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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.
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??
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.
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
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. :)
**I apologize for this late post. Although I composed this entry yesterday, I was preoccupied and had forgotten to schedule the publishing. So instead of doing a double published, I will publish this as yesterday's post as it was meant to be. I apologize for the confusion.**
Hello everyone... I hope you are all doing well. As for myself, I am typing up this post with an extreme heavy heart. If you are a regular, you may have remembered that back on the first of September, my non-related Grandmother had just passed. This morning, I was just informed that my paternal grandmother had just passed away in Vietnam. But more on that in a bit, I don't want to bring this entire post down.
Anyways, I had placed an order on Hautelook when I saw that Illamasqua was part of the event. I've heard many, many great things about this brand of nail lacquer and figured that I will be paying more than half the original price, I should pick up one or two to try out. Unfortunately, I was late for the event as it was nearing the end so all the desirable shades were all sold out. I was however, able to pick up one shade that I am really, really in love with.
Monday greetings everyone!! Last Monday of 2014, which coincidentally also means the last Manicure Monday post of 2014. Yep, just like that, another year is coming to an end and a new year is about to begin. Bitter sweet to see 2014 go and 2015 come, but so is life.
In honor of the last Monday, I wanted to use today's post to basically go through all of the manicures that happened this year. If you have some time, please feel free to go though the list. Let me know which ones you like; any you'll try out yourself?
I will post this week's manicure tomorrow or Wednesday, I know, it will be a late post but we gotta do what we gotta do. With that that said, after this post, I will see you all back here for another Manicure Monday official post in 2015.
Monday greetings to all my lovely Autumn blossoms. :) And just how are you all doing on this lovely Autumn day? The weather has really gotten cold Bundle up and keep warm my pretties! Don't want y'all to catch a cold now.
If you are a regular to my blog, you'll already know this but if you're a browser or a new follower, Monday's are usually, always manicure related. I usually switch up my nails on Monday and do a post entry about it. It's been a good while but today's entry will be an update rather than a new manicure. Why might you ask? Well, take a looksy below and you can probably understand why I couldn't bring myself to remove this manicure.
Yes, what you see here is not fresh paint, nope. This is one week old nails WITHOUT a top coat.
This is my first time using Pop Beauty's nail color so I didn't know what to expect. Usually, when I try out a new brand of nail color for the first time, I risk it and do not use top coats, for obvious reasons. I usually don't do update posts, not unless the nail color deserves recognition as an outstanding nail color. In my opinion, Pop Beauty does deserve a shout out! From the formula to the application to the long wearing, everything is a thumbs up in my book. I am glad I was able to pick this up from Hautelook for only $3. I will definitely keep my eyes on Hautelook for the next Pop Beauty event.
Pop Beauty Nail Glam Nail Polish in Pink Popsicle Sephora By OPINail Color in It’s Bouquet With Me
Just a reminder of how the fresh manicure looked like last week…
Not much of a difference I dare say. With the exception of my nails growing and the slight chipping at the tip. For the most part, no fading, no major chipping or anything of that sort. I think it is rather important to mention that I did NOT apply a top coat to this manicure, so all the props goes to Pop Beauty. I did however use a base coat, so for what it’s worth, the combination of drug store nail colors I used all can last for more than a week.
If you are interested in how I created this manicure, please feel free to visit my manicure post from last week called Pink Popsicle; just clicky click on the link and it should take you to said post.
That shall be it for today. Enjoy the rest of your night. As always, much appreciation for your visits and taking time to read. Enjoy the rest of your day now my pretties. Please do come back real soon. :)
Hello pretties, all my pretties, you pretties. Hahaha. I am in such a great mood today and I am not sure why! And I frankly don't need to know why!! :D
Switched up my nails today to a pretty pink. Pink is my happy color. I either wear it because I am in a great mood or I wear it to put me in a great mood. Today's choice of pink is called Pink Popsicle and it's from Pop Beauty. This is the first time I am using this ever since ordering it from Hautelook a while ago. I actually did a post about it, click here if you're interested.
