Manicure Monday: Spring Pastels

Monday greetings lovely Spring flowers. I hope you all had a terrific weekend, enough terrificness to carry over to combat this Monday blue. Those four days after the weekend is always the hardest to get through, but I'm sure we can make it. Right guys? Right!

For those who aren't already aware, Spring officially begun on March 20th, a mere three days ago. When Spring is mentioned, pastels automatically jump into mind. For me at least. :) Although I don't necessarily follow the "only wear dark shades" during the Fall/Winter, I still do look forward to Spring/Summer to finally rightfully sport pastels and bright neons. And that is just what I did this week. I've been sporting dark colors way too often lately so it is definitely time.

SPRING IS HERE, SO LET'S BRING ON THE PASTELS!

Manicure Monday: Sapphire Siren

Monday greetings you lovely people! :) I hope you all had a terrific weekend. Oh glorious weekend came and left like a whirlwind, and here we are back at Monday once again. But fret not, we are only four days away from the next weekend. LOL.

When Monday rolls around, basically the only reason that makes Monday manageable is that I get to switch up my manicure for the week. Yay for keeping it consistent!

Winter is nearing the end and this week's dark color is a farewell gesture. Technically Spring will not start until the 21st of March, but considering how next week is St. Patrick's Day, my nails will have something to do with that. After that, bring in the pretty pastels and lively vibrants because Spring will be in full Spring. Who is excited??

Manicure Monday: Harem by Illamasqua

Hello, hello my Monday blue jays. :P How are you all fending off this Monday? Two words for me, Manicure Monday.

Yep, it is that time of week again when I say "screw everything" and just dedicate a bit of time to do my nails. Because even if it is just for a brief moment, I am able to do something I thoroughly enjoy and just forget about everything else. It has been one heck of a week and a very eventful weekend. Life as I know it will dramatically change and I'll say it right now, it will be very stressful. Buuut, let's keep being optimistic and keep those negative feels far from the blog. :)

I finally got around to this Illamasqua Nail Varnish I picked up months ago. I was originally gonna wait until Spring, but what the heck, it is technically Spring/Summer here in the AZ already. And since last week, I had bright, semi-complex nails, I just wanted to go for nice, clean cut, basic nails.

 

If y'all can't tell, I trimmed my nails short again. I've been preferring this over long nails, or even medium length at that. It's just so low maintenance, I love it!

Manicure Monday: Haze of Love

Monday greetings my loves! I hope you all had a great weekend. I had a very productive, yet awesome weekend so I can't complain really. :P

Who watched the Superbowl yesterday?? Maaaaan, wasn't that halftime show just freaken AMAZING?! Katy Perry was just perfect... Her makeup, her outfits, those shoes,  her stages, those backup dancer sharks. Hahaha, everything was awesome! Oh, and also good game too.

Back to business, today is Monday, also known as the day I switch up my nails. Welcome to another Manicure Monday post!! :D This week, I had a veeeeeeeery special someone help me pick out the shade. Said person picked "maroon" and maroon it shall be. Now, I am bad with colors but does maroon and the current color of the year, marsala kinda looks the same? Kinda? Maybe...?

 You be the judge. I'd say this is close enough and could be passed as being the color of the year manicure. LOL.

Manicure Monday: A Heart of "Jazzy Jade"

Hello, hello to you all. How are y'all doing on this Monday? Sooo yeah, y'all keep warm and be safe in this bipolar weather alright? Besides the blizzard in the northeast, AZ is actually experiencing a gloomy day ourselves, nothing too extreme but nonetheless something different.

So it is Monday, regulars would know what Monday means on my blog. LOL. Another week, another manicure. Last week, I sported blue nails, link is provided if you haven't already seen it; this week, this pretty jade color caught my eyes as I was going through my nail colors.

Isn't it just the most gorgeous shade of jade??? But of course, a simple white heart to contrast. :D

Manicure Monday: "Into the Blue" With You

I am definitely feeling the Monday blues today... Into the Blue that is, which are on my nails! :P No seriously though, anyone feeling blue? Because cheer up y'all, Mondays aren't the most favorite days of the week but it's just a day and we're already over it. So over it. :)

Manicure this week is blue because I had just received this gorgeous Nail Lacquer by Probelle in my January iPsy bag. Since I have no planned manicure for this week, this nail color came jussssssst in time.

This is by no mean a review... yet. I do hope that this manicure will last me until next, next week so I can give y'all a one week update. We shall see how well this nail color will fare on its own for a whole week. Testing out nail colors and trying out new brands is definitely a favorite past time of mine.

So let's see what we have here...

