Zoya Try 3 Free Haul!

Zoya had a promo last week to try three of their polishes for free!

All you had to do was pay $10 shipping (which yeah, is over-priced, but their polishes are normally $8 a piece, so it was definitely a great deal!

SWATCH TIME!!!

*Tallulah:  

I REALLY liked this alot more than I thought I would.  Application was perfect and it was opaque in two coats.  It was a really pretty shimmer to it, and this will definitely be my go to for blue!

*Mitzi: This matte lime green is super awesome.  This is 4 coats.  The application was kind of funky, once I put the second and third coats on it started to pull the coats underneath off and show the nail plate, but if you use light brush strokes you will have no problem. =)

 

Sadly, I tried swatching Felicity.  It is SUCH a pretty color.  But it looked just awful on me.  I mean, really bad.  I tried to do a French Manicure with it but even then it just was a strange color on me.  

SO....after like 4 different swatching attempts I gave up.  Someone with different skin tones would better benefit from this polish!

And that's it!  Did any of you take advantage of the Zoya promo?  Pictures are always welcome on the wall at Facebook! 

XOXO - Emily

New Years Eve Nails - Julep Ivy and NYC Starry SIlver Glitter

I got a new computer!!!

 

 

It has Windows 8.  Guys, I feel so old trying to use this thing.  SO confusing.

 

 

Anywho, without further ado, here are my New Years nails!

 

 

 

*Polishes used: Julep "Ivy" (One of my favorites from them), and NYC "Starry Silver Glitter"


Excuse my nubbies, I worked this weekend and it TOTALLY killed them =(

 

I hope you all have a very Merry New Year! 

 

xoxo- Emily =)

Christmas Challenge Third Mani - Holly!

I honestly think this turned out way better than I anticipated.

I had so much fun with this!  If you guys have any fun Christmas challenges, or you would like to start doing this one, post your pictures on my facebook wall!

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Comparison: Julep "Harper" and Sinful Colors "Nail Junkie"

I am in love with these two polishes!

I bought Nail Junkie a while ago.  Harper came with my December Julep Maven box.  When I saw it I was in love!

And then I was like...wait a second.  I have definitely seen this before.

The difference?  Nail Junkie is just a HAIR darker.  All nails are three coats with 1 coat Seche Vite.  Any guesses as to which is which?

Pointer and ring are Harper.
Middle and pinky are Nail Junkie.

What do you guys think?

Cupcake nails tutorial!

I love cupcake nails.  Perfect for Birthdays!

Step#1:  Paint your nails your choice of color.  I did two different colors.

Step#2:  Draw a line dividing your "icing" and wrapper.

Step#3:  Paint the bottom half if your cupcake the color of your wrapper.  I chose brown but you could use any color.

Step#4: Using a dotting tool (or bobby pin, bottom of paint/makeup, whatever you can get your hands on.), make your icing hang over the edge of the wrapper by dotting the icing color on the dividing line.

Step#5: Give your wrapper some definition by highlighting the "crinkles."  I used silver.

Step#6: Give that cupcake some sprinkles!

There you go!  For my other nails I did streamers and a birthday present.

Polishes used:
Sally Hansen: Fuschia Bling Bling.
Sally Hansen Instadri: Lively Lilac.
Stripe Rite: Silver.
Nail Art by Diamond Cosmetics: Cocoa.
Klean color Nail Art:  Sky Blue.

Christmas Challenge, Red Nails

I decided to do a Christmas challenge this year!  I know I'm a day late (oops!)

This is my first attempt at caviar nails!  I think if I practiced a little bit I could get the hang of it! 

If you guys want to join me, post your pictures on my timeline at facebook.com/ylimenails.

Nutra-nail UV free "gel" polish.

I would like to start off by saying that I hate giving a negative review.  BUT... I don't want you to spend $14 or so on this garbage.

The instructions were simple, you do have to like....switch brushes and stuff after 5 nails, which seemed like a little hassle.  I only did my thumbnail, since I had already seen a negative review on this.

NOTE:  on this box there was no "lasts up to (x) days!" For good reason.

I wasn't able to give you a sunlight picture of my nail because by the time I had gotten ready in the morning, it had chipped. -.-  I had only done the nail the night before!

Removal: yucky.  Goopy.  Blegh.  I used pure acetone and let it soak.  Even then I still had to do a lot of scrubbing.

All in all, don't waste your money.  Use regular polish and Seche Vite and you'll fare much better!

Have any of you used this product?

Pictures:

*2 days of wearing
*1 coat
*bottle shot of polish itself