Fun Summer Nail Art // China Glaze's "Electric Nights"

Hey everyone!

I can't even begin to express what I'm feeling as I edge closer and closer to my college graduation *proceeded to scream in pillow*. It hurts so much to not have as much time to do my nails as often as I would like, especially since it's a great form of relieving stress! It's pretty amazing to see how much I've grown as a nail artist and even a photographer through my Instagram and blog over the past 4 years.

I'm excited to see where I can go with this in my future as I will have way more time to dedicate to my passion with nails (FINALLY)!!

Tonight I'm sharing some nail art I did using half of China Glaze's new summer collection "Electric Nights". The name is so fitting to this collection. These colors are bright and neon during the day, and then come night time, add a black light, and they glow!

left to right: "UV Meant To Be", "Can I Get An Untz Untz"(glitter), "Treble Maker", "DJ Blue My Mind", "Plur-ple", "Violet-Vibes".

Some fun nail art I did using all the polishes above.

Macro of "Can I Get An Untz Untz" over "DJ Blue My Mind".

Another close-up of the glitter.

I will be posting more about this collection soon. I'm trying to get my hands on a black light so I can share how beautiful these colors look when they're glowing! I'm pretty sure these are my first polishes that glow under black light and I'm way too excited about it.

You can learn more about these polishes and where to buy them on China Glaze's website here.

Thank you for reading! I hope you have a great week!

<3 Anna

**These nail polishes were sent to me to review. All thoughts and opinions are my own and are not influenced in any way.

Valentine's Day Nail Art

Hey everyone! 

I did some fun Valentine's Day nail art designs using Color Club's collection "Love Tahiry" (which you can see swatches of here).

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Time for me to go consume a ton of v-day chocolate!

Thank you for reading! I hope you're having a great weekend!

<3 Anna

Color Club Valentine's Day Collection "Love Tahiry"

Hey everyone!

I have Color Club's new Valentine's Day collection to share with you all! It's full of very typical v-day polishes in terms of color, but they all have a really nice application which makes them worth owning.

"Jitters"

This polish is full of pink and silver holographic glitter. Goes on beautifully in one coat! The application is very smooth for a glitter polish.

shown; one coat with top coat over "Sweet Getaway".

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bottle macros (I couldn't choose between the photos so I used both...)

"Sweet Getaway"

A hot pink polish. Super bright and girly. Very smooth application.

shown; two coats with top coat.

"On Cloud Nine"

A pure, white polish. This polish is more sheer than I thought. It took three coats to get opaque. Very smooth application.

shown; three coats with top coat.

"50 Shades of Love"

This polish has a bunch of red and silver hearts suspended in a clear base with little red flakes. The hearts were hard to get out of the bottle. I had to dig in the bottle with the brush to then place each of the hearts on my nails, which is somewhat expected to happen with big glitters. Also, almost all of the red hearts all look like they have been scratched up in the bottle.

Other than that, this is a pretty cute standard polish for Valentine's Day.

shown;  one coat with placed hearts with top coat over "On Cloud Nine".

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"Tall, Dark, and Handsome"

The addition of a neutral color in this collection is a nice way to balance out all the pink and red! Very smooth application.

shown; two coats with top coat.

"Seal It With A Kiss"

A smooth, light pink polish. This is a nice polish to wear if you still want to be in the valentine spirit without being too daring by wearing a bright, neon-like pink.

shown; two coats with top coat.

"Red-Handed"

A very elegant red polish. Goes on smoothly in just one coat! I don't think I own another red polish that looks this good in just one coat. 

shown; one coat with top coat.

You can buy these polishes on Color Club's website here. They retail for $8.50 each.

Thank you for reading! I hope you're having a great week!

<3 Anna

**These nail polishes were sent to me to review. All thoughts and opinions are my own and are not influenced in any way.

2015 Superbowl

Hey everyone!

I wanted to share with all of you my nails I did for the Superbowl last week.. Better late than never, right?

Guess what team I rooted for...

(I know, I know..they lost. I don't really care, it was just a fun game to watch..)

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Macro..I don't know why my photos sometimes have a weird blue saturation when I upload them to Blogger... It's so annoying!

Thank you for reading! I hope you're having a great weekend!

<3 Anna

Happy February! Valentine's Day Mani

Hey everyone!

Here's a fun Valentine's Day design I did. I used Rainbow Honey "Tiny Ruby" and Essie "Status Symbol". Then just a black polish with a toothpick for the letters and macro beads from a craft store for the outline of the hearts.

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Thank you for reading! I hope you have a great weekend!

