Friday, July 27, 2012

Butter London- Trustafarian

Hello everyone! I hope everyones Friday's are going well! Today I have a polish from the new Butter London Fall 2012 collection! It's called Trustafarian and is a gorgeous pistachio green holo! Oh, do I love this polish! I was a bit confused by the name so of course I headed over to Urban Dictionary for a rough definition.This is what I got out of the definitions listed: "The word combines trust-fund with Rastafarian. A privileged white kid who subscribes to the hippie lifestyle since they have no worries about money, a job, ect. They then devote their lives to eating organic, growing dreads and smoking pot." LOL WHAT?!?! Oh Butter London, you sure know how to name 'em.

Trustafarian is seriously gorgeous! Not only does it hold its holo after a top coat, it applied opaquely in three coats. I can't stop staring at it's amazeballsness. Did I mention I only paid $4.84 for it because I had a free $10 Nordstroms gift card?!?! Officially the best polish purchase this month. Besides my custom F4 polish which you guys will see soon ;) On to the photos!

Three coats of Butter London- Trustafarian
One coat of Poshe



Gahhhh, it's so pretty! Please go buy/order this right now! You need it in your life!
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Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Reader's Choice Wednesday Featuring F4 Polish

Hi everyone! So I'm hopping this is the polish that won this weeks RCW because for some reason I couldn't see the results of the poll! Last time I had looked, this was in the lead though! The "winning" polish was Mint Chocolate Chip by F4 Polish! I love me some F4 so I was hopping it would be this! I also spiced up my mani with another F4 polish but you will see that in a bit. The ladies of F4 Polish are absolutely wonderful! You can find F4 Polish on Etsy.

Mint Chocolate Chip is spot on to its' name. It looks like yummy, minty, chocolatey ice cream on your nails. Who doesn't want that? It applied perfectly in three even coats. I was afraid that after to many coats the depth would disappear and you wouldn't see the glitter in the first layers. The "chocolate" glitter really stands out though. This was one that I kinda ordered on a whim. I wasn't sure if I would like it but I love it! My goal is to own all of the polishes F4 sells by the end of the year. It's a shameful goal. Trust me, I know LOL

Three coats of F4 Polish- Mint Chocolate Chip
One coat of Poshe




Yummy! Now on to the little extra I added to the mani! I also happen to own Neapolitan from F4, so I decided to do an accent nail! Two ice cream flavors in one mani, crazy!!!! Neapolitan is a clear based polish with tiny chocolate glitter as well as pink and white hexes. 


What do you guys think? It's yummy, right? Don't forget to vote for next week's Reader's Choice Wednesday! I hope everyone has an awesome week!

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Saturday, July 21, 2012

Lazy Days of Summer- Favorite Beach Towel

Hi everyone! Sorry for posting two LDoS challenges in a row! I was just to excited for this one because I LOVE how it turned out! Todays challenge is ment to be inspired by your favorite beach towel. The towel I chose has zebra stripes accented with multicolored stripes. I was hesitant because I've never free handed stripes and at the moment my nails are quite short. I didn't want it to turn into a jumbled mess. I seriously love the way this turned out though! I didn't even want to take it off. This might be a favorite mani I've done in quite awhile.

The base color is Maybelline- Porcelain Party. Definitely not the best white. Don't wast your money on it. I think I did about four coats. I used a random black striper polish along with Essie- Van D'Go and Play Date with Zoya- Shelby and Wednesday. I just used a thin striper brush for the colors. I wish I had taken a picture with my towel but alas, I did not. Totally my favorite challenge so far! I'm very proud of myself because it turned out so pretty! This is one of those mani's where you need to let everything dry before you top coat it or it will be smudge central.

Four coats of Maybelline- Porcelain Party
Black striper polish
Essie- Van D'Go and Play Date
Zoya- Shelby and Wednesday
One coat of Poshe



Don't forget to check out everyone else's towel mani's! Now what should I go put on my nails...hmm....

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Thursday, July 19, 2012

Lazy Days of Summer- Flip Flops

I have another LDoS post for you today! The theme for this mani was flip flops! I was jealous of the ladies who had flip flop stamping plates! I had to get a bit more creative with my design. I actually suck at stamping so it was probably for the best. I used the perfect base polish, China Glaze- Flip Flop Fantasy. It's a super neon pink! So neon my camera flipped out! Sorry ahead of time for the non color accurate photos! It's more of a true highlighter pink then my camera shows.

Flip Flop Fantasy was a hot streaky mess. I lost count at how many coats I did. I think it was around five. Thankfully it did smooth its' self out! Only two nail supplies were needed, striping tape and gems. For this particular mani I used silver for both. All you have to do is use two small pieces of striping tape to make a arrow pointing towards your cuticles. Leave a bit of nail between the tip of the point and your cuticle so you have room for the gem. Add the gem to the point and your done! Tada, you have flip flop nails! At least I think it looks pretty reminiscent of flip flops! I think they are adorable!

Five coats of China Glaze- Flip Flop Fantasy
One coat of Poshe
Striping tape and gems
One coat of Poshe



Don't forget to check out all the other super cute flip flop nails! Up next is a mani inspired by your favorite beach towel! If only I could find my favorite towel....

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Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Reader's Choice Wednesday Featuring Nail-Venturous

Hi everyone! I hope you all are having a good week! I have to be honest, today's post is going to be a bit short. I don't want to bring the atmosphere of my blog down. I generally try to be pretty light hearted with my posts but today we had to put our family cat down today because we found out she had severely progressed feline leukemia. She will be greatly missed <3 If any of you are wondering after I post this, it's not the cat in my picture. That gorgeous kitty is Millie, mine and my boyfriends furbaby.

So as you might have remembered last week's Reader's Choice Wednesday got lost in the shuffle of life. I wanted to make sure I put it up this week so hopefully it's up before midnight! Nail-Venturous- Pinkerbell was clearly the winner! I can't remember if I mentioned it in the first RCW but all the polishes I put in the poll are untrieds. When I got my Nail-Venturous order that included Pinkerbell and Floam, Floam just stole my heart. Pinkerbell got put into by untried box and semi forgotten about. I'm glad I got to finally wear it! I feel like now that there are SO many indie brands, Nail-Venturous has become a staple. For the most part, anyone who is obsessed with indies, as I am, will most likely have a Nail-Venturous polish. At the moment I believe Nail-Venturous can only be purchaced from Ninja Polish.

Pinkerbell is tiny matte blue, yellow and pink glitter in a pink tinted base. It applies kinda thick if you don't let it dry between coats. I'm not sure how to describe it, but the polish with sort of pull the polish off the nail if it's not dry. That results in huge clumps of glitter balls at the tips. Not cute. I really do love the final product though. Squishy and pretty!

Three coats of Nail-Venturous- Pinkerbell
One coat of Poshe



I'm going to be putting the new poll up after this post so be sure to get your vote in for next week! I also put up a Blog Sale tab if anyone is interested! I believe I'll be adding more to it tomorrow!

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