Quick Look At Personal Favorite Spring Nail Polishes

In the springtime I always have nail polish on my hands and feet. For some reason, it makes me feel better and happier when I have it on. During the winter I tend to wear a lot of darker colors but during the spring and summer I just put on anything. Now, this isn't a trends list where I put in what's hot but more of my personal classic polishes that I wear. These are my top 5. 

 Now let me tell you beforehand that the camerawork and the application  can look a bit shoddy, especially the last one so bear with me. This is also a non in-depth look so don't expect descriptions and reviews. Sorry. 

The first one is Essie's Aruba Blue. Now this is more of an on your toes rather than you hands kind of  a color but this is my favorite out of all five. It reminds me of tropical beaches and is so mesmerizing to look at. It just has a beautiful sheen that I adore. 

This is Sephora Opi's High Maintenance. It's a bright red with an orange tinge to it that looks great on all skin tones. It  just pops on your nails and is bright and fun and just looks great. It's not a vampy or deep red but reminds me of the color of ladybugs. Weird. 

Next is a not so bright pale pink that's from the Face Shop called PK108 (lol original name) topped with two coats of Sinful Color's Pinky Glitter (straight to the point names for these polishes). This is a childish, chock full of glitter that looks almost like fake press on nails, but ... that's the reason why I like it. I know that the base pink may be harder to find but Essie's Fiji looks similar to this. Just get any bright baby pink.

I got so may compliments and questions sbout this color. Sephora Opi's Midnight Mambo. This is a real pain in the ass to remove but I refuse to ever put it to rest because it looks so great. People thought that my nails looked fake but they all loved it and asked where I purchased it. This looks even better with Aruba Blue as a base and then two coats of this on top.

 Last but not least is Mint Candy Apple from Essie. This was my must have color that was sold out everywhere I went. I ended up buying 5 look a likes but wasn't satisfied util I got this color. It makes my pale skin look paler.

A tip for all of you who can't apply polish well is to make friends with thinner and top coat. Most polished will be too hard to apply, especially is they are on their last legs. Put in a little thinner and it brings the polish back to a watery consistency, which makes for an easier application. Also, make sure that your nails are mostly dry before applying top coat. You can easily put a dent or streak up you polish if it's still wet. I always put a big glob of top coat to smooth out any messes that I've made.

Now my all time favorite polish ever would be Essie's Wicked. I could wear that color all the time and would not get sick of it. It also happens to be my mother's favorite color as well. Is anyone else dumbstruck on what to get for Mother's Day?

Quimica Alemana Esmalte Endurecedor de Unas

*Update below

My animal claws have been breaking at the corners lately and I am pissed. I had to glue them to keep them from breaking any further and my nails look like a mess. I'm currently in the process of growing them out and would like them to have a particular shape. The only thing that has kept my nails from falling apart when I did a horrible stint with UV nails is this.  

 Quimica Alemana Esmalte Endurecedor de Unas is what I got from my mom and this is the best nail hardener ever. I got this written in a different language, but all I know is that this helped return my animal claws to its former glory from being soft, babyish, and vulnerable. Now know that I can go back to cutting and torturing people with my nails.

Most of it is written in a different language and I managed to get the ingredients in English but the shot of it is horrible. Had a bit** of a time focusing this.

Is it wrong that one of the ingredients is formaldehyde? Anyway this is my second bottle of this stuff and it's the only nail hardener that truly works on me. I don't use anything else, and it looks like a shiny top coat so I don't put on any other nail polishes. The only weird thing is the side effects. Now this is where it gets strange. My mother told me that if I start to get nightmares, it's because of this. I don't know what in the world would cause it to give me nightmares as a side effect, but luckily, this didn't happen to me. However, it has happened to several people that have tried it. Creepy.

*I heard that some people were using this daily. No. *slap* Use a light coat and apply once every week or every other week. Once your nails become hard, stop usage until you feel your nails getting weak again. This is not an everyday application. I should have been more precise with my review and I apologize. *

My diet for my vacation has been failing miserably. This is what I eat as a snack. Hershey pie and Midnight Moon goat cheese. Addictive.

Nail Polish Rave

Quite the boring title, huh. I've been changing my nail polishes like crazy, and trying out how to make the old ones look interesting again. So going through my stash, I found a gem. This will brighten up any polish and give it a bright shiny sheen, and make dark polishes look almost, unable to find the right adjective, futuristic and metallic. On pinks an neutrals, it looks nice, but when paired with a darker color, that's when you feel like ah.. got my $8 dollars worth.

