Showing posts with label twinsie tuesday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label twinsie tuesday. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 1, 2014

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Twinsie Tuesday: Inspired By Your Purse/Bag/Backpack

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Hello lovelies.

This week's challenge was sort of bland for me as my current purse and backpack are pretty boring looking. I have used the same backpack since I was a freshman in high school. That's about 8-9 years now. Yes, crazy, but I invested a lot of money into it, so it's lasted me a very long time. So, both my purse and backpack are just a boring black, but I decided to twist it up a bit.


Sorry for the quality of the picture but I just noticed now. However, with the plain boring black, I decided to mattify it using a floss, I added glossy lines. It didn't turn out how I imagined but it looked sort of cool, kind of. Maybe next time I'll perfect this little technique or use something else.

What's your bag/purse color?
Anna

Check out more Twinsie posts here!
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, 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, March 11, 2014

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Twinsie Tuesday: Go To Polish

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Hello there again! I finally have things up and running and blogger is finally being nice and cooperatively working with me! So here is today's post!

My go-to polish. I decided to put a little twist on this since I just couldn't bring myself to sharing one polish. That was just too hard, and I know you could share my pain. So, I wanted to share a recent go-to polish brand that I have been loving, and I'll tell you why!


Essence Waka Waka. I truly love and adore Essence so much and this color is just that perfect pop of color for Spring and Summer making their way. Essence polishes are lovely I tell you! They are $1.99 and at Ulta, you can usually find them buy one, get one half off. Plus, they have a pretty good and trendy color range. The amount that you get per polish is a little smaller than a regular bottle, but it's just the perfect amount! Personally, that's just fine with me, because seriously, I rarely ever use an entire bottle of polish.

Anyhow, I hope you enjoyed this post and want to hear some of your favorite go-to polishes or go-to polish brand!
Anna

Check out my Twinsies' Go-To Polish posts for this week! 
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, February 25, 2014

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Twinsie Tuesday: Favorite Nail Polish Brand

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This week's challenge was tough! As a nail blogger, I am sure that all of us have had many, many different brands to try, from main stream to indie. However, in this post, I think I'm going to stick with the main stream theme and if you already don't know me, I have to give it to OPI.



OPI Planks A Lot. Released in the Pirate of the Caribbean collection in 2011, this polish still doesn't fail me. OPI is a great brand. Steady flow of good polishes throughout the collections being released each time and the formula is always fabulous. I do wish they would explore more with jelly's and glitter - sort of indie I guess.

Planks A Lot is a gorgeous dusty purple creme. Perfect for the upcoming Spring and Summer. 2 smooth coats and I achieved this lovely mani here!

What are some of your favorite brands?
Anna

Maybe, I'll do a favorite indie polish brand post?! That would be fun! In the mean time...

Please check my Twinsies' post for their favorite brand!
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 28, 2014

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Twinsie Tuesday: Nail Care Routine

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I'm excited about this post since it's a little different from what we usually do. I don't have a really intricate routine like others may, but this is what I do and it's what works for me!

Beware, there are no pictures. Sorry.


  • Removing an old man is always first right? I use the 100% Acetone Equatte Nail Polish Remover mixed with glycerin and water. And I absolutely love this because I dread and passionately dislike the little cotton threads leftover from cotton rounds and balls. And yes, this works wonders just like the Zoya+.
  • Then I wash my hands for about a 1-2 minutes with warm water and hand soap. While washing my hands, I push back my cuticles.
  • After drying I use a cuticle remover and use a tool like this to push away those little cuticles. 
  • While washing away the cuticles that were removed, I use a nail brush to brush away any excess cuticles hanging around.
  • After, I wash my hands and lotion them with the Suave Advanced Therapy Lotion. I like this one because it's a thinner consistency and I never want my nails to look oily when I photograph them.
  • Upon applying lotion, I use the Burt's Bees Lemon Butter Cuticle Cream and apply then around my cuticles to prep for polishing!
  • After rubbing in the the cream, I use this cheap eyeshadow brush and dip it into the Beauty Secrets 100% acetone and quickly run it on my nails to remove the oils from the lotion or cuticle cream.
  • Then I get to the polishing! After polishing, I use the HK Girl Topcoat. Works just like Seche Vite but less harmful! 
  • After a good topcoat, I use the OPI Drip Dry to top it off.

