Pink Dolphin Nails

For the Miami Dolphins first day of regular season football, I have this manicure inspired by my pink Tannehill jersey.  The pink polish is a special edition O.P.I polish that I got for free last year when I subscribed to All You Magazine.  The color is called It’s ALL YOU!  This polish is so pretty and it matched my jersey very well.  It is a medium pink with a slight blue/purple undertone.  For this manicure I only used coat of It’s ALL YOU!  For the dolphin I used Maybelline Bold Gold and stamping plate m52.  

I love the way this manicure turned out.  It was quick, easy, and matched my jersey so well.  I am excited for fall weather and football.  Go Dolphins! 

Satya Jewelry Mani

When I reviewed my Satya Jewelry Turquoise Arm Yourself Bracelet (you can see my review here) I knew I wanted to match my manicure with the bracelet.  I pulled out all of my turquoise looking polishes to find the one that matched the turquoise of the bracelet best.  The winner was Sinful Colors’ Mint Apple.  Not only was Mint Apple a similar color, but it also had a slight simmer to it that matched that of the Satya bracelet. 

I also wanted to stamp a gold snake onto my nails to match the serpent on the bracelet.  To do this, I used Maybelline Bold Gold and Mash-50 image plate.  I finished off with a top coat to prolong my manicure.  

 

 

This manicure came out just the way I envisioned it.  I am so happy with it and thankful to Satya Jewelry for allowing me to review one of their bracelets (which I love).  This was a nice look to wear and both my manicure and my bracelet stood out. 

Satya Jewelry Turquoise Arm Yourself Bracelet

(Satya Arm Yourself Bracelet was provided for review)

Today I have a bracelet from Satya Jewelry to review.  It is the Turquoise Arm Yourself Bracelet.  This bracelet features a gold snake wrapped around a turquoise silk band.  The serpent represents energy, eternity, and immortality.  The bracelet is gold plated over brass with silk.  

This is such a pretty bracelet.  It is very dainty.  I love the colors and enjoy wearing it.  It is very Cleopatra-esque.  I wore it with a nice business suit and it really dressed it up.  I also wore this bracelet with jeans and that looked great as well.  This bracelet is very versatile. 

It is suggested that the best way to take care of this bracelet is to store it in an air tight bag when not wearing it.  In addition to the beauty of this bracelet, I really love that 10% of the proceeds go to Home of Hope in Africa—which helps create opportunities for continual physical, educational, and holistic well being for exploited South African girls.  The Arm Yourself Bracelet comes in six different colors that you can find here.  Each one sells for $48.

(Satya Arm Yourself Bracelet was provided for review)

Julep It Girl Intro Box Review with Bonus Giveaway

I recently received a Julep Intro Box to review.  Julep is a company that offers a monthly nail polish subscription service for a fee.  You can take a style quiz to see which box (American Beauty, Boho Glam, Bombshell, Classic with a Twist, and It Girl) matches your personality.  You can opt out of any month, switch boxes, and/or send your box to someone else as a gift.  These boxes are packaged so cute they would make a nice pre-wrapped gift.  My style was Bombshell; however I chose to receive the It Girl Intro Box.  This box came with three nail polish colors and a set of toe separators.

The first polish I used was Daisy.  Daisy is a yellow cream polish.  I started with L.A. Colors base coat-top coat, and then applied two coats of Daisy.  This is a nice bright polish that went on smoothly.  As I was painting my nails I could see little bubbles, and sure enough I ended up with little air bubbles on my nails.  This polish took a long time to dry.  When Daisy did dry, I added N.Y.C.’s Grand Central Station.  The second coat of Daisy along with the top coat of Grand Central Station really helped reduce the appearance of the air bubbles. 

The second polish I tried was Lily.  Lily is a fuchsia cream polish.  Again I used L.A. Colors base coat-top coat to start.  I followed with two coats of Lily and a top coat of N.Y.C.’s Grand Central Station.  As I started applying Lily, I could not believe how pretty the color was!  It reminds me of a glossy version of Dream On.  I did not have as many bubbles with Lily as I did with Daisy, and Lily dried a lot faster. 

My favorite of the three colors in the bottle was Sasha.  Sasha is a melon cream polish.  I started with L.A. Colors base coat-top coat followed by two coats of Sasha and a top coat of N.Y.C.’s Grand Central Station.  There was minimal bubbling with Sasha that was not visible after applying a top coat.  Drying time for Sasha was average and about what I except from most nail polishes.

The one thing I did not care for with these polishes was the bubbling.  I did not handle or use these polishes any different than I do any other nail polishes as far as shaking the bottles, painting my nails, or drying my nails go.  These polishes were packaged very well and individually wrapped in plastic coverings, so I do not think any kind of polish thinner was added to them (which I hear can cause bubbling).  I do not know why these polishes bubbled up on me.  Again, a second coat of nail polish and a top coat helped reduce and/or eliminate these bubbles.

UPDATE: I was informed by Natasha from Julep that it is recommended to roll the Julep bottles to mix them instead of shaking them like you would other nail polishes.  This is because of the unique shape of Julep nail polishes.  Rolling the bottles helps with the bubbling.
  

Overall I really like these three colors.  They applied easily.  I think they are great for the warm weather.  I stamped over Lily using Pure Ice Outrageous and Mash-28 image plate.  I really like these two colors together.  I think all of the colors in the It Girl Intro Box go well together.  I added dots of Lily and slightly smaller dots of Daisy over Sasha to create a cute and easy doticure.   

You can sign up for Julep though my referral link.  If you enter promo code “MAVENINTRO” you will get your first Maven box for just a penny!  At that price, this is definitely a polish to try!  You can win a free Julep Intro box here.  Simply fill out the Rafflecopter fields below.  The giveaway will run until July 27th.  If anyone signs up, or you are the lucky winner here, let me what you think of Julep and send me a link if you do a review.  Good luck everyone! 

(Julep products sent for review)

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St. Patrick’s Day Mani Ft. Green Ocean and Four Leaf Clovers

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!  I picked up Sinful Colors’ Green Ocean knowing this is what I would wear on my nails for St. Patrick’s Day.  This is a lovely green flakey polish with flashes of blue in it.  I applied three coats.  

When this was dry I used Wet N Wild’s French White Crème and MASH Plate m22 to stamp on cute little four leaf clovers.   

I topped it all off with N.Y.C.’s Grand Central Station.  

I love that Green Ocean has different shades of green and flashes of blue in it.  This polish definitely caught my eye.  The four leaf clovers with the little hearts are perfect for St. Patrick’s Day!  

Halloween Cats

Happy Halloween!  For today’s manicure I have black cats on orange nails.  To create this look, I first applied L.A. Colors base coat-top coat followed by two coats of Wet N Wild’s Creepy Pumpkin.  Creepy Pumpkin is such a pretty orange that has tons of sparkles.  This is definitely a color I would wear again and not just for Halloween—despite the cute tombstone bottle.  For the cats I stamped on Wet N Wild’s Black Crème using stamping plate m46.  I hope you all enjoy and have a fun and safe Halloween!