I also used a glitter top coat from Sephora by OPI that I also ordered from Hautelook. You can also check that out above! :)
Pop Beauty Nail Glam Nail Polish in Pink PopsicleSephora By OPINail Color in It's Bouquet With Me
Sally Hansen Diamond Strength Diamond Shine Base & Top Coat
Pink Popsicle is a pretty pale pink shade. It is not too pale that it is almost white, but not too pink that it is bubble pink. Which is great because I own nothing like this shade. It is truly very beautiful.
The formula is very creamy and more on the runny side. Ya know how some nail colors can be a bit too thick and makes the application so much harder? Well this applies like a dream. Two thin coats and it is good to go. The shin is amazing as well; what you see in the pics above are its own shine, no top coat necessary. Dry time takes about 15 minutes for the first coat, and about half an hour for the second coat.
I am not really liking the glitter formula from Sephora by OPI, it is too watery for my liking. Unlike nail colors, I prefer my glitters to be more thick. This is not by any means a bad glitter; I can definitely use it for other things.
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Hello Monday everyone!! How was your first Monday back to work after a looooooong, food-filled weekend? Haha. :P On the bright side, we are now in December, the last month of 2014 already. 20 days until it is officially Winter and 24 days away from Christmas. It's all happening so fast it feels so surreal.
I've said it before and I'll say it again, it was one heck of a weekend for me. Shopping, dinners, gatherings, everything threw my sleeping cycle out of whack and I could not sleep for the life of me last night. I literally laid there wide eyed, staring at my ceiling then as I drift to sleep, I somehow jerk up and cannot fall asleep again. That, mixed with tossing and turn and the lack of getting comfortable. I probably slept no more than two hours combined so needless to say, I am running on no sleep and zero patience. Imma further tire myself out by killing myself working out. Hopefully that's enough to make me just pass out tonight.
Anyways, it's Monday so y'all already know what day it is!! Yep, time to switch them manicures up! It was one heck of a task to accomplished, I've realized if you are as dead tired as I was. Since it is December, I felt festive and wanted red talons. I ordered a bunch of Sephora by OPI nail colors from Hautelook on several occasions and I have yet to even use all of the shades. Amongst the shades was a deep, cool-tone red called Mr. Right Now which caught my eyes when I was going through the nail colors. And that is what I used today. :)
Sephora by OPINail Color in Keep Me On My Mistletoes&Mr. Right Now
Sally Hansen Diamond Strength Diamond Shine Base & Top Coat
In person, the shade is a cool-tone red shade but from these pictures, they appear to be a warm red. Either way, the shade is super gorgeous, wouldn't you say so? I figured having red on all ten fingers might be too boring so I used a gold for my accent fingers.
Both shades required two coats to appear even and streak free. As always, I did two thin coats, allowing each coat to fully dry before applying another, which did not take long at all, maybe 10 minutes tops.
After my nails were all beautifully applied, it still looked kinda plain so I dipped a toothpick into Keep Me On My Mistletoes and created a free-hand bow on my thumb. I should have stopped there but I went a step further and created several red bows on my gold accent nail.
I did not apply any top coat to these nail colors. The shine you see is all Sephora by OPI nail color's shine.
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Happy Monday all! D-3 until Thanksgiving!! Who else is counting down? LOL. Just thinking about the food is enough to make my mouth water... Ahhh... It'll be so worth it though. :P
As always, Mondays are for manicures and this week is no exception. I wanted to keep the Thanksgiving theme but not be too serious about it nor go all cray-cray neither. Whenever I think of Thanksgiving, turkeys immediately jump into mind, followed by the Cornucopia and pumpkins and all that stuff afterward. But a turkey though... the one still alive and gobbling away, not the one that's set as the centerpiece on Thanksgiving day. LOL. So that's where I got my inspiration from. I know that turkeys do not have color tail feathers... I am actually afraid to look at a real turkey. They're so scary and they look mean! But remembering back to elementary school, whenever this time of year rolled around, we would make turkeys using our hands, the fingers are the tail feathers and we would color them in right beautiful colors. Ahh, good times.
