Category: Beauty

September Maven

Hello there September!
Nice to see you here so fast!
Glad you’re here and you brought gifts!!
 Nail polish gifts!
As mentioned ( H E R E ) and ( H E R E ) I’m a Julep Maven!!
Here’s the box for September
This month brings us a Trina Turk collaboration and these colors are so fab!
From left to right: Delauney, Otte, Alma & Popova
Sign up with Julep by clicking ( H E R E ) which if you do, I’ll get a month free and that would make me love you FOOOOOOREVER!

 



Nailed It: DIY Water Marble Mani

As promised……a marble mani!
 

 A water marble mani…ooh la la!

 

 
 
 
 
This mani was done after I shortened my nails (which I do every two months to keep them healthy and strong and that’s why you’ll notice some nail posts with different lengths…)
 
1. I started with a base coat of white polish (White Wedding)
 
2. Loved the lavender so much I kept my middle finger solid (Belle of the Ball)
 
3. Used cuticle oil, ok A LOT of cuticle oil around my nails and fingers so the polish wouldn’t get stuck to my fingers as much.
 
4. Bowl filled with cold water…added drops of polish into the water then stirred with a cuticle stick (pattern how you want…mine was totally random)
 
5. Quickly dip your nails in the polish/water mixture
 
6. Pull out, wipe around nails (should come off fairly easy if you used cuticle oil)
 
7. Add a clear coat and VOILA! Water marble nails! 
 

Maven

 
 
GO GO GO  <—- Click it!! Pretty please!
 

This may be a shameless post or not really but I signed up to be a Julep Maven at Julep.  I pay $19.99 a month to get nail polish and other mani/pedi goodies in the mail every month!  I got my first package which included two different nail polishes and an exfoliating and moisterizing lotion…which you can read H E R E.

The shameless part…

If I get a certain number of referrals, I get a free month of goodies!! Amazing right?!  I think so.  You can sign up just like I did.  You’ll take a quick quiz to determine what your fashion style is by answering questions about outfits and shoes and things of the like.

My style: I’m a Bombshell!!

The link above that says “Go Go Go and click it” takes you to my referral page to sign up!  I’m not pushing you to do it, I just think it’s a pretty cool thing for us beauty freaks.

So that wasn’t THAT shameless, was it? 😉

The New Face of CoverGirl: Janelle Monae

Stop the pretty girl press!!!

Guess who’s the new face of Cover Girl.……

 

 

Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris – © WireImage.com – Image courtesyWireImage.com

None other than the beautiful Janelle Monae!!  Can it get any better?!  I don’t think so!  I love that Cover Girl chose someone who steps outside of the fashion box to represent their company!

Check out more of Janelle Monae via the Cover Girl Pinterest account.

Loves it!

 






Nailed It: Salon Effects by Sally Hansen

Marble nails have been BIG all summer.  I’ve found tons of different techniques to try and I’ve been through them all….trial and error of course.  I’ll be sure to post more marble nail designs soon!
If you’re intimidated by doing marble yourself, don’t fret! There’s plenty of easy to-do at home products…like nail stickers.
Here’s an older marbled manicure from March (my birthday month) I know this simply by the Glamour issue lol!
I used Sally Hansen Salon Effects Real Nail Polish Strips.
This particular design is Collide-O-Scope
Seriously easy…..peel, stick, buff and GO!
Downside for me….removal (with polish remover) took FOREVER!