2 Summer Coral Polishes

Hey guys!

Its almost summer!!! I'm loving neons and summer colors, especially because its been really really hot in LA lately. Sunny So-Cal... woo?

Anyways, Today's post is 2 of my favorite coral polishes I just picked up recently. One of them is a really close dupe to my ALL TIME favorite toe color for summer. Here's the pictures:

Direct Sunlight

Natural Light, Shade

Bikini by Julie G. 3 coats. Holy hell, neon! I don't usually like neon pinks or corals on my fingers, and this color isn't an exception. This is basically gonna be a toe color, and its a really close dupe for China Glaze Flip Flop Fantasy, though this seems a tiny bit more pinky. Formula was pretty good, but as usual it dries to a matte finish, so topcoat is necessary

Direct Sunlight

Natural Light, Shade

Maybelline Color Show in Coral Crush. 2 Coats. This is a really pretty true coral polish. Again, this is a color that I'll get more use out of on my toes rather than my hands, but its so pretty and I think its perfect for my toes!

I'm loving the coral trend and I'm excited to wear these on my toes if I can ever manage to pry Flip Flop Fantasy off my toes (I just love it too much!)

Thanks for reading!

NOTD: Neon + Stamping

Hey everyone!

Today's NOTD was something I came by by accident. I knew I wanted to do something neon because I'm obsessed with neons lately (check out my Summer Neon Gradient Tutorial) so I just started painting my nails with the green, but I had this idea to stamp a neon over white to see what it would look like.... this is what I came up with.

For this manicure I used China Glaze Kiwi Cool-ada, Sally Hansen Whirlwind White, and China Glaze Flip Flop Fantasy to stamp with. I actually really like how this turned out! I used one of the Salon Express stamping plates for the flower design.

What do you think? Are you obsessed with any types of shades lately?

Thanks for reading!

Summer Neon Gradient Tutorial

Hey Guys!

Happy Mother's Day!!!

Its currently 100 degrees where I live and it feels a hell of a lot like summer, so I wanted to do something summery on my nails! I used beautysets.com again to create this tutorial. I'm LOVING that site! List of polishes I used will be listed underneath the tutorial

Check it out:

Colors Used:
China Glaze Kiwi Cool-ada
China Glaze Four Leaf Clover
China Glaze Turned-up Turquoise

Hope you guys enjoyed this tutorial!! I'm about to take my momma out to dinner. Hope all you mothers out there are having a beautifully wonderful day!!!

Thanks for reading!!

Current Mani: Summer in January!

So, It is currently 80 degrees where I live and its been unseasonably hot for the last few days. It really feels like summer in So-Cal so I decided to do summer nails!

China Glaze Turned up Turquoise with Art You Wondering By Finger Paints on the accent nail. I love Turned up Turquoise. Its a neon teal, what's not to love?? This is a combination I would usually reserve for mid-July, but since it feels more like summer than the dead of winter, I feel like this is appropriate! As much as I like this mani, I really wish it was cold. I like cold weather better than hot. Its supposed to start cooling down this weekend and I'm really excited for that.

Thanks for reading, until next time!

Julep - Hayden

Good morning and happy first day of 2012!! I'm kind of bummed that its Sunday because that means the Rose Parade isn't until tomorrow. I live in Pasadena, CA and most of the city is a buzz on Rose Parade day! Its kind of sad, but I actually missed the loud and rude awakening by the military fly over... but I will be getting it tomorrow! They usually fly directly over my house and windows rattle and all that fun stuff. I think I may go to the Rose Parade in person this year (though I'm not sure), but if I do I'll be sure to post pictures! Anyways, enough about parades and fly overs... let's get on to the polish!

Today's post is a color I got in my January Maven Box from Julep (please excuse the messy cuticles).

Hayden. 3 coats. This color is described as a bold and bright neon peach creme. Bold and Bright? Yes. Neon? YES. I was nervous about how this color was going to look on my skin tone because I normally can't pull off colors like this, but it looks great and I love it! The formula was a little tricky, but I think I just don't have the hang of the long bottle/brush yet haha. I'm really glad I got this color in my box, its definitely not a color I would have picked for myself. That's one of my favorite things about Julep Maven. I get things I would not have otherwise tried!

Thanks for reading, until next time!

