Weekend Shopping Haul!

Hi guys! So instead of a tutorial today I thought I'd show you guys what I bought this weekend!

First I went to Ulta because they were having some sales that I wanted to check out. A lot of the Ulta brand cosmetics were on sale so I got a few of those. I needed some new black eye liner and they had a deal that if you bought two eye products you got an eye liner free! I decided to give the Ulta Whipped Eye Shadow a try too. I swatched this on my hand, it's an interesting formula. It takes a minute to dry, and when it does it has kind of a different smudge proof texture. And of course I couldn't pass up on $2 Ulta nail polish. I tried to pick colors that I don't have anything similar to. I think these two will be really pretty for fall!

I picked up the Maybelline Dream Lumi concealer because I've seen several YouTube-ers raving about it, I needed an new under eye concealer. I've seen a lot about the Rimmel "Fall Catwalk" blush, and it's really pretty on. I also picked up a Rimmel eye shadow quad in "English Rose". I don't own any Rimmel products, I was impressed with the quality. The colors are very pigmented and beautiful. I grabbed the Batiste Dry Shampoo, I'd been wanting to try it for a while.

Then I went to the mall. I didn't buy much, I was trying to control myself haha. I just went to Forever21 and Bath and Body Works. I usually only buy jewelry and accessories at Forever21. I didn't find and jewelry I couldn't live without but I did find two nail polishes! One is a multi sized purple glitter and the other is a burgundy duo chrome. I also got an aqua leopard print cotton scarf, that I forgot to take a pic of. 

I went to Bath and Body Works to specifically pick up the Sweet on Paris lotion. I bought the shower gel and body spray a few weeks ago and decided I really wanted the lotion too. I don't usually like scented lotions, because they're too strong for me. But Sweet on Paris is a really light scent that I love! I had a coupon for buy one get one free so I got a back up of the Carried Away shower gel.

Did you do any shopping this weekend? What did you buy? 

Fave Friday: Pinks

PINK!! PINK!! PINK!! Ok I'm done yelling now hehe. I love pink, it's my absolute favorite color, no mater what shade of pink. These are my top three fave pink polishes, and it was super hard to pick just three.

OPI "Cancun Fiesta"- This is probably my all time favorite polish. It's the perfect dark creamy pink, it just looks so classic and perfect. I'm pretty sure it's discontinued now but you can find it on eBay.

OPI "Sweet Heart"- This is a very pale pink polish. It's very classy and clean looking. 

Ulta "Flamingo"- I think this is pretty much the perfect Barbie pink! The formula of Ulta's polishes is very nice, and goes on easy. 

What's your favorite pink polish?

Nail Tutorial: Chevron Nails!

Today I bring you a super cute and trendy chevron nail look! I'm so in love with chevron stripes! They can be a little nautical, a little funky, a little tribal; they are just so versatile. I like to just do an accent nail with the chevrons and leave the rest solid, you could do chevrons on all your nails though if you'd like. I did see a video on how to do this from CutePolish. I thought I'd just show you some quick pictures on how to do this and a couple of tips.

1. Paint your nails a solid color, remember to use a base coat first.

2. While that dries, get out your tape dispenser (use regular scotch tape) and pull off at least a two inch long section (more if you're doing all your nails). I like to leave mine on the dispenser to keep it pulled tight, I also like to pull it a little past the end so I can have something to hold on to later. Now paint on the color that you want for your stripes, do a thin coat and wait at least a minute or two then do a second coat. Let this fully dry.

3. Now you need pinking shears (zigzag scissors), you can buy them at craft stores and you can probably find them at Walmart or Target in the craft section. Cut one end of the polished part to start the zigzag. Then cut into it again to make your stripe, this takes some practice to line it up correctly and to get the width you want. It took me a while to perfect this, I suggest practicing first before you're actually ready to do your nails.

4. Stick your stripes to your fully dry nail (definitely make sure your nails are fully dry so you don't smudge them) press down firmly. Leave the excess for now. Keep adding your stripes until it reaches your desired look. You can do just a few spread apart or several close together, up to you.

5. Trim off the excess tape as close to the edge as possible. I use cuticle cutter scissors, they allow you to get very close.

6. Seal it all with your favorite top coat.

7. Admire your pretty nails and let people wonder how you did such a good job!

This look can be changed up so much with different colors of lines and with different widths. You could even use scissors that have a different edge for a totally different look. Also you can use this technique with regular scissors to make perfect stripes.

Polishes I used for the Blue and White:
  OPI "Nail Envy Base Coat"
  Color Club "Blue- Ming"
  Wet N' Wild "Never Been Kissed"
  Seche Vite Top Coat

For the Pink Nail:
  Sinful Colors "Pink Forever"
  Pure Ice "Black Rage"
  Sally Hansen "Wet Cement"
  Wet n' Wild "Never Been Kissed"
  Seche Vite Top Coat


If you try this look I'd love to see pictures! Leave a link below!

What's on My Nails Right Now

What's on my nails right now, you ask? Oh you didn't ask? Well I'm gonna tell you anyways haha. So right now I have Color Club "Blue-Ming" and an accent nail with Sally Hansen "Wet Cement" with white chevrons. I'm going to be posting a tutorial on Monday on how to do the chevrons, it's super easy and fun! I love love love this blue it's the perfect aqua, it's just so pretty. It looks really good on toes too!

