Aggies Do It Better

Hey guys! This is a throwback Thursday post for me because I loved this mani so much I wanted to give it it's own post! These are the nails I wore for my trip to South Carolina to visit my friend Danele. She lives near Hilton Head and let me tell you, I was so impressed with the beach there!  I have been able to go to the beach more this year than ever before since moving away and it's only making me miss it more and more! Especially since school starts here in 2 weeks Boooooo! This was only my second or third time doing a gradient, and I used my OPI peel off base on my skin around it, and it did help. I stay far far away from gradients usually because they never look the way I want and the clean up is a b*****. But, this is the first one I've done that I don't completely hate, and, dare, I say, I may be attempting it again!! Yikes!!  Zoya Rocky These are the colors I used.... all Zoya :) Some purchased by me, some samples. I really wanted to use Rocky, ...

Hey guys! Here is my mani (posted on Instagram yesterday) for Picture Polish's first (new) competition called nail art quarterly! They are switching things up a little and are no longer doing their blog fest like in years past. They are doing something similar, separate from this, but if you have participated in the past you can't again! So I'm glad I was chosen to participate  this time!! The challenge was to create a FREE HAND and FLORAL design using no vinyls, tape, stamping etc. Those are the 2 hardest things for me!!! I have the shakiest hands everrrrrrr.  We also were only able to choose 3 PP shades to work with and black or white acrylic paint (or PP polishes) to use. That part was super hard too, especially for flowers!! I tried to think out of the box for my color combinations. (I actually did another design first with completely different colors but liked this one better! I'll post that one soon!)  The color palate I chose was in mimicking fall bou...

Hey guys! This blog has been in my drafts for a while! I figured I'd publish it today since I was already on my computer doing something else, procrastinating on other things! A little while ago I made my yearly purchase from Picture Polish, and I bought 8 polishes! Here's my review of the first 4! Spoiler alert: I love them all :)           First up is Never Nude, a nude colored crelly with micro shimmer and purple and teal teeny tiny glitters! I love this so much! I just wore it on its own but can't wait to do some nail art with it soon! This is 3 coats plus topcoat.   Never Nude  Never Nude  Never Nude Next is Tiffany, which was on my wish list foreverrrrrrrrrrr. It's a minty blue-green, meant to be like tiffany blue! It's a little greener but still gorgeous! This is 2 coats plus topcoat.  Tiffany This is Bon Bon, one of their newer polishes. But I had to have it IMMEDIATELY! I mean! This is my new favorite bl...

Hey guys! Happy Fourth of July! I just wanted to type up a quick blog about this mani and these polishes! :) I only had time to do one patriotic mani this year...oh well!  All 3 polishes I used were untried-yay!  The blue is OPI DS Lapis.....which I wanted foreverrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr and finally got on clearance last year and am just now using it! I will NOT wait so long to use it again! It is awesome!!! Super opaque, you barely need a 2nd coat. It also dries matte! What!! It really sparkles with topcoat.  The red is one of my few remaining untried Liquid Sands. It's "The Impossible" and its one of the original ones they put out. It's kind of an orangy red, kind of thin, I used 2 coats but it could use 3. There's also little star glitters in there that you really have to fish for. Meh, I probably won't be using it a lot.  The star of the show is Loaded Lacquer "Patriot", which Lexi just finally released to the public, so ...