Happy St. Patricks day!!!

Here is a little water marble tutorial I did! something festive and fun for the holiday!

The colors I used were Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in GOING GREEN, Zoya in GEMMA, Wet N'Wild SILVIVOR and SAGE IN THE CITY, and Ulta ENVY. Other supplies included a small cup of room temp. filtered water, 2-5 polishes of your choice, scotch tape, and an orange stick.

I started by painting a basecoat of SAGE IN THE CITY. Then with the usual cup of room temp. filtered water, I began making my bullseye using the first 4 colors, leaving ENVY for the last, and only drop of that color.

 After I made the bullseye, I used my orange stick to make a pattern in the cup and prepped my fingers using the scotch tape. First, I dipped in with my index, middle and ring finger. I cleared away the exess and created another bullseye, making a pattern, then dipping my pinky and thumb together.

Once I was finished marbling, I used a q-tip and a little paint brush with some acetone to clean up any polish off the skin. I topped it off with a coat of China Glaze's FAST DRY TOPCOAT.

There you have it! My St. Patrick's Day water marble look! Ihope you enjoyed it! Be safe, have fun, and enjoy the wonderful weather (for all you northeastern ohioans)!

Mmmmm...Chocolate:p

‘Ello everyone!

Today I have a nail look for you that I did a few weeks ago. Its just a simple mani with a glitter on top of polish.

I have recently have been acquiring a hearty collection of Ulta salon formula polishes. I love the texture of them, the colors, and the longevity. I decided to use more fall like colors in this mani. It actually happed by accident: I never wear brown polishes, because I think they are pretty boring and I like more color. But I purchased “chocolate kiss” from Ulta not too long ago, and I decided to give it a go. It was a gorgeous color and everything,, but It didn’t suit me, I didn’t have enough time to take the polish off and start over so I looked through my collection to see if I had any pretty glitters I could just throw over the top to make it more colorful. I came across “Tink-her-bell”, which is a multi-sized pale pink glitter. I tried it out, and it actually looked pretty amazing! I liked it so much in fact, that im sure I will be painting my nails with this again.

How do you feel about brown polish, or neutrals in general?

As always, feel free to comment question and request! I’ve got a couple of really great things lined up :D

~Kala

October Polish Haul

‘Ello everyone!

Sorry it has been so long since my last post. Like always, I have been extremely busy. I do have a few haul blogs for you and some nail and makeup designs coming up for you.

This haul blog is all nail polish. And it’s a haul that has been accumulated over quite a long time.

China Glaze:

• Seniorita bonita-med. Purple with gold glitter
• 108 Degrees-hot hot red/pink
• Afterglow-light pink with blue duo
• White Cap-sheer pearl white with gold glitter

I got 2 of these from ulta, I bought 2 and got a free topcoat, plus I had a $5 off coupon!  The other 2 i got off of amazon for 99 cents a piece. I really enjoy china glaze polishes. They are high quality and they have great pigmentation.

Also from amazon, the o.p.i Nice Stems collection minis:

• Play the peonies-cream white with silver shimmer
• Come to poppy-warm, light pink, silver shimmer
• Be a Dahl-ia, wont you?-bright red/pink
• I lily love you-pink based flex glitters

Ulta:

• Purple haze-light purple blue duo
• Jaded-teal green
• Salsa- burnt orange/red with silver shimmer

Essence:

• Where is the party?

Wet n Wild:

• How I met your magenta

Pure ice:

• wild thing

And recently I have been looking for a new basecoat, one that can help my nails withstand the harshness they endure day to day. Im on the hunt for a strengthener and maybe even a growth enchancer also. I picked up Orly’s Nail Defense basecoat and so far, I see a significant reduction in chipping and wear and tear on my nails.

Comments? Questions? Requests? Please share! I love feed back! I hope everyone has a happy and safe Halloween! Sorry I didn’t do more tutorials this year for Halloween, I didn’t have a lot of special effects makeup.

~Kala

P.s., i got my hands on a bottle of Rainbow connection fro the new muppets opi line, im so excited! ill post as soon as i get it!

August/September haul :) (pic heavy)

Hi everyone!

Today I have a collective haul for you of some polishes I have acquired over the last couples of weeks. I have recently gotten more into nail polish be cause of my friend Ericka, and sister amberJ.

From Ulta:

• Chocolate kiss-Deep mahogany brown with shimmer
• Femme Fatale-Deep Plum shimmer
• Lav-ish- light purple/taupe with gold and pink shimmer
• Tink-her-bell- pink multi-sized glitter
• Snow white- plain white

I couldn’t pass up some of the amazing deals they were having at ulta. Polishes were $2 , then they were buy 3 get three free! I LOOOOVE CHEAP STUFF! The polishes are all very great quality and they apply very well.

Wet and wild Craze:

• Inferno- bright orange with gold shimmer
• Rustic-Extreme shimmer bronze
• Nocturnal-Very deep, dark blue

I got these polishes from a store called 5 below for about $1.99 a piece. I love the colors, but I don’t like the caps. They are hard to hold because they are so wide. But other than that, I love the colors.

(i just out the wet and wild ones together. From left to right: Inferno, Rustic, Nocturnal, Disturbia, Sugar coat)

Wet and Wild MegaLast:

• Disturbia-Dark creamy plum with a light red shimmer
• Sugar coat- pale, creamy pink

I purchased these polishes both from my local grocery store, Giant Eagle, for $1.99. I like the colors and I would definitely buy this brand again.

Essence @holographics.com

·        Blue ray- Blue with purple and teal shimmer

·        Prism@tic white- White with pink, purple, and teal shimmer.

I bought these polishes from ulta after purchasing the “Gagalectirc” purple. I absolutely LOVE duo chrome ANYTHING, so I had to have the set (I also picked up one of the cream eyeshadows in this collection alsoJ)!  For $1.99, you cant beat the price!

Sally Hansen Extreme wear:

• Strawberry icing- A sheer, hot pink with silver sparkles
• Violet sparks- Bubble gum pink w/ blue duo chrome

I bought these also from 5 below for $1.99. The strawberry one is very sheer, but would look really nice over other colors. And I LOVE the Violet Sparks. My sister, Amber was wearing it over a light lilac color the other day, and it was beautiful!

Art club color:

• black

The last polish I bought was a detailing polish in black. I got it from 5 below also, for $1.99. I wanted to see how I liked it before I bought it in a lot of colors. So far, the brush is great, the color is very pigmented, and it goes on smooth.

I had some extra time today to get some stuff done for the blog thank goodness lol. I try to update as much as possible! Questions, comments, or concerns? leave a comment! Got some great stuff comin up for ya soon! i hope all is well for everyone and that you are all enjoying the fall weather:)

~Kala