Essie Bahama Mama Swatch + Review

Happy Lunar New Year Everyone!

I have Essie Bahama Mama to show you today. I rarely wear darker colors so this was new to me, and I have to say, I really really like it.

 It's a oxblood type color that was popular a few years ago.

I really love the color, don't really love the formula. It was really streaky on the first coat. The second coat covered pretty well, but under sunlight, it was easy to tell see that there were patches (pointer finger).

I used two coats for the pictures above. I also made the mistake of wrapping the tip before my second coat of polish, which is why there's excess polish at the tip. hehe oops.  

Overall: love the color ( I've already worn it twice), the formula is a bit tricky, but I'm sure I'll get the hang of it. 

Thanks for reading and have a great 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~

Tropical Skittle Nails

Hello~

Today I have some skittle-ish nails that remind me of something tropical. :D Very simple; no nail art. Just painting nails... I'm getting a bit lazy these days..

All the colors went on very well~ such pretty colors.... ^o^

Under natural light

Under artificial light

I most likely used two coats of each polish... I'm sorry I don't remember.... T^T

L-R: Modi Glam Nails Fruits Punch, Sinful Colors Pistache, butter LONDON Macbeth

Quick Reviews:

Modi Glam Nails Fruits Punch- Of course, there's some engrish, but anyways, I love this color so much~ It's one of those shades I've been looking for forever!! It's a peachy-cantaloupe pastel shade, and I think it's a crelly. The formula is opaque in two coats, and there's no streaking or anything. Only downside is that it stains the nails a bit..

Sinful Colors Pistache- I think I reviewed this before, but it's a nice neon pistachio creme. The formula is super thick and gloppy, but it's opaque in two coats, so it's manageable. It's a unique color, so it's worth the pain haha..

butter london Macbeth- Of course, the formula is amazing and flawless and opaque in two coats. I would call this a coral creme, with a cooler tone to it. Very pretty summer color and amazing formula~

Yayy I've been accepted into two more colleges this week~ yay! Now I gotta wait for my main ones to come out in April..... T_T

Happy Pi Day!! We had a food day in math today and I ate sooooo much plus I ate a cheeseburger and fries during lunch too.... T_T So good... I'm craving those waffles in Asia where they put ice cream on top and drizzle it with choco syrup... Oh or Mojo crepes.... yum!!! >_<

'Til next time~

Pastel Blue and Pink Jelly Sandwiches~

Hello~

*Cough cough cough* I got the cold for the fifth time this school year..... o_o I usually only get sick once a year, but this time, man, my immune system isn't very strong... I blame the stress. 

Anyways, I know spring isn't here yet, but I'm getting back to my pastel colors~ I did jelly sandwiches with some glitters and super sheer colors. Speaking of sandwiches.... I had a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for the first time in almost a year last week. It was so goooooooooooood~

I only did jelly sandwiches on my middle and pink finger here, as you can see.

I think I used 3 coats for the plain nails, and 2 coats of a base color, 2 coats of the glitter polish, and a final coat of base color for the jelly sandwich nails. I know, that sounds like a lot, but the coats were super thin because all the polishes were so sheer!

The polish in the bottle looks super pretty here~ ^o^

Same with this bottle~ So sparkly..

Since I used like 4-5 coats in total, I couldn't paint exactly over the previous layers.. I apologize for the messy painting..

L-R: Sephora by OPI Havana Dreams, OPI I Theodora You, Revlon Whimsical, Revlon Starry Pink

Quick Review:

Sephora by OPI Havana Dreams- A very sheer, sort of streaky pastel blue. You need 4-5 thin coats for FULL opacity, but I get away with 3.. I love the color, so for me, it's sometimes worth all the coats.

OPI Theodora You- This is a very pretty, soft shade of light pink~ I tend to use this a lot compared to my other soft shades. The formula is good- it's on the sheer side, but you only need like 3-4 thin coats for full opacity. The color is so pretty thought so it's always worth it for me. :P

Revlon Whimsical- Blue and pink hexagonal glitters of different sizes in a sheer, light blue base. This is VERY sheer and glitter is super sparse as well, so I had to use two coats and use the dabbing method in order to get some glitter equally over my nail. I know it's a dupe (supposedly) of Deborah Lippmann's Glitter in the Air. Very pretty~ reminds me of cotton candy!