Without further adieu, I'll like to introduce y'all to Thanksgiving the Turkey and all his bright tail feathers. Haha. Gobble, gobble.
He looks like a deer in headlights all shocked and wide eyes. Haha. I totally did not mean to do that. I am not complaining though, I think it adds character to Thanksgiving the Turkey. :D
Nirvana, Cover Me In Petals, What's Your Sign?, IM Beauty, 24 Karat, Rise & Shine, Big Apple Red
TURKEY - Sinful Colors ProfessionalsNail Color in Nirvana ORANGE- Sephora by OPINail Color in Cover Me In Petals&What's Your Sign? YELLOW - Sephora by OPINail ColorIM Beauty&Sinful Colors ProfessionalNail Color in 24 Karat GREEN - Sinful Colors ProfessionalsNail Color in Rise & Shine RED - NYC Long Wearing Nail Enamel in Big Apple Red
Sally Hansen Diamond Strength Diamond Shine Base & Top Coat
I applied two thin coats of each nail colors for every one of my nails. As for the top glitter coats, I applied only one thin coat. And that's it. Very simple and easy but it shall entice the children on Thanksgiving day. LOL.
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Monday greetings dearest...est! :P Hope y'all had a wonderful weekend. I sure as heck did, still trying to recuperate as of now and I spent all day yesterday pampering myself. LOL.
Now that we are officially in November, let's declare it Holiday Season already. Well, technically it started on the 31st of October, but shush shush. Thanksgiving is only weeks away, followed by Black Friday. Oh man, Black Friday, it is SO on! Ever since November started, I guess Arizona felt left behind or something, but the temperature dramatically dropped. We are now in the mid-70s to high-60s and lemme tell ya, it is CHILLY!! Light sweaters must come out to play now. Ahhhh, super excited to be switching gear to Fall/Winter fashions. I mean, short gal here loves my shorts, but jeans and sweaters, well... Haha.
Annnnywho, after my extravagant manicure last week, I decided to tone things down a bit this week. I trimmed my nails short to grow it out again. I dunno about y'all, but after having my nails long for too long, I not only get bored with the length, but my nails become weaker. So maybe once every two or so month, I trim them short to start the process all over again. I think it's fun to experiment with all sort of nail length.
Wet N Wild Mega Last Salon Nail Color in On A Trip Wet N Wild Color Icon Toppings Collection in Icing Backup
Sally Hansen Diamond Strength Diamond Shine Base & Top Coat
For this week, I decided to go with purple, a more vibrant shade of purple because I didn't feel too dark. LOL. I then topped it off with a glitter topper and accidentally created a galaxy-esque look. I like it a whole lot.
For On A Trip, I did two thin coats; allowing both coat to completely dry before applying anything else. It took no more than 5 minutes, but I waited 10 just to be sure, since I had time today.
After the second coat of On A Trip is completely dried, I applied a generous coat of Icing Backup to each nail. Only one coat was necessary. Now, this took slightly longer to completely dry, and even after it dried, the feeling of tackiness will linger for a good 'nother hour or so.
Again, I did not apply a top coat this time either. I didn't think it is necessary. But feel free to apply a top coat if you find it necessary.
I hope y'all enjoyed this post and like the manicure for this week. Oh! Before I forget, Icing Backup was part of a limited edition collection called Toppings that came out, I believe Spring of 2013. I'm not sure if it is still available anywhere. But in case someone who does own this, top it off a blue or purple and it's incredibly beautiful.
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Happy Monday all! Hope you're all faring well on this Monday. I somehow feel like this will be one long, strenuous week; mostly because my week started off kinda bleh if y'all know what I'm talking about. Just woke up not feeling like it's a good day at all.
Maybe that was why I wasn't in the mood to jazz up my manicure in this week. I felt like I wanted something simple. Just simple. No glitter, no sparkles, no nothing of the sort.
Gray is amongst the Fall nail trends and I snatched this Nail Color from a recent Hautelook order that I will do a post on soon.