Ulta Neon Minis

Today's post is these Ulta Neons. I got these from Traci over at http://the-trace-face-philes.blogspot.com/. I also got OPI RENT from her but I haven't really used it or experimented with it too much to post about it yet. I really just wanted it because I'm a major RENT head (theater geek... yeah!) So without further ado... here's the neon minis.

From Top Left to Right: Sunbathing Beauty, Beach Bum, 

Bottom Left to Right: Bananarama, Surfer Girl.

2 coats for all, no top coat. I really love these colors... alot! my only problem is the formula. I actually thinned them some after I swatched them and they seem to be working better but yeah. As you can see, Beach Bum and Bananarama are really streaky. I wanted to keep them all at 2 coats each to show any difference in formula or streaky-ness. They all dry completely matte but they look very gorgeous with topcoat as well. I think I will definitely get adequate use of these for the rest of the summer. They're gorgeous enough for me to be able to put up with the formula issues.

China Glaze Sun Worshipper in blue light!

Yesterday, I went to Disneyland. While we were waiting in line for Star Tours: The Adventure Continues, one of the waiting areas was a dark room filled with blue light and black light. As soon as we entered the room, my toes were ridiculously visible. Why? This little beauty right here.

China Glaze Sun Worshipper

This is what it looked like under the blue light. Kinda hard to miss my toes, right? Yes. Awesome. 

Just had to post about this cause it made me really happy that my toes were this obnoxiously bright :) Working on more posts soon! Got at least 4 or 5 coming up!

Currently on my nails: Watermelon Rind, Kiwi Cool-ada

Here's what I'm currently wearing:

Fingers: Watermelon Rind (left)

Toes: Kiwi Cool-ada (right)

Watermelon Rind. Orly Bonder, 2 coats, Revlon Topcoat. Beautiful sparkly green. Green base with green glitter. Reminds me of a glittery Slytherin color :)

As far as Kiwi Cool-ada, Its not showing up color accurate. Its a BRIGHT neon green. Continuing with my obsession with neon,  Its a look at my nails kind of green and I love it!

Currently on my nails: Age of Aquarius, Flip Flop Fantasy

Here's what I'm wearing today:

Age of Aquarius by Color Club with a (no name) turquoise glitter from L.A. Colors on the accent nail.  Basecoat + 2 coats of Age of Aquarius + 1 coat of glitter on accent nail + Out the Door Topcoat. The color isn't really showing up that color accurate. There's a lot more green in the color than it looks here. Both colors I absolutely love! The L.A. Colors was a little thick but after thinning it out some it works fantastic.

On my toes is this little beauty. Flip Flop Fantasy by China Glaze. 3 coats + Out the Door topcoat. A neon coral-pink. I've worn this color on my toes almost for the entire last month. After taking off my last current color (which was Yellow Polka Dot Bikini also by China Glaze) I instantly knew that I wanted this color back on. Its so vibrant and perfect for summer. It makes my skin tone look fantastic. I love this!!!

That's it for now!

<3 Nicel

Currently on my nails: Charla and Yellow Polka Dot Bikini

Well its 12:24 AM and I just finished doing my nails. I'm not really sleepy so why not do my nails? Anyways, on my fingers is Charla by Zoya. This is a color that is perfect for summer because it reminds me of a mermaid's tail... not to mention is glittery and fantastic!

Zoya Charla. 3 coats + Out The Door Topcoat

And on my toes is a loud, obnoxious color. Its a perfect neon highlighter yellow. My picture doesn't do it justice but this is Yellow Polka Dot Bikini by China Glaze.

China Glaze Yellow Polka Dot Bikini. White base, 3 coats, Out The Door topcoat.

Please don't mind my horrendous tan lines... that's what happens when you wear flip flops to theme parks all summer long!

This summer I've been OBSESSED with wearing neons on my toes. It just feels so summery... and for some reason I don't really like neons on my fingers... but my toes have had a neon party on them all summer. China Glaze makes the best neons!! Most of the neons that I have (and wear often) are from China Glaze and they include: In the Lime Light, Turned up Turqouoise, Flip Flop Fantasy (which has been on my toes for the majority of the last month), and Flying Dragon. I plan on getting a few more neons from China Glaze... I'll be sure to post about it when I do! That's it for now... .its bedtime for this polishaholic. 

<3 Nicel