Friday, April 5, 2013

Pastel Speckles

Hey everyone! Here's something I had on my tips sometime after Spring Break. The blue glitter polish is Hard Candy Jelly Bean Blue--my absolute favorite from the whole collection!





Hard Candy Jelly Bean Blue + American Apparel L'Esprit

The dog ring is one of the trinkets I picked up during my SF trip. It's so awesome-ly weird, and I love it! Do you have any random things in your possession? (:

Sunday, March 31, 2013

Little Bo Pink

Hi everyone! Happy Easter (if you celebrate it)! I know it's been a while since my last update. I've been finishing up the last of my pharmacy school interviews and I just got back from Chicago on Friday night! I'm glad that I don't have to worry about any more interviews, but I'm also really sad that I don't have anymore exciting traveling to do lol!

Anyhow, I have another Hard Candy swatch for you today, and this one goes by the name of Little Bo Pink. This polish really caught my attention from the swatches I had seen. It's so vibrant and pretty!





Hard Candy Little Bo Pink

Thanks for sticking with me--til next time!!

Monday, March 18, 2013

Festive Hunter

Did any of you guys pick up some of the new Hard Candy polishes? You can bet I did!
The vast selection at Wal-Mart was extremely tempting, but I only picked up 3 of the colors. Here's a look at one of the polishes I picked up!

For this mani, I layered Hard Candy Fun n' Festive over American Apparel Hunter. Fun n' Festive is a black jelly sprinkled with green, red, black and gold glitters. I especially like how it looks in the shade, so I included 2 pictures of that for your reference below (:









American Apparel Hunter + Hard Candy Fun n' Festive

On a side note, I'm officially on Spring Break--woooooo! I'll be heading up to NorCal for a trip with the boo, catch you guys when I get back!

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

IDK What To Name This Post

Just a quick swatch today--this is China Glaze IDK!

I managed to get this one through a swap since I missed the collection when it first released. It's hard to imagine that I wasn't super into polish at the time!









China Glaze IDK

My hands kinda look wrinkly because it was cold and that makes my skin shrivel :(
But anyway... as you can see from the pictures, this one's a really pretty, linear purple holo. LOVE!

After seeing swatches for the new China Glaze Hologlam collection, I think I'm gonna pass because the holo isn't as strong as I'd like them to be. What holos have you been loving lately?

Friday, March 8, 2013

Real Golden

Recently, as I searched Google for random swatches for Asian polishes, I stumbled on a blog that goes by the name of At First Wink. After browsing a number of Michelle's many magnificent swatches, I came across her swatch of Etude House RD106. I thought it was sooo pretty, and then it struck me that I have it too!

I scoured my stash of untrieds, and put on the polish immediately after finding it. I was pleased to see that it's just as pretty as her swatch shows! The only downside is that it took me 4 coats to get the opacity where I wanted it. Fortunately, it dried extremely quickly, and the subtle silver glitter adds the prettiest touch.

Since I wanted to add my touch of pizzazz to the look, I decided to go over the polish with a coat of Sephora Real 18K Gold Top Coat. I figured the delicate gold flakes wouldn't overwhelm the simplicity of the entire mani.
This gold top coat was suuuper expensive when it first came out, but I caught mine on sale yay! That's something about me, I will always, always wait for things to go on sale (sneakers being my exception). My shopping-savvy aunts taught me well! (:









Etude House RD106 + Sephora Real 18K Gold Top Coat

My bottle of Etude House RD106 was full at first, but after this mani I feel like I used up so much of it with 4 coats!! It makes me scared to use it... but it's so pretty that I will. I'll probably rock it by itself next time, too.

Anyyyyhoooo... have any of you guys discovered cool, new blogs lately? Link me!! :D