Posting

Hey everyone, school starts for me on the 8th. I'm taking some really difficult courses and I might not be posting as frequently. I'm talking maybe a post a week. Thanks to everyone who reads my blog! =]

Fairytale Summer Updated

Hey everyone, I was talking about the bubbling of Fairytale Summer and how I might layer it, and I did. I used a cheap dollar store polish (it says light changing polish, but it does not change colors) and immediately, the bubbles disappeared. *poof* I'm loving this layered look! =]

My Own Franken: Fairytale Summer

Hey everyone! Today I'm showing you my own franken, which I named Fairytale Summer, named after SUMMER 09! =] It was truly an amazing summer.

Anyways, since I didn't feel like using the base coat anymore, I dumped it all into a bottle and added different colors to create Fairytale Summer. However, there was bubbling ten minutes after I took the pictures and I might layer it with another polish.

Fairytale Summer was streaky and thick, resulting in 4 thick layers, but I love the end result. It's a very very light pink with a faint shimmer. It just looks so clean and fresh and it's really different than all of my other polishes.

Fairytale Summer:

Bubbling Issue Solved!

Hey everyone, today I finally figured out what was causing the bubbling in my manicures. It was the base coat I was using! I was using Nicole by OPI Base Coat. The only way to not get bubbles is to apply a ultra sheer layer and that is something I don't have the patience to do, soooo, does anyone have any base coats they would recommend?

Wet n Wild Minis

Hey everyone! This morning, I was in a pink/red mood, but couldn't decide between the two:



I decided to go with the red, because it's just ah-mazing! It applies really smoothly and only needs one coat!

Updated Zoya Midori

Hey everyone, this is Zoya Midori with a design I did using acrylic paint. =]

Zoya Midori

Hey everyone, this is Zoya Midori. It's a pretty light green with a tinge of yellow. Plus, it has lots of shimmer! This was two coats.

My Sister's Manicure: OPI Blushingham Palace

Hey everyone, here is OPI Blushingham Palace on my sister's nails. It's a close color to my favorite pink hue. This was two coats...I think. (This was a few weeks ago, just found it today!)

Limited Too Nail Polish

Hey everyone! Today I have a funky manicure I did using some really old Limited Too nail polish. Then, I kinda went crazy with the acrylic paint and painted on designs on all of the nails. XD Tada...

Claire's: Periwinkle

Hey everyone! At the mall during CTY, I bought three nail polishes, two from Claire's and one from Sephora. =] This is one I bought from Claire's called Periwinkle. To tell you the truth, I thought it was going to be a obvious duochrome, except it's actually a blue-ish purple base with tons of sparkle. The sparkles are duochrome, turning blue to purple. I had to use four coats, but I really like this color!

My Manicure!

Hey everyone! Well, at CTY, we went to the mall, and guess what, I got a manicure there! I wasn't especially happy with the service, but I liked the finished effect. =] I layered this sparkly light blue over a darker metallic hue. (This is what I mean by a short post. ;] )

Yet Another Craze Break: Yellowstone National Park

Hey everyone, sorry for not posting! I had to unpack and then pack again for my trip to Yellowstone! Busy, busy. whew.

Also, I'm currently debating whether or not to continue this blog. I might put it on temporary break until I have time to continue to post. Thank you all for making my blog experience enjoyable! Or, I might just post pictures and a short description. Regardless, I hope everyone has a good summer!

Back from CTY!

Hey everyone, I'm back from CTY! It was tons of fun. I have some new polishes to show you guys and tons of pictures! =]

Wet n Wild Mini

Hey everyone! Today I'm showing you one of my favorite pinks. I got it in a Wet n Wild set that had 10 mini bottles in it. However, they were all unnamed.


This pink is gorgeous and very flattering. In the picture, it looks really bland and boring, but in real life, it's a bright metallic pink. I hate pink, but I actually like this color.

Zoya Chelsea...again, with a twist. =]

Hey everyone, today I'm showing you Zoya Chelsea...again. However, this time, I decided to make it into a funky french.


