CHINA GLAZE Emerald Sparkle

It's birthday month!!! My husband and I are both May babies. We are two bull-headed Taurus. His birthday is the 17th and mine is the 19th, though we are 2 years apart. To kick off our birthday month I chose China Glaze's Emerald Sparkle in honor of our birthstone which is, take a wild guess, EMERALD. :-)

This color was my first ebay nail polish purchase and it cost only $3! The first time I saw a swatch I HAD to have it. It's complete gorgeousness! Emerald Sparkle is a beautiful dark green jelly squished full of emerald glitter and sparkle. It's a knock-out color that comes to life in the sun. It dries pretty quickly too, which is a bonus. I used 2 coats and topped with Seche Vite.

Emerald Sparkle - Direct Sunlight

Emerald Sparkle - Shaded Light

This is one of my absolute favorite China Glaze colors! Isn't it amazing?! It's one of those colors that I can't stop looking at my hands when I wear. Beautiful.

What's your birthstone?

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ZOYA Earth Day Promo Arrived!

Happy Monday, girls! My order from Zoya's Earth Day Exchange arrived today! YAY FOR NAIL MAIL! :D

I think these 6 polishes are the most I have bought at once. I am so excited to wear my new beauties! From left to right the colors I picked are Robyn, Poppy, Zara, Midori, Arizona & Maisie.

I got some other goodies in my box as well. Here are my Zoya Haul pictures!

my babies wondering what their mommy got

Robyn, Arizona, Midori, Zara, Poppy & Maisie

Zoya Anchor base coat

Beach & Surf Collection Color Spoons

sugar scrub freebie

mini 2oz Zoya Remove freebie

The sugar scrub and Zoya Remove were both free with my purchase for having spent over a certain amount. I love that small bottle of remove though, it will be great for traveling. I also really like that my box came with the color spoons because it's nice to be able to hold it up to my hand and see the colors in person. The only color I  have from the Surf and Beach Collection as of now is Arizona so we shall see what other shades I am going to undoubtedly want now that I have the spoons.

What colors did you get from Zoya's Earth Day Exchange this year if you participated?

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Do You Believe in Magic?

Good morning, ladies! Well, good morning if I wasn't feeling all stuffed up and meh. My husband made me some tea this morning and we bought cinnamon bagels from Panera yesterday for breakfast today so that was most enjoyable.

Today I have some nail art for you that I'm entering in a contest being held by Lindsey at Neverland Nail Blog. Her blog is incredible and if you haven't checked it out before you should do so! The theme for the contest is "Do You Believe in Magic?" I decided to go with a Magician themed nail falling under the slight of hand category.

Colors used:
   ● ZOYA Sooki - 2 coats thumb & pinky, Ace of Diamonds
   ● CHINA GLAZE Liquid Leather - magic hat, wand, Ace of Spades, bunny accents
   ● CHINA GLAZE Snow Globe - 1 coat Pinky
   ● JULEP Emilie - 2 coats ring, middle and pointer
   ● FINGER PAINTS Papier Mâché - white on all nails
   ● OPI Skull & Glossbones - thumb magic hat accents
  ** I mixed a bit of Sooki and Papier Mâché for the pink on the bunny

So, on my nails I have a magician's top hat and wand, 2 playing cards and the bunny that comes out of the hat. I added a gold star to the top of the wand which I adore. I freehanded all of these with my brand new art brush I picked up yesterday from Michaels for $4. I am so happy with this mani, I think it's so fun! I hope you like it too.

new art brushes, yay!

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Bloglovin'

Hey girls! Just popping in to let you all know I've added my blog to Bloglovin' as an additional way to follow!

I have a nail art post coming up for tomorrow so make sure to stop by! Have a great night.

OPI Skull and Glossbones

Evenin' girls! Today I picked a polish that matched my mood and the day, OPI Skull & Glossbones. It's been rainy and overcast and I think I have the beginnings of a cold from my husband. Oh joy... I'm making us some crockpot chicken noodle soup for dinner tonight and I just made myself a nice hot cup of tea. Mmmm.

Skull & Glossbones is a cream grey from Pirates of the Caribbean Collection from OPI. This was actually one of 5 polishes my husband has given me. The ex of one of the guys my husband works with left 5 OPI polishes behind when they split. My hubby was able to buy them all for $5 since the guy was just going to throw them away! These are actually the only OPI polishes that I own; Skull and Glossbones, Steady as She Rose, Sparrow Me the Drama, Stranger Tides and Black Shatter (almost the whole collection!).

This is 2 coats of polish topped with Seche Vite. I'm sorry about the small cut on my finger, I nicked myself cutting up vegetables the other day.

taken outside, overcast skies

taken indoors in artificial lighting

OPI Skull & Glossbones

Definitely a rainy day appropriate polish.
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