Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Illamasqua - Venous

Hey guys,

So I recently went on a bit of a stress shopping spree and decided I needed some more Illamasqua in my life. I really wanted Phallic but of course I can't find it in any stores, AND Sephora won't ship it to Canada which considering they'll ship all the other Illa's why they won't ship Phallic is beyond me. I'm pretty annoyed at it. So anyways I grabbed Venous along with one of their new speckled polishes. 

This is Venous,
so my polish BFF Melissa has been searching high and low for a David's Tea teal. This one is pretty close yet runs a tad dark. This was two coats, it applied beautifully. 



Tuesday, March 19, 2013

March Julep Maven Box

Hey guys,

Today I have my March Julep Maven to show you guys. Along with the extra I ordered.
Okay so only being 3 months into my Julep subscription I am officially a big fan there is just something super exciting about waiting to see what surprise goodies Julep slipped into the box this month along with fun stuff like the Secret Store that gets unlocked when you order your box. And that's not getting into the other random fun stuff and deals.

Monday, March 18, 2013

Avon - Glisten

Hey guys,

Today we have another polish from "The Vault" when it comes to polishes that survived my polish purge from a couple years ago there were very few polishes that I decided to keep, but I loved these Mirror Shine polishes so much I had to keep them. Plus you never know when polish trends will come back (just look at the mirror polishes Essie put out last year) I'm glad I kept these plus they come in handy for nail art.
Application on these is a bit of a pain, they dry fast and can often be totally opaque in 1 good coat but you need a steady hand because brush strokes are quite prevalent. And they are a pain in the butt to photograph.

This is
Avon Mirror Shine - Glisten





Sunday, March 17, 2013

Crappy St. Patrick's Day Manicure

Hey guys,

So I'm actually surprised that I'm getting this up as today has been pretty busy. So if you ask me my last year's St. Patty's day manicure was better. See it here. Like a lot better. I initially wanted to keep things much more simple this year, maybe a french manicure with green tips, or dots or stripes or something nice and simple. Somewhere along the line I abandoned that for this monstrosity. Although on a happier note I did find my KCCO shirt this year and am wearing it right now.

For this I used

piCture pOlish - Mallard
Zoya - Apple
Zoya - Gia
OPI - Atomic Orange
Nails Inc. - Carnaby Street
China Glaze - Starboard
Island Girl - Aloha Girl
Cult Nails - Time Traveler
Rue Beaute - Trifecta





Saturday, March 16, 2013

Maybelline - Twilight Rays

Hey guys,

So I won't lie, I have a tendency to be a total polish snob. Which makes zero sense seeing how I can be totally cheap, and also am not a fan of super high end polishes. Yet I totally turn up my nose at most drugstore brands like Revlon & Sally Hansen. Like I said it makes no sense, so anyways I always walk past the Maybelline Color Show display racks without a second thought, yet when my friend gave me this polish for Christmas I was so totally excited this colour is awesome. It's a gold/bronze glitter buried in a black base. It actually really reminded me of A England's Beauty Never Fails so I did a comparison swatch at the bottom.
This was two coats.

This is
Maybelline - Twilight Rays





Friday, March 15, 2013

Zoya Random Swatch Spam

Hey guys

So this is a Zoya spam post that has been accumulating since Christmas when I was house sitting for Chelsea & Nicole and playing around in Chelsea's polish stash. Then we had the hunt for the perfect light blue creme, add in some randoms and POOF here we are. Anyways it's Friday and the perfect day for just random pretty pictures.