Photo A Day Challenge Day 2 - Empty

Time for day 2, and today's theme is Empty:

Do Owls Eat Skittles?

Hey guys!  So lately I have been feeling that I haven't done much real nail art.  Recording my nail art was one of the reasons I started my blog and I really wanted to get back into it.  I decided to do something really fun and I'm happy to say I love how it turned out!  Here is my version of the skittles owl mani.

I started with painting the first color over those hole reinforcement stickers on my cuticles to make half moons.  Then I painted on the color of the tummy, and used the back of a makeup brush and a tooth pick as my dotting tool.  I love how it came out, and I hope you guys too!

I was surprised how much I love the half moon look on me!  I always put off trying it because I hated having to wait for the first polish to dry to stick on the stickers.  But I really like it and I might have to keep trying different color combinations!

"Hoot Hoot" :)

Here's What I used:

The heads of the owls:

Jolly Rancher in Watermelon

Ring Pop in Orange Cream

Rainbow Nerds in Green Apple

Jolly Rancher in Blue Raspberry

Hot Topic Nail Polish (Unnamed dark purple with shimmer)

The bellies of the owls:

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Bubblegum Pink

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Sun Kissed

Revlon Top Speed in Jaded

Hard Candy in Sky

Milani in Purple Passion (with white added)

Beaks and eyes:

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Black Out

Love My Nails in White

Sinful Colors in Unicorn

What do you guys think of my owl skittle mani?  Do you guys want to see more nail art?

Claws up!

Photo A Day Challenge Day 1 - Morning

Rabbits Rabbits! Happy June! Today is the first day of the Photo challenge and today's theme is Morning:

No makeup and bed head.  That's what I look like at 5:30 am. Not a pretty sight.

Claws up!

Photo A Day Challenge

Hey guys! Sorry for the late post, but I just found out that my best friend Sara is doing a photo challenge on her blog, and I thought it looked really fun! I know its not a nail challenge (I probably should attempt one one day) but I thought it looked fun so I'm gonna try it! Crossing my fingers that I'll actually get it done, no guaranteeing it but I'll do my bestest!  And if course I'm inviting all of my lovely followers to participate in it too.  If you're gonna try it, let me know so I can be sure to see your wonderful pictures!

Flower nails for a special occasion

Hey hey hey! I hope you enjoyed my anniversary look book, as promised, here are the nails I sported for the special occasion. I decided to go with some elegant nails to match my dress.  I'm classy like that.

I picked up some dried flowers from Sally's a while back and I have been meaning to try them for ages but I kept putting it off.  So I finally made myself try them and what better day to than a day than my anniversary?  The kit came with different colored little dried flowers and some big, loose glitters.

 I decided to go with dusty rose colored flowers and large hex glitters over China Glaze Sunset Sail, which is an amazing nude polish with glass flecks.

I used a really thick coat of Seche Vite on top but the edges of the hex glitters still poked out a lot.  Overall I liked this look.  I kind of wish I chose more contrasting colors, but it turned out ok in the end anyway.

What do you think of my subtle flower look and dried flower nail art in general?

Claws up!

Look Book: 3 amazing years

Hello all! I hope everyone had an awesome Memorial day!  As you guys know, I spent the weekend with my boyfriend, Ben, celebrating 3 wonderful years dating.  I drove to PA (for the very first time!) on Thursday and I got to see his friends and family.  On Saturday night we celebrated our anniversary. We went to The Melting Pot; a fondue restaurant.  Neither of us have ever been there so it was really fun getting to do something new together.  They make your cheese and chocolate fondue right at your table, and you get to cook your own meats and veggies! It was really fun and delicious! 

Nail Rage!

Hello all! Hope your Memorial Day weekend is going well.  Just a quick post today sharing some funny and cool nail related photos, enjoy!!

Claws up!

Color Club Sparkle and Soar

Happy Memorial Day Weekend!  I hope your days are filled with pool parties and BBQs!  I'm Spending the weekend with my boyfriend celebrating our 3 year anniversary! You'll get too see those nails soon.  For today I have a swatch of a color I recently picked up, Color Club in Sparkle and Soar.

When I first saw Sparkle and Soar I pretty much had to wipe my drool from my face.  It is so bright and firey!  Sparkle and Soar is a neon jelly with gold flecks in it.  It is so bright and in your face, I just love it!  I really want to pair it with black, maybe for Halloween?

For this swatch I decided to Matte-i-fy it with Esse Matte About You because I am in love with the matte flakie look.  But don't worry, I'll watch it again with Seche on top you guys can see it shiny too!

Application was nice, needed three coats since its a jelly, but overall applied well.

What do you guys think of Sparkle and Soar?

Claws up!

