Tag Archive | nail polish

Go Eagles!!!! Black and Gold!

Aug24

This is the last week of summer vacation here and today was meet the teacher day at the schools. Ryan and I went to his school and met all his teachers. Fourth grade is going to be switching classes for all their classes so he will have five teachers plus art, music, and PE teachers. He has all his supplies and new clothes so he is ready. He is also excited about switching classes this year and seeing all his friends.

Once more I will be subbing in the schools and to get ready for the new school year I am sporting a new look. Woodville’s school mascot is the eagle and colors are black and gold. So I had to do something to show my school spirit. I don’t like dark colors most the time, but I do have some including a black polish that I bought this summer. So Go Eagles!!! I used Nail Envy Matt by OPI as a base coat, Then I used one coat of Black Lingerie by Revlon, one thin coat of Going for Gold by The Color Institute , and finally a top coat of No Chip Acrylic Top Coat by Sally Hansen. The gold is just a light dusting of gold on the black and I really think it came out very nice and shows lots of school spirit. Go Eagles!!!

Now for pictures. It was cloudy and overcast so I wasn’t able to get any in the sun today.

The polishes

BG1

In the shade

BG2

BG3

Micro

BG4

Have a Great Weekend!!!

Snowman in August

Aug20

I was trying to decide which nail polish to use next, and came up with a lovely glitter. Snowman of My Dreams is a multi colored glitter from the Nicole collection by OPI. It is also a Holiday Polish so I guess I am continuing the theme from my daughters post last Friday, This is Halloween! Zoya Arizona. I chose it because it’s such a cool polish for such a hot time of the year. It has silver, blue, pink, yellow, green, and orange glitter that I can see (see micro shots).

I used Nail Envy Matt by OPI as my base coat, two coats of Snowman of My Dreams, and Double Duty by Sally Hansen as a top coat. If you wanted you could use a solid color under the glitter and have a nice sparkly look.

Now for the pictures:

The polishes used

Snowman 1

In the shade

Snowman 2

Snowman 3

In the sun

Snowman 4

Micro in sun and shade

Snowman 5

Snowman 6

Have a great week!!!

Melanie by Julep

Aug17

This another one of Julep’s August colors. Melanie is a pastel indigo metallic chrome polish. I love the way this looks in different lights. It’s like a light denim blue. This was easy to use and went on without any problems. I used Nail Envy Matt by OPI as a base coat, two layers of Melanie by Julep, and Double Duty by Sally Hansen as a top coat.

Now for the pictures: in the sun

Melanie 1

in the shade

Melanie 2

Melanie 3

Melanie 4

in the sun

Melanie 5

Have a great weekend!!!! 🙂

Alfre by Julep

Aug13

Today I am sharing one of Julep’s August polishes, Alfre. I received my August box last week and couldn’t wait to use one. Alfre is a fun purple metallic polish. It is easy to use and applied in two coats. It is a fast drying polish. Now for the details, I used Nail Envy by OPI as a base coat, two coats of Alfre by Julep, and a top coat of Double Duty by Sally Hansen. I want to remind everyone that Julep has an introduction box that you can get for $1 with this code COLOR2012.

Now for the Pictures

Polishes used

Alfre1

In the shade

Alfre2

Alfre3

In the sun

Alfre4

Alfre5

Have a great and colorful day!!

Going for Gold

Aug6

I love to watch the Olympics. I root for the USA, but always cheer for great performances by all the athletes. I love to watch all the different sports events that don’t get the attention any other time. I believe that just making it to the Olympics makes them champions, so I am saluting all the athletes with this polish, Going for Gold by the Color Institute. This is a sheer gold micro glitter that could be used over other colors to dust them with gold.

Now for the details: I used Nail Envy Matt by OPI for my base coat, three coats of Going for Gold to get the coverage I wanted, and Double Duty by Sally Hansen as a top coat. I took several pictures including a micro shot to show the detail of the polish.

Polishes used.

GG1

Micro shot

GG4

Cloudy shots

GG2

GG3

Sun shots

GG5

GG6

GG7

Shade shots

GG8

GG9

Have a great week! Go USA!!