Bursts of Bokeh Blue

I love alliteration hahah =P. Hey guys! How are you all today? Doing well, I hope! My one year blog anniversary just passed (June 10th to be exact) and I am so excited to have officially made it to this point. My first post ever was so funny now that I've had a chance to look back on it... such a newb I was =P. Time passes by so quickly, huh?? I hope you all have gotten a chance to enter my 300 Follower Giveaway before the deadline on June 19th. Just about a week left until I pick a winner! But let's get on with official business, shall we? Today's mani consisted of three polishes: Revlon First Class (dark blue creme that's a Target exclusive), Winmax #10 (vibrant turquoise glitters), and L'Apogee Turquesa (subtle blue flakies) --all wonderfully sealed with a matte top coat.

 

So many sparkles!

Revlon First Class on its own under desk lamp without flash

Revlon First Class on its own with flash

L to R: Sally Hansen pacific Blue, Nails Inc Baker St, Revlon First Class

Don't you just love blues?? One of my favorite colors <3. The blurry sparkles from all the glitter and flakies remind me of a bokeh effect commonly seen in photography. It's awesome =D. As you can see from the swatch wheel, First Class is NOT a dupe of the ever-so-popular Nails Inc Baker Street -- it's definitely much darker and has more navy tones in comparison to both Baker Street and Pacific Blue by Sally Hansen. But that's not to say it still isn't super gorgeous! *le sigh* Loves it. Happy (Pink-less) Wednesday and thanks for reading girlies!

Pin It

Going Greek

If you've read my blog for a while now, I think you might've noticed that I have a thing for gold flakie top coats. I really tried to stop myself from getting another, but yeah... obvious fail. Oh well!!! This mani reminds me of a Greek toga party. Dejavu? Yes... this mani I did previously also reminded me of one. I think I may just be itching to go to one. Hrmmm *plots* =P. My base here was OPI Don't Touch My Tutu (horrible name but hey, WHAT'S NEW OPI?!) and the gold flakes were American Apparel Meteor Shower.

OMG, this mani was THICK. Heeeeck, it was "only" 8 coats (1 base, 4 DTMT, 1 Seche Vite, 1 MS, 1 SH Insta-Dri) but my coats of DTMT were super thick due to my huge aversion to visible nail line (kill it with fire!!!). I'm pretty sure I'll be denting this some time soon but I'll try to enjoy it while it lasts! And oh yes, Meteor Shower had curling flakes. Damn the curling flake/glitter problem! I am shaking my fist at you, curling glitter gods! Whatever though, I made do. Love gold top coats too much to be too bummed about it. I am however, pretty bummed that this 18k gold flakie top coat from Sephora by OPI costs an arm and a leg. D= Whyyyyyy?!??! Guess I'll have to go working the streets to come up with that kinda money. Anyway, I think I've already rambled too much. As always, thanks for reading guys. Have a wonderful Thursday!

Pin It

Purple Jelly Flakie Gradient

*peeks in* OHAI GUISE. It's been a million and one years since I've written a new post! How have you all been?? Welcome new followers, I'm so happy to see all your beautiful faces =D. Finally back home and settled in from vacay. It's about freaking time! Apologies for the delay as my nails were seriously janky from all the luggage hauling and traveling. They needed a bit of rest and relaxation time too =P. Anyway, how about we get right back into it yeah?

As you can imagine, coming back from that long of a trip, my nail mail was pretty much piling up towards the ceiling. One of my newest babies included Verity Deep Violet which was used as a base here. Three coats of squishy purple jelly perfection. Omnomnom, she's gorgeous!!! I then did a gradient on my tips with Essie Shine of the Times. As always, tons of pics ahead...

There are several variations of the red-orange-green flakies but I found Shine of the Times to be perfect for building up a gradient because of how dense the flakies are. There was a bit of thickness on the tips due to all that polish layering but some Gelous and Seche Vite usually seems to take care of that problem. This look kinda reminds me of fire-y embers... a lit-from-within type of glow... you know what I'm talking about? No? Okay. No worries. Just nod and stare at teh prettiez with me =).

In other news, all that nail mail got me so excited that I somehow managed to stab myself in the left thumb with a gigantic pair of scissors . All I can say is, imma lucky mofo that it didn't hit any of my picture taking fingers =P. Alright you guys, hope this was good to come back to after my mini break from blogging. Have a wonderful Memorial Day Weekend everyone!

Pin It

Dandy Nails Wingless

Hey everyone, hope all is well on your side of the world. I'm lazy today. So a lazy post it will be. Lots of pictures as always though -- that makes up for a lack of flowery descriptions and excessive rambling, right? It better. =P

One coat of Dandy Nails Wingless over a couple frankens

Below are shots of the frankens on their own

Index and ring: a periwinkle with silver shimmer

Middle and pinky: a dusty teal with silver shimmer

As you've noticed, I've been on a huge indie kick as of late. It sure doesn't seem to show signs of stopping... at least not in the near future anyway. I hope you all aren't getting tired of it as I have about a billion more indies to try out. They are literally popping up left and right, I'm not sure I can even keep up at this point! Anyway, time to mosey on with my lazy self. Happy Thursday. =)

Pin It

A Delicate Grey Layering

Semi-lazy weekend post for today! OPI My Pointe Exactly and Pahlish Typewriter Keys from Shannon's etsy shop.  I think this might be one of my favorite layering combinations -- check it out!

I cannot believe how amazing this combo turned out!

Check out the pics below for MPE on its own

I took these pics last night without intending to 

post them but they actually turned out pretty nice!

The amazing thing is that this was only 3 thick coats of MPE to achieve full opacity (contrary to the ridonkulous 6-8 coats that I've heard around the interwebs ><). It is so pretty on it's own! The additional perks of self leveling and an extremely forgiving formula make it that much more amazing. Can you believe that I didn't even have to do clean up on the last two pics?! That is cray cray. You may have also noticed that I filed down my nails -- GUYS, I was freaking out! My nails were the longest they've ever been in my entire life. That's nuts... I kept thinking they were going to break somehow so I filed them down. Glad I did because I am much happier at this length =D. So what do you guys think? Gonna give OPI Ballet Collection a chance? Gonna hoard some Pahlishes while you're at it too? Hehehe, have a wonderful weekend everyone!

Pin It

A Reverse Glitter & Flakie Gradient

A quick post today. I like this one. I like this one a lot.

Base color was Sally Hansen Navy Baby, a blackened blue shimmer -- one coat of pure perfection. The gradient was done using Island Girl Island Volcano and Pure Ice Heart Breaker. Love.

Pin It

Vampyness With a Touch of Gold

Guys, I dunno what's up with me but I seem to be on a gold kick. Last time it was gold glitter on top of Essie Armed & Ready and now it's gold flakies on top of Wet n Wild's Ready to Pounce. Why does that name sound so familiar? Oh, because it was from last year's Halloween collection... and of course I only first got to try it out today!

Vampy shades are excellent for this kind of weather, I think. I was gonna wish you all a Happy Hump Day but I just realized it's only Tuesday. Whaaaat?! Why is the week going so slow? But then again, tomorrow it'll be February already. Enjoy the rest of your week everyone and thanks for reading!

Pin It