And viola! My mani is ready to go! 

This is my ritual of prepping nails for a post and a mani. Not all of these items are apart of my Holy Grail must always have because I'm still trying out new hand products. In the mean time, this is how I do it and what I use.

What are some of your nail care products/steps that are different than mine?
Anna 

Check out my Twinsies' nail care routines!
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, 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, January 14, 2014

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Twinsie Tuesday: Inspiration From Your Family

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This week's challenge comes from inspiration from a family member, and for me, that was my husband. 


OPI Dating A Royal. Something blue. I was thinking he'd give me some crazy nail art challenge but he actually didn't, as you can see. And for some reason, I think this really represents my husband. Blue is his favorite color, even though he always denies it. DAR is a nice creme blue. My husband is a really chill and easy going man and I think if he was a nail polish, this would be it. Dating A Royal, best name ever as well. 

What are some of your favorite blues?
Anna 

For more Twinsie posts, click the links below!
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, December 31, 2013

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Twinsie Tuesday: Something New

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Ever just have a bad swatch day? That was definitely me. My nails just didn't want to cooperate. Horrific. I kept smudging everything. It took forever to dry. Just a bad day. On top of that, I couldn't get a good picture. Someone tell me I'm not the only one who gets this?

Anywho, Somethine NEW! This was gifted to me recently from my older sister and I'm really enjoying this shade. So instead of something actually new, I wanted to do this one a little differently. Hopefully you enjoy my interpretation!


You know I love my OPI's. This is Berry Berry Broadway. A gorgeous bronzed berry shimmer. These are my kind of polishes. Not a creme but not too in-your-face type of polish. This is 2 coats. Unfortunately I kept bumping into everything it was just bad. None the less, I love this polish!

Have you done any polish hauls lately?
Anna

Check out my Twinsies' for todays post!
Amanda at Amandalandish
Amber at Nails Like Lace
Chelsea at Nailed Blog
Cordia at Seriously Swatched
Elizabeth at Did My Nails
Kelly at Tuxarina
Lakeisha at Refined and Polished
Marisa at Polish Obsession
Meredith at Polish and Charms
Rachel at Top Coat It
Róisín at Cuti-CLUE-les
Traci at DrinkCitra

Don't forget today is the last day to enter the giveaway!

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

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Twinsie Tuesday: Something Blue

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You know I love me some indies!



This is Hare Afterglow. I absolutely love and adore this combination of glitters with the blue base. However, the consistency of this polish was so thin. So very thin. Just this, took about 7 coats and obviously time in between to dry. This was also a lot more sheer than I thought it would be. Maybe I was a little impatient though, I so almost felt like I wanted to do a different blue polish but I love this one so much. One other thing that I couldn't get over was the fact that it kept pooling in my cuticles. And as a blogger, you all know how horrific that is. Besides the thin formula, I'm really loving this!

With that said, do any of you have a solution to fixing thin nail polish formulas?
Anna

Also, don't forget to enter our Twinsie Tuesday giveaway! The time is nearing! Only 13 days to go!
For more Twinsie Something Blue posts, check them out!
Amanda at Amandalandish
Amber at Nails Like Lace
Chelsea at Nailed Blog
Cordia at Seriously Swatched
Elizabeth at Did My Nails
Kelly at Tuxarina
Lakeisha at Refined and Polished
Marisa at Polish Obsession
Meredith at Polish and Charms
Rachel at Top Coat It
Róisín at Cuti-CLUE-les
Traci at DrinkCitra

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

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Twinsie Tuesday Holiday Giveaway

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I'm so excited to be announcing the first ever Twinsie Tuesday Giveaway and one lucky winner will win a $60.00 USD gift card to any e-tailer of their choice. Awesome right?

Giveaway ends December 31, 2013.




Amanda at Amandalandish
Amber at Nails Like Lace
Chelsea at Nailed Blog
Cordia at Seriously Swatched
Elizabeth at Did My Nails
Kelly at Tuxarina
Lakeisha at Refined and Polished
Marisa at Polish Obsession
Meredith at Polish and Charms
Rachel at Top Coat It
Róisín at Cuti-CLUE-les
Traci at DrinkCitra

Happy entering!
Anna 
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Twinsie Tuesday: Holiday Gift

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not sure what im doing but just uploading a pic...

