Maybelline Polka Dot Nail Polish: Pretty in Polka

Guess whos nubs are back!? Thats right - My nails are re-gaining their strength and are in much better condition! 

For my nail re-introduction I am showing you one of Maybelline's new polishes from the Polka Dot collection. The Polka Dot collection contains 5 Jelly based polishes with black and white hex glitters. 

The one I am showing you today is Pretty in Polka. Pretty in Polka is a bright jelly rose shade with large and small hex and circular glitters.

All 5 polishes are very reminiscent of Indie polishes such as Connect the Dots by Lynnderella, minus the bar and square pieces. So if you are looking for indie dupes - these provide you with some variety and are really great for layering. They retail for around $4, so the price is right too.

In this photo I am wearing Pretty in Polka over America Apparel's Dynasty - a dusty purple shade. 

Have you tried the Maybelline Polka Dots Show Colors?

NYX Ink Heart & Kleancolor Chunky Holo Teal

Well hello, I hope everyone is having a great weekend. Mine has been pretty relaxing. Went out to Mexican on Friday night, made dinner (Tuscan Garlic Chicken) last night for my SO and was pretty productive today! One of the many things that got done were my nails of course. On Twitter I mentioned that I did a manicure combining NYX's Ink heart and Kleancolor's Chunky Teal Holo that was inspired by Like A Candy Shop. I highly recommend her blog. Her blogs and nubs are one of my favs!

NYX's Ink heart is a polish I always reach for. I used it for one of my Christmas Mani's and my Peacock mani. It is the perfect deep blue jelly. Anyway, I saw that Elsa topped off a nacy creme from Kleancolor with Chunky Holo Blue and instantly wanted to recreate it. I LOVE the end result! I haven't used my Chunky Holo nearly as much as I should but will after this I will definitely be utilizing it more!

What are your favorite Chunk Holo combinations?

Peacock Nail Art using NYX Ink Heart

Peacock feathers, peacock designs, and peacock colors are something I have been seeing a lot of lately and honestly, I don't hate it :)

While browsing Pinterest I came across an amazing peacock nail design (can be found here)

so I was inspired to do my own.

For the base I used NYX's Ink Heart - a deep blue jelly.

Using a nail art brush I swiped random lines down my nail.

For the stripes I used OPI's Jade is the New Black, Greenwich Village, ChG Four Leaf Clover

and a gold holo by Milani.

For the dots (which got smudged :z) I used the gold holo once again and OPI's Suzi Says Feng Shui.

I think it turned out pretty fun looking :)

OPI It's My Year

A couple of weeks ago a Beauty Supply shop closed down! They had a clearance sale but there wasn't much left that I felt I needed. On my way out the owner made sure I knew about the

other location a town away from me. I was relieved!

The next week I took a look at the other store, Lux, and was so excited to see the Miss Universe collection from OPI. There were 2 I knew I had to have so I grabbed It's My Year and Crown Me

Already.

It's My Year has a purple jelly base with gold foil and glitters.

It may be one of the prettiest polishes I own.

I used 3 coats for this. The application was really nice. Initially I used 2 coats, which was fine,

but it looked a little patchy when I took photos so I added a third.

This polish even looks nice in the shade when the gold really shimmers through!