Look Book: Sequins and Lace

“And, now, I’m just trying to change the world one sequin at a time.” - Lady Gaga

Hello all, I thought since this wasn't a nail related post, I'd start it off with a Lady Gaga quote, need to live up to the name of my blog :-p

I had a really awesome weekend.  On Thursday I went to see Dark Shadows with my boyfriend, and my bestie, Sara.  Then for the rest of the weekend my brother and my sister-in-law came to visit from Texas.  I never get to see them so I always get really excited with then visit.  We had a lot of fun and even got to learn about our heritage at a Greek Jewish museum.  They went home already and I really miss them a lot, I hope I will get to see them again soon.  I love you David!

Ciate Caviar Review

Hello!!!!!! I have returned! I apologize for my absence, I was taking some time off from blogging to spend with my brother.  But I will talk more about that in tomorrow's post.  For today I will show you what I wore on my nails this past weekend.

As you guys know, last weekend was Mother's day.  My mom like's so call my cat, Muffin, my baby.  So this year she decided to get me a Mother's day gift from my kitty.  Sometimes my mom is silly.  She got me the Ciate Caviar manicure kit which she picked up at Sephora.  I know there has been controversy with the whole "caviar" thing, but when my mom picked up the kit for me I was really excited to try it out.  Hopefully it will be a useful (and fun) post for you guys to read!

The kit came with a nail polish and the caviar beads in Multi Color.  The polish was a really gorgeous light pink, called  Strawberry Milkshake.  It was really nice to apply and got fully coverage and a smoothed out look in two coats.

The bottles are really cute; rectangular and slightly curved.  And they have really adorable bows on them.  However, on the polish the bow really got in the way and I found myself dinging the wet polish on my nails as I was trying to paint them.  As cute as it looks I might have to rip it off.  

This is one coat of Strawberrey Milkshake, which I took a photo of to show you the polish on its own.  Its a really beautiful light pink, and I will definitely be using it on its own.

After one coat all over, nail by nail you paint on a second coat of the polish, followed by pouring the beads on top and slightly pressing them down to squish them into the polish.  Thankfully, the bow is removable on the beads bottle so that didn't get in the way.  The kit comes with detailed instructions as well as suggested ways to use the caviar beads on your nails.  I loved that it came with other ideas and I will also be trying those out in the future.  It also said to only apply top coat to the edges, but I applied Seche Vite all over to better seal in the beads.

Overall, I love the caviar look! I think its really cool and different.  My nails did feel weird with the beads on them, however.  They were really easy to apply and I love the colors and the polish it came with.  I want to try out different manis with the beads, including other caviar manis, plus using the beads individually as bullion balls. 

What I also loved about this kit is that it came with a little funnel and a tray so after you pour the beads out, you can pick up the tray and use the funnel to get the extras back in the bottle.  I have never used any other brand of the little beads to make this mani so I don't have much to compare, so I was really hoping you guys could let me know what you think of these compared to the others.

What do you think about the Ciate Caviar kit as well as the caviar look in general?  Also, what did you guys think of these photos in today's post? I decided to take them in my bathroom instead of my usually bedroom location. Should I keep taking my photos in the bathroom instead of my bedroom?

Claws up!

Sally Hansen HD Laser

Hello all!  For today I have a swatch and also some news.

To start off..I GOT MY DRIVER'S LICENSE!! I failed the test twice when I was younger and it was my New Years resolution to get my license before I turned 23 at the end of this year.  I took the test again today and 3rd times a charm!

News part 2.  This weekend my brother is visiting all the way from Texas! I only get to see him about once a year and I really miss him a lot.  We are really close so when he visits I always clear my schedule when he's here so I can get as much time with him as possible.  Sadly, that means a 4 day blogging break :( sorry guys! I won't be posting or reading your blogs until he leaves on Monday night.  But I'll do my bestest to catch up because I hate missing on your lovely blogs!

For my post for today I will be doing a swatch.  I don't swatch a lot because I think they are boring to look at, I'd much rather show you guys some nail art.  But with this polish I really wanted to show you guys how it looks without anything being done to it.  And when I'm back from my mini hiatus this weekend, I will have something super duper awesome to show you to thank you guys for not leaving me! So you better not go anywhere, I promise I'll be back soon!

Enough talk, time for swatching. Today's swatch is Sally Hansen HD in Laser.  When I first saw this line in stores I freaked out! They looked stunning in the bottles. Kinda holo-y, jelly, fleck-y, just pure awesomeness.  I purchased Laser online on Ulta's website.  When it came in I didn't like it in person at first, so it stayed untried for months.  But I got off my butt, and finally decided to swatch it, and I was very happy I did!

As you can see, it looks like Heaven in the bottle.  The effect is less noticeable on my nails, and my camera didn't want to pick it up at all.  I took a million photos to try and capture it the best I could.  Laser is a blue jelly polish with purple flecks that really make an awesome look.  In the right light the colors reflect and its breathtaking...but only in the perfect light.

It took 3 coats for full coverage and took forever to dry.  I am most excited about trying some awesome jelly sandwiches with this baby!

This is the best photo I took that really captures the effect.

Here is what I used:

Sally Hansen HD in Laser

What do you guys think of Laser? Do you have any other of the HD polishes? I'll see you guys in a couple of days, so don't go anywhere!

Claws up!