Pink Wednesday: Pink 'n Green

Earlier this week I went to Sally to take advantage of the buy 2 get 1 free sale that's going on this month.  Both the stores in my area are pretty picked over on nail polish, so they are apparently doing well with this sale.  I picked up China Glaze Ahoy, Flying Dragon, and Dorothy Who; as well as a couple Stripe Rites.  Today for Pink Wednesday I wanted to do a pink and green manicure (love pink and green!) so I used Ahoy with the green Stripe Rite.

Ahoy is so pretty!! It's a deep berry with teeny tiny shimmer.  I'm still not a huge fan of the little stripe brushes...I feel like they are too long to have good control over them so my lines are kind of funky.  I can't draw a straight line without a ruler though, so it could just be me.

I like how this turned out though.

My Julep Spring Mystery Box should be here tomorrow!! So excited to see what's in it.

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Colors Used: China Glaze Ahoy, Stripe Rite Green
Technique: Striping
Purchased: Sally Buy 2 get 1!
Verdict on the colors: Ahoy is soooooo pretty!

Pink Wednesday: A Dupe?

My Julep add-on (Niecy) arrived over the weekend, and when I set it on my end table I noticed it looked a lot like OPI's Strawberry Margarita which happened to also be sitting on my end table.

What do you think?

Here my index and ring fingers are painted with the OPI, the middle and pinky fingers are painted with the Julep.  Sorry for the total lack of clean up.  I was just swatching these and then taking it off to do something else.

So, dupes?  They were super close.  I think Strawberry Margarita has a tad more blue in it.  And I will say I like the application of Niecy better...this is 2 coats of each and you can see on my ring finger that Strawberry Margarita still has some thin spots.



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Colors Used: Julep Niecy, OPI Strawberry Margarita
Technique: Quick 'n dirty painting
Purchased: VyVy's and through Julep Maven program
Verdict on the colors: Super similar!  Like application of Julep better.

Pink Wednesday

Happy Wednesday!  Today I have OPI Strawberry Margarita with Spoiled Trust Fund Baby layered over it.  Trust Fund Baby is a fun glitter, it has hot pink square glitter, and gold, blue, and black hex glitter.  It spread really unevenly though, so that was kind of a pain.  I've found some Spoiled brushes are GREAT, but some look like they've been beaten with a tiny tiny weed wacker.

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Colors Used: OPI Strawberry Margarita, Spoiled Trust Fund Baby
Technique: Layering
Purchased: VyVy's and CVS
Verdict on the colors: Strawberry Margarita is one of my favorite pinks.  Trust Fund Baby is pretty, but the brush makes it hard to get an even distribution.

Hunger Games Week: Day 3. Also, Pink Wednesday 3

There's only one polish in the Capitol Colors collection that worked for Pink Wednesday so today I am wearing Dress Me Up!  I used Smoke and Ashes for the tips and heart, and used a dotting tool to make the hearts.  I really like this one, and these polishes together.

Happy Wednesday!






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Colors Used: China Glaze Smoke and Ashes and Dress Me Up
Technique: French tip strips and dotting tool
Purchased: Sally
Verdict on the colors: <3

Pink Wednesday

Back from San Diego and finally had a chance to sit down and upload pictures!  Here is this Wednesday's pink manicure.

The One That Got Away is a deep magenta with a fine glitter shimmer.  It went on SUPER streaky in the first coat but evens out with more coats.  It's really pretty but something about it makes me feel kind of "meh."

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Colors Used: OPI The One That Got Away
Technique: Regular manicure
Purchased: VyVy's Nail Supply, San Diego
Verdict on the colors: Applies streaky for the first coat or two, but evens out well at 3 coats.  Is very pretty and yet somehow a little boring.

On Wednesdays We Wear Pink

My first Pink Wednesday!  Mean Girls memes make me about as happy as anything.

Happy Wednesday Everyone!


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Colors Used: Base Color: China Glaze Make an Entrance. Middle coat: Northern Lights Silver top coat.  Stamping: Sally Hansen White On
Technique: Stamping BM 11
Purchased: Northern Lights and China Glaze at Sally, Sally Hansen at Kroger
Verdict on the colors: The white isn't as opaque as I'd like for a stamping polish, but I really liked the other two.  Make an Entrance is really pretty by itself, but I thought the Northern Lights added a little je ne sais quoi.