Pink Wednesday: Zoya Areej + Wet n Wild Hannah Pinktana

Aside from the atrocious name that is Hannah Pinktana, I quite like today's Pink Wednesday mani. It's a straight forward one today, folks. A nice thick single coat of Zoya Areej, a fuschia creme which leans more pink/red than purple, and two thick coats of Wet n Wild Hannah Pinktana.

Taken in the sun with flash

 Bottom two pics were taken directly in the sun with no flash.

It seems to lean more towards a purple hue when there's no flash.

Hannah Pinktana looks actually pretty purple when compared

to Zoya Areej... Areej was a nice base color for it though.

Without a base coat of Areej, it probably would've taken near 4 coats or more of Hannah Pinktana only because the glitter is so sheer.  Hannah Pinktana is still a beautiful color on its own though, I just didn't feel like applying it by itself. The pretty mini holographic sparkles give a nice touch to this otherwise toned down pink. Happy Wednesday people!

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China Glaze First Mate + NYX Girls Gilded Glitter

I think I've been on a huge blue kick lately because I always seem to reach for blues when I'm browsing through my stash. Although my overabundance of greens and purples is really calling to me. That needs to be rectified soon. Hrmm... expect more greens and purples in the future... hopefully? >_<  Hahaha, anyway... today's mani is pretty straight forward. This is two coats of China Glaze First Mate from the Anchors Away Collection. It was pretty opaque and probably could've done with one good coat but I did two slightly thin coats because let's face it - even if something IS a one-coater, I'm gonna do at least two or more. I then blinged it up with some NYX Girls Gilded Glitter. I dunno how to describe this polish... I would call it a flakie but it doesn't quite carry all the characteristics of one. Maybe a hybrid between an irregular shaped glitter + a flakie? Total mutt status heh heh heh... I love mutts of all kinds!

 Oooohh... Aaahh....

So sparkly, no?

And of course your standard bottle shots

I think I've really fallen in love with these dark blue cremes. I have a good handful and I just keep accumulating more. Hrmm, maybe they just somehow multiply on their own. I dunno how they keep building up, honestly I don't... *shifty eyes* As far as the Gilded Glitter goes, I don't believe I have anything in my stash like it so needless to say, I was uber happy to find it at my local mall. It does come in a smaller than standard size - 0.35 fl oz to be exact... I may have to pick up another one since they barely even reached the $2 mark. Eek! My collection is getting out of control! Not that I mind....

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Newspaper Nails: OPI Steady As She Rose

Hi everyone! It seems like every weekend has been so busy for me... no time to blog! But I digress... Today's mani is my attempt at the ever-so-popular newspaper nails that some of you may have seen floating around the interwebZ. Lol. So instead of a plain ol' gray, my base color was OPI Steady As She Rose from the recent Pirates of the Caribbean Collection.

This mani brought to you by Monday's Newspaper =P

Your eyes are not deceiving you, the text IS backwards, lol!

Yay for bottle shots! Steady As She Rose is an almost
gray colored dusty pink creme. Great color for the office!

For the most part, I really liked doing this mani - but it was kind of a pain in the bum! I know there are several methods of doing these newspaper nails and I didn't have luck with the "brushing the rubbing alcohol on" method so I just did the "dip your nail in rubbing alcohol and press" method. If I were to attempt this mani again in the future, I'd probably press a littler harder/longer so that the text would show up a bit more. And yes, the text is backwards because the newspaper had to go over of the nail, hence transferring any text over to be a mirror image of what was actually printed. No one is gonna notice that though, trust me! Overall, good times. Happy Monday everyone!

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Revlon Minted Matte Stripes

Before I begin this post, I'd just like to say a huge thank you to Cristina over at Let Them Have Polish for featuring my latest blog entry on her twitter and facebook. Many recent followers were directed to my blog because of her so thank you to YOU guys too! =) Welcome everybody, I hope you've enjoyed reading my current posts and hopefully my many posts to come. Do let me know if you have any suggestions or requests on any types of polishes or nail designs you'd like to see!

With that said, today's mani features a pastel green creme from Revlon called Minted. From what I know, Revlon also has a quick dry version with a silver cap called Jaded. Both are supposedly comparable to China Glaze's Refresh Mint from the Up and Away Collection. All three are really pretty! For the pattern, I actually used a matte and shiny stripe pattern using scotch tape. Scroll forth, dear reader!

Can you see the stripes? =D It's only one color!

Couldn't get the exact lighting I wanted so here are mutiple pics

So pretty in the sun!

As you can see, the pattern is really subtle but it still gives your nails a special finish! I really like it... it's a great way to spice up any color without being too over the top. It's also a nice way to get into nail art if you're not quite sure you want to be too bold yet. Hopefully this kick starts some ideas for you guys out there. Have a great Friday everyone! The weekend is *just* around the corner. =D

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