<3 Anna

Color Club "Seven Deadly Sins" Collection

Hey everyone!

I'm happy to finally share this new collection from Color Club with you called "Seven Deadly Sins". Each polish is inspired by a different sin.

All polishes in this collection are full of glitter, dry matte, and have a textured feel to them. If you don't like texture polishes, you can still add a top coat for shine and smoothness. I personally think these polishes are stunning with a topcoat. I don't mind the texture, it's very subtle, but adding a topcoat seems to bring these colors to life. You can see the difference side by side in the swatches below.

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top row (l-r); "Obsessed", "Under Your Spell", "Friends with Benefits"// bottom row (l-r); "Indulge Me", "You're So Vain", "Dirty Money", "Fierce".

Labels cause why not.

I applied two layers for each swatch. The polishes are very similar, so I'm not going to repeat myself under each individual polish.

The applications of the polishes were all surprisingly smooth. I thought they would be a little thick because they're textured, but they were not. They also dried quickly, which is nice if you are in a hurry and want to paint a single coat or two and not wait long for them to dry. 

"Obsessed" 

Deep blue/green polish. I guess it's a deep teal? I don't know exactly what to call it! 

left; no top coat // right; top coat

"Indulge Me"
An orange polish with tiny yellow/pink shimmer glitters.

left; no top coat // right; top coat

"Dirty Money"
A pale yellow with silver glitters.

left; no top coat // right; top coat

"You're So Vain"
A lovely purple.

left; no top coat // right; top coat

"Friends With Benefits"
Lilac purple with glitters and shimmer of the same color.

 left; no top coat // right; top coat

"Fierce"

Deep violet with orange shimmer flakes.

left; no top coat // right; top coat

"Under Your Spell"

Blue with a yellow shimmer and blue glitters.

For some reason, these photos are uploading super saturated no matter how much I de-saturate the image..I don't understand why!

left; no top coat // right; top coat

You can buy these polishes on Color Club's website here. They retail for $8.50 each.

Thank you for reading! I hope you're having a great week!

<3 Anna

**These nail polishes were sent to me to review. All thoughts and opinions are my own and are not influenced in any way.

Salon Perfect "Haute Holidays" Collection

Hey everyone!

I know what you're thinking "...a Christmas post? But it's not Christmas anymore!" And I'm quite aware, but I wasn't able to get access to my mail at my school until I got back from winter break, which was unfortunately after Christmas. I still really wanted to share these polishes with all of you incase there was one or two that really stood out as polishes you really need even though the holiday season is over. Of course, with my luck, all my nails have been breaking from being so brittle, so I just have macro photos of each polish (which are still so great to look at!)

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"Sugar Cube"

A basic white polish. It's opaque in two coats, and is a perfect base for all the glitter top coats in this collection. It's also a nice white polish in general, so if you are looking for a good white polish, grab this one.

two coats; no top coat

bottle shots

"Christmas Cookie"

This polish is a matte glitter top coat, full of green, red, and white circle and hexagon glitters. By matte glitter I mean the shapes don't sparkle or shimmer, they're just little shapes. I really love the glitter shapes; I don't remember seeing any other glitter polishes that are just circles and hexagons together. It's a really cute combo! You can see the white glitters in this close-up, white isn't really the best base color if you want the white glitters to show.

The base that the glitters are suspended in is a little thick, so it was easier to place the glitters rather than layering coats on top of each other.

 glitter placement over "Sugar Cube"; with top coat

bottle shots

"Glam Glitter"

This glitter top coat is full or red, green, and gold glitters. It's so packed with glitter that it does a very good job covering your nail in just one coat! The application was a bit tricky, but was still manageable.

one coat over "Sugar Cube"; no top coat

bottle shots

"Snowed In"

This glitter top coat is full of different sized, matte, white hexagons along with small, silver glitters. Application was really smooth. I love how this looks over white, it looks soft and fluffy and sparkly like snow!

two coats over "Sugar Cube"; with top coat

bottle shots

"He's with Me"

This is a deep red jelly polish with tiny glitters inside. It's super shimmery! Application was nice and smooth. 

two coats; no top coat

bottle shots

"Champagne Toast"

A gold holographic glitter top coat. Super glittery! I love how it looks over red.

one coat over "He's with Me"; with top coat

bottle shots

You can check these polishes out here on Salon Perfect's website.

Have a safe and Happy Holidays!

I hope you have a great week, thanks for reading!

<3 Anna

**These nail polishes were sent to me to review. All thoughts and opinions are my own and are not influenced in any way.