2/27/2013

Nebula

So I ordered a polish from Ninja Polish last week and it came in the mail a couple days ago. It is awesome!!! The name of the polish is Nebula and I gotta say that it kinda reminds me of a galaxy. It is a really pretty duochrome jelly full (and I mean FULL) of holo and duochrome glitter.

2/26/2013

#12 Let It Snow Challenge: Winter Wonderland

I am now behind in this challenge. I haven't felt motivated to polish my nails everyday. I'm sure this is very temporary. I am trying to get rid of some of the clutter around my house and I think it is overwhelming me. I am hoping that it will be finished by the weekend. 

Anyways, here is my winter wonderland mani. I decided to keep it simple. I have a cute stamp plate with a cute dog that is snow skating. As you can see, my nail on my middle finger tore and had to be cut down to severe nub status. I am cutting down the rest to match. They grow back fast enough.

2/21/2013

Cassie's Lilac Jumbo Glitter

So here is my first mani after the break. I figured out I need to try to use glitter and the repair won't show. It probably would be hard to see. I dunno. I didn't have a lot of time to test it out. Besides, I have had this Nabi polish for months and needed to use it. Good excuse right?

February Birchbox

Here is my February Birchbox. It is just okay for me. I am not excited about anything in it. I am excited that I won a contest to get a Starlooks box for free. I cancelled my Beautybox subscription because I haven't been excited about the samples I get to choose from. Hopefully I don't end up cancelling my Birchbox too. Get better please!!!


2/20/2013

Sweet Star

I am showing off a polish I threw together. I wore this a few days ago. I forgot to post it and found this a perfect opportunity to do it because I just got a bad tear below the nail line. It really hurts :( 
I think this would have looked better over a darker polish because it would probably be easier to tell the different colors. 

2/19/2013

Aurora's Eternal Beauty

It was a purple day. I am showing off another one of the Color Club Halo Hues. This one is Eternal Beauty from the 2013 set. I really like the shade of purple. I decided to show off another polish I recently got which is Zoya Aurora. These pics are taken under indoor lighting... imagine how they would look outside :)


2/16/2013

Starring Kismet

This is amazing... SUNSHINE!!! I was actually able to take pics in the sun to show off the holo effect. I am trying to show off each of the 12 Halo Hues I have. 

February Ipsy bag

I gotta say that Ipsy just keeps sending me great items. I love this subscription! This month, it's time to get "Red Carpet Ready" with your star-worthy products from Coastal Scents, MicaBeauty, Lash Card, Pixi, and POP. 

2/14/2013

#11 Let It Snow Challenge: Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day! I hope everyone had a great day. Here is my actual Valentine's day mani. I didn't want a lot of pink since my last few mani have been mostly pink. I had so many ideas and just didn't want to clutter my nails with too much. I got hearts, kissy lips, and a written excerpt about love. 

2/13/2013

Beyond Broken Hearted

Here is a quick post. Tomorrow is Valentine's Day and so I am showing off a mani full of pink and hearts. I have a few ideas and thought I would showcase them in the next few days. 

So I applied two coats of Color Club Beyond to all my fingers except my ring finger. Beyond is one of the 2013 Halo Hues. It is a black rainbow :). I used OPI I'm Indi-a Mood for Love for my ring finger. I painted China Glaze Broken-Hearted on my pointer, middle, and pinky fingers.

I grabbed my blue painters tape and heart shaped hole punch. I punched a bunch of holes in the tape, applied the tape, and painted polish over it. I used Beyond over I'm Indi-a Mood for Love and vice versa.


This pic was taken indoors with regular lighting. I really hate how much the holo polish is dulled. I wish it was sunny out :(

Another indoors pic.

I used the flashlight from my phone for this pic. I really wanted to show off some of the holo effect. I can say that this looks way better in sunlight from other Color Club Halo Hues polishes I own. 

Here is a close up of my thumb. I guess I needed to clean up my hearts a little bit. Oh well. They look perfect in real life. It's not like anyone who sees them is looking at them that closely.


