OPI Beach Sandies Nail Art

A couple of Friday's ago I arrived home from work to find a mysterious birthday gift waiting for me. The first time this happened to me (around Christmas) it took me a while to figure out who the gift was from, however, this time I knew right away, my friend Amanda! Amanda and I used to work together and were really close when we were working; she has since found a different job, and although we don't get to hang out as much, she's still a good friend, and super sweet for leaving mystery presents on my doorstep!

This package included a Coach wristlet and the OPI Beach Sandies mini set. Coincidentally, I had been eyeing up this set earlier this year when it came out but never ended up picking it up for myself, so it was perfect that she got this for me.

Is anyone surprised that I decided to do a negative space look? LOL. I'm obsessed lately! The colors included in this look (and the set) include, Samba-dy Loves Purple (purple), I'm Brazil Nuts Over You (pink), What's a Little Rain Forest? (blue), and You're So Flippy Floppy (yellow).

These colors are so bright and vibrant and were perfect for creating this fun summer look, especially since they dry to a textured finish. What do you think? Do you own any of these Beach Sandies?

P.S. Thanks again Amanda!

Salon Perfect: Neon Pop Collection Swatches & Revew - Part 3

Happy Monday! Before we get into the look, today is my husbands birthday (HBD Rob!), we are taking the day off of work to go to the local amusement park - so hopefully the weather holds out!

With this look I am wrapping up the review of the Salon Perfect Neon Pop Collection polishes that I received.

Left to Right: Plum Sorbet, Bermuda Baby, Flamingo Flair

Instead of some straight up swatches I decided to do a splatter mani to show them off!

Lightbox with Nikon Camera; with flash

Lightbox with iphone; without flash

Lightbox with iphone; with flash

Outside with iphone; without flash

I'm loving this look! The white is Salon Perfect Sugar Cube and once I "splattered" on the neons I topped off this look with Salon Perfect Crystal Clear. I didn't want to take this off when I did but I had other looks to do, so I only kept it on for a couple of hours. I will probably re-do it at sometime. Also, I love the purplish shade that the blue over the pink creates!

These polishes are currently available at Wal-Mart, retailing for $3.98/each.

What do you think? Are you loving this look as much as I am?

Incoco Real Nail Polish Appliques - Bonfire Nights

Last week I showed you one of the appliques from the Incoco Tribal Beats Collection, and today I'm sharing with you another awesome pattern, Bonfire Nights.

Bonfire Nights: The rich colors in this tribal design create a welcoming, but confident look.

This look is the same color palette as the Desert Sunset pattern but the design almost has a "sweater/tribal" feel; is that a thing? It is now! I love how detailed  these strips are; it makes me look like a nail art pro!

You can find Incoco Products here:

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

Salon Perfect: Neon Pop Collection Swatches & Revew - Part 2

Today I am back with 3 more Neon Pop Collection polishes from Salon Perfect:



L to R: Haute Pink, Loopy Lime, Tickled Pink

For today's look, I put all three colors together into one bright mani:



Lightbox with Nikon Camera; with Flash



Lightbox with iphone Camera; no flash



Lightbox with iphone Camera; with flash



Outdoors with iphone Camera; no flash

I am wearing two coats of the Sugar Cube white polish base, two coats of the neons and a final "Crystal Clear" topcoat. I tried to capture the "neon-ness" of the colors but taking pictures in a couple different lights. It is so crazy how some of the color (I'm looking at you Haute Pink) with different lights - it always seems to be the brightest neons that are the hardest to capture.

Which of these shades is your favorite?

Salon Perfect: Neon Pop Collection Swatches & Revew - Part 1

Happy Sunday lovelies! I was recently sent 9 of the new 12 Neon Pop Collection shades and today I will be sharing with you 3 of those colors.

L to R: Yowza Yellow, Traffic Cone and Fired Up Fuchsia

This collection also comes with a white "base" coat to make the neons pop called "Sugar Cube" and a clear top coat to give them a shiny look to give you options (as they dry to natural matte finish), called "Crystal Clear".

For this post I have a couple different camera / lighting set-ups to try to capture all the neon goodness of these shades.

Yowza Yellow: A Highlighter Yellow

Traditional Lighting Set Up (Nikon Camera & Lightbox)

This is definitely a "highlighter yellow" as described, and I love that they named it YOWZA yellow, lol. It really matches perfectly with how crazy and bright this color is. I am wearing one coat of color, over two coats of the base with topcoat.

Traditional Lighting Set Up (Nikon Camera & Lightbox)



I-phone camera in lightbox; no flash

I-phone camera in lightbox; with flash

Traffic Cone: A Neon Orange

Traditional Lighting Set Up (Nikon Camera & Lightbox)

This shade was the hardest of the shades that I am sharing today to capture on camera. It really is just a super bright neon orange. I am wearing one coat of color, over two coats of the base topped with topcoat.

