Nails: Matte Grey with a Bit of Sparkle

From left clockwise:

Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Top Coat
NYC Matte Top Coat
Revlon Colorstay Base Coat
Deborah Lippmann Happy Birthday
(this is was a mini 100 points perk from Sephora)
Maybelline Color Show Impeccable Greys

Side note: I know some people clean up their nails after they paint them but I usually wait and peel off the nail polish when I wash my hands. It will usually come right off. 

~amber~

Nails: Private Viewing

• Revlon Colorstay 005 Base Coat
• Wet n Wild Megalast 204B Private Viewing
• Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Top Coat 

~amber~

Nails: Polka Dot Accent Nail

Hello all! I have a nail post for you today. This is actually last weeks nail look I did. I have already changed my polish but I wanted to share cause I finally used the dotting tool(s) I got back in February. I did a polka dot accent nail. The dotting tool made it very easy to do. I am definitely going to have to experiment using the tools for different designs. The green polish is a Sephora by O-P-I from the Tinsel Town Collection. The accent nail color is a polish from a Elf set my aunt sent me (the Sephora and Elf polishes do not have names on the bottles). I also used Revlon's Colorstay Base Coat (which  I am really liking) and my usual Sally Hansen Strengthening Top Coat.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Till next time,

~amber~

St. Patrick's Day Nails!

A simple St. Patrick's Day nail look. I used Sinful Colors in Exotic Green (1105) and then over that Sephora By O-P-I  in Only Gold For Me Top Coat.  I also used my Sally Hansen Strengthening Top Coat over all my nails. 

Did you do a St. Patrick's Day nail look?

Till next time,

~amber~

Nails: Whimsical

Today I picked up some Spring nail polishes because 1) I had some coupons and 2) Spring is right around the corner (for me this winter went really fast).  To see all the polishes I picked up head over to my twitter and don't forget to follow. :)

One of the polishes I picked up was a Revlon one called Whimsical.  In the bottle the color is a very pale blue with blue, pink, and silver glitter.  It does not look that blue when you put it on but it is still very pretty. I used two coats, you definitely need at least that if not three.  Then I used my normal Sally Hansen Strengthening Top Coat.

What Spring polishes have you picked up?

Till next time,

amber

Valentine's Day Nail Look #2

I have another Valentine's Day nail look today. I actually ended up doing something different on each hand so its kind of two looks.

I started off painting all my nails Revlon's Impulsive. A dark blueish purple.

On my left hand I did two hearts using a pink polish by Sephora for O-P-I (which I am not sure of the name but it is from the Tinsel Town Collectors Set). I am still waiting on my dotting tools I ordered to come in so I used (because I didn't have any toothpicks, which you can also use) floss picks. I can't wait to get my dotting tools. I think the hearts came out all right. Better than when I tried to use the actual nail brush. For the other three nails I used a makeup sponge and sponged a little bit of the pink polish over all the nails. I really liked the way this came out and am going to do this again.

On my right hand I did the same two hearts but I used Sephora by O-P-I Only Gold For Me Top Coat. I sponged this one onto the remaining nails as well. 

Over all nails I used my Sally Hansen Strengthening Top Coat.

Till next time,

amber

Valentine's Day Nail Look #1

 My first Valentine's Day nail look is classic red nails with a heart accent nail. I used a nude polish that had a slight pink for under the heart on the accent nail.

I suggest using a nail art brush or a dotting tool to help you make the heart. I used the the small brush from the polish and did ok with making the heart with my right hand but just could not do it with my left. I also used my usual Sally Hansen Strengthening Top Coat over all the nails.

Till next time,
amber

I forgot to add that the polishes I used are the Sephora by O-P-I from the Tinsel Town Collector's Set.  They don't have the names on the bottles and I am too lazy to look them up.

Nails: 1/12/13

Sephora by O-P-I  Just A Little Dangerous*

Sephora by O-P-I Meet Me At The Disco*

Over all my nails I used Sally Hansen Strengthening Top Coat.

* The Sephora by O-P-I polishes are from the Tinsel Town Collector's Set. The little bottles do not have the names on them so I have to look up pictures of the polishes in the packaging to get them names. So if I get a name wrong I'm sorry.

                                                                           

Till next time,
Amber

Christmas Nails

Hello all, I know its way past Christmas but I still wanted to share with you all the nail look I did.

I started off with Sinful Colors in Ruby Ruby (369). And did a accent nail with Sinful Colors in Exotic Green (1105). Then over the red I used Sally Hansen Crackle in Antiqued Gold (06). Over the green accent nail I used Sally Hansen Diamond Strength in Diamonds (05).Over all of my nails I used my regular top coat Sally Hansen Strengthening Top Coat.

                                                                                       

                                                                                                             

Till next time,

Amber

Nails: Black On Black & Party Of Five Glitters

Hello all! Last night I finally decided to do my nails. I had on my previous polish for about two weeks (I just touched it up on week two). I had picked up another new Wet n Wild polish when I had picked up the one from my previous nail post.The polish I got is one of their fast dry ones and it is a really pretty sparkly polish called (238C) Party of Five Glitters (I think it was around $2/$3). I didn't want to just use the glitter polish though. I wanted to have a base color under. All week I had been debating what color would would go with this glitter polish, out of the colors I already own. I finally ended up going with black (inspired by this blog post).

Now I don't think I have ever worn black nail polish before. I don't know why but it kinda scares me. Maybe because it can be very intense. So I figured putting the glitter on top would help lighten it up. I bought black nail polish because I figured it would be a good basic color to have in my collection. I used Sinful Colors in (2) Black On Black. Then I used the Party Of Five Glitters polish on top after that dried. I wanted a lot of glitter so I had to go over each nail a few times. When that dried (or at least I had though it did) I used my Sally Hansen Strengthening Top Coat.

The problem I ran into was that it took a super long time for it to dry. I guess because I had so much polish on???? The glitter polish did not seem fast dry in my opinion. But then again I did like 3 coats on each nail so I would get extra glitter. I have to try out the glitter polish again before I make any final conclusions on it. A couple of my nails got  a little messed up from not being completely dry and me hitting them on something ( so frustrating!) but in the end it ended up being barley noticeable.



What do you think of this nail look?

Till next time. :)