TNCC- Tea Party Nails Look #2

Hello everyone, how goes it for you all on this hot mess weather Sunday? The Mr. and I went out for a little grocery shopping earlier and it started raining, we ran to the car, got in then about a mile into the ride it looked like it hadn't even rained! That's textbook Florida's bipolar behavior!!

I have here to share with you my second look for The Nail Challenge Collaborative's August tea party themed nails. I can't say it proudly that this is a theme I am enjoying, but I am challenging myself to do the best I can.

On my nails as the base color is a minty green polish by Colorina, this is a fairly new brand that was birthed in Puerto Rico (& was only available there). I had been following their IG account hoping that they would be available for purchase in the U.S and finally they created a online store so everyone can join in on the fun. They have a lot of pretty textures, glitters and creme polishes so be sure to check them out, the price is $1.99.

This is Pastel Misty along with rose nail decals that was sent to me by Born Pretty Store sometime last year or so. I have a slew of them I need to use so perfect timing to bring them out.

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Breakfast In Bed with Rita Ora

Hi everyone, my Monday went so fast at work by the time I stopped to look at the clock it was 3:30 (fine by me)!!

Over the weekend I spotted these polishes at Walmart for $1.50, they're Rita Ora's limited edition polishes done by Rimmel London. On my nails is the minty fresh color by the name of "Breakfast in Bed". This is 3 coats, no topcoat. The formula is average, not thick and not runny, applies smooth no streaks.

On What Grounds?

Hi everyone and welcome to Monday lol. I had a wonderful weekend, I spent the whole weekend with my son, brother, niece and nephew. My nephew Avin turned 2 last week and we took him to hang out in Orlando. We had a good time. 

So on my nails today I'm wearing the third of the 4 set collection from Nopi's Roughles collection. This polish I'm wearing today is called "On What Grounds"? For me this polish gives on a mint or a baby blue appearance (depending on the swatches), on some blog posts they can look either color. 

On my accent nail I'm wearing a polish by Rue 21 called Sugar Rush, I guess they got the memo about it not being cool to not have cool names for their polishes lol. The thing is, I didn't get a rush from applying this polish; it's very sheer and streaky. The polish brush is very narrow and doesn't pick up much glitter. The formula is thick and requires 3 coats.

Hail Yes to the nails

Good morning you all... and Happy Veterans Day.

Starting off this week I'd like to share with you a new brand to me called Hail Nails. I came across this brand thru an IG account NailGurlNYC. Tee is a tremendously talented nail artist living in NYC. I implore you all to go check out her work on IG, you'll be thanking me for days. She showed a swatch using this polish by Hail Nails and it looked so creamy I had to sample their product for myself... Yes I can enticed by creme nail polish lol.... You can purchase Hail Nail polishes for $10 from their site www.hailnails.com, they do have promotions also like free shipping codes.

First up on stage is Candy Rain, online this polish looks like a baby blue color but when I got it, it looks more like a mint colored polish. The formula is pretty uniform for a creme polish, for an opaque look I was satisfied with 2 coats. 

As an addition I decided to use a polish I got in the mail this week from Polish Addict. This glittery polish is called Cool Summer. 

Polish & Co swatches Part 1

Hi ladies, today I'll share with you another set of nailmail polishes I got early this week. I'm following this polish account on Instagram named @simplyissa_. She made a post about these polishes being  for sale for $28 shipped, I liked the colors, thought it was a good deal so I ran with the offer to paypal. I got a total of 6 polishes shipped from Cali.

The formula is in between thick & a little runny but not to the point that you can't work with it; still for all it opaques in two coats so that's a plus. I did not use a top coat with these swatches so you can see they finish with a shine. 

This one is TOO MUCH INFO

This is BLESS YOUR HEART

This is MINT TO TELL YOU

This is ONE WEEK OR TWO

 

Unfortunately after I swatched this green it stained my nails badly, I don't care what people say about base coats; polishes can still stain your nails. So that leaves 2 polishes unswatched, I wasn't about to continue unless I cleaned this green up completely.

Stay tuned for the next episode......

Balloons for a mermaid

Hey ladies, sitting here getting my talons ready for another work week. So I felt myself getting bored so I decided to get creative. So this is what I came up with, this color was very trying in order to come up with a specific color. I had to mix light green eyeshadow, this bahama blue acrylic paint (very little) & some white base lacquer to come up with this. Never will I try this again too much shaking and mixing. 

I already had this glitter which I bought from misfitson8th on etsy.com. This has pink squares, pink fine glitter, red & blue octagon shapes in it. I love this combo together. 

Here's 3 coats of "Balloons for a Mermaid". 

Mint mani for Talia Joy

Here is my mani tribute to Talia Castellano. You will remain an inspiration to me, Rest in Paradise baby girl.

and be sure to check out the other ladies who have dedicated their #mintmanisforTaliaJoy today:

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Lady Liberty

Hi all, today I have to show you my mani using the second Bondi New York polish I purchased. Here is a look at Lady Liberty which is a Mint Green color. I really enjoyed Bondi's formula as it's easy to apply, no streaks and in just two coats you'll reach your opaque satisfaction.

I've chosen to layer Color Club's "Wish Upon A Rock Star" over it, which made the perfect glitter mani I was going for; I was in the mood for glitter.

Mint Candies

Hi ladies, well here we are again, back at Monday! I went ahead & took the liberty of scheduling some posts because I will be occupied with a 2250 word research paper on serial killer John Wayne Gasey, it is due in 2 weeks but I've decided to get the ball and bounce on it.

My mani today is a polish by Candie's I picked up while browsing Kohl's department store. I read on someone's blog that they had a spotting of this polish and I decided to take a tour for myself; I remember Candie's store from back in the day. To be honest with you I didn't see anything spectacular about the colors, I believe I already have the colors that they are offering. I went on a whim and picked up two polishes I know I have the dupe to but I am not positive of their whereabouts. In these pics I am wearing the polish called Mighty Mint. It's a green minty color that reminds me of a lime sorbet color, the satisfied opacity for me is 2 coats. This polish has a pretty good formula which isn't too thick or watery. The brush is a good size and the size/shape of the bottle is cute, I really like the diamond shaped top handle. I picked up 2 polishes that retails at $8 but when I got to the register it rang up $5.60 each so that's a plus for the minus; I believe they are available online also. The glitter polish I used is a polish I've had that I purchased from Ross for 1.99 it's called Cosmetic Arts polish.

Enjoy your week ladies and in case I don't say it later I'll say it early HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!