My Birchbox Color Club polish!

Hey guys! I received my July Birchbox this past week and was pleasantly surprised to find a mini Color Club in my box! It's my first nail polish I've received since having my Birchbox subscription. I don't own any other Color Clubs but I've seen many other people post about them.

The color is called Blue-Ming. And I absolutely adore it. It's a minty-blue which I like much better than the minty colors that lean more towards green. I used two coats.

I wasn't very happy with the formula, but it may have just been a user error. Hahah. I will definitely be trying it again, and most likely buying a full size bottle!

I tried to compare it to some other similar colors in my collection. The Color Club is the most blue for sure.

We went to Magazine Street in New Orleans yesterday and I couldn't help but take a picture with a building in almost the exact same color. Gotta love New Orleans!

What do y'all think? Do you receive Birchbox in the mail? Do you own any Color Club polishes? How is the formula?

XOXO
Victoria

Sweet Dreams

I ordered two Deborah Lippmann polishes from HSN the other day-both had free shipping and I wasn't charged tax. Woohoo! I ordered Sweet Dreams and Girls Just Want to Have Fun.

I painted my nails with Sweet Dreams, which is a jelly base pinky orange with flakies. I only used two coats and it was pretty much opaque. In all of the pictures I took I hadn't put a top coat on yet.

As you can tell, it looks quite different indoors and outdoors.

I'm posting this from my iPhone so I'm not really sure where the pictures are going to show up in this and in what order. Haha. Just one more thing I still have to learn how to do!

What do y'all think about this color?

XOXO
Victoria

Playing Catch Up! Part 2

Here is the rest of the polish pictures!  These, I think, are all from after Easter.

Butter London's Disco Biscuit.  It is more a jelly consistency then a creme.  And normally, I really hate jellies.  But this...is GORGEOUS!  It's the prettiest pink with fine multi-color glitter.  I will have to do a more detailed post on this later to show you guys the polish up-close.  Two coats I believe.

This is Zuza by Zoya.  Probably could pass with one coat but I did two anyway.  I used a Turquoise Glitter from Forever 21 for my accent nail.  I really love all of Zoya's polish colors but I can't seem to keep their polish on for more than two days.  I'm wondering if I should invest in their anchor/armour base and top coat.  That might make all the difference.

Pedal Faster Suzi is from OPI's Holland Collection.  This is two coats.  I really like the 'dainty' color.

Ahh! Zoya Kiki!! This color was on my wishlist for sooo long.  It's the brightest, hottest pink without being neon.  It's got some shimmer in it too, which sets it apart.  I think it is a must have!

My bumble bee nails! I was wearing a black and white dress with mustard yellow sandals and accessories to a party, so I knew I had to paint my nails mustard yellow too.  My 'mustard yellow' polish choice...OPI's The "It" Color.  On my accent nail I just used a black and white striping polish for the bee.  My little cousins really loved it!

This combo is OPI's Samoan Sand on bottom and topped off with Essie's Shine of the Times.  It was subtle but packed a lot of punch.  I love it.  

I think this was another idea I found on Pinterest.  I nicknamed this my 'Bubbly Blues'.  Bikini So Teeny by Essie was the light blue base.  I used OPI's Dating A Royal for my accent nail and the 'bubbles'.  Others seemed to really enjoy this one :)

I have a sort of funny story behind this one.  Everytime I would go to get a pedicure or a manicure at the nail salon, I saw this nude color with lots of shimmer by OPI sitting on the rack.  Every single time I went I would pick up the color, admire the color, try to open the bottle (which, by the way, I could never do because it was probably sealed together with some polish overflow).  I wrote the name of the polish down on my note pad to see if I could find it.  THE color was Skinny Dip'n in Lake Michg'n- which is retired.  I found it on Amazon, though.  I ordered it right away and was so happy when I recieved it in the mail!  I finally had my OWN bottle of that shimmery nude goodness.  So this is two coats.  Perfection.  

Can you guess what these guys were for?  That's right...Independence Day!  For the base colors I used OPI's The Color of Minnie and Swimsuit...Nailed It.  I used a white striper polish and a silver glitter striper polish.  I also used a dotting tool.  I think they came out pretty good.

