Pre-Exam Manicures!

Before exams started, my friends and I decided to relax a little bit and I ended up giving both of them manicures!

Both of them were pretty happy and almost got through exams with their manicures intact! 

Products Used:
Essie - Grow Stronger Base Coat
Maybelline - 390 Audacious Asphalt
Sally Hansen - 300 White On
Sally Hansen - 370 Black Out
Seche Vite - Quick Dry Top Coat

- Becca.

Rough Around the Edges

I decided to try out two things I've been meaning to try for a while now: Ikat and OPI's Push and Shove.

I've been thinking about doing an ikat manicure for a while and the opportunity finally arose when I needed something to pair with Push and Shove. I love how bright it is and how forgiving it can be.

As for Push and Shove, I've been wanting to try it for a while and was glad to get the opportunity to do so. It's a great polish, one of the best chrome polishes I've tried. I was going to leave the index and pinky fingers with only Push and Shove but broke down and added Essie's Belugaria for a ruffian look. I think they're great paired together!

Products Used:
Coco & Lulu - 992 Riviera
Essie - 964 Belugaria
OPI - Push and Shove
OPI - Lay Down That Base
Sally Hansen - 300 White On
Sally Hansen - 370 Black Out
Seche Vite - Quick Dry Top Coat

- Becca.

Criss Cross Applesauce

For some reason I had the insane idea that this would be a super quick and simple manicure.

I was so wrong.

While there isn't anything really complicated about this design it can get really tedious drawing that many lines. It's also time consuming making sure they're spaced correctly and are thin enough.

In the end though, I'm pretty happy with the design. If you want to try it yourself though, I would recommend leaving yourself a good chunk of time to do so.

Products Used:

Essie - Grow Stronger Base Coat

Essie - 016 Waltz

Sally Hansen - 360 Diamonds and Rubies

Sally Hansen - 370 Blackout

Seche Vite - Quick Dry Top Coat

- Becca.

Lip Block

Hey guys! Sorry I've been slacking on updating again, I've been really busy.

I'm a little behind, but here's the Pop Art manicure I did a little while ago!

I really love this manicure, the lips were really fun to paint! I especially love the lips on the thumb, I think they look pretty cool.

My inspiration for this was basically my roommate telling me I should do lips again because we both really loved the lipstick stain I did for Valentines day.

These are the pictures I used for reference:

Hope you like these as much as I do!

Products Used:

Borghese - B476 Incantato Purple

China Glaze - 654 Designer Silk

Ciaté - 074 Big Yellow Taxi

Essie - 784 Aruba Blue

Essie - 1027 The More the Merrier

Essie - Grow Stronger Base Coat

Revlon - 471 Fashionista

Sally Hansen - 130 Blue Me Away!

Sally Hansen - 300 White On

Sally Hansen - 360 Diamonds and Rubies

Sally Hansen - 370 Black Out

Seche Vite - Quick Dry Top Coat

- Becca.

Sephora

This is something I've been meaning to do for a while but kept putting off for some reason.
I have a Sephora makeup set that looks like the Sephora bag so I've literally had this design staring me in the face for months.

I think it's a cute design though, it looks really classy and sleek when you have it on, (is that my black-and-white bias showing again? whoops). I may have to do more stripes in the future.

Products Used:
Essie - Grow Stronger Base Coat
Sally Hansen - 300 White On
Sally Hansen - 370 Black Out
Seche Vite -Quick Dry Top Coat

- Becca.

Catallena

Orange Caramel is back with their new single Catallena and I am back with a manicure based on the mv.