weekend haulsss

yayayay :) collective haul over last weekend. i got some stuff in the mail from sephora and transdesign, then shopping at ross, ulta, and the mall WHEW crazyness! haha but i had fun with my sister ♥


sephora by opi: under my trench coat, run with it
(don't worry, these look way cooler on the nail then in the bottle)nail tek II and nail tek II foundation TWO of them, $4.99 each at ROSS, a freaking STEAL!!!
essie cantaloupe, essie cute as a button, china glaze kaleidoscope him out, ChG bermuda breakaway, ChG wagon trail, ChG ink with nail art brushChG calcium gel fortifier, recommended by all lacquered upclaire's sparkle, claire's goldmine, charlotte russe no-name matte neon purple, ChR no-name sparklyhologlittery tealish blue, Art Deco blue & red from Forever 21, ChR 2-way nail art brush-pen in whitefree gift with purchase opi pretty little pinks, i already had princesses rule!, so i gave it to my sister :)hot topic glitter red and blue, which i was inspired to buy from brooke's postopi elephantastic pink, ChG thataway (which i think looks like Nars orgasm), and opi bright lights, big colorxoxo to everyone, i'm already getting my butt handed to me by school :( it's hard to be a grown up sometimes and still feel like a kid.

revisited peachy orange

ok this notd is the very first nail look i ever posted, the charlotte russe brand no name peachy orange lacquer. but the picture was awful and it is a cute color so here it is again. i slapped it on in a hurry so the application is less than stellar. two coats, no fuss. this dries semi-matte but of course i used seche vite on top to dry this baby quick. xoxo!

when life gives you lemons...

you paint that sh*t gold.

in this case, i painted my nails gold. to be more specific, i removed the lemon-y yellow color (which i did love) the nasty salon ladies painted my nails and replaced it with a light nudish gold lacquer. i used cosmo-not tonight honey! from opi's russian collection. this is one of my favorite work appropriate shades; i even used to wear it when i was a dental assistant and we were FORBIDDEN to wear color on our nails or lips or anywhere, hee hee!

it does have a few shortcomings, as some frosty shades do, at least for me. visible brush strokes and a few bumpy bumps, but that could just be user error :D

the next notd i'm showing you is one of the many shades i painted on last night as i had my OCD freak out session. i did a few others, but they turned out ugly-uggo on my camera so i refuse to post them. maybe that's why i ended up scrubbing them off so hastily 5 minutes after i was finished with applying them. *sigh*

this is a pastel green from Charlotte Russe (i swear it looked more blue in the store when i bought it) that looks almost minty, kind of reminicient of MAC peppermint patti? no name really that i could see. it was a friggen pain and a half to apply, runny and streaky and i had to apply about a billion coats. oh and it did not wear well, but that could be due to my weird episode aswel, so don't read into that part ;) it is pretty tho.

please excuse the craptastic application, as i said, i was fed up by that time.

peachy orange spring nails

i've been reading tons of "beauty" blogs out there and have really gotten into the nail thing lately, so i decided to post some nail pics. me and my sister found some SUPER cute nail colors at none other than charlotte russe, which is crazy cuz i didn't even know they made nail color. well, apparently they do.

this color didn't have a name and excuse the bad lighting and photography, i'm just a beginner at this haha. the color dries really fast and into a sort of matte bright finish which you can make shiny with a top coat; i use "out the door" from sally beauty supply.