OPI Liquid Sand, Get your number

I mentioned before the New Year the new Opi liquid sand line. They are actually pretty cool. Mariah Carey inspired line of matte, glitter, textures polishes and also some regular polishes also. I have a post with the opi display then colors. I picked up two colors before New Years but haven't had time to post swatch.

I have only swatched one of the two I picked up before new years. I grabbed Get your number and The Impossible. I wasn't sure which color to get cause I wasn't sure how I would like them. I usually go for the dark goth colors and teal blue shades. I decided to go against my instincts so I grabbed the darker blue and then pink.

The blue which is called Get Your Number, it has multi colored glitter in it and is a nice shade of darker blue in the bottle. It applies very nice and the brush is perfect. I like the OPI brush I tend to be picky with brushes if it is too thick I make a mess then to thin to many strokes. This color applies a lot lighter shade of blue then what appears on the bottle. It is cool to watch it change cause when you first apply it has a shiny, glossy look, which looks nice and I think would be really pretty polish too. As it begins to dry the polish and glitter starts to turn matte. The polish has a longer drying time then I usually like cause being a mom of two I don't have much time to sit and paint nails but then not touch anything is really hard.

The first coat didn't impress me but once I applied the second coat I really like the polish:)! It has a gritty feel and does not require a top coat. I was tempted to apply a top coat cause I think shiny it would look great, but have read mixed reviews about other bloggers applying a top coat and having bad results. The girl at my local beauty supply said it ate up the seche vite and made it look bad. Maybe when I have more time to sit and have to remove if it looks bad I will try it.

I did one coat of Sally Hansen nourishing base coat, then two thin coats of OPI liquid sand Get your number. I was tempted to do a third coat but dry time was already lengthy and have errands to run. I will swatch the pink polish called The Impossible which is a gorgeous shade of fuchsia almost bright pink with pink and silver shimmer and glitter then large silver star glitters. Had a hard time deciding which one to swatch first but reviews made me pick the blue cause people didn't like the pink as much. I love the black with red shade that one I may grab this week.

Let me know if anyone else has tried these or other brands of the liquid sand. Also saw on pinterest a lot of people are doing DIY liquid sand manicures like the velvet and caviar nails from passed months.

I also picked up two Essie shades on sale this weekend. Had to pack up a lot of my polishes and got a new shelf for my displays and boxes of polish. Haven't had time to make my polish rack from pinterest but hoping after our spring vacation I will get that done. The two new Essie shades are a pink almost melon shade called, Escapades and then a mint green shade called Pretty Edgy. Trying to get some brighter and more spring/summer shades. I do love fall and winter but just packed away my scarves, sweaters and winter wear ready to break out the skirts, tanks and sandals again. I live in south Florida so I wear flip flops and sandals all the time, year round but is nice when a cold front moves thru to wear some nice boots with some sweaters and scarves:). Most people from where it gets cold and snow would laugh at us lol.

Hope everyone has a great week:). It is a short week here kids have half day Thursday and four day weekend. I'm ready for the beach to tan and get ready for our spring vacation. Fingers crossed we will be booking a week cruise to the carribean either way we will be away for a week and a half! Love vacation:).

Xoxo,

Meli~

Posted a picture of one coat the rest are two coats:) also took some outside with our gorgeous pool as a back drop:).

Essie Turquoise and Caicos Joby Nail Art Tiffany inspired manicure

Posting some photos of my Tiffany inspired manicure I did using Essie turquoise and Caicos nail polish along with the amazing Joby Nail Art decals. I got some amazing variety of Joby decals and been using them a lot! They are super cute and easy to apply. Love them an recommend them to everyone, I get lots of compliments and comments about them:). Everyone thinks they are painted on.

These super cute bows have rhinestones in some of them in the middle of the bow. I will be posting many more photos including ones with all the nails done using the decals. I use tweezers to apply them once my polish is dry, make sure it is dry cause if it is wet it leaves and indent which isn't pretty. Then I apply a top coat and it looks almost seem less like it was painted on. They stay on as long as your polish and remove very easy with polish remover.

I applied base coat of Sally Hansen's maximum growth nourishing base coat. Then three coats of the Essie Turquoise and Caicos cause two coats was still looking streaky in spots. I also have china glaze for Audrey that is a Tiffany inspired turquoise but that also is streaky to apply. Wanted something a little different so went with the Essie polish this time. After the coats dried I applied two decals one of each now with a rhinestone from the Joby collection and then topped all nails with a top coat of Out The Door, my favorite along with Poshe.

I will be announcing a contest soon with some Joby nail art decals, a coupon for Joby and a mini bottle of Poshe top coat:). Keep looking got more details. Enjoy my Tiffany inspired manicure, one of many I have done and will do I'm sure in the future:).

For more details and photos of nail art from Joby visit www.jobynailart.com and also check them out on fb:). Thank you Erika:).

Happy almost weekend.

Meli xoxo

Butter London Aston

Excuse my hands and nails been taking boxing/kickboxing classes. Broke a few nails and my hands have been a mess getting use to gloves then the wraps. Haven't had any blisters like some people have mentioned at class but hands have been messed up a little long nails are not ideal lol.

I decided to go with something neutral and simple this week so went with Butter London Aston which is a gorgeous shade almost a pink mauve color with a gorgeous shimmer to it. I applied one coat of Sally Hansen base coat which is to strengthen nails also then applied two costs of Butter London Aston followed by one coat of Out The Door top coat. My last color chipped super quick which I have to say was a mess, it was the julep polish I got in the matte suede finish lasted one night then the next day almost every nail had chips, worst part is it was a pain to remove took a lot of scrubbing but peeled so easy was weird. I used their matte top coat also so maybe that is why.

Love this color and love all the Butter London products:). Will post some more photos of the Joby nail art decals next post and if you won the contest I have shipped out the prizes for the ones I have addresses for a couple I don't have the address for my email got messed up and can't retrieve some of the responses please re email me if I haven't emailed you that it was shipped and send your address. My email is dlitefulcreations@ymail.com or dlitefultrends@gmail.com I get the dlitefulcreations emails on my phone so that is best one to send it to:) have a great week. Xoxo