Three Manicures

Oh hey guys! Sorry for my lack of updating.. I've been super busy too lazy to bring down my cable to transfer stuff, LOL... I'm lazy...

Anyways, I've built up three swatches because of that (I've also got some new nail art and make up to show/review, sooo yeah!) and I figured I should probably post them all since I kinda disappeared - I suppose. All in all, what I've got to show you is Strawberry Fields, Watermelon Rind, and Sex In The City from China Glaze, Party Of Five Glitter from Wet 'N' Wild, and a reappearance by Groupie from L.A. Girl.

 [This post is picture heavy! Be warned!] 

First off, I want to say I didn't haul these or buy these all at the same time. I feel like I'm dying a bit more when I do that. I like to spread out my buying ;D Also, excuse the dry cuticles.

This is Strawberry Fields from China Glaze.

 

 I used to totally be against most.. well, girly shades of pink - but I've always been captivated by the swatch wheel of this at my local Sally's Beauty Supply. Unfortunately, nearly everytime I look for this, it's gone, and some incredibly obnoxious fuchsia is sitting there. I got lucky, and was searching behind other pinks and boom! Found it!
Anyyyyways, this polish applied awesome! I only used two coats, but my smile line might've been more hidden if I had gone with another coat. It's a pink with shimmery gold flecks in it that I was so in love with. I wouldn't wear this all the time, but LOVE LOVE LOVE.

Next is a glitter accent mani, featuring Sex In The City from China Glaze, and Party Of Five Glitter from Wet 'N' Wild.

 Awesome! I love blues and I have this bad obsession with those tropical looking teal colours (I have so many). This reminded me of those, but it was definitely more blue than green. I added the glitter because I wanted to make use of my glitter polishes, LOL. I hate removal (even with foil) so I usually only do accents.

SITC was only two coats, by the way. Even more awesome!

Lastly, this is the manicure I still have on. This is Watermelon Rind from China Glaze, and Groupie from L.A. Girl (which you might not know, is my all time favorite purple. Yeah. That's right)

This one was inspired by Donatello the turtle (and the boyfriend who picked green). Honestly? I wasn't 'wowed' by this polish. It looks kickass in the bottle, but I was.. eh. Not too impressed :/ If it weren't for my accent purple nails, this polish would've been off in two days. Application took three coats for opacity.

Anyways, hope you enjoyed those manicures ^_^ I have some more posts, and now that I've actually gotten a bunch of photos on my computer, they'll be up within the week (maybe. I'm so lazy)

-Melanie

Something Irrelevant: Looks: Slytherin

Oh my gosh guys, last night (or this morning) I went to the midnight showing of Harry Potter! I was all donned in a Slytherin cloak and scarf, had a green hair accessory and green nails, as well as some green & silver eyeshadow. It was SO worth it going at midnight! We got super nifty 3D glasses for going at midnight:

Some people were there for two days before today. Crazy! It was raining but my friends and I still had fun. The movie was bittersweet - so intense and awesome, but at the same time it was really sad (both the movie and knowing the series has come to an end). Unfortunately I got some D-bag sitting behind my friends and I, who not only made extremely rude remarks about us, but continued to talk throughout the movie and very rudely ask us to "shut up please" despite speaking himself. Also, once the epilogue came up he promptly announced, "aww man, soo gay". He definitely dampened my experience, but despite his d-baggery, it was amazing and I couldn't stop crying.

Anyways, on to the make up!

 

Pre-facepaint and...

 

 Post facepaint! Yeah warstripes!

I used two NYX eyeshadow pencils (those are awesome, lemme tell you), and Revlon Colorstay liquid eyeliner.

Nails tomorrow - for now, here's a Hogwarts crest shrinky dink I made! (and then lost a few hours later *tears*)

Did any of you see the midnight showing? Did you lovee the movie? Opinions?

-Melanie

Go Ahead, Meet Me Under The Mistletoe.

Alright, I was going to post up the nifty matte purple I was wearing from Icing by Claire's, but the pictures all turned out completely awful and I was unable to capture the colour correctly... boo!

Instead, from the 'Tis The Season collection here's Meet Me Under The Mistletoe by Orly.

Firstly, excuse the *ahem* bad clean up job & terrible looking cuticles.

Now! This polish took 3 coats to get fully opaque, and it was definitely the $4 I paid for it at London Drugs. It's a deep green that hints at being teal, full of glassy flecks. I love the way green nails look against my skin, so this colour has won me over.

-Melanie.

Two fakes!

I feel bad for not posting here for while - it's all been rain, rain, rain... I haven't been pleased with any of the pictures of my nails :/.

In lieu of that sad occurrence, and to make up for the last couple days, here's some fakes I designed for a couple friends...

They're simple (and the bottom one is a wee bit uneven... damn shaky hands) and practical. Seeing as we're all students, I didn't think 3D nail art would last very long.

The green is from Sinful Colours (I forgot which colour though) and it's a very, very deep green. I refuse to use it on my real nails, because that sucker needs more than 3 coats to be fully opaque.

The blue is from Wet & Wild and it's around a year old, haha. It's a beautiful frosty blue that I really adore. The white stripe was done with one of the Kiss nail art bottles I have, & the holo sparkly tips are with Twilight Nox: Disco Darling. So beautiful. It's really stunning in the sun.

Anyways, I leave on a quick trip to Vegas on Tuesday - that means sun! I'll see if I can get some pictures of the nails I'll have on (not sure what I'll use yet).

-Melanie.

Deathly Hallows NaiL

Sorry for my mini hiatus guys. I went to go see Harry Potter on the weekend (amazing!) and since I've been deemed Slytherin by many, many personality quizzes, I went as a Slytherin. For the event, I painted my nails with a beautiful frosty dark green from Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear called Emerald City.

[It's a lot darker in person (and in better lighting!)]

If you're a Harry Potter fan, you'll notice the nifty Deathly Hallows symbol I used my striper to paint on :]. Actually, this mani was kinda rushed - and this picture was taken after about a week! My goodness. No major chipping at the tips, they chipped more along the back of the nail bed where stuff would get caught in it ( I should have better clean ups...)

Here's the Slytherin scarf I wore (along with my Hufflepuff one). This picture is about a year old... before I discovered the magic of concealer, haha.

Did you guys see Harry Potter opening week? Did it meet to your standards? Did you cry (like me)?

-Melanie