tomboy with a nail polish problem | mostly lacquer & unboxings
I've painted my nails only once in the last three weeks, but I enjoyed it! This is two coats of Wet 'n' Wild Caribbean Frost, topped with one coat of Live Love Polish Artemis from Live Love Polish's Felis Collection (the profits from which raised $20,000 for a cat cafe fostering at-risk cats in New... Continue Reading →
A palate-cleanser sort of polish this time: Julep Sloan, which Julep describes as an "Icy Primrose Shimmer," from my December 2018 box. I don't remember why I picked this color when I made my subscription box selections last month, but it must have attracted me at the time. Once in a while, I suppose, I... Continue Reading →
This is Julep Maynette, from the July 2018 collection, two coats topped with Sally Hansen Miracle Gel top coat. https://www.instagram.com/p/BljwYPUhW6h/?taken-by=eternaldecember Maynette is a bright, minty turquoise shimmer with a frosty finish that tends to show brush strokes and bubbles, as you can see in my swatch. I didn't try especially hard to minimize streakiness or... Continue Reading →
I've never done a Throwback Thursday post, but hey, I just happen to be wearing the first nail polish that started this whole nail polish obsession: Sally Hansen Nailgrowth Miracle Precious Pearl. More on that in a bit. This is in outdoor natural light, two coats, topped with Essie Good to Go top coat: https://www.instagram.com/p/BMGEWYVAQRQ/?taken-by=eternaldecember Precious Pearl... Continue Reading →
I've got swatches for two Julep August 2016 colors today, Julep Pam and Julep Alysha! These photos show two coats, topped with Essie Good to Go top coat, in outdoor natural light. https://www.instagram.com/p/BI_qIETgFiw/?taken-by=eternaldecember https://www.instagram.com/p/BI_qPMuglB5/?taken-by=eternaldecember Pam is a somewhat frosty, somewhat metallic orange-soda orange with holographic shimmer. The frosty finish shows brushstrokes a bit, but it's... Continue Reading →
Julep Aubrey is a color from September's It Girl Maven box, labeled as a "[r]osewood shimmer." The color's hard to describe, but if I were to give it a shot, I'd say it looks like a dusty, rose-leaning deep grape to me; a little too purple for a rosewood color, at least to my eye. The finish is... Continue Reading →
I was so enamored with the color combination in this month's Julep Maven It Girl box that I decided to swatch them together as skittles. (Well, that, and it's so hard to find time to paint nails with a newborn - thank goodness for a helpful husband and family!) Here's two coats Julep Juliana on... Continue Reading →
I'm not normally a huge fan of pale pink, but Julep Ava was sitting untried in my stash (I'd gotten it for free with one of my Maven monthly boxes at some point), and I thought it'd go well with Revlon Nude Graffiti, one of the Transforming Effects top coats just released this year. I... Continue Reading →
I'm not usually a "work-appropriate" colors kind of girl - there's just usually something flashier that catches my eye more - but somehow the mood struck me this week. For whatever reason, I was excited about Julep Fifi ("[t]ea time pink crème") when it was announced as one of this month's limited-edition colors. Something about that pale, cool,... Continue Reading →
