Zoya Aurora
Thursday, February 6, 2014
2/06/2014 11:25:00 AM
There are some polishes that are to pretty to mess with. Today's polish is just that. Zoya's Aurora is a dream to apply and a dream to wear. You may remember this post, which features the blue version of this polish.
The holographic polishes in this purple are absolutely stunning. It absolutely glows from within, no matter what light I'm in. Also depending on the light, the color ranges from the light purple you see to a deeper royal purple.
Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee
*all polishes featured in this post were purchased by me
Grey Tones
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
2/05/2014 12:04:00 AM
How is everyone today? I know I've touched on this before, but sometimes with nail art you can burn out, so it's nice to take a break and get down to the basics. This is one of those manis. I wanted something simple for a few days and landed on this mani.
For this look, I used Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure in Greige Gardens for my main color, which is exactly what it sounds like. It's a beautiful Griege, a greyed out purple color, that makes for a fun simple neutral type color. For my accent nail I used Maybelline Color Show in Amethyst Couture, from their Brocades collection. Amethyst Couture is a blackened type plum base with lighter purple and gold hexes plus purple microglitter. It makes for a really interesting polish.
Have you been jonesing for some toned down nails lately?
Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee
P.S. Did you see if you won my Gwen OPI giveaway? If you didn't win this time, stick around, I have 2 giveaways lined up for the very near future.
*all polishes featured in this post were purchased by me
Gwen Giveaway Winners
Monday, February 3, 2014
2/03/2014 05:04:00 PM
Oh my gosh y'all! The Gwen OPI Mini Set Giveaway is over already! That flew by! I'm so excited to announce the winners, but first let me show you this fun infographic I put together. You had some of the best comments, so I tallied up your votes on favorite colors. Check it out.
a Rafflecopter giveaway
Congratulations to the winners! I can't wait to see who wins the next two giveaways.
Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee
Now for the WINNERS of the giveaway. That's right. I said WINNERS! I added two SURPRISE prizes based on your votes for favorite color. The two runners up will receive either a full bottle of Push & Shove or L.A.M.B (at random). If you didn't win this time around, keep reading, I have 2 fun giveaways lined up for the very near future!
a Rafflecopter giveaway
Congratulations to the winners! I can't wait to see who wins the next two giveaways.
Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee
*all prizes featured in this post were purchased by me
Stamping Saturdays: Golden Arrows
Saturday, February 1, 2014
2/01/2014 11:20:00 AM
Welcome to round 4 of Stamping Saturdays. If you noticed that I missed last week, its because I had a very good reason. Thursday my Mom and Aunt flew into town, Friday my best friend and Future Mother in Law hit the city. We saw a broadway show, went wedding dress shopping (I found one!!!) and pretty much had the best weekend ever.
Now lets talk nails. For this look I started off with a base of Cirque Chrysopoeia, a beautiful holographic gold. You've seen it before here along with the rest of the Cirque Alchemy Collection.
I then stamped on a repeating arrow design from BM-410 using Konad Black. Don't mind my super shiny skin. I didn't wait long enough between moisturizing and pictures. :-/ I also had some top-coat dragging on the design on my pinky which made me sad, but it was late and I didn't want to redo that finger so I went with it.
As usual don't forget to check out the other ladies stamping. You can see their links below.
Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee
*all products used in this post were purchased by me
Polish by KPT: Harvest Moon
Thursday, January 30, 2014
1/30/2014 11:46:00 PM
As I've gotten more and more into polish, I've come to love two types of polish. Holographic and Thermal. Put those two things into one polish and I am a HAPPY HAPPY girl.
Today I have Polish by KPT's Harvest Moon. When cold it is a beautiful burnt orange but when its warm it is this amazeballs nude color, all filled with holographic sparkles. Here it is warm.
See what I mean about the pretty nude color? Now lets take a look at the polish cold and transitioning. Please don't mind my wet hands as the transition happens quickly. I had to dunk my fingers in ice water and photograph very quickly.
LOOK AT IT! Thermal polish is seriously like the best invention ever. It makes life so fun.
Do you like the warm or cold color better?
Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee
*all polishes featured in this post were purchased by me
China Glaze Howl You Doin'
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
1/28/2014 11:49:00 PM
China Glaze makes some of the best seasonal polishes. But they are also great at making polishes that fit with that season and can still be worn outside of that seasons. Today's polish is from the 2013 Monsters Ball, Halloween Collection.
Howl You Doin' is a thick plum base filled with flakies in a bevy of beautiful colors. The flakies are in blue, orange, royal purple, red, and copper. At least thats what it looks like to me. This is 2 coats with Seche Vite to top it off. This polish is great for fall and winter!
What color flakies do you see?
Enjoy & until tomorrow, Amy Lee
*all polishes featured in this post were purchased by me
Safari X's
Thursday, January 23, 2014
1/23/2014 10:59:00 AM
I don't think it's a secret that I like to browse Pinterest to gain inspiration for mani's. Sometimes I'm just not feeling super original, so I head over there to the abundance of nail art and designs. Today's manicure was inspired by this pin, however when I reverse search the image, it takes me to a prom dress shop, which is weird. If you know the originator, please let me know so I can credit them properly.
Anywho, I really wanted to use China Glaze I Herd That for my glitter. I LOOOVE that glitter. If you take one thing away from this blog, ever, it should be get I Herd That and I'm Not Lion from the On Safari Collection!! Do it!!
Anywho, I really wanted to use China Glaze I Herd That for my glitter. I LOOOVE that glitter. If you take one thing away from this blog, ever, it should be get I Herd That and I'm Not Lion from the On Safari Collection!! Do it!!
The creme color is China Glaze Purr-fect Plum, also from the On Safari Collection. The X's were done with an Orly Instant Artist striper in white. My lines aren't as crisp as I'd like, but I really enjoy the look of this manicure.
What do you think of this look? Do you have a favorite glitter polish?
Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee
*all polishes featured in this post were purchased by me
