Very Berry Replay (Except Not...)

  Well, where I first saw this mani, I was like OMG and then I tried it.  Lol.

This is after I added some shimmer...

Original

Shimmery

  Okay, so I know that I have been veryyyy lazy with posts lately.  I mean with finals last week and studying and graduation and work this week, it has been ridiculously crazy.  But like I said, it should be better now.  Well, that is unless I get home from work every day and fall asleep (like I have been)...

  But for this manicure I used Love and Beauty Olive (I think, there was no tag on it) for the turquoise and Zoya Lolly for the pink.  And then for shimmer I added China Glaze White Cap.  Let me tell you, it looked AH-MAY-ZING!  Like I loved the look of it so much that I did just the turquoise on my toes (with the shimmer).  Very summery.

Happy summer,

Em


P.S. If you wanted to be awesome and follow me on Instagram (which would be awesome right?) then my username is emie116.  I don't post only nail-related things, but once in a few weeks I do post a mani.  There are a lot of things about me on there so you get to learn a little about my non-polish life :)

Zoya Ali and Love and Beauty Pink Speckled Glitter and Pure ICE Don't You Wish

  Hello peoples!  I am sorry to photobomb you later in this post but I couldn't choose many good pictures so I just included a ton of them :P.
  While I was shopping at a random mall last weekend, I came across this at the huge Forever 21 that they have there.  Like my local one is big, but this one is like four times the size of mine.  Mega.  And in there I found THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  In real life, it looks like OPI I Lily Love You, or this if you see it.  It looks rediculously close to it, but the Love and Beauty one has less flakies and more iridescent glitter.  But it is still close!  I only got it because I was so angry that I missed out on the OPI one.  This was a nice, (so much) cheap(-er) alternitive.  But my bottle is THICKKKKKKK and I wish I had known that.  The brush was all wonky too but I could still deal with it.
  I didn't want to go all amazing that fast so I started out layering it over Zoya Ali, a medium-ish neon-ish pink.  A pink that I can kiiiiinda deal with.
  And as an accent nail, I put two layers of Pure ICE Don't You Wish (which is the same concept as CG Fairy Dust but not the same thing (bigger glitter in DYW, more colorful, smaller and more holo in FD)).
  So onto the pictures!

L to R: flakies, flakies, Pure ICE glitter, flakies.

There's my flakies!

Flash

Blurred

Flash

Flash, not NEARLY color accurate

To show the differene

Probably the most color accurate one but not quite right...

Too dark

  It is a solid mani.  I did this on Saturday and as of today, Wednesday, I still have it almost perfect.  Just a few chips on the edges of nails and my left pointer finger's one completely popped off.  But it LASTS!!!!

  Again, sorry to photobomb you.  Just had to do it.

  Oh, and while I was at that mall, I also picked up Icing Pre Game (this is Icing After Party but in my eyes it looks like the same thing, my bottle must have been mislabled cuz I have never seen Icing Pre Game), Icing Rockstar From Mars (to complete my Charlie Sheen collection), and Icing Birthday Beyotch (another DL similar thingy).

Happy flakie-ing,

Em

Funky Fingers Ectoplasmic

  I am highly impressed with this but also very disappointed.  Read on...

Freaking neon green :D:D:D:D:D

And now its a shimmer O.o

Neon again

Shimmer again.

Now its like both?!?! WTF??

Both.

  This little one was a neon when I applied it but turned into a shimmer over time.  I was pissed, because I wanted a solid neon green and it wasn't always neon.  It had this subtle but obvious blue shimmer in it. Very annoying.

  Beautiful though, 3 coats.  Usual base + top coats.  I kinda want to do this again, because now looking back on it, I love it.

Happy painting,

Em

I Love Experimenting on Mel...

  We got reaally bored reaally fast...  So this is what we came up with on our... Jenga day...
  Be ready for picture overload.  And they are out of order...

Right hand

Claire's Blacklight with Essie Shine of the Times

Sephora by OPI Slushied with Pure Ice Oh Baby!

Sephora by OPI Slushied with Revlon Blue Mosaic

Hot Topic Neon Green with Essie Shine of the Times

China Glaze Mega Bite with Funky Fingers Baby Baby Baby

Left Hand

Delia's Neon Orange and Essie Shine of the Times

(green nail) Pure Ice First Time

Claire's Blacklight with OPI Silver Shatter

Claire's Blacklight with 2012 Jesus Christ Superstar

China Glaze Mega Bite with China Glaze White Cap

Clair'es Blacklight with Revlon Blue Mosaic

  So basically, it was a sans cleanup layering fest.  I just wanted to try random things out.  She actually hated the Blacklight/Jesus Christ Superstar combo so much that she removed it and put some other neon on instead.

  Hope you like the randomness!

Happy randoming,

Em

Happy Valentine's Day!

  For Valentine's day this year, I did Zoya Ali.  In my own defense, I totally expected it to be more... dark and less... neon.  Lol.  I was NOT expecting this!  Just imagine how my toes must feel like with this on, haha.

Its like a neon salmon pink.  I'm not kidding.

Creme for once, yay!

Neon ftw (for the win), hopefully.

I like my artistic out of focus pictures.

Wow.

Really, really, super neon.

 This is not what I was going for.  And I'm really not in the mood to stamp over it or do another pink.  :P  So I'm going to leave you with this...

What I got the boyfriend for Valentine's Day.
It's going to be a little late and I know he isn't reading this so, it's all good :)
The mug is white with speckles and has all little cooking things on it.  I think he'll like it.

  So Happy Valentine's Day everyone and remember, it's not Forever Lonely Day unless you let your negativity overpower the positive in your life.  If you've got food, clothes, friends, family, and religion, your life is happy and complete :)

Happy Valentining,

Em

 

dELiA*s (not so) Neon Yellow.

Three (maybe four?) coats of yellow yummyness.

It had some blue undertones but to bring it out more, I put Pure Ice Oh Baby! over it.

Just a little more neon than IRL.

*shakes head* You have not killed my want for Yellow Polka Dot Bikini. Grr.

  A little barely neon yellow that I got from a haul in early August.  I got it in a 4-pack for $3.  Steal.  After three and a half day, I have a little chipping near my cuticles on the ring fingers and I have a slightly distressed right thumb (it didn't dry properly) but otherwise this is the longest lasting manicure that I have worn since my Mets manicure.  It's been a while and that's why I've been so ahead in posting.