Showing posts with label pink. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pink. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

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Twinsie Tuesday: Spring Transitional Polish

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Hello readers! This week's theme was fun! I love sharing these kind of things. For my Spring Transitional Polish, I choose a newer polish Hard Candy Crush On Hot Pink.




Excuse my dry cuticles, it's still really cold here in my neck of the woods. None the less, I adore this polish and am pretty impressed by Hard Candy. My photos do it no justice. HCOP has so much more depth than in my photos here but I couldn't really capture it. The formula was great and covered in 2 coats.

What are some of your favorite transitional polishes?
Anna

Check out more Twinsie Spring Transitional Polishes!
Alaina at The Little Canvas
Amanda at Amandalandish
Chelsea at Nailed Blog
Elizabeth at Did My Nails
Kelly at Tuxarina
Lakeisha at Refined and Polished
Marisa at Polish Obsession
Rachel at Top Coat It
Róisín at Cuti-CLUE-les
Stephanie at A Little Polish
Traci at DrinkCitra

Tuesday, January 21, 2014

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Twinsie Tuesday: Seasonal Gradient

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Instead of doing a "season"al gradient, I interpreted this a little different. As we know Valentine's Day is coming up soon! So here is what I have come up with.



I used Nubar Pink Creme with 3 coats. It applied a little uneven  and a little thin but knowing me, I was a little impatient, hence the reason you could see the pulling. None the less, I love me my Nubars! For the glitter, I used Esesie Beyond Cozy which is a gorgeous polish alone.

Inspired by Valentine's, I choose something a little elegant and sweet. Who doesn't love pinks, reds and all the wonderful hearts and love during this time?

Anna

Check out these seasonal gradients!
Alaina at The Little Canvas
Amanda at Amandalandish
Amber at Nails Like Lace
Chelsea at Nailed Blog
Elizabeth at Did My Nails
Kelly at Tuxarina
Lakeisha at Refined and Polished
Marisa at Polish Obsession
Rachel at Top Coat It
Róisín at Cuti-CLUE-les
Stephanie at A Little Polish
Traci at DrinkCitra

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

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BCA Pink Week: Day 3

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My apologies for missing yesterday. I didn't feel too well. However, I am prepared for today and the next few posts. So I hope you enjoy this as well as learning about Breast Cancer!

For more information: http://www.ruskhospital.org/media/pdf/BCA%20Facts.pdf


This is Orly Pre-Amp with 2 smooth coats. Enjoy!

Anna 

Sunday, October 13, 2013

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Breast Cancer Awareness Pink Week: Day 1

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To raise awareness for Breast Cancer, myself and a few other bloggers are participating in Pink Week!

Because Breast Cancer can happen to anyone at any age, we present to you, day one of Pink Week. With that said, we also would like to share a little bit of information along with our manis. 
Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women worldwide.
http://www.nationalbreastcancer.org/breast-cancer-facts



For this mani, I used one of my favorite pinks, Wet n Wild Candy-licious and for the ribbon, I used Wet n Wild Through the Grapevine.

Anna 

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

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Twinsie Tuesday: A Polish From Your First Swap Ever

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As you can already see today's theme is from our very first polish swap ever. 

I could never forget my first nail swap! It was with Abbie from AbbieNail. Honestly to tell you the truth, I can't even remember how we came into contact with each other. I remember every polish she sent me but I can't for the life of me remember what I sent her. Ok, so I went through her blog and I remember now! She was looking for Claire's Candyshop (you know, that famous dupe for DL Candyshop). Yeah, that's how we got started.

Most of the polishes she sent me I already showcased on my blog, now with this post, I only have one more from that polish swap to show you! Hopefully that'll be soon!



This is Models Own Pink Cocktail and came in a trio set. The formula was great and it covered in 2 coats. Pink Cocktail and is a bright pink with tons of blue shimmer which was so hard to catch. I think it's the lighting from my light box. But I hope you see it in the almost-macro shot.

I love me some Models Own! Luckily in the nail polish groups I'm in, they're sweet enough to snatch me up a few! Oh how we are deeply deprived of Models Own!

