this one. It's a deep teal color that believe it or not has the most subtle shimmer deep inside that you literally had to have your nails in the exact right light to see it. It dried really shiny too, this is with no top coat. This is two coats.

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OPI - AmazON... AmazOFF

OPI - Where Did Suzi's Man-Go

Hey guys,

Well lets roll right into another set of OPI minis I have been sitting on for way too long. My bestie got me these after I shoveled her driveway while she was out of town.
This is a gorgeous orangey-tangerine corally colour. I LOVE IT, so summery. Application here was fantastic. This is two coats.

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OPI - Where did Suzi's Man-go

OPI - I Sing In Color

Hey guys,

So I'm going to give you guys a heads up that for this week I'm going to try and keep these posts short and sweet, just because blogging on vacation seems wrong!

Today I have the last Gwen Stefani mini to show you. This is a dark black cherry polish that is INSANELY shiny, this is without a top coat. It walks the line between a jelly and a sheer polish, this was three coats.

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OPI - I Sing In Color

OPI - Hey Baby

Hey guys,

So I am officially on vacation! First things first, so I am staying at probably the fanciest hotel I have ever stayed at, okay well at least in Canada anyways. There is a Starbucks in the lobby, there was fresh fruit in my room (a giant strawberry in a wine glass WHAT?!) but what sucks is you have to pay per night for parking. Stupid, but really if that's my biggest complaint I should probably not worry too much. Plus Legally Blonde is on TV and who doesn't love that movie?

I have the next Gwen Stefani polish for you guys today, this was actually the surprise favourite of the collection. While not a incredibly ground breaking pink or anything it was pretty and applied nicely even though it was a bit more sheer than one would think. When I was wearing this I totally heard Hey Baby on the radio and squealed. I love stuff like that. This was three coats.

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OPI - Hey Baby

OPI - Love, Angel, Music, Baby

Hey guys,

Yay, I'm officially on vacation. So I'm going to give everyone a heads up that there could possibly be a gap in posts but I am going to do my best to make sure I don't miss a day.

Next up in the Gwen Stefani mini set is a gold matte satin. I think this one is really pretty but probably not something I would wear on a daily basis. That being said there was nice application here also.This was two coats.

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OPI - Love, Angel, Music, Baby

OPI - 4 In The Morning

Hey guys,

So after deciding I needed another TV show to watch, last night I decided to start watching The Mindy Project... well now I'm half way through season one. Clearly I am a extreme binger when it comes to TV. Sometimes I wonder what I did before Netflix, oh yeah I had to stand up to change the disk.

Beginning today I have the Gwen Stefani mini set to show you guys. What I liked about the Gwen Stefani collection was that there was a bunch of different finishes, I should still probably order Push and Shove while I can still get it.
Anyways here is the first of the four. This is a matte black satin, nice application here, this was two coats.

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OPI - 4 In The Morning