NOTD... My Christmas Day Manicure!

     Good afternoon ☺ Christmas is almost here and I hope you all will be able to see your families, have fun, eat a lot, and most importantly... get some nail polish!
     I decided that my Christmas Manicure would be something simple (no surprise there) and cute. I chose this little Santa accent nail after watching cutepolish's video which showed the ultimate guide to Christmas nail art. All of the designs were so cute but I decided on this one to match the color of polish I wanted to wear: China Glaze's "Ruby Pumps". Ahhhh I finally understand why everyone swoons over this polish. Funny story... I got this back in September when I was picking out polish for my nail mail buddy, intending it to be for her. I kept it. Okay so maybe it wasn't such a funny story... more selfish, I guess, but I couldn't resist. Who wouldn't keep this polish? Am I horrible? Lol. Oh well... sorry Amiee!
     Ruby Pumps is the perfect Christmas red. It's a red jelly base with red micro-glitter that makes it sparkle off of your fingers. I cannot believe I waited so long to try this. You need this polish in your life.
     What are your favorite Christmas polishes? I'd love to know  ♡


    Happy Holidays!
    

NOTD: Winter Snowman Nail Art

     Hello everyone ☺ I hope you are having a fun week-before-Christmas. Today I have for you a fun winter manicure! 

    On Monday, my good friend George brought me two snowman glitter nail polishes from Avon. I was so excited that I completely changed my mani plan (yes, I plan my manicures) in order to use this silver glitter. I thought for a while about what I could do that I'm actually capable of (because I kind of suck at most nail art), and I looked at the snowman bottle and thought "OOH! I'll just do a snowman face, that looks easy enough!" So that's what I did, although I must say, even the simplest of nail art can be a challenge for me. I ended up screwing up the nose and had to fix it with some more white polish. Thankfully, my amazing HK Girl topcoat smoothed it out and now even my critical eyes can't see the mistake! 

     As for the polishes, the blue is Sally Hansen CSM's "Barracuda"... which I'm sad to say that it is a pain in my butt. I bought it a couple months ago and used it shortly after, but I ended up removing it because it was so thick and hard to work with. This time was more manageable but still annoying. I used three coats to get full opacity without any bald spots. I do love the color, but if I knew how much of a pain the application was I would have never bought it.

     The glitter is of course, the Avon polish that my friend George gave me called "Snowflake" and I wanted it to look somewhat like snow instead of making snow with white dots... it delivered!

     The snowman was created with a basic white and black polish and Revlon's "Marmalade" for the orange nose ☺

     So that's it! I really love these simple winter nails and I have already received quite a few compliments in just a couple days. Do y'all like winter/Christmas nail art? What have you done so far? I would love to see and get inspiration from you guys!  ♡

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NOTD: Holly Nails

Outside, not in direct sunlight

    Hey y'all! Since the month of December finally started, I can do holiday themed nails! Woohoo ☺
    As you can probably tell, I've done a holly/mistletoe design (you can also probably tell it was my first attempt). It's actually very rare that I do a design on all of my nails, I'm mainly an accent nail kind of girl because let's face it, I don't have the patience... unless, of course, the nail art is as simple as this!
    My base color is Zoya's "Seraphina" from their latest Holiday 2013 collection. I freaking love this polish, and although I'm really digging this nail art, I almost wish I would have let Seraphina keep the spotlight to herself for a little while. And I apologize for the lighting,I really wish the sun would come out and allow the true beauty of this color to shine. Oh well... that's Florida for ya'!
    Anywho, all I used for this design were two different sized dotting tools. I used a larger one to make the holly berries, and a smaller one to create the leaves. Basically all I did for the leaves was place a dot and drag it out, slightly releasing pressure as I did so in order to create the thinner points of the leaves. And that's it! Super simple,right? 

Happy Holidays! ♡

NOTD: A Cute Twist on Half Moon Nails

Zoya "Sailor" (blue)
Wet n Wild "White Creme" (white)

     Happy Sunday girls! Today I have a quick nail of the day to show you. I was inspired by the Julie (thenailomon on instagram), to do this manicure! She did a similar design on her nails a couple of months ago, just without the extra dots. 

