BOTD: F21 Striped Blouse vs. Equipment Striped Sophie Blouse

{Bargain Of The Day} 
The other day I decided to try my luck in F21 and stumbled across a blouse that has an unbelievable resemblance to an Equipment blouse which I so desperately wanted... but the sticker shock made me think twice!

Forever 21 Sheer Striped Top
item #2000044096 $19.80.

Equipment Striped Sophie Blouse
$198. 

From the rounded peter-pan style collar, to the arrangement of the striped it's almost an identical match!

Of course the color of the F21 shirt is white and it has a straight hem, while the Equipment blouse is beige and has a rounded longer hem.

 Other than that, what a bargain dupe!!!

What do you think, are you going snatch this bargain up before it sells out???

Products mentioned:

Forever 21: Sheer striped Top #2000044096 $19.80 | Equipmen-t Striped Sophie Blouse $189.

NOTD: Burberry Manicure

I've been meaning to do this manicure ever since I saw THIS awesome video tutorial on youtube by NailsByiMichelley. It's easier than I thought it was going to be!

I would describe how to do this manicure myself, but NailsByiMichelley did such a great job in her video. Why deny you the opportunity to see and try it out for yourself?! :)

On a different note, I am officially going to see my favorite band of all time next week! I can't wait to share pictures of The Adicts playing live with you guys! :) {I know what you're thinking...punk rock concert after buying Ann Taylor clothes?! But, you'd be surprised at how fun and catchy most of their lyrics are!} I am a little nervous though, I have no idea what to wear and I just know I will be out of my element, hopefully in a good way. It has been so long since I delved into the world of old school punk rock. Eeek!

Products Used:

Essie: Case Study | CM Nail Art- White, Red, Black.

NOTD: Cupcakes

After seeing so many cupcake manicures on Pinterest, I made my attempt... They're too adorable to resist!

•  after painting every other nail pink, I painted the bottom 1/3 of the other nails the same color.
• I then added vertical light pink stripes to the 1/3 portion.
• With white polish I painted 3 scallops using the nail polish brush.
• Then, I carefully rounded out the top using the same nail polish brush making sure not to go all the way to the cuticle.
• I added small sprinkles with my finest dotting tool. {a pin will work, but be careful}
• Finally I topped of the cupcake with a sparkly top coat and a pink rhinestone.
• For the other nails I free-handed silver hearts {added dots} and stripes.

My first cupcake didn't come out very round!

Sparkly cupcakes, yum!

I have to mention that my nails gave me a huge craving for cupcakes which, I am proud to say I satisfied! lol

Do you want cupcakes now??? :)

Products Used:
Avon: Viva Pink, French Tip White, Romance & Noir Emerald {for the dots} |
CM Nail Art: Heavenly Pink | Black Poppy: {unnamed} Metallic Silver | China Glaze: Fairy Dust.

NOTD: Tory Burch Inspired

Today's nails are inspired by this Tory Burch tank:

Do you see the resemblance? :)

Products Mentioned:

Tory Burch Samantha Tank {$125 here} | NOTD: Avon- Orange Creamsicle, Illusion | 

Black Poppy-{unnamed} grey with holo glitter sold at pacsun | NYC- Sidewalkers {270}. 

OOTD: Tanks + Statement Necklace

I did some online shopping last week and was pretty excited to get packages in the mail this week!

Shopping online at Forever21 and Charlotte Russe is definitely not something I do often, I am always expecting so much more than what I usually end. And F21's return policy isn't one of my favorites either, but I am extremely pleased with these purchases and there will be no returns! And if you haven't already noticed, I might be totally obsessed, and get ridiculously excited when I find amazing bargains like shopping on eBay and enjoy finding great items like this necklace :)

Here are all my new items! 

After seeing so many pictures floating around on Pinterest, I found this Bubble Necklace on Ebay for $15, compared to J.Crew's hefty $150 price tag. 

{I'm sure mine is only J.Crew inspired, but it's amazing quality, for a tiny fraction of the price!}

I saw this online at Charlotte Russe and fell in love with the huge bow!!! But I was skeptical of the fabric so I found it in-store and was pleasantly surprised at how soft, yet sturdy it actually is!

Love= Black+White .

  

Today's Outfit: I'm loving the Bubble necklace and Stripes combo :) 

Products Mentioned: 

Forever 21-Striped Racerback Tank{BOGO free or $5.99 each}. Charlotte Russe-Bow-Back V-Neck Tank{on sale $15!}. Necklace- eBay Bubble Necklace {$15}. {J.Crew one here}. Shoes- Tory Burch Reva Flats. Bracelets: Kate Spade {craving this pink one}.

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!!!