Valentine's Day Nails--Day 4

I'm really fond of today's nails!

How to achieve this look:

Three coats of Revlon Girly on my pointer and middle finger
Three coats of Orly Charged Up on my ring and pinky finger
Then I used Sally Hansen Presto Pink and Bundle Monster plate BM-202 to stamp over the purple


I hope you guys have been enjoying these designs....4 down, 10 more to go! :)

Valentine's Day Nails--Day 3

Just a quick post for today!

This is two coats of Revlon Valentine stamped with Wet N Wild Black Creme. I used Bundle Monster plate BM-323. Isn't the name of the red perfect? 

Here's a quick fun fact: Revlon Valentine was the first polish where I bought a second bottle because I loved it so much! 

NOTD: Revlon Peacock Blue

One week of a taupe shade on my nails and now am back to brights ;) But keeping in mind that it is F/W 2012, I got myself this deep shade of Peacock blue from Revlon...
You like?

#MetallicNails #F/W2012

Now Vogue and Grazia have only been harping on how huge metallic nails are this season... Now I for one do like to look at glossy magazine pages strewn with metallic nail polish laden hands and nails but when it comes to my own manicures that I need to sport everyday, I generally prefer my brights and that too no metal. So how does one strike a balance between the trending nail fad and one's fav (and comfortable) manicure habit?

I kinda found a way in between :P and am quite happy with the result :D

Nail Colors Used
1. Faces Nail Paint in Barbie Pink
2. Revlon Nail Polish in Peacock Blue

REVIEW: Revlon ColorStay Creme Gel Liner in Plum Prune

I had read quite raving reviews about this product for non-Indian beauty blogs and when I saw them at the Revlon counter in Pune Central, I knew I had to have at least of these... I did think of grabbing two of these, the brown one and the purple one, but the Sensible Suma that does pop up once in a while warned me against it and advised me to first try out one of them. So I automatically picked up the purple one and brought it home with me.

My first reaction when I opened it was like "It's soooo tiny" and no the reaction was not in a cute way. It was more out of indignation than anything else... I mean they made me pay about 650/- bucks on such a tiny dibbi??? Then I took out the tiny brush that came with it and the cute way it would park itself inside the cap of the container lightened my mood and I was hopeful again :) Pigmentation wise it was superb and I love the little sparkly purple line that it created in just one stroke :)

I wore it and lo and behold, within an hour it vanished! It Vanished Into Thin Air!!! Can you even imagine my dismay :( Well on the brighter side it didn't smudge or crease or run down my face but it did vanish like Mr. India and nope that didn't earn any brownie points from me :( I made my mom try it and well her lids aren't as oily as mine and it fared much better on her... So am guessing it's my oily lids to blame (?)...

Image of the Product

Eye Swatch

LOTD

Ooohhss And Aaahsss!!!
1. Pretty shade
2. Good pigmentation
3. Does not cause any allergies or reactions
4. Does not irritate the eyes
5. Seems to be waterline safe
6. Does not smudge or crease
7. Waterproof
8. The brush that comes with it is of a good quality
9. Gives good pigmentation in just one stroke

Ouches!!!
1. Does not stay on oily lids
2. Priced on the higher side especially for the little amount of product you get in the tiny glass jar.

Price
It costs around INR 650/ or 695/- for 2.4 gms. I don't remember the exact price, so go ahead correct me :)

Repurchase?
Nah! With the amount of oil my eye lids generate, it would be smarter for me to invest in some other gel liners ;)

Would I Recommend
Well, if you do not have oily lids and love a sparky purple liner, then this is for you :) It doesn't smudge or crease and no it doesn't give you purple raccoon eyes ;)
But if you have oily lids then this product is simple useless for you as it wont stay on you for an hour...

Overall Rating:
Oily Lids: 4/10
Normal/Dry Lids: 8/10

Revlon Sparkle Aplenty

Last Friday I stopped at Walgreens to grab some milk because my mom and I were out at our house. Well, as we all know, a trip to Walgreens, regardless of what we're picking up, means we all have to check out all the beauty stuff..am I right?

Well, I was just about to walk to the register because I thought I didn't see anything good and then a new Revlon display caught my eye. It was a brand new display full of a polish called Sparkle Aplenty.

I almost died because it was so cool. It's a black jelly with silver and black microglitter, plus silver and black hex glitter!! WIN!

Here is three coats of Sparkle Aplenty. If you click to enlarge the photos you can see the black hex glitter better, but unfortunately it's hard to see unless you look closely. I want to try and layer this polish over a white or grey to see if the black stands out better!

For my ring finger I used a black creme as a base and stamped it with Bundle Monster plate BM-322. The silver polish that I used to stamp was Sally Hansen Silver Sweep. (my favorite polish to stamp with!)

Sparkle Aplenty is seriously awesome. I suggest you run to Walgreens right away and get one...or two! :)

From Blue to Blissful!

