nailXchange: nailXchange's Big Purple Giveaway

nailXchange: nailXchange's Big Purple Giveaway: How about a giveaway for all my fellow purple freaks?! Yes?!  I'm sure some of you out there love purple everything as much as I do, right?...

Sinful Colors: Gorgeous

It's a beautiful color and I love it! The application was great this is two coat with out top coat. I'm still working on cleaning up better. More pictures at at the jump.

Adventure Time!

 SO this is a post about me trying new things! For example foils and stamping. I have done these before but very minimal and I also sucked at it.

First I tried foiling. I starte off with a gold base coat, Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear: Golden-I.

 I really love this gold.

Day 3: Yellow

For day three the color was yellow. I tried several different tactics but with no avail. So I just decided to paint my nails yellow then figure it out from there. That didn't work too well either. I think I may have about three different types of yellow and they all suck. But I found my Cherimoya: matte-n-a Kiddy Flick. It's a high lighter matte yellow. It's very bright but unfortunately my pictures don't capture it.

Sunny Side Up!

So day two for the 31 day challenge is orange! I don't own much orange. I usually go for green or blue but I did find this cute pastel orange from Wet n Wild wild shine called Sunny Side Up. It's so pretty. 

My first China Glazes!

So I received the August Sally's birthday coupon. I'm not sure from where. If I remember I'll put it in here. Anyways China Glaze was also on Sale for $4.99! I've really never been into brand name nail polish I just always bought the cheapest I could find. But I'm trying to break that habit. I want the good quality stuff now. So for my first ones I got For Audrey, White on White, and Sunset Sails.

Sorry for it being blurry. I was in the car and wanted a picture right away!

I first tried Sunset Sails. I have been looking for a good nude for a while and I thought this would be it! But I wasn't that satisfied. The application was fine but it did take about three coats for a smooth finish. Please excuse the messy cuticles.

Also it had some shimmer. You really can't see it in the pictures but I could see them and I didn't like it. I also tried the White on White as a background to a mani that i did. I really didn't like it. It was pretty sheer and took about four coats to get the opacity that i wanted. 

Marias Nail Art and Polish Blog: August Giveaway - Internationally open

Marias Nail Art and Polish Blog: August Giveaway - Internationally open: I am so, so grateful to have such amazing readers, I love your comments and the smiles you put on my face daily! To show a little appreciat...