As a base I applied skin food in GR901, and it does look nice in the bottle, and the colors looks the same when applied.
Then add a light coat of Happy Anniversary by OPI. Yes this is the magic stuff. It is fine silver sparkles.

And now BAM. It instantly makes this look more silver then grey and adds more of a sheen to the color. I love this stuff.

By the way, I'm going on a vacation, guess where based on first photo, and may not do as much. It's not like I do much now, but ok...

Nail Shrek Collection

I promised another hair dye but guess what, I'm going bald. Not the usual "Oh I see a bald spot in the back", but a full throttle "Ah my hair is thin and fine but on top of that, its starting to fall out so all I see is scalp for my hairline used to be". For a girl with already fine and thin hair, this is cruel way of nature to mock me with the beginning signs of female patterned baldness, who comes from a line of family who naturally has a full thick head of hair. If this seems like rambling then yes it is.
I also have been slow on putting on makeup because its hot and I'm lazy . Also I hate when this happens, but I got some of the new wet n' wild to try out, but left the bag at a restaurant, and they didn't have it when I got back. That just made me not want to buy anything for a while.

That didn't apply to my sister, who I noticed got the Shrek nail polish collection. I tried, What's With the Cattitude? and Rumple's Wiggin'

Basically a pastel Blue and Pastel Lavender. I feel like I've seen these before, and while yes they are pretty, they aren't that original. I'm pretty sure Essie has put out similar colors to these before. But for those who can't find it, Revlon's new polishes has somewhat looks like the purple in their new collection. Forgot the name, but it went some thing like Lilac.. something. So when it goes on sale get that and a color called Minted. It looks similar to Mint Candy Apple, and if you're lucky, you can get bogof for a great deal.

Non Makeup related

Just wanted to do a random post on something different. Will be doing a makeup related post next. Had my sister do my nails, and they look so pretty with silver glitter tips. Thank you unnie.
I went to my cousin's first birthday and ate so much. Congrats Izzy, cheers to one of the cutest baby ever, EVER. Afterwards, my sister and I stopped by the Paris Baguette bakery. I've been lagging in the exercise department lately, but will pick it up later. But Paris baguette was all over in Korea, and they've opened up a few places here in NYC. Every time I go to Flushing, I have to pick up some things, but if you go too late, everything is sold out so get there in the morning. Everything looks too good, but is is a bit pricey.

Five dollars for a mini cake. Pictured: Mini food porn at its best. A tiramisu, NY Style Cheesecake, and a Milk Custard. The cakes were okay, but would not buy again, but the custard was melt in your mouth with sugar on the bottom, a bit watery but silky, smooth ... I lost my train of thought. They give you a cute spoon to eat it with, since the mouth of the bottle is too small, but that god its in flushing or I would totally need, NEED to get this everyday. Skip the cakes, go for the custard and pastries.

My parents have been gardening, and look at this.

Ah! A cute, tiny, homegrown strawberry. My mom had picked four from her backyard, and it was a miracle that the birds haven't gotten to them yet. It was the size of my thumb nail and was so cute and delicious. I love summer. I will be back posting other things but need to practice driving again, my test is in two weeks. Wish me luck.

Nail Colors and Fashion Advice

I have quite the nail polish collection, not to brag, but my mom has jokingly stated that I have more colors than a tiny nail salon and that I should stop. I laughed it off, but then as I passed by a small salon, I realized that she was right. The horror of actually realizing that my mom was right is not something an older grown up woman should realize. So no matter how old you are, I guess mom is always right. Just to put the colors that I have to good use...


Yay! I love bright colors, and since winter is gone I can put on crazy colors again. A word of warning, if you intend to have bright nails, and makeup, I recommend going easy on the clothes. I had to change into a dark pair of jeans and a white tee after my sister told me that my bright green striped shirt and colorful jewelery made me look like a circus clown reject. She said, and I quote "What the Hell, Kel, you look like you tried out for the clown position and failed because you weren't bright enough, yet it looks like you tried hard, really hard." But on the bright side I got compliments on my nails from a waitress where I went for brunch. But these started to chip easily and I had to switch.
Back to dark colored nails. Whomp, Whomp, Whomp..Fail. But I swear these are temporary, and as soon as the weekend comes, I'm going back to bright colors and revisit all of the colors in my polish collection instead of buying new ones this summer. None of the polishes look really good, unless its the mint green ones that I've been eyeing but can't find at my local drugstores. If I find it, then, awww snap... Watch out! Mama will open up a spot for that one in her collection.