    Obviously, this was my first time trying this design, as you can probably tell by the lopsided dots and such. I do like it though! It looks really cute and dainty from farther away. They kind of look like doilies ☺ 

    All you do for this look is start off by doing a normal half moon design. Then, you add dots all around the half moon with the same color. Lastly, you take your original base color (mine was white) and make smaller dots inside the previous dots (I had quite a difficult time lining up the dots and keeping the size consistent thanks to my incredibly shaky hands), and that's it! I think this is a really cute version of a half moon manicure.

I hope y'all had a great weekend!  ♡

Essie "For the Twill of it" Review

     Good afternoon! Today I have a review for you ♡ I have been hearing so many amazing things about Essie's "For the Twill of it", so -of course- I had to try it out. 

*Click on photos for better quality*

 Here are some pictures (review will follow):

Direct sunlight

Direct sunlight

Direct sunlight

     You can see that in direct sunlight the polish looks grey with a bit of a sage-y green undertone.

Sunlight- tilted to show the purple duo-chrome

Sunlight- tilted to show the purple duo-chrome

   

Outside but not in direct sunlight

Outside but not in direct sunlight- I think this picture
and the one above are the best at representing the true colors

     Review time! As excited as I was to try this polish after hearing all of the wonderful reviews, I wasn't blown away by the formula. Yes, it has great opacity- but for me it has a few downfalls as well: 1) The formula in my bottle was a little thick, 2) There were minor brush-stroke issues (not horrible) and 3) The polish seemed to drag very easily. By "drag" I mean when I painted it onto the nail the brush would drag the polish off if I swept it over one too many times. I painted my nails just like I do with any other polish and I almost never have this problem. On the one hand, it could be a good thing because it shows that the polish dries very quickly. On the other hand, it means you have to paint fast in order to avoid the dragging.

     I do, however, LOVE the color. Therefore, I would definitely repurchase this nail polish. I think that the color is so freakin' amazing that I don't even mind the formula (which isn't even THAT bad).

     And that concludes my review of Essie's "For the Twill of it", I definitely recommend trying it out! ♡

Five untried nail polishes that I want to use by the end of Fall

     Welcome back loves! :) Today I want to share with you five nail polishes that I want to try before the end of the season. I got this idea while watching Kat's video where she showed 15 untrieds. I was able to narrow mine down to 5 (+1 that may or may not count as an untried), so here they are!

Sunlight

     Up first we have Orly's "Purple Poodle" from their 2013 Surreal collection. I bought this back in September when Ulta was having a buy two get one free deal. I was planning on wearing this immediately after buying it but for some reason I still haven't tried it. Something is obviously wrong with me, haha.

     The polish is a magenta jelly with blue micro-glitter and some tiny flakies as well. Many people say that this collection wasn't really "fall themed" but I could care less! That polish is just freakin' gorgeous. Keep doing what you do, Orly!

Sunlight

  

   This next polish is Rimmel London's "Hard Metal". This is actually my mom's polish (shhhh), but she uses mine all the time too! This is a medium blue metallic with silver shimmer. 

     I have another polish from this "Lasting Finish Pro" line and I really enjoy the formula and the brush so I'm excited to try this one ☺

Sunlight

     

     Color Club's "Positively Posh" is a nail polish that I received from my friend Amie in a surprise nail mail box! This is just a basic brown creme polish and it will be great for some fall nail art.

Sunlight- Sorry for the dust lol

     Next up is Orly's "Smolder" from their Fired Up collection. This is one of the other polishes that I picked up from the buy two get one free deal at Ulta that I mentioned earlier. This is a gorgeous, I want to say almost blackened, wine/burgundy color that flashes to a coppery color in some lights. I absolutely adore these types of colors... perfect for fall!

Sunlight

   

     Essie's "For the Twill of it" is a polish that I HAD to pick up simply because of all the rave it was getting. I do love duo-chrome polishes but I wasn't sure I wanted to pay $8 for this one because my experience with Essie has always been hit/miss (e.g. Essie's fiji- a beautiful baby pink but my bottle has an awful, unworkable formula). But I'm trusting the reviews of all my fellow nail addicts on this one and going for it!