And on my toes,  I don't like taking pics of my toes lol, I have Color Club "Modern Pink". I really like this color. It's way more neon in person than this picture. It's a lighter neon pink if that makes sense. The problem I have with this polish, and it might just be my bottle, is that it was really chunky and streaky. I added some thinner but that didn't really help. It's still usable but I have to be really careful with it so it's not streaky or weird looking.

( Pic of polish is from the Color Club site click here to go to the site) (also ignore the fact that these are not painted very well, I painted them late last night lol)

Tilt: Glitter Polishes!!

So I decided I'd try to start doing "Things I Love Thursday" posts, or Tilts! Lately I've been super into glitter nail polish, see my previous post lol. I already had several glitters, but I HAD to have more haha! Glitters are so fun, I like using them when I don't have time to do a design, because it still looks different than just a solid color. The only drawback of using glitters so much is taking them off, it's such a pain! I really want to try a Deborah Lippmann glitter polish, especially Up In the Air, or I want to find a dupe for it.

What's your favorite glitter polish?



*** I do not own these pictures I made this on Polyvore (click for links) ***

Happy New Year and Nail Polish Galore

Happy New Year! So it's been a while since I've posted anything. But it's a new year so I've decided to make my resolution to blog more! I really enjoy this blog and want to get into it more. My main problem with keeping up with frequent posts is that I don't have regular internet access. I've decide though that I'm going to try to write a couple of posts at once and then schedule them to post throughout the week.

Anyways, I hope you all had a wonderful holiday and a super awesome New Years! I decided I wanted to do a Christmas haul for you guys, I'm also going to include some things I've purchased recently as well! I've been on a bit of a nail polish kick so that's where I'll start!

The top row I purchased for myself (except the OPI Natural Nails Base Coat, my sister gave it to me) I got the neon green and neon yellow at this little accessories store that we have here. I don't have very many neons, besides pink, so I thought I'd give these a try. Plus they were cheap lol! I picked up a new bottle of Seche Vite and OPI Nail Envy. I've never used Nail Envy so I hope I like it!

The middle row I purchased myself, from the nail supply store. I went to the store looking for OPI Rainbow Connection, because I couldn't find it at Ulta. I was so excited to find it, it's so fun! I love going to the nail supply store because everything is cheaper than if you buy it at Ulta or Sally's Beauty Supply. I have really been into glitter polishes lately, as you can see. So everything sparkly caught my eye! The silver on the end is also from the accessory store, it's my favorite silver, it applies so well and is a perfect chrome silver.

The two bottom rows were given to me by my sister and my mom. My sister knew I really wanted to get some of the OPI Muppet's collection. I already used Excuse Moi! it is so pretty and totally different from anything else I have. The three bottles on the end are mood polishes, they change color in heat or cold! The four on the bottom are glow in the dark. My mom bought the glow in the dark and the mood polishes for me, she didn't know which colors of regular polish I already have so she got these, which I love because I don't have anything like either! The three little bottles on the bottom are glitters as well, the first two are different, it just didn't show up on camera.

If you notice the numbers written on some of them, that's because I number and swatch all my polishes. I got nail wheels from EBay. I swatched them all so I could tell what they look like on, because I have too many to remember lol.

I'll list the color names in case you want to look for any of them!
Top Row:
Ruby Kisses- Lime Green with Envy and Neon Yellow
OPI Natural Nail Base Coat
Seche Vite Fast Drying Top Coat
OPI Nail Envy

Middle Row:
OPI- Rainbow Connection
Orly- Rage
Orly- Oui
China Glaze- Material Girl, Fairy Dust, CG In the City
LA Colors Color Craze- Live

Bottom Row:
OPI- Warm & Fozzie, Excuse Moi!
Love & Beauty: purple glitter, rose gold glitter, silver holo glitter (these don't have color names)
Color Club- Very Merry Berry
BlueCross Beauty Products Inc- mood polishes (no color names)
Sally Girl- So Disco, So 70's, Gold Glitter
Expressions- glow in the dark (no color names)

I also got some makeup! Mostly lip products. My sister got me the Ulta Lip Gloss set, which I love because I like the little tubes because they fit well in clutches. She also gave me the Baby Lips, EOS, and one of the Lip Butters. My mom put the little Avon gloss in my stocking! I bought one of the lip butters and the Ruby Kisses eye shadow primer. I found the eye shadow primer at the accessory store, I immediately thought it looked just like Urban Decay Shadow Potion (which I use) I thought I'd give it a try since  it was only $4! I've used it twice and so far its not too bad, it takes a little longer to dry than Urban Decay but I like it, I'll have to use it more to get a better review of it.

Color names:
Revlon Color Burst Lip Butters- Strawberry Shortcake and Lollipop
Maybelline Baby Lips- Quenched
Avon Glazewear Shine- Darling Pink
EOS balm- Strawberry Sorbet


Hope you enjoyed this haul! What did you get for Christmas?



Disclaimer: all items were given to me as gifts or purchased by me, all opinions are my own. This post is in no way meant to brag, it is just to show what my family chose to give me and what I bought for myself.