China Glaze Surprise Collection

Today I have China Glaze's Surprise Collection for Spring 2014. 

First up I have "Create A Spark" over China Glaze "At Vase Value." This glitter is made up of black, pink, and periwinkle glitter pieces of various sizes.  

Next I have "Glimmer More" over China Glaze "Spring In My Step." This polish consists of pink, orange, and yellow glitter.

Here I have "Don't Be A Flake" over China Glaze "Lotus Begin." This glitter combination was made with black, pink, and turquoise pieces. 

This is "I'm A Go Glitter" over China Glaze "Kinetic Candy." The glitter is made from pink, lime green, and turquoise pieces.  

This last image is "Glitter Up" over China Glaze "Re-Fresh Mint." The glitter combination is purple, orange, pink, and turquoise pieces. 

The last polish from this collection is "Shine-anigans" which is purple, pink, and lime green glitter. Unfortunately, my bottle has proven to be impossible to open so far. I hopefully will have a picture posted in the next couple of weeks once I figure out a good way to open it. 

China Glaze Cherish

China Glaze Bare If You Dare

This peach polish has an amazing gold shimmer. 

Cherry Nails

To get this look I used China Glaze "Cloud Nine" for the background shade. I then used China Glaze "Poinsettia" for the cherries, China Glaze "Holly" for the stems, and Sinful Colors "Snow Me White" for the high lights on the cherries. 

Trip to Colorado

Last week I got the opportunity to visit my sister in Colorado. These are the goodies that I picked up on while I was there in Old Town, Colorado.

The candle from Rosy Rings in an indie brand made in Denver. It smells amazing and is supposed to last longer than most mass produced candles. The cupcake soap I unfortunately last the business card for. 

I purchased these three soaps by Colorado Aromatics from my sisters job. They smell amazing and the rough pieces are exfoliating when you use it. 

Here is a bonus shot from Lake Dillon, Colorado. 

Julep Maven March Box

This months Julep box was the Riveria Collection. I chose the Core Classics box because I'm not really a fan of lip gloss and the price for the two products was pretty decent. I might have to purchase the It Girl box from the Jules Box later online though. The two add-ons that I gotare Rae and Tania. 

This is two coats of Rae. This is supposed to be the color of the year. 

I used Tania to create a reverse glitter gradient over Shanae. 

Owl Nails

I did this nail look three years as one of my first attempt at nail art. The base color for my three nails is China Glaze "Sunset Sail." I used three coats of China Glaze "White Cap" as the base for under the owl, "Peach Keen" as the main polish for the owl, "Lemon Fizz" for the eyes, "Bogie" for the pupils, and "Swing Baby" for his spots. 

Color Club With Love

This is two coats of Color Club "With Love" on its own.

Nail Artist Eri Ellie

These are some photos that I took at a photo shoot I did about two years ago. Nails were done by Eri Ellie, the hair and make up was done by Kodo Nishimura.

Color Club Bundle Of Joy

Color Club "Bundle Of Joy" is a bright mint green jelly base with white and black glitter of various sizes.

Color Club Safari Sunset

This polish is a lovely peachy gold shade with a very slight shimmer to it. This is two coats on its own.

Color Club Subway Station

Color Club "Subway Station" is made up of a shade of medium gray and white matte glitter pieces. 

Color Club Green Piece

Color Club "Green Piece" is made of white and mint green matte glitter. 

Cynthia Rowley Eye Shadow Palette

The palette comes with five neutral shades, a deep chocolate brown, taupe, plum, pink champagne, and a soft, pale yellow. 

The first look I created with this palette was made by using the yellow shade across my lid and the plum to define the crease. I used Sephora's liquid eyeliner in Matte Navy Blue.

The next look was created using the pink champagne shade all over the lid, taupe in the crease and Sephora liquid eyeliner in Bag It.

The third look was made using the pale yellow across the lid, taupe in the crease, and Sephora liquid eyeliner in Dark Gray. The eyeliner on the lower rim of my eye is Julep's Charcoal Black.

China Glaze Not In This Galaxy

This two coats on its own without topcoat.

China Glaze Cosmic Dust

This is two coats without top coat.

Mint Nails

Today I have this look using all China Glaze polishes to show. The mint shade is "Keep Calm, Paint On," the glitter is "Glitz' n Pieces," and the black polish is "Liquid Leather." 

The Balm You're So Hot & Gold

This polish is The Balm "You're So Hot & Gold" is scattered holographic glitter. This is two coats. 

Julep Holly

I got this polish as part of a special Oscar's promotion that Julep was having a few weeks ago. I must admit that I am a bit let down by this polish. It looks nothing like the swatch that they posted which was much more dense and had a metallic finish. This shimmer is so sheer that at four coats it still was not opaque. This is not the Julep quality that I am used to. 

Tribal Inspired Nails

This is another old design of mine from two years ago. To create this look I used China Glaze "Dance Baby" & "Aquadelic." I used a black Milani striper to create the lines.

Accent Nails

For this look I used Sation's "The One & Phony" over Butter London "Trout Pout" as glitter accent nails. I bordered it with Julep "Cleopatra."

Mardi Gras

In the spirit of Mardi Gras, here is China Glaze "Glitter All The Way." This is three coats on its own. 

Floral Nails ft Julep

Today I have this floral design to show featuring all Julep nail polishes. Please forgive me for the bad cuticles/ paint on my skin. This is from three years ago. For the base I used "Miranda," this inside of the roses is "Carrie," lining of the roses is "Carmen," and the leaves were made using "Stephani."

Julep Oscar

This polish is a fine grain gold glitter. I used  three coats to achieve this opacity.