Fifty-Two Weeks

Marsala and Evelyn OOPS! I skipped a week! But no worries - here is the color of the week for March 8th-14th. I absolutely LOVE this color! Evelyn is a gorgeous name, as well as a beautiful nail polish color! It is most definitely going down in the books as a new fave for the Marsala theme for the year. Really, I think I just like it next to my skin tone.   The bright pop of color needed two coats of color - but they dried moderately well! I also finished off my nails with the Julep Freedom Polymer top coat - LOVE.  (If you haven't tried it yet, you should!) By adding the Freedom Polymer top coat, I also increased my drying time. Freedom Polymer claims to leave you with dry nails in 5 minutes, and it does its job! I highly recommend this color for Work and for Play! Julep's Evelyn polish looks great with all sorts of outfits. If you want to purchase your own bottle of Evelyn,  check out  Julep.com . You can also purchase select bottles ...

Marsala and Mary Lee I have finally caught up with myself! Thanks goodness! This oxblood-esque color of the week for the week of March 15th-21st is Mary Lee.  Now, Mary Lee isn't your normal Julep color. This Julep color is a satin finish. Satin finish polishes are much like matte finishes, but they are still have a bit more shine to them. HOwever, they are not as shiny as creme polishes - and thats the point. Satin polish are supposed to be muted and smooth, but shiny, like satin fabrics.  My measly iPhone pictures don't do the satin finish any justice. But it really was a ice color to wear...even though when I took it off it left bits of red on my skin. Mary Lee  also dried quicker than regular polish, but still not as fast as matte polishes.  As for coats of color, Mary Lee  needed two coats for it to be as bold and deep as it needed. Both layers of the polish were thick, despite my trying to make the first coat thin. Overall, it ...

Lavender Sugar Radiance It is my birthday week! AND I am finally getting all caught up on my blog posts! AND this color is AMAZING. Well, the color is great...but the polish's features are even better.  tea Beauty, which I can find absolutely no information about online, put out this line of scented polish. I didn't even know this polish was scented until I popped open the bottle!  While having great coverage with two coats, it also had a great, non overpowering scent. Although not long lasting, the scent was nice for the time that it did last.  This polish was also THE FASTEST DRYING POLISH I HAVE PUT ON THIS YEAR. Omg. For real. So fast. I want more.  I have been holding on to this polish for a while now and am so mad at myself for not trying it sooner! It proves even my brain has a slight stigma against drugstore brand polishes...shame on me! I got this polish from my local CVS, but you could try checking out your loca...

Radiant Elana Wearing this color this week, the week of November 16th-22nd has been super great! Its an amazing color that somehow reminds me of strawberry flavored candies. I have no idea why, This week's color is a Julep color by the title of Elana. Inspired by a certain Honey Boo Boo? Maybe so...This color is fun and cute with a little bit of bling! I love it! Elana went on smooth (as smooth as glitter polish can go on) and the first coat was pretty thin. When I added the second coat, my eyes just lit up! This color was that great! The top coat finished it off and it dried within the hour! Gotta love fast drying polish! This color has been so much fun to wear! I frequent a local preschool to do art, and I got so many compliments on my nails! The kids totally loved this bright pink polish that is embedded with gold glitter. Even the boys thought my nails looked "so cool"! That's the best compliment I could have gotten! This polish is...

Merino Cool Radiance Hello friends! so sorry to be so darn behind in my posts! November has proven to be a very busy month that isnt very welcoming to my blogging needs.  The color of the week for the week of November 2nd - 8th is this amazing smokey purple put out by Essie. In general I love Essie products. They are good basic polish that is long lasting, as well as trendy.  Merino Cool, the color of this smoking shade went on pretty thin and watery for the first coat. I thought for an instant that I might be disappointed, but after the first coat dried and i added a little thicker second coat, the color look great!  As usual this Essie color dried quick and beautifully! I was also thoroughly pleased with its wear, it held up pretty good for not being a gel manicure!    If you are interested in getting a bottle of this Essie polish Merino Cool , check out your local Ulta store, drugstores, or super centers. And while you are at it - g...

Sink Your Teeth into this Polish It's almost Halloween and if you are still looking for a fun color to wear tomorrow, try one with a great title! You don't have to have fancy nails with little images painted all over them to have conversation piece nails. Sometimes just a fun color title works! This is my friend Kim's pedi job I did a while back, but the color and the title are perfect for the Halloween holiday. This deep purple will go with most dark costumes like witches, vampires, or zombies. But it could also go with fun lighter costumes like pumpkins, cats, or fairies.  And of course when your friends ask you about your nails, you get to tell them all about its fun title! For example, this polish is an OPI color called Want to Bite My Neck? How perfect is that for Halloween? This is a great dark purple color that dried quick and lasted a long time. Ya gotta love OPI :) You can purchase this color (hopefully) at your local OPI dealer or at your ...

BlackHeart Radiance Happy Halloween Week!! I have been waiting ALL YEAR to finally be able to post about this polish for Halloween. I literally got this polish back in December and am now able to finally share it with you! This is Spooktacular! BlackHeart Beauty is the brand for this week's color Magenta  and I thought it would be perfect for a Halloween post due to the great Skeleton skull shaped bottle its in! This color went on OK...it was very streaky on the first coat (which is also alright) but it made me worry that the second coat would look the same. It didn't! The second coat smoothed on out and gave my nails a nice finished look.  I was also pleasantly surprised at how fast this polish dried! The first coat dried almost as quick as my basecoat did. For those of you who have been keeping up with the blog, you know I love some fast drying nail polish! A++ on drying time! If you want to get some of this drop dead polish, head over to your ...

Some Radiant Vintage Violet with a dash of Tink-Her-Bell Better late than never right?! Sorry this past week's post is a bit late - such a hectic week for me! But here it is: This week's color of the week is a lovely combination of Two Ulta brand Salon Formula Nail Lacquer polishes.  The base coat color I chose to go along with our Radiant Orchid theme of the year is Vintage Violet . This polish color is so lovely! Vintage Violet is a pale pink creme polish that went on smooth as butter. It also dried really fast too!!! I give this polish an A++ on the fast drying time!  As well, as I look down upon my nails (almost a week later) I notice that I only have ONE chip in my polish! Holy Cow, isn't that great?! Fast drying and Long lasting.  As you can also see, this past week I was in the mood for a bit of sparkle on my nails. So I paired Vintage Violet with a great pink glitter polish called Tink-Her-Bell . I love glitter polishes and this one is making...