All of the pictures I've taken of Chelsea don't show it's true color or finish. It looks almost like a jelly in the pictures, but it's actually a very bright red metallic. My dad hates it because he says it's too bold and "reminds him of blood." XD, however, I like it a ton, and that's why I'm wearing it again. =]

My Own Franken: Galaxy

Hey everyone! Today I'm showing you another one of my own frankens, called Galaxy. Galaxy started out as a dark purple I made with many different colors. Then, I added some glitter to it from this little box thing I found in my cabinet. I had no idea how it would turn out, but I really like it. =]

Galaxy has a deep almost black purple base with a little glitter. Please click on the photos!

Glitter Box Thing:


Galaxy:

My Sister's Manicure: SH Salon Shooting Star with Wet n Wild Kaleidoscope

Hey everyone! I promised better pictures of SH Salon Shooting Star, so here it is on my sister's nails along with Wet n Wild Kaleidoscope. I got Kaleidoscope the same time I got Caribbean Frost. =]


I really like how Shooting Star and Kaleidoscope look together. Now, instead of being very sheer, Shooting Star is a good base and with the glitter from Kaleidoscope, it looks fabulous!

Chanel: Electra

Hey everyone! Today, I'm showing you Chanel Electra borrowed from my nail polish buddy Sonali! =] She traded her nail polish for the summer reading book Silas Marner, which I had.


Anyways, Chanel Electra is very very sheer and good for using on a French mani. However, I just showed it to you with one coat. You can't really see the true color in these pictures. Sorry, my photo taking skills stink and the camera isn't helping either. Chanel Electra is actually almost a clear base with tons of red shimmer. In some of the photographs, you can see the red shimmer in the bottle. I love it, and I'm going to borrow it again. Thanks Sonali! <3


This is Electra in a French manicure. I really like it because it looks classy and professional. Sorry, I free-handed the white, so it's kinda messy.

French Manicure and Zoya Bailey

Hey everyone! Today I'm showing you Zoya Bailey, and also Zoya Bailey in a french manicure.




This is one coat of Zoya Bailey, and my pictures are horrible, sorry. The camera just wouldn't capture the color. In real life, one coat of Bailey is like a sprinkling of shimmer on your nails. It's really pretty.


Since I can't leave a manicure alone, I tried it as a french manicure, even though it wasn't made to be that way. However, I like it. It looks rather interesting. =] This is actually three coats of Bailey...I think.

Craze Break: CTY!

Hey everyone, going to take another Craze Break. This time, it's for summer camp. =] Sleep-away summer camp!

It's the summer program many people call CTY. It's the program from John Hopkins University. I'm so excited, because everyone that goes there says it's TONS of fun! Three weeks worth of new experiences, learning stuff (blah), and hopefully new friendships. =]

Well, I'll see everyone in 3 weeks! I scheduled some posts, but I'm not sure if it'll work or not, so worst case, there will just be a huge bombardment of posts when I get back.

Zoya Rea

Hey everyone, today I have on Zoya Rea, which I'm wearing to CTY.


Zoya Rea is one of my all time favorite colors. It's a gorgeous metallic purple and my go to color for everything. =] In real life, Rea is warmer and not as blue.

Wet n Wild: Caribbean Frost

Hey everyone! At Ocean City, we went to this pharmacy called Happy Harry's Discount Drugs to buy milk...and I ended up buying these two Wet n Wild nail polishes. One of them was Caribbean Frost and the other was Kaleidoscope. Today, I'm showing you Caribbean Frost.


Caribbean Frost is a gorgeous blue-green, but more green. It's a metallic, which I love and applies very nicely. This was two coats. I really like this color, and you bet I'll be wearing it a ton! =]

SH Salon: Shooting Star

Hey everyone! Today, I have SH Salon Shooting Star to show you guys!


Shooting Star is a foil-like silver. Sorry, it desperately needs better pictures. I'll redo them soon, I promise. =] Anyways, this was two coats, and it was slightly bumpy for some reason. However, I really like this color and it looks so futuristic. =]

Noteworthy Polishes

Hey everyone! Today, I have some random polishes to show you. My 10 year old sister just got back from a birthday party, and in her goody bag, nail polish! I'm guessing that it's a dollar store brand, because in the back is says $1.00 in it. So, I was a bit worried about the quality of the formula and the chemicals, but it is Big Three Free.


