Sinful Colors Nail Junkie and Orly Le Chateau

I picked up Le Chateau this weekend at Sally's, it was on clearance which was an additional 50% off, so this bad boy was $1.99.  I tried it out alone, and thought it could use some glitter. I tried a different glitter on it first (Finger Paints Flecked) which didn't show as much blue as I thought it needed, so I went back to the stash and pulled out Nail Junkie, it had blues and greens and it looked much better. This was a late night mani, so it wasn't perfect. 

In the shade

Shade

So much glitter! The camera was really struggling with it.

 

Base Coat

2 coats of Orly Le Chateau

1 coat Sinful Colors Nail Junkie

Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat

Review and Swatch: Skinfood Nail Vita Apple Milk (BL509)

This is my first experience with Skinfood since they aren't readily available anywhere around me. At least not that I know of. I do tend to stick to drug store brands because I live in a small town and that is what we have available. However, I seen this color and I needed it. 

The formula of this polish was good, it covered smoothly in 2 coats. For me, 2 coats is expected of new polish, I've found it rare to get a polish that only needs 1 coat. I had no problems with application, the first coat was quite sheer, but the second made a world of difference. When I originally bought the polish online, it looked much greener, but when it arrived, I could see more of a blue tone to it. Either way, I'm happy with it and like the color. I have another Skin Food polish to review, and that will probably be next. 

Basecoat: NutraNail Strengthener with Green Tea Antioxidants

Polish: 2 coats of Apple Milk

Top coat: Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat

My hands are in rough shape.  Standard disclaimer: I work in a warehouse, my hands and nails get a lot of abuse. I also took acrylics off about a month and a half ago and have had tons of breakage issues since then. Anyone have any good suggestions on how to deal with this?

Nail Mail

Quick post for right now. I got these in the mail and can't wait to try them out tonight.

Sinful Colors Exotic Green and Call You Later

Sinful Colors Exotic Green is one of my current favorite polishes. The price is great, the color is great, the formula is great. I used Call You Later as an accent nail, it is an awesome glitter with green and gold small glitter and larger green glitter as well. I picked both of these up at Walgreens for 99 cents during a sale.

The camera didn't do the best at picking up the glitter on the nail, but look how awesome the bottle looks!  Green is a favorite color of mine. :)

2 coats of Exotic Green

1 coat of Exotic Green + 1 coat of Call You Later on accent nail

Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat

Picture is after about 36 hours of wear, and there is significant chipping on my accent nail on the other hand. 

Blood Splatter Manicure

I did this a few weeks ago, but for the sake of regular posting and getting some more content on my blog, enjoy!

Base coat: NYC French Tip White

Splatter: Jordana Holiday Red (Never again! I'll use acrylic craft paint next time)

Overall, I'm satisfied with the technique. The red went on super thick and took forEVER to dry, even with a quick dry top coat (which smeared it!) So, I've learned a few things and the next time I do something similar, it will be much much better.

Pure Ice "Platinum" and stamping for the first time

I'm willing to try any $2 nail polish. Cheaper polish leaves me more money for other pretty things, like new earrings. I found Pure Ice at my local WalMart for $1.97, and they had a lot of colors. I picked up Platinum. This is a shimmery, metallic white color. It is very thin, but layered better than expected. I had seen a swatch that another blogger did that said 4 coats. I did 2 coats of Platinum and 1 coat of Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat. I then decided to try my hand at stamping. I used Revlons Silver Screen and stamped a flower slightly off center on each nail.

Picture was taken after 24 hours of wear. (and I work in a warehouse!)

My phone is in the shop and I have a loaner phone right now and it takes worse pictures than mine does. I can't wait to get my camera fixed too! 

First post, new blog. Woo hooo!

Do you like pretty things? Well I sure do. I like pretty nail polish, I like pretty yarn, I like pretty clothes, I like pretty hair styles, I like pretty home furnishings, I like making pretty things. If its pretty, I probably like it.

I'll probably post a lot of lame cell phone pics for the time being. My good camera needs to be fixed and my point and shoot is kinda crappy.