ABC Nail Challenge - A Positive

Hi guys! I'm deeply sorry about not keeping up with this blog. Despite the summer time, I've been working and keeping myself busy. It isn't the best at taking certain colors to its justice or it doesn't even come up as the right color on the camera, and I'm no good with cameras and changing the settings to make it work, but hopefully I can try to learn.

A Positive by HARE polish. HARE polish is one of my favorite indie brand because I LOOOOOVE glitter! And I love how the polishes are jelly and the glitters are suspended in the colors. Just beautiful for me :)

Thanks for stopping by and happy polishing!
Katherine

Khloe Had A Little Lam Lam

Hey everyone! I hope you all are doing well. I have a ton of pictures and nail polishes to post but it'll come slowly so I hope you can bear with me. I went on a few trips and orders for more polishes lol. Yes I know I BARELY posted any from my last haul but hopefully I can try to do that in my free time. While I had my "longer" acrylics, I decided to swatch because my nails wouldn't be nubs and so it would look nicely with longer nails. But right now, my nails still have acrylic but they are shorter since two of them broke on the ends so I filed all the other ones down. I think I like this length more than it being longer.. it's so much easier at work too especially when I have to use the handheld systems to ring customers up. :)

When the Kardashian Kolors came out, the main color I was obsessed about was Khloe Had A Little Lam Lam and I've been looking for a while... luckily they started popping up at Duane Reade so I was able to get my hands on it. Here's a swatch with 2 coats. It's a gorgeous teal creme with a nice shiny finish and top coat. It's a bit dark than what you've probably seen through other swatches but it is a bit dark like how it is shown in the picture but a lighter.

Thanks to all my followers who continue to follow and be patient with my blog :)

Katherine

Topless & Barefoot

Hello everyone! Sorry for not blogging, my nails haven't been well and I've been working a ton while going to school. ]: My nails have been nubs and they haven't grown. Recently I made a trip to the nail salon for acrylic tips in hopes of allowing my nails to be protected while growing and then using silk wraps to fix my nails from being weakened by the acrylic. I know it is bad but I'm desperate for my nails to grow longer. I do have polishes to swatch but today I want to blog about a nail polish that I keep coming back to, especially when I work, it's the perfect professional color for me.

Essie Topless & Barefoot. The first time I used this was at the nail salon getting my toes done because I needed that massage after wearing heels for my 8 hour work shifts. :X I loved the color which prompted me to buy it and now I even purchased a second bottle! Topless & Barefoot is a creamy pink with hints of nude. This is definitely one of my favorites and go to polishes and I'm always getting compliments on this color. I haven't painted in a while so my nails are a bit more messy and I couldn't clean up since I'm afraid the pure acetone will mess up the acrylic. :\

Do you girls have any go to polishes that you always to go? If so, share! :)

Thanks for stopping by and happy polishing! :)
Katherine

My Address is Hollywood

Hello everyone! I hope you all have been doing good. Today's the first day of snow (not counting the snow we've had in October in NYC), lol. It's not much but thankfully it's my day off ^_____^! Anyways, I've been starting to watch Prison Break, yes it's quite an old show now but I never had interest in the show back then until recently, the bf told me to watch it as he was watching it. I love the show and it keeps me so interested in knowing what's next. I started my free trial on Hulu Plus just so I can watch the show continuously with HD! Lmao.

Enough about me today, and here's today's nail post. OPI My Address is Hollywood is a dusty rose pink creme with shimmer that doesn't really show on the nail. But the shimmer when you look in the bottle is gorgeous! This is shown in 2 coats and 1 layer of top coat.

It was a bit hard to capture because it's not as bright in person. The first picture is with flash and the second picture shows how it looks as close as it is in person.

Thanks for stopping by and happy polishing! :)
Katherine

Mesmerize

Hello everyone! I hope your week has been going well so far. :) Today's post is to show my recent mini haul I had on the 4th. The funny thing was, I wasn't expecting to go but the train I normally take home had to go to a different route so I thought, why not since I haven't gone there in a while. To my surprise I ended up with a number of polishes that I love. Here's two today to show and a picture of my haul.

top - OPI My Address is Hollywood, Skull & Glossbones, Save Me, Pink Friday, Did It On 'Em & Fly

bottom - Essie Luxeffects Shine of the Times, Mesmerize, China Glaze CG in the City, Midtown Magic  & Skyscraper and Duri Divas Only

The first polish I'll be showing is Essie Mesmerize, I've actually wanted this polish a lot but I never got it, thinking I had something similar but after getting it and swatching, I LOVE IT! The color and the formula is rich and beautiful!♥ Super smooth application and the color is so glossy! Mesmerize is more like a royal blue creme, which reminds me of OPI Dating a Royal but I feel like Mesmerize had a better formula and DAR is more jelly like. This is shown in 2 coats, however, I could've gone with one coat too.

The next polish I want to show is Essie Luxeffects Shine of the Time, which is similar to Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure Hidden Treasure (the flakie one). This is only one coat of SOTT over Mesmerize and I feel like SOTT applies more flakies than HT. However, it's a pearl like clear base filled with tons of flakies that shine orange, red, pink, yellow and green. This is an easier substitute for those who don't have Hidden Treasure, but another option would be Nubar 2010.

Thanks for stopping by and happy polishing! :)
Katherine

p.s. - Did you notice that I'm trying to make my pictures look more professional? Lmao, I've kept it in mind that I should've been using a plain background so that it doesn't overpower the polish but sometimes I get too excited and I don't have the proper background to make the picture really bring out the polish. Tell me if you guys like this!