What other brands would you like to see in the US?
Anna

I'm excited to see my Twinsies' first polish swap manis! Aren't you?
Amanda at Amandalandish

Monday, October 22, 2012

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POW!

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I hope you all had a lovely weekend!

I don't know how nailside does it, but her tape manis are always so gorgeous! I always have trouble with the tape method. Every time I go to take the tape off, it always pulls. Maybe because I don't have enough patience to allow the base to try but I have figured that using nail tape it much easier, I just have to be very careful.


Please excuse the mess. Sometimes, I just don't have the patience for drying time (that's pretty obvious). Well, this is my POW! mani! I hope you like it!

I can't remember for the life of me what I polishes I used because I put them away before I wrote down the names (what a blogger right?) but I am sure you can find some great polishes with the same colors! A beautiful pink isn't hard to come across.

What do you think of tape manis? Have any tips?
Anna

Friday, October 12, 2012

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Pink Me I'm Good

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Happy Friday and thanks Carrie!

Now this baby here is from Carrie's stash and I wish it were mine! If you don't know who Carrie is, she is the lovely creator behind the indie brand Darling Diva Polish. She was kind enough to let me burrow this hard-to-find polish, so thanks a ton Carrie!


OPI Pink Me I'm Good. Look that jam packed golden'ish-opalescent glitter with the yellow tone pink base. I just love how the pink is so soft and muted and the glitter just literally pops!

This covered perfectly in 2 coats. No underwear or anything! In this photo, the pink is a bit washed out due to the lighting, regardless, isn't she beautiful?

Oh, and please excuse me as I haven't been engaging much lately. This weekend is the funeral of my mother-in-law and things have been rough. Thank goodness for polish because it's great therapy! Well, hope you have a fabulous weekend!

What do you think of this baby?
Anna


Thursday, October 4, 2012

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

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Twinsie Tuesday: Fugly Color

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This weeks challenge was pretty simple: fugly color.

Firstly, it was hard since I already posted a polish that I truly did not like a while ago and I haven't really encountered one since. So, for this challenge I choose a polish that I really didn't like but it worked and it looks ok as a polish. I do think that it's a nice polish but I have to say that it's not a polish I would reach for again.


Ok, so it's not the pink but the glitter top coat. For this mani, I used Wet n Wild Fergie Tonight's Gonna Be A Night. It was a thick formula but polish thinner did the trick! I really loved it in the bottle but not so much on my nails. I wish I would've looked up some swatches before purchasing. But it's almost the same as, you know? When you go shopping and you see something that looks totally awesome but once you try it on, you're thinking like "what?!". Well yeah, that was definitely me when I tried this one on.

For the base, I used 1coat of Sally Hansen CSM Back to the Fushcia. I absolutely love this color. The formula and especially the wide brush. It's just lovely!

So what do you think? Do you own this bottle?
Anna

Check out my Twinsies' fugly color mani!

Sunday, July 15, 2012

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Tropicalia

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Wow. I have nothing to say but just look:




This is was indoor natural sun light.

This polish was gifted from Brandi at The Collegiate Nail. Awh! She's such a sweetie! So please check her out.

For those of you who know that Wet n Wild Cady-licious is my favorite pink polish, that might have just changed. After swatching this one, I think this has got to be my new favorite. I love the soft muted look it has to it. The pink'ish coral in this is so sort of muted and elegant but it's such a nice pop of pink. In love. Look at how glossy and creme-y it is!

Wet n Wild Tropiclia, I believe is now packaged in the new'ish type bottles. Which I am sure you have seen around by now. The formula was perfect but those darn Wet n Wild brushes really suck. If the brush head wasn't so bad, this could've been opaque in 1 coat. But because it created bald spots, I had to go over it. Or maybe it was my poor application but how many of you are annoyed and irritated by their wonk-y brushes?
Wet n Wild, please change this! 

So what do you think of Tropicalia and WnW's brushes?
Anna

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

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Velvet Rose

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Yes, that's right. Yet another Jessica polish. I'm telling you, I can't get enough of these! I wish I heard about this brand years ago. If I had, I bet more than 75% of my collection would be of this brand. Slowly but surely I am definitely building my tiny collection of Jessica's. I can't wait to get my hands on some more!

