Monday, May 20, 2013

Scofflaw Nail Varnish- Flotsam & Jetsam

Hi everyone!

Ugh! Once again, school has gotten the best of me! It's actually to the point where it feels weird to even have nail polish on *gasp*! A bit of a back story, but I'm not allowed to wear polish to class unless I wear gloves. Gloves and facials do not really mix, hence my lack of posts! So sorry! I'm starting to get into more of a grove, and plan of having more time to swatch and such. For the moment, I have a gorgeous Scofflaw polish to show you! You can find Scofflaw Nail Varnish on Etsy as well as on Llarowe. 

So I basically stalked Esty and Llarowe for what felt like weeks before I got my hands on two Scofflow polishes right when they were released. As soon as I saw Flotsam & Jetsam, I knew it had to be mine. Minty goodness and shredded glitter?!?! What more could I ask for? Flotsam & Jetsam is a light minty, crellish polish with a beautiful turquoise shimmer. Best part about it, it has purple and turquoise shards and glitter! Application was a bit cumbersome. It took three coats to even out, and slightly flooded my cuticles. I expected to get more shards on the nail then I ended up with, but I do absolutely love the polish! I don't really think the pictures do it justice.

Three coats of Scofflaw Nail Varnish- Flotsam & Jetsam
One coat of Gelous
One coat of Poshe



 I could not figure out what Flotsam & Jetsam reminded me off, and it just dawned on me that it's the names of the eels in The Little Mermaid! I thought I would share this again because of The Little Mermaid reference LOL.


I hope everyone has an awesome week! Now I'm just going to go sing the song from The Little Mermaid for the rest of the night....thank's self.


Thursday, May 9, 2013

Stripes and Shreds

Hi everyone!

I decided to do a mani featuring some nail polish strips from the brand Nail Fraud. I received a pack of these in a Nail Art Society box awhile ago, and I wanted to do something neat with them. The Nail Fraud strips came with twenty polish strips and I only used two, so I'm sure you will see these again in the future! They come with a orange stick and file like most other brands. I honestly have no idea where you can get these besides online, but they seem to be priced similarly to other brands that are more readily available. 

I don't think the strips I received have a name, but they are horizontal black & white stripes. I decided to take a larger strip and apply it vertically. I had to use the orange stick to sort of outline the extra strip and peel it off. The edges are a bit jagged, but it's ok. I really like the combination of the stripes! I used Bettina- Sand Blast, a light gray creme and Sation- Tall, Dark, and Has Some on my pink and pointer. TDHS is a shredded blue glitter topper with black and blue hexes. I think there's a few tiny silver hexes in there to. The combination of stripes and glitter is so fun! Kinda punk-rock, no?

Nail Fraud Strips
Bettina- Sand Blast
Sation- Tall, Dark, and Has Some 
One coat of Poshe



The Nail Fraud Strips seem to be holding up, but I'm not sure how they would be without a top coat. I really do enjoy nail polish strips, and I'm definitely going to keep an eye out for some fun spring patterns!



Friday, May 3, 2013

Spring Blossoms

Hello!

First off I want to say "Hi!" to all of my new friends! I hope you all have been enjoying my blog, and I'm so glad you were excited about my giveaway! For those of you who were super excited about a little monster from Little Lazies being included in my giveaway, keep an eye out on my Facebook page for a picture of my Little Lazies collection! Thank you for supporting my blog <3

I have a super random floral nail art to show you all tonight. I started out with just a plain mani using Love & Beauty- Babyface from Forever 21. On the label this polish is called Baby Blue/ Hot Pink, but that's another story. It's a really precious, blue-gray crelly with teeny tiny black glitters, and holographic and pink hexes. I thought it needed a little something, so I got out a flat nail art brush and painted on some flower type things. I'm not entirely sure if they are flowers, but that's what I'm going with! The flowers are done with Zoya- Reagan with a bit of silver doted in the middle. 

Three coats of Love & Beauty- Babyface
Flowers with Zoya- Reagan
One coat of Poshe



I hope you all have a great weekend! Is there anything special you would like to see on my blog? Let me know!