Essie - Leading Lady

Hey! Today I have a really girly, glittery, Christmasy polish to show you. So all you girly girls need this! It's Essie's Leading Lady.

Leading Lady is a red glitter in a darker red jelly base. The glitters are quite small though. It applies like a dream, opaque in 2 coats. It looks so beautiful in both shade and sunlight. It just has so much dimension and depth. Sadly I didn't get many chances to admire it in sunlight, because of the bad weather. 

Sorry, I couldn't get a picture in direct sunlight. It's really cloudy and dark, where I live, so finding direct sunlight ain't easy. There was a tiny bit of sunshine, though..

Xoxo, Anne

First Fishtail Braid Nails

Howdy polish addicts! Today I made... Drumroll, please.... Fishtail braid nails! I think they look so cute and creative and winterish. And they are so easy to do. Mine aren't perfect, but as the headline says it's my first time trying :)

The base is Sally Hansen's Celeb City. The brown color is Essie's Merino Cool and the blue is China Glaze's Kinetic Candy.

Sorry for the dark picture, but I is so dark outside, though it's only mid-afternoon.

Xoxo, Anne

Essie - Merino Cool

Heeey gal! Soooo, today I have an awesome polish to show you! Merino Cool! I LOVE IT! Everytime I look at it, I'm like "FALL!"It just so.... Fall :) And it goes perfectly with that little brown dress. + Brown's the new black, right, RIGHT? No? Ok, but it's still a nice color.

Merino Cool is an mulberry purplish, greyish brown. It looks very different on different skin tones and in different kinds of lighting. I'm pretty sure it's a dupe for Sally Hansen's Commander In Chic and Sephora by OPI's Metro Chic, but I'm not sure cause I don't own any of those two. Merino Cool applies nicely and is opaque in two thin coats.

 Shade

 Direct sunlight + pretty fall leaf :)

Flash

Xoxo, Anne

First Glitter Sandwich

Hey there! I didn't really know what to do with my nails today, so I decides to go simple a mix three of my favorite things: Nail polish, glitter and food! Ten points to you, if you also have those three things on your favorite list! :) So this is my very glitter sandwich. Like ever. I didn't really know, what color to use, but after staring at my still growing nail polish collection I finally decided.

For my base color I used 2 coats of Essie Turquoise & Caicos. It's pretty and exotic looking aqua greenish blue.

Then for the glitter, I used one coat of Essie A Cut Above. I nice pink glitter.

And then I applied one thin coat of Essie Turquoise & Caicos. 

Xoxo, Anne

Pink Wednesday ft. Essie

Hey there all my girly girls! Today is Pink Wednesday! You know. Like in Mean Girls. Get it? Ok, super! :) Today I haven't been feeling so well, so I stayed home from school, but that didn't keep me away from rockin' these glittery girls! I have just been loving glitter lately and Essie's A Cut Above is no exception! 

For base color i used Essie Cute As A Button. It's a really nice creamy reddish pink. It's fully opaque in two coats. Yay! I hate applying three coat. 

Then for the glitter gradient I used Essie A Cut Above. Though it's not ultra super duper extra unique, it's still a very nice pink hexagon glitter polish. I used three coats.

For the writing on my thumb I used Essie Blanc and a cheap detail brush like the ones small children use for watercolor paintings. This is not perfect AT ALL, but it's the the first time I've really tried writing on my nails.

Sorry, the photos have been kinda dead looking these last couple of days, but the weather has been dark and rainy for quite some time :( Hope it will get better soon.

Xoxo, Anne

Essie Lapis Of Luxury (+ Pure Pearlfection)

Last week I bought 2 new nail polish and I'm in looooove! I'm actually on a "no-buy" this month, but in my world "no-buy" and "buying-5-polishes-a-month" is practically the same, so...! I was surfing on the internet, looking for nail polish wishes for Christmas, when I saw Essie's Pure Pearlfection swatched over Essie's Lapis Of Luxury. It looked so cool! I reminded me of the sky on a snowy winter day and I knew that I had to get them both. So here they are!

Lapis Of Luxury is a gorgeous light blue creme. It's not a vibrant blue, it's more on the dusty side. Almost like a summer sky blue. The formula is like a dream! Oh my gosh, so perfect. Essie's formulas are usually on the thinner side, but this was just right. And... It was a one-coater! How great is that!?

Pure Pearlfection is frost with white shimmers in a clear, but blurry white base. It has some blue and purple flecks in direct sunlight. It's so amazing, because it can change all your creme nail polishes to shimmers/frosts. The formula was very thin and runny, but apply a thin layer and your good to go.

Xoxo, Anne

Pink & Lilac Water Marble

Evening! This is a water marble mani I did about 4-5 month ago. This was the first water marble I ever did. As you an see my nails were short and my cuticles dry. They aren't anymore, now that I've gotten into nail care. The photo is kinda dark, but you get the idea, right? In the future my pictures and skills will get better, I pinky promise! :)

Essie - Blanc, Essie - Lilacism, Essie - Tart Deco, Essie - Cute As A Button, Essie - Jam N' Jelly

Xoxo, Anne