Manolo Blognik

Disclaimer: I am not a huge fan of any of these stick on polishes to begin with. Now that we got that out of the way. Essie is one of the worst I have tried. Sally Hanson is #1, those are basically fool proof. Hard. But I feel like they are easy to fix. O.P.I was ok and then wayyy at the bottom you will find Essie. I gave them a fair chance. I tried more than once. Sally Hanson feels more like putting nail polish on, Essie is like actually putting a sticker on your nail. Trying to fit it to your nail that isn't exactly like their cutout (whose is!?) was so hard. I left the house with them on, less than satisfied, only to find they lifted and got sooo gross throughout the day. Thankfully, they sent out free samples so I didn't have to purchase them :).

I have stayed away from doing the ombre thing on my nails, because it seems like I could create a huge mess trying to mix colours with white or black. So when I received this, I was very excited to try out this trend with minimal risk. I had never really used Orly before, no specific, conscious reason. But was pleasantly surprised to find the colours are great, easily applied and dries fairly fast. Here are the results: Absolutely love! And I am now an Orly fan and have bought more of their polishes since!

My mother is a saint and sent me these in a care package: China Glaze- Strong Adhesion Base Coat I obviously has heard of base coats before but never really bought into them and usually that layer is reserved for my Witchcraft Nail Hardener. Well I made room for this and am amazed! The  China Glaze- Strong Adhesion Base Coat,  is crazy good. You can feel that is it, like, sticky. But not...ya know? I am also convinced that it takes less coats of polish after. I just used a really light pink last night and got way better coverage then I usually do. China Glaze- No-Chip Top Coat I don't have much to say about this one. The China Glaze No-Chip Top Coat does it's job for sure, but didn't wow me. Check my next post for the top coat I opt for.

What else is there to do besides nails!? My mom sends the most amazing care packages and in the most recent one were silver and pink nail polish pens. I had sworn off of them after an unfortunate incident with a black one and a yellow couch... But these were not faulty and worked amazing. Definitely recommend them. White polish is Alpine Snow in Matte by O.P.I, silver is petal to the metal by Sally Hanson and the artwork is done by the Sally Hanson Nail Art Pen. More to come! My mother has sent me another great care package, which included nail glitter! So I did this mani: The pink is Suzi & The Lifegaurd by O.P.I and the glitter is Iridescent from Avon This is sooooo girly! Thumb and ring finger are neon pink from Joe Fresh, index finger is Italian Love Affair by O.P.I, middle is Sparkle-icious by O.P.I with Set in Stones by Essie over top and finally, the pinky and dots on the ring finger dots are Summer Peach by American Apparel.

Louboutin Nails! The black is by Sally Hansen in the Insta-Dry collection and the red is Monsooner or Later from OPI I love this one with the messy hearts. Dark blue is Blazing Blue from Sally Hansen's Insta-Dry as well and the teal is from OPI's line for Sephora in Teal We Meet Again.  Orange Sorbet from Joe Fresh, then I painted the accent nail with a base coat of Pedal to the Metal from Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure, went over it twice with Jo is in The House from HandM and once with Set in Stones by Essie from their Luxeffects line. Deep purples and Oxblood are all the rage this season. I loved this colour so much I left it on for 4 days! That is a record for me (This picture was taken day 4). The colour is Manicurist of Seville by OPI I am so super excited about this one. It is a ombre set from Quo by Orly, obviously in pinks. It came in a care package from my mom! (Yes, I chopped off my nails last night. It was getting hard to ty...

December 1st is when I get obnoxiously happy! This includes new holiday nails everyday! Simply Smashing Santa Nails! OPI Dutch Tulips Updated! Joe Fresh polish in Cobalt then white and Art Deco's sparkle Essie's Aruba Blue Love this one so much I may keep it on a couple of days ;)

Its finals time, so all I have time for right now is painting my nails and taking pictures :p  My new colour Jade is the New Black by OPI. I cut my nails a bit shorter for this colour. Any colour that is super dark or bright should be a shorter nails. This is Suzy & the Lifegaurd by OPI. The Konad rip off stamp (Christmas gift) is in Star of the Party by Nicole for OPI. Which is ironic because I did these for a party I hosted. As you can probably tell by now I am OBSESSED with accent nails. The blue is  Turned up Turquoise  by China Glaze - it dried super fast, which is always great. And the red is Lollipop by Essie. I love the contrast in colours and finishes!   Can't Film Fest by Essie. Super cute!

I want to do this soooo bad!! This is by a guy named Josh, goes by the alias Petrilude. I have learned so much from his youtube videos, so definitely check him out!