Sephora by OPINail Color in Metro Chic
Sally HansenDiamond Strength Diamond Shine Base & Top Coat
I was able to get even, full coverage with two thin coats of Metro Chic. The drying time is amazingly quick. I also did not apply a top coat either. I find that Sephora by OPI's formulas are made to be lasted for at least a week. I have worn other shades without top coats and they lasted me for a week.
So yeah, just a simple beautiful shade on the nails this week. Nothing special. Still hope y'all enjoyed it though.
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Hey, hey, heeeeey! What's going on guys? How are y'all doing this fine Monday?
Welcome back to another Manicure Monday! :P Who here has the Monday blues? Nope, not me this week. I'm having a Monday GREEN! ;) Lime green to be exact. Haha.
This new shade is the latest addition to my collection. I picked this up last week while I was at Target. I was "just happening" to browse the cosmetic aisles when I came across some of the Pixi and Set products on clearance. Dear ol' Lime Lustre here was one of 'em. I believe the original price was $8? I picked it up for $2.40. The shade is so gorgeous, I knew I HAD to wear it this week. So here they are, my manicure for this upcoming week. Oh, and a strawberry to keep things fresh.
PixiNail Color in Lime Lustre NYC Long Wearing Nail Enamel in Big Red Apple Sinful Colors ProfessionalNail Color in Garden Party
Sally Hansen Diamond Strength Diamond Shine Base & Top Coat
This is my first time ever using a Pixi nail color. The formula is too thick for my liking. The thickness made application harder than most nail colors and also took forever and a day to dry in between coats. Other than that, it's a pretty good nail color. I could have stopped at one coat, but there were some unevenness so I decided to apply a second coat.
As for my lone strawberry, I applied the red nail color to 3/4 of my nail and waited for it to dry completely before moving on. Then I used Garden Party on the top 1/4 of my nail and overlapped it with the red to make the leaves more realistic. I waited until that was thoroughly dried before I used Lime Lustre to add a little oomph to the leaves and dotted my strawberry as the seeds.
I did not use a top coat for my manicure with the exception of my strawberries. I want to see how well Pixi nail colors will fend on its own.
Alrighty, that's it for today. My mini haul post will most likely go up tomorrow. Just a few things I picked up at Target and Ulta the other day.
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I think I figured out why I was so sluggish yesterday. Uncle TOM and Aunt DOTTY came to visit! I usually don't get cramps, not one bit, not at all. They just come and go within a week. But this time, I've been cramping all morning and it's barely day one. I think I'm gonna cry... Needless to say, I'm not having a less than pleasant day.
So a couple of weeks ago, Sephora by OPI was featured on Hautelook again, I could not raesist and placed another order. This time, I bought twelve, but only eleven has arrived safely. I'm not quite sure what happened to the last one, but I'll wait a couple more days until I contact them.
I don't remember how much these are originally priced at, but I got all of these for $3 each. It's still a little pricey for nail colors but I guess I shouldn't complain since they are high end and the quality is amazing!
TOP (left to right): Casting Call, Domestic Goddess, Iris I Was Thinner, Just A Little Dangerous, On Stage, What A BroadBOTTOM (left to right): Cover Me In Petals, Go With The Flow-er, How Cute Is That?, IM Beauty, Three Way Mirror
As you can probably see, I got mostly shades of purple. I think purple compliments my skin tone well and they're quite a sight to see when applied. As much as I adore the purple shades, I couldn't resist the brights. So yesterday, I did my manicure in those brights you see there which I ended up calling Fiery Passion.
These Sephora by OPIs can and will last up to a week even without a top coat. I have tried it before and it has not let me down anytime. The application makes me not dread doing my nails as it was very quick and effortless.
If you're interested in picking these up, they're usually up on Hautelook on Mondays for their #ManiMonday event. If you do decide to give these a try, I recommend getting their creme formulas, one coat and you're good to go.
Alright, hope ya'll enjoyed checking out those beauties. I am off to go walk off my cramp. It hurts so much.
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SONG OF THE DAY
INFINITE IS BACK! And Sunggyu is killing me a little more each time I re-watch this MV... Why is he so sexy?
JYJ coming back?! Uh, yes please!!! Junsu's voice is to die for. Oh my gosh, this is gonna be one epic comeback. Counting the days until they drop their album and MV. Seven...and waiting.
