OPI Nein, Nein, Nein, OK Fine

Hello all! Quick post to tell you how much I love gray polish. Quick note about me, I first started getting interested in nail polish when I found out that I could have "pretty ugly" colors on my nails. Like browns and grays and mustard yellows. So gray polish is close to my polish lovin' heart.

This is OPI Nein, Nein, Nein, OK Fine from the Germany collection. I have the mini so I can only say this would have been applied a lot better if it wasn't for that damn mini brush. This is 2 coats with Seche Vite on top.

Love you. (Love you too, reader).

Officially Neon Obsessed

Hello! I am going to have to stop myself from buying any more neons, because quite frankly, I'm obsessed.

I grabbed this polish off of Copious, which is like Pinterest and Etsy combined. I  signed up under a friend's invite and I got $10 towards a purchase (a free nail polish!) and she got $5 towards a purchase. here is the link to my referral page to grab your free $10!

I purchased a brand I have never used before. Matte.n.a by Cherimoya in the shade Kiddy Flick. I have been on a neon kick lately and thought this would just be a POW statement nail.

I have on 2 coats of OPI Alpine Snow to make the color pop and 2 coats of Kiddy Flick. This is matte polish so it obviously dried matte, but it was a almost like a demi-matte so I put a coat of Seche Vite over to give me some shine. This polish smells AWFUL. Let me repeat, it smells AWFUL. I mean polishes aren't all flowers and sunshine, but this takes the cake. Also, the brush is super fluffy, if this were a dark shade, I would have had some issues. Overall, it's a beautiful color!

This is the matte finish, which is beautiful but this polish doesn't self-level, so you see every flaw!

With a coat of Seche Vite - shiny!

I am hoping I can restrain myself from doing another neon post...but it's summer, after all! I am almost done with summer school so I have a few weeks to paint my nails like a mad woman, muahaha! See you next time my lovely, polished ladies!

Let Freedom Ring!

Hello! I caved and did a 4th of July manicure. Mostly because I got a nail polish called "America" in this months Julep Maven box.

If you aren't familiar with Julep Maven, it's a subscription box for nail polish and you can get your first box for just 1 penny! This is my referral link if you feel like checking it out. You can get a penny box with the code: TWITTER1 HTTP://JULEP.COM/?R=21827352 


On to Julep's America! This was a perfect and timely addition to the July box. I did not expect this glitter to be so opaque, but there is a ton of glitter in here, you guys! I have on 2 coats of Essie's Aruba Blue and just 1 coat of Julep's America. Holy glitter!!! There are also some star shaped pieces of glitter in here, which is adorable.

Uhhh clean-up was awful with Essie. My fingers are blue. 

Bling, Happy Independence, America. 

I'm not a big themed manicure fan, but this glitter polish is phenom. I'm talking in abbrevs now. Obvi. Well, everyone have a safe, fun holiday and I will see you soon, my lovely, polished ladies!

Julep Lynn Swatch

Happy Sunday! I got my Julep box last night! Before I used the star of my Julep box, I wanted to swatch one of the other polishes I received in my box.

If you aren't familiar with Julep, it's a subscription service that gives you nail polish! I got my first box for just 1 cent! If you want to keep receiving boxes, they are $19.99 and well worth the price. I got 3 nail polishes and a lip gloss in July's box. Here is a link where you can grab your intro box for 1 cent, just remember the code TWITTER1 HTTP://JULEP.COM/?R=21827352

Now onto the polish. This is Julep's Lynn, which is a pearly peach. I wasn't a fan of this when I first put it on but the more I look at it, the more I like it. I'm normally not a pearl finish fan but this is a beautiful, classic color. I did an accent nail with OPI's Pirouette My Whistle, because why not. Then I topped it with Seche Vite.

Gorgeous and peachy!

I wanted to show the pearly finish on this before I added a top coat. 

There you have it! I will, in fact, do a 4th of July mani from a gorrrgeous polish I got in this box, regardless of how hokey I think themed manicures are. I will see you before the 4th my lovely, polished ladies!

Disco Biscuit & Good News!

Hello ladies! This has been an exciting week, the boyfriend and I just signed a lease for a house, we will be moving in August, yeaaaah! There is so much room for me to paint my nails.

I wanted to pick a color that reflected how I felt...so I decided on Butter London's Disco Biscuit. It's a hot pink with purple micro-glitter, it's gorgeous and one of my favorite Butter London colors.

I have 4 coats over Palladio Nail Strengthener and Seche Vite on top.

Oooh sparkly!

This makes me want to do the Judd Nelson fist in the air at the end of Breakfast Club. That good. See you next time my lovely, polished ladies!

Holy Shimmer, Batman!

Holy balls!!! I haven't felt this way about a nail polish since Deborah Lippmann's Mermaid's Dream.

Probably the best part about this is that I got this polish for 1 penny on Copious. It's like Pinterest + Etsy. I got invited and received a $10 credit just for signing up, which translated to basically a free nail polish! If you click on the this link and sign up, you will also get the $10 credit and when you make your first purchase, I get $5. Sweet.

This is Zoya's Apple. It's a shimmer but I feel like calling it a shimmer is robbery. I want to call it a holographic nail polish...but I know it isn't. It's SO pretty, I can't stop looking at it. It was so easy to apply as well. I have 2 coats of Apple over Palladio Nail Strengthener and a top coat of Seche Vite. Whoa baby, does it shine!

Bling!

Blam!

I hope I don't get into an accident tomorrow from being distracted by this polish. If you don't hear from me in a few days, alert someone haha. See you next time my lovely, polished ladies!