Chipped nail polish rescue! ... Maybe?

Hey guys! A new nail art idea, well I'm putting sure it's been around for a while but I decided to do something different for me. One of the worst thing about painting your nails is when it chips. I hate when that happens! So tonight I was too lazy to take off the polish I put on Friday night. Such a disappointment when polish only lasts 3 days. Maybe I have high expectations? 

Anyways I decided to try and save my polish that was already on my nails. I originally had Essie Master Plan, which is a purplely gray color. I came up with this random idea of using office hole reinforcement labels, you know, the lil white circle stickers when you tear a hole in your paper. I put those towards the bottom of my nail to make a small semi circle. I used them as a guide to prevent my polish going where I didn't want it to. I then painted my nails with a red OPI color. I don't have the name of it because it was a very small mini bottle and there is no name on it. Sorry! But it's a bright pretty red, reminds me of latino Miami red dresses. I'm weird. Lol. So I put two coats of this red color on and then when my nails fully dried, I took the stickers off. Then top coat it. I wouldn't recommend doing this if you don't have a lot of time. This took probably 45 minutes if you count the first time I painted my nails with the Essie Master Plan color. But I would like to see what it would look like with fresh painted nails all together, no original chipped paint. :) 

Basic hole reinforcements. Just in case you didn't understand what I meant. 

Love these colors together. 

This is my left hand. I couldn't hold my iPad and take a pic of my right hand. Just not talented enough. 

So I basically like how it all turned out. :) It was a lil rough around the edges of the stickers, but I learned you push very hard on them and I also used the end of a nail file to press the striker into the edge of my nail. That was where I found it to be worse in the beginning. I'll be trying this again! 

Technological Issues and Formal (Part One)

Oh my gosh.  Ya know, my mother always called me a tech killer, and I always kind of laughed it off, but I really do have the worst luck with technology.  My computer's ancient, and something happened a couple weeks ago that would not allow me to download images or access the internet. Once I got that fixed, my Shockwave Flash crashed. It was horrible!

But as of now, I am back in the blogging business.  So let's do this!!

At the end of every Spring semester, my sorority has a formal to wrap everything up.  We get dinner, do some silly awards, and then we have a dance at the end.  It's always super fun, and this year the theme is masquerade!  I made a mask, and I'm wearing a green dress that I bought that time Ash, Amber and I went to Springfield!  I decided that all my accessories would be black and gold, so that my dress will be the pop of color.

A while back (like a year ago), I got this four pack of mini polishes from Ulta called "Paint the Town".  There's a color in it called "Raise Your Glass" that I used for my pedicure.  It has a nice gold shimmer.

"Raise Your Glass" (don't mind my weird feet)

Then for my manicure, I used Petite's "Night" and OPI's "Goldeneye".  I used two coats of the black, with one layer of "Goldeneye".  It actually came out looking like I used a gold crackle, I think.  I love it.  I'm totally going to do this look again!

Tonight's the event, and I'll post tomorrow with the final look.  I still don't know what I'm going to do makeup-wise, but I do know that I'll be using my e.l.f. palette and I'll show you what colors I use along with hair and outfit.

-Megan

I Caramel About You and For Gold Times Sake

Hey! I decided to paint my nails for valentines but not in the traditional red, more purple and gold. 

I learned the importance of using a base coat from Megan. I just use a cheap base coat from Wet N Wild. The purple I used was Nicole by OPI in I Caramel About You and the gold, glittery color was also in Nicole by OPI in For Gold Times Sake. I love OPIs' bottle names. They're also random and creative to the colors.my top coat is no chip by Sally Hansen. Love any top coat from Sally Hansen. 

Disclaimer: Yes, I need to totally slow down and really work on painting my nails. 

Over all I love this combination and will be painting my nails like this again, slowly. Lol. 

Happy Valentine's Day everyone! Xoxo. 

OPI Bubble Bath

Hey guys!!  Megan here, and I'm back with another nail polish review!

It's been forever since I made a solo post, but I have a good reason I swear!  Over Christmas break, my family got a new puppy! And let me tell you she's a handful with like razor sharp claws.  Therefore, my hands got tore up really bad, to the point of not being able to use nail polish because she'd eat it off of my fingers. Seriously.

Lucy!! I can't take a serious selfie to save my life, don't mind me.

Isn't she adorable?  Behind that face hides a demon puppy. Hahaha.

Anyway, I am now back in Fayetteville, and I can do my nails in peace. So here I am with newly painted nails to tell you my unasked-for opinion on OPI's "Bubble Bath".

First off, I love it.  It's a very pale pink and is very transparent.  I took pictures between coats to show how thin it comes across.  There's barely a difference between the first coat and the second, I can still see the nail bed with the second coat.  It's a great neutral for those that may have jobs that don't allow for outrageous or bright colors, so I would definitely recommend it for that purpose.  I'm super obsessed with it, I've used it several times since I got it and am pleased with it every time.

First coat

Second coat.  Little to no difference from the first coat, it's so transparent.

I wondered this last go around what it would look like with a matte top coat.  That I don't recommend with "Bubble Bath".  It looks nearly as if I hadn't painted my nails at all, which to me seems like a waste.  Without the matte, you still get a sheen so it looks like your nails are done but the matte, of course, takes that beautiful shine away.

I also made a trip out to my favorite beauty supply shop, ULTA!!, and picked up three new polishes that were on sale.  Expect a post on those in the next couple of weeks.  Here's a sneak peek!

- xoxo, Megan!

OPI's "Viking in a Vinter Vonderland"

Hey y'all!

My finals are OVER!!! We can now resume our regularly scheduled blogging schedule... umm... yeah.

Anyways.  I recently got a couple new fingernail polishes when Ulta was having a special (buy two OPI polishes and you get a free scarf).  Free scarf?! Heck yes. I went with a friend and I picked up an old favorite (Bubble Bath, which is a pale pinkish nude color) and I got a new purple called "Viking in a Vinter Vonderland".  I can hear Ashley now ("Of course you got a purple").

It was a different purple than what I thought it would be, and looked different in different lights.  Sometimes it looked like it had a more blue undertone, and other times it looked like it had a redish undertone.  I couldn't pin it down.  It's definitely a rich color, but you definitely need to put on even layers, at least two, because it highlights imperfections.

One coat of Viking

Second coat

All in all, I liked the color.  It's not one of my favorites, to be honest, but it's definitely going to be put to good use.