Back..With New Stuff

Hello Everyone!

I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season.
Over the past few months, I've accumulated some exciting new things (mainly things I've wanted for a while..).

On the left is Bahama Mama (which I have wanted ever since it came out) and the right is No More Film. I have yet to try No More Film, but I will soon.

I got the cuticle oil because I lost my Burt's Bees Cuticle Cream :( and I wanted to try it. I actually really like it. It really does smell like apricot!

As you can see, I went through an Essie phase.. hehe.

I love watching Julie G's videos and she always talks about Jet Set, so I wanted to give it a go (so far so good).

I want to try and do some nail art... hopefully sometime in the near future.

Butter London British Racing Green, another color I've wanted for a while. Sally Hansen White On and Black Out, always good to have basics.

Hopefully you all enjoyed this post. My class schedule isn't as packed this semester, so hopefully I'll be blogging more.

Thanks for reading (and patiently waiting for new posts)!

Fourth of July Mani!

Hello Everyone!

It's been a while since I painted my nails and it just so happened to be July 4th. I'm not used to doing something so festive, but I figured why not.

The Mani is plain and simple. Nothing too special (I can't draw for my life, so the nail art idea just went right out the window).

 I was originally going to use the glitter from the OPI Mariah Carey collection, but that didn't happen. It was just.. so bad. I ended up switching to the Zoya one that I hauled ages ago.

Hehe.. the Julep one didn't fit in the group photo, so it got its own shot. The name (Molly) rubbed off too.. sorry!

 I started off with this Mani:

Trying out a hand position (position? not sure what to call it). We'll have to see if this "position" works out.  I wanted something sparkly on my nails so I ended up going with Zoya Ginessa (instead of the OPI one). 

Zoya Ginessa on the ring finger. 

I probably could have left it like that (above), but just decided to paint the rest with the Zoya polish. I ended up with this: 

Much more sparkly and somewhat more fitting for July 4th. Oh, I almost forgot: 2 coats on all polishes and one coat on the Zoya one (2 coats on China Glaze as a base).

Thanks for reading and Have a great rest of the week!

Mint Sorbet and Teddy Girl Swatch and Review

Hello~

Spring means pastels~ and lots of pollen.. I love pastel colors, so today I have a very simple pastel NOTD. 

Sally Hansen Mint Sorbet is my favorite mint polish, and butter London Teddy Girl is slowly becoming my favorite pastel pink polish... Swatches and quick reviews coming up!

I used two coats for each polish. Natural light.

Artificial light.

Yummy.. Who else likes castella?

Sorry I forgot bottle shots, but Mint Sorbet is from the Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear line. Teddy Girl is from, well, butter London. 

Mint Sorbet: This is your very basic mint creme polish. I love the color and the formula. It's smooth, non-streaky, and opaque in two coats. Since this is from Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear line, the brushes are nice to work with, at least for me. Plus the brush is very long, which I feel gives much more control when painting. I highly recommend this polish! It's such a pretty mint color~

Teddy Girl: For a creme pastel pink polish, the formula is pretty good. I've had much worse. T_T Teddy Girl is opaque in two coats, and is slightly streaky the first coat but it's fine because the second coat evens everything out. Of course, butter London polishes are always very nice~ The brushes are smaller, like Essie brushes, which I feel are good for their formulas. This may be slightly runny, but for a pastel pink, you can't get much better. :P

If I could, I would wear pastel colors everyday.. I'm still looking for a pastel yellow that doesn't stain my nails!! T^T

Oh by the way, I officially committed to my future university today. It feels sort of weird knowing that I'll be somewhere else for the next four years. I committed too late to find a roommate among my friends, so I just did the random roommate. Hopefully my future roommate is nice and doesn't smoke or bring people over! Because I like peace and quiet when I study... My friend told me to either choose two of the following: a social life, good grades, or sleep. I think I'll choose good grades and sleep.... T_T I mean, pshhh... a social life.....? ToT I'm afraid I won't have time to do any nail art... Maybe just simple solid colors... wahh.... first world problems.

'Til next time~

Pink French Tips Nail Art

Hello~

A while ago I did very simple french nails using butter London Macbeth instead of the traditional white nail polish color. I really liked how it turned out!

yummy... I love granola bars.

L-R: butter London Macbeth, topcoat

Macbeth was opaque enough that I only needed one coat. I love butter London polishes.. they go on so smoothly and evenly, and are usually opaque in one coat. I used tape for the french tips, because I can't really freehand that well.. I hate using tape even more though, but I tried it again this time, and it actually worked!!

