Manicure Monday 7/21/2014

Couldn't really decide what color/colors I wanted to use on my nails this week.. so I made it easy!  I used ALL 4 colors that I had my eye on.  3 repeats, 1 new!!

Really liking this Rimmel polish in Purple Rain--  Opaque in 2 coats, very creamy

This Funky Fingers polish is actually one that I really enjoy, I didn't think that I would want to use it often, but I find myself looking at it quite often when it's time to sit and paint my nails.  I think it's because I like the many different colors in one polish!!

 

 

 

 

 



My LOVE!!  I adore this Sally Hansen polish in the 420 Pacific Blue- THE ORIGINAL FORMULA!!

 

 

 

Don't forget to let me know what you are wearing on your nails this week!!

 

ITEMS USED:

 

---Rimmel Salon Pro Nail Enamel in Purple Rain - also found at CVS; Walgreens

---Sally Hansen #420 Pacific Blue- hard to find in the original formula now, but look at places like, CVS, Target, Walmart, WalGreens, Rite-Aid, and only-- original formula bottle as a thick "X" in Xtreme

---ULTA nail polish in Encore Pink - found at ULTA

---Funky Fingers in JawBreaker - found at Five Below for $2 and online (sometimes)

 

REGULARLY USED:

--- ORLY Bonder basecoat

---INM Out the Door topcoat

--- Nicole by OPI drying drops

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Manicure Monday - 7/14/14

 

Was really feeling like painting my nails a milky pink color...but if course I couldn't just have one color on my nails, so I added a nude and just a hint of gold!!

The pink color from ULTA looks way more milky in this picture than it is in real life-- I actually like the color in the picture a little bit more than in person

 

 

 

     

 

I sort of thought that I was a hard core manicurist and got out the dotting tool that I had been staring at for months.....  UMMM-- it didn't matter how many tutorials I tried to watch, my dots just would not come out the same size.  HAHA!  That's okay though-- I am going to rock my DIY design like it's the best thing known to man.

 

THINGS USED:

 

L'Oreal - Never Lacque-ing #415

Sinful Colors - Flirting Nails #808 - can be found at Rite Aid, Walgreens, Christmas Tree Shops

ULTA - Encore Pink  **this happens to be on sale right now**

Dotting tool

CVS - 100% Acetone nail polish remover
Eyeliner brush - any kind with sort of stiff bristles to use with the acetone to help clean up around cuticles

 

AND 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

 

 

 Don't forget to let me know what colors you have been wearing!

 

In all things there is beauty

 

~xoxoxo Michelle 

 

 

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Manicure Monday

So, I spent some of my Sunday at Christmas Tree Shops and Five Below... I ended up picking up 3 new nail polishes.  Which also makes me realize that I should probably get around to making another nail polish rack?  But anyway-- 2 of those 3 nail polishes made into this weeks Manicure Monday.

On 8 of my nails, yup- I'm still rocking an accent nail, I have the Loreal nail color in Skinny Jeans. This nail color actually threw me off a bit. In Christmas Tree Shops, I thought it looked like an interesting purple color however Madison said it looked blue. I'm still having trouble figuring the actual color out, so I will let you be the judge.  I applied two coats of this polish...but definitely didn't need to for it to be opaque. I'm thinking these L'oreal colors may bump their way up my favorite polish ladder. What makes this polish even more intriguing, is that fact that it turned out to be a textured polish.  So I'm thinking now that the goal may have been for it to the have that "jeans" texture.  I'm not a huge fan of textured polish..but we will still how long this lasts. I think it looks nice, but it feels weird as my hand brush against certain materials.

My two accent nails are rocking a polish from Five Below.  It's by a brand I have never heard of called Funky Fingers.  The name of the polish is, Jawbreaker.  This name is very fitting because it reminds me of the super huge white jawbreakers you could by from the true candy stores that are speckled with different colors.  I have found that most colors like this, need at least 2 coats and this one was no difference.  But I am loving the way these two colors look next to each other.

As a little side note....with textured polishes, it is recommended that you not put a top coat over them. So for this manicure, I did not use my INM Out the Door topcoat and on,y used the Nicole by OPI drying drops.  Within 3 minutes, my nails were perfectly dry!  I love these drops!

Let me know what colors you have on your nails this week.  And remember-----

In all things there is beauty,

~~~Michelle xoxo~~~