Pasha Love

  I decided to wear some of the Zoya colors I have never worn because I really liked how the last manicure turned out.

     Today's color is Pasha. I have had this color for almost a year and thought after I got it this is not going to look good on me. I mean you don't see a lot of these companies showing their colors on women of color so it just sat in my polish stash.

     I love how Zoya colors go on. They not only are smooth but also no streaks (on the creams) even if only one coat. I only had to apply two coats to make this opaque. Pasha is a medium taupe with a hint of pink and very fine silver glitter to give it a shimmer in the light. I love how this color is so very work appropriate and yet sexy enough for a night out on the town.

     Most neutrals I don't like to wear when my nails are short because I feel it makes them shorter because of how it can blend in with my skin tone. However, that is not the case with Pasha it compliments my skin tone.

     Well until next time ladies keep on polishing.

 

 







 

 

 

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Ivanka I Love Zoya's Frida!!!

   My child loves blue and the school colors are green and gold so you can see how I chose this two colors.

     Frida is my first jelly from Zoya but it will certainly not be my last. The color in the bottle does not do it justice once it is on the nails. This polish offers so many looks. One and two coats offer a hint of color to place glitter on top of. Three coats offer the ability to have not have it be so dark with a great shine. I actually put on four coats just because I do not like being able to see any hint of my nail. I have included shots of all coat levels below.

     I really had on plans on doing anything other than a simple single paint manicure however as I was putting away my supplies I noticed Ivanka and thought how good it would look on an accent nail. We know that it was not hard for me to pick which nail was to be painted. While the nail made the mani pop (my childs favorite expression) it did so without over shadowing Frida.

I am signing off until next time and remember keep on polishing.







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Nail Polish Deals for the Week Ending January 4

     Okay so I am going to start of 2014 with my resolution to post at least once a week. My first post will be to let you know where you can find polish on sale at.


Rite Aid

BOGO 50%      Covergirl, SinfulColors, NYC, Julie G, Revlon, and Rimmel


Walgreens

.69                     Wet n Wild
BOGO 50%       Rimmel


Cult Nails

40-60% off         Select colors. Sale ends 12/31/2013     www.cultnails.com



Colores de Carol

25% off $20 or more    Code to use is BYE2013. Sale ends 12/31/2013     www.coloresdecarol.com



Ulta

BOGO Free              Ulta nail laquer


Sally Beauty Supply

50% off Clearance       Code 555169
10% off                        Code 555176


Julep.com

Up to 75% 0ff         Warehouse Sale ends 12/31/2013


    Polish post coming later this week. Have a great week and a Happy New Year!

Magnetic Polish

Hello everyone, I know that magnetic polish is so last year, LOL. I was given these polishes compliments of Teddi's Tips because she was having problems getting them to work. If you have ever seen her nails you know they are beautiful and generally anything she tries she gets it perfect on the first go round. I have because of that fact had the polishes for several months but was scared to try it figuring I could only do worse. Today I tried one of the two polishes and was so happy with the results that I decided to blog about just in case someone else was having problems with polish as well.

I used Magnetix Nail Polish in purple. I loved the color when it separated. I got it to separate so well because I held the magnetic about a quarter of a inch from the nail for at least 15 seconds. I found less time did not allow the pattern to become as defined. I also would slowly turn my nail left to right.

Well until next time keep on polishing.

The Hits Just Keep on Coming

Today I received my order from Llarowe and boy am I happy. I will definitely be ordering from there again. Their customer service is second to none!!
Tomorrow is a baskbetball game so that decided which color of those that I received that I would use first. Hits Mari Moon Trendy is the first color I am using. This multi chrome has green and yellow as its primary colors. You can also see blue and orange at certain angles. I used three coats to get rid of the streaks.
I can honestly say that I am not sure I am going to be able to wait until I use the next color from Mari Moon line but I am going to try.
As always until next time keeping on polishing.

Another 3 for $10 Sale!!!!!

Thank you Honeybee Gardens for the chance to try your polish.

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First Braided Mani

I am so proud of myself! I have been seeing people with this manicure for quite some time. My good friend at Teddi's Tips had this manicure a few months ago. Everyone I saw with the manicure had used tape or painted white tip guides and braided those. I wanted to do it free hand however, anyone that knows me knows I do not have one artistic bone in my body. This is why it has taken me so long to do this manicure and I got it right the first time out.

I used Avon Blue Royale Suede Nail Enamel for my base. This is a metallic matte polish (say that five times fast). Do not be scared when you see the polish go on wet and stay wet. Once completely dry it will be a matte finish.

My braids are done in Nubar Iris Dust and NYC Big Money Frost. I felt that the shine would be nice against the matte. I started each color at a angle and then just rolled my finger so that the polish was at a angle. I repeated the process with each color.

 

You can expect many more of these to come maybe even a full hand. Until next time keep on polishing.

