Showing posts with label Dear Dahlia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dear Dahlia. Show all posts
Honeymoon Nails
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
10/07/2014 07:49:00 PM
For our honeymoon the Mister and I went to Fiji! We love to travel and between both of us, we've been lucky enough to cover most of the globe. We have a ritual that we use to pick our travel destinations. We both pick 3 locations, but you aren't allowed to pick somewhere you've been. For example, I can't pick Greece because I've been there, but he can because he hasn't. We then throw our collective 6 choices in a hat and draw. We each get a veto, but you don't have to use it up. Fiji was picked first this time, and neither of us vetoed, so FIJI Honeymoon it was.
I think you all know me well enough to know that I totally took polishes on the honeymoon with me. For this trip I brought along Cirque's Kontiki collection. It was amazing to lounge on the porch of the bure and do my nails. So fun. I didn't take any fancy tools or anything, just me and the polish bottles.
For the first look, I paired Midsummer Night (blue) and Thicker Than Water (teal) together. This look was spot on color wise for the ocean. You'd see gorgeous teal water in the shallow areas and then it would change suddenly to deep dark blue where the drop offs happened. It was crazy cool looking.
After I took off the first look, I chose to just wear Dear Dahlia on it's own. I tell you, these polishes were made to be taken on tropical vacation. They were perfect and I got so many compliments on them! Also, do you guys love the hermit crabs? I thought they were so fun and they were everywhere!! I've never seen them in the wild before, just for sale in pet stores.
What is your dream vacation destination?
Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee
*all polishes used in this post were purchased by me
Tropical Dahlia
Tuesday, September 30, 2014
9/30/2014 11:00:00 AM
I decided to have some fun with Cirque's Dear Dahlia. While I was playing with this collection I kept imagining it on my tropical honeymoon. I'm excited to get married, but I'm also excited for an extended vacation lazing around on a beach with blue waters and drinks with little umbrellas. So I decided to paint some green palm type leaves and orange & blue flowers using Dear Dahlia as a base.
I then added a matte topcoat, so you can see the details a little better. I can't decide if I like shiny or matte better. What do you think?
All of the leaves/flowers were done in acrylic paint, so I don't have color names for you. Sorry.
Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee
*all products used in this post were purchased by me
Cirque Kontiki Collection
Friday, August 22, 2014
8/22/2014 09:01:00 PM
Before this collection came out if you'd asked me what my favorite Cirque polish was, heck, favorite polish period, I would have told you Cirque Coronation. Now it's a tie. A four way tie. All three polishes from the Kontiki Collection have that same amazeballs shimmer effect that Coronation sports and I just keeled over and died while I was wearing these. I did not want to take them off, EVER! It's like Annie ground up opals and poured them into her polish.
First up is my favorite out of these three. You all have been around long enough to know that teal is my all time favorite color ever, so it should surprise you that the teal isn't my fave pick. It surprised me too! This is Midsummer Night. I totally turned into a teenager when I put this one on. I kept shoving it in the fiances face and yelling "I.. CANT...EVEN...THIS POLISH! UGH!" Needless to say, he was not amused. This is a royal blue polish that seems to glow from within due to the coppery shimmer. I'm wearing 3 coats, and while its a bit sheer, that is part of what makes it gorgeous.
Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee
First up is my favorite out of these three. You all have been around long enough to know that teal is my all time favorite color ever, so it should surprise you that the teal isn't my fave pick. It surprised me too! This is Midsummer Night. I totally turned into a teenager when I put this one on. I kept shoving it in the fiances face and yelling "I.. CANT...EVEN...THIS POLISH! UGH!" Needless to say, he was not amused. This is a royal blue polish that seems to glow from within due to the coppery shimmer. I'm wearing 3 coats, and while its a bit sheer, that is part of what makes it gorgeous.
Next is Dear Dahlia. Dear Dahlia is a fuschia filled with green to blue shimmer. It still has that beautiful from within glow that I love.
Finally we have Thicker Than Water, which is the teal polish. This is a sheer teal polish that has the same glow/shimmer which shifts from green to gold. Check out that bottle shot below, ugh!
This is by far my favorite collection I've seen all year and I'm so glad that I snagged all three. I'm packing them for my tropical honeymoon and only them. They'll look amazing in that setting!
Which one is your favorite?
*all polishes featured in this post were purchased by me
