Zoya Pippa

  Hello dear readers!  Today I have a real summer color for you, Zoya Pippa.  Pippa is an orange toned yellow creme.  I have used it before, in water marbles and such (too lazy to link ya), and have even used it for a full manicure.  And I kinda liked it.  But now... Not so much.

It is never this neon

Shade

Somewhat color accurate

  So, yeah.  Part of the reason is that yellow doesn't look good on my skin tone.  Like I don't own more than like two yellow shirts and I never wear yellow dresses or anything.  I have a yellow bathing suit but in my opinion, if one isn't tan, one can not properly pull off yellow.  And even right now, I ain't tan :P.  But I guess I'd rather wear an orange toned yellow rather than a green toned yellow (blech).

Happy summer,

Em

Spring Splatter Mani :)

  I did this all the way back in March when Spring first started.  For this I used Love & Beauty Olive (the blue), Zoya Pippa (yellow), and Funky Fingers Cheshire (purple) and Wet n Wild French White for the base to splatter over.

Err, kinda failed couple of fingers.

  Even though it really doesn't appear like it, I think it came out very well.  The colors worked very well together and it looked actually pretty good.  I like it.

  Err, not really much to say about it, but I got newer, smaller straws for splattering.

Happy splattering,

Em

OPI Swimsuit... Nailed It! and OPI Sit Under the Apple Tree

  The result of randomly choosing two polishes from my stash.

Still love this.  Gotta love this.

Uhhhhhhhhhhhh...

:-/

Note to self: layer!

Double accent manicure.

  Blue = win.  Greenish-yellow = not so much.  All I can really say.  I need to do something with SUTAP or else I will hate it.  Aka like here!  P.S. original Swimsuit... Nailed It! post here! (even though it looks better here anyway)

Happy accenting,

Em

My Ulta and Five Below haul

  All of this for like... $17-ish.  Plus a Monster :)

EOS Lip Spheres in Summer Fruit and Lemon Drop SPF 15
Funky Fingers crackle in Fuschia Glitter Scales and Teal Scales
Funky Fingers polishes in Tinsel Town, Stage Dive, and Monster Ballad
Revlon Colorstay Eyeshadow quad in Goddess (535)

  I'm happy :)

Happy hauling,

Em

Go Princeton!

  My basketball team this season is Princeton and our colors are purple and yellow.  This past Saturday we played the undefeated team and I wanted something cute to go along with our uniforms.  So I ended up with a purple and yellow accent mani.
  In case you were wondering, my team is in fourth place, we have won 4 games but lost 3, and I have only scored 2 points this season (on that Saturday, lol).  We did lose last Saturday though.

In the light.  Color inaccurate.

Better :)

I really enjoyed this mani.

  I almost forgot to say, the purple is OPI Funky Dunkey and the yellow is Zoya Pippa.  I love both of these and I am again wearing Funky Dunkey as a full mani for pictures today.  Pictures of that eventually (when I get back on posting track!).

  And also, I know I've been a bad blogger lately.  A lot of stuff has been going on between me and my family so I've had a lot on my mind.  I still remember and keep care of my nails but I just haven't had enough energy to post like twice I week like I should be doing.  I'm trying to get back on track these days.

Happy basketballing,

Em

Mini Haul Jan 2012

Haul

  I had a 20% off entire purchase for Ulta so I went binge nail polish shopping last night.  This is the result...  (you can see nail wheel swatches for the entire Anchors Away collection here!)

-China Glaze Ahoy!  (fuchsia with shimmer throughout) Anchors Away

-China Glaze Ultamite Holiday (gold holographic glitter) Ulta Exclusives 2011

-China Glaze Hey Sailor (red creme) Anchors Away

-Zoya Pippa (yellow creme) La-Di-Da Collection

-Zoya Ali (neon pink creme) La-Di-Da Collection

I plan to enjoy ;)

Happy couponing,

Em

OPI Sit Under the Apple Tree with DL Happy Birthday (Shimmer Sammich)

  I have never seen a shimmer sandwich done.  I bet it has been done but I haven't seen it.  Ta-da!  Behold the greenish-yellowish shimmer in SUTAT and the glitter in HB.

SUTAT is a sheer green-yellow shimmer.  It could probably be opaque in 3 coats but I didn't try to make it opaque.
It really does look like a Granny Smith apple.  Love <3

1 coat of SITAT and 1 coat of HB then another coat of SITAT.  Plus top coat.

Its like an odd version of the Get This Party Started! set.

Muy bueno.  I love it.

Best picture.

   I love SITAT more than I thought and I learned that HB really does dry :).

Happy sandwiching,
Em

Fantasy Makers Night Glow Reswatch

  My reswatch of Wet n Wild Fantasy Makers Night Glow.  This time I specifically paid attention to the glow.  It glowed for several days.  The glow did fade a bit each day though.  Once my eyes adjusted to the glow, it went away.  So it really only glowed for me for a few minutes after it was dark.

