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

Essie Marshmallow

Hiiiii!!!!!

Confession: I HAVE BEEN LUSTING OVER THIS POLISH FOR YEARRRSSSSSSSS! Okay, maybe a year or so, but it seems like FOREVER!

ESSIE MARSHMALLOW

Santa finally put this in my stocking and I was SO EXCITED!

I know I posted about Mummy May I... OPI's Halloween white that I love! Well, where Mummy May I forges ahead in opaque whitey goodness, Marshmallow forges ahead in milky white goodness.

Oh my. I love this polish. Okay. In the picture, there are two coats on top of a ridge filling coat (my typical ORLY Ridgefiller) which is a white creamy consistency. My nails may look a little more opaque than they should, but by golly, they are beautiful!

This is a perfect way to start my new year! Clean and refreshing 2012! By the way, I cannot believe it's 2012! We're old! Haha.

I hope you are having the BEST start to the new year and are staying true to your resolutions (I'm terrible.. Adam and I never make any resolutions, to me they just seem silly since I break them so quickly) I guess if I had to have one, I just want to get off the couch more often whether it be seeing friends, going swimming, working out, whatever! Just getting out of the house every so often. Naturally, I am a Cancer, and we are homebodies! I just like being home with my husband and my doggies (they are great snugglers!). This can still happen! Just not every day all day! GO! SEE! DO!

Anyways ... Resolutions are a good thing ... I think!
Peace and love!
B

China Glaze Ruby Pumps

Hi guys! I hope everyone is enjoying the holiday season! I sure am! I love being off school to focus on family! My favorite holiday polish is BY FAR China Glaze's Ruby Pumps.

It's not necessarily a holiday color, but it is SO pretty even mu husband commented on my nails!

Honestly this is my favorite red ever and I think it was my first China Glaze polish ever, it DOES NOT photograph well! This was like my 15th picture and I finally was able to capture the sparkle!

Here it is!

I hope everyone is enjoying the holidays! Happy Hanukkah! only 4 days until Christmas!

Love,

Brielle, Adam, Comet, and our newest addition to the fam, Tennyson!

Velvet Bow and Ring in the Red

Hi bloggers!

Before you look at the pictures and say to yourself "Her nails are chipped! Why would she post a picture of chipped nails?!", let me explain. This manicure lasted me a full 7 days with very minimal chipping.  I changed up my nail polish routine a little bit but for the most part it still the same to my Mani Prep post plus two more tips. I'll do a blog post about them soon.

Anyway, on to the nails! The two colors I used were China Glaze Velvet Bow and China Glaze Ring in the Red as an accent.

As you can see, very little chipping!  Be on the look out for more details on how I made it last longer!

Hope everyone has a good holiday :) I'm not sure how many posts will have up before the new year but we'll see you on the other side! 

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

VitaSurge Growth Gel

Hi bloggers!

As I mentioned in my fall water marble post, my nails haven't been doing too good! Five of them broke all within a few days  of each other so I figured I would give a new growth treatment a go. I grabbed Sally Hansen VitaSurge Growth Gel with micro-encapsulated vitamins. It's a five day treatment for brittle nails that crack and break promising longer, healthy looking nails. Well I had all the best intentions of doing the five days I was suppose to, but I missed two days. I think missing the two days did make a difference but it didn't really affect how much I liked this product. First let's take a look at the bottle and applicator.

So it's green with little blue ball things throughout it. I was a little worried that it would leave my nails a little green but it didn't! I was surprised by the applicator. Instead of it being a brush, it was more like a lip gloss applicator. I thought it was a little strange but it worked well. You just applied it to your nail and massaged it in. It left a nice, natural look to your nails. On the left is my nails without anything before I started, and the right is after day five.

My nails that didn't break, didn't grow very much, but the nails that did break grew a decent amount. My pointer finger and middle ringer on my right hand (the last set of pictures) broke AGAIN during the five days so they didn't really grow at all.

Overall, I liked this product. I wish I would have followed through with the whole five days in order to have gotten better results which was my own fault. Also, the gel itself smells nice. It doesn't have a chemical, nail polish smell to it like a lot of growth treatments do so that was a nice plus. So, if your nails are doing poorly and you have five days to spear, this product is worth taking a looking at!

Be on the look out for some holiday nails soon!
Lindsey