It is yet another hot AND humid day in the AZ. Current temp is 101 degrees (38.33 °C) with 38% humidity and only 20% of precipitation. Yesterday around 6 PM, the skies were covered in dark black clouds, but guess what, we received like two droplets of rain from that. The sky looks like that again today... So I'm not sure how it's gonna go down later. Rain or not, the humidity is killing me, might as well let there be rain. Crossing my fingers. I love the rain, especially love to look at it from my window. I think it's rather romantic.
I've made it quite obvious that I am a HUGE fan of Sinful Colors. There has not been a single shade I dislike from them, and that's saying a lot. Sinful Colors have many finishes, all with the same formula and consistency. I love Sinful Colors so much, every time I see a new collection on display, I can't help but pick up a few. Without even realizing it, I soon accumulated quite the collection. It's nothing big or impressive, and I am by no means bragging. I just simple wanna share with you all these super pretty shades. Maybe some will catch your eyes and will end up picking 'em up.
After poking around and doing some research, there are apparently 12 principal nail polish finishes.
Creme
Duo-Chrome
Frost
Glitter
Iridescent
Lustre
Matte
Micro-Glitter
Micro-Shimmer
Opalescent
Prismatic
Shimmer
With that said, being the versatile brand that Sinful Colors is, they produce most of these finish; I have yet to see Duo-Chrome, Iridescent or Opalescent, I could be wrong. Of these finishes, I own five of the finishes, cremes being the most abundant and matte in last place with only one.
No matter what the finish comes out to be, in my opinion, I feel like the formulas are all the same. The nail color isn't too watery nor is it too thick so that eliminates the streakiness and skips that other dry formulas can do or the polish running off to the sides like watery ones. If applied in a thick coat, these polishes will be opaque enough equivalent to two coats from other brands. The drying time is pretty quick I must say, probably no more than two minutes. Once the nail color is applied, it's guaranteed to stay own with no chips for at least a week. I have worn these with and without top coats and even without top coats, they fend well on their own. I actually wore Rise & Shine for two weeks as a review.
I've worn Prismatic Micro-Glitter and Lustres alone and on top of other colors. If they're worn alone, you'll need to apply two or more layers in order for it to show its color. When worn on top of other colors, one coat is enough to see the micro-glitter.
Probably my least favorite finish from Sinful Colors is the matte one. I don't know it it's just me, but this matte did not last me. Like, it started shipping the day after it was applied. Everything just went downhill from there.
Below are every bottle of Sinful Colors I own, separated into the finish, alphabetized for your convenient. Go ahead and check them out. Let me know which one caught your eyes. Or if you've already tried Sinful Colors, which shades are your favorite. I'd love to pick up more shades in the future, it's good that they're available at many stores and for an affordable price.
Creme 24/7 Baby Blues Bright Lucite Clementine Garden Party Innocent Jolt Nice Stems Out Of Bounds Pink Forever Pink Poppys Shock And Awe Sizzling Soul Mate Tempest Unicorn Why Not
TOP (left to right): 24/7, Baby Blues, Bright Lucite, Clementine BOTTOM (left to right): Garden Party, Innocent, Jolt, Nice Stems
TOP (left to right): Out Of Bounds, Pink Forever, Pink Poppys, Shock & Awe BOTTOM (left to right): Sizzling, Soul Mate, Tempest, Unicorn, Why Not
Prismatic Micro-Glitter Blue By You Blue Steel Cinderella Glass Pink Palm Breezy Pine Away Purple Diamond Triple Platinum
TOP (left to right): Blue By You, Blue Steel, Cinderella, Glass Pink BOTTOM (left to right): Palm Breezy, Pine Away, Purple Diamond, Triple Platinum
Lustre Cream Soda Mint Apple Over It Rise & Shine Violets Are Blue
Frost Bikini Gold Medal
Matte Dream On
TOP (left to right): Cream Soda, Mint Apple, Over It, Rise & Shine, Violets Are Blue BOTTOM (left to right): Bikini, Gold Medal, Dream On
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