Manicure Monday: Many Shades of Purple

Hello all and Monday greetings! I was gonna wish you a happy Monday but I highly doubt that was true. Haha. I mean, I can't complain about my Monday but I'd much rather it be the weekend still. Just a heads up, I probably won't go anywhere this week because I have to babysit my baby cousin all of this week. I am great with children, but it's one thing to care for them at home then taking them out. This little one is two months shy of being 2 years old so she is one heck of a hand full.

She took a reeeeeeeally long nap earlier so I was able to do my nails real quick. I was so tempted to just do a simple, classic manicure but what the hey... Let's just risk her getting up. :P But don't get me wrong, I didn't do anything extravagant either, just kinda added a bit pizzazz from the norm manicures.

Okay, here we go before she wakes up and cries for her parents. LOL.

Manicure Monday: "Mr. Right Now" is "A True Romantic" detailed

Hello everyone and I wish you all a great Tuesday. Hope that all is going well for you all as well. Only the best wishes for my readers.

So yesterday I finally uploaded the post that I was asked to do a month ago. I am behind on a lot of materials, and I know excuses aren't going to make any difference but I promise you, once this dark time is over, I will be back with 200% effort and 300% dedication.

If any of you somehow missed it, I did a guide on how to Winterize your nails yesterday. My 6 step guide on how to keep our nails clean and healthy over the long, dreary Winter months.

Today, however, I will go into details about this week's manicure using Sephora by OPI and Julep Nail Colors.

How To Winterize Your Nails - Julep Exclusive Guide

Hello Monday my pretty blog explorers! Hope the beginning of the week is treating you well. For a few, this is actually the first day back from a very long break, I can only imagine how long and tedious this day is. But fret not! Now that we are home, it's time to pamper ourselves with a nice calming manicure. Does that calm you or is it just me?

So a while back, I teased an exclusive tutorial from Julep but I never actually got around to it until today. I actually attempted the guide twice but I was not completely satisfied with the results so I ended up scrapping it. Since today is the first manicure related post of 2015, I figured it should be a great idea to finally get to it.

So to brief y'all what this is about, I was contacted by a rep of Julep about a month ago; I am amongst the few beauty bloggers chosen for this special project. For the record, this is NOT a sponsored post. I will indeed inform y'all if I ever do a sponsored post, I would not lie about that. This is just a campaign Julep has going on, on how to maintain our nails during the Winter time. I was sent this tutorial guide and was asked to create my own guide, with my own products using the tutorial. With that said, everything mentioned in this post are all bought by my own money and was NOT sent anything. This is also not a review post so I will not be talking about anything except for the steps.

 If you are interested to see what Julep and myself have in store for you, please click the link below to view more. Happy manicure. :)

Manicure Monday: Dream On Matte

Hi, hi, hiii! Hope all is well. As we continue on with our daily lives, I hope that everyone still have the Sewol ferry tragedy and the still missing MH370 flight in your thoughts and prayers.  We could use a miracle right about now. With all the unfortunate news surrounding us everyday, it makes me cherish life and appreciate everything, even the little things so much more. I hate that it takes such tragedies to make me realize that again, but it's never too late. Thank you for being born, thank you for being alive and please remain healthy.  

Welcome to another Manicure Monday all! Last week, I went Back to Basics with simple light pink and pale blue, topped off with subtle shimmers. I love pastels but after looking at something light like that for a whole week, I wanted to go bold this week. I didn't want to go too dark, because ya know, it is still Spring after all. But I also want to stay away from light shades and pastels this week. Something in-between...

Sinful Colors in Dream On (Matte finish)
Ulta Salon Formula Nail Lacquer in Boogie NightsSally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure  in Twinkle Toes-ty

Something bold yet bright like this b-e-a-utiful fuchsia, matte finish polish by Sinful Colors. Love Sinful Colors, but you already knew that; also love matte nails, you didn't know that until now. :P As much as I love it, I don't usually wear matte nails because they don't last as long. One or two days in, the tips start chipping which I do not like one bit.

All matte nails are kinda boring. To jazz it up a little, I accented my index (pointer) fingers in glitter polish topped with glitter bits. It has to contrast with the matte finish from the rest of the nails. Gold looks great with any color, it's so versatile , but I especially love how good this gold glitters works with the fuchsia shade.

Thank you for visiting and thanks a bunch for reading! :)

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Man Crush Monday, K-Pop Idol Band

CN Blue - South Korean idol band under FNC Entertainment that consists of four (extremely handsome) members

Jung Yonghwa - 24, Leader, Rhythm Guitar, Main Vocal, Rap
Lee Jonghyun - 23, Lead Guitar, Vocal
Kang Minhyuk - 22, Drum, Vocal
Lee Jungshin - 22, Bass, Rap

Manly Minhyuk, rawr! ;)

Cute-as-a-Button Minhyuk