Bringing It Back

Hey all! I hope everyone's doing well. I have awesome news.... I think I did good on both my exams today! :) Last month, I wanted to bring back a color that I feel I could've done a better swatch with. I guess it was because my nails were short in the picture like most of my pictures I've posted in the beginning of my blogging experience, but I've grown fond of having long nails and can't think of any color that would look nice on me with short nails. So when I had my long nails, I wanted to give Chanel Riva another chance and here it is. I hope you like it and I have a comparison post coming up (as soon as my nails grow a bit longer).

The mani. displays 3 coats of Chanel Riva and 1 layer of top coat. It's a light pastel baby blue creme with a blue shimmer which isn't overpowering.

Hope you enjoyed & happy polishing!
<3katherine

Cloud 9

Here's a picture of one of my nails that I did a few weeks back but I didn't get a chance to post. The base is Brucci's Kathy's Baby Blues (2 coats). I used OPI Alpine Snow to create the clouds on my ring finger (if they look like them!) and I topped it off with Essie's Matte About You. I wanted to make more clouds but whenever I tried to add more on my other fingers, they didn't come out right, so I just kept the clouds on my ring fingers. This picture was taken before I cut my nails into stubby nails. :P

hope you enjoyed,

<3katherine

Rite Aid Mini Haul Again!

Another Rite Aid mini haul, but I'm really liking the drug store brands! They're cheap and they're good! This time, I was able to spend less than $10 at Rite Aid, the other few times recently, I've been buying Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure. :P

Wet N Wild Dream Poppy

medium coral pink. The swatch is 2 coats and no top coat. Amazing and beautiful. Easy application and good formula. I'm definitely getting more Wet N Wild's! :)

Wet N Wild Red Red

it's a medium red. Cosmo Girl's Kiss of Approval Beauty Award Winner. It's a bit darker irl compared to the swatch pictures but my camera and I did the best we could to get close to it! The first swatch picture shows 1 coat and no top coat - very little sign of vnl. The second swatch picture shows 2 coats and no top coat - just to be sure of no sign of vnl. I love the formula and it was very easy to work with and apply. I can definitely see why it got the approval from Cosmo Girl. But isn't Cosmo Girl no longer creating any magazines? I used to subscribe to them and my subscription wasn't finished and they sent me something saying that they aren't producing any more so that the rest of my subscription would be moved over to Seventeen Magazine. Huh.

Brucci Kathy's Baby Blues

light baby blue creme. The swatch is 2 coats and no top coat. I love this color and it was VERY easy to apply. I'm really liking Brucci. And they restocked on Heidi's Glow in case anyone wanted to pick it up if you're near my neighborhood, but I picked one up for my 100 followers and belated 1 year blogaversary.

A reader said that Brucci isn't B3F. I looked at the ingredients and I only saw Formaldehyde which is found in nail hardeners. But I didn't see DBP or Toluene, so I'm not really sure but I checked MUA and someone said they aren't B3F either. But I emailed Brucci asking them to clarify for me, HOPEFULLY they'll get back to me and not ignore me. (update: One person responded to me and said she'll "transfer" me to their Brucci NY for a reply. Nothing yet though)

83 FOLLOWERS?! I'm really happy I've gotten this far because honestly, I didn't think many people would read my nail blog. :x I thought I'd be the only one rambling to myself lol! But with all your support, I continued to blog more and it's been more than a year and it's hitting almost 14 months since I've started. Share my blog if you'd like and hopefully when I hit 100 followers, everyone is welcomed to enter into my very first 100 followers + 1 year blogaversary giveaway! (which means I have to start buying the giveaway stuff :P)

hope you enjoyed
<3katherine