Valentine's Day NOTD, and OOTD

Hello everyone! Happy Valentine's Day! I know that this is a really late Valentine's Day post, but I had to do it anyway. I am not specifically doing nails today; I'm going to show you all of my special activities for the day. That means that I will be showing my outfit, my nails, and the desert I made. (macarons yay!) I will start with my outfit.

My sister and I went out in the cold (again) and took Valentine's Day ootds in the snow! She convinced me to take pictures too so I felt that I should show you guys. All of the pictures and their captions are below.

My lovely scarf was from Sears. I have no idea what the brand is.

A back view of my outfit. :D

The purse was from Nordstrom. It is from the Jessica Simpson line. The hand sanitizer and case are from bath and body works! ;)

Making a face :p

Whole outfit: Sweater is a liz claiborne and it's from JCPenny, Skirt is from Forever 21, Gloves are my mom's, Boots are Ukala by Emu from Carson's.

I did my nails really last minute today. I did half of my nails at a friend's house yesterday, and today I just grabbed some polishes and threw together my two accent nails. I didn't even do my right hand. But I am surprisingly pleased with how it came out. (and it didn't smear this time.... that's a really big accomplishment for me.) The pictures are below along with a listing of the nail polishes that I used.

Thumb, pinky, and middle finger are an Essie color from my friend's house. I didn't take down the name.

Zoya 'Godiva' is on my index finger.

I used Sally Hansen 'white out' and Zoya 'Drew' on my ring finger.

Last, but most definitely not least, I made macarons. This ended up being a three day process (although it shouldn't have been) and I'm really happy with them. I made chocolate ones and raspberry vanilla ones. The chocolate ones were an utter fail (they all cracked) but they tasted excellent. A few of the raspberry vanilla ones cracked too, but the majority didn't so I'm very content. I have also included one picture of my raspberry vanilla macarons (taken by my father) below. So, that is the end of this post! I hope that you enjoyed it. Don't forget to subscribe to this blog and to comment on this post. I want to know what you think! Talk to you guys later, bye.

Sephora 'Take The Cake' Brush Review

Hello again everyone! Next month, I shall officially be allowed to wear makeup out of the house. (yay!) So, in preparation for that big event, I have started buying my makeup supplies. About a week ago, I bought my first set of brushes! I went online to Sephora and bought their little Take the Cake travel brush set. It looked cute and it was still in my budget. The set came with a flat powder brush, an eye shadow brush, a crease brush, and an angled eyeliner brush all in an adorable, little, bright pink case. Sadly, I was disappointed with these, and I returned them yesterday.

First off, these brushes are extremely small. I expected them to be smaller than normal brushes, but, I mean, these are REALLY small. They are just a bit larger than the palm of my hand (And my hands are very tiny mind you). They were still adorable, but they were almost like little toys. I just didn't feel that I could get any use out of them.

The brushes were also pretty dense. The eye shadow brushes were the densest, and they didn't feel nice at all. According to my wonderful sister they would be especially bad for starters. The best of the brushes was most likely the angled eyeliner brush. It was a decent size, and the brush itself was decent. It would have been pretty okay for applying eyeliner. But other than that, I didn't really like the quality of the brushes themselves.

I was very saddened and disappointed by all of this because the brush set was truly adorable. I really wanted to like it and keep it. However, it really didn't suit my needs, and I was utterly disappointed. I think that perhaps Sephora should put some form of dimensions on their website concerning the travel size brush sets. It would really help a lot.

Well, I hope that you guys enjoyed this post and found it to be helpful and informative. Please comment on it to tell me what you think, and don't forget to subscribe to my blog. I'll talk to you all later! Bye.

Superbowl 2014 nail art design

Hello again everyone! Today is the superbowl! I came to this realization late last night and suddenly realized that I needed to do my nails for it. I haven't actually done any nail art in a really long time, but yesterday, I pulled it off. It was roughly inspired by cutepolish (at first) but then I decided that I wanted to use the Seahawks and the Broncos for my index and ring finger. I tried to duplicate the logos at first (utter fail) but that didn't work. So, I have decided to just use the colors from the two logos, and I striped them across the tips of my nails. The only bit that remains from cutepolish's design is the football on the middle finger. I really loved that idea. The thumb and pinky fingers are just a green because I felt that it kind of matched. I have pictures of the design below. I hope that you guys like it and are even inspired by it. Please don't forget to subscribe to this blog and comment on this post. I would really like to know what you think! Talk to you later. Bye.

excuse the smeariness of the football finger. The topcoat felt the need to mess it up.

nail polishes used: 'White On' by Sally Hansen, 'I saw...U saw...we saw...warsaw' by OPI, 'Tan Gerine' by Princessa, 'little brown dress' by Essie, the orange is a combination of 'Myrta' by Zoya and 'lemon drop' by Covergirl, 'Jade is the new black' by OPI, 'Good to Go' by Essie.

