Summertime Skittle

Hey dolls!  I hope everyone had a great holiday weekend.  I enjoyed mine very much.  Time spent with loved ones is always a good time.  I even did some nail art for the weekend.  Instead of doing a red, white and blue Independence Day themed design,  I did a summer skittle.

Here's a list of the polishes I used for this manicure:

Essie Bikini So Teeny

Revlon Spirit

Wet n Wild Candy-licious

Sephora by OPI It's Totally Karma

Revlon Black Magic

L.A. Girl Extra Extra

It's been a while since I've done my nails like this.  Would it be weird to say my nails put me in a good mood? No?  Okay, it did.  Don't judge.  I'm actually inspired to start doing my nails regularly.   Or it could be the new nail treatment I'm using, Nail Tek Strengthener.   My nails have been weak and peeling for months.  I can't get them to grow long and stay long.  Do any of you have this problem?  If so, what did you use or are using to combat it?   I hope this one works because Nail Envy failed me.  I'll keep you posted.

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Colorful Leopard & Gold

Hello lovers! How are you? My week didn't go according to plan.  I don't have the complete look post for you today :(.  I still wanted to do a post.  So here's a quick nail art one.

No, my nails did not grow that fast, I wish.  They're actually even shorter than my previous post.  Did some deep cleaning and ruined my nails.  I did these before the watermelon nails.  Took a long time to post it, eh?  These were inspired by my toe separators.  Yes they are THAT cute hehe.  Every time I did a pedicure I thought to myself "I need to do this print on my nails".  It took 2 years but I did it...yeah.  The base polish is Sinful Colors Clementine and for the spots I used Sephora for O.P.I It's My Pink and Sally Hansen Good To Grape.  The studs are from Born Pretty Store...of course! 

I'm going to take this moment to move on to the gold accent nails.  Ummmm...IN LOVE!  This is O.P.I Honey Ryder and I can't stand how gorgeous it is.  It took me forever to own it and I feel so complete now.  I seriously couldn't stop staring at it, very distracting.  If you don't have Honey Ryder I suggest you get up on that.  You won't regret it ;).

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Tropical Floral Nail Art

Hello! Hello! I hope you all had a great weekend. Mine was very low key, I've been playing a lot of PVZ Garden Warfare and watching The Strain.  I'm seriously hooked.   But I found the strength to pull myself away and do my nails.  I'm so happy I did.  I told you in my last post that I would do one more summer themed nail art and here it is.

Guys! Guys! I am so proud of these.  I've wanted to do a design like this for like forever.  I just never had the balls to sit down and do it.   I thought I would just fail epically.   I'm my own worst critic :/.

The base I used is Sinful Colors New Wave. A gorgeous navy blue cream and a one coater to boot. For the design itself I used acrylic paint.  The biggest discouragement for me when it comes to designs like this is the large amount of colors you need.  Going through my nail polish collection to find the colors I need is exhausting.  But using acrylic paint made that easy.  All the colors I would need is in a nice easily accessible box.

Don't worry I'm still a nail polish junkie.  Right now I'm stalking Ulta.com waiting for the O.P.I Peanuts Collection to release.  I need to get my hands on Where's My Blanket? and To Be Or Not To Beagle.

I hope you like these nails as much I do.  I'm itching to play in makeup so my next post might be a Complete Look/Get Ready With Me post ;). Till next time!

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Sweet Summer Nail Art

Hey Loves!  Today I have some delicious nail art for you....watermelon!  Watermelon nail art is really big this season.  I've been seeing it all over the place.  Different styles and variations.  I chose to do the ruffian style watermelon slice and an accent nail with little watermelon slices. 

I'm so so happy with the way these came out.   Both designs were really easy to do.  For the ruffian I used a striper brush to do the outline and first coat.  After it dried I went in with a second coat using the brush that comes with the polish. For the seeds I just used a dotting tool. 

To do the smaller slices I used a small detail nail art brush. I just drew a triangle and outlined the base of it with green.  I used the smallest dotting tool for the seeds but you can also use a toothpick.

Polishes Used:
Revlon Spirit
Revlon Black Magic
China Glaze Flip Flop Fantasy
Maybelline Color Show Bleached Neons Lime Accent

I hope you liked my watermelon nails as much as I do.  Summer is almost over so I'm going to try to squeeze in at least one more summer design.   What are some of your favorite summer trends for nails?

