Manicure Monday: Clean, Cut, Cute

Hello Monday everyone! Hope You all had an enjoyable weekend. Mine was crazy but fun.
Although I did spend the night at the hospital again. I am super tired today, heavy duty concealer was my best friend. But on the bright side, I did get to trim, file and clean up my nails. I tend to keep my nails short for the warmer months because I either go swimming with my cousins, do gardening or wash my cars. I've had bad experiences with long nails while do said activities...  Never again said I.

A couple of weeks ago, Sephora by OPI was on Hautelook for $3 each so I picked up five. They took forever to arrive but they finally did last Friday. Although I've worn nail colors from OPI and Nicole by OPI before, I have never tried Sephora by OPI. I have heard many great things about this polish so it's about time I tried it out for my own.

Comes Monday and guess what's on my nails for this week?!

Sephora by OPI in Handpicked For Me (sheer)

*Bonus* On my toes for the next two weeks are Sinful Colors in Tempest

I thought this shade was absolutely gorgeous from the site, that's why I ordered it but upon seeing the shade from the bottle, in person, up close... I wasn't too sure. I already own a couple of shades VERY similar to this, one of them OPI. So if I already bought it, might as well give it a try; if I like it, I'll keep it, if not, I can give it to my Aunt.

Maybe because this is a shimmery polish, but the formula is very thin compared to other polishes. It applied very evenly and dried quicker than you can say quick. After the first coat, I wasn't convinced still. After the second coat, I can faintly see my nails underneath but the color has become a whole 'nother shade. I added another coat to get the total opaqueness. And so what you see there, took three thin coats.

I wore a base coat on all of my nails to protect them like I always do. However, with the exception of the middle finger, I did not wear a top coat. I am testing this polish out so to see how well it fends on its own. Would defeat the purpose if I wore a top coat. The middle finger I needed to wear a top coat to secure the stone and the bow.

Like I said, I bought five, a couple creams and some sheer. I will do a post on them if not tomorrow then Wednesday. So please stay tuned if you're interested.

Thank you for visiting and thanks for reading guys! :)

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MAN MEN CRUSH MONDAY #MCM

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Manicure Monday: Simply Elegance

Hello everyone! It is Monday once again and today, I am working on this post as I sit in the Jury Assembly Area. Yes, I have been summoned for
Jury Duty.  I've been here since eight o'clock this morning and it is now 12:30. That's not even near the end either, I'll be here until five or 5:30... GAAAAAAHHHHHH :'(

Working on posts is really the only thing keeping me sane right now.  Even though I'm stuck here, I was smart and did my nails last night so I can do a post today. I didn't have much time to do anything fancy but it turned out better than expected.

Wet N Wild Mega Last Salon Nail Color in Champagne Toast (limited edition)
OPI Nail Lacquer in Black Onyx
Ulta Salon Formula Nail Lacquer in  Boogie Nights

Base Coat - Sally Hansen Diamond Shine Base & Top Coat
Top Coat - Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat

Champagne Toast took me two coats to get the total opaqueness you see there. I would have done one thick coat if I wanted to go for one of the Spring Nail trend of sheer nails.

Black Onyx on the other hand, only took me one coat to completely cover my nail. It's just a simple, blackest black polish that is a must have in a nail polish collection.

The glitter polish is called Boogie Nights from Ulta. I only picked this up because it was one of the free items I could redeem from my rewards, but I ended up loving this sooo much! It's so glittery, small, fine ones and large ones. It looks great with any warm tone polish like how I'm pairing it today.

This is the results of me wingin' it and free styling my nails without any pre-planning. I usually picture ahead of time of how I should do my nails but not this week. I just picked up colors and started dotting and taping. it doesn't look nearly as bad...yeah?

Well, I'm off to start a new post for tomorrow or Wednesday since I'm all camped out here and most likely will not be called any time soon.... I hope you're all having a better, productive day than I am. Oooii. Well thanks for joining me guys and thanks for reading. :)