     The polish has a grey base with a purple/green duo-chrome. I tried my best to capture the colors in the picture but I really wasn't able to do it justice! I'm planning on swatching this tomorrow and I should have a review up shortly after.

Sunlight- sorry for the dust lol

     And finally, we have Sally Hansen Insta-Dri's "Cinna-snap".

Now I don't know if this classifies as an untried because I have used it on my toes, but for me it counts! If I haven't used it on my fingernails then it is still an untried in my eyes ;) 

     Cinna-snap is a deep, burgundy-red creme. In the sunlight picture it looks quite bright, but I assure you it's not. There are many colors like this but this is a super cheap option (I believe these polishes are right around $4.00). Plus, Sally Hansen's formula is usually really great. 

    So those are all of the polishes that I am hoping to try this fall season. I hope you enjoyed! Also, I apologize for the dust on the bottles! Next time I'll be sure to check for dust ☺

My Favorite Manicures from the Month of October

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Happy Wednesday my dears! I have a monthly mani favorites post for you today ☺

     First up I have a manicure using Wet n Wild's "Tickled Pink", OPI's "Alpine Snow", Finger Paints' "Hue Left A Message?" and a random black striper.

     I wanted to do a pink manicure for the month of October to show support and to raise awareness for breast cancer. I decided on this specific design while browsing through Kaitlin Ferland's website ( www.thedailypolish.com ). There, she displays a tutorial on how to create over-sized hearts. I loved the idea but I knew I wasn't skilled enough to create the look free-hand like she did, so I used tape which gave a more over-sized chevron-y look, if you will, rather than a rounded heart look. Although it wasn't exactly what I was going for, I know it still surpasses the look I would have achieved if I attempted it free-hand! 

     As for the polish itself, it is a drugstore polish that retails for about $.99. That being said, I wasn't too surprised that it took three coats to be opaque, but once it was opaque the color was lovely. Obviously it wasn't the best formula, but for a dollar I really can't complain.

     Next up is Loreal's "Brit Invasion"

     Let me start by apologizing for the tip wear! This photo was taken three days after I painted my nails because the dang sun didn't want to come out and play! 

     There really isn't much to say about this-- The formula was great (shown is 2 coats) and the color is so chic- I've come to the conclusion that when my 16 and 17 year old friends think a polish is too "grown-up" because it's brown/tan/nude etc., it's just too chic for them! haha - and perfect for fall!

Polish number three is Ulta's  "Pink Marble"

     I picked this polish up at Ulta with my reward points. I was having such a hard time choosing a polish so I asked my mom which one she thought would look good on me that was different from polishes I own, and she picked this beauty. 

     Pink Marble is a beautiful frosty pink. Shown above is two coats with a flower sticker that I received from the lovely girls over at daily charme because I won their summer giveaway! Anywho, I was a bit disappointed with this polish at first because of the brush stroke issue that so many frosty polishes have, but after the second coat and topcoat, it wasn't so bad. I actually received quite a few compliments on this manicure! Totally happy with it.

The last polish is Sephora by OPI's "If You've Got It Haunt It"

One coat over one coat of Revlon's "Stiletto"

     This polish was purchased in a mini set at Sephora called Tinsel Town, in January of this year and this is only the second time I've used it... what?! Lol, I was waiting until this time of year to wear it again but seeing how beautiful it is, I probably will be wearing it again soon even if it is out of season! I just can't believe how gorgeous it is, end of story!

So that concludes my monthly mani favorites for October, thank you for reading ♡

Introduction

     Hello lovelies and welcome to my blog! I have been on instagram (@sprinklesofpink) for almost a year now and I figured I'd take the  plunge into the blogging world like so many fellow instagramers have. This blog will mainly consist of nail polish reviews, nail of the days, etc. (of course), but I will also include an occasional makeup review.
     I started painting my nails in January of 2013, back when I had about 3 nail polishes lol! I now have almost 100 bottles, which isn't much compared to others, but collecting is a process and as a teenage girl I think that's a pretty high number! I have since experimented with many forms of nail art and my skills are growing....slowly  but surely!
     I hope y'all will join me on this journey of everything nail polish! Thank you for reading ♡


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