China Glaze Sweet Hook- Stamped!

Hi everyone!! How ya doing? I've been buying too much polish lately... HARE Midsummer's Midnight, Candy Lacquer Frozen Treats and Summer Sweets... yeah. Lots. It's been SO FUN. Can't wait for them to come in so I can show you!

Okay, onto the mani!

Two coats of China Glaze Sweet Hook, a light pastel purple from their Electropop collection. I'm in love with this polish. Application is smooth, no cuticle drag or bubbling. I am such a sucker for these pale colors. I love brights almost as much, but pastels are just so soft and delicate... 

purpley... purple...

STAMPED. :) Bundlemonster plate 317 from their new 2012 set. I used Kleancolor "It Purple" for the stamps. Kleancolor metallics are excellent for stamping. It's not perfect, but I love that the new BM images are wide enough to fit the whole nail. I had no trouble at all!

This adorable little guy is a cupcake full of strawberry cupcake scented lotion. It was a gift from my friend Jade from Jetleymess. You should check her out! 

 Purple on purple... rawr.

What do you think?

Cupcakes for everyone!

Rachael

OPI Nothin' Mousie 'Bout It

Hi everyone! Today's mani is from earlier this week. First I started with one coat of CND Stickey Base Coat, then two coats of China Glaze Hang-Ten Toes. HTT is a vibrant blue-based pink with a gorgeous shimmer. It dried to a satin finish, so shown below is one coat of Out the Door to make it shine. Application was effortless and dry time was surprisingly fast.

To jazz it up I added a coat of OPI Nothin' Mousie Bout It, from the Minne Mouse collection earlier this summer. NMBI is a sheer pink base filled with iridescent pink glass flecks and heart shaped glitters. The hearts are a pain in the ass to apply if you like uniformity, but I didn't have to fish too much. I stamped a bow on my ring finger with a random plate from bornpretty.com and Kleancolor Metallic Black. Out the Door topped it all off.

As adorable as the glitter is, I picked at the hearts all day. Maybe if I had a coat of Gelous or something on top it wouldn't have bothered me so much, but those little free edges.. grrr! MUST PICK 

What do you think?? This mani was fun but I got tired of it a little faster than I thought. I'm a little more impatient now!

What bothers you most about glitter?

Cupcakes for everyone

<3 Rachael

Glittah Sammich!

Hi hi! I've been neglecting you all :( I have swatches galore but I just need time to schedule posts. It's been a shit storm around here! I found out today I need surgery pretty soon. 

image from DIYLOL.com

No, but that would be way cooler maybe. I don't even know what I look like when I cry. My life isn't as tough as Kim K's though, so... y'know. 

I have a consultation coming up and then I'll know exactly when the surgery is. I should be able to post regularly since I'll basically be hanging out doing fun stuff like not eating the oddly shaped green jello. It's really not a big deal- just an annoyance, really.

ANYWAY MANI TIME

This is one coat of CND Stickey base coat and two coats of OPI Don't Touch My Tutu, a lovely milky white from their Ballet Collection. Then I used the dabbing method of OPI Rainbow Connection. I didn't like the glitter distribution on my index finger- too much glitter! I prefer it a little more sparse in a jelly sammich.

Next, two more coats of Don't Touch My Tutu!

 And then one thick coat of Sv Quick Dry. 

It looks like a Funfetti cake! See what I mean about my index finger? Too much glitter. The two OPIs both had a great formula- DTMT was creamy and had excellent application for a sheer jelly. RC was a glitter... nuff said. 

What do you think??

ALSO. I'd love your opinion. I've always loved makeup, especially mascaras and eyeshadows. My main focus of this blog will always be nail polish (my first love <3) but after perusing some awesome beauty blogs I've been buying more makeup lately. Would you like to see swatches and reviews of that stuff, too? Let me know!

Thanks for coming by!

Rach