Traditional Lighting Set Up (Nikon Camera & Lightbox)

I-phone camera in lightbox; no flash

I-phone camera outside; no flash

I-phone camera indoors; no flash

Fired Up Fuchsia: A Flashy Fuchsia Shimmer

Traditional Lighting Set Up (Nikon Camera & Lightbox)

In these first two pictures, the shimmer is really prominent, I would say it's silvery blue shimmer, which always looks awesome with these bright Fuchsia colors. I am wearing two coats of base, one coat of color and topcoat.

Traditional Lighting Set Up (Nikon Camera & Lightbox)

I-phone camera in lightbox; no flash

I-phone camera in lightbox; with flash

So there you have it, the first 3 shades of the collection. I will be sharing with you the other 6 that I was sent in the next couple of days so keep an eye out.

Out of these three, which was your favorite?

These shades launched in July as part of a limited edition promotion between Salon Perfect and Walmart. Individual shades retail for $3.98.

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

Press Release: China Glaze - Pop Top Collection

GLITTER MAKES EVERYTHING BETTER

Top off your nails with the China Glaze® Pop Top Collection

 

Shine on with the new China Glaze® Pop Top collection. This eight-piece, limited edition set includes two classic base shades mixed with six glitter toppers to add sparkle, sprinkle and shine to your nails. Layer the eye-catching glitters together for a bold look, or pick just one for a dazzling finish – either way you are sure to add POP to your manicure.

The China Glaze® Pop Top collection includes:

·         Heart of Africa: Shimmering deep red

·         White on White: Crisp white crème

·         Pizzazz: Twinkling multi-dimensional glitter blend

·         Fairy Dust: Delicate silver sparkle overcoat

·         Luxe & Lush: A high octane flaky overcoat

·         Your Present Required: Multi-sized and multi-colored glitter

·         I Pink I Can: Multi-sized pink glitter

·         Techno: Glitter confetti polish

China Glaze® Pop Top will be available in August 2014 as open stock colors and 12-piece counter display, plus two four-piece box collections, “Glisten Up” and “Feeling Sparkly”.  Individual polishes will retail for $7.50 MSRP and the four-piece box collections retail for $19.95 each.  China Glaze® Pop Top will be available at fine salons and beauty supply stores nationwide; the four-piece kits will be available exclusively at Ulta.

 

 

China Glaze® is free of DBP, toluene, and added formaldehyde.

China Glaze® nail lacquers are available through salons and professional beauty supply stores nationwide. For more information, please visit www.chinaglaze.com or follow China Glaze on Facebook (@ChinaGlaze), Instagram (@ChinaGlazeOfficial), Twitter (@ChinaGlaze) and Pinterest (pinterest.com/chinaglaze), #ChinaGlazePopTop.

China Glaze® is a division of American International Industries.

About American International Industries

For nearly 40 years, A.I.I. has been the leading manufacturer and worldwide distributor of innovative, quality beauty and skin care products for men and women.  Our product lines include Ardell, Andrea, Body Drench, Bye Bye Blemish, Checi, China Glaze, Clean + Easy, Clubman/Pinaud, Duo, European Secrets, EzFlow, Fright Night, Gena, GiGi, Gypsy Lash, IBD, Jeris-Lustray, No Tweeze/Micro Tweeze, 'N Rage, Prolinc, RAW, Seche, SuperNail, Surgi-Care, Waterworks, Winning Nails, Woltra, Woody’s, and Youthair. For more information, visit our website: www.aiibeauty.com.

 

Twinsie Tuesday: Summer Lovin'

Welcome new Twinsie's, Bridget and Jessica!

Today's Twinsie Tuesday theme is Summer Lovin'; I wasn't exactly sure what this theme meant so I just did something that reminded me of summer; neon and skin :-P

Granted I don't wear that much neon or show that much skin anymore, but this seemed kind of summery so I went with it. I have been loving these negative space, striping tape looks lately so that's how this look was born.

For the polishes I used Zoya Paz (pinky), Zoya Tobey (pointer), Dear Rus Venor 5 (ring), and Dear Rus Venor 16 (middle).

Does this look summery to you at all? Would you wear a look like this?

Make sure to see what the other ladies did for their Summer Lovin' looks!

Alaina at The Little Canvas

Amanda at Amandalandish

Amber at Nails Like Lace
Anna at Going to the Showing
Bridget at A Painted Nail

Casey at CaseyLane Loves Polish

Chelsea at Nailed Blog

ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi

Cordia at Seriously Swatched

Elizabeth at Did My Nails

Erin at Paint Those Piggies

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