Joy

For tonight's post I really wanted to try out one of my polishes I received in last month's Julep Maven Box. This one is called Joy and I'm pretty certain I posted pictures of it last night. It went on so amazingly smooth and the color is just gorgeous! It's a perfect color for spring and also just adds that feminine touch to an outfit. My best friend is getting married in May and this weekend is her bridal shower and this will definitely be my polish of choice for the weekend. What do you think of the color?

 

 Kali really wanted to make an appearance in tonight's post (sorry for my appearance, it is late lol). Isn't she adorable though? My little poser!

Hope everyone is having a great week so far!

 

 

 

XoXo

Brit

Making Up for Lost Time

First and foremost, I need to apologize to my blog and my readers - I am SO immensely sorry that I have neglected you so much for the past 2 months. :( Please find it in your hearts to forgive me. Hopefully after you finish reading my post you will look past my neglection and will forgive me.

While I have been MIA from my blog, I have not stopped doing my nails or taking pictures of the manicures I've been doing. So today I want to share with you just a few different looks I did as well as quite a few new nail polishes I've picked up in the mean time.

For this first mani I wanted to add a little sparkle (of course, who doesn't like sparkle?!). For my middle and ring finger I used Essie's Set in Stones, I've had my eye on this polish for quite some time now and finally decided to get it and I'm sure glad I did. It is gorgeous!! For my remaining fingers I used Essie's Turquoise & Caicos, which is a gorgeous turquoise blue and goes on amazing! Here's the finally result:



  My next mani was a polish that I have been on the hunt for everywhere!! I've been wanting a really gorgeous emerald green and the other day Alex and I were at Target when I spotted it. I about screamed with excitement! When I found out it was on sale for only $3 I screamed some more :) Anyways since it's such a gorgeous color I wanted to just leave it alone and not add any nail art or anything to it. Its by Revlon and called Posh, so fitting!

Now the remaining pictures are just some poloshes that I've picked up in the last couple weeks:

Left to Right - Essie Set in Stones, Nicole by OPI Luke of the Draw, Sally Hansen Golden Rule

Essie Set in Stones

Nicole by OPI Luke of the Draw

Sally Hansen Golden Rule

 

Julep - Freedom Top Coat, Leila, Joy

 

Julep Freedom Top Coat

 

Julep Leila

Julep Joy

China Glaze Electric Pineapple, Water You Waiting For

China Glaze Water You Waiting For

China Glaze Electric Pineapple

Spoiled Let's Get Sushi, Revlon Posh

Spoiled Let's Get Sushi

 

Since this post was so pic heavy I'm going to end on that note. I am hoping sometime this week to post another makeup tutorial, this one is going to be about contouring your face, which is my new obsession!

 

 

XoXo

Brit

ABC Challenge - B is for Bows

Did everyone love my post?? It was supposed to show last night, but for some reason it didn't Publish... maybe I just didn't hit the button.

I am again a couple days late for the ABC Challenge, not starting out well am I? I debated for a long time as to what I was going to do for the letter B. First, I was going to do blue, then I thought bubbles, then I thought blue AND bubbles, but because of my procrastination someone got to it first. :( I decided to go with a tried and true... bows. I know I've already posted two other manicures with my rhinestone bows, but I just LOVE them so much and I've really been wanting to do a mani with this lilac colored bow. For the nail polish I used Julep's Toni then placed a bow on both ring fingers. Here's how it turned out:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

These rhinestones never fail me! They are an easy go to and just add that extra something.

 

On another note, Alex and I ran to Walgreens to pick me up some more medicine because I'm sick as a dog, and I saw these Essie Sleek Stick nail appliques. Can I just say that they have the most amazingly cute designs, unfortunately Alex told me I could only get one (someone has to keep me under control!) so here's what I chose:

 

 

Of course I had to take my polish off and re-do my mani! Duh! (just channeled my inner valley girl)

 

 

I definately love how they turned out, but I must say I am still a huge fan of my imPRESS nails since I feel that they are more adherent and 'protect' your natural nail more. Also with the Essie nail appliques I feel like they would lift a lot easier and peel when they got wet, whether it be showering or washing your hands. I will check back in tomorrow to update on how well they last through the day. Overall, very cute cute designs and easy manicure for a night out or special occassion.

 

 Hope everyone has a great Friday night!!

Xo Brit



Happy New Years Eve!

Happy New Years everyone!!

I hope everyone is having a great and safe New Years and spending it with their loved ones! For tonights manicure I am using China Glaze's Elephant Walk, which I picked up yesterday, along with Glitter All the Way. I picked Glitter All the Way because reminds me of confetti that falls in Times Square.

I also got my Julep Maven box today, in it I received Grace, Madison, and a Hand and Cuticle Stick.

Goodnight and Good bye 2012!!

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 - 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

A Little Nail Mail for the Polish Hoarders Soul

So for tonight's post I'm posting my nail mail that I received last week and over the weekend. For my first nail mail I ordered as part of Julep's 12 Days of Christmas their Gold Glamor Mystery Clutch as well as Hilary. The mystery clutch cost $29.99 and you received about $200-$300 worth of product, from what they said online. Here's what I got:

 

 

Sooo funny side note, as I was writing this post I went to go upload my first image to my post and was like, "Wow, Blogger got a new image uploader", a whole new window popped up and it just looked very weird and was a pain in the butt. Then once the picture finally loaded it was all in code, and I was like crap I don't know coding that well, how could they do that!?!? Then, here comes the big kicker, I realized I was in HTML rather than Compose. Stupid me... Now back to my Mystery Clutch.

 



Kathleen

Nora - Matte Suede Finish

Hilary, which didn't come in the Mystery Bag

Sharon

 

Contents: The gorgeous gold sequin bag, which I forgot to take a picture of. Two glitter pots. Sharon. Nora, which is a Matte Suede Finish. Kathleen. Hands and Face Lotion. Lastly Age Defying Hand Brightener.

 

For our next piece of nail mail I made a late night large order, which I didn't remember most of what I ordered, on Amazon. I haven't received the entire order yet, but here is what I have received:

 

 

 ** Above images courtesy of Amazon.com

 





 

For the image plates, they don't have a name they just are called Nail Art Stamping Image Plates and I got plates OB28, QA19, KD1 Kitty, & KD12. I also got the wheel with the pearl bow rhinestones which I am totally in L-O-V-E with and cannot wait to use them!

 

I also had some time today to do a mani so I decided I really really wanted to try out my new Julep polish, Nora, with the Matte Suede Finish. Here's how they look and excuse the short nails please as majority of them have broken! :(

 



 

 

 

 

Application of this polish was gread it went on smooth and only needed two coats, could have probably gotten away with one, but I just wanted two for good measure. I was very suprised by how well it went on and how well it dried as it was my first Matte Polish I've used. I do, however, have one small complaint. I painted my nails today in the afternoon and by the time I had gotten back to the gym they were all chipped, some of them pretty badly. I don't know if it's because I didn't use a topcoat, which I wanted to keep the matte finish. I think next time I use this polish I will seal it with a matte finish top coat for extra measure. Thoughts on this polish?

 

 

Well I think I have posted plenty of photos for one day and have written plenty so I'm off to bed. Hope you all had a great day today and are getting ready for Christmas!

 

Xo Brit