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Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Orly Naughty Or Nice Collection 2012 Swatches

I am a big fan of Orly. I bought their Naughty Or Nice collection in the beginning of November and took a long time to swatch them. I also did drag to upload them as well lol.

From left to right

Unlawful, Miss Conduct, Halo, Angel Eyes, Torrid, and

Devil May Care

Close up of Unlawful

Beautiful creme red color.

Close up of Miss Conduct

Magenta and shimmer

Close up of Halo

Gold & Silver Glitter

Close up of Angel Eyes

Blue glitter with larger silver glitter in clear polish

Close up of Torrid

Red Shimmer

Devil May Care

Red and gold glitter in clear polish

I know these are not the best looking swatches ever. I promise to work on that. The only polishes that I had a problem with are Angel Eyes and Devil May Care. The formulas were too watery to work with. They will definitely look great with other colors for nail art. As well as Halo would look great over solid colors. All swatches have two coats of polish.

You can buy these polishes at Orly or your local Walgreens/CVS. They are $8.50 each for 0.6 oz.

xo, Sabrina

Friday, November 2, 2012

NOTD: ORLY Royal Navy

The best blue polish period! When I first started regularly painting my nails, I would always go for the pinks. I bought this polish two years ago when I was looking for something to be able to match my birthday dress. I saw Royal Navy and instantly fell in love! Its a bright, bold blue color with turquoise shimmer. So beautiful.

You can still purchase this color online at Orly.

These pictures do not do any justice for this color. I painted my nails last night and look at how the color came off the edge already. The dilemma of an administrative assistant. The keyboard is not my friend when it comes to my nails.

What's your favorite nail color?

Friday, October 26, 2012

NOTD: Ancient Jade

Who says you can't add a little bit of Spring into the Fall season? I love that nail polish is such an easy way to accessorize your look. Today's NOTD is Orly's Ancient Jade which is such a pretty creme, mint green color. Ancient Jade was part Orly's Precious Collection from Spring 2011.

Isnt this color gorgeous!? I love it! :)

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

NOTD: Pumpkins and Skulls

Last night, I wanted to create a candy corn gradient nail polish picture tutorial but it didn't turn out so well. The technique or the sponge I was using was just destroying the white base polish I had. I'm going to have to do so more trial and error hopefully before Halloween comes. So instead of leaving my nails bare, I decided to do some "stamping" of pumpkins and skull. I can't remember when I first found out about Konad and Bundle Monster stamping kits. I would say it was last year or longer than that. I love being able to create different nail art designs very easily.

For my nails I used:

Orly Top 2 Bottom Basecoat and Topcoat All-in-one

Circus by Adrea' s Choice in Spectacle

Sinful Colors in Black On Black

Bundle Monster plates in BM-211, BM-222, and BM-224

Nothing impressive but I just wanted to share this with you! :)

What nail art are you planning to do for Halloween?

Sunday, October 14, 2012

Blood Drip: Halloween Nails

Halloween is just around the corner and if you're not into makeup or getting dressed up, you can always decorate your nails accordingly. Nail art has been all the rage for awhile now. I don't remember when I started seeing it just about everywhere but I would say it has picked up within the last year or more. I've always been into nail art since I was a young teenager. I would go to the salon and get my nails done with a full set, air brush, or sometimes nail art. I would pick 3 colors and tell the stylist to do whatever design they wanted to create. But I stopped going to the salon because it was just damaging my nails.

For this nail art I used 5 things:

ORLY Top 2 Bottom Basecoat and Topcoat All In One
Sinful Colors Black on Black
Finger Paints Framed In Red
Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat
Toothpick

I used two coats of Black on Black. I used a toothpick to dot the Framed in Red and dragged the polish down to my tips and did sort of a french tip so that they looked like they were dripping down from the tips to the cuticles.

FYI: I did this semi in the dark because I didn't want to wake up the kiddies. Gotta stop doing late night manis.

I bet this would look great with white nails. I think I might try that sometime this month.

Have you tried or are planning to try any Halloween nail art?

Disclaimer: The links in this post will not give me any type of commission. I just wanted to link the product's website to help you find out more about the product.

Monday, October 1, 2012

Think Pink When It Comes to Breast Cancer Awareness

I'm sure that you have noticed that the color pink is just about everywhere now. October is one my favorite months of the year because it's Breast Cancer Awareness Month and I get to shop for products in my favorite color while giving back to such a great cause. You can purchase pretty much everything from beauty products to household items. Recently, I've learned that women aren't the only ones who can get affected by this. Men can also get breast cancer as well. It can happen at any age as well. I haven't gotten a mammogram before but I plan on doing so soon. I've also been fortunate to not have any one in my family affected by breast cancer yet, but that won't stop me from being generous and giving back. Here are a look at some items, you can purchase and give back to the National Breast Cancer Foundation. I think I may purchase a few of these, as well, I just love pink! :)