Revlon Starry Pink- Silver hexagonal glitters of different sizes in a sheer milky pink/white base color. I think the glitters in this one were a lot less sparse, which is good. I didn't have to use the dabbing method. :D Of course, the color is very sheer, so I had to use a different pink polish as a base color. Still, it's a very pretty color!

Overall, all the polishes were sheer but super pretty. I'm starting to like jellies more than cremes...... meh, who knows what'll happen?

'Til next time~

Pink and Purple with some glitter

Hello~

Woohoo I just finished most of my hw! And it's not even midnight! :D 

Today I have a very simple manicure.. Just some pretty colors and holographic glitter. ^_^

I think this is two coats of the polishes (?) it's been a while..

Yayy a coat of China Glaze Fairy Dust over everything~ It makes it look super sparkly and pretty :D

L-R: Orly Lollipop, Butterflies, China Glaze Fairy Dust

Yes, I posed with an orange. 8D

I also posed with a yummy chocolate biscuit... Mmmmmm I'm hungry now.... Dang these pics are from before Christmas last year.. o_o

Overall, I really like this color combo. For some reason, the two Orly shades just go together very nicely. I felt so girly but so cute lol even though the nails were so simple.. I get lazy so many times where I just don't do nail art and just slap on some glitter. ^_^

Quick Review:

Orly Lollipop- This lavender shade is the perfect pastel color for spring~ It's very pink toned, probably the most pink-toned purple in my collection. The formula is manageable, but you have to be careful to avoid streaks. It's opaque in one thick coat or two thin coats. AGH the color makes up for the meh-ok formula.

Orly Butterflies- This is a hot pink jelly polish that is sort of sheer, but opaque in two to three coats. I really like this color as well, and the formula is great! No streaks or anything. It's not necessarily neon, but it's still super bright and pops out and makes your fingers look very nice and girly.

China Glaze Fairy Dust- I think I already reviewed this somewhere, but yup. This is the PERFECT GLITTER FOR ANYTHINGGGGGG like the glitter isn't dense at all and it's also holographic so it'll instantly make any polish look good and sparkly and pretty~ ^o^

Ahh guys I actually made it throughout the whole day without cookies and snacks! :D Let's see how long this goes..

'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!

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!

OPI Samoan Sand Swatch and Review

Hello!

This is OPI Samoan Sand, a very pretty nude nail color. I was on a hunt for a "my nails but better"/mannequin nails shade, and I think this one was pretty nice. ^^

Two coats, under artificial light with top coat. Sorry for the messy painting..

Yep, another attempted bottle shot..

Update: I got a better bottle shot! This is more close to what it looks like in real life.

With different lighting, and lobster hands, you can see that the polish has yellow/pink undertones.

I like this lighting better though. :D

The formula is good: sheer with the first coat, with maybe a few streaks, but with a second coat, everything evens out nicely. You could even put on a third coat if you hate visible nail lines, but I like the semi-sheer effect sometimes. 

I guess this is a beige, nude, pinkish yellowish sheer color? (lovely description, -_-) It reminds me of sand (derp) and sort of a dull peach.. I wouldn't recommend using a matte top coat, because it'll look like you have doll skin on your nails.. T_T Unless that's your goal.. If you have a similar skin tone, the polish will look like mannequin nails; a nice, sophisticated sort of look. It MIGHT make your hands look a little dirty, because of the yellow undertones, but everyone is different.

The thing is, mannequin nail shades are difficult to find, at least for me. I actually researched and bought quite a few other nude nail colors before buying this, and I'm still on the hunt. I found another nice one, but I'll post about that another time.

I'm actually amazed at how I painted well for my derpy left hand. o_o magic...!

Overall, I give OPI Samoan Sand five umbrellas.

☂☂☂☂☂

'Til next time!