It doesn't say what brand the polishes are, but it says, manufactured for Noteworthy, so I'm going to call them Noteworthy polishes. There were three in the pack, and the colors are all very pretty. But, they DON'T HAVE NAMES!


This is a shimmery gold polish. It has a slight crystal-y finish that I love. It was slightly thick, but it wasn't hard to apply. I used three coats here, and I think with an extra coat, you could make it completely opaque. This is a beautiful color, but it completely clashes with my skin tone. *sigh* I just can't pull off yellows of golds.


This is a metallic purple. I really like this color, because it's this gorgeous purple! In real life, it's slightly darker. The lighting just washes the color out.


This is a crystal packed dark pink. In this picture, it looks like a jelly-ish bright pink, but that's only because of the lighting. It's actually closer to the color of the three polishes in the box, (above). This is my favorite, because I love any crystal packed polishes.

Zoya Chelsea

Hey everyone! Today, I have Zoya Chelsea to show you. Zoya Chelsea is from the Uptown Collection.

Zoya Chelsea is this bright metallic red. In a way, it's almost like neon red? If that's possible. It's just very bright. =] Brush strokes weren't a problem and I used two coats. Love the color! It's not a very good pedi shade, though, because it's so bright and it makes my toes like alien-ish...

Okay, anyways, here is the gorgeous Zoya Chelsea:

Layout Issues Solved!

Hey everyone! I haev great news. I FINALLY FIXED THE LAYOUT OF THE BLOG! =] I am so unbelievably happy. YAY, hahahaha. =] The comments are working and the labels are on the blog. =]

My Sister's Manicure: SH Diamond Strength: Platinum

Hey everyone! Today, I painted my sister's nails SH Diamond Stregth Platinum.



There were only two things that bothered me. First, thhe formula was runny. The polish was dripping down the brush as I was trying to paint my sister's nails. However, it's easy to get used to. The second thing was, BUBBLES! When the polish dried, there were TONS of bubbles! Lately, I've been having issues with bubbling. I'm going to investigate further to see if anything helps. =]



Platinum is this pearly white with a pink and green duchrome. (sorry, couldn't photograph the duochrome, my sister was being a pain and didn't want to take any more pictures) It's very wearable, and it doesn't look like white-out on your fingers. I prefer whites with some shimmer compared to white cremes. If you want to try the white trend, this soft pretty shade is for you.

I wanted to play around with the acrylic, so I gave her this funky french of pearly white and almost matte white. It actually looked pretty cool. However, after a few days, the acrylic started chipping off slightly. I did put a coat of top coat over it, though. Maybe next time I'll use two coats of top coat for extra protection.

Overall, I really like this color. Plus, it's not expensive at all. =] Love Platinum!

Claire's Nail Polish

Hey everyone! Today I have a Claire's nail polish to show you guys. Thanks Davis! ;]



This nail polish is different. It doesn't have a name on the bottle, and on top of the brush, there's this section filled with glitter which you sprinkle on the nails afterwards. I was a bit hesitant to use the glitter, knowing that in my clumsiness I might just accidentally spill the entire bottle. However, after trying it, I was happy to say that it was very easy to use.

I was tempted to just pour the glitter into the nail polish, because isn't that the same thing as just pouring it onto your nails afterwards? However, the nail polish bottle didn't have those metal mixing balls, so I didn't want to create a giant mess with all the glitter. So, I just used the glitter in the way they suggested it. =]



Okay, this unnamed Claire's polish is this light metallic green. It's a really pretty color. In a way, it looks almost pastel-ish. I used two coats, and I could have done three, but I had to eat lunch. Overall, it's an AMAZING hue of green and I'll be wearing it a ton. ;]. By the way, can you tell that I glittered my ring finger?

Zoya Tallulah

Hey everyone! Today I have Zoya Tallulah to show you guys. It's from the Ooh-La-La Collection, which is one of the 2009 Summer collections.



Anyways, Tallulah is a GORGEOUS color! It's this shimmer-y blue that seems like it has a ton of depth. It's like looking into a never ending lake or river. However, it was more runny than I excepted, so please excuse the messy manicure.

Also, I introduced the Acrylic Concept a few weeks ago. Well, today, I finally tested it out. Acrylic is actually fairly easy to work with. All you need is the paint and a small brush. The brush will make or break you, just saying. =]. If you mess up, all you have to do is wash it off quickly, because once it dries it doesn't come off. Overall, I think I'll do more with acrylic.



