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Remember how I mentioned I took some time to travel? While I didn't actively update this site, I did maintain a decent manicure every now and then.


Today I've got one of my favorite brands, Dare To Wear.


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It's Friday and I want neon nails darn it! I know, what else is new about that? Well I broke out a couple She' Nail Polishes I recently purchased and did a pretty basic plastic wrap manicure.

I'm kinda sleepy and really lacking material for my usual anecdotes,  so I'll keep this post short and sweet.


I used Wine, Fruit, and Convo and Things Women Love in addition to some gold studs I had lying around in my embellishments drawer.



And because this is a neon mani, my camera freaked out. So make sure to check back later in the day. I'll take a better picture outside.


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Happy Friday lovers!
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Press Sample Much like one of my more recent swatch posts, today's nail art was done months ago. The photos were taken, and edited, yet the post was just written. Shame on me, I know. But I digress.


These nails used the entire Barielle Summer Keys Collection.

I started with Panama Pina Colada as a base color. 
Then sponged Hawaiian Sunset  & Panama Pina Colada on my thumb, Miami Heat & Panama Pina Colada on my index, Paradise in the Tropics & Panama Pina Coloada on my middle finger, Barefoot in Bermuda & Panama Pina Colada on my ring finger, and lastly, I sponged Topless in St Tropez & Panama Pina Colada on my pinky.


Each Barielle shade from the Summer Keys collection retails for $8 per .45 fl. oz. bottle on Barielle.com.

How do you feel about summer colors in non-summer seasons? Let's chat in the comments.
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Press Sample Earlier this week I sat down to water marble with neons. The water marble itself wasn't the issue, however, photographing said neon water marble was. But because I love you guys, I tried--really, really hard.


Before I started this water marble of Plum Sorbet, Tickled Pink, Haute Pink, Flamingo Flair, and Traffic Cone; I laid down two coats of Sugar Cube.

In real life the colors are more saturated and it's make easier to see the difference between the four shades used for this mani. For swatches of the colors individually click here and here.

Each shade Salon Perfect shade retails for $3.98 at Walmart.

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Have you ever water marbled with neons? And then tried to photograph it? Tell me about it in the comments.
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Press Sample It's Friday! Now if only that meant anything to me other than I still have to be at work tomorrow morning. Anyway I've two nail art looks using Pixi Nail Colours.

The first is a Victoria's Secret-esque striped mani done in  Fuchsia Dew and  Pink Peony


The base color of Fuchsia Dew is much darker and less neon with a hint of gold shimmer, but my camera refused to accept the aforementioned facts. While Pink Peony is a a super opaque raspberry crème that reaches full coverage in one coat. (I wore it for a week with the intent of swatching it for you guys and then I went to bed and didn't take pics of it the next day.)

I almost forgot to mention that the two colors used are actually very shiny, but I added a matte top coat for a different look.


The second look is a border mani using Lime Lustre, Sizzling Sunshine, and Oh SO Orange.


When I first glanced at these colors, my immediate favorite was Lime Lustre, but that all changed once I applied Oh So Orange. Oh So Orange is a crazy bright neon orange that reaches full opacity in two coats without a base white base color. Oh and it dries to a shiny finish on its own. Girrrrrrrrl! Why can't every single neon nail polish be just like this? When I tell you I instantly got re-hyped about this polish just talking about it, I am not even close to kidding.

Pixi Nail Colour retails for $8 on PixiBeauty.com and Target.



Press Sample If you decide to only own only one Pixi Nail Colour make it Oh So Orange! You'll love it!
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The summer collections are rolling in and summer-like weather is finally reaching my neck of the woods here in Western New York! So what's not to love these days?


Anyway, Urban Decay released a duo of nail colors that I was instantly attracted to and I just had to see what UD is working with.


When I got these two shades I couldn't decide if I wanted to wear them alone are do some stripped nail art with them so I went with both.

Prior to this mani I hadn't used any Urban Decay products and had no idea as what to expect from their lacquers but I was pleasantly surprised with the formula and the pigmentation of these two shades.

Chaos (cobalt blue with pearl shimmer throughout) was very sheer after the first coat causing my immediate thought to be, "well I guess this one will be a 3-4 coater," so imagined how happy I was to see full coverage after the second coat.

Bang (orange-red with subtle blue shimmer) became fully opaque in two coats--just like Chaos--but on the other hand, Bang was very promising from the very first coat of color.


At first glance I liked the colors but didn't really see how they fit together, but then I noticed the subtle blue shimmer in chaos and it all made sense.

Urban Decay Nail Color retails for $15 per 9mL bottle on UrbanDecay.com.

How are you feeling about this Urban Decay duo for summer 2014?
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Purchased by Me Earlier this week I finally took the plunge and went full on stiletto. After having square nails for a decade, and transitioning in the almond stage for about a week, I finally filled my nails into pointy stilettos.


Monday night the Mr. & I finally got the time to celebrate Valentine's Day. he took me out to dinner, then the movies (About Last Night is pretty funny by the way), and afterwards he turned to me and said, "hurry up before Sephora closes." After being together for the better part of a decade, he's becoming pretty good at surprising me and I've done a pretty good at grooming him to feeding my addiction buy me nail polish. Anyway, I picked out Formula X Seismic and here we are.
Seismic is such a great shade of orange with a subtle shimmer. but the formula itself isn't the greatest. It's streaky, it drags, and doesn't self level. For $10.50 I expect better and would definitely skip out on this guy and try to find a dupe somewhere.

You're probably wondering what glitter topper I'm wearing. Well , that would be Ooh La Lacquer Pixlexia. I bought it on Etsy a few weeks back and pretty much fell in love with the square blue, pink, green, silver holographic glitters. And for $4 why the heck not?



Yay for my new stiletto nails! Can't wait until they grow out! Happy Weekend!
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Press Sample | Affiliate Link A few weeks ago I was creating content for this very blog. I did my nails, set up lighting, took photos, and then completely forgot about the mani as it sat in one of my memory cards. Until now.


I decided to take my favorite parts of the last two Nail Art Society Kits, Great Glitzy and California Dreaming, and combine them for one easy look.


From the California Dreaming kit I used one of the bows and Jessica Tangerine Dream, and from the glitter packed Great Glitzy kit I went with Floss Gloss Dime Piece.


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Press Sample | Affiliate Link It's almost time for for another Nail Art Society kit and today I've got a preview for you! This months kit is called I Love Studs and was curated by Very Emily.


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Press Sample After a week of relative inactivity I finally have the time to sit down, push around some nail paint, and talk blog about it. Forgive me for leaving you all for so long?

I've been itching to try some extremely labor intensive nail art, but I figure I should start off with something simple and awesome. Something a long the lines of stripes!


I used the LCN Shades of Desert Summer 2013 Collection and really loved the outcome. Being new to the LCN brand I really didn't know what to expect in terms of color opacity and formula, but I was very pleased with both! It didn't hurt that all four of these are cremes. Y'all know how much I love a good creme finish lacquer.


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Nothing To Disclose Yesterday I showed you the first three shades from the limited edition Salon Perfect Neon Collision Collection. So it's only right that today I do a little nail art with the last three shades (plus some added glitter)!


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