I Need A Refresh-Mint Swatch+Review!

I found this little beauty after a nice stroll through my local Rite Aid, and I figured for less than $2, why not try this? It's a cute color, it reminds me of China Glaze's For Audrey, (which I later find out that it's a dupe!) and I've heard raving reviews about this polish in particular on lots of blogs. What have I got to lose? I bought it, and put it on, and the compliments started flowing in. It's gorgeous! It suits my fair skin tone too. Wet 'n Wild's MegaLast Salon Nail Color in I Need A Refresh-Mint was definitely a great investment (of about $1.79). Oh my yes. The formula is smooth, very creamy, workable. The ManiCurve Pro Brush they have now is great, it resembles the Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure brushes, maybe even OPI's ProWide brushes. I might not go that far though, it's a little too fluffy still, but they're on the right track. Only two coats for the color to be opaque and true to the bottle, no strong odors or streaking or awful drying time. I have some of the Sally Hansen salon polishes, and I wish they dried this fast. This is fantastic. I think I'll have to go back and pick up a few more of these polishes! Not to mention these particular polishes and other Wet 'n Wilds are almost always on sale at Rite Aid, woohoo! I definitely reccomend this. I'm not easy on my nails and they haven't even worn or chipped at all. We have a winner! Also, a great spring and summer color. I'll be taking this one to the beach.

I bought this polish with my own money on my own time, and I am not associated with Sally Hansen, China Glaze, Essie, or Wet 'n Wild in any way.

All of my reviews are from the heart and not monetarily swayed. :)

Faceted Sapphires

I was messing around with my polish collection, and I came across two polishes. One, Sapphire Blue by Wet 'n Wild, was nothing special. Just a shimmery navy blue, the kind everyone has. Then I saw a stunning glitter, Faceted by Sinful Colors, part of their limited edition Winter Shimmers Collection. Clear jelly with purple flecks and holo strips. Fabulous. In my mind, I thought, what could go wrong if I mixed these? I tried it, and well, I think it looks pretty good, don't you? And don't forget to vote in my poll! What polishes are your favorites? Vote, and whichever category wins I'll do a design tutorial unique to that category! :)

Just the base color by itself.

Completed manicure! So fun for the holiday season!

I bought this polish with my own money on my own time, and I am not associated with Wet 'n Wild or Sinful Colors in any way.

All of my reviews are from the heart and not monetarily swayed. :)

Jelly Sandwiches, A Tutorial

Alright everyone, today I'm focusing especially on the technique of "jelly sandwiching". This is a method which includes a base polish (jelly) and a glitter polish. The chunkier the glitter, the better [in my humble opinion!]. It's fun, it looks good, and you can do it with any of your polishes. Let's get started, shall we?

What is a "jelly" polish, you ask? I looked up the best definition I could find and I stumbled on another blogger who found a great way to explain it. Let me quote her here:

"Jellies are like glazes and are basically pigment added to a clear base. To make a jelly polish, about 25% opaque creme polish is mixed with 75% clear polish. Most jellies are still translucent after several coats and I think the best analogy would be to say that jellies are like lip gloss for nails while cremes are like lipstick."

And here is the website in case you wish to read more.

First, pick out your colors. I picked out Minted by Revlon as my base, and Kaleidoscope by Wet 'n Wild, a holo glitter. So cute. I'm only doing the sandwhich on my ring finger and thumb, due to the busyness of the Kaleidoscope. And I also really like my ring finger and thumb being the only ones glittered. Then when you pick your colors, paint all of your fingers with your base. You can put another base color on to make the intended base pop more without putting a ton of layers on if your base is sheer. I won't because my base has good pigment to it, thankfully. Once you're done painting your fingers with the base, cover in your glitter polish of choice on your fingers of choice. Want them all? Paint them all! Only one? Good for you! I'm only doing one. Lastly, topcoat if you so wish, and you're all done! Congrats! You did a jelly sandwhich! Enjoy the delicious nail design worth drooling over! :) Take a look at the pictures, and if you have questions, feel free to ask!

I just did it on the thumb and ring finger for an accent, but you can do it on all your nails!

I bought this polish with my own money on my own time, and I am not associated with Revlon or Wet 'n Wild in any way.

All of my reviews are from the heart and not monetarily swayed. :)

Snow Inspired Water Marble!

As some of you may have heard on the news recently, the Ohio River Valley just got a huge amount of snow! Here where I live, we got about 4 inches or so of just perfect snow. Perfect snowballs, perfect drifts, perfect for snowboarding. Just fantastic. It inspired a new water marble design for me! Just like the swirls of the snow being blown around by the wind!

So, with this freezing off my fingers during one of my photo shoots, I decided to make an icy nail marble!

We all know how to water marble by now I'm sure, so I won't bore you with another tutorial. I'll just give you the colors, and you can try it out for yourself!

It's a crappy picture, I know, but it was hard to capture the iridescent quality of the manicure.

Base and white marble: Pearls by CQ[A pretty creamy white shimmer]

Silver marble: Metallica by Wet 'n Wild [Your basic silver. I find that Wet 'n Wild is nice to marble with]

Top Coat: Hula by Chameleon [A sheer gorgeous duochrome shimmer with shades of pink, green, and purple]

And just in case you don't know how to do marble, here's a Youtube tutorial that I feel explains it pretty well. This video is by cutepolish, and we all love her tutorials. So here you go! Happy marbling! [Click on her name to check out her awesome website!]

I bought this polish with my own money on my own time, and I am not associated with CQ, Wet 'n Wild, or Chameleon in any way. I'm also not associated with cutepolish, just a huge fan!

All of my reviews are from the heart and not monetarily swayed. :)