Zoya 'Paloma' Review

Hello everyone! I said in my last post that I would try to write reviews about the nail polishes that I got from Zoya. So, here it goes. A few days ago I tried on 'Paloma.' It is one of Zoya's polishes with a 'jelly' finish. It is supposed to be a layer-able nail polish. It isn't really opaque, but I wasn't really expecting it to be as it was layer-able. It is a really nice pink color. It starts out being really pale but then it becomes a deeper, berryish pink. It isn't very difficult to apply and, like all Zoya nail polishes, it has a really nice formula. It practically glides onto the nails. It also didn't take forever to dry like some nail polishes do. Overall, I really like this nail polish and I would definitely recommend it. Below are some pictures that I took of it.

I hope that you guys enjoyed this post and found it to be helpful. Don't forget to subscribe to my blog and to comment on this post! Talk to you guys later.

Zoya 'Color Your World' 2014 Promo

Well, Zoya had their annual 'Color Your World' sale! Of course I had to buy some. (that is the only time that I ever buy any.) My package finally came today. I was so excited that I had to take pictures and post a blog post immediately.

I am very content with the colors I bought. I do wish that Zoya had slightly more accurate pictures on their website because at least Paloma doesn't look quite the same as I expected. All three of the colors are gorgeous and I can't wait to try the other two that I'm not wearing. Of course, I put on Godiva immediately because it's my first Pixie Dust color ever (I know, late right?) and it just couldn't wait any longer. I currently like it a whole lot. It applied wonderfully and it's the most perfect goldish nude color ever. The other two that I got are Paloma and Elodie. They are both very pretty in the bottle as well and I have no doubt that I will also love them on my finger nails. I really can't wait to see how Paloma applies because it is one of their jelly formula polishes and it seems super interesting.

Anyway, the pictures of the nail polishes that I bought are below. I hope that you enjoyed this blog post a lot and that you will comment on it and subscribe to my blog. I will also hopefully find time to post a review on at least one of the nail polishes that I bought. Have a great day, and I will talk to you guys soon!

Elodie

Godiva

Paloma

The three nail polishes with the box

The box that the polishes came in.

the three polishes all by themselves.

Chicago Fashion Week 2013

Hello everyone! This week my family and I went to fashion week in Chicago for the first time. It was simply wonderful. We only got to go on Wednesday (we are very busy people!) but nevertheless, it was really amazing. All of the designers whose creations we saw on Wednesday were very talented and so were the models.

Now, I know that this is a nail art blog, not a fashion blog, and so, in case you were wondering, I did do my nails for the event. I wore Zoya's Veruschka on my fingernails. It's a deep, matte green color that reminds me of the forest. It's a really fall-like green and probably the prettiest green that I have. ( I will do a separate blog post featuring my nails.). Sadly though, I don't know what was worn at the fashion show. I wasn't sitting that close

Now, back to the subject. I found my experience at fashion week to be very inspiring. I was thinking of trying to create a nail art design based off of the trends that I noticed or based off of a particular outfit? Please tell me what you think of that idea. As we were sitting really close, we were able to capture some pretty good pictures (which I have placed underneath this text). I hope that you all enjoyed this post and all of the pictures in it. Maybe they can be as inspiring to you as they were to me. Please comment on this post and subscribe to this blog. I will talk with you all soon! Bye!

PS: By the way, my sister has a blog post on our experience at fashion week too. Here's the link: http://ashleypopstyle.blogspot.com/2013/10/fashion-week.html

Covergirl 'glosstinis' review

Hello again everyone! Covergirl currently has limited edition, summery nail polishes named 'glosstinis.' I thought that the name of the collection and the colors of the polishes were awesome so I bought two of them. I tested them yesterday and I really liked them. Therefore, I decided to do a review on them to share my opinion with you all.

First off, I think that they have an excellent formula. They went on smoothly, they didn't streak, and they were pretty opaque for the colors that I chose. The yellow was less opaque then the peachy one, but I think that it was still pretty opaque for a yellow. They also only require two coats of polish as it should be.

The colors of both of them were also very pretty. The first color, which is named 'Bahama Mama,' was a peachy, shimmery color with some pink in it. The other one, which is named 'Lemon Drop' is a bright, creamy yellow, but it isn't too bright. Both colors are also almost perfectly true to the color that they are in the bottle. I simply adore the two that I have and I want to go and buy the rest of them.

Below are pictures of the polishes on my nails, and in the bottles. I decided to wear 'Bahama Mama' on the majority of my fingers and 'Lemon Drop' as an accent on my ring finger.  I hope that you enjoyed this review and will give your input, and/or subscribe to my blog! I will talk to you guys later. Bye!