Think Pink... An Adventure in Neon!

Good morning lovelies!  I apologize for my posts being up a little later than usual.  I always try to have them up by 8:30, but the long weekend threw off my sleep schedule.  And if I don't sleep I am a bear to deal with lol.  Anywhosie, let's get started!

Yesterday I posted my haul from the last 2 weeks and in it I showed a neon pink by China Glaze called Pool Party.  Well, today I've decided to be bold...

Colors Used: China Glaze - Pool Party, Ulta - Pinata-Yada-Yada

I applied 3 coats of Pool Party, brushed the Pinata on the tips and then topped it off with Out The Door.  Very simple but fun :)  A couple of things tho... Neons are usually thicker and more challenging to work with, but this applied like a dream. I applied 3 coats to ensure that it was completely covered.  

The only thing that bugged me was how it dried.  I mentioned in a previous swatching post that I've noticed that neons dry darker than they look in the bottle.  This polish is no exception and it's kind of turning me off to neons :(  The above picture is one of the better shots I got.  None of the photos have flash.  In the following pics, the polish looks orangey...

*sigh* It is what it is!  One last pic, I think it's the closest representation of the color...

Well, there you have it!  What are your feelings on neons?  Have you had a similar experience with them?  I hope you all have a lovely day :) 

Until next time!

Stef <3

A Neon Skittles Mani

Hello hello! :D  Yesterday was such a crazy day!!  Between going to the bank, shopping for a car, purchasing a car, going back to the bank aaaaaannnndd we had a singing gig in the evening... I'm pooped!  We did end up getting a car that's within our budget and we're really pleased with it, so it's a great thing.  Downside... I had no time yesterday to do any chores!  So I'll have to keep this post brief... again... the second day in a row... I'm sorry :(

For today's mani, I wanted to play with the neons in my collection...

Colors Used: Love & Beauty - Orange, Cosmetic Arts - Explosive, Savina - Power Up, Ulta - Blue Streak (not a neon), Sinful Color - Dream On

I really don't have much to say about this mani.  It's very bright and fun, which is why I decided to do it in the first place haha.  I will say, if you've never used neon polishes before, they are thick and can be tricky to work with (the Savina is a bear!).  

So yea... I guess that's it... because I'm super lame and have to go be domesticated and stuff lol.

Until next time!

Stef <3

Somewhere Beyond the Sea...

Hello, Hello, Helloooo!

I'm so sorry that today's post is coming rather late!  I've had 2 very busy days in a row with hardly anytime to blog (I cheated on yesterdays blog and typed it up the night before :P).  But I am so excited about the nails I have on today and I decided that Monday is too long of a wait!

A very good, long-time friend of mine was the inspiration for these nails, although she doesn't know it yet lol.  For as long as I've known her (almost 14 yrs now I think?) she has LOVED the Little Mermaid.  I thought mermaid scales would be fun to do, but they kind of transformed into something entirely different...

 Colors Used:  Sally Hansen - Mint Sorbet (Base), Sally Hansen - Rockstar Pink (purple/glitter) Sally Hansen - Pumping Iron (silver), Ulta - Blue Streak, China Glaze - Four Leaf Clover, China Glaze - Fairy Dust.

I am obsessed with these nails!  I think the look more like Rainbow Fish than Little Mermaid buuuutt... that's alright lol.   I painted 2 coats of my base and then used a dotting tool to do the scales.  I topped it off with Fairy Dust and voila!

I bought a few ploishes yesterday and today and I'll be posting them tomorrow or Monday.  I hope you all like this mani as much as I do:)

Until next time!

Stef <3

Glitter Sammy... Jelly Sandwich... Me Likes!

Hey there ladies!  It's mid-week and I'm ready for the weekend haha :)

This post will be pretty short and sweet, cut and dry... hopefully not boring.  This is my first attempt with a glitter sammy / jelly sandwich.  I have mixed feelings, which I'll get into after the pics...