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Pastel Galaxy & Floral Nail Art

Hey Dolls, I hope everyone is having a great week thus far.  It's so gloomy in NYC right now.  A perfect day to stay indoors and organize nail decorations, clean, watch Teen Wolf and even do a blog post.  Today I will be talking about nails I posted a few days ago on Instagram and Tumblr. Without the missing stud and minus the filter hehe.

For like forever I've wanted to do pastel galaxy nails and do galaxy drips again.  I'm so happy I finally did it lol. Everyone said the galaxy drip nail looks like an ice cream cone until I tell them what it is lol.  If you want to know how I did it you can check out my post from the first time I did galaxy drips here.

I LOVE floral nails, especially these.  But the next time I do a design like this, I'll try to not do it at 2am lol.  The amount of nail polishes needed alone is what made this design exhausting.  That won't stop me from doing it again...soon hehe.  The only tools I used for the flowers were a small nail art brush and my tiny detail brush, I made from a liquid eyeliner brush.  With the small nail art brush I used a light dotting motions to shape the flowers.  Then with the detail brush I placed lines and dots for depth.

Polishes Used:

• Models Own Juicy Jules (thumb)
• O.P.I Save Me (thumb)
• Revlon Spirit (galaxy & floral)
• Icing No Name Powder Pink (galaxy)
• Essie Bikini So Teeny (floral)
• New York Color Palm On The Beach (floral)
• New York Color City Sweets Pink (floral)
• New York Color Lavender Cupcake (galaxy)
• Sinful Colors New Wave (floral)
• Sinful Colors Nude (floral)
• Wet n Wild megalast I Need A Refresh-Mint (floral)
• Wet n Wild megalast On A Trip (galaxy & floral)
• Wet n Wild megalast Sugar Coat (gradient & galaxy drip)
• Sephora by O.P.I What Aura Gonna Wear (gradient, floral & galaxy)
• Maybelline Peach Petal (floral)
• Born Pretty Store Studs 

For next weeks' post I'm planning on doing a hair post.  I'm finally going to share with all of you my Natural Hair Routine and Favorite Products (at the moment).  Until next time...

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Sweetheart French Manicure

Hey Dolls!
Today's nail art is one of those, I need to finally do my nails, don't know what I want to do, spur of the moment whatever, that you just fall in love with when you're done.

Aren't they just super pretty?  It makes me think of winter and weddings.  I actually showed it to one of my besties that is getting married next year as soon as I finished, like.... WEDDING NAILS! lol

These happened solely because I REALLY wanted to wear Sally Hansen Goldi-Flecks.  A recent purchase that makes me so happy I ALWAYS walk down the beauty aisle in Rite Aid.  I don't know how I didn't notice it before.  I'll apologize from now if you start to see too much of it in upcoming manicures lol. For the gradient I used Zoya Taylor and Revlon Spirit.  Topping it all off with gold heart studs I bought from Born Pretty Store! 

I'm going to hate when it's time to redo my nails :(

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Aria Night Out Complete Look

Hey Dolls, so today I have a really cool post for you.  A few weeks ago I was contacted by the Content Director of Vegas.com to see if I would be interested in doing a blog post inspired by a night out at the Aria Resort.  I replied.... heck yeah lol.   So this complete look is all about a date night to see Cirque Du Soleil: Zarkana at The Aria Resort.  As always let's start with the makeup! 

I FINALLY used my Urban Decay Naked 3 palette.  Oh GAWD, in love I am! 

For this eye look I used Trick all over my lid, Factory in the crease and Blackheart on the outer corner.  I also used Trick on my lower lash line from the inner corner to about half way then Blackheart the rest of the way.  I lined my lower and upper water line with Milani Liquif'Eye metallic eye liner pencil in Black. In my tear ducts to brighten it up I used Milani Shadow Eyez in Champagne Toast.  For this nude lip I used E.L.F lip liner in Natural and NYX Sable.  But I just had to do a bold lip with it as well ;).

This is NYX Chambord! Which is your favorite, the nude lip or the bold lip? I'm a sucka for bold! 

