OPI Y'all Come Back Ya Hear?

As I have mentioned in a previous post I am in love with OPI's new sorbets! I am also loving orange this season, so it goes without saying that I adore OPI Y'all Come Back Ya Hear? This polish is a tangerine orange jelly.

First, here is the gradient I did!

I feel like the sorbets from the Texas collection go together really well and would work perfectly for a gradient. I started with YCBYH and then used Guy Meets Galveston as my middle color and Do You Think I'm Texy as my tip color. I think this looks so tropical and juicy! A yummy summer mani!

Here is Y'all Come Back Ya Hear? on its own. This was very sheer compared to the others, so I did 3 coats. This polish is juicy orange love!

On a side note I just started a new job, so I may not be able to post as frequently. I used to work part-time retail and am now doing full-time corporate - my first grown up job! So it may take me a few weeks to get used to it and find time for updating. I will definitely still be posting, just not as much :)

China Glaze Life Preserver

Today I have for you another favorite of mine from the China Glaze Anchors Away collection - Life Preserver. This polish is a bright poppy orange creme.

Here it is with a little Konad. I used plate M62 and Sally Hansen Color Quick polish pen in Gold Chrome. Reminds me of flames!

Life Preserver applied extremely well! This is 2 coats. In the bottle the polish looks like a burnt orange, but on the nails it is much more vibrant. I definitely don't have anything like this in my collection! A must have for all orange lovers!

Zoya Tiffany

Today I have for you Zoya Tiffany from their recent Flame collection. It's a peachy copper polish with lovely gold shimmer.

Then I decided to add some Konad! I have been really lazy lately with the nail art, so I wanted to do something cute! Also, for Christmas I got the Bundle Monster plates and wanted to test them out. I stamped using Konad special polish in white and plate BM16 using the full nail flower image and the matching little flowers. I'm very happy with the way it turned out!

China Glaze Yee-Haw!

One color I don't have much of in my collection is orange. So when I find a flattering and gorgeous orange I always love to grab it. Today I bring you China Glaze Yee-Haw! from their Rodeo Diva Collection (a beautiful collection worth checking out).

Yee-Haw! is a golden orange with golden microglitter. Such a pretty shade and a very unique one in my collection. This is also a great work appropriate color. It's subtle, yet gorge!

Also, if you haven't already don't forget to check out my giveaway!

Candy Corn Nails

I had to do the quintessential Halloween manicure - candy corn nails! This seems to be a favorite among the nail art community and I can see why. It's just SO cute.

I started with Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Mellow Yellow all over the nail. I then did the orange stripe using OPI Flit A Bit. Finally, I did the white tip using OPI Alpine Snow. I found it much easier to freehand the stripes than to try and use nail guides. Candy corn isn't perfect anyways! I really loved this manicure. People went gaga over it and I wanted to eat it :)

Halloween French Mani

I really wanted to do a Halloween themed french manicure. I decided to do an orange base with black tips and added a little nail art. I ended up doing two. I hated the first one and loved the second. Let's start with the bad!

I used Orly Old School Orange as my base. I then stamped the pumpkin from Konad plate m13 using Konad special black polish. I applied a layer of Konad top coat, but still got some streaks :( I then painted my tips with Obscurity by OPI. I thought the matte black would make a nice contrast against the glossy orange. However, the black went on thick and looked really chunky on my nail. *Sigh* It could have been so cute if perhaps I chose better behaved polishes!

Now for the good. I wore this all weekend and got SO many compliments. I used China Glaze Orange Marmalade as the base. I then painted the tips with OPI Unripened. I finished with a skull and cross bones decal. I love the shimmer in both of these polishes and thought they complimented each other nicely. These polishes went on smooth like buttah, so I was happy :) Super cute and easy!

KleanColor Eyeshadow Palettes

I love visiting locally owned beauty supply shops because you never know what kind of treasures you may find. I recently had this experience! I found these really pretty eyeshadow palettes by a brand called KleanColor. They were only $2.99 a piece so I figured what do I have to lose?

These are the 2 palettes I bought. It Girl and Drama girl. Cute packaging!

These are the shadows. Really pretty colors. The variety of the colors is what really drew me in.

This is an orange and blue look I did with the It Girl palette. As you can see the shadows are somewhat shimmery/pearly which I really like! They applied easily and lasted all night. I was really pleased with how well these worked out. This was a great find!

Have you had any great finds lately??

China Glaze Ick-A-Bod-Y

I just picked this polish up yesterday and I love it. It's the perfect Halloween nail polish.

Ick-A-Bod-Y is a moss green jelly base with tons of orange glitter. However, after 2-3 coats the base looks black. The application was a little glomy and the finish was rough. After some topcoat it smoothed out nicely!

Sunlight

Shade

I wanted to make this even more Halloweeny, so I added some cute decals!

Up close of the decals. Bat and ghost!

If you're looking the perfect Halloween polish I definitely recommend Ick-A-Bod-Y!

Happy October!

Today is the start of my favorite month, October! I love it so much because it is the month of my birthday, Fall, and Halloween (my favorite holiday). In order to celebrate my love for Halloween I am going to do my nails in some sort of Halloween style the whole month! Therefore, most of my nail posts will be Halloween themed, but don't worry I'll have some regular stuff thrown in there too.

Here's a simple nail look to kick it off...

Orange with black glitter! The orange polish is from a brand called Absolute! that I found at locally owned beauty store. The color is simply called Orange. I then added Revlon's glitter topcoat in Galaxy on top. It's a black glitter loaded with lots of silver chunks.