-ricky

So DH got it to work. Finally!

Anyhoo, HAPPY Tuesday! Hope you'll enjoy this!


This week's challenge was given by another Twinsie as a gift- or a nail/mani challenge. My gift came from Marisa over at Polish Obsession. My challenge was a Christmas nail art mani. And hopefully you can tell, they're suppose to wrapped up Christmas gifts. I haven't done any nail art for a while so I couldn't find my brushes. But this was fun and really inspired me to start blogging and doing nail art more often again. So thanks Marisa!

What are some of your favorite Holiday things?
Anna
For more Twinsie Tuesday Holiday Gifts, please click the links below!
Amanda at Amandalandish
Amber at Nails Like Lace
Chelsea at Nailed Blog
Cordia at Seriously Swatched
Elizabeth at Did My Nails
Kelly at Tuxarina
Lakeisha at Refined and Polished
Marisa at Polish Obsession
Meredith at Polish and Charms
Rachel at Top Coat It
Róisín at Cuti-CLUE-les
Traci at DrinkCitra

Tuesday, November 19, 2013

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Twinsie Tuesday: East vs West Coast Swatch Off

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Hopefully you all enjoy our swatch off!

I'm actually really located in the Midwest but I belong to the West part, so our challenge was to swatch our favorite shimmer. I was actually thinking of doing a Shimmer indie brand but I just received this in a swap so I was excited to swatch it!



Essie Pink-A-Boo. 2 smooth coats. It covered pretty well. The shimmer in this bottle is gorgeous, however, it's not as noticeable on the nail, especially when it is super bright out, the shimmer just looks white. But hopefully you can see the dimensions of the shimmer of the blurred bottle shot!

Gorgeous or what?!
Anna

In the mean time, please check out my Twinsies' swatch offs today!
Amanda at Amandalandish 
Amber at Nails Like Lace 
Anne at Grape Fizz Nails 
Chelsea at Nailed Blog 
ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi 
Cordia at Seriously Swatched 
Elizabeth at Did My Nails 
Kelly at Tuxarina
Lakeisha at Refined and Polished
Marisa at Polish Obsession
Meredith at Polish and Charms
Rachel at Top Coat It
Roisin at Cuti-CLUE-les
Traci at DrinkCitra

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

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Twinsie Tuesday: Cloud Mani

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Happy still early of the week Tuesday! I hope you enjoy this week's challenge as it is a cloud mani.


The orange is a bit bright, however, hopefully you can tell that I wanted to do more fall colors. I love fall, except I feel like this combo was quite odd. But I digress. With this mani, first I used Wet n Wild Club Havana with 2 coats, then Sally Hansen CSM  Cherry Cherry Bang Bang with 2 coats and lastly one of my all time favorites, Sinful Colors Open Seas with 2 lovely coats. These all applied well and very smooth. 

 What do you think?
Anna
For more cloud mani's, check these ladies out!
Amanda at Amandalandish 
Amber at Nails Like Lace 
Anne at Grape Fizz Nails 
Chelsea at Nailed Blog 
ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi 
Cordia at Seriously Swatched 
Elizabeth at Did My Nails 
Kelly at Tuxarina
Lakeisha at Refined and Polished
Marisa at Polish Obsession
Meredith at Polish and Charms
Rachel at Top Coat It
Roisin at Cuti-CLUE-les

Traci at DrinkCitra

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Twinsie Tuesday: Late Today

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Hi readers! I've been feeling like crud lately so my post will be late. In the mean time, be sure to check out my Twinsies' post today!
Amanda at Amandalandish 
Amber at Nails Like Lace 
Anne at Grape Fizz Nails 
Chelsea at Nailed Blog 
ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi 
Cordia at Seriously Swatched 
Elizabeth at Did My Nails 
Kelly at Tuxarina
Lakeisha at Refined and Polished
Marisa at Polish Obsession
Meredith at Polish and Charms
Rachel at Top Coat It
Roisin at Cuti-CLUE-les
Traci at DrinkCitra
 
Anna