Friday, May 27, 2011

Maybeline Nail polish

 I am thinking of posting nail polishes I got once or twice each week, but I don't know which ones to swatch first. So I'm showing all of you first, then you can tell me which ones I should swatch first, I believe I have Sally hansen, NYC, Pro 10 nail care, LA colors, etc. Once I start on the swatches, I'll add the links to these posts. Anyway, moving on!

 Desert plum creme- This is a pale pink my camera didn't pick up, its not really this orange. This is nice for a neutral color type of wear, its pigmented and stuff.. Not much to say about this one. Haven't had much experience with any of them until I have to swatch them.

Silver Sand- Omg I love this color! If you put it on, if you look REAL closely you can see little holographic glitters! Sadly, people probably won't be looking at your nail that close. This nail polish is a little bit sheer shimmer, I wouldn't wear this everyday though. You can decide on how many coats you have. Its actually not completely brown, if you look at it while the light is shining on it, you can see silverish color. The color in the shade it brown/gold.

Devon Rose Creme- This is a hot pink, its also pigmented, needs one coat, so does the first one at the very top ^Don't have much to say about this one either.. The only reason is that I bought these in a 2 pack at the dollar tree, I only bought them because of the other nail polish in the pack, but i'm sure these will somehow come to use..


Sheer Pink- I have got to say, I am really into sheer polishes, when you have old looking nails, you put this on and it creates the illusion of you having a brighter healthier nail! Not pigmented, if you put on like 4 coats, you get the fake nail look, if you put on 1 coat then it looks more normal. I wouldn't agree with the pink, because thats one of the complete opposites of what color I would think it was.

     NOTE-- When applying nail polish, to me is seems faster painting the nail polish by 1 lair, then waiting, then the next lair. If you go too fast it creates a thick uneven finish.

  Okay, Have a nice day guys!

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Jordana Nail Polishes

So I actually bought these polishes a couple months ago and never got to make a blog post about them.
Lemme just say that Jordana polishes are one of the best cheap brands of nail polish EVER! I get mine for $1 at cost cutters. Okay, so movin' on
 Smooth Blue :  This polish requires 1-2 coats, not the most pigmented, but still really really great. Its really just a normal blue, nice for Spring and Summer though!
 Sweet Orange : Is a nice subtle orange also awesome to wear for spring and summer, requires 1-2 coats.
 Silver : Is not a pigmented color, you need quite some coats to achieve the look in the bottle, I would recommend using it when your not in the mood for a straight color, its a bit see through if you put 1 coat.
 The Artist : Is a beautiful glitter polish with holographic particles in it, it is confused with its cousin (also from the same brand) The designer. The designer has slightly bigger particles. If you are to wear this as a full nail polish (putting it on your whole nail) then I suggest you put a black of some sort first, then you can put one coat of "The Artist".  
 Silver Glitter  Is just a normal glitter, when you put it on it doesn't seem like the glitter is everywhere, is seems like 60% of the polish is clear polish.. But it is nice for adding a little sparkle to red polishes or french tips (in my opinion)

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 I was a bit sleepy making this, I haven't worn these long enough to determine how long it would last until it chips . But any other questions can be asked by posting a comment on this blog post and will try my best to reply back to you.
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I am not affiliated with this company, nor did I receive these items for free. I purchased this with my own money 

Sunday, May 22, 2011

Giveaway from Deuce Beauties!

http://deucebeauties.blogspot.com/2011/05/open-cvs-giveaway.html(CVS giveaway) Deuce Beauties is having a giveaway! She does soo many giveaways, right now she has two going on!
 the other one is http://deucebeauties.blogspot.com/2011/05/opengiveaway-200-followers.html (200 followers)
You should defiantly enter, you have 5 chances of winning!

--I have nothing to post about, so If you could, then can you suggest what I could write about?

Saturday, May 7, 2011

Tips when your buffing your nails.

 I remember when I first used a nail buffer, it went all the wrong way... So here are some tips for when you buff your nails! Nail buffers usually come in 2/3 steps, or at most 8 steps. The main three are to remove ridges, smooth the nail, and to shine the nail. I don't always mind it having the shine, because I  put nail polish on after, but its nice to have..


  • When you get a buffer that has 7-8 steps, don't use the first steps to buff your nail bed, use it to shape. Those are too rough for your nail beds. And then use 3-4 to buff your nail beds and so on. 
  • When you see dust, stop and move on to the next step, you do NOT want to buff it so much that it thins your nail paper thin (trust me, I made this mistake ): ) and when you get to the part where you are smoothing/shining it, you can stop when you see the results.
  • Blow or brush the dust away before moving onto the next step. (unless there is no dust)
  • Buff your nails every month to get the ridges/splits off. 
                                                      BENEFITS

  • If you have yellow stained nails from not putting a basecoat before putting your nail color on, you can buff it off since its on the surface of the nail.
  • While you're buffing, it sort of massages your nail bed, this encourages nail growth!
  • You should end up with a really smooth finish, your nail polish should be easier to put on too! It should glide on the nail more easier.

Thursday, May 5, 2011

Kaleidescope WetnWild nail polish review

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Once again, I'm back for a review on this nail polish I got from walgreens. I got this for .69 on sale! I have been meaning to buy this glitter nail polish but it was always out wherever I went.. This is a really pretty nail polish, I like it because of all the color it holds in the glitter! I haven't experienced any chipping yet, so far its been day 2, haha.
Now that I think about it, I should of painted my nails black and put this on..
:-/

Born pretty store!

Hello!  So I recently got this hello kitty nail art plate from bornprettystore.com from a promotion they were holding, let me just tell you now that they have SO MANY promotions! Right now I believe they are going to be giving out hello kitty nail stickers and chanel stickers as well as crackling nail polish (yes for free) BUT they need to get more fans on their facebook page, every fan they get the more quantity they add to the promotion item. More info here http://www.bornprettystore.com/giveaways-information-n-10.html 
Onto the plate. The plate is a GREAT replacement for konad plates, and konad plates are soo much more money! Konad: aprox $6 Bornprettystore: Aprox $2 .  The plate is really good, but I was soo confused when I first got it. The plates have a plastic cover that is transparent and you have to take it off before using or else it won't work right. If you didn't buy the stamper and scraper, and you don't want to, then you can use an old gift card to scrape it. As for to stamp it, this takes a bunch of steps, 1. go to somewhere cheap and buy a cheap stamper you don't mind ruining (dollartree) that has the rubbery texture. 2. after you've done that, cut off the design so that its almost flat. 3. try and peel the stamper off of the handle its on and you should see a flat side you're going to use for stamping, if it has glue on it, clean it. 3. now if your stamping handle or whatever is  too big (if its small and circular  and it fits on your nail then skip this step and glue the rubber thing back on but make sure the flat side is out.) then draw a circle that is small enough for your nail but big enough for the design. 4. Cut the circle and glue/ put putty on something it fits on as the new handle for your stamper. 5. STAMP!! Also normal nail polish can be used for this, using thick and pigmented polishes are the best.
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