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Friday, January 17, 2014

Pastel Ombre Nails featuring Hex Nail Jewelry

Hello! Long time no post (that'll be due to my winter break laziness). These Hex Nail Jewels have been sitting on my desk since I ordered them about six months ago and I finally decided to use them. I didn't have nail glue on me so I just stuck it into wet polish and topped with HK Girl Topcoat. So we'll see how long they last. I absolutely love how they look though. I did this ombre manicure for my birthday on New Years and just had to do them again, and since I had never used my Hex Nail Jewels, I figure what better time than with an ombre pastel manicure.

My ombre consists of a base of Butter London Fruit Machine, then I sponged Lime Crime Lavendairy and China Glaze Too Yacht to Handle. I topped that with China Glaze Fairy Dust and placed the seahorse charm right on it when it was wet. Then I added topcoat.

I feel like a Tumblr mermaid with these nails. I am in loveeeee. Now here's to praying that these stay put through my work weekend. You can get Hex Nail Jewels from their etsy store by the same name or hexnailjewelry.com

I am not affiliated with them, just love what I have tried :)

Friday, July 19, 2013

China Glaze Highlight of My Summer

Hello everybody! Today I have China Glaze Highlight of my Summer to share with you. Now I've heard horror stories about the formula of this polish, as well as most of the other cremes in the Sun Sational Summer collection. Buttttt, I caved because the color was so gorgeous. I figured I can always try and work with it.

The trick to working with the formula is NOT to go over spots on the nails more than once and to do slightly thicker coats. Otherwise it will gloop and get gross and be a hot mess if you keep brushing over and over. If things get patchy, just wait until your first coat is dry and reapply another coat. I managed to get it opaque in 3 coats. Not the best, but workable.

What really made my manicure flawless was my HK Girl Topcoat by Glisten & Glow. I have heard rave reviews from countless bloggers about this topcoat and never bought it. Let me just tell you, this is my new holy grail topcoat. Goodbye Seche Vite (which I stopped using ages ago anyway), and goodbye Sally Hansen Insta-Dri. Hellooooo HK Girl :)

With my old topcoats after awhile they get bubbles in them or cause shrinkage or cause streaks. HK Girl made my nails super glossy and like glass haha no bubbles at all.

HK Girl topcoat is available at glistenandglow.bigcartel.com for $6.95 plus shipping
I also got Highlight of my Summer from the same site for $5.00 plus shipping

Overall, the color was worth the work, and with the help of HK Girl, I have a fabulous summer manicure :)

-Liz

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Birthday Nails- For Audrey and Spark de Triomphe

So my birthday was New Year's Day and I wanted to do something kinda snazzy for my 21st. So I went with an old favorite and added some sparkle to it. China Glaze For Audrey with OPI Spark de Triomphe gradient. I got so many compliments while wearing this, and it seriously made me so happy everytime I looked at my nails. I'm like a seagull, I love shiny and sparkles haha.

Thanks for reading!-

Liz

Monday, September 24, 2012

Blog Sale!!!

Hi guys!
This is my Nail Polish Blog Sale.
Usage will be noted under photo.
Also please search swatches online for more color accuracy: Camera may not always pick up accurate color!
$3 shipping and .50 for each additional polish. If purchasing 4 or more polishes, I will ship flat rate $5.80
Will be shipped via USPS with Delivery Confirmation. Will ship next day after confirmed payment.
Only shipping in US .
If you want to be invoiced, paypal fees will be calculated and added to your total.
No returns/refunds.
My PayPal email is misslizzy12@yahoo.com
Email me with the subject "Blog Sale" if you're interested in any, first come first serve!
Thanks :D
-Liz

China Glaze