TGIF: Earthy Aqua Gradient

Thank God it's Friday everyone! This week has absolutely been so very hectic for me, with school and tennis, and I'm still trying to balance everything out!

I started off two dreamy coats of Earthy Angel, and then sponged on Bettina Aqua, and then a little bit of Zoya Zuza. Afterwards I stampeded over it using Silver Sweep... You can't see it IRL, but Aqua actually turned the stamping gold, so on top is silver and on the bottom is gold... It looks cool. 

Oh... And the photos look a lil bit weird because I am using a new camera and I'm trying to find out how to use it, lol.

Thoughts??

-Kelly xx

• Base Color: Color Club Earthy Angel
• Sponged Color: Bettina Aqua
• Sponged Color #2: Zoya Zuza
• Stamp Color: Sally Hansen Silver Sweep
• IP: BM212

(**Bettina Product sent for consideration**)

Color Club Earthy Angel + Stamping

Hi everyone! So I tried out mannequin hands today, haha. But then I spiced it up with some stamping :)

Earthy Angel is basically my skin color but with a little bit of a pink/rosy undertone, haha. Formula was nice, dry time was average. This is two coats.

Anyway, thanks for reading and let me know what you think! I am not sure how I feel about this yet... :P

• Base Color: Color Club Earthy Angel
• Stamp Color: Konad Black
• Plate: BM225

Shabby Drab and Polka Dots!

Hi everyone! Happy Valentine's Day! :) I'm probably just going to stay home and read The Hunger Games and eat chocolate but I thought I would do my nails anyway :P

So I guess it's not the most Valentine-y but I didn't really want to do hearts or anything so I just went with some pastel polka dots!

I started off with two coats of Color Club Shabby Drab, a gorgeous dusty periwinkle color! Like seriously, it's gorgeous! Formula was awesome (despite being a tad bit water-y), dry time was fast and this baby dried shiny! This is two effortless coats.

Anyway, thanks so much for reading and let me know what you think! Happy Valentine's Day! :)

xoxo

• Base Color: Color Club Shabby Drab
• Polka Dot Colors: Green- Revlon Minted, Pink- Bettina Orion layered over Bettina #4, White- Wet N Wild White

(**Bettina products sent for review**)

Color Club New Bohemian + Revlon Whimsical

Hi! So I was at Longs the other day and I stopped by the Revlon display and it was packed full with Whimsicals along with a whole bunch of awesome colors. I snatched it up immediately. I was so excited!!  I couldn't wait to try it :)

I started off with two coats of Color Club New Bohemian, which is basically the same color as China Glaze For Audrey... but I want to say NB is maybe just a pinch greener but it's not as green as in the pictures, haha... Let me know if you want a comparison. Formula was a little runny but nothing horrible. Application was patchy on the first coat but evened out by the second. Dry time was average. This is two coats.

Whimsical is really sheer, which is why I layered it over NB. The glitter is kind of sparse and you have to sort of place it where you want it. But besides that, application was fine. It's very pretty. There is pink and blue hexagonal glitter, along with reflective micro glitter all suspended in a light milky blue base. Dry time was average. This is two coats.

I am so happy! I have officially bought my first Deborah Lippmann dupe, hahaha. It's gorgeous! I have been really into glitter lately... In other news, I didn't get to take photos until like 4:00 PM, and I usually like to take photos at 12:00 because the natural lighting is always nice. But I was crazy busy today... I got a little side job as a helper and the hours are always during my "blog hours" :( Oh well, I'll make it work ^_^

Anyway, thank you so much for reading and be sure to let me know if you picked up any of the Revlon dupes :)

Color Club Blue-topia+Essie Shine of the Times

Hi everyone! Happy Saturday! Today I get to show you a match made in heaven!

*DROOL* Pretty right? Ever since I got Shine of the Times in a swap with the wonderful D'Anna, I knew exactly how I wanted to use it! I wanted to layer it under a dark blue! I started off with two coats of Color Club Blue-topia, then after I applied one coat of SotT. Gorgeous! I took so many photos and there were too many pretty ones so... yea, pic heavy post, haha.

Blue-topia is an extremely dark navy color. On the first coat it was a perfect navy (if you were careful you could get away with one coat!), but the second coat turned it almost black. Still pretty, but a bit too dark for my taste. Formula was amazing and dry time was fast.

Shine of the Times is a gorgeous flakie that flashes, green, lavender, orange, red, and maybe even aqua! Gorgeous! Formula was nice and dry time was fast.

And yes, I did trim my nails again. They have been so weak and yucky lately, better to keep them short so they don't break. Hopefully they will be stronger once they start growing out again.

In other news, I am finally on Christmas break! I am so exhausted from exams. My friends and I are going to dress up and go out for sushi later to celebrate. Should be fun! :)

Do you have any fun plans for the weekend??

• Base Color: Color Club Blue-topia
• Flakie: Essie Shine of the Times

Christmas Nail Art Series: Gingerbread Men

Hi everyone! Today I got to try out my first Color Clubs(:

Red-ical Gypsy is a stunner. It's a gorgeous red with perhaps some beet colored undertones... so pretty! The formula on this was perfect. It almost had a jelly consistency to it, it also dried super shiny. This is two coats.

Then I stamped on cute little gingerbread men using a silver chrome polish. I wanted to use a gold one but sadly, I don't have a stamp-able gold :( Afterwards, using a toothpick, I dotted little green dots for the "gumdrop buttons" :)

I was hoping it would be a bit more Christmas-y but I still like the way it turned out! Despite having to use silver. What about you??

• Base Color: Color Club Red-ical Gypsy
• Stamp Color: Sally Hansen Silver Sweep
• Plate: BM222
• Gumdrop Buttons: Color Club Artsy Crafty