The Rest Of The Face Beat:

• Urban Decay Primer Potion Original
• Makeup Forever Smoky Extravagant Mascara (2 coats)
• New York Color Smooth Skin Perfecting Primer Shade 684
• Maybelline Dream Pure BB Cream Deep Sheer Tint
• Black Radiance True Complexion Under Eye Concealer CA8010 (Dark Spots and Discoloration)
• L'Oréal True Match Super-Blendable Concealer W 6-7-8 (Highlight)
• Revlon Nearly Naked Pressed Powder Dark
• Black Radiance Pressed Powder Rich Mahogany (Contour)
• New York Color Kohl Brow/Eyeliner Pencil Sable (eyebrows)
• E.L.F Wet Gloss Lash and Brow Clear Mascara
• Milani Baked Blush Fantastico Mauve
• Maybelline Master Glaze Bronzer Stick Glistening Amber (cheekbone, cupids bow & nose highlight)
• Tarte Park Ave Princess (cheekbone, cupids bow & nose highlight)
• Urban Decay All Nighter Setting Spray

Now the nails...

My nails were directly inspired by Zarkana. More specifically the Ringmaster Zarks' outfit.

When I saw his rose print top hat and cape I knew I had to figure out a way to get it my nails.  Thankfully Mr. Starlett Approved recently bought acrylic paints and they worked perfectly.  I did the gray with black stripes on my other nails to match the pants.  Adding the rhinestones for that extra pizazz....hey it's Vegas ;P.

What I Used:
Revlon Black Magic
New York Color Sidewalkers
Red Acrylic Paint
Black Acrylic Paint
Born Pretty Store Rhinestones

Now for the outfit I chose a black and white look with a splash of color.  My favorite combo, especially if a leather dress is involved! 

I really hope you enjoyed this post because I had a lot of fun doing it.  Complete look posts are the most time consuming but they're probably my favorite ones to do.  If you have any suggestions of a post you'd like to see me do please let me know in the comments below or email.

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Graffiti Nail Art

HI!!!! I know, it's been AGES.  Sorry about the hiatus. Micah got sick then I got sick and it just threw off my mojo.  I'm getting it back, little by little :).  My birthday was 2 weeks ago and I couldn't celebrate without doing my nails.  That would've been just blasphemous.

I wanted something bright and fun to help me out of my little funk. These definitely did the trick.  I wuv how these came out.  Super easy to do and now I want ALL of the Formula X for Sephora glitters.  Just look at TNT! Ugh so gorge-balls.

To get this look I randomly sponged Revlon Black Magic over my Revlon Spirit.  Followed by one healthy coat each of Formula X TNT and Mind Blowing.  For an extra pop of color I used neon pink square studs I got from Born Pretty.

I just want to apologize again for vanishing.  Winter does things to me lol. I hibernate and it's inexcusable haha. I'll see you next week with a St. Patricks Day post.

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Floral Nail Art

Hey babes!  How is everyone doing? Awesome I hope ;). Today's post is going to be short and sweet because my brain isn't working right now lol. So I'm just going to throw down the picture of my nails here :)

I really love floral designs and I love how these came out. To me the beauty of a floral print anything is in the imperfections.  No need for perfect lines and brush strokes.  Another great thing...you don't need a lot of tools.  You can create a beautiful floral design with just the nail polish brush and a toothpick. 

For these I used a small dotter, a tiny detail brush and a small triangle shaped brush (not sure how to describe it). Here's a list of the polishes I used:

New York Color SideWalkers 

Wet n Wild On A Trip

New York Color Lavender Cupcake

H & M Beauty Bandit

Essie Mesmerize

Essie Bikini So Teeny

H & M Something Blue

Wet n Wild Candy-Licious

New York Color City Sweets Pink

Milani Cosmetics Rapid Cherry

Sephora by O.P.I Caught With My Khakis Down

Sephora Military Jacket

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Going with a Classic

Happy New Year, Beautiful!! 

Hey there, I hope everyone is having a great start to the new year.  2013 ended eh for me, I was sick and it was nasty.  It left me a bit blah, so I decided to do something simple for today's post.  I thought it was only fitting to begin the new year with what started all of this...nail art.  To be more specific leopard print nail art.

In 2011 I reacquainted myself with nail art, after a very long hiatus lol, because I wanted leopard print on my nails.  Now it's a classic nail design, right there with the french manicure.  But always feeling new with the countless number of color combos you can do.  For this design I used O.P.I. Don't Pretzel My Buttons (a serious lemming I'm so happy it's finally mine), Sephora by O.P.I. Caught With My Khakis Down, and China Glaze Mingle with Kringle.  I have a couple gold polishes and Mingle with Kringle is DEFINITELY my favorite.  Do you see it's gorgeousness?  It's the perfect gold!!!  I feel sorry for my other golds because they are seriously about to get neglected lol.  