I love french nails.. cept for the fact that I have to grow my nails out before I can do it, because french nails (in my opinion) look better on longer nails rather than short nails. Probably because then you have more room to work with. :P

Haha I actually tried learning a dance for the past hour or so.. I learned like 20 seconds worth of the dance! yay!! Idk if I'll ever get to the chorus.... T_T But it's so fun! I feel so cool when I dance, which I know sounds lame, but meh. Dancing actually gets me off my internet butt.

'Til next time~

butter London Blagger Swatch and Review

Hello~

I feel extremely tired today.. Anyways, here are swatches of butter London's Blagger, as well as OPI My Favorite Ornament and OPI Suzi Loves Cowboys. Blagger is such a pretty color,and the formula is perfect.. >_<

I used two coats for each color..

Under artificial light; it makes the polish seem more brighter than it really is.

Under natural indirect light; this lighting shows a more accurate color.

L-R: butter London Blagger, OPI My Favorite Ornament, Suzi Loves Cowboys

woops too lazy to crop..

butter London Blagger: The formula is great and opaque in two thin coats. The color is very pretty; a deep, yet vibrant cobalt blue creme. Also, this didn't really stain my nails. yayy! I think this is one of my favorite blue polishes.

Quick note about Suzi Loves Cowboys: I didn't know the formula for this was so thin! It was very runny and pooled and yup not my most favorite formula. Still, I like the color. :P

Well, I hope you guys have a great rest of the week! I'm going to go doze off now while I try to study for all my tests this week...

'Til next time!

NOTD: butter London Royal Navy

Hello!

I hope you all had a fun-filled valentine's day (even though this post has nothing to do with valentine's day..).

I've had many personal issues that I've had to deal with (sorry for the long absence), but I'll hopefully be posting regularly..

This NOTD is one that I wore a while ago:

I originally wore this with only one coat and it looked nice. There were streaks, but you could only see them under certain lights. It did chip the second day, so I would recommend 2/3 coats.

 1 coat 

One coat is brighter, in color, than 2 coats. I would recommend a base coat. I found that there was a little staining without a base coat. 

2 coats

I hope you all are well in this new year, and I hope you all enjoyed this post!

butter London Yummy Mummy Swatch and Review

Hello everyone!

Ahh 10 days till Christmas! Can't wait..! Whenever I hear holiday music, I feel all happy and it feels like Christmas is very soon. 

Here's a quick NOTD from a few weeks ago. butter London Yummy Mummy is a shimmery nude beige that looks very nice on some skin tones. On my skin tone it was just alright; nothing too flattering. I really like the color though, and the formula was excellent as well. I mean, it's butter London. :P

I used two coats. (sorry for the awkward pose derp) Accent nail is Essie Licorice. I tried hehe..

The shimmer is very fine, but noticeable. You can also see some visible nail lines, so if you want to avoid those, a third coat would do the trick.

Such a pretty color.. ^_^

Application was smooth: no streaks and such, and with 2 coats, the color was fairly opaque. The formula was sort of thin, so a third coat would ensure full opacity. 

The color is so pretty and elegant. :D A nice fall color in my opinion. Hehe I always like painting my nails mannequin nail colors, because if I make a few blips here and there, it's not as noticeable because the color sort of blends in with the color of your skin and nail bed. 

Ahh I had my last All-State audition today. I think it went ok, but you never know.. ._. And my early decision college results come out soon as well.. ahhh I hope I make both of them! But even if I don't make any of them, I can't lose hope. but that would be so sad.. D: I'll try to stay strong.. >_<

'Til next time!

NOTD/Review: Metallic Pink

Hola Amigas,

I had a little bit of free time today and I thought I would paint my nails. I originally wanted to paint my nails blue, but I ended up painting them pink..

The Nail of the Day (NOTD) is a combination of 2 colors:

Left: butter London's Fairy Lights - A metallic rose pink color. I don't love the formula of this color, it is somewhat difficult to work with, but it dries fast and is opaque in one coat. 

Right: Essie Fiji - My Go-To light pink color. It is streaky and hard to work with in the beginning, but in the end, it becomes a beautiful light pink. 

2 Coats Below: 

Fairy Lights-Pointer finger and Pinky. Fiji- Thumb, Third finger, Ring finger.  

Did you all like this combo? 'cause I sure did :)

Have a Great Weekend!