Crush, 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!”
Read MoreMemorial Day Camo Manicure
Memorial Day is a somewhat tricky holiday to match a manicure to. It’s not about patriotism, specifically, so while a patriotic manicure certainly wouldn’t be questioned, it just didn’t feel quite right. Memorial Day is all about honoring fallen soldiers. I’m lucky enough that, despite having many family members and friends in all branches of the military, I’ve never lost someone personally.
Read MoreWhen bad pictures ruin good manicures
As you may be able to tell, I’m a novice at beauty blogging. My first post about my nails was June 2013, so I’m about at my 1 year mark. Heck, despite being 33 years old, I’m pretty much a novice at beauty – period! But a while back I did up my nails and for the life of me, I could not get a good picture. So bad was the photo that I JUST remembered what colors they were after looking at my swatch wheels and thinking “I SWEAR I used these colors already… where’s the photo?”
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