Manicure Monday

I wanted to do something pastel for Easter and this is what I came up with. I wanted to do a skittle mani, but that would mean I need to own more than 2 pastel polishes lol.

I did my nails in Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Lacey Lilac with a accent nail of wet n wild megalast in I Need a Refreah-ment. I then topped them all with a white crackle.

Manicure Monday

Today is a crackle mani day. I know I know, crackle. But I still love it when I'm in the right mood! I started out with a base of wet n wild megalast in I Need a Refresh-Mint (which is an awesome color on its own) and topped it with LaRosa white crackle. 

For some reason this makes me think of the Hamptons. Can't you just imagine some awesome wood lounge chair on a deck overlooking the ocean.  And this chair is sat in by the fabulously rich.  Well that is the mental image I get LOL

Manicure Monday

Today I did some subtle dots. I started with a base of wet n wild megalast in Disturbia. I then did dots in wet n wild megalast in Venomous Vixen. This look was hard to photograph. It is very subtle. You don't really notice the dots, but see more of a shift in color.

Manicure Monday

Today I tried out a new technique. It's a variation of a tape mani, but instead of tape I used those adhesive hole reinforcers you find in the office supply store.

I did a coat of wet n wild shine in Metallica. I waited about an hour to make sure it was totally dry then used the hole reinforcer to make a half moon at the base of my nail. I then did a thick coat of wet n wild fastdry in Ebony Hates Chris.

Overall I like this! It didn't come out half bad for a first attempt and will be adding this to my list of go to manis.

Manicure Monday

Dots! We all know how much I love my dotting tools. I did a base in Sinful Colors in Leap Flog. This is still one of my favorite colors ever. I love how it looks with silver so I added to rows of different sized dots in wet n wild wild shine in Metallica.

Swatch: wet n wild fastdry in Gray's Anatomy

Today is an awesome duo chrome. As with most duo chrome polishes, it is rather thin. This would be fun to try over black and white. It's a gray polish with flashes of purple and sometimes green. These swatches are with three coats and you can see how sheer the polish is.

Manicure Monday

Today is a cling wrap mani. Still totally in love with this technique. Went with a base of wet n wild megalast in Venomous Vixen then did the top later in wet n wild wild shine in Metallica. I love how this looks with metallics. It looks like molten metal to me. It's also a bit subtle which is good since I'm starting a new job and not sure how well say, bright orange nails would go go over lol. Wish me luck!

Swatch: wet n wild fastdry in Buffy the Violet Slayer

This is the first time I have had to change the color of a photo to show an accurate swatch. This polish just would NOT photograph purple.  It kept coming out this nice shade of blue. I tried under different lights, sunlight and..still blue.  So I finally gave up and edited the photo.  The picture now shows the awesome bright purple color this polish is. 

Swatch: wet n wild fastdry in Teal or No Teal

Another bright polish! This is a somewhat sheer shimmery teal blue.  For once I like the sheerness, it makes the layers of shimmer really shine and gives the polish great depth.

Review: wet n wild megalength Waterproof Mascara

I love me a super affordable mascara.  And $2.99 is very affordable! Sorry I do not have package shots of this one, I bought it before I started this blog and the package is long gone.

It is a slim tube with your basic silicone bristles.

(please ignore the scary brows, totally need to work on those!)

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With one coat of megalength:

With one coat of megalength:

Overall Thoughts: Wow! This is great for at $2.99 mascara! It adds great length as it promised and even adds a bit of curl to my lashes.  I can wear this one all day, it doesn't budge until I take it off at night.  Another thing I love about this, is that even though this is a waterproof formula, it washes off with my normal cleaner.  It takes a little bit more gently scrubbing, but I like that I don't have to use a waterproof makeup remover as those tend to be oily.  This is the mascara I reach for when I know I need to have my makeup last past my work day.  I can't help but be happily shocked how well this did for $2.99! 

Manicure Monday

More dots! The purple is Sinful Colors in Fig and the silver is wet n wild wild shine in Metallica.

Manicure Monday

So one of my friends gave me the best give ever! A set of 5 double ended dotting tools! *squee* Soooo this means lots and lots of dot manis while I play with my new toy. So of course I had to do something with different size dots!

I started out with a base of three layers of wet n wild megalast in Venomous Vixen.  I then did the biggest dots in NYC Long Wearing in Black Lace Creme.  Then the medium dots in wet n wild Wild Shine in Metallica.  The tiny dots were NYC Long Wearing in French White Tip.

