New Years Eve Nails

So yesterday I finally got my last item of my order from Amazon. It was ten spools of nail ribbon all of which were different colors. This was the item that I was the most excited for and of course it was the last to arrive! I can't wait to use them though! Here's a picture of them:

For today's nails I decided to use a color I have never used before, WHITE! Crazy to think that I've never used it, but I've always steered away from it because I thought that it showed too many imperfections. I have to say I was pleasantly surprised with the result, the polish went on smooth and didn't show any bubbles or bumps like I thought it would. For my white I used Sally Hansen's White On.

Once White On had dried completely I used Elf's Gold Star, which has large hexagonal glitters as well as some small glitter mixed in. I was going to sponge it on, but then just decided against it and dabbed it on all the tips of my nails. I absolutely love how they turned out! They're fun and perfect for a New Years party.

I also was in need of some nail necessities, such as acetone and cuticle oil, so I went to the beauty supply store and came back with quite the lot.

Acting is Living, Twinkling Glitter, Studded Holiday Surprise, Down the Chimney

DS Reserve, My Boyfriend Scales Walls

Angel Wings, Peace on Earth, Elephant Walk, Glitter All the Way

OPI Cuticle Oil & OPI Nail Envy

 

I just want to say that I am so excited for the new year to come! This past year has been a very tough one, not only for me, but for so many others in the world. I cannot wait to put it behind me and to see what 2013 has to offer. I hope everyone has a good and safe New Year!

 

 

Xo Brit



HJCC: We Wish You a Merry Christmas

Tonight is the final day for the Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge and tonight's theme is We Wish You a Merry Christmas! I am so happy to to have participated in such a fun and festive challenge. It was definitely a great first challenge to be involved in.

For this challenge on all my nails I used Nicole by OPIs Khloe Had a Little Lam-Lam, then on my ring and pointer finger I used Julep's Vivien gold glitter polish. On my pinky and thumb I used my gold striper polish to make it look like a present once they dried a little bit more I added a red rhinestone bow. Then on my middle finger I used my dotting tool to create a Christmas tree, I used Sinful Colors Gogo Girl. I also took a little star glitter I had from one of my rhinestone wheels and used that as my tree topper. Here's how they turned out:

Please pardon the dry cuticles, I couldn't find my cuticle oil.

I had a great time doing these and was pretty impressed with my free hand skills, clearly I'm not as good as some of these amazing ladies in the nail blogging world, but practice makes perfect. Be sure to check out how the other amazing ladies in the challenge did.

I hope everyone had a great Christmas and got to spend time with their loved ones.

Xo Brit

HJCC: Santa Claus is Coming to Town

Merry Christmas everyone and Happy Birthday to my wonderful and beautiful mom!

 

These nails were due the 24th so I'm 45 minutes late, not too bad, right? :( The theme for these was Santa Claus is Coming to Town. For the base I used Sinful Colors Gogo Girl, I've used this polish in the past and love it, it goes on great and it is such a perfect red. Once those dried I used my black striper polish for the belt and a gold striper polish for the buckle. They aren't super Christmas-y, but I like how they turned out.



 

 

I hope that everyone has a Merry Christmas and enjoys the day with friends and family!

Check out how the other girls nails participating in the challenge turned out:

Smile for the Glam-Era! and Some Accessories

I have been so busy with the holidays lately that I just haven't had time to post and I am so sorry for that. As promised, a couple days late, here are the pictures of the Nicole by OPI nail polishes I purchased the other day.

From Left to Right: Disco Dolls, Smile for the Glam-Era!, Follow Me on Glitter, Khloe Had A Little Lam-Lam

Khloe Had A Little Lam-Lam

Follow Me On Glitter

Smile For The Glam-Era!

Disco Dolls

 

Yesterday I had the chance to try out another one of these four amazing polishes. Here is how Smile For The Glam-Era!

 

I have to say that while this polish is gorgeous on and I love the little flecks of glitter in it, the formula was awful. It would dry as I was putting the second stripe of polish on, then would start clumping up. You had to work pretty quickly and add a little more polish to the brush in order to get it to go on smoothly. Thank goodness I had my boyfriends amazing cousin, who is a manicurist, doing them for me! Like I said though, this is a gorgeous deep burgundy and I love how they turned out!

