I'm a Fashionista!

I'm not a fashionista, actually, but when I saw Revlon's Fashionista on the shelf, it practically flew into my hand.  It's blue, it's dark, and it's blue!

All pictures are two coats.

It's not a shade I'd normally gravitate to, but just looking at the pictures makes me want to go put it on again.

The pictures I have today are of it by itself, but it practically begs to be stamped on or covered with some sort of sparkly top coat! 

These outdoor pictures are in indirect sunlight (yay, clouds).  

I love Revlon.  Super cheap if you catch it on sale and great quality.  It went on smoothly and I didn't notice any major staining problems.  Win-win!

Easter Approaches!

So even though I don't normally do things like this, I reelcently signed up for the Julep Maven program! The penny deal really was too good to pass up!

I got Boho Chic (think that's what it's called) as my style, but for the first box I had to go for the one with gold glitter Polish. The other one was a bit more orange than I was expecting, but I still wanted to do something with it, so I attempted a gradient manicure!

Cleanup was a nightmare and I can see a hundred mistakes, but oh well. I initially did this over a white base and started stamping over it, but after not really loving the result and completely messing up one finger I took it all off and started again. This time I used Revlon Silver Dollar as a base, along with the Julep Polish and two L.A. Colors polishes I got at Dollar Tree. I do really need to get some pure acetone, though.

First post!

Well by golly gee, ain't that exciting!


Right.  First attempted mani:

Three coats of ORLY Space Cadet and one coat each of Essie's Shine of the Times and As Gold as it Gets.  With base and top coats, that makes six.  Mixed feelings about how it turned out. Space Cadet was wonderful on its own, and Shine of the Times didn't stand out as much as I'd hoped.  A couple fingers got bubbles really soon after--with base and top coat, that's six coats of polish.  Made it through work with a bit of careful prodding, but I peeled it off right after to put something else on. 


Still pretty messy, but I was in a little bit of a hurry and I fail anyway. Oh well.


Also, bad bonus pic:

China Glaze Electrify over Revlon saucy.  Wore it to the Hunger Games midnight showing and wanted to look at it all night instead of the movie!