I picked up On the Beach at the Cosmetic Market in TN this summer when I was there.  I knew it was a pretty blue in the bottle, but I wasn't expecting much on the nail.  It actually floored me!  I love Deborah Lippmann's polishes and her colors are absolutely gorgeous, but the colors I had before this one were all glitter-packed and they never seemed to dry.  I don't know if it was just me or if it was the forumla of those polishes.  But this one dried normally and went on 'like butta'.  Which is what prompted me to buy two of her other colors that showed up in the mail today!

This is OPI's Teenage Dream from the Katy Perry collection..which I've swatched before.  I just love this color so much and the fact that you don't have to wear a base color with it.  And it comes off much easier than other glitter polishes!

Current Nail Color:

This is Mojito Madness from Essie's summer collection.  It is a pretty kelly green and I don't have anything like it in my collection.  I used two coats.  However, when I woke up this morning I had horrible bubbles on all of them.  I don't know what was up with that.  I didn't use really thick coats and hadn't even put a top coat on yet.  So I guess I'll have to try it out again another time.  

I hope y'all liked the second part of my catch-up!  I'll be back tomorrow with a new post!

XOXO

Victoria

P.S. I've updated my Wishlist page and my Collection page! 

Playing Catch-Up! Part 1

Hey guys!  I don't think I'll waste my time trying to come up with an excuse as to why I've been gone.  Because, truth is, I don't really have a very good reason!  There has just been a lot on my plate-between the end of school, scholarship applications, graduation, work, and now college prep.  So I may not be making a post every day, but I'm going to try really hard to make at least a couple posts a week! 

I definitely have not stopped painting my nails regularly, I've just been sharing the pictures on my personal Facebook.  Which, many of my Facebook friends have really enjoyed. 

So today, I'm just going to show y'all the many different colors my nails have been since February! (Give or take a little)



OPI's Let Them Eat Rice Cake layered with Butter London's Tart With a Heart on top.  I LOVED this combo and I got many compliments on it.  I actually ended up painting two other people's nails like this-and my teacher borrowed it too!

Please excuse the bad staining!  Besides that, I do love this color.  It is 'Sealed With a Kris' from the Kardashian Collection, put out by Nicole by OPI.  It's a deep red that went on great!  (Thanks to my dog for letting me use her face for this shot, haha)



Just looking at the colors in this picture makes me happy :) I first used 2 coats of Kim-pletely In Love, again from the Kardashian Collection. And I finished it off with 2 coats of OPI's I Lily Love you.  I love all the specs of color in I Lily Love You!



This would be Fly from the OPI Nicki Minaj collection.  Wow, I can't believe my nails had gotten that long!  I was lucky enough to have the whole Minaj collection sent to me by my lovely Aunt and cousin from Tennessee.  LOVE them!



I saw this idea on Pinterest, as did I'm sure a bunch of other people!  I thought it was adorable.  I got lots of compliments on this too.  I used Monsooner or Later by OPI for the base color.  OPI's Alpine Snow as the front of the sneaker.  And black and white striping colors by Sinful Colors for the seam and laces. 



Valentine nails!  What other holiday would bring excessively pink and red girly nails?  Haha.  I used many many different colors here.  On my thumb and middle the base was OPI's (Nicki Minaj) Pink Friday.  On pointer and ring the base was OPI's Strawberry Margarita.  And the base on pinky was OPI's Monsooner or Later.  OPI's Pink Shatter is on thumb.  Alpine Snow + dotting tool on pointer.  Nicole By OPI's Love Your Life on middle.  I dipped the tip of my ring finger in iridescent glitter.  And OPI's Gettin' Miss Piggy With It is on pinky. 



Yaay!  Mardi Gras nails!  Throw me somethin' mister!  I tried to capture the popular color-blocked striped shirts you see all over on Mardi Gras.  I used a mix of OPI, Sinful Colors, and Forever 21 polishes for this design.  I used a dotting tool to make the beads.  If you would like more specifics, just ask, haha.  But for now I'm feeling a little lazy.



This color is amazing-because it makes me look tan!  Which is something I hardly ever am!  This is the well-known Flip Flop Fantasy by China Glaze.  Awesome formula too!  And even though it looks like a neon, it doesn't dry matte.



I bought this color at the same time as I bought Flip Flop Fantasy.  I like it because it's different, I haven't really seen another color like this.  This is China Glaze's Secret Peri-wink-le.