Four coats I think

  Everything else is pretty much the same.  But I think that I had an easier time applying it this time.

Happy glowing,

Em

P.S.-  I hope everyone in the NorthEast is okay.  We got hit pretty bad.  A lot of trees came down, a lot of wires, and a helluva lot of snow.  I know I just got  my power back after seventy-seven hours (luckily I had a generator).  Just hang in there and they strong.

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.

Fantasy Makers Night Glow

  Despite my need to just let my nails grow, I painted them again (and again, and again).  But this time I tried something awesome!  Fantasy Makers is made by Wet n Wild and some of their colors are dupes for Wet n Wild colors.

  But a glow-in-the-dark polish?  COOL!

  I only kept it on for like a little less than two days.  It was glowing (and mesmerizing me/freaking me out) when I went to sleep the first night but I don't remember it glowing when I woke up in the morning...  And it was dark because I wake up at 5:20 and the sun comes up around 6:40ish (when this mani was done (about two-ish weeks ago)).

  I really want to try this over another yellow or orange or green.  But I'll try that more around Halloween  time :).

It actually does tint yellow...

But it glows in the dark (hence the name)!

This is how band my naked nails are looking these days.

 My nails haven't grown much at all since this picture.  My pinky and pointer fingers don't have that ugly edge anymore so that's good.
  This mani was a day or two after the Distressed post.  Sigh.  At this rate they aren't going to be long during Halloween :(.

Happy glowing,

Em

Lemonade Anyone?

  Finally!  A successful water marble!!!
  Just to go on a quick semi-rant, I did this for away band camp.  But because Hurricane Irene is about to slam where I live, away band camp got changed.  It was supposed to be 3 days at home, 1 off day, 4 days away.  Now it is turning out to be 3 days at home, 1 off day, another day home, another off day, 2 days away.  But my brother and I have decided to accept this as the best possible decision that could've been made.

My pictures are jumping around again.  This picture was supposed to be at the very end.

  So now this manicure is probably not going to go to away band camp :P

I am extremely happy with this.

My extremely pretty favorite nail.

  Blogger, please cooperate with me.  Alas, my pictures are still not in order.

Happy marbling,

Em

Rainbow Polka Dots

  I saw Kayla's tutorial on her site (riiiiiiiiight here!).  Mine isn't nearly as close to awesome as hers, but I was pleased with mine.  I used most of the same colors as my water marble but with Sinful Colors Happy Ending instead of the Hot Topic one and OPI Funky Dunkey instead of the Funky Fingers purple.  It looks okay I guess. It made me happy though :)

Ta-da!  My awesome left hand!

I am happy :)

My slightly screwed up right hand.  It didn't go too well here...

  I needed something impressive for marching band camp and this was what I was wearing for "home camp".  I need something to keep my eyes busy when I'm bored.  I had to explain to my BFF that my nails are my way of impressing people.

  When I couldn't decide between this and another splatter mani, Noah decided on this.  Thanks Noah!

Happy dotting,

Em

(As of when I am writing this, I get my GOSH Holographic in two or three days!!  Eek!!!)

Water Marble Semi-Fail

  I tried watermarbling and it turned out okay-ish.  The reason that I didn't like it was that some nails were lighter and some were darker.  I shouldn't've used six colors for this...
  Those six colors were Sinful Colors Cream Pink, Wet n Wild Shine Sunny Side Up, Pure Ice Excuse Me, Hot Topic Neon Green, Funky Fingers 220 Volts, and Funky Fingers Riot.

Not a bad first try

Terrible cleanup...

Favorite nail was my pinky

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After wiping it off (it never dried) it looked like this.  It wasn't fun to clean...

  It wasn't a bad first try, but it didn't turn out like I wanted it to.  Oh well.  I'll try again another day.

Happy marbling,

Em

Late July/Early April Hauls

  These past couple of weeks have been like a shopping spree for me.  This is kind of sad...

All my goodies :)

Wet N Wild "SaGreena the Teenage Witch" (about $1.74 at Walmart)
Pure Ice "Oh Baby!" ($1.99 at Walmart)
Pure Ice "Busted" ($1.99 at Walmart)
Revlon "Blue Lagoon" ($3.74 at Walmart)

Mini 4-pack of neons with 3.75ml in each bottle ($2.99 on clearance together at dELiA*s)
Love & Beauty "Blush" ($2.80 at Forever 21)

Eek!!  Expensives!!!
Butter London "Knees Up" from their new collection ($14 at Ulta)
Deborah Lippmann "Get This Party Started!" set (including "Happy Birthday", "Candy Shop", and "Forget You") ($42 at Nordstrom at their anniversary sale)

Necklace: $5.95 at H&M
Lip Gloss (coconut flavored): $1.95 at H&M
Lotion (Paris Amour): $1 at Bath & Body Works
Ring: $3.80 at Forever 21

I absolutely adore this!!!!!!!

  Now go out and buy your own goodies!!!

Happy shopping,

Em