NOTD: Butter London- Tart With A Heart

This may be my least favorite polish, it doesn't look good alone and it isn't anything special over 

OPI's- Mimosas for Mr. & Mrs. 

Tart With A Heart is an all glitter polish with a sheer brownish base. It has different sized glitter that give off an tan glimmer under direct light. I used one coat of Tart With A Heart on top of 2 coats of Mimosas For Mr. & Mrs. then topped it off with a thick coat of Seche Vite to get rid of the lumpiness from the glitter. Again, as with Gobsmacked, this glitter polish also seemed to get a bit thick during application- this makes a smooth application a bit more difficult.

I'm so excited to swatch the rest of my {newly acquired} Butter London collection for you guys! I have a feeling that more than one favorite will emerge :)

Products Used:

Butter London- Tart With A Heart | OPI- Mimosas For Mr. & Mrs. | Seche Vite.

NOTD: OPI- I Have A Herring Problem

 This color totally reminded me of jeans, I just had to add some white stitching to the mix!

 OPI's 'I Have a Herring Problem is a gorgeous medium toned blue with silver glitter and is pretty opaque with 2 coats, but I used 3 because I had some streaking.

Do you have any manicure suggestions??

Products Mentioned:
OPI- I Have a Herring Problem | CM Nail Art- White.

NOTD: French Tip With a Twist

 I have been dying to try this tape manicure out since I saw something similar floating around on Pinterest. But my impatience got the best of me twice... Until now!

These are my fool-proof steps to getting good Tape manicures:

Step#3: cut at an angle. Use the
triangles you cut off as a guide
for the rest. 

Step#1: Cut square pieces 

of tape. Clear or glossy will

work fine.

Step#2: Fold the tape in half
with the sticky sides facing out.

Step#4: Before applying the
tape make sure the polish is
completely dry. {I applied a
coat of Seche Vite, this
actually makes tape manis
a lot easier!} 

     

       Step#5: Position the tape in the
       middle of you nail, make sure all
      the edges are fully taped down.

Step#6: Paint over the tips & peel 

off after about 1 minute. {At this 

point if some lines were not 

perfect I used a thin brush to

correct them} Apply a top coat!

 Polish Review: The pink polish is quite opaque and took 2 coats to be streak free and pretty much even. The black took only one coat, but 2 coats would create an even opaque nail if worn on its own. I find that all of my Avon polishes tend to last 3-4 days without any chipping and minor wear to the tips when I use a base coat (OPI ridge filler) and a top coat (Seche Vite).

Don't mind my kitty in the background :)

Products Used: Tape, Avon- Black Licorice, Pastel Pink. Seche Vite Top Coat, CM Nail Art Black.

NOTD: Mixing Patterns

Today I decided to mix patterns! :) 

The sun came out just in time for me to take more pictures!

Polka Dots, Stripes, Flowers, Glitter... how can you go wrong?!

I am loving this jelly glitter polish, but the sparkle doesn't show up in regular pictures, so I took a fuzzy  one.

My Method: 

•  I used my handy double sided dotting tool for the flowers, make 4 dots close enough together so the edges overlap a little, then dot a darker color in the center.

• For the stripes I used the CM Nail Art polish, and made steady strokes vertically down my nail. You can go over each stripe a few times to get the desired thickness and opacity.  I actually like the brush in this polish over the nail art brushes I bought on eBay because those unfortunately frayed out when I cleaned tried to clean them :(

Hope you enjoyed the pictures! What other types of manicures would you like to see?

Wow, I just realized all my polishes are water inspired!

Products mentioned:
Essie- Absolutely Shore. China Glaze- Atlantis. Avon- Aqua Fantasy. CM Nail Art- White. 
Dotting tools- blueskynailsupply.

NOTD: 4th of July!

It is July, and I jumped on the bandwagon and gave myself a 4th of July mani! It was fun creating different designs on each nail especially the star, which proved to be quite easy with my CM nail art polish.

After each nail had 2 coats of color, I used glitter for the middle finger, a dotting tool to create the dots, and the CM nail art to freehand the lines and the star.

•  I made the star by using this method, then filling it in: 

• The Red is one of the best formulas I've tried, glossy and very opaque even after one coat.
• The White is also one of the best I've tried, not thick at all, and after 2 coats it is mostly even and streak-free. {Good job Avon!}
•  The Blue is actually a shimmer polish, but the finish is nice and even, not thick at all.

The holographic glitter has various sized silver particles. So pretty!!

Products mentioned: 


L to R: Seche Vite Top Coat, OPI Ridge Filler, CM Nail Art White, Avon: French Tip White, Illusion, China Glaze Techno, Avon: Splendid Blue, Real Red. Dotting tools via blueskynailssupply.

Have a happy and safe 4th of July!!!

Nail Polish Haul + NOTD + Kate Spade

One thing that I have learned about myself is that I cannot exercise self-control in a store full of every shade of nail polish! Today me and my sister went back to Skylark Nail and Beauty Supply and bought even more polishes! I also gave myself a girly mani, and went to Marshalls!

L to R: CM Nail Art White{$1.50}, OPI Ridge Filler{$4}, Orly Bare Rose{$4.50}, China Glaze: Pool Party, Strawberry Fields, Techno, Atlantis{$2.50 each}.

I used 3 coats of Avon Pastel Pink, one coat of China Glaze Fairy Dust on all nails (except accent).

On the accent nail: one coat of Black Poppy Silver, 3 coats of Jordana Silver Glitter, one coat of China Glaze Fairy dust. 

Fairy Dust gives off amazing rainbow reflections, I love this one!!!!

I have noticed that this particular pale pink Avon color does take a good 3 coats and minor wait time between coat applications to be completely even and streak free. But I have tried Sinful Colors Easy Going which is another pale pink with worse results.

Finally, I went to marshalls with a $10 voucher I got in the mail (that I got by accumulating points from purchases made by using my store credit card). I ended up buying this Kate Spade lotion for $12.99. My total cost: ~$4! Yay!

That's it for now, hope you enjoyed!