Colors Used: Love & Beauty - Baby Pink, Ulta - Pinata-Yada-Yada

Alternate layers of Baby Pink (3) and Pinata-Yada-Yada (2) and... tada!  Jelly Sandwich :)  I like them and I don't like them.  First off I am hating my cuticles right now!  I'll just have to give them some more TLC, I suppose.  The other thing I don't like is that in some lighting this mani looks super cute and fun but in other lighting my nails look dull (like they're dead).  I only put on one coat of Seche Vite, maybe I'll add another.  

What I do like... in the right lighting this mani looks like a party on my nails :D  It also reminds me of Dippin' Dots (and I love me some Dippin' Dots!)...

So that's it!  Pretty straight forward.  What do you think?  Have you done glitter sammy's before??

Until next time!

Stef <3

My name is Stefanie and I'm addicted to polish! :)

Yellow, Yellow!  I hope the day is treating you well :)

What I've got to share today are my recent polish purchases... which might be a little out of hand at the moment.  I have no shame!  :P

I've collected these beauties over the past week and a half to 2 weeks (I've lost track :/).  To start off with I have my recent purchase from Foever 21...

From L to R: Baby Pink, Faded Rose/Multi and Orange (I wish they'd come up with better names for their polishes!)

I've swatched these on my color wheel and, aside from the orange, they paint beautifully.  My only complaint would be that the Baby Pink is stupidly sheer.  I'm still glad I bought them :)

My next purchase was a few days later while I was at Target with my honey and 2 dear friends of ours.  I stumbled upon E.L.F.'s Spring Collection (I wish I had kept the box!).  These polishes are usually $2 a pop but the boxed set was being sold for $5... I had to bring them home lol.  And I'm so glad I did, they're wonderful :)

 From L to R: Coral Dream, Flirty Fucsia, Party Peach, Smokin' Hot

I don't know if it's just my set but the Coral Dream and Party Peach, in my opinion, should get together and do a name swap because they are incredibly confused!  I've double checked online and the bottles are labled correctly, so... I dunno... maybe I'm the confuzzled one...

These next 3 photos are from my VERY FIRST trip to an ULTA store... I thought I'd died and gone to my own personal polish heaven!  And here is why...

I've been looking for simple glitters and Essence for a while:

 From L to R: Pixel - Pixel Dust, Essence - Space Queen and Essence - Wanna Be Your Sunshine

These swatched beautifully on my color wheel :)

Swatched these on my wheel and loved them all!  I can't wait to wear them :)

I found ULTA's dupe for OPI's Rainbow Connection and a very pretty blue creme (scratch and flip):

 From L to R: Blue Streak (which is a little streaky at first) and Pinata-Yada-Yada

That dupe is definitely going in a jelly sandwich soon. Oooo maybe the Baby Pink!!  Idea formed... *ding*! :D

 But the most exciting part of the whole trip were these 2 pretties!

From L to R: Revlon's Posh and Whimsical! :D:D:D:D:D

I was acting like a giddy little girl in that store lol.  I've been eyeing Posh for a long time and they had it at a great price but I never, NEVER thought I would find Whimsical!!  I figured I'd jumped on the nail train too late and she (I'll call her Whimmy) was gone forever. She was the very last one, sitting next to Posh, and I almost walked right past her... YIKES!  To be fair, Whimmy was sitting in the display slot for Dream On aaaaaannnndddd she didn't have a place of her own anywhere that I could see.  She obviously was waiting for me to come and take her home.  And I'm so excited :D

One last thing to share!  I love painting others nails just as much as I love doing mine.  My Future Mother-in-Law (from here on out referred to as my FMIL) asked me to give her a mani that would match her outfit for Stagecoach (a country music festival) this year.  Together we brain stormed and came up with this...

She's happy, I'm happy and I hope you're happy :D

Until next time!

Stef <3