This Month in Nails - February 2014

Zoya in Storm





I got this polish during the Zoya promo (buy three for the cost of shipping), and I don't know if it's just because it's a new bottle of polish or what, but I am not super impressed with the dispersion of the holographic micro glitters. It's not at all like my beloved Aurora (seen in this blog post). But I am hoping it's because it's a new bottle, and when the formula settles a bit, it will be better. I was really impressed with the staying power of this polish- I wore it for almost a week with no chipping or tip wear. I continue to be impressed with Zoya polish, and highly recommend it!


Finger Paints in Vintage Violet with an accent nail of China Glaze in Be Berry, Be Bright






Fingerpaints in Vintage Violet will always have a special place in my heart, because I got engaged wearing that shade! (Is that super lame and cheesy? Probably!) I thought that Be Berry, Be Bright (which was a Christmas gift from my sister-in-law) would pair nicely with it, and it did, but you can't see too many of the purple glitters because the purple polish hides them a bit. But I still really liked this combo.



That's it- another month where I didn't paint my nails very much. I'm definitely going to try to do better next month!


FTC: Please see above for how polishes were received. Unless stated otherwise, they were purchased by me with my own money. 

This Month in Nails - July

I love nail polish. Actually, I'm a little obsessed. I can spend hours researching swatches, and going through nail blogs looking at the beautiful colors and designs.  I own over 70 bottles myself now, which isn't much for some, but is a whole bunch for others.

I thought I would do a monthly series on my nails- what I wore, how I liked it, etc.

I apologize in advance for any wonky nails, tip wear, etc in any of the nail pics. I am still learning and trying my best!

Wet n' Wild Shine in Chick Magnet Zack
This is from the Wet n' Wild Saved by the Bell collection that was only available in a handful of places. I got really lucky and scored two sets of all of them, one for me and one for my friend Jeanette.



This is a shimmery neon, but it is slightly thicker than the others in this collection. I don't feel like I need more than two coats with this one. It dries matte, like most neons tend to do, and as you can tell, I've added a top coat. (I'm a fan of a glossy nail!) It is one of the most beautiful blue polishes I won, and probably one of my very favorites of my collection. Plus, it's named after one of my childhood crushes. I couldn't resist!
(My absolute favorite swatches of this polish can be found on the SayAnythingBrooke blog.)

Fingerpaints in Gimme Some Sugar with China Glaze Scattered & Tattered
I picked up Gimme Some Sugar as a gift-with-purchase at Sally Beauty awhile back during one of their sales, and I just recently purchased Scattered and Tattered on clearance as a red-tagged item.





Gimme Some Sugar is an absolutely beautiful pink- I actually called it Easter Pink when I first purchased it!
Scattered and Tattered has the redish glitters you see, and some really pretty pink glitter, as well as some bar glitter (which I am not a fan of, but I like the way it looks in this polish).

I really enjoyed this combo together!

And then I broke a nail. And another. So I didn't paint my nails for awhile.

Love and Beauty in Light Blue with an accent nail of Avon Fusion and two nails with Revlon Whimsical

I coveted this Light Blue polish for about a month before going back to get it. Avon Fusion was one of the first nail polishes I ever bought when I started getting into nail polish. Revlon Whimsical to me was just a really fun, multicolored glitter that I needed in my life.


(See that ring finger nail? That's the one I broke. Oh yeah, and then two days after this paint job, I broke it AGAIN. It was super painful.)





Orly in Mysterious Curse
I just picked this up a couple weekends ago at Sally Beauty- they had a bunch of Orly and China Glaze polishes on sale (which I tweeted about, so if you are interested in these types of things, be sure to follow me on twitter!)


(see that ring finger nail? That is after three days of growth. Sorry it looks so bad, guys!)

I love this polish so much. You can see the color shimmering through the bottle, and on the nail. It's just gorgeous!

Here's a closer look. Again, obviously I am just a girl that does her nails, and they don't look perfect by any means!



The polish was a tiny bit thick in some places, but it built up to opacity nicely. I might make a ring out of this one when I get some silver bases.

That's it for this month- with the broken nails, I just wasn't motivated to keep up with my nails. But August should be a better month in terms of nails!