The Makeup Monologues

I don't often post nails on my blog, because I have dermotillomania (which makes me pick at my hands terribly. Not conducive for nail shots). But my roommate has beautiful nails and offered to let me use her as a hand model for a Rose Quartz and Serenity-themed nail of the day! The star of this show is Revlon. We used one of their regular polishes in Irresistible, a beautiful Serenity shade, and one of the Parfumerie Polishes in Pink Pineapple. 'Irresistible' was used as an accent nail with Pink Pineapple for the rest of the nails. This is two coats of each. She also surprised me by applying a Revlon holo-flakies top coat overtop of Irresistable, and I think it looks gorgeous! Let me know if you'd like to see more of my roommate's nails on my blog! She's great at nail art too!

The CBB's theme for the month of September is Plum, so I've prepared a few plummy posts just in time for the month to end (whoops)! The first are these nails. I'll have to admit, they're not extremely plummy, but I felt like experimenting with neutrals and rich tones. I used Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure in Greige, and Zoya Margot for my plum(ish) accent nail. Then I applied this Revlon Iridescent top coat to the nails painted with Greige. It has little purple iridescent shimmers in a pearly glaze. I finished the whole thing off with the Pro-FX Quick Dry High Gloss Top Coat. How did it turn out? I'd say pretty well! Not the most thought-out colour pairing, but I like the way the iridescent topcoat looks over Greige. Shiiiiny. Well? What do you think? What's your favourite plum nail polish?

Whoa, a nail art post?! I was inspired by the CBB's theme of the month, which is neon! I was inspired by a rave show. I used some neon Stripe Rite stripers from Sally Beauty Supply to create 'lasers' over a sky blue Sally Hansen Insta-Dri polish. And there's some shots over my galaxy-print leggings to add to the theme.  Well, I hope you liked my first and probably only nail art post on this blog!

Cheer up, all, it's Friday! I've had a crappy day so far and the only things keeping me going have been my fingernails- they're so pretty and glittery! This polish was a pain because the glitter one never dried, even after two hours! I had to put a topcoat on it, which I normally never do!  I used Revlon Parfumerie Lime Basil and then a Cirque colours holo glitter polish that my sister got in an Ipsy bag.  Here's your sign to keep your head up, if you've been looking for one! Have a good Friday!

In making this post, I made an important discovery about myself: I am an impatient person, and thus do not like painting my nails. But I suffered through, for you guys, to show you my crapshoot at covering the tips of my fingers and toes in coloured chemicals. I used Sally Hansen Miracle Gel polishes in Style Maker for my toes and Black-y O for my fingers. Unfortunately, I don't have the Miracle Gel topcoat. I am a failure. The polish was very thick, there was tons of it, and it was impossible to get a thick coat. It also got tacky really easily, but took a long time to really dry. It tended to slide down my fingernails and group near the cuticles if I didn't keep my hands completely flat. Also, I suck at painting my nails. Style Maker. Black-y O. I won't be using these polishes again, at least without the topcoat. Oh well. I have lots of polish, and at least I stole (ahem... borrowed) these from my sister. I just thought I'd do a different kind of po...