Spring Color Alert! Zoya Caitlin on Realbeauty.com!

Zoya Caitlin featured on Realbeauty.com!

Get pretty spring nails with Zoya Caitlin! Realbeauty.com writes "Caitlin is a creamy gray-violet that's fashion-forward and trendy, yet still subtle enough to wear to the office." Zoya Caitlin is perfect for any occasion! Check out the rest of the Intimate collection here!

Orly - Enchanted Forest

I have a lovely green polish for you to look at today, Enchanted Forest. This is one of the polishes from the 'Once Upon A Time' collection Orly released in 2009. The bottles came with cute charms, but I got my bottle without one *cries*. I know, I know.. it's just a charm, right? At least the bottle cap has some silver glitter (fairy dust?) on it. :O Enchanted Forest is a dark green creme. It's slightly dusty and a little bit more blue toned than yellow toned. I must say I like my greens to be more on the blue side, so this one is just fabulous. Love it.

The application was ok. The first coat was awfully streaky, but with two more coats and a topcoat it was perfect.

Thanks for watching! And to all my new followers: welcome! *waves* :D

Merry Me

I'm finally getting around to swatching my Sephora By OPI Holiday 2010 Limited Edition Collection-Merry Me.  It's very beautiful!   Deep red base with silver, red and pink glitter.  No problems with the formula very opaque and only needed 2 coats.  I thought it would eat up some topcoat.  I was pleasantly surprised I only needed one coat of my Revlon Colorstay.  It glistens so much I can't stop looking at my nails.

Hold up wait a minute, the next day my topcoat was eaten up. Lol!  I applied another coat of Revlon Colorstay Topcoat.  Now it looks perfect :)

Psst:   Just want to share that Sally Hansen Hard as Nails clear is showing up at Big Lots.  It can be used as a basecoat, topcoat and the ladies from MUA said it's great to layer over holographics and it won't dull the effect. How great is that!!

Until next time please have a great nail polish day. (✿◠‿◠)

Here comes the Bride?!?!!

...No don't congratulate me on my upcoming nuptuals just yet, I've got to find a boyfriend (victim) first! Todays manicure came out exactly how I imagined it, yet only when it was on my nails did I realise how bridal it looks!! I still think its pretty, and at least now I know I can do my own nails for my wedding day....ha!
 I started with 3 coats of Collection 2000 French Pink which is a sheer, light pink perfect for french manicures. It's a bit streaky in two coats, but the third evens it out. It says 5 days wear on the bottle, but ive never been patient enough to keep a manicure on that long to find out if it really works!!! Here she is on her own:

Shiny no?! I didnt need a topcoat with this polish, its dead shiny by itself, but i applied one anyway before using the full nail daisy image on BundleMonster's BM16, and adding silver dots to the centre of the flowers:

 

I stamped with Rimmels French White (which is a bit sheer for stamping to be honest) and used Claire's Silver Nail Art Pen for the flower centres. Very subtle and girly. Would love it if I had some Rhinestones to add.
This is my most recent manicure, and my nails have really grown since I've started this blog - theyre usually quite weak and I have a tendency to piggle at them. Taking pictures of your nails everyday sure is an incentive to keep them in good condition though! I've also started using Lush's Lemony Flutter again, which is great for the cuticles, and is keeping my nails strong I think. It also smells HAMAZING.
I think I'm getting better at photographing my nails - I hope you enjoyed this manicure, let me know what you think! Is there anything you'd like to see from me in the coming days/weeks?