St Patty's Day nails!

**If you're wondering how to do Water Marbel Nails, just goto YouTube and search for water marbel nails how to!**

I wanted to do something creative with greens for St Patrick's Day. After a quick trip to Ulta, I had what I needed!

Then I just used things I found in my kitchen! Small plastic bowl, skewer stick and water! I used the 'Water Marbeling' technique.









The completed product on my nails came out like this:






I love how each nail has a different pattern. I've seen a lot of people go for the same design on each nail. But I think it's fun to have each one be unique!
And yes, I know there is a mess of polish on my skin around my nails. Which leads me to this quick review of Sally Hansen's 'No More Mistakes' manicure clean-up pen...







I didn't take a picture of the pen itself because I didn't feel like digging it out of the trash can. I bought this thinking it was a fantastic idea. And I still think it is. But when I got it home and tried to use it, it was dry. I read the directions and it said just uncap the pen and rub lightly to remove polish mistakes. There was no nail polish remover in the pen! It was bone-dry!! I thought I could pour a little of my own polish remover into the pen and just put the end back on it and use it that way. FAIL! I did that and stuck the tip back on it but once I flipped it back over, the polish remover flowed out. I tried shoving the tip in tighter, but it was in as far as it'd go. I used what little was left on the tip on one finger, and then it was dry again and not working. $5 wasted on this piece of garbage!
My advice: just dip q-tips in polish remover and do it that way. Don't waste your money on this stupid thing.
Now i'm off to go put my q-tip method to use. What I can't get off with the q-tips will come off when I do dishes and shower!


**If you're wondering how to do Water Marbel Nails, just goto YouTube and search for water marbel nails how to!**

OPI Vs. China Glaze

I went to Ulta this morning to pick up another EOS lipbalm (I love the Passion Fruit one so much, I had to get another!). I not only got the new lipbalm, but I saw that China Glaze had a new collection of polishes out. They're called the Crackles. Similar to OPI's Black Shatter, but the CG Crackles come in multiple colors! 6 total!!

I got the light blue color. It's called Crushed Candy, and it reminds me of CG's "For Audrey" polish. The  next time i'm in Ulta I think I may get the grey or white color also.

The obvious differance, that I can see, between the two polishes, is the amount you have to use. With OPI's Shatter you have to put on a generous amount to get a good Shatter going on. So of course I figured i'd have to do the same with the Crackle. When I put a generous amount of the Crackle on, it barely cracked at all! After watching a few reviews on YouTube about the polish, I learned that you have to put on a thinner coat of CG's Crackle to make a decent crack!
I'd have to say that it's China Glaze Crackle for the win! Using less polish to get the crackle effect is better than having to drown my nails in polish just to get the shattered look. Plus the Crackles come in 6 different colors!!

While at Ulta I also picked up my EOS Lemon Drop (like I said above) and OPI's Teenage Dream from the Katy Perry collection.




 

I haven't tried the Teenage Dream polish yet. I'm going to wear the Crackle for a while, probably till the weekend, and then switch over to Teenage Dream. Maybe i'll see how it looks with Black Shatter over it.

I had  to get another EOS lipbalm. I use the Passion Fruit one every day and I love it! The only other two they had at Ulta were the Lemon Drop or the Mint Chocolate Chip. I'm not big on mint, so lemon was my next choice. I love this one just as much as the passion fruit!

Trip to Ulta + Sally's

Before class I took a quick trip to Ulta to try and find OPI's Black Shatter nail polish. Of course they were sold out. So while I was there I picked up an EOS chapstick and some China Glaze polish i've been looking for for a while. I've been looking for a Tiffany blue color, and someone recommended For Audrey.

I did a 'test nail' and I really like how the color looks! I put on one coat of polish and that seemed to be enough. I put on a second coat anyway. It's so smooth and glossy!

I got the EOS chapstick (lipgloss?) in Passion Fruit. I've been using it all day! It smells (and tastes) divine! Its not sticky at all. And so far, it's super moisturizing!

Right next door to Ulta is Sally's Beauty Supply. I walked over there thinking maybe they'd have to OPI polish I was looking for. It turns out they don't even sell OPI brand polish! While I was looking around though I found some adorable little polishes. They're Sally's Girl brand (store brand). I picked out a hot pink (more like Day-Glo pink!) and a pretty silvery/pink glitter polish to go over it. I figured it would look cute for Valentines Day. I also got a little bottle of cuticle oil. Its made with orange blossom oil and it smells sooooo good!

The camera made the sparkles look black, but its super sparkly, I swear! The only problem I have with the Sally's Girl nail polish is the pink polish is really matte. I thought it'd be even just a little shiney, but its very very matte. Which is okay because i'm putting the glittery clear polish on top of it.

I had another mid-term at school today. We had to draw blood. Easy peasy! I finished pretty quickly and got to leave early. So I went and had my eyebrows waxed. I was way over-due for a brow wax! The lady who did it made them a little bit thinner than usual, but it looks pretty good.