As usual. I couldn't expect anything less than perfection with this one. Like the many others, this one went on smoothly in 2 coats.




As you can see, Velvet Rose is a bright sort of frosted pearl'ish pink with slight yellow undertones. It's so beautiful! In the bottle it looks exactly like this, except once I swatched this onto my nail, it was even more vibrant. Thankfully the pictures came out accurate.

I usually tend to stay away from these kinds of finishes, the frosty pearly ones because I truly hate seeing brush strokes but I am so glad that I picked this up (I'm a bit OCD about that). I have been having such great luck with all these Jessica polishes and I hope my luck doesn't run out!

So how do you feel about frosted finishes and obvious brush strokes?
Anna

Oh and if you can't get a hold of Jessica's be sure to check out my giveaway! 

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

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Twinsie Tuesday: Non-ring Finger Accent

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It's Tuesday and you know what time of the week that means! Twinsie Tuesday! Woot woot!

So, this really didn't turn out as awesome as I wish it would but I guess it looks ok. Not too shabby might I say.



This is my first time attempting the "caviar" trend. I'm not entirely sure if I like it all that much but it's definitely out of my comfort zone and that's a good thing.

For the pink I used Essense Ultimate Pink, a lovely gift from Ash at Art Evolve (thanks so much Ash!).

Ultimate Pink is lovely pink. This was one coat. Buttery and smooth but just a bit runny. However, that wasn't a problem. For the silver I just used a random silver polish then added silver buillions.

I'm not really a caviar person but I do think this was sort of fun. They came off really quickly but it was good qhile it lasted. This trend certainly isn't one of my favorites but it's one I that I do enjoy.

What do you think of the caviar trend?
Anna

Take a look at the Twinsies' non-ring finger accent! 

 Amanda at Amandalandish
Ashley at Art Evolve
Brandi at The Collegiate Nail
Chelsea at Nailed Blog
ChiChi at I''m just me...ChiChi
Cordia at Srsly Swatched
Katherine at Haul of Fame
Marisa at Polish Obsession
Meredith at Polish and Charms
Rachel at Top Coat It

Friday, June 8, 2012

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Rock-On Red

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My, my have I missed so many amazing blog posts due to my busy schedule. I have been so very behind lately, including commenting, posting and what not. Forgive me, once again. I usually like to do some nail art at least once a week, but you know my boss man, he loves to keep me up til 5 am. Speaking of that, it's funny story time.

So, my son who is 10 months old likes to keep me up til around 5 am. I try to get him on a regular schedule but due to my hours and my hubby's, they don't quite mesh in well together. Anyways, yes he loves to keep me up that late, or early? And so, he finally decides to sleep at some 5 in the morning. And boy, was I tired as ever (I have Summer classes 2 days a week at 9:30 am), so before I'm going to sleep, I set my alarm on my phone because I have to wake up an extra 40 minutes because I nurse. So he finally falls asleep and I'm laying in bed half asleep trying to set my alarm in my phone. For what seemed like 10 minutes, I couldn't set the alarm. I had gotten extremely frustrated because it wouldn't set for some reason. (If you have an iPhone, you know you how you can put your apps together in a folder, right. Yes. I have my apps grouped like that.) After being frustrated for 10 minutes I finally woke up and realized why I couldn't set me alarm?! I was setting the calculator the whole time. Cray cray, much?

Now onto the mani:


This is 1 coat of Orly Rock-On Red. It's a beautiful and strange red. It's not truly a red neither a pink. It sort of stands in between. The color dries a bit darker on the nails compared to what is seen in the bottle. But 1 smooth and opaque creamy coat and this will give you full coverage. I was very impressed. However, the name does not go well with the color of the polish. Does it look any sort of red to you?

What are some of you favorite reds? Or Orly polishes?
Anna

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

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Twinsie Tuesday: Favorite Polish

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I woke up this morning and didn't even know it was Tuesday. Yikes.  Sorry.

So today's challenge Twinsie challenge is: favorite polish.


