Maybelline Color Show Street Art - Wild at Heart

I was just perusing the makeup aisle at Wally World yesterday and happened to see the Street Art collection from Maybelline. They were out of the pink one but i liked the look of the red one "Wild At Heart".

Its a clear base with red bar glitter, black and red hexagon glitter, and tiny black speckled glitter.

I found when applying it that it can be a litte chunky. It works better as a glitter top coat then wearing it alone. The look reminded me of marble countertops or tiles. I really like the look of it though.

I decided to try it over some colors. I decided to do a quick Easter Egg Look.

I like it over Zoya Blu and Haute Nails Pink Panther(this didn't come with a name on the bottle) the most.

I used the Color Club Top coat and it dried really fast.

Heres a more close up picture.

Thoughts on Polish: I actually really liked this polish. You only need one coat when you use it as a glitter top coat. I found it hard to layer using it alone. It would come out really chunky and I didn't like it at all.
Price: $2.95 at Wal-mart
Size: 0.23 oz/7 mL

Avengers - Hulk Manicure

When I was swatching my Kleancolor mini polishes a couple days ago i saw that their was some good colors for Avengers Manicures. I dont know if i will do more but i did a Hulk one. The lighting in my apt is awful so sorry about the quality of pics. The signature on the DVD below is Stan Lee. We got his autograph a couple years ago at the annual Phoenix Comicon.

 

Items Used:

*Metallic Green, Fuschia, and Black

*Migi Nails Green, Black, and White

*Seche Vite Base and Top Coat (When i removed the swatches i found some staining with a couple of the colors.)

*Some green nail glitter i got in a set from the dollar tree

*Nail brush i got from my Crown Brush Haul

I should have done some clean up after i was finished, sorry.

*I started by applying Seche Vite Base Coat.

*Applied one coat of Kleancolor Metallic Green.

*Went over with Seche Vite Top Coat (im impatient)

*Next I took the black Migi Nail Pen and drew an outline of Hulk Hair at the top of each nail.

*Filled in the tops with Metallic Fuschia on every finger but the thumb.

*Filled the top of thumb with Metallic Black.

*Seche Vite Top Coat

*Next i took my nail brush and dipped it into my Migi Nail Black and drew on hulk face.

*Used Migi Nails Black and White for Teeth.

*Using Migi Nails Green I spelled out the Hulk on my other Fingers.

*Took a brush and applied Green Glitter over letters.

*Traced the Letters back over with Migi Nails Green. (I messed up the letter H when i did this :/)

*Let dry for a minute or 2.

*Applied Seche Vite Top Coat

 

I decided to play with some of the settings trying to see if I could the letters to show up better. My flash always gets in the picture when i take pics of my nails.

This mani can go with my Hulk 1 and Hulk 2 Make Up Looks.

KleanColor Retro City

Ive seen these posted about here and there on TPF in the Nail Care. I just never owned any before. We happened to get 3 mini sets. A set of blues, a set of neons, and then the set i got, metallics. I looked up swatches and what i kept seeing was the metallic aqua. it was so pretty that i decided to get this set. It was only $3.99 before my discount.

Metallic Black, Metallic Fuschia, Metallic Sapphire, Metallic Aqua, Metallic Green, and Metallic Orange.

I did a quick swatch of them.

These are all just 1 coat and they applied smoothly. Took a minute or 2 for them to dry. Im very pleased with them. :) They also smell clean, hence the name. They smell like a fresh smelling laundry detergent.

 

Note: I did a Hulk Manicure using these.

Zoya Earth Day 2012 Promo

Every year for Earth Day Zoya has an exchange. You send them your old non zoya np and get a zoya polish at a discount.

Heres the steps for the exchange from the Zoya Blog:

1.    Go to www.zoya.com, pick out the polishes you would like and add them to your cart. You must select at 
least 6 and no more than 24 bottles of polish (Salons accounts minimum 12 maximum 48 bottles).
2.    Apply the code: EARTHZOYA2012
3.    Your order value will be adjusted to reflect a 50% discount (we use these funds to properly dispose of 
the old nail polish).
4.    Review and SUBMIT your order!

Once you get your order (Here is where the exchanging* happens)…

1.    Ship back the equivalent number of bottles to the ones you received to the return address below 
(ie. If you got 6 bottles of Zoya – you would send us up to 6 NON-ZOYA polishes). Please check with 
your carrier on the proper way to ship nail polish.

2.    Include a copy of your order. 

To clarify the exchange: You do not have to send us the exact amount of bottles that you are ordering. You can send any quantity up to that amount. You can also donate. If you decide you don't want to do either, it's ok "Offer is not contingent on customer returning polish" we will still love you and send you the Zoya polishes... We'll just send you on a guilt trip for a while :)

Shipping Address
Art of Beauty, Inc.
c/o Polish Exchange
5060 Taylor Rd, Unit D
Cleveland, Ohio, 44128, USA

Once we receive your polish we do the rest! It’s that simple!

IMPORTANT

The bottles you send in cannot be Zoya, Qtica or Nocti polishes (but they can be any other brand). 

We are using the honor code here folks! We want to make sure you get your Zoya Nail Polish! We send you the polish first then you send your old polish back to us! If you do choose to send us your old polish we promise to properly dispose of it according to EPA guidelines. This offer is only good through this 
weekend so hurry – Don’t Wait!

 

World Autism Awareness Day 04/02/2012

Zoya Yummy, Migi Nail Pen in White, Deborah Lippmann Bring on the Bling, and Seche Vite Top Coat

Today is the World Autism Awareness Day.

1 in every 88 children has Autism.

You can learn more about Autism Here.

I have a good friend who's son has Autism. His name is Ronnie. He's a beautiful little boy full of life. I actually walked in the Autism Speaks Walk For Autism this past October. We were Team Lil Ronnie.

Heres some pics from the walk:

my hubby <3

Wet n Wild Fast Dry Nail Wheel

1. Buy Me a Drink

2. Hannah Pinktana

3. Ready to Pounce

4. Gray's Anatomy

5. Jungle Fever

6. Sagreena the Teenage Witch

7. Teal or No Teal

8. Teal of Fortune

9. Cougar Attack

10. 9.0.2.1. Orange

11. 24 Karats

12. Party of 5 Glitters

13. Correction Tape

14. Tangled in a Web

15. Behind Closed Doors

Secret Bunny Nail Polish Exchange

Another Np Exchange has been going on and I recieved my package the day before st pattys day.  I love shopping for these exchanges as well as opening my own package.  You feel like a little kid at christmas opening your package.

 

 

My Goodies - yum!

The Polishes:

First Up:

Layla Hologram Effect in Ultra Violet

Next:

Deborah Lippmann Bring on the Bling

Next Up:

Layla Hologram Effect in Mercury

Next:

A-England Tristam

Next:

Nails Inc Trafalgar Square

Next:

A-England Lady of the Lake

Next:

China Glaze Grape Pop

Next:

OMG Rescue Beauty Lounge Scrangie!!!! <3

Nails Inc Houses of Parliament

Opi A Roll in the Hague

Group Shots:

The Card!!

Thanks ChengJ!!!!!

My bunny rocked my socks off with this package!! These polishes are all awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!