Winter Wonderland

Hi guys! Continuing on with the Christmas-y holiday theme, here is a gorgeous frosty blue by Sally Hansen called Deep Blue Sea. This is a shimmery, light blue frost that goes on well and can be built up to achieve opacity. This is the kind of color that reminds me of snow flakes, Jack Frost, snowmen... just winter in itself. All I can say is that I really enjoy it!

What kind of nail art (freehand, stamping, decals, etc.) would you put on top of this color to make it even more winter wonderland-like? 

Thanks for reading,

Mandy

Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows

This might actually be one of my favourite manis to date, and it's something I want to try over and over again because each nail is so different. Behold...what I tried to make look like stained glass but it just ended up looking like sno-cone behind white bars!

What do you guys think?! The colours I used for the sponging, which might be my new obsession, were OPI Did It On 'Em, Fly, Funkey Dunkey, Pink Friday and The Thrill of Brazil, China Glaze Papaya Punch, Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Lightning all over a base of OPI Alpine Snow. I'm thrilled with how this turned out!

Gold Foil Comparison

Today I have a comparison of two gold foils to show you guys. I mentioned wanting to compare these two a little while ago when I introduced Filthy Rich by Quo by ORLY in this post, and now that I'm back in Calgary I have access to a gold polish I bought a while ago but left at home. I was certain these were dupes, but I'm happy to see that they are in fact quite different!

On my index and ring finger I have Quo by ORLY Filthy Rich and on my middle and ring fingers I have Sally Hansen Salon Manicure in Gilty Pleasure. Filthy Rich has a hint of silver and it's more sparkly than Gilty Pleasure, which is a little streaky. More photos after the jump!

Guest Starring..

Hello everyone! Yesterday my mom and I went to CosmoProf and we both bought a few too many new polishes and she asked me to give her a holiday manicure. I took inspiration from this post by The Nailasaurus but my mom wanted some seasonal skittles so I gave her a little variety. Check out my mom's new mani!

Aren't they cute? I'm pretty proud. Keep reading for a few more photos as well as a list of polishes used.

Home Sweet Home

Hey everyone, I am finally home! It feels so nice to be back with my family and my puppy and the rest of my polish collection. When I got home I saw that a package had arrived for me containing my dotting tools! I was expecting those to come to my apartment in Montreal but somehow they turned up at my parents house - but at least I finally have them! I was testing them out last night and I didn't want to do anything too difficult, I just wanted to get the hang of the tools so here is a very quick mani I did. I love the way it turned out, these are so much fun and I think they're going to really improve my nail art.

The colours I used were OPI's Alpine Snow, Gargantuan Green Grape, Do You Lilac It?, China Glaze's Liquid Leather, Papaya Punch, Hey Sailor, For Audrey and Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Lightning.
Another thing to note is that while I'm home I'm able to shoot with my dad's Nikon D90 instead of my little point and shoot, I hope you notice the change in quality! :)

NoLW

What, you don't know what NoLW means? Nails of Last Week, people. It's a new acronym I just made up, I am pretty sure it's going to be the next big thing. When I returned to university across the country from where I live, I got a nice surprise when I unpacked the boxes that I had put in storage for the whole summer: nail polishes! Turns out I left a few here while I was away, and Sally Hansen Hi-Definition in Laser was one of them!
The polishes from this collection have been described as intense duochromes, but Laser which flashes between blue and purple, did not show its true beauty in my pictures. This polish is pretty sheer, I was worried after one coat that there was a good reason I had left it in a storage box over the summer, but with three coats it was the dense glittery blue I was hoping for. I have seen Kayla Shevonne swatch the HD polishes over black, and I am dying to test this shade out over a few different polishes. Here are some pictures of Sally Hansen Hi-Definition in Laser.

Somewhat blurry, but the best photo to show the colour of the polish. More pics after the jump!