I believe I got this idea from a magazine.  I titled it 'Gradience' and got many compliments.  I used all OPI colors in shades of purple. Again, if you want specifics, let me know!



This is another from the Kardashian Collection.  It is 'Wear Something Spar-Kylie'.  This is just two coats.  No base color or anything!  Amazing.  But I had to revert to the old "acetone-soaked cotton balls and foil" method for removal!  Haha.



This is OPI's Shootout at the O.K. Coral.  My aunt from TN ordered this one for me off of Amazon.  I think it might be retired.  It is really really pretty.  Two coats. 



I got this color at Target.  It's a Sonia Kashuk called Fairy Princess.  It is a minty color with some sparkle in it.  Formula was just okay.  I had to apply 3 coats. 



This is my absolute favorite color from the OPI Holland collection!  A Roll in the Hague is a bright, vibrant orange.  Probably could have been a one coater.  I did two. 



These were my Easter nails!  I went with a bright pastel, Mod About You by OPI on bottom.  And topped it off with China Glaze's Luxe and Lush. 

I will post the rest tomorrow!  I hope you guys enjoyed all the different colors for the first half and seeing how my nails fluctuated in length!  Let me know what your favorite was!

XOXO Victoria

Happy New Year!

Hey y'all! I told you guys that my New Year's Resolution was to start blogging more! And along with that, to start eating better and get in shape! So I've been busy cleaning out my closet and what not, and this is my first post of the new year. I hope everyone had a great holiday. My family did! We went skiing in Snowshoe, West Virginia. I will post pictures of that when I get on my home computer, but for now I'm posting on my new iPhone 4s :) I just painted my nails with two coats of Shower Together by China Glaze and accented it with Nail Junkie by Sinful Colors. I'm really looking forward to getting the Minaj colors soon! I'm jealous of those who already have them! Anyways, that's all for tonight. I'll talk to you guys soon!

XOXO

It's Been Almost Two Months!

Hey y'all! My blog has definitely taken a back seat in the past couple of months. I've been really busy with school and work and what not. But my New Year's resolution is to get back to blogging! I doubt i'll be blogging any in the next couple of weeks because I have exams next week, and when we get out of school, my family is going on vacation over Christmas! So until then..I'll leave you with pictures of my nails from Thanksgiving. I used Butter London's British Racing Green as the base color, and then all the colors to make the turkey were by OPI. I can't remember the exact names of them right now but I know I used Monsooner or Later as the red and Suzi Loves Cowboys as the brown. I did the turkey all by myself-I was so proud!



(One of the bristles from the brush came off, so that's that weird white line, but I couldn't remove it from the wet polish without messing up the whole design, so I just left it!)



Me and two of my cousins for Thanksgiving.

Oh, and I meant to post this when I got them back from the photographer! She told me I was the first one to ever take a picture like this-I love it!


AANNDD Of course I had to take an LSU-themed one! Since that's where I'll be going next year! Gotta love my tigers!

So I hope everyone is doing well, and I hope nobody is too mad at me for being gone for so long! Here's a cool little piece of information: They are filming another movie right now at my high school with Will Ferrell and Zack Galifianakis! But our school is being really strict about covering the windows and stuff for us not to impede upon their movie. Uggh! Anyways, just thought that was cool.

Talk to y'all after the New Year!

XOXO

Hi-Res by Milani

Hey guys! So one of the last things I bought was two Milani polishes from CVS. It was the only place I could find the holographic Milani polishes. I got Hi-Res(purple) and Cyberspace(blue). I was so impressed when I wore Hi-Res! I guess I just didn't expect much, but it was gorgeous! I didn't need a base color or anything. Just two coats.




Cyberspace and Hi-Res





Inside Artificial Light



What do y'all think? Do y'all own any of the 3D Holographic polishes by Milani? I think they were worth the three dollars and something I payed for them.

In more exciting news...this year is the first year my school is having a 'fall break'. We'll have off of school Monday, October 31st and Tuesday, Nvovember 1st. So pretty much a four day weekend. And then Friday, October 28th is just our school's fall festival so we won't really be doing much. SOOO..I am going to Tennessee! Yay! It will be my first Halloween, that I remember, in Tennessee! And you know what Tennessee means right?! Cosmetic Market!! I am so so so excited. I'm positive that I'll have a haul post, probably straight from Tennessee, too!

I'll have more posts coming this week...

XOXO