What was your gateway design into nail art?  I'd love to know, let me know in the comments below.

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New Year's Eve Complete Look

Salutations beautiful, hope everyone had a wonderful holiday. Mine was perfect, I got everything I wanted, great times with family and Micah was the happiest little monster, with all his new toys.  I actually can't believe it's over and we're headed towards the new year, and the biggest party night of the year.

For my last post of 2013, I put together another completed look for you guys.  New Year's Eve makeup, nails and a Polyvore set.  New Year's Eve is all about glitter and bling.  I believe I brought the sparkle lol. Let's just jump right into it, shall we? First up, the makeup...

Ermagerd, I'm soooo happy with the way these came out. The gold is much more intense IRL. I wish you could see it.  To get this eye look I used Stila Eyeshadow trio Gold Glow and Make up Forever Diamond Shadow Diamond Black.  Here's how I used them:

I hope that photo was helpful.  Now you can try this out for yourself if you'd like. This look is so versatile you can pretty much wear any lip color.  You can go bold like I did with purple.  This is Revlon Matte Balm in Shameless...

Or you can wear a classic red, pink or nude lip.  If you're real adventurous even gold, it's New Year's Eve go cray cray lol.

Here's a list of the other products I used.

Eyes

Urban Decay Primer Potion Original
Milani Eye Tech Extreme Liquid Eye Liner Blackest Black
Milani Liquif'eye Metallic Eyeliner Black
Cargo Lash Activator
Milani Total Lash Cover Black

Eyebrows
Wet n Wild Ultimate Brow Kit
E.L.F. Wet Gloss Lash & Brow Mascara Clear

Lips
Revlon Matte Balm Shameless

Face
NYC Smooth Skin Perfecting Primer 684
Revlon Nearly Naked Liquid Foundation Caramel 260
Maybelline Fit Me Concealer Cafe 30
Maybelline Cover Stick Corrector Concealer Yellow Corrects (Highlight)
Revlon Nearly Naked Pressed Powder Medium Deep
Valana Loose Powder Red Amber (Contour)
Nars Super Orgasm
L'Oréal Magic Lumi Highlighter Deep
Urban Decay All Nighter Makeup Setting Spray

Flower Crown Forever 21

Now the nails....

Nothing fancy, just gold glitter polish and rhinestones.  I wanted to use loose gold glitter but my Born Pretty Store order wants to take 2 months to get to me :(.  China Glaze Angel Wings is definitely a gorgeous substitute.  The rhinestones are from Born Pretty Store.

To bring it all together, a New Year's Eve party outfit inspiration. 

This post may suggest otherwise but I actually plan on staying home and ringing in the New Year with my boys.  I live in NYC but I've only gone to a New Year's Eve party ONCE, and I don't ever plan on doing it again lol. 

What are your New Year's Eve Plans?

Thanks For Stopping By!   Happy New Year, See ya in 2014

A Cozy Christmas Complete Look

Good Tidings babes, it's the last Friday before Christmas. Therefore my last Christmas post for 2013.  This month flew by,  let's not even talk about the year. As you can tell by the title, today's post is a complete Christmas look.  Nails, makeup and even an outfit, a Polyvore outfit :).  

First up,  makeup...

I originally planned on doing a smoky eye look with white eyeshadow and red lips, but I felt it was too glam for this post. I'm staying home this Christmas, cooking for the family and playing on the floor with Micah and all his new toys. So when I saw this tutorial by SunKissAlba, that I had saved in a playlist, I thought it was perfect.  A soft look great for the holidays.  I didn't use the same makeup but did the best I could with what I have.  Here's a list of what I used, I will include specific names if they are available.

Eyes
Urban Decay Primer Potion Original
NYC Kohl Eyeliner White
Urban Decay Deluxe Eyeshadow Heat
E.L.F. 32 piece Geo Eyeshadow Palette
Urban Decay Naked 2 palette Tease
L'Oréal HiP Eyeshadow Duo Wicked
Milani Liquif'eye Metallic Eyeliner Black
Wet n Wild Cream Eyeshadow Black
Wet n Wild Mega Protein Mascara City
Milani Total Lash Cover Black 105

Eyebrows
Wet n Wild Ultimate Brow Kit
E.L.F. Wet Gloss Lash & Brow Mascara Clear

Lips
Revlon Super Lustrous Mauve It Over

Face NYC Smooth Skin Perfecting Primer 684
Revlon Nearly Naked Liquid Foundation Caramel 260
Maybelline Fit Me Concealer Cafe 30
Maybelline Cover Stick Corrector Concealer Yellow Corrects
Revlon Nearly Naked Pressed Powder Medium Deep
Valana Loose Powder Red Amber
Milani Baked Blush Luminoso 05
Milani Illuminating Face Powder Beauty's Touch 03
Urban Decay All Nighter Makeup Setting Spray

Now the nails...

