When we decided to go to Monterey for spring break I knew I wanted a fun nail in coastal shades. Looking through my colors last spring’s favorite Essie’s A Crewed Interest stood out and since I’ve been obsessing over mint for the last year with a heavy emphasis these last few months I decided to…
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Valentine’s Day Ideas – Nails
Happy Valentine’s Day… February the 14th! — Now when arrow’s don’t penetrate Cupid grabs the pistol — Everyone else have that Outkast song running through their head all day like me? Def not a bad thing… neither is wearing Valentine’s Day mani’s for the last 2 weeks! This was my first attempt at drawing hearts…
Holiday Hangover
Time to take down the tree, turn off the twinkling lights and say goodbye to another year. I’m in a bit of a holiday hangover, I don’t want it to be over. I enjoyed the prepping, the festivities, the family and fun! Since I’m not quite over Christmas vacation or ready to deal with reality…
Go Green This Holiday
Red and green are the official holiday colors, with red getting the major push usually, but this year why not switch things up and GO GREEN! Pantone just released the IT color for 2012 and it’s emerald green! Totally jump on the trend a month early and show everyone what’s up! I’m going to be…
Quick and Easy – Party Hair and Nails
Holiday season is in full swing! Which means holiday parties and get togethers or even just extra fun nights out! Sometimes, however, a girl just doesn’t have enough time to get full on glam. Luckily this season I found some super quick and super easy products! Quick Hair: Pulling your hair up already just seems…
Stroke of Brilliance With Essie
Essie can do no wrong in my eyes. Thier luxeffects still continue to dazzle me. My latest luxe obsession is Stroke of Brilliance a sparkling icy blue glitter! Especially over Don’t Sweater It from the fall release. Since before Halloween I’ve been sporting a lot of black & near black shades so the switch to…
Oktoberfest Nails – Essie Skirting The Issue and Finger Paints Fall of Surprises
Welcome October, or as the hmail calls it, spooktober! It doesn’t feel much like fall since its supposed to be a high of 99 today but at least my nails are fall fabulous! At my company we had our annual Oktoberfest gathering, Doradofest! So of course, I had to do an Oktoberfest themed mani! …
Nail Trend: Mixed Media Nails
Alicia 10 years ago, heck! even 5 years ago would NEVER wear different nail colors on different nails! Jigga what!!! Def would of considered it tacky and gaudy…esp on my long nails. Let alone multiple colors, patterns, textures, etc… Let’s just say times, they are a changing because this girl now feels boring with a…
Lake Nails – Peach and Blue
When I knew I was going on the houseboat at Bullards Bar I knew I had to do a mani/pedi in relaxing on the lake, barefoot all day err day type of way. I knew I didn’t want neons or brights because being surrounded by such natural beauty I needed something more muted and relaxed but…
Resort Sea Water Nails with Essie
So my all time, hands down, absolute favorite Essie collection is the resort 2010 collection. Small and only 4 shades, but I constantly reach for them when spring and summer come around. I just took off Playa Del Platinum from the collection, the greige shade that wears clean. I’ve already highlighted Turquoise & Caicos here…
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