Manicure Monday 9/29/2014

HAPPY MONDAY BEAUTIFULS~~~~

Still into the darker nail this week!!  And really want to rock one of my favorite colors--- Navy Blue!!  I will be going to a wedding on Friday so this week's nail color will probably only make it to Thursday.  I think I will keep my nails bare for the wedding and over the weekend.  They could use a couple days break anyway.

 

 



The colors I chose for this week are Sinful Colors in "RainStorm" and Essie's "Stroke of Brilliance".  Nothing fancy this week.  All my nails are the same color and Just a tiny little glitter tip on my ring finger and a portion of my thumb.  This color by Sinful Colors, is one of my favorites.  It only requires 1 coat and it's super creamy.  I of course covered the nails with my Out the Door top coat and my Nicole by OPI Drying Drops.

I would love to see what you have on your nails this week....



WHAT I USED:
   
     Sinful Colors RainStorm
     Essie  Stroke of Brilliance



MY REGULARS:
    

Out the Door Top Coat by INM - this is my HOLY GRAIL top coat..  You can even by a larger size so it will last longer!

ORLY Bonder base coat
Nicole by OPI Drying Drops

 

 

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In all things there is beauty~~

 

xoxoxoxo Michelle

Thought Provoking Thursday



How true is the above quote!?!?!  I love this!!  As someone who has struggled with my self image since before I can remember and now someone who is completely addicted to all kinds of makeup-- I still relish in those moments when I wake up and take a look at myself in the mirror sans makeup..and......get this------------------------ ACTUALLY LIKE WHAT I SEE!!!

That feeling is so powerful!  It gives us the ability to see not only the outer beauty that we possess, but those inner most beautiful souls that encompass who we are.  In fact-- so many people focus on this outward beauty that they forget what's really important-- who we are as a person. 

I long to be confident.  To walk with my head up with a sense of pride without being cocky.  To rise in the morning and not be afraid to answer the door with my bare blemished skin.  What a joy that would be.  In the same breath-- I also need to learn to not let this inability to do the above things affect my happiness or better yet DEFINE my happiness.

Our happiness needs to come from within.  It sounds so cliché, yet is so true if we take the time to focus and learn about the things that make us happy.

Here is to starting over! Finding happiness! Learning to love ourselves and who we are in our "rawness".

I'm wishing everyone a HAPPY THURSDAY!!

Manicure Monday - 9/22/2014

I am so loving dark colors on my nails!!  I have never really thought that I was ever "on trend" with the whole certain nail colors during certain times of year.... and I still sometimes don't follow the "rules."  But right now, with fall only 1 official day away-- I am so for the darker colors.  Unfortunately.. because I can't ever just paint my nails with just 1 color, I had to throw some lighter colors in the mix.  I also don't know why I keep thinking I am some nail artist and keep doing random dots and stuff on my nails.  I need to just stay focused and  try to paint my nails neatly and not all over my cuticles hahaha

I used 3 colors on my nails this time around.  Essie's Little Brown Dress, Essie's Show Me the Ring, and Finger Paints' Blank Canvas Cream. 

I have only used the brown color one other time and really didn't like it.  I am actually not a huge fan of Essie nail polish.  Sometimes they wow me, other times I cannot stand them.  I feel like the first time I used this particular color, I was not a fan.

It seems though-- the more I paint my own nails, the  more I am learning of ways to make a not so great formula look halfway decent. Thank goodness for acetone and an eyeliner brush to help me clean up all the mistakes and messes I make!!

The 3 chosen colors for this week!!

"Show me the Ring" by Essie--- definitely a 3 coat nail polish-- I only used 2, but could definitely have used a 3rd to make this color truly opaque.

Uh oh-- did you catch how I was trying to be all fancy with my dotting tool?  HAHAHA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PRODUCTS MENTIONED:

 

Essie- Show Me The Ring

Essie-  Little Brown Dress

Finger Paints - Blank Canvas Cream

 

MY REGULARS:

Out the Door Top Coat by INM - this is my HOLY GRAIL top coat..  You can even by a larger size so it will last longer!

ORLY Bonder base coat

 

 

And don't forget, when you are buying things online-- use  EBATES!!

 

 

**This page does contain affiliate links.