It's a Christmas Day Mani Mash-Up!!  I wuv how these came out.  I'm in love with every nail but of course I have a favorite lol, the Santa hat :D. Which is your favorite? I actually have a sparkly Santa hat that I wear every Christmas. This year might be a problem, my afro and hats don't play well together. 

So happy my Ulta package got to me in time.  I was able to incorporate China Glaze There's Snow One Like You into the design. Once you use a white base and a light hand, it's the bomb, I love it. I used it on the Santa hat and the base for the Christmas tree.  What's your take on There's Snow One Like You?

Polishes Used
China Glaze There's Snow One Like You
Sinful Colors Exotic Green
Sinful Colors Nirvana
Sinful Colors Outrages
Milani Yellow Whiz
Sinful Colors Why Not
Ludurana Definida
Wet n Wild Red Red
Revlon Black Magic
Revlon Spirit
Sally Hansen Ice Pop
Milani Jiffy Orange
China Glaze Party Hearty
Nails Inc Covent Garden Market
Sephora by OPI Nail Gems

Lastly,  a Polyvore collage of a cozy Christmas outfit. 

This is pretty darn close to what I will be wearing on Christmas Day. I wish I had the sweater though, it's so flippin adorable.

I really hope you enjoyed this massive post. I had fun putting it together. I plan on doing another one for next week.

Thanks For Stopping By! Happy Holidays <3

A Then and Now Christmas Pt. 3

Hey lovers, it's the third and final day of A Then and Now Christmas :(.  I had a lot of fun this week with the challenge, I'm sad to see it end.  Very happy to share today's nails with you.   I've been looking forward to doing these since the first day of December lol....CHRISTMAS PRESENTS!!

The original design was done December 7, 2011.  You can check out that post here .  The first time around I stamped my the patterns, except for the thumb, and they didn't show up.   Didn't want that to happen again so I did all the designs freehand this time around.

I'm so in love with the way they came out.  I do want to punch my top coat in the face.  Some of my nails got smeared :(.  I showed my son my nails and he called dibs on the middle, ring and pinky nails lol, which are my favorites :).

Which one is your favorite?  Let me know in the comments ;)

Polishes Used:
Sephora It's Totally Karma
Wet n Wild Red Red
Revlon Spirit
Sinful Colors Envy
Revlon Black Magic
Nails Inc Covent Garden Market
Sally Hansen Gilty Pleasure
Sally Hansen Pacific Blue
Milani Jiffy Orange
Sally Hansen Pumping Iron
Urban Outfitters Silver Holo
Glequins
Sally Hansen Good to Grape

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A Then and Now Christmas Pt. 2

Hi there chicas! I know, another post already? But I'm now back on schedule for A Then and Now Christmas. It's day 2 and I'm bringing the holly jolly baby. Today's nails are all about the sweet treat of Christmas, candy canes!!!

The original design was posted December 12, 2011. What!?! Today will make exactly 2 years since I did those nails lol. You can see the post for that here.  I was really looking forward to taking a crack at this design again. There are a lot of things I did differently this time around. 

No candy cane, no peppermint swirl, no tiny beads and I did a pattern of candy cane kisses instead of one big smooch.  The beads were the first to get kicked off the mani. Ugh, I hated dealing with them in the first design. They bled when I put top coat on. Without top coat they fell off like a S.O.B. Wasn't going to deal with that this time, so I swapped it for dots. Much better in my opinion, what do you think?  I went with candy cane stripes because I plan on doing candy canes in another design. The kisses came out so delicious!! I don't know if I want to eat them or kiss them lol. I do think I need more work on my lips though. Maybe a Valentines Hugs and Kisses week would do me some good ;-)

Polishes Used:
O.P.I Die Another Day
Revlon Spirit
Sinful Colors Exotic Green
Models Own 25 Carat Gold
Revlon Black Magic
Sinful Colors Crystal Crushes Emerald Envy

Btw, how pretty is the Sinful Colors Crystal Crushes polish? I will definitely get a couple more colors.  Do you have any of them which shades?

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