Valentine Ruby

Hey guys!

Just a quick NOTD look, glittery red nails. I've said it before and I will say it again, I LOVE RED NAILS!! And this was no exception! The colors from left to right are Milani Ruby Jewels and Revlon Valentine. I used Valentine first and Ruby Jewels second.

Hope you guys enjoyed and are having a great summer so far! 

Lindsey

Barbie Pink!

Hey guys!

This past weekend, my boyfriend and I had a wedding to go to so of course once I decided on what dress I was wearing, I had to figure out what to do with my nails! I waned something girly and pretty and simple. As I was looking through my polish I found Play the Peonies from OPI but I wanted more that just that beautiful light pearly pink so I went looking in my glitters to see if I could find anything that would go well. I found a glittery pink top coat from Forever21.

It turned out perfect! It changed Play the Peonies just enough (click here to see Play the Peonies by itself). As you can see, the top coat really did change the color and the glitter was just enough. I really liked how it turned out, hope you guys did too!
Lindsey

Reverse Glitter Gradient

Hey guys!

I needed a little excitement on my nails so I decided to do a reverse glitter gradient. When in doubt, use some glitter! I wanted something brighter so the colors I used were Delia's Bright Purple and OPI Sparkle-licious.

I used the same method as my previous glitter gradients just focused the glitter at the bottom of my nail instead of the tip.

Hope you guys enjoyed!
Lindsey

Easter Nails

Happy Easter everyone!
If you don't celebrate Easter, then happy Sunday! Lots of colors and a franken are coming your way! The base colors I used from left to right are OPI Play in the Peonies, Zoya Catlin, OPI Time-less is More, China Glaze Light as Air, and Sally Hansen  Diamond Strength Diamonds

The colors are in reverse order on my nails and Diamonds was used as a top coat on top of them just to give a similar finish to all of them. I love adding Diamonds on top of colors just to add a little shimmer on top especially if the colors don't have any shimmer in them.

Next comes the polka dots! The colors I used for the polka dots from left to right are China Glaze White on White, Sephora by OPI Blue Grotto, my own glitter franken, and OPI Purple with a Purpose.

My glitter franken was just a bunch of little Bon-Bon polishes mixed together in an empty bottle. It didn't quite turn out how I had hoped it would but I still like how it turned out. Here are on some close ups of it in the bottle and on my nail. 

I hope everyone enjoyed their weekend and are ready for the week ahead!
Lindsey

Warm & Fozzie

Hey bloggers!

Another quick NOTD look, this one is Warm & Fozzie from the OPI Muppets collection. Beautiful shimmery bronze/brown for the character Fozzie Bear who is Kermit's best friend in the Muppets. When I first saw pictures of this one, I didn't think I would like it but once I saw it in person, I totally loved it without a doubt! It's a great darker neutral that has a good amount of shimmer. 

Hope you enjoyed!
Lindsey

Melon of Troy with a little Peach-A-Boo

Hey guys!

Long time, no post! I'm so sorry but the holidays came and went, I went on vacation, my boyfriend moved states and it now here with me (yay! :D), and getting back on track with work it's been a little busy but here is a NOTD look I did in in the middle of all of it.

Melon of Troy from OPI, which I love. I got it as a present over the holidays.

And Peach-A-Boo from OPI on top, pretty sheer glittery peach that works wonderful on top of Melon of Troy. I loved this combo!

Oh! I wanted to tell you guys about my New Year's Resolution....which so far, so good. I decided that I am going to try not buy any nail polishes this year. I have so many polishes that I have only used once or some not at all so I want to start using more of my polishes and start making some frankens :) as well as save a little money! I know once the Hunger Games polishes come out on March, I will temporarily break my resolution but I will try to get back on track! Anyone else want to share their resolution with us?
-Lindsey

Holly-Day and Twinkle Lights

Hey bloggers!

Just a quick Holiday NOTD. The green base color is China Glaze Holly-Day and the lovely multicolor glitter is China Glaze Twinkle Lights.

Such a pretty combination! I usually don't really care for greens but with the glitter and it being so close to the holidays, I don't mind wearing it!

Hope you enjoyed! 

Lindsey

Big Money

Hi everyone!