In the picture, it shows Tallulah darker than it is in real life. (this picture stinks, and I will redo it sometime later, =]) Tallulah is lighter and slightly more vibrant than in the picture. On my ring finger, I experimented with acrylic. Can't say that it's the best design, but I was trying to figure out how to work the brush so that it would look good on the nail. XD

P.S. Another bonus is that Zoya Nail Polishes last for a really long time! It stayed on for an entire week, and that's a long time considering most of my manicures start chipping after three or four days.

Craze Item: OPI Avoplex Cuticle Oil to Go

Hey everyone! Today, I'm going to talk about a product that I absolutley love.

That product is called OPI Avoplex Cuticle Oil to Go. My friend, Sophia, gave this to me as yet another one of her graduation presents. =] Love you tons, Fifi! <3



Anyways, the reason I love this is a craze item is because it's really easy to use. All you do is twist off the cap and brush it onto your cuticles. It's mess free and really easy to use. Plus, the scent is not overpowering, but more natural. Love it!

OPI: Significant Other Color

Hey everyone! Back from vacation at Ocean City!

Well, today's post is OPI Significant Other Color, from the OPI Brights Collection. Significant Other Color was a graduation present from my best friend Sophia. She also gave me OPI Lourve Me, Lourve Me Not, from the OPI France Collection. Swatches of that will come soon!



Significant Other Color is a very cool duochrome. It goes from this very light purple, similar to Earth 2 Jane's It's A Girl Thing. However, when you move your nails, they then turn this light green color. In the picture, it looks yellow, but its more green in real life. Finally, it also turns into a darker pinkish purple color. (also more obvious in real life) Overall, I really love this color. It completely fascinates me everytime I notice them. However, the only troublesome thing was that there was some bubbling. There were more bubbles on my right hand. So strange, maybe it was because of my technique? My left hand has few, if any bubbles.

Light Purple:



Green:



Pinkish Purple:



Different Lighting:

Layout Issues

Hey everyone! Back from Ocean City. =] It was TONS of fun!

Anyways, I realized that you can't post any comments so please be patient while I try to fix it. Thanks! =]

Craze Break: Ocean City!

Hey everyone, starting tomorrow, I'm going to Ocean City!

Whooo, so excited. The sun, ocean, relaxation for an entire week. =] Won't be posting for a week, but be prepared for many more swatches when I come back the next Sunday just in time for the 4th of July. I hope everyone has a fantastic summer vacation!

Acrylic Paint on Nails

Hey everyone! =]

Well, if you paint, you'll know that once acrylic paint dries on your nails, it doesn't come off. I know that from experience, ruined a perfectly good manicure. =[. Anyways, that got me thinking. I could use acrylic paint to do all sorts of crazy designs. Or, I could use it as an actual color.

In order for the acrylic to stay on your nails, you have to first do a layer of Base Coat, and then the acrylic paint, and then a top coat over it.

Stick around for more posts to come about acrylic!

My Own Franken: Orange Cream

Hey everyone! I'm here today with my second franken, Orange Cream. =]

Orange Cream started out as this orange creme. (hahaha, I actually didn't mean to do that on purpose._ However, I wanted it to be more metallic and sparkly, so I added some extra shine and glimmer. The result is an orange that really stands out.



To be honest, I don't really like orange nail polish. However, I really like this color and I think I'll actually wear it someday. =] Here are some not very accurate pictures, ahahaha. It's way more metallic and shimmer-y in real life. This was just the only non-blurry picture, but didn't show the glitter or shine.

My Own Franken: Pink Frosting

Hey everyone! Recently, I posted about Frankening and now I have a franken of my own to show you guys. =]




It first started out as According to Jane from Earth 2 Jane (left). I didn't really like it too much because it almost blended in with my skin tone. Then, I saw Essie Ball-Timore and I really wanted a color similar to that. So, Pink Frosting was created (right). As you can see, I didn't really change it that much, but it made a BIG difference and no longer blends in with my skin tone.



Pink Frosting is a metallic-y medium pink. It's a flattering color and I think it will be an awesome manicure color for when I'm feeling in the pink mood. =]