Friday, July 27, 2012

Ikat Nails

So I just returned from a trip to Florida a few days ago. I had such an amazing time seeing my family, Preston's family, and a few friends! Before I left, I painted my nails using an Ikat design inspired by this video by Miss Jen Fabulous. I have been watching so many of her videos lately. She shows great designs and demonstrates them in such a simple, easy way.

I have been loving the Ikat design for clothing, home goods, and accessories and was so excited to see how to translate this into nail art.

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Monday, July 16, 2012

Two Ways | Color Club Blue-Ming

In my July Birchbox, I received a mini bottle of Color Club nail polish in Blue-Ming. The colour is a bright mint. It is gorgeous! So perfect for summer! I did have some issues with the formula of the polish but think it might be because it's a mini bottle. I found the polish to be very thick & the brush was difficult to work with (very stiff and the ends kinda of frayed out.) Unfortunately,  I ended up with some bubbles in my application. However, it's a beautiful colour, very opaque, & has a nice shiny finish.

Two coats of Blue-Ming without topcoat

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Thursday, July 12, 2012

Birchbox | July 2012


I just received my July Birchbox in the mail today! It is always so exciting to get this little pink box in the mail. I was a little nervous that I might not like this box because after seeing the Sneak Peek; I just wasn't too thrilled with the products they showed. So after I received the notification that my box shipped, I immediately started scouring youtube for unboxing videos. My fears intensified as I saw more and more boxes that were just so-so. I kept my hopes up that my box would be different since the main feature of their boxes was the Eyeko Skinny Liner, and I had just got that last month so, though I absolutely love it, I was hoping not to get a repeat.

 Anyway, here is my box!
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Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Summer Gradient Nails





My manicure for this week is a gradient using Zoya Zuza (Aqua Blue) and Zoya Kimber (Strawberry Pink.) I love the Zoya Surf collection. The colours are so beautiful & sparkly! These colours were part of my mini Pinterest trio (which I used in my first water marble.) & I have Zoya Myrta as my pedicure, so it wouldn't feel left out! Again, I couldn't just pick one colour to paint my nails!

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Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Happy Fourth of July


Here is a quick post of my nails to celebrate Independence Day! I wanted to do something inspired by the flag but not too literal. So, I decided to try a water marble again, thinking the colours would appear to be fabric blowing in the wind. I tried two different concepts. For the first one, I used red, white, & blue polishes for the marble and covered that with a blue glitter top coat. For the second one, I used red & white on all nails except my accent nail which I used blue & white. The polishes I used weren't the best for marbling, but I like how it turned out!

I hope you have an amazing Fourth of July! I am going to miss my Jax Beach firework tradition with my mom but am happy to spend my first fourth in New York!
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