Author: Andrea

Showing Support for No H8 with China Glaze Stella

It’s been a crazy day and I almost didn’t have time to do a mani today, but I really wanted to show my support for this anti-bullying movement. Like many, I was bullied in high school and it can be really detrimental to a person’s self esteem. We are...

KB Shimmer Don't Teal Anyone Swatch

KB Shimmer Swatches

I purchased a few KB Shimmer polishes from my wishlist this week and I’m so in LOVE with them!  I had to try them all on this morning, so I have swatches of all three.  They all applied very smoothly and evenly, and I didn’t have to go fishing...

Chickettes.com Camouflage Nails

Polish Days MAN-icure: Camouflage Nails

This is my manicure for the Polish Days “MAN-icure” theme for Movember.  This is a tribute to the special man in my life who I reconnected with last winter after almost 20 years… my 7th grade crush and sports car driving super hero!  He spent 7 years in the...

Emily de Molly - It's Complicated

Emily de Molly – It’s Complicated

I’m in love with all of the swatches over at Emily de Molly’s Etsy store.  I found this brand a while ago and decided to purchase a bottle to try out before I buy more.  Now I’m wishing I had bought more because I paid a lot of money...

China Glaze Smoke & Ashes

China Glaze Smoke and Ashes

This is another China Glaze that I just picked up, Smoke and Ashes from the Hunger Games collection.  In the few swatches that I saw  it looked like the shimmery flecks were silver/grey, but they’re actually green.  The swatches below show two coats of this polish with one coat...

China Glaze Fifth Avenue stamped w Passion

China Glaze Fifth Avenue

I recently purchased several China Glaze polishes that were on sale. I’ve heard from many people that the Romantique collection is great for stamping, so I grabbed several shades from that collection. Below are swatches of Fifth Avenue, which is a lovely dusty rose color. I stamped it with...

Colorful Laser Beam Manicure

Colorful Laser Beam Manicure

I’ve been wanting to try this since I saw it on Pinterest.  The inspiration comes from Nail Stories.  For this mani I used different colored nail stripers to paint stripes, applied three strips of tape to each nail in different patterns, and then painted a coat of black over...