Love and Beauty - Emerald

Happy Friday everyone! The weekend is upon us! Today I bring to you swatches of a very unique polish I picked up from Forever 21 while in Seattle visiting family back home.

I don't even know how to describe this polish accurately because when I applied it I was confused! Firstly, I couldn't figure out why it is called Emerald. The base is a charocoal grey with duochrome shimmer that definitely shifts from red to green to bronze to purple it's really beautiful.

Then at first swatch I saw why it is called Emerald.

At the first coat it is very green. But with the second coat it's harder to capture.

 Beautiful right? I love polishes from Forever 21 they can be incredibly complex at times. Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!

Categories: Duochrome, Emerald, F21, Love and Beauty

Teal Jelly Sparkle

This song has been stuck in my head all morning long...

Hey Flyleaf fans! *waves frantically*

Today's manicure was inspired by Another Bottle of Polish after I saw her swatches of NYC Tudor City Teal on Makeup Alley and immediately ran to pick it up.

Tudor City Teal is a teal crelly with a great formula that built up to full opacity in two coats.

I decided to layer on Love and Beauty Turquoise which is a turquoise tinted base with multi-colored glitter.

Doing anything fun this weekend? I know summer is coming to an end and personally I'm welcoming in! I love fall and look forward to the temps starting to fall. Have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by.

Categories: Crelly, F21, fly leaf, Glitter, green, Love and Beauty, NYC, teal, turquoise

Cotton Candy Gradient

Last week I decided to go through my nail polish stash and take a quick inventory of all of my untried polishes. About a month previously I purged 43 polishes, however, you saw my vacation haul right? What I thought were around 80 untrieds turned out to be a whopping 112 untried polishes! Yikes!

So I more than likely will be lemming for a while until I get this under control. I must admit though, it is fun shopping your stash.

Today's manicure was created with three untried polishes. I was really in the mood for something pink and these colors were perfect.

 Love and Beauty - Coral: A not so coral to me pink crelly (more on this later).
Barielle - High Heels: A light pink creme polish.
Color Club - No name sticker (more on this later as well).

I began with one coat of High Heels and then went to sponge on Coral but it was so jelly like it made it difficult to sponge on. But with some work, I got it. Not my best gradient due to this issue. I smoothed on a coat of my mysterious Color Club and sealed with top coat.

If you shop at Ross they frequently have Color Club polishes in 6-8 packs with no names for 7.99 which is an incredible value considering these polishes usually run about $8 a pop. It's a bit annoying to have no name and search online but for the gorgeous polishes at that price point it's well worth the added effort.

Categories: Barielle, Color Club, F21, Glitter, gradient, Love and Beauty, nail art, pink

Engagement Manicure and Seattle Vacation Haul

I'm finally back from vacation, it was great to see my family and my boyfriend proposed to me and I happily accepted! And of course I loaded up on a TON of polish.

 Beauty Nail Treats - Blue Sapphire
Love and Beauty - Purple Passion
Love and Beauty - Grey/Hot Pink
Love and Beauty - Pink Icing
Love and Beauty - Black/Red/Multi
Love and Beauty - Baby Blue/Hot Pink
Love and Beauty - Black/Pewter

 Essence Gel Look Topcoat
Essence Studio Nails Better Than Gel Nails Base Sealer
Essence Studio Nails Pro White Effect
Essence Studio Nails Ultra Nail Repair
Essence Protecting Base Coat
Essence Colour and Go - Off To Miami
Essence Colour and Go - Black is Back
Essence Nail Art Special Effect! Topper - No Name

 OPI - Lights of the Emerald City (which I used for my engagement Mani)
OPI - Don't Burst My Bubble (which I used for my engagement Mani)
Nubar - White Polka Dot
Love and Beauty - Emerald
Love and Beauty - Marina

 H&M - Shanghai Nights
H&M - Come Along With Me
H&M - Lady Luck
Winmax Nail Sparks - No Name bought from Japanese Dollar Store (used in engagement mani)
Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear - Pink Grapefruit
Salon Perfect - Kaboom
No name snowman
Maybelline Color Show - Polka Dots Clearly Spotted

 WNW - Slowly and See
WNW - Listening to Blue Reed
WNW - A Blank Canvas
NYC - Tudor City Teal
NYC - Prospect Park Bloom (used in engagement mani)
Petites - Hot Sauce

Nail Art Tweezers from Japanese Dollar Store
Kleancolor Cuticle Remover
Kleancolor Gold and Silver Foils
Studs and beads from Japanese Dollar Store

And of course, my engagement manicure. The hand on top of mine is my best friend (since grade school) who is also engaged and getting married today to such an amazing guy.

Hope you enjoyed!

Categories: Essence, F21, H&M, Haul, Love and Beauty, Maybelline, NYC, OPI, Petites, Salon Perfect, Wedding, Wet n Wild