OPI Spookette's - He's My Boo

Hey everyone! OMG HALLOWEEN IS SO CLOSE!

Okay, Halloween is legit my favorite Holiday. No joke. I LOVE IT! Pumpkins, Candy, Dressing up, CANDY! Ahh!

So of course, I ALWAYS buy the halloween collections from the polish companies... It's my vice.

So, here's what I got:


To be honest, I usually HATE mini's. You'll see Lindsey with them, but not me. I just hate how little they are, how little the hole is, how the brush isn't a pro-wide which I ADORE, etc. But these are the BEST mini's I've EVER bought! Not kidding. They applied so well, no gloops or glopes.

These were also my gameday nails. The football team I work for color's are orange and black (how perfect, right?) and so I usually do a gameday mani (watch out for more of these :))

Okay, you know me, I can never not have tipwear, and not kidding, I took these on the field at our game, so sorry for the poor quality. But I mean do you see that foot? Yep, that's a cleat. The boy standing next to me was like uhh... are you taking pictures of your nails, and I just said yep! Hahaha I totally forgot to take them before the game and I knew that if I waited they would be goners.

Okay, I used two coats of He's my boo and one coat of CND's Gold shimmer. SO PRETTY. (Of course I topped it off with Seche Vite because I have NO patience for any other top coat). The shimmer looked so so so so pretty with the orange. Such a pretty combination.

We ended up losing, but it's okay, I love the boys anyways!

I hope everyone has a good week!

Brielle

Princess Nails Continued -Pic heavy!

After yesterday's post about my Cinderella Nails, I was set on seeing how my other idea of princess nails would work. Growing up in the generation which had Disney engrained in every girls head, I have princess on my mind all the time.

Yesterday I was thinking that American Apparel's Echo Park and OPI's I Lilly Love You, would make the most perfect Aurora color. I'll show the pictures first and see what you think.

Combination of American Apparel's Echo Park under OPI's I Lilly Love You:

Much to my dismay, it turned out purple-looking! This reminded me of Jasmine more than Aurora! So After this, I tried a white base underneath OPI's I Lilly Love You. 

The white base I used is just ORLY's Smoothing Primer Basecoat Ridgefiller. I painted two coats of that to get a smooth milky base, and did two coats of OPI I Lilly Love You.

A Picture of the bottle: I love the flakes that OPI is using, but they're kind of hard to work with, they do not like to lay flat on the nail and take some patience! 

This was perfect for the Aurora-y type look I wanted! This is also only one coat of Seche Vite, which I probably could have added another just to make it smooth. This look so so nice, not too obnoxious, but definitely feminine (without looking childish). 

I hope that this wasn't too kiddish for all of you! What are your favorite combinations? I love finding new ones!

Love,

Brielle

Bridal Series: Essie Better Together

Hi everyone! Sorry long time, no blog. I'm taking two summer classes and the final plans are coming along for the wedding, AND! My mom is in town! Woo. 

Anyways, now that I have time to take a breath, heres a brand spankin' new blog! (ps, I finally bought a new Seche Vite! Thank the gods!)

Essie's Better Together! 

I have been coveting this nail polish since I saw the posters for Essie's new bridal collection called Borrowed & Blue. 

Better Together is a light pink and sheer. This is two coats. 

Better Together applied like a dream and topped off with a coat of Seche Vite! NO bubbles! Yay! This polish is so beautiful! It is the most perfect pail pink, it makes my nails look nice and clean without saying "hey look at me!" Which is totally what I'm going for since It's about me, not my nails (for once)!

I couldn't be happier, and I think I have found my wedding nail polish, through all the nudes, this is it. Essie's Better Together is also significant because our song for our wedding is "Better Together" by Jack Johnson. 

Thank you for all your support through the bridal series, and I can't wait to try out more nudes and more importantly variety in my polish in the future! See you (maybe before) when I become a Mrs!

Brielle