I wish summer could last forever, but alas! It is not to be. School started today, and I decided to go back in style with fall colors. I broke a nail recently, so all my lovely long nails got filed down to nubs — I think I went a little overboard on my left hand, lol.
I wanted to try something a little different from what I usually do and decided to go with a high contrast black and white mani. I got black and white Jamberry checker wraps (only sold until August 31) recently, so I knew I wanted to use them, and also got some Skelanimals water slide decals from Nail Pop and figured I had a design.
I’m trying to be less perfectionist about line art on my nails, so rather than use striping tape on this mani, I just used a small striping brush. While the lines are definitely not straight, they’re also not too far off.
I used butter London polishes for this. Poole is the pale turquoise, and Goss is the metallic copper. Both have a great formula; Goss especially has amazing coverage.
Summer is ending, but I’m holding onto these summer colors for awhile! What do you think?
This is a simple look that I think came out really nicely. I started with a base of butter London’s Cotton Buds, then added dots in Julep Alyssa (turquoise) and Ione (violet).
Cute and cool for the summer heat! What do you think?
The product in this review was sent to me in exchange for my honest opinion.
Website: http://www.envyderm.com/
After my last review of EnvyDerm mascara, the company contacted me to try again with a different tube. I accepted, and then sat on the product review for a long time, mostly because I suck and my students ran me ragged this year.
EnvyDerm sent me Eyelash Enhancement and Conditioning Volume Mascara in black. It retails for $29 USD for 7 mL, with free USA shipping. EnvyDerm claims their lash enhancing products contain “innovative and proven ingredients provided by Mother Nature.”*
I’ve had that Cake song “Short Skirt, Long Jacket” stuck in my head since getting a bunch of polishes from new-to-me brand Powder Perfect. It’s an Australian indie that seems to specialize in sparkle. Today I’m attending a superhero themed kids’ birthday party, so I chose a color that went with my Wonder Woman t-shirt and gave me the superpower of bling.
OMG I suck at life and blogging. I just… The end of this school year was so difficult, for reasons. When people say that teachers have it easy, I want to kick them in the shins, because we don’t.
Anyhoo, I finally had time to do a decent manicure, and I wanted to try doing a gradient again, because I’m so bad at it. I covered up my ineptitude with glitter, which is really the best way to do it.
Today I have some simple as dirt nail art that looks really amazing because of the incredible polish I used.
So my friend Lori invited me to a Facebook Jamberry party, where I spent a ton of money on nail wraps. I got several really lovely designs that I’m excited to use in nail art and as accents.
Some of the lovely bloggers over at ourbeautytalk.com (beauty forums) have decided to start a blogger network, were we all post on a shared theme once a week and include a list of each other’s posts. I’m excited to join; hopefully this will make me post more often.
Week of February 23, 2015: Name one or more discontinued beauty, skincare or nail products/shades that you would bring back if you could!
My favorite flower scent is lilac. A million years ago, Bath and Body Works had a line of lilac-scented beauty products that I loved. Of course they discontinued them. I know that some products — room scents mostly — have re-emerged, but they don’t carry the lilac lotion and bath gel anymore. I bought a whole bunch of the lotions before they got discontinued and I have one left. The bottle is so old it’s yellow, but the lotion inside is still good, and smells of lilac and baby powder. Oh, I miss it!
What’s your favorite discontinued product?
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