Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to all the Mommas out there!

My mom is one of my best friends and I really don't know what I would do without her, this post is dedicated to her today <3

My boyfriend and I took her to breakfast this morning and in a little bit we are leaving to take her to dinner also! It's been a day of laziness and eating, my favorite type of day lol!

So, onto my nails:

I found a new display of Maybelline's at Wal-Mart a week or so ago and I came home with only one! There were so many new and pretty colors on this display, but I felt I had a lot of the same type of colors at home already...so I was choosy.

I started with two coats of Maybelline Denim Dash. This picture was taken without top coat.

As you can see it dries with a satin/matte finish.

Next, I did one coat of Nubar 2010 on each nail and then on my ring finger I did one thick coat of China Glaze Luxe & Lush!

2010 and Luxe & Lush are kind of similar, except Luxe & Lush has bigger pieces.

I really don't want to take this mani off! I'm in love with it. First of all, blue is my favorite color of polish to wear. And, second of all, the flake glitter make it so awesome looking!!! I'm head over heels lol!

Well I hope everyone is enjoying their Mother's Day and thanks to all the Mom's out there for doing what you do :) !

Soft Shade Love!

I used the rest of my OPI NYC Ballet collection! And I paired them with some really pretty glitters...wanna see?! OK!

OPI Barre My Soul sandwiched with Sally Hansen Jewel Overcoat Ring-a-Ding!

I started with three coats of Barre my Soul and then one coat of Ring-a-Ding and topped it off with another coat of Barre my Soul. Everytime I look at my nails they remind me of cotton candy. I love this look!

Ring-a-Ding is gold, copper, and rose colored hex glitter! I almost didn't buy it because I thought it was just another gold hex glitter, but I took a closer look and saw the three different shades. It's really pretty!

OPI You Callin' Me a Lyre? with Spoiled Jewelry Heist on top.

I did four coats of YCMAL first and then topped it with one coat of Jewelry Heist.

So, the first one reminded me of cotton candy and this one reminded me of cupcakes lol I think maybe I think about food too often haha!

Just like Ring-a-Ding, I almost passed Jewelry Heist up also. Then someone on instagram posted a mani with it and I was like, I need this polish! lol

OPI Care to Danse? with Sally Hansen Jewel Overcoat White Veil on top!

Care to Danse? took five coats to be opaque and then I did one coat of White Veil.  These OPIs dry fairly quickly so it really doesn't bug me that they need a lot of coats. I'm in love with them!

This combo was so elegant!

Any of you into the Jewel Overcoats and soft shades like I am?!

Instagram, Pinterest, and Tumblr!

Hi again! Really quick I just wanted to let everyone know that I am on Instagram, Pinterest, and Tumblr.

I have not yet figured out a way to add the little icons on the side of my blog to show everyone that  I use these sites...so in the meantime I figured I would just make a post!

I did, however, figure out how to add a tab at the top to redirect you to my tumblr.

Here's how you can find me on all three:

Tumblr. : http://alyssanoel1219.tumblr.com/

Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/prettylb/

Instagram Username: prettylittlebottles


I still need to make a Facebook page, but I haven't gotten around to doing that yet :P

Zebra fail? Nope!

Hey! Long time no see! Sorry about that, I've been busy just trying to relax before my summer class starts next week, BUT I've still been doing my nails of course....just not posting them lol silly me.

Anyways, I have an almost fail nail art mani today, but it ended up looking pretty darn cool!

Here's how it started off! I grabbed five colors from my Color Club Starry Temptress set that I got from Ross last summer. From pinky to thumb: Other Worldly, You Got Soul-ar, Wink, Wink, Twinkle, Glitter Envy, and Space Case.

Annd here's how it ended up lol! I started off wanting to do zebra print and when that wasn't successful, I just started making random lines...and then I decided to border the whole nail!

It's definitely a strange design, but cool nonetheless!

It's fun to just play around sometimes and it's nice when it turns into something unique! The whole time I was doing them I just kept thinking, "this is going to be a mess" but I was pleasantly surprised!

So what do you guys think?!

Have any of you ever started off trying to create one thing and then you get a whole different result?? Did you like your final result, or hate it?

