My Mani ~ Turquoise + Copper

Hi lovelies! It's been a while since I've posted a mani, so I thought I'd quickly share what I'm wearing on my nails! {Click to see more!}

My Mani ~ Essie 'For The Twill Of It'

Hi lovelies!  I hope you all had a fabulous weekend!  I'm just trying to stay dry over here, it's been raining nonstop for the last week, which is quite rare for CO.  Normally we get an hour's worth of rain at most in a week.  Crazy.  Luckily, we have been safe in an area that hasn't been hit by the devastating flooding.  So at Target the other day, I found the last bottle of 'For the Twill of it', part of Essie's newest collection.  I was so stoked, because it was always sold out everywhere!  {Click to keep reading!}

Mani Monday ~ Faux Shiny Matte

Hi lovelies!  Today's mani is a pretty neon matte finish, using China Glaze's neons I recently picked up at Sally's.  After the base coat, though, I got to thinking if I could maybe mimic a faux shine on the matte without using a topcoat.  Well, I think it works, it's a subtle trompe l'oeil, and I love it!  {Click to keep reading!}

Baby Blues ~ Nail Polish Dupes?

Hi lovelies!  When you're nail polish obsessed, you may notice that you have some very similar looking colors.  I first bought OPI Can't Find My Czechbook because it was such a beautiful color, unlike anything I had.  I then picked up Sally Hansen Blue-Away for the same reason, and noticed the eerie similarity.  Well I just got in my new Julep Maven box, and I had added on Something Blue.  Wait.  Hold the phone.  I have three of the same color?  No way.  So I swatched.  And breathed a deep sigh of relief.  They were similar as hell, but each different.

Now let's play a little game.  Can you match the bottle to the nail?  I mean, in the bottle, these three colors look fricken identical.  But on, they're clearly different.  One's super bright, one's deeper, and one's pastel.  {Click to see which is which!}

My Mani ~ Orange / Pink Gradient + The Pink Panel

Hi lovelies!  I've been dying to do a gradient mani for some time now, but the hardest part was picking colors!  I finally decided to do one of my favorite combos, bright pink and orange!  The only thing is it is messy!  Please forgive the stray polish, k?  {Click to keep reading!}

My Mani ~ Emerald City

Hi lovelies!  I hope you all had a fabulous weekend!  I recently ~finally~ picked up OPI's When Monkeys Fly and coincidentally layered it over a bright emerald color, not realizing the whole Emerald City thing until later.  It looks so good together though!  {Click to keep reading!}

My Mani ~ OPI Black Spotted Review & Ulta Holo

Hi lovelies!  I hope you all had an amazing weekend, now it's off to another fabulous week!  Today's mani is one I'm super excited about.  I've been drooling over OPI's Spotted effect top coat for a while now, hoping it would be released here, but alas, it was only a European release.  I finally decided to hop on eBay to see how much it was going for, and to my surprise I found a bottle for less than $15 shipped!  Of course I bought it, I mean, I'd be crazy not to... right?  RIGHT?  {Click to keep reading!}

My Mani ~ Julep Joy & Yumi

Happy Monday, lovelies!  I hope you all had a fabulous weekend!  This was my mani over the weekend, and it's a combo I am LOVING!  {Click to keep reading!}

My Mani ~ OPI Suzi's Hungary Again! & Sinful Colors Scene Stealer

Happy Monday, lovelies!  I hope you all had a fabulous weekend!  It's Monday, which means it's time to show my latest mani!  I recently picked up these colors and knew they'd go so well together!  I almost did all of my nails with the glitter over, but stopped myself at 2.

The glitter is aaaahhhhhmazing and is the best $2.99 spent!  It's called 'Scene Stealer' and is part of Sinful Colors new Diamond Lust Limited Edition Collection.  While I can't find it for sale online, I found mine at Walgreens.  It's a metallic fuschia and gold microglitter with large diamond shaped holographic glitter pieces too.  I've never seen anything else like it before!
I've preached my love for OPI's Euro Centrale collection before (Can't Find My Czechbook & You're Such a Budapest and Polka.com)  so of course I had to pick up Suzi's Hungary Again, a beautiful creamy bright pink. {Click to keep reading!}

My Mani ~ Can't Find My Czechbook + Ulta Nail FX Review!

Hi lovelies!  You may remember in my Ulta Haul Vlog from last week (if you didn't watch it, check it out now!) that I got OPI's new 'Can't Find My Czechbook' as well as this incredible collection of topcoats, Ulta Nail FX.  And as promised, I've swatched them!  First of all, I really love this gorgeous shade of blue from OPI, I think that this Euro Centrale collection may be my favorite one yet.  {Click to keep reading!}

Speckled Nail Polish Comparison: Deborah Lippmann, Illamasqua, and Hard Candy

Hi lovelies!  I think we've all seen or at least heard of the new 'speckled' polishes.  It seems like they're being done at a few different price points, though not all.  And they are all done differently, so of course, I had to have one of each so I could do a thorough comparison.  (I apologize for the state of my cuticles!  They need some tlc!)  I'm wearing a color from Hard Candy's Sprinkles collection, Deborah Lippman's Staccato collection, and Illamasqua's Speckled collection.  {Click to keep reading!}

My Mani ~ Easter-y Chocolate Speckled Eggs

Hi lovelies!  I wanted to do my nails something kind of Easter-y this weekend, and just started playing around and came up with this!  The chocolate-brown hue of this Illamasqua polish was the perfect canvas for some fun pastel speckles.  {Click to keep reading!}

My Mani ~ DIY Tracy Reese NYFW Manicure

Hey lovelies!  After seeing the beautiful manicure Sally Hansen created for the Tracy Reese NYFW F/W 2013 show (similar to the silver/fuschia Chanel Spring mani), I knew I needed to recreate it.  I pretty much followed the tutorials for the aforementioned Chanel mani by Love Maegan, The Budget Babe, and Fab Fatale.  {Click below for the full post}

My Mani ~ DIY Kate Spade F/W 2013 NYFW Studded Manicure

Hi lovelies!  I've shared some sneak peeks on Instagram of this manicure, I'm soooo excited for it!  (You are following me on Instagram, right?)  I loved this Deborah Lippmann mani when I saw all the pics of it from Kate Spade's show at fashion week; The Budget Babe posted some incredible pics and I knew I had to recreate it!  (Loving my chic Cynthia Rowley band-aid?)  {Get the how to after the jump}

My Favorite Manicure Product ~ Nailtiques!

Hi lovelies!  I thought I'd share with you my secret weapon when it comes to doing my nails - and no it's not Seche Vite (although that's a close second!)  It's nailtiques!  I've been using this product for YEARS.  When I was 18/19/20 I used to have gel overlays on my nails.  When I decided to go au naturale, my manicurist turned me on to this brilliant product (there's a special formulation for after artificial nails) and I haven't turned back since.  There's several different formulations, I'm currently using Formula 2, which is a treatment for peeling, brittle nails.  Once my nails are no longer brittle/peeling, I'll step down to Formula 1, Maintenance. {More after the break!}