Avon Cosmic Blue and Lagoon

I have some really pretty, shimmery blues to show you today!

First up:

Cosmic Blue! This is a dark cobalt blue with lots of dark blue shimmer. It was a little on the sheer side, so I needed three coats for full opacity. Cosmic Blue came out with the new Nailwear Pro+ polishes.

Here is Lagoon. This is a beautiful ice blue loaded with ice blue shimmer. In my opinion, Lagoon isn't anything special in the bottle, but on the nail...wow! Like Cosmic Blue this one was on the sheer side, so three coats were needed as well.

You'll notice that this is a mini bottle. As I mentioned above, I didn't think Lagoon would be all that great so I only ordered the mini version. Now I am kicking myself for not buying a full sized bottle! It's cool that Avon offers the mini sizes, because if you're unsure about a polish it's nice to be able to give it a sort of "test run."

Here's a better shot of the bottle so that you can see the size of it.

After swatching Lagoon, I decided to wear it as a full manicure. After I painted all my nails, I decided to spruce it up a bit with Hot Ticket Disco Ball! I love how the silver glitter looks with the icy blue.

This is a pic out of the light so you can see the pieces of glitter better.

If you are interested in purchasing Cosmic Blue, Lagoon, and/or checking out the other Nailwear Pro+ colors that Avon has to offer, please check out my online Avon Shop by clicking here or clicking the tab at the top of my page!

At full price the full size bottles cost $6, but Avon is currently running a 2 for $6.99 sale!

The mini Nailwear Pros are only a $1.99, but not every color is offered in the mini size.

Avon Jade

As I've mentioned before, I'm an Avon Representative, so you know when Avon released 45 new nail shades I was all over it!

Some of these colors are actually re-releases from a long time ago, but I'm ok with that because that means if you've missed them before, now you have a chance to buy them again! Avon also re-vamped their nailwear pro formula and it's now called nailwear pro+. I must admit, I don't really see a difference in formulas between my old nailwear pros and my new nailwear pro+'s, but I do love Avon's formula regardless, so it's really a moot point.

Today I'm showing you the new re-released Avon Jade. From what I can see by searching the internet and looking at other people's swatches from the past, the new Jade and the old Jade are the same exact color.

Jade was perfectly opaque in two coats.  It's a slightly dusty, mint green that has a lovely spring feel to it. I'm surprisingly in love with this color!

Can I be random for one sec and say that I'm really loving my oval nails!! Yay!

After I swatched this polish I decided to do some nail art! So here are my half moons I did using Jade and Hot Ticket Goldfinger (click here for a full swatch of Goldfinger) .

I absolutely love gold paired with pretty pastel/spring colors! Plus I loved how the halfmoons looked with my newly rounded nails. I have tried this look in the past when my nails were square and I definitely prefer half moons on my nails when they're like this.

To achieve this look, I first painted two coats of Goldfinger and let it dry completely. Then I used circular paper reinforcement stickers to block off the part that I wanted to be rounded. You can buy these at any office supply store and probably even Wal-Mart. After placing the stickers, I painted a thick coat of Jade and removed the sticker before the polish dried. (If you wait too long the sticker will pull up some of the polish with it and ruin the effect)

If you are interested in purchasing Jade and/or checking out the other Nailwear Pro+ colors that Avon has to offer, please check out my online Avon Shop by clicking here or clicking the tab at the top of my page!

The Nailwear Pro+ polishes retail at $6 fully priced, but Avon is all the time running deals. Right now they are 2 for $6.99.

Keep checking back here this week for more Avon swatches! :)

Spreadin' the love Sundays!

Today's love goes to my new kitty, Marvin :)

So I did a kitty inspired manicure!

I started with three coats of Hot Ticket Dodge a Bullet. It's a really cool dark grey with silver/blue/pink shimmer. It kind of reminds me of SpaRitual Sacred Ground. I chose this as the base because its a nice dark grey like Marvin's fur!

Here's the final mani! For the accent nail I stamped with Sally Hansen Silver Sweep and used Bundle Monster Plate BM04. I topped the rest of the nails with the new Sally Hansen Jewel Overcoat in Multi-Faceted.

The new jewel overcoats are awesome. I love this one espcially because it not only has that cool opaque black glitter, it also has some cool opaly blue glitter!

Here's a better look at the cool pieces of glitter in Multi-Faceted! (sorry for the dry cuticles)

Here's the baby himself <3

Thanks for reading!

:)

Spreadin' the love Sundays!

I was sad that I missed this post last weekend so I made sure I had one put together for today!

Today I want to show some love to my oldest and best friend, Missy.  We have been best friends since we were in preschool. No matter how long we go without seeing each other, we both know we're always there for each other! As I also mentioned in my very first post she's the one who introduced me to this nail blogging world :)

When thinking of what reminded me of Missy, nail polish wise, I instantly thought of gold nail polish. Once when we were shopping she said to me, "I want to buy all the gold nail polishes in the world!" lol

So here are a few gold nail polishes I own that I thought she'd like :)

Orly Glitz. This two coats.

Sephora by OPI Rumba Romance. Three coats.

Hot Ticket Goldfinger. two coats.

Sally Hansen Gilty Pleasure (one of Missy's favs!). Two coats.

Milani Signature Gold. two coats.

Do any of you love gold nail polish? If so, tell me your favorites!