I knew exactly what I wanted to do for this post.


This is WnW Candy-licious, 2 coats. I purchased this in my most recent haul and swatched it on a nail wheel and truly fell in love. I don't know what it is what this but I absolutely really love this one. It's probably now my go-to polish. Well, it was either this one or OPI Japanese Rose Garden. It's like a modern, flirty and vibrant kind of pink, hence the reason why I love it. While I really love the color, I had a hard time with application due to the brush. For most of the part, I really like wide brushes, but one was like "WHAM", just way too big (or maybe my nails are small?). Thankfully, I am willing to work with it.

So what do you think of WnW polishes?
Anna

I am excited to see what the Twinsie Ladies favorite polishes are!
Amanda at Amandalandish
Ashley at Art Evolve
Brandi at The Collegiate Nail
Chelsea at Nailed Blog
ChiChi at I''m just me...ChiChi
Cordia at Srsly Swatched
Katherine at Haul of Fame
Marisa at Polish Obsession
Meredith at Polish and Charms
Rachel at Top Coat It

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

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Twinsie Tuesday: Funky French

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 It's Tuesday! Time for Twinsie Tuesday! This weeks challenge was: funky freak, wait funky french.


Ok, I dont know what happened here. In my mind it looked much better, then when I did it on my nails, I was like "what in the world is it?" It just looks confused, like it doesn't know what it's suppose to be.


I know I wanted to do something different, well, different it is! I sort of like it and don't at the same time. And when you feel that way, you know that the mani has gone all wrong. I think if I didn't add the extra lighter pink, it would've looked much more eye appealing. Oh well. Anways, hopefully, next week's challenge would look much better!

PS - Have you ever hit the "save" button instead of the "publish" button and wondered why you had no comments?

What do you think it looks like?
Anna

Check out the Twinsies funky french if you haven't already!
Amanda at Amandalandish
Ashley at Art Evolve
Brandi at The Collegiate Nail
Chelsea at Nailed Blog
ChiChi at I''m just me...ChiChi
Cordia at Srsly Swatched
Katherine at Haul of Fame
Marisa at Polish Obsession
Meredith at Polish and Charms
Rachel at Top Coat It

Saturday, May 5, 2012

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Stripes and Splatters

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I hope everyone is having a great weekend so far!

This is my first time trying out the whole "splatters" trend. It's sort of messed up. But practice make perfect! I have waited for this long because of the awful stories I hear about the cuticles being flooded. And let me tell you, I prob won't be doing anything like this for a long time.


I wish I would've put less of the green and white splatters because it flooded the pink and orange stripes which I really loved. I also wish I would've picked different colors for the splatters because it really blended in with the pink and orange. I feel like there's no stand out color although I am enjoying it. But yes, the cuticle flood and clean up was a pain in the anal. Not cool.

What do you think? Have you tried splattered effect yet?
Anna

Friday, May 4, 2012

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Pinky Brown

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Hola!

Today I  have this absolutely gorgeous polish for your viewing pleasure. Thanks to the sweet Abbie from AbbieNail for this beautiful gem, I totally in love with this!




Thanks Abbie! I am stoked about my very first UK polishes! On the other hand, I really hope my package for you makes it safely home.

Originally, the first time I applied it, it was super bubbly. I couldn't stand it and redid it. I am so glad I did because I think I can safely say that this is probably one of my favorites! This was 3 coats. For some reason it was very sheer. But I don't care! 3 coats was well worth this beauty! That's right! This one is just beautiful. The color shift totally suits the name Pinky Brown. In real life, it is much much prettier. Even my hubby commented on them, you know what that means!

Well, I did some research and read up on blogs and stuff and they said that Pinky Brown was rather disappointing. I can't understand why. Mine was gorgeous! I can't even explain. It definitely shifts from a pink to moroon to an olive to gold to brown and to a REAL beauty! The pictures aren't the best but I really love my Pinky Brown.

