This weekend I decided that Julep’s Isla and Cover Girl’s Grapevine should meet. I think it was a pretty good collaboration and that the sheen of these two polishes work well together. I decided to paint the purple on in two blocks leaving a clear strip down the middle for Isla to fill in. I […]
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Smokey Taupe
I have been wearing a lot of dark colors lately because those are the colors I usually gravitate to but I do like to mix it up so I am glad I picked up this Cover Girl Smokey Taupe (#215). I used two coats to get the opaque look you see. It went on really […]
Deep French manicure
While I was watching television the other day I saw a French manicure with pale pink tips flash by, sorry I don’t remember what the actual commercial was about but it certainly wasn’t nails. The main thing I noticed about the mani was that the usual white tips of a french manicure were really deep […]
Constant Caribbean
One of my favorite colors this summer came about when I did the Gradient Sunset nail art for the Shoppers Drugmart contest. The last coat applied was Cover Girl’s Constant Caribbean. This rich green hue made the sunset and I was looking forward to trying it on its own. I just could not capture how […]
Fuzzy Coat Nail Polish
I had fun this summer testing Sally Hansen’s textured nail polishes, the first being the Fuzzy Coat in wool knot. Before I knew any better I applied the polish over a base coat. I was not completely pleased with the results. To get an even-ish coat you have to apply thin coats or else it […]
