Sally Hansen Salon Effects in Orange You Glad?

I'm home visiting family this weekend, so I thought some nail wraps would be a good choice for the trip. I recently picked up a whole bunch of Sally Hansen Salon Effects (some of my favorite nail wraps) on clearance. It's extremely rare for me to pay full price for nail wraps, given that I like to change my polish so often, but I always try to stock up when I find them on sale. I think these only set me back like 99 cents!

This design, Orange You Glad?, is a creamsicle orange base with darker orange snakeskin detailing. I love this fun, colorful twist on a snakeskin pattern!

So far, the wear seems typical to my experience with Sally Hansen wraps--some visible tipwear on the first day, then near-ironclad durability from there on out. I didn't wear topcoat this time (the wraps have a smooth, shiny finish all on their own), but when I do, the wear is even better!

Happy Hands Motherboy

Let's take a moment to pour some out for Happy Hands. They closed up shop last year, but I still love wearing their awesome polish...while mourning the lack of future additions to their Arrested Development-themed collection. :-/ One of my favorites from that set is Motherboy, a matte pastel glitterbomb(!) with  pops of pink, purple and green in a clear base. The temperature has been below zero for the past couple days, so I needed some spring color in my life! I paired Motherboy with OPI That's Hula-rious! and together, they're like a little garden party on my nails. :)

I love this combo! It's so cute and colorful! Pastels are some of my favorite shades to wear, so to have them all together like this in one mani is perfect for me!

What is your favorite defunct polish brand?

OPI That's Hula-rious!

The reason I bought this polish can be summed up in three words: it's mint green. This blog is pretty much a love letter to green polish and I have a special weakness for pastel greens. This one has a cooler tone to it, giving it a fresh, soft look. Seriously, how yummy is this color?!

I feel like my skintone looks really off in this picture, even though the polish itself appears color-accurate. Maybe the color just makes me look more tan? Hmmmm..... Anyways, it's practically a given that mint greens are streaky and this one is no different. The consistency of the polish is spot-on, but I needed three coats to even out the bald spots.

This is 1000% my kind of color. I absolutely love it! I limited myself to this and Is Mai Tai Crooked? from the Hawaii Collection, but the set is filled with gorgeous shades! Which ones did YOU pick?

Twinsie Tuesday OPI Is Mai Tai Crooked?

This week, we're matching our purses to our nails! I know we've done this theme at some point in the past (I remember doing my nails like my L.A.M.B. clutch) but I have plenty of bags, so I don't mind! :)

I bought my picks from the OPI Hawaii Collection not too long ago, but I've been so busy with "real life" junk lately that I haven't had as much time to paint my nails as I would like. I've been dying to wear them though, so how convenient for me that one of the polishes, Is Mai Tai Crooked?, is a pretty close match for one of my Coach purses!

As for the polish, it's a light orange that makes me think of creamsicles and sunshine!

I really wanted Where Did Suzi's Man-go? from last year's Brazil Collection, but I convinced myself it wouldn't look good on me and in the end, I regretted not getting it. So when I saw that Mai Tai was similar, I wasn't going to pass this one up! I'm glad I didn't, because I actually think this color looks super cute! It's different from what I would normally wear, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.

Hope you enjoyed this little peak into my closet this week!

Alaina at The Little Canvas

Amanda at Amandalandish

Amanda at Fashion Footing

Amber at Nails Like Lace

Bridget at A Painted Nail

Chelsea at Nailed

ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi

Erin at Paint Those Piggies

Jessica at Blue Velvet Lacquer

Lakeisha at Refined and Polished
​Lisa at The Polish Playground

Marisa at Polish Obsession

Savannah at Addicted to Polish

Róisín at Cuti-CLUE-les

Tiffany at Polished To Precision

Essie Just Stitched

This is one of the shades I was most looking forward to from Essie's Cashmere Matte Collection. Just Stitched is a baby pink satin with iridescent blue shimmer. Comfy In Cashmere looked kinda blah with my skintone, but this? This I like! It's so clean and pretty. I feel like a ballerina when I wear it. :)

I expected the formula on this to be a bit problematic--you know how temperamental pastel pinks can be--but it was surprisingly nice. It was noticeably smoother than Comfy In Cashmere and much easier to apply. I used three coats here. Weartime was respectable too, especially when you take into account that I didn't apply topcoat. I wore this for three days until I got a big ol' chip on my right index finger, but prior to that, I didn't even have any real tipwear!

Just Stitched has got to be one of my favorite Essie polishes in a while. Yep, file this one under "instant classic" cuz it is all kinds of gorgeous! I love the color and the satin finish together; really puts a contemporary spin on pastel pink polish. It looks like pink porcelain--so smooth with a soft glow to it. The lighter base color also allows the shimmer to come through, even without topcoat. I honestly didn't have the heart to try this one with topcoat. I think the satin finish is a big part of what makes Just Stitched so interesting!

Sneak Peek: OPI Soft Shades 2015

There's not too much information out there (yet) about OPI's 2015 Soft Shades Collection, but I thought I'd share what I've come across so far.

If it's too small for you to read above, the names are, from left to right: Put It In Neutral, Act Your Beige!, Chiffon My Mind, Petal Soft, This Silver's Mine, Make Light of the Situation

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The Soft Shades Collection are traditionally not a favorite of mine and it looks like this year's is about what you would expect: sheer neutrals with a metallic pop here and there. I'm intrigued by Petal Soft though!

If past years are any indication, these should drop sometime in early March. I feel like I'm still too busy lovin' on the Hawaii Collection to already be looking ahead to Soft Shades! But is there anything YOU are looking forward to from this collection?

Twinsie Tuesday: Anti-Valentine's Day Mani

 Love it or hate it, Valentine's Day is this Saturday. This Twinsie Tuesday, we're all falling into the "hate" camp with anti-Valentine's nails! I personally am kinda "eh" on Valentine's Day. I'm not really a candy and flowers kind o' girl. The bf and I will probably be eating dinner at Denny's (it's my favorite restaurant--yes, really) and playing video games on the couch, which is exactly how I like to spend my evenings. :)

All I could really think of for this was to do black nails, but I wanted to try something a little more interesting. I did some Iggy Azalea-style "Black Widow" nails a few weeks ago and I thought the idea of some more literal black widow nails would be perfect for an anti-Valentine's mani! Plus I love this fierce bitch...

...so win-win! I'm willing to bet Natasha is not a Valentine's Day fan. ;)

Anyways, for my nails, I used Rimmel Black Satin, OPI Over And Over A-Gwen and a black Sharpie marker to make this:

The Sharpie got a little smudged when I put topcoat on, so I tried my best to tidy it up. I doesn't look amazing, but it took me an embarrassing number of attempts to even get this looking halfway decent, so I'll take what I can get. :p

Tiffany at Polished To Precision

Savannah at Addicted to Polish

Róisín at Cuti-CLUE-les

Marisa at Polish Obsession

Lisa at The Polish Playground

Lakeisha at Refined and Polished

Jessica at Blue Velvet Lacquer

Erin at Paint Those Piggies

ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi

Chelsea at Nailed Blog

Bridget at A Painted Nail

Amber at Nails Like Lace

Amanda at Fashion Footing

Amanda at Amandalandish

Alaina at The Little Canvas