Nails of the Day: Misbehaved

I finally gave in to the nail polish sticker trend and used Sally Hansen's Salon Effects in Misbehaved. It is a metallic silver base with a fishnet pattern over it. The application was pretty easy; the first few I did were hard but I quickly got the hang of it. I'm on day 3 of the stickers and I only have minimal tip wear. Yay! Picture time!

September Birchbox

I finally gave in to the Birchbox trend and for $10 I received my first Birchbox in the mail last week. It comes in a bright pink box which I felt a bit weird about when I got my package out of my school's mail room... However other than the obnoxiously pink box, I was pleased with my box.

NYX and Cult Nails Packages

I got these babies in the mail a few days ago and am super excited to start playing with them. Swatches will happen soon. I hope.... Since I've been back at school I have been so busy.

NYX

Cult Nails

Nails of the Day: Blood Thirsty Bites (and the first ever appearance of my right hand!))

It is incredible how often I need to paint my nails in the summer. I work in a shoe store and for some reason unbeknownst to me, my polish peels off my fingers. So when I get chips to big to ignore or a nail entirely polish free I repaint. Here's something I did quickly last night as I can't stand to have naked nails!

Nails of the Day: Glitter and Black Crackle

Not another crackle manicure! Oh yes it is. Am I the only person ever who will never be sick of crackle polish? It's just so cool and it dries instantly (just about)! Here's some delicious black crackle with gold and rainbow holographic glitter. Mmmmm!

Nails of the Day: Blue Duo

Sorry I've been a bit behind on posting my manicures. I've been extremely busy. I am moving back to Boston in less than a month to go back to school and am working just about every day. Anyway, here's a picture of my nails. (Ignore my middle finger. After three coats. )

The darker color is an Urban Outfitters Color called Blue 3 and the lighter blue is Eyeko's Rain Polish for City Nails.

Eyeko Polishes: Cosmic, Vampira, Rain and Posh

I recently made my first purchase of Eyeko products. I bought four polishes and received a free gift of a Graffiti Eyeliner felt tip pen from using an ambassador code. Each polish came to $6 or €5 for .3 fl oz which is a bit expensive but totally worth it as the packaging for each color is unique and adorable, the color choices are diverse and the formula is incredible.

Nails of the Day: Audrey's Fairytale

This is my current manicure. Half of my nails is a seafoam green/blue color and the other side is a silver polish with subtle blue and gold sparkles.

Nails of the Day: Purple Leopard

My nails of the day are a purple leopard mani. The base color is two coats of Wet n Wild's Megalast nail color in Bite the Bullet. The spots are Manic Panic's Nail Lacquer in Blood Thirsty with Milani's Nail Art in Black Sketch. This is my first attempt at some kind of free hand nail art but when I saw the london lipgloss's post, I knew I needed to try a leopard mani.

Nails of the Day: Red! (and a top coat conundrum)

My nails have two coats of N.Y.C.'s Expert Last Nail Polish in I <3 NY on all nails except the ring finger which has three coats of Deborah Lippmann's Ruby Red Slippers. Everything is covered with a coat of Seche Vite. Picture time!

Click to Enlarge for the glory that is Ruby Red Slippers.

Now on to my situation. I am nearing the bottle of my Seche Vite topcoat which I haven't been loving lately. It's gotten thick and not applying nicely and it shrinks back at the tips something awful. It's almost $8 a bottle and for that price I should be loving it to the last drop. What's your favorite topcoat? Leave suggestions for me in the comment box please! Thanks for reading and your help!

Seafoam Sparkles

This is possibly the best manicure I've had in a while. I love the color. I love the sparkles. I just love everything about it. Yum.

This is the base color. It is China Glaze in For Aubrey. I used two coats.

Nude And Neon

Here's my manicure using Sinful Colors in Dream On, a beautiful bright fuchia, and Nailene's nude color from a french manicure set. Here's the polish

left to right: Nailene's Nude from French Manicure set and Sinful Colors in Dream On.

Various Great Deals at CVS, Sally Beauty and the Dollar Store

I sure as hell cannot turn down a great deal and when it's on nail polish, I am especially weak. This week I picked a few things up at my local Sally Beauty and CVS. Here's a look at what I picked up. Sorry I have no nail pictures, skittles will happen soon.

beauty.com Polish Insanity

As I mentioned in my last post, I just received my first beauty.com order and I am sort of embarrassed to admit how much I spent. I saved some money by going through Ebates so I'm getting 6% cash back and I saved $5 from an online coupon as well. If you like money and shop online ever I suggest joining ebates by clicking the above link. So here's what I got:

OPI Black Shatter

Red Sparkles and Black Crackle

My first order from beauty.com came in on Friday and I couldn't resist but to try my OPI Black Shatter over a red base so I could try the newest nail trend for myself.

Trade Secret Clearance Haul

My local Trade Secret had a ridiculous clearance sale so I picked up a few things that I've wanted to try and some polish colors. There were three shades of Nicole by OPI - Nic's Stiks for $1, two shades of OPI polish for $2 and a few essie topcoats for $3. I couldn't resist but to pick up one of everything minus the basic essie topcoat.

Orly Polish: Review

This is my first time using Orly Polish, I was really excited to try them out because of the high price tag which to me suggested great quality. I purchased Charged Up, one of the Hot Neons, and It's Up to Blue, a Dazzling Shimmer both of the permanent collection. I did not swatch the blue but Charged Up is my current manicure.