I LOVE this mani! It is fun and easy.  My right hand even looks pretty good.  Can't wait to play with more dots.

Here is a close up of my thumb

Manicure Monday #2!

Here is a mani I love! I cannot get over how much I love these two polishes together.  I have already made nail polish jewelry with this combo I love it so much. I just haven't worn it on my fingers yet. I started with three coats of Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Grey Area, which is still one of my favorite polishes EVER.  I then topped it off with one coat of wet n wild Wild Shine in Sparkled.  The glitter payoff in this polish is awesome.  This is just one thin coat and my whole nail sparkles!

The only downside is as with most glitters, it just does not photograph well!

Here is a pic in natural light, you can't really see the glitter well in this one.

Here is one under the light in my living room.  you can see the glitter better in this one.  Love!

Manicure Monday

Here is my first mani of the day.  Honestly, didn't like it one bit so my second mani of the day is soon to follow.  I wanted to have something sparkle for the new year, so I wanted to top off with NYX Hieroglyphics.  I didn't want to do basic black so I did two coats of wet n wild megalast in Disturbia.  I then did one coat of Hieroglyphics and was not impressed.  The clear base was super thick and did not deliver much glitter.  I was expecting a much more dense glitter.  What bummed me the most is this polish just would not dry.  Three hours later and it was still easy to dent, and even the next morning wasn't has hard as it should be.  Sooo off it went! I'm much happier with my second mani of the day, post coming soon!

Manicure Monday

This is honestly one of my least favorite manis.  But, still sharing as it was good in concept.  I wanted to have black tips with dripping glitter.  I did my tips in black creme then used wet n wild fastdry in Hannah Pinktana to do glitter on the tips and dripping down the middle of my nail.  The problem was, the color is so similar to my skintone, it really didn't show at all.  It looks great over the  black tips, but other than that the color is lost.  In concept it wasn't too bad, if I used a darker glitter it may have worked better.

Swatch: wet n wild megalast in Haze of Love

Oh how I love this color!! This is three coats.  I could have gotten away with two thicker coats, but I tend to be a three thin coats type of girl.

And hey! It's a holiday so I'm actually doing my nails during daylight hours!

Tada! In natural light:

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Manicure Monday

This week is two of my fave things, tape mani and dots! I started with a base of wet n wild megalast in Haze of Love.  I got this polish as part of the CVS BOGO sale, and I wasn't in love with it, but I didn't wanna walk out without a free polish, so I snagged it.  Oh my, am I glad I did!! I LOVE it.  In the bottle I expected it to be a bit more dusty in color.  On the nail it is this amazing deep color, I think it is like the ox blood color that seems to be all the rage this fall.  I then did the tips and dots in wet n wild black creme.  

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With flash (wow totally not true to color!)

Manicure Monday

So I know almost everyone is over crackle, but when I found this silver one on sale at Sephora, I picked it up.  I really like it.  I like how the crackle  breaks up the metallic nail.  I also like that I don't have to worry about  brushstrokes with a crackle polish.  This is with a base of wet n wild fastdry in Buffy the Violet Slayer topped with nails inc. Hackney Crackle Topcoat. 

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Manicure Monday (GO GIANTS!!! Edition)

First off, as a San Francisco bay native, OMG WOOHOO GIANTS SWEPT THE WORLD SERIES!!!!!!!!!!!! *happy dance*

Ok, now that I got that out of my system, mani time! 

So as the title not so subtly hints, this week I went for Giants colors.  Which just happen to be Halloween colors so it totally works!! I started with three layers if Sephora Drama Velvet Pearl then whipped out my dotting tool to do a line of dots down the middle of my nail in wet n wild Black Creme. 

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And YAY GIANTS!!!!!!!!!!! Totally might wear orange and black to work tomorrow =P 

Manicure Monday

I'm kinda over crackle, but still love the effect and love how it is a quick and easy way to add interest to a mani.  Today I did a base in wet n wild megalast in Venomous Vixen.  I then masked off the outside corner of each nail and did an accent in black crackle.  Usually I like a top coat on my crackle, but I really liked the contrast of the matte crackle over the shimmer of the base.  

I also have a feeling this mani won't make it till morning as it is late and I am tired...and its not quite all the way dried.  Fingers crossed! 

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