Statement Necklaces & Bold Nails

Tonight's post is about the a big fashion statement right now - statement necklaces! I absolutely love this trend, it's so fun and lets you experiment more with colors. I just recently ordered another one that I'm obsessed with off of Hautelook.com

Jade & gold; purchased on Hautelook.com

 

Black & gold; purchased at Charming Charlie

 

Black & Gold bubble necklace; purchased on Hautelook

 

Has anyone ever been to a Charming Charlie store? We don't have one where I live, but my mom does so any time I go to visit I'm sure to go there. It is an accessory haven! It has everything you could imagine and every color you could image! I could seriously spend an entire day there, it is just an incredible store, plus the prices are pretty reasonable. I just love these necklaces as that something extra you want to add to your outfit. They can really help complete an item and take it to that next level.

 

 

On top of some great accessories I have an awesome mani for you today!

 



 

 

For this mani I used China Glaze's Turned Up Turquoise, the formula is what you can exprect from China Glaze, it goes on great and smooth. However, once it dried it was a matte finish, which it didn't say that on the bottle anywhere. I then added Venique's Twinkling Glitter to all of my nails for a little extra punch. I absolutely love how they turned out! What do you think?

 

 

Xo Brit

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



Champagne Kisses

This is going to be a really quick short post as today was a busy day and I'm exhausted!

I joined Julep's Become a Maven earlier last week and my package came in today! I was so excited, more nail mail! :)

Here is what came in my first Julep nail mail:

It came packaged so cute and I'm so excited to try the glitter pots and the nail polishes. I've already tried the cuticle oil and that stuff is Ah-mazing! Already addicted!

Today I had to go to the doctor's office so afterwards I decided to run to Big Lots because I was looking for some sort of organizational storage for all my nail supplies. I found this little beautyfor only $25:

 

It's perfect and holds all my nail polishes, tools, remover, stamping plates, etc in one place! I've already organized it by brand and between each brand it is color coordinated. Can you say OCD??

I decided to add some bling to last nights mani as it was pretty bland. Here is how it turned out:

This is one coat of China Glaze's Champagne Kisses over two coats of Venique's Full-On Brogue with no top coat. I am absolutely in L-O-V-E with this polish. The glitter is just gourgeous and there is so much depth to it. I feel like it is the perfect polish to add to any manicure, whether you do a full on glitter bomb, which is what I did, or just add a little glitter to the tips of you nails. Its just simply gorgeous!

Anyways off to bed to try to de-stress from the day. Hope everyone had a great start to their week!


XoXo
Brittany

First Nail Mail Post

I'm already off to a bad start as I have been MIA on my blog the past two days. My apologies, but I promise I have some great pictures for you as I got my first nail mail on Friday. I also went to the beauty supply store with my boyfriends cousin today and picked up a ton of nail polish.

WARNING: post is pic heavy!

Before I get to the pictures I need to tell you about this amazing site I discovered about a year ago. It's called Hautelook.com and it is Ah-mazing! It is a Nordstrom Company and is a members-only shopping website that offers limited-time sale events with top brands in women's and men's fashion, jewelry and accessories. I have gotten soo many great finds on that website, most recently this little beauty that came in Friday along with my nail mail.





Onto my nail mail.

I ordered Mash's stamping plates 26-50, the stamper and scrape, a set of 5 dotting tools, and 12 color round nail art rhinestones. Here is a pic of my purchase:

Friday night I decided to play a little with the stamping plates and I must say for such a simple thing it was very hard and frustrating!! Either my stamp wouldn't fully transfer of there would be a ton of excess polish and the stamp would turn out awful. I got very frustrated and gave up. I took a couple of pictures, but am refusing the post them as they are very imbarrassing and I'm sure a small child could do a better job than I did. On Thursday night I convinced Alex to come with me to CVS for a nail polish run and picked up 8 nail polishes as they were having a sale. Here's what I picked up:

Left to right - Rain Check, SaGreena the Teenage Witch, New Years Kiss, Sparkles, & Gray's Anatomy

 

 



 Left to right - Black MambaTazmanian Devil, & Permission to Proceed

 

 

Here's a mani I did last night with Spoiled's Black Mamba and two coats of Confetti Tazmanian Devil:

Please excuse the chipped nails as this was taken tonight :)

 

Now onto today's score!! I was so excited because I got to go to the beauty supply store and get OPI, China Glaze, and other pricey polishes for a lot less! Here's my lot I brought home :)

 

 

Venique - Platinum Pointies, Hurray Huarache, Full-On Brogue, Wrapped in Jewels, Spike-It!, Peep Toe Shoe

China Glaze - Turned Up Turquoise, Winter Holly, Thataway, Champagne Kisses

 

 

OPI - DS Magic, DS Bold, Goldeneye

 

 

For tonight's manicure I really wanted to try out Venique as I had never heard of the brand and wanted to see if the polishes went on nice. I chose Full-On Brogue and I'm so happy I did! It went on so nicely and the color is just gorgeous, I especially love it for fall.

 

Check it out:

 



 







I'm off to go get ready for Revenge! If anyone has any tips for stamping I am all ears! Hope you all had a great weekend!

 

XoXo

Brittany