Saturday, July 31, 2010

APAW 14/52

xoxoJen's swatch of Avon Olive Green
xoxoJen's swatch of Avon Olive Green
xoxoJen's swatch of Avon Olive Green


Brand: Avon
Color: Olive Green
Coats: 2 (opaque in 1 though!)
Application: Awesome, could use a better brush
Finish: Cream
Base Coat: Instant Artificials
Top Coat: Seche Vite
Wear: Applied last night
Purchased From: Avon online

Saturday, July 24, 2010

APAW - 13/52



Full Sun

Brand: Chanel
Color: Paradoxal
Coats: 2
Application: A litle goopy
Finish: Barely there purple shimmer
Base Coat: Seche Clear and Essie Fill thte Gap
Top Coat: Seche Vite
Wear: one teeny chip on day 7
Purchased From: Dillard's

I swore I wasn' t ever going to spend more than $10 on a bottle of polish but with this new release, I caved. I love this polish in the sun, as it really shows the shimmer off!

Saturday, July 17, 2010

APAW 12/52

xoxoJen's swatch of Sally Hansen Opulent Cloud
xoxoJen's swatch of Sally Hansen Opulent Cloud


Photo taken in the sun

Brand: Sally Hansen
Color: Opulent Cloud
Coats: 2
Application: A little streaky at first, the second coat fixed that.
Finish: shimmery, A taupey smokey sometimes plum base with a flash of gold shimmer.
Base Coat: Instant Artificials
Top Coat: Poshe which caused major shrinkage. So I did another coat of OC and added Barielle Manicure Extender.
Wear: 6 days no chips
Purchased From: Walgreen's

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

APAW - 11/52

xoxoJen's swatch of Sinful Colors Rich In Heart

Brand: Sinful Colors
Color: Rich In Heart
Coats: 2 (although one is enough for a quick mani)
Application: Gloopy, I think some thinner is in order.
Finish: Shimmer
Base Coat: Instant Artificials
Top Coat: Seche Vite
Wear: 5 days when photo was taken
Purchased From: Walgreen's

I saw Eclipse on Saturday morning last weekend so I chose this vampy color to suit. Its really a gorgeous deep color and looks nearly black indoors, but outdoors wow! I am loving SV topcoat, just look at those cloud reflections in my nails. ^.^

Sunday, July 4, 2010

Happy 4th of July America! APAW 10/52

Happy 4th of July America! APAW 10/52

Brands and color names:
OPI Absolutely Alice (blue glitter)
Love My Nails French White (white)
Wet N Wild Kaleidoscope (iridescent glitter)
Orly Star Spangled (red jelly glitter)

Coats: Approximately 2 of each color
Top Coat: Seche Vite and Barielle Manicure Extender
Wear: 3 days so far :)
For this nail art I used painter's tape to get the straight lines. This is the first time I've done nail art, and although it was difficult and time consuming, I'm quite pleased with the results!