What do you think of Pinky Brown? Did it work for you?
Anna

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

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Twinsie Tuesday: Most Hated/Unflattering Polish

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Sorry for the late post. It's been a LONG morning and it hasn't been so great. My son didn't sleep til 5 this morning. I have my stats final a little later today and I was suppose to pick up my brothers laptop to finish off my project with my partner (because my laptop sucks and the battery is completely dead) but I woke up too late to meet up with him and he has no cell phone. Ugh. What a morning. 

But hey, it's Tuesday! Time for you know what, Twinsie Tuesday! This weeks challenge is your most hated/unflattering polish.


First off, I want to welcome the 2 newest additions to Twinsie Tuesday, Cordia from Srslyswatched and Tara from PolishyofTruth. I am so excited to see their first post! With that said, welcome welcome ladies!

 I had no problem picking this one out. I knew exactly what polish I hated the most in my small collection.


I didn't even want to take a picture of it, hence the fact that it's blurry. I can't stand to look at it. I paint this on and immediately took it off. I just don't like the color on me. It just doesn't sit well against my skin tone. Others may disagree as I have worn this before and received compliments. But man. I need to get rid of this ugly polish. Anywho, I am excited to see what the other Twinsie ladies posted!

What do you think? Do you own this polish?
Anna

See what the other Twinsie ladies posted!
Amanda at Amandalandish
Ashley at Art Evolve
Brandi at The Collegiate Nail
Chelsea at Nailed Blog
ChiChi at I''m just me...ChiChi
Cordia at Srsly Swatched
Katherine at Haul of Fame
Marisa at Polish Obsession
Meredith at Polish and Charms
Rachel at Top Coat It

Saturday, April 28, 2012

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Chomped Go Go Pink

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Hopefully everyone is having an awesome weekend so far!

Sorry about being MIA. This week and next week are finals week and I am just feeling swamped! Anywho, but I do have a post for you today!


Here is China Glaze Go Go Pink. This is 3 coats. The first coat was super streaky, the 2nd coat was mildly streaky and the last coat made it perfect! Needless to say it was well worth the 3 coats! (I'm not a 3 coater person) I am so glad that I picked this up. It was on sale at Sally's as a combo with Seche Vite. It was only like $6.99 so I picked it up on a whim figuring I could giveaway the bottle of Seche Vite. Well, I'm usually not into milky pastel colors but for some reason, I am really enjoying this one on my nails. I love it! It's simply just a soft, milky, pastel almost jelly looking pink. Gah. I just love this one so much.


So this is the reason I chomped down all my nails. Since after having my baby, my nails aren't as strong as they used to be. And so at the very edge of my thumb nail, it ripped like this. Which really sucked. It caught onto everything and I mean everything. My hair, his diaper, my clothes. And it wasn're pretty to look at. So I just decided to chomp it down and regrow my nails. I haven't had my nails this short in YEARS and its awfully strange. However, I am debating whether to pick up the guitar again or not (that means I'll need to have short trimmed nails in order to play). But anyways, yes, this was the reason why I cut my nails super short. I'm not the kind of person to let myself have nails that have different lengths on each finger (which by the way is fine by me with other people). So, I hope my short nails don't look to bad.

Has this ever happened to you?
Anna

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

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Kim-pletely Glass Pink

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Good morning it's Wednesday! Half way done with the week, or so they call it "hump" day.

Don't you just love the name? Totally fit for her. Anywho, so that is what I have for today!




This one was probably one most wanted polishes when the Kardashian Kolors released their polish line. I know some people who paid $12-$15 for this polish. This is not your normal sheer jelly-looking pink. I actually picked it up because of the hype. But it's a pale milky pink with shimmer but it has beautiful iridescent blue/purple glassflecks in it!

I know most people did 4 coats but I switched it up. For the base I used a coat of Sinful Colors Glass Pink then 2 coats of Kim-pletely in Love. You can't see in the picture but under the perfect lighting you can see Glass Pink shining through and you can see the beautiful gold specks. I love the way it looks but I don't think it's to die for. So I am thinking about putting it in my blog sale. We will see how that goes!

Do you own Kim-pletely in Love or any of the KK colors from NOPI?
Anna

Also, I just have to share this with you because gas prices are going crazy!


Everyday I only hope to see gas being sold at the dollar store!