This Month in Nails - November 2013

Does anyone remember this series?

The reason why it disappeared last month is because I'm a reformed nail biter, who's currently back at the beginning of her twelve steps.
Basically, I decided enough is enough, and I need to stop biting my nails. Because I love relaxing at the end of the day and painting my nails a couple of times a week. It is so therapeutic for me! I also have a TON of nail polish, and when it just sits there looking like it wants to be used and it's not being used... well, I just feel like I wasted money.
I bite and pick my nails less when they're painted. So I just decided to stop biting them and put on some polish instead. Hopefully this is another step to the long road to recovery!


Orly in Rose Pixel

I've shown this on the blog before, back in August, but it really is one of my favorite shades. I also figured it was neutral enough that while my nails are still growing back in, it wouldn't be as noticeable as a darker shade might. The only picture I took was on instagram, because I didn't want to take any "official" swatch pictures. As you can see, my nails are still quite short. But they're coming around!





This was taken late in the month and this took me right up to the last day of November. Hopefully I'll have some fun, christmasy type nails to show off this month, since my nails are growing back in!

This Month in Nails - August

Here is what I wore on my nails in August.

Orly in Rose Pixel
I bought this at the same time I bought Orly in Mysterious Curse (seen on this post), on sale. This is really similar to Sally Hansen in Time to Shine and Orly's own polish, Rage, but it is more rose gold, and also has some great big circle glitters. I will probably frequently wear this polish, so don't be surprised if it pops up again later!



I just love how glittery and beautiful it is! I just want it to live on my nails!



I think this picture shows the bigger glitters better- you can see it at the top of the bottle.

Orly in Sparkling Garbage
This is one of those polishes that I just knew I had to have the minute I saw swatches coming out. For the color, and the name.  Do any of you get as obsessed about polish names as I do? I love a good creative name.



I cannot get over this polish! This is three coats, but it could have been opaque in two. I just kind of kept going- I was mesmerized by the sparkle!

And my ring finger nail is finally starting to grow out some. Yes!

Avon in Fusion

I used this nail polish last month, but I was looking for something a little more neutral to wear to my first day at my new job- even though I was pretty sure my new boss wouldn't mind a colored polish, you can never be too sure!
Sorry for the crappy picture- I forgot to take one and then as I was going to take it off, I remembered to snap a pic. It was already dark outside, so I couldn't take one in the sun.



As I stated in last month's post, this color was one of the first I bought when I really started to get into nail polish, and it is still one of my favorites. I just love Avon polishes!

Sally Hansen in Please Sea Me with an accent nail of Sally Hansen Mermaid's Tale

I received Please Sea Me in my Allure Fall Beauty Box, and I couldn't wait to use it! It is unlike any other blue I own, and I own quite a few blues!





I really like the color combo of these two, and will probably wear this again at some point. I still want to try Mermaid's Tale over black, as well.

Avon Coral Bikini with an accent nail of China Glaze It's a Trap-eze!

Coral Bikini is a polish that I really should have worn a lot more this summer- it is such a fun, bright color!




I made a mistake using It's a Trap-eze! as the accent nail. It didn't work as well as I had hoped it would. It was still cute and fun, but not what I was hoping for.



As you can see, I had some major wear problems with this as well- this was taken two days after application. Overall, I was just not pleased with this combo.

Zoya in Aurora

This is probably my favorite polish that I own right now. It's purple, and it's sparkly. And it looks amazing on my nails!



It has a great formula, wears extremely well (like all of the Zoya polishes I own), and is so freaking beautiful I almost can't stand it.
If I was going to lose all but one of my nail polishes, this would be the one I would decide to keep.


Aurora took me right into the end of August! I'm already planning on trying out some simplish nail art for next month, so look out for that! Thanks for reading!

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!