Catchup: February 17th

Playing catchup with things.. this week's mani monday:

Absolutely loving my pointy nails, and so is everybody else! I've gotten many compliments on the shape of them and people are shocked that they're real! I'm also super proud of myself for keeping them this way for this long, since some of them (ahem, pointer finger), like to keep breaking and is now a different length. Anyways, I feel that this shape of nail looks better when it's a thicker polish, to mimic acrylic nails, and one way to achieve this thickness is with glitter!!!!!!!!! (I'm glitter obsessed, in case you can't tell by the obscene amount of exclamation points.) For this mani, I again used my fave black (Wet N Wild's Fast Dry in #229C Ebony Hates Chris), OPI for Sephora's If You Got It, Haunt It, (which based on the name, I'm assuming was a Halloween shade, but I picked mine up from TJ Maxx recently), and China Glaze's Fairy Dust. I did one coat of the black, as it's pretty solid, and also because the Haunt It one has a sheer black base, so it covered up any splotchiness. I then did one coat of Haunt It, which has the prettiest combo of glitter in it... some blues, greens, silvers, and a bit of holographic glitter. Obviously that wasn't enough sparkles, so I did one coat of Fairy Dust, a pretty holo top coat of sorts, and wah-bam!, glitter satisfaction. As usual, a top coat to seal all the glittery goodness in and done! I'm obsessed with these nails because they shine and sparkle so much! The picture doesn't do it justice.

And this week's tunes Tuesday:

"To Be Wanted" by Plug in Stereo and Megan & Liz

I've just started hearing this song on my Sirius radio and like it a lot. It's very catchy! (I also think it's great that Megan & Liz are making it on the radio again.. I used to follow them on YouTube and they're quite talented!)

"All of Me" - John Legend

With Valentine's week in full effect, I decided to do a more romantic song for Tunes Tuesday. "All of Me" by John Legend is so beautiful.. I love it! Enjoy!

Conversation Hearts Mani

So obvs I didn't catch up by Saturday, but I'll try to throughout the week. Anyways, I have a super cute mani to share with you all on this lovely Manicure Monday! With Valentine's Day in a couple of days, my nails obviously have to be themed appropriately so, so I took some inspiration from the popular conversation hearts candy! For this mani I used Wet N Wild's Fast Dry in #229C Ebony Hates Chris, Sally Hansen's Complete Salon Manicure in #420 Yellow Kitty, Wet N Wild's Wild Shine in #402 Tickled Pink, Essie #746 in Borrowed and Blue, China Glaze in #868 Peachy Keen, and Sinful Colors in Olympia. I started off with one coat of Ebony Hates Chris (my absolute favorite black- dries quick and only one coat is usually needed). I wasn't too concerned with the tips of my nails being completely covered and actually should've covered them even less (as now it starts to show with chipping). I then did a quick dry top coat (Seche Vite) over the black, so that it would be sealed in and wouldn't be smudgy when I did my pastel hearts. After that was pretty dry, I began painting on my hearts. I began with two lines (like ^) and then rounded the edges. Depending on what polishes you use and their opacity, it could take anywhere from two to five coats of the pastel to make it solid. (I later realized that I should've painted the hearts white first, giving the pastels a much better base than black!) After those were pretty dry, I again sealed it in with a top coat, making sure that the pastels didn't bleed and smudge onto the black. What makes this mani: Essie's Matte About You top coat. I used this over just the hearts, creating the distinct chalkiness of the conversation hearts! I love that it's not a typical pink and red Valentine's mani, and I've gotten so many compliments on this mani from complete strangers!

Slacker Over Here

I know, I've been majorly slacking in my posts. School, work, sleep, blah, blah. I promise to catch up by Saturday! I've got my fave lips colors, tunes, manis, and some baking goodies coming your way!! xx

Happy February!

Happy February all!! With it being the month of love, lipstick is a very crucial component, so for the month (at least until Valentine's Day), I'll be posting some of my favorite lipstick and glosses! Up first: Revlon's Colorburst Matte Balm in Elusive. I'd describe it as a dusty rose pink. I've bought three of these matte balms so far and absolutely love them! It's odd because they're matte, but since they're a balm, it's not matte matte. It goes on really nicely and lasts throughout the day. (I only had to do one reapplication after eating.) My favorite part? You can put gloss on it and it doesn't bleed. Like. You don't understand how happy that makes me. I'm not really a matte person and like my lips to be glossy and smooth (I hate the way they feel when they're matte), so I usually put a gloss over my lip color, but the color typically bleeds (which makes me feel like I have old lips). This one did not though! It stayed put and I was in glossy/color heaven!

Ratings: (1 = meh, 5 = amazeballs)
Color solidness: 4
Bleeds: NO!!!
Stays put: 5
Kissability: 4 (Barely comes off!)

Kiss, kiss! xx