Covergirl Outlast Stay Brilliant: Pink-finity

Hey ya'll! A couple of weeks ago, I found these new Covergirl Outblast nail polishes at Walmart. They display was nice which made it very hard to resist purchasing a couple. If you saw my latest haul, I bought two shades, although there were many more I wanted to try out. This one, called Pink-finity was the first one I tested out.

Urban Outfitters - Sea Dust

Hello lovely readers! A couple of months ago, I already had my heart set on splurging on a Deborah Lippmann nail polish and the one I had my eyes on was Mermaid's Dream. It wasn't until I saw a nail polish haul video of Jen's when I changed my mind and my wallet became happier. She talked about this dupe from Urban Outfitters called Sea Dust. I did not even know Urban Outfitters sold their own brand nail polish. Anyway, I then saw a video from Danica and she was talking about the same nail polish as well. The day after that, my parents took my sister and me to a mall that had an Urban Outfitters and it was fate! Lol :) I bought it. I've already had a chance to wear it as well and I am here to share my two cents on this nail polish.

 Packaging was cute. Practical. I don't have any cube shaped bottles of nail polish yet, so this was a first.

Mani Monday: Orly - Gumdrop

I painted my nails for the first time in weeks! Well last week, I had something else on, but I was just disappointed in the outcome of it. I will talk about that in another post. Anyway, since I painted my toe nails with this polish last week, I decided to match my toes with my nails this week. Yea, I'm so adventurous. 

REVIEW || Maybelline Color Show Nail Lacquers

I've featured just about all the Maybelline Color Show Nail Lacquers I own in a Mani Monday. I intended to compile all the posts up once I finished analyzing each shade per post. If you click on the the shade name, it will lead you to the post I wrote for that specific shade. 

Mani Monday || Maybelline - Tenacious Teal

This week's nail color is another one from Maybelline ! Surprise, surprise! This is the last of Maybelline that I have got so far. I really have my eye on this one mint color but I'm just holding off for now. I'm on a little no-buy for the next few weeks. *sigh* Anyway, this week's shade is Tenacious Teal :D

Mani Monday || Maybelline - Born With It

So I just finished painting my nails just in time for a 'Mani Monday' post :) I was afraid I wasn't going to be able to get one up today. This week's nail color is from the new Color Show line from Maybelline and this one is in Born With It.

Mani Monday || Maybelline - Sweet Clementine

Oh, how cute is the name of this nail polish ! It's why I bought it. Sweet Clementine. Well, I basically bought this because I don't have a straight up orange nail polish. And this color is perfect ! 

  I know what you may be thinking. When I first applied this, Halloween was the first thing that I thought of. This is a perfect stereotype color for halloween. Sweet Clementine is a true orange. It's the kind of orange that you would find in a crayon box. However, I do feel it leans a little neon. But it may just be me.

This polish took 3 coats to get its full opacity. It was so so. The more of these Color Show nail lacquers I try, the more coats I have to apply ! Lol. Despite the thought of halloween, this is a very nice summer color anyway.

Photo taken with Flash.

 I believe Maybelline has released this same exact color before, but it was Limited Edition and it was with their express finish line. I've googled it up and it's practically the same color. As for the formula of it, I'm not sure because I don't own the other one. Duh ! Lol :)

No Flash/Natural Lighting

 Overall, this color may not be for everyone. I really don't hear many people talk about orange nail colors. But if you want to step out of your comfort zone this one is worth checking out. If you are very into the current neon trend that is happening, this is very nice as well. 

Until Next Time,

-Justine

Mani Monday || Maybelline - Audacious Asphalt

This week's nail color is Maybelline's Audacious Asphalt. Yes, you read that right. It has the same exact name as one of the 24 hour color tattoo. However, I think this polish looks nothing like the color tattoo nor does it look like asphalt. The roads around where I live were recently replaced with some nice looking asphalt and this looks nothing like it. 

This color is a very light cool grey. I love it. It's not a typical summer color but it still looks great under the sun. It's more of an autumn color, if you want to get all seasonal. All the pictures are of the nail polish on my nails with 2 coats.

 One coat just didn't do the trick. The second did it for me. Again, I think a third coat would've gone better but I didn't really have the patience. And I was already happy with the results of just two coats. 

 I do have to say that I was a bit disappointed when I first applied this on because it was quite streaky. I think that was another reason why I neglected a third coat. I didn't want the streakiness of the polish to be so obvious.

 The picture above is with flash and the picture below is natural lighting. 

Overall, this is a fantastic nail lacquer especially for the price. If you didn't know yet, these polishes are a bit over $2. If you're into grey or even taupe polishes, definitely give Audacious Asphalt a try. 

Until Next Time,

-Justine

Mani Monday || Maybelline - Shocking Seas

I want to start a series called, "Mani Monday." Lately, I have had a consistent habit of painting my nails every sunday. I'm so proud of me that I've been at it so regularly. Last week, I had Orly's Glowstick on my nails, this week I have Maybelline Color Show in Shocking Seas. I'm so excited to start testing out these new Maybelline Color Show Nail Lacquers :D

Shocking Seas is a medium blue. It's kind of turquoise but at the same time it's not the kind of turquoise we usually sea. Does that make sense? I have asked about 5 different people what kind of blue this is and all of them said, "I don't know" and I say "I don't know either!" But seriously, I don't know how to describe this color. Maybe a deepened turquoise blue? I think that's what I'll go with.

On me, these lasted about 4 days before I noticed some minor chipping, It wasn't until the sixth day when major chipping occurred and I took it off the seventh day. Like all blue polishes similar to this, it stained my nails. No surprise there. I know I should use a base coat but I'm always too lazy to.

I would say this is a great nail polish for summer and a great pop of color kind of thing for the fall. I feel like this has an autumn vibe, don't you think? I'll be honest, I didn't like it on my nails at first and then, I fell in love. I really like this color. It gave me no problems. It was opaque in two coats for me but some people may want to add a third coat. You know, just in case.

I did notice that in person, I feel like this makes my hands look a bit tanner. I don't know if it's because of the weather or if I got a tan (which I know I don't have one yet *sigh*). But yea, in some lights, I feel like it makes my hands look tanner and in some lighting, it makes them lighter. So confusing. 

 Overall, I recommend this shade. So far, I'm very impressed with the new Color Show line. This shade reminds me so much of the beach. Wow! What a very fitting name for this nail polish. Shocking Seas.

Until Next Time,

-Justine

p.s. Sorry for posting more than just one nail swatch. I get too crazy with the camera when I take pictures, then I can't decide which one I like best when I post them so post multiple shots >.<

Orly - Glowstick || Review & Swatches

I recently went to a nail supply store in the O.C. and I must admit that I was disappointed. I've read some reviews about this place and for some it was a hit but recently it's been a miss. I was in the O.C. are and decided to check the place out. I planned to get about 10-20 nail polishes and I ended up with three. I was so bummed but the prices are great. I got this Orly nail polish in Glowstick for $4.50 and the place I went to didn't charge me tax ! 

Anyway, I've been on the search for a color like Glowstick for quite a while now and haven't found one until now. So you may probably know how excited I was to try this. 

Glowstick is a straight on neon Yellow highlighter color. It leans a very tiny bit lime-y green if you look closely. But nevertheless, it still compares to a yellow highlighter.