New Year Day Nail

I know, I know I have not been here in awhile. I have been busy with a couple of new directions my life has taken. I am now back. I started the New Year off with Sinful Colors.
While I was not crazy about the color Rise and Shine in the bottle it looks wonderful on my nails. I used only two coats of polish to get it to look even.

 

 I wanted something to accent the green color and so I chose to use Sinful Colors Nova. I placed it on in what I called a slanted french tip. When looking at the bottle of Nova it appears to be a black base with fine green and blue glitter. However once you put it on you realize that the color is a navy to midnight blue depending on how many coats of polish you use.

My accent nail is still Rise and Shine but with one coat of Nail Junkie on top. My favorite glittter polish of all times.

All pictures are before clean up. I apologize for this but had to leave in a rush and wanted to take pictures just in case.

Happy New Year everyone and remember keep on polishing.

$.99 Buy for Some of the Best Colors

Walgreens is my favorite place today. They have Sinful Colors polish on sale for $.99. This basically adds up to but one get one free since they are normally $1.99. This sale is until 10/27/2012.
I have done a month of blogs about Sinful Colors polish. The color below is Cinderella. This color is a pale blue with small pink shimmers visable in light only. I only did a basic mani in this color because I found it hard to find something to do with the color that would not destract from the colors simplicity. Okay little sappy if I do say so myself. LOL.
Well I hope you take advantage of the sale because I know I did. Until next time keep on polishing.

My First Dot Gradient

     So this idea was born out off my over use of my new dotting tools and my epic failure(my person feelings even though others said it wasn't bad) at a regular gradient. I was looking for something where I could give my fingers a break from all of the color because my nails were beginning to turn yellow. Yes, I do use a base coat to those that are thinking that is what my problem is. I just think I need a new base coat but I have not decided on what I am going to use. I am still doing research on that.

     I started off with my current base coat and then placed on one layer of Sally Hansen Hard as Nails. I then keeping with my theme of 30 days of Sinful Colors used my dotting tool and started with Sinful Colors Bali Mist (a purplish pink). Kismet (pink with brown undertones) is my next dot. The final color comes from the recently released Sinful Colors metallic line called Hot Wired. I finished it off with my Sally Hansen Top Coat and Viola! it is done.

   I am quite pleased with the my first attempt at so many dots and a gradient. I am sure it would have been neater had I not decided to do my nails during the second presidential debate. Jumping around and hollering at the television is not a good thing when painting your nails.

A Newbie's Must Have Color!!!!

    Okay I have only been this excited about a color one time before now. This Metallic Sinful Color Hot Hot Heat is my new go to color!!

     I knew after the first coat that I had a replacement for my previous favorite color. I want to paint my toes fingers and anyone else's fingers and toes with this color. The color is flawless in application. Whatever is in this formula I am begging Revlon (who recently purchased the brand) to make sure that this formula is kept and even duplicated to other colors.

     I dare you to find another color that can go on this easy and make your nails look this good with this little effort. I don't even have accent nail and you know that is not normal for me. There is only one picture with no top coat because that is all is needed.

Until next time keep on polishing.

Winter's Coming And Boy Is It Beautiful!!!

Today's Sinful Color is Winterberry. I chose this color as a tribute to National Domestic Violence since it is October.

I sort of get the feeling that a little pink and grey were mixed in with a grape purple. The color alone after only two coats was beautiful. This is the first polish of the Sinful line that I can say I do not have a compliant about. It went on smooth and even.

The sparkles are coming from NYC Starry Glitter. I originally was only going to do a accent nail but I mistakenly painted the wrong nail. I liked it so much that I decided to paint them all.

Well until next time keep it clean and simple.

Sinful's Courtney Orange

     Well I know that Halloween is a ways off and that most people would have left this color for review at that time. I however do not celebrate Halloween and I felt like seeing what my first orange nail polish looked like on my hands.  This color Courtney Orange is from Sinful Colors 2009 collection.  
     Since this blog is for people like myself just getting into polishing I decided this time to show you what my hands look like from start to finish. I knew after a polish test that I would need to double up on the base coat. I always do a polish because I like to be able to sometimes where nothing but clear polish and need them to be white. A good base coat keeps the nails looking like the picture below. I also overlapped the base coat just to make sure that I could get any mistakes cleaned up easy.
     I only had to use two coats of the polish due to the richness of the color. I have to say this also went on without any streaks or splotches. I really liked this color and I am not a orange person. I think the color while vibrant is not loud. My accent nail was done with my dotting tools I purchased from amazon.com. I would like to say thank you to Teddi from the blog Teddi's Tips. I placed two drops of Caribbean Cocktail by Sephora by OPI on a piece of paper. I then took my large dotting tool and just dipped it in one time and then placed it on the nail. This was the first time that I used the tool and I found that I am going to need to find a way to make the polish thicker for the larger dot tool. The larger dots are the only dots that ran. They had more of a oval shape then circular one.
     Well until the next sinful moment have a great time.