 





I also wanted to share with you another passion of mine, which is making jewelry. Here are few of many different bracelets I've made and sold. Hope you like them :)

Brown Tigers Eye beads with a black cross and rhinestone beads

 

Black triple stand CZ cross bracelet with CZ beads

Brown Tigers Eye with large Turquoise bead

Turquoise stone beads

Wrap bracelet in Onyx chip beads

Wrap bracelet with turquoise beads

 

View of the closure

Wrap bracelet with stardust beads and heart locket

View of the locket closure

Wrap bracelet with green and gold stardust beads

View of the Fleur de Lis closure

Small silver beads

Black beads with black CZ cross

Black beads with silver CZ cross and CZ beads

Turquoise beads with silver CZ cross and CZ beads

White beads with turquoise cross and gold stardust beads

Brown wooden beads with CZ cross with rhinestone spacer beads

Hope you enjoyed the mass amount of pictures and scrolling you had to do! Be sure to come back tomorrow for the Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge, tomorrow's theme is Santa Claus is Coming to Town.

Xo Brit

Nicole - Khloe had a Little Lam-Lam

So today I went to CVS to pick up a few things, and much to my surprise they were having a big sale on Nicole by OPI nail polishes, as well as a few other brands. Select polishes were on sale and the four Nicole ones I bought were 50% off! I was so excited and will be posting pictures and swatches tomorrow for you, but to hold you over I have done a mani with one of the polishes I got today. :) Unfortunately, I didn't get to 're-do' my Deck the Halls mani as I had hoped. Maybe tomorrow...

Here is Nicole by OPI Khloe had a Little Lam-Lam:

Application of this polish was a breeze! It went on so smoothly and I didn't have any bubbling like I've been having the past few times, although that might be because I switched my base coat. Either way I loved how this polish went on and loved it even more on my nail. It's such a gorgeous color, its almost like a forest green or a deep teal. I don't have any color like this in my nail polish collection and am so excited to have found such a unique color! I'm thinking I can use this color as my base and tomorrow will add on to them for the Deck the Halls nail challenge theme.

Today I also got some nail mail, well kinda... its some more of my order from Amazon. It its like 5 or 6 wheels with different rhinestones. It has all kinds of different colors, shapes, and I can't wait to post them for you and also try them! Those will be posted tomorrow, so stay tuned.

I really hope everyone had a great Tuesday and can you believe Christmas is only a week away!? So exciting!

Xo Brit

HJCC - Deck the Halls

Today is the third day of the Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge, this weeks theme is Deck the Halls. So of course I wanted to put some Christmas decorations on them!

For the nails I used Julep's Sharon, then on my ring finger for the wreath I used a dotting tool and China Glaze's Winter Holly (how appropriate :-D ). Once the wreaths were dry I added a black bow to the wreath, I wanted a red one, but it blended in with the nail color. I was going to stamp holly onto all my other nails, but the stamping plate that I most recently received wouldn't transfer the image. I was so frustrated/upset so I just threw some red and silver glitter on them. Here's how they look:

I will say that you might be seeing a different version of this tomorrow as I'm (again) not happy with the outcome. Lately my nails have been peeling nail polish off as soon as they're dry. So I want to try a different base coat then maybe do a different rendition of Deck the Halls tomorrow if time permits. Check out the other ladies who are participating in the challenge below.

I also just wanted to say Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from me Alex, Kali, and Carly

Xo Brit

Feeling A Bit Girly

For today's nails I wanted a little bit more of a girly manicure, plus I've really been wanting to use my bow rhinestones I recently got. So let's get to it!

It was a very simply manicure, I used two coats of Sally Hansen's Mint Sorbet on all my nails. Once those were dry I did a coat of SV, before the topcoat fully dried I applied my bow rhinestones to my two ring fingers. Take a look:

 

Personally I love how this manicure turned out, unfortunately it didn't last long :( . I took a shower and one of the rhinestones came off in it, so there went the pretty nails.

 

That's all for tonight.

 

Xo Brit