Here is just a quick nail of the day look. Browsing through Meijer I saw a display for the Gem Crush line from Sally Hansen and LOVED them all. After looking closer at them and obviously telling myself not to buy all of them, I realized I had similar ones as some of them but I found one that I didn't have one close to at all and that was Big Money, a fine gold glitter with larger light purple glitter. Sooooo pretty!

 And a little closer up just so show the prettiness!

Hope you guys enjoyed!
-Lindsey

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

YOU GUYS!

While I am terrible at keeping up on this thing, I LOVE CHRISTMAS! Okay, actually, I love the holidays. Anywhere from the beginning of football season (counts as a holiday in our books) to New Years we are happy campers! There are loads of things to do, and loads of things to buy!

Honestly, I didn't have my nails painted for almost THREE WEEKS! I do not know what is up, but I just wasn't making time for a manicure! It's hard, because first I was doing football, and during the season it is so hard to get the motivation to paint my nails because I know they'll be chipped well within 24 hours! Now, I am in a teaching practicum. Did I mention I'm in school to become a teacher? I can't remember if I told you or not! But, I am! So I spend 10-11 hours a week in a middle school and it's hard for me to determine what polishes would be school appropriate or which ones would be a little flamboyant. Does anyone else have this problem - either in the classroom or at a conservative work place? Please let me know!

For my holiday themed nails (BECAUSE I LOVE CHRISTMAS!), I painted them a white base OPI Mummy knows best, with China Glaze's Party Harty layered on top!

It makes me giddy to think that Christmas is so close!  My nails are just an expression of my feelings :)

I hope everyone is having a spectacular holiday season, whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, or Kwanza! Enjoy this time with family and friends!

Love love love!

Brielle

Paint the Town Red and Kissy

Hi bloggers!

Two or three weekends ago, my boyfriend and I went to his college formal and danced the night away (well, mainly me)! My dress was black with some lace and to add a little color, I wore red suede high heels. Red tends to be my go to color when it gets colder out and obviously since my shoes were red, my nails had to match! I layered two colors for this look. The colors I used were Milani Paint the Town Red and Zoya Kissy, which is more on the pink side than red but I really wanted to use it!

I'm still trying to find the best lighting in my house to take pictures of my nails now that the time change has happened, during the week I don't get home in time for the sun to be high enough in the sky to take good pictures outside so bear with me!

Anyone else getting excited about the holidays coming up? I sure am!
-Lindsey

Game day and Halloween!

Hi everyone! We had another game last weekend and of course I wore black and orange!

I would LOVE to tell you about these polishes, but honestly, I got them in a six pack (neon purple, neon pink, neon orange, black, black sparkle, orange sparkle) from.... MEIJER! They're mini's and they were great for this look! They went on really well with not a problem! They lasted forever! And, I don't even know what they're called.. sorry guys!

The orange went on SO well, HONEST, this is one coat. I loved this look and so did many parents and players that saw them! The orange contrasted really well against the the black. I loved it and I CANNOT wait for Halloween on Monday. I have a great nail look for this Saturday and I hope it can continue through Halloween!

I hope everyone is enjoy the almost holiday season! Be safe this weekend!!

Brielle

ICK-A-BOD-Y

Hi bloggers!

Here is a super simple Halloween mani that is fun but doesn't scream Halloween nails!

This is Ick-A-Bod-Y from China Glaze. It came out last year with their Halloween collection. Although it came out last year, you can easily get a similar look with a black base coat and orange glitter top coat which I've seen tons in the different Halloween displays.

I've got a few more looks that will be posted before Halloween so be on the look out!
Lindsey

P.S. What's everyone being this year?!

Meet Me At Sunset

Hi bloggers!

Here is just a quick NOTD look featuring Meet Me At Sunset from Essie, a beautiful orange-red color which is another good color for transitioning into fall.

Also, another set of dupes. I love both of these glittery teals in the bottle and on my nails but I do not however like taking them off.  Excuse the blurry first picture, I got a new camera recently and I'm still trying to get use to the settings.

When it comes to the glitter/flakes in these two polishes, as you can tel, Teal of Fortune is more blue, while Glee is more green. As I said above, I did not enjoy taking these off and here is why-both of them stained, not my nails, but my cuticles and surrounding skin. The two colors are Wet n Wild Teal of Fortune and Jesse's Girl Glee, both of these are two coats. Although they both stained the Wet n Wild stained more. Both pretty colors but be prepared when it comes time to take them off.

Hope you enjoyed!
-Lindsey