Julep September 2014 Box

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My Boho Glam box with the Bare Face Cleansing Oil & Konjac Sponge.

The super convenient swatch stickers !

My current nails in Natalia :)

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Manicure Monday - Feb 10 2014

In the spirit of Valentine's Day, I decided to paint my nails pink! I used to think that I didn't buy many pinks because I like non-traditional colours.... until I swatched all of my pink polishes. I had like 15 pink polishes and about 15 blue/green polishes.

My nail polish obsession aside, I love this colour and I am sad because it is getting so clumpy now ):

It is like the perfect coral pink, it is a limited edition colour called Casting Call in the Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure formula. Happy early Valentine's Day :)

Manicure Monday - Feb 3 2014

I am on time! I hope this continues. I decided to continue the purple trend. Mostly because this nail polish is almost opaque in 1 coat. Can you guess what brand of polish this is?

In Natural Lighting

You are correct if you guessed Forever 21. Now, I don't think you would expect it but it's true! I actually picked up this polish online... last year? Now before you run out to buy every colour, I also bought a green one but that one will probably need 4 coats.

I love how shiny my nails are when I use seche vite. The name of the polish is Lavender, but they've already discontinued this type of packaging ):

Manicure Monday - Jan 13 2014

I love glitter and wish I could afford more from this brand of nail polish.  This is the same and one of the two Deborah Lippmanns I own. The other one is not a glitter so I don't wear it much at all =/

I used two coats of Deborah Lippmann's Cleopatra in New York and I layered a Wet' N Wild Black Creme nail polish underneath to help with opacity of the polish. As shown in the swatches of my last post, the black base is not very opaque. I guess it helps the glitters show up against the black. 

As you can tell, I suck at this hand modelling business.

How often do you paint your nails?

Favorite Nail Polish Shades for the Winter && Current Manicure

I wear polish all year around, except for exam time. My polish collection consists of approx 80 polishes? I have stopped directly buying polishes. But there are always some colours that I do not own. Today I was be sharing some of the polishes that I will be and have been reaching for during this winter (at least the types of polishes). 

The two main categories are jewel tones & glitters. I love jewel tones, but I never thought of wearing green polish on my nails. Then again, red and green polishes are essential for the christmas season. I am not telling to you wear both colours together, but that is up to you. The purple polish featured was a gift from my boyfriend two or three years ago. He also got me some other colours, but I like this one the best. I think he deeply regrets buying me nail polish.

Going clockwise from the pink glitter.

• Essie's A Cut Above (part of the Luxeffects collection)
• Deborah Lippmann's Cleopatra in New York
• American Apparel's Rouge
• Sally Hansen's Plum Luck in the  Complete Salon Manicure formula
• China Glaze's Exotic Encounters (part of the On Safari Collection in 2012)
• Essie's Set in Stones (part of the Luxeffects collection)

My current nails:

The base colour is OPI's Dulce De Leche (second row, first polish on the right) & a Asian polish layered on top from Nail Colordium (from The Face Shop) (first row, middle polish)

I will try my best to participate in Manicure Mondays in addition to my other posts!

Do you own any of these nail polishes?