Target Beauty Bag

My Target Beauty Bag arrived last Friday!!! The way I received this was by liking them on Facebook and then from the link they provided I signed up to receive one! I'm not sure if it's still going on, but it's worth a minute of your time to go try!

Here's the box it came in!

The bag itself...

Take a peek inside and see all the goodies!

A sample pack of the new Simple facial wipes

Sample of the new(?) Loreal primer

A sample of some Neutrogena cleanser

Pantene sample

ANDD finally a sample of some Nivea Lotion!

Such a cute bag and nice little goodies! It also came with some Target coupons for cosmetic items such as $2 off Revlon cosmetics (which I already used on a lip butter lol) and a $1 off the Nivea lotion (which I think my mom already used) !

I really think its nice that Target does this every year! I'm excited that I got one and I can't wait to use the samples :)

Milani Madness Part 3!

More Milani polishes comin' at ya! And today it's all about the glitter! Today I'm going to show you the new one coat glitters and the jewel fx glitters!

This is Milani Jewel FX Teal over Milani Yellow Whiz.

I just did one coat of the glitter. It has fine blue glitter as well as green and blue hex glitter. I love this combo!

Here is Milani Jewel FX Red over Milani Jiffy Orange. This is one coat.

This is just red hex glitter. I can't wait to use this for the holidays! I want to try and cover a whole accent nail with this...it would look so awesome!

Milani Jewel FX Fuchsia over Milani Violet Dash. One coat!

This has fuchsia hex glitter as well as fine fuchsia glitter. I loved how the two purple colors contrasted against each other. It was subtle yet stood out!

Milani Jewel FX Hot Pink over Milani Fast Fuchsia. One coat!

Hot Pink is kind of like Teal except Hot Pink doesn't have any fine glitter and the two hex glitter colors are silver and hot pink! There are actually a few pieces of holo hex glitter as well! I want to try and cover a whole nail with this one also. That would look so pretty with the two different glitter colors!

Milani One Coat Glitter in Lavender Fizz. In one coat I still had a few bald spots so I did another one and it was perfect!! This was my favorite of the three one coat glitters I got.

It was so sparkly!!

This one coat glitter is called Pink Flare. This is fine pink and holo glitter pieces! Same as Lavender Fizz, it took me two coats.

Ok, so, maybe this one is actually my favorite?? lol I can't decide! I kept wanting to call this one Barbie Pink or something lol Its so girly and cute.

Here's a blurred pic to see the pretty holo glitter!

Milani One coat Glitter in Twinkle. This one actually wasn't as dense as the other two and I had to use two coats. From looking at these pics, I maybe should have done one more to cover those patches.

This is small blue and purple rounded glitter. I love the mix of the blue and purple!!

Whew! That was a lot of pictures lol I don't think I'll ever get tired of looking at glitter though! These are all additions to Milani's existing glitter lines and they can be purchased here!

Which ones are your favorites?? Have you tried any of the other One Coat Glitters or Jewel Fx??

*These products were provided for me by Milani Cosmetics for review.

Inspired by Algae Veronica!

This past weekend I finally decided I wanted to recreate an awesome manicure that I saw a long time ago on tumblr by Algae Veronica at lotsafingerpaints. Her designs are amazing and I'd honestly love to recreate ALL of them, but I started with this one. I didn't mimick exactly what she did, but mine matches hers for the most part.

Isn't it cute?! I was in love with this manicure!

Here are the polishes I used: Milani White on the Spot, Color Clup Poptastic, an old Sally Hansen white striper polish that I've had for ages (it came in a french manicure kit), and a black striper polish that I got at the Dollar Tree!

The two large rhinestones are from these rhinestone sheets from Avon. You can purchase them on my site here.

And the smaller rhinestones are from this wheel that I got from Sally's!

Here is the picture of Algae Veronica's design that I used as inspiration:

Beautiful right?! Her's is like 100 times better! I love how she did rhinestones on each nail...I didn't have the patience for that lol!

This manicure was pretty simple for the most part! My only problem was keeping a steady hand when it came to doing my right hand.

Go like Algae Veronica on Facebook and watch some of her awesome nail tutorials on YouTube!! She is really talented and I love how she uses such bright and fun colors in all of her designs!