Showing posts with label #Work. Show all posts
Showing posts with label #Work. Show all posts

9.23.2014

Twinsie Tuesday: Neutral Nails

Today's Twinsie Tuesday theme is Neutral. This was an easy theme for me considering the fact that I wear either Neutral polish or nothing to work everyday.



Polishes Used:
-OPI - Don't Pretzel My Buttons
-Rica - Whiteout

For this look I went with something super simple. A neutral base with some white dotted accent nails. The is was a nice simple look but with a little something extra in my opinion. More fun than just wearing a plain neutral shade.

Check out how the other Twinsies are rocking their neutral nails:

Alaina at The Little Canvas
Amanda at Amandalandish
Chelsea at Nailed Blog
Cordia at Seriously Swatched
Elizabeth at Did My Nails
Jessica at Blue Velvet Lacquer
Kelly at Tuxarina
Lakeisha at Refined and Polished


Marisa at Polish Obsession
Róisín at Cuti-CLUE-les
Stephanie at A Little Polish
Tiffany at Polished To Precision​
Traci at DrinkCitra 
 
 

9.01.2014

KB Shimmer - Fall 2014 Polishes

Happy Labor Day! It's nice to have a long weekend away from work to spend some extra time doing leisurely activities, like baseball games, Gavin Degraw Concerts, and swatching Fall polish collections!

Today I have 5 shades from the new 10 piece Fall 2014 Collection from KB Shimmer.


How You Dune?: "Like sands through the hourglass, this “greige” polish is a perfect blend of creamy beige and a light grey, offering full coverage in 1-2 coats."


You know I'm all about work appropriate polishes and this greige has now been added into the work rotation. It's really a lovely greige and is very on trend of course. This is shown with two coats of color with topcoat.


Flannel Surfing: "Like a well-loved pair of pajama pants, this faded blue polish is warmed with gray undertones. Pops of orange, aqua and teal glitters complete this polish. Best in 2-3 coats."


I haven't seen a glitter/crelly mix polish with these shades before, this one is completely unique and perfect for a fall collection, I love how the glitters pop and blend against the milky blue base. This is two coats with topcoat; for a polish with glitters, this applied very evenly.


Rust No One: "This orange, rusty, red leaning pumpkin color is ideal for fall.  With its linear holographic rainbow, Rust No One is beautiful indoors and out.  This holographic polish covers well in 2-3 coats."


Hello gorgeous orange holo!! This is definitely one of my favorites from the collection, the shade of orange is red (or pink) leaning and looks like a shade that will flatter all skin tones. Too bad it was cloudy out when I wore this, I can't wait to see what it would look like outside in the sun. This polish applied smoothly and I am showing it here in two coats, no topcoat.


A Raisin to Live: "Deep and dark, A Raisin To Live is a deep burgundy, blacken Ox Blood colored polish full of holographic sparkles.  If you love Witch Way, try her vampy cousin."


Talk about a shade I couldn't stop staring at! I loved how A Raisin to Live kept me looking at my nails the whole time I had it on, so dark and squishy! This is two coats with topcoat and this shade had smooth and consistent application.


Stonewashed: "Jeans are a girl’s best friend, after diamond of course, and this dusty navy color is the perfect complement to denim. Applying Stonewashed is a breeze with 1-2 coat coverage."


Stonewashed was a breeze to apply; this is one coat with topcoat, as you can see, it applied smoothly and had full coverage. It's a lovely blue that is perfect for fall.


So there you have it! What do you think of these 5 shades?

All 10 of the shades in the collection will be available September 15th on KB Shimmer; if you're international, KB Shimmer polishes can be found at Harlow & Co.

*Products in this post were provided by the manufacturer for my honest review*

8.03.2014

Zoya Naturel Deux (2) Collection - Swatches & Review


Today I have swatches of the new ZOYA Naturel Deux (2) Collection! There are six shades in this collection which according to ZOYA bridge the transitional gap between late summer / early fall, and I completely agree!


Let's jump right in!

Spencer: A full-coverage, rich camel cream




Chanelle: A full-coverage, toasted almond cream




Emilia: A full-coverage, dark chocolate cream




Marnie: A full-coverage, deep warm plum cream




Aubrey: A full-coverage, medium mauve cream




Madeline: A full-coverage, muted rose cream




All of these polishes had amazing application; none were streaky and were all completely opaque in two coats. Some of the Zoya polishes in the past have been on the streakier side but these were not at all, they were perfect.

I loved Zoya's first Natural Collection (you can see my review of that here) and I'm loving this one as well. As someone who wears natural colors to work on a daily basis, it's awesome to have more polishes to work into the "work" rotation.


Which of these shades is your favorite? Do you prefer this new collection or the original Naturel Collection better?

*Products in this post were provided by the manufacturer for my honest review*

5.25.2014

Nude Leopard Print

To be honest, I haven't been wearing much nail polish to work lately, however, last week I decided to rock some manicures and this is one of them! I have been loving nail art over natural nails so much these days, something I never would have done a couple years ago, but I've just been seeing so many manicures using this style so I thought I would join in.





I love how this look turned out, I used Konad White polish over my natural nails and Pueen09 image plate. Because the image was so dense, I think that this design worked great with what I was going for, you can see a VNL but it's not so in your face and I LOVED wearing this. So simple. PLUS, I didn't have to spend the time waiting for my base color to dry, I just stamped directly onto my NailEnvy basecoat.

What do you think? Would you rock a look like this?

4.02.2014

Sweet Heart Polish - The Color of Hope


I recently won a prize from The Crumpet's recent giveaway and the prize that I selected was 2 polishes from Sweet Heart Polish. This was my first experience with Sweet Heart Polish and it was great!

Today I will be sharing with you one of the colors I picked, The Color of Hope.





I am wearing two coats of The Color of Hope, with topcoat. Cassandra of Sweet Heart Polish describes this shade as follows, The Color of Hope is a pink holographic polish with a red shimmer. The Color of Hope was created to bring awareness to breast cancer.

As you know I am a big fan of pink polishes and this shade was the perfect color to add to my work polish rotation. I love how soft and delicate a pink this is! Plus, when you purchase this polish $2.00 of the proceeds go to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.

Stay tuned in the next couple of weeks for my second polish that I won from Debbie, The Crumpet and Cassandra, Sweet Heart Polish.

Do you have any Sweet Heart Polish shades? Which ones?