Yesterday was not a very good day for me. I woke up to head to the Vet's office to pick up some vitamins that Marvin is taking, and my car wouldn't start...like no clicking from the engine or anything. So I had to go through the whole calling of triple A, waiting for them to arrive, and then finally going to the car repair shop to, ultimately, get a new car battery.

Once it was all said and done, I was thankful it wasn't anything that major...hey, I can handle a new car battery, its just something that we all have to do once in a while. But, I had been stressed about other things that happened at the beginning of the week...so the car thing was just like the cherry on top of the sundae lol!

ANYWAYS, the reason I'm blabbing about all this is because when my mom got home that evening, she had a little surprise to cheer me up!! What is it you ask? Two beauitful blue revlon polishes...and oddly enough, I didn't already own them.

So here is some pretty nail art I did using my two new babies.

The light blue on my thumb, index, middle finger, and top-half of my ring finger is Revlon Coastal Surf. The rest of my ring finger and my pinky is painted with Revlon Indigo Night.

The rhinestones I used to accent my ring finger are some square multi-colored rhinestones that I ordered from Cult Nails. They come in lots of colors (shown below) and they were only $3!

*This picture was taken from the Cult Nails website

The moral of these nails is that my mom rocks and she really knows how to brighten my day! :)

Realistic Snake Skin stamping

After doing my nails for yesterday's post I decided I wanted to try and create more realistic looking nails with the snake skin stamp!

Here's what I used:

L to R: Cult Nails In a Trance, Revlon Elegant, and China Glaze Mahogany Magic.

This is a sponge makeup applicator I used to create a sponged look for the base!

I started by painting one coat of In a Trance and then lightly sponging Elegant to lighten it and make the cool effect. I used Mahogany Magic to do the stamp with Bundle Monster plate BM-215.

Final Result: freaking cool!

I am so proud of these!

Next, I'm going to try and create a realistic giraffe print :) !

Turning a loser into a winner!

So, Sunday night I was on my way home from dinner with my boyfriend and  I decided to stop in Walgreens to see if they had anything new. I was excited to see that they had the new Revlon display out and then I was even more excited to see this beautiful aqua jelly polish. I scooped it right up and didn't buy any of the others.

Revlon Sheer Seafoam. Doesn't it seem amazing?!

While watching Mad Men that night I decided to try it! WELL, it was a complete flop of a color. Just look at what I mean:

This is one coat of Sheer Seafoam. Can you see anything besides my gross staining?! Yea, me either! Now, I know jellies are supposed to be sheer, but this went on legit CLEAR.

So, I kept trying...I was determined to get the color of what it looked like in the bottle. Well, this is three coats...still nothing even close to what a jelly should look like lol.

Having been super disappointed that this color didn't turn out as pretty as I had imagined it would be, I decided to turn this mani into some kind of layering experiment!

So I grabbed Revlon Just Tinted in Desire and Icing After Party!

Here are my final results:

Pretty awesome right?! This is my first time doing a "jelly sandwich." For those of you that dont know, it's when you layer a sheer polish (jelly) with glitter, to make it look like the glitter is sandwiched between the layers of polish.

To achieve this look I did sooo many layers of polish lol EIGHT to be exact. Here are the layers in order:

3 coats of Sheer Seafoam

1 coat of After Party

1 coat of Sheer Seafoam

1 coat of Desire

1 coat of After Party

1 coat of Desire

This manicure would have taken days to dry even with a nice quick dry top coat, so shortly after these pictures were taken I had fun peeling it all off in sheets lol.

Damn you Sheer Seafoam for looking so beautiful in the bottle!

I contemplated whether I should take it back after I did that first coat and then I just decided it'd be fun to keep to try different layering experiments or maybe franken with. Revlon could have had such a huge win with this polish had it been more pigmented and buildable. Oh well!

Captivating Coral

I've been super busy with school this week, so this post will be a short one!

I finally got to use my Cult Nails Captivated that I got and I decided that it went perfectly with Revlon Craving Coral!

This is two coats of Revlon Craving Coral and one thick coat of Cult Nails Captivated over top!

I love this combo! It was so bright and sparkly and it reminded me of summer. Captivated is such a beautiful polish! I love that whether I'm in the sun or just inside it has those shiny glints of gold.

Captivated was sold out for a long time and has now made a come back! It is available on the Cult Nails website, here.

Ok, well that was fun while it lasted.....but, back to homework now :(

*This product was provided for me by Cult Nails for review.



Happy St. Patrick's Day!

I'm not Irish, that I know of, but it's always fun to have a reason to celebrate AND do themed nails of course :) I spent the day laying out by the pool and drinking "champagne punch" with my cousin Brynn! It was such a nice day. Here are my festive nails:

The polishes I used were OPI Alpine Snow-Matte, Revlon Posh (green), and on top of the two white nails I put Sinful Colors Green Ocean! For the little clovers I used some nail stickers that I got at Sally's a long time ago. I really like how these turned out!

After Brynn and I were done laying out by her pool we went to Sally's and bought some new nail polish...I'll post the nails we did tomorrow :) I hope everyone has had a good St. Patrick's Day and has a fun night tonight also!