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2/12/2013

'Lectric Pink

So here is one of my creations. It is a nice raspberry pink jelly filled with fuchsia pink hex glitter and purple iridescent slices. I love the pop of purple from the strips. So I thought I would name it 'Lectric Pink. Cute right?

2/09/2013

No More Copperhead

I bought a new polish from Sally Hansen Copperhead because it was on clearance at Rite Aid. It is from their Luster Shine line. That means it shift colors. This one shifts from a copper to purple. How awesome is that? I wasn't too excited with the two others I had bought but this was only $2.49 so I had to pick it up. I am such the clearance shopper. You should see all the goodies I bought from Sally's today. They are having their 50% off clearance plus if you spend $3, you get a free Orly polish from the old packaging. Anyways, I got off track from what this post is actually about. 

2/07/2013

Lovin' on Cloud Nine

So here is a cute mani with holographic hearts. I actually wasn't going to do hearts but needed a stamp image that would really show off Color Club Cloud Nine which I used for the stamping polish. I ran across this one and thought it was just so cute. 

2/06/2013

#10 Let It Snow Challenge: Hot Chocolate

So this is my rendition of hot chocolate on my nails. I think my mani does look like it though I should have added some marshmallows. Gotta have marshmallows in hot chocolate!!! I tried to make my thumb and ring finger look like the top of the hot chocolate with the little bit of foam.

2/04/2013

Crumpet's New 31 Day Challenge: Day 31

Recreate someone else's mani from earlier in the challenge. This one ended up being easy since I missed my chance to show off my OPI Liquid Sand polish and Ana from Posh Nail Art showed hers off. Now I get to do just that :) I don't have the same color though I wish I did. I'll tell you why later.

Crumpet's New 31 Day Challenge: Day 30

The theme of my mani here is my own favorite technique. I really love using polishes that I have made in some way. I also love gradient manis. This one includes both.

Crumpet's New 31 Day Challenge: Day 29

This mani is inspired by a blogger. I chose to do Chevron Nails done by Nail Nerd. I think Nail Nerd has so many great manis and ideas. You should definitely check out her blog! Link is below. Anyways, I decided to change up the colors since it is February now. I hope that is ok. It is almost Valentine's day after all :)

2/03/2013

Crumpet's New 31 Day Challenge: Day 28

My favorite color is green which is the theme for Day 28. I decided to do a mani using the fan brush method. I have tried this before and love the effect. I used a different brush than before so the brush strokes look a bit different.

Crumpet's New 31 Day Challenge: Day 27

I found a nice surprise when I started painting my nails with my new Pretty & Polished Spring Fling polish. This came in the grab bag and I hadn't tested it until now. I had no idea it was a color changing polish which is completely awesome since it is my favorite color. The theme for this mani is inspired by me.

Crumpet's New 31 Day Challenge: Day 26

The theme here is a mani inspired by my country. I wanted to try something new and different. I haven't done a ruffian. I was actually suprised how easily I managed to create it without messing up.

#9 Let It Snow Challenge: Snowman

Well I am sad that I couldn't really even attempt to create a real snowman this winter. It hasn't really snowed. Luckily, I don't need snow for this mani. For those who were wondering where I've been, I waited a week so Valentine's Day mani actually happens during the same week.

2/02/2013

Harp On It

This is a quick post to show off Color Club Harp On It. I am using it as a base color in a couple manis I'll be posting tomorrow. This one is the silver holo polish from their Halo Hues collection.

I applied two coats for a fully opaque finish. I love holo polishes but especially love the linear holo polishes like this one :) I wish it was sunny out to take pics because they would really sparkle.



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Crumpet's New 31 Day Challenge: Day 25

Well this one was really hard to do. I couldn't decide what to paint on my nails. At first I was thinking about Southpark but that was after high school which reminded me how old I am.I went all the way back to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I used to love that show. Michelangelo was my fav :)

2/01/2013

Angel Overboard

I decided to take a one day break, which was yesterday, from posting. I still have to finish my 31 day challenge which I hope to have done by the end of the weekend. I also have to do a mani for the Let It Snow challenge. It was kind of nice doing something without a theme.