Happy Independence Day Manicure 2014!
Happy Independence Day! We’re keeping it low key here at Fawver Home Base this year – the hubs Dominic is BBQing some burgers, we have copious amounts of Blue Moon and Angry Orchard to keep us in good spirits, and I’m having groceries delivered by Safeway to help ease any 4th of July shopping anxiety!
Read MoreJulep Maven Exclusive Polishes
There are perks to being a Julep Maven. One is exclusive polishes that no one else can get! Back in February, I received a pretty one called Love. It was everything I wanted for a Valentine’s Day manicure: sweet, simple, romantic. I didn’t know what our plans were going to be or where we were going, so with not knowing what I’d be wearing, I decided to wear Love as a sweet polish that would pretty much go with anything. It is a creamy shimmer base with a subtle pink tone, and then darker pinkish red glitter in it. Like most of the Julep shimmers, it took a couple of coats to hit the opacity and coverage I wanted, but that was okay as I find myself using two coats of most other polishes.
Read MoreCrush, Crush Baby – China Glaze Crinkled Chrome
This Winter, there was a new textured polish on the block. I always loved the chrome looks that came out years ago, and I’m glad they seem to be making a comeback. I’m also a fan of textured polishes since they give new dimension to what could be a boring manicure. After looking high and low for the Crinkled Chrome collection from China Glaze in my local drugstores and beauty supply stores, I gave up and ordered from Sally Beauty Supply online. I decided to get two colors, China Glaze Crinkled Chrome Iron Out the Details and China Glaze Crinkled Chrome Crush, Crush Baby. I was in more of a purple/pink mood, so the first one I used was Crush, Crush Baby.
Read MoreRailroad Inspired Manicure
Since I knew I’d be devoting my weekend to working at the Open House & Train Show for the San Leandro Historical Railway Society (see A Fun Weekend Doing Photography), I wanted to make my nails as festive and eye-catching as possible. Dealing with small children, colorful items to catch their attention when looking at a camera always helps. Most kids have the tendency to look at the person taking their picture, and since I was not going to be actually standing behind the camera, but instead beside it with a remote trigger, I felt like having super bright yellow nails would help when pointing to the camera and telling them to look at it!
Read MorePretty in Pink Satin Nails
Ladies, follow me. Have you ever bought a certain color of nail polish, or handbag, or shoe, or piece of jewelry because you don’t have much else in that color and might need it at some point?
Totally irrational, we know. That’s how I found myself with this ballet-shoe pink polish, Sally Hansen Hard as Nails Xtreme Wear in Pink Satin. It was on sale in a discount bin somewhere (might have been Walgreens) and I’ll admit – nothing about this color stood out to me. It a light pink satin that reminded me of little girl’s ballet shoes and my favorite satin nightgown when I was a little girl. It was some ridiculously low price and I remember grabbing it because I thought I’d never know when I might need a nice, simple pink to match an outfit or for some certain occasion.
Read MoreFun Fiesta Manicure
I sat down and knew I wanted to use my new Sally Hansen Hard as Nails Xtreme Wear in Fiesta top coat, but I didn’t know what I wanted to put it over. So I handed my swatch wheels to my husband and said “This is what I’m putting on top of something… pick the something!”
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