Dorothy Who?

Yes, I am back from my hiatus!!!

I hope you guys are having a lovely holiday season!

So being MIA didn't keep me from getting some new nail polishes haha. I must admit I think I have a problem, an obsession maybe...nah not really I just like to change my polish constantly lol

As you may know China Glaze just recently re-relased their "Wizard of Ooh Ahz Returns" collection. This collection was previously released in 2001 and now is back by popular demand :)

It consists of 6 polishes: Ruby Pumps (classic!), Dorothy Who?, Good witch, C-c-courage, The ten man, and Cowardly Lyin'. Funny enough I'm so not a fan of this movie, but I really like the nail polishes.

I got my 2 favorite ones Ruby Pumps and Dorothy Who? (which I was lucky enough to get the very last bottle, yay for me.)

And here I present to you Dorothy Who?

It's been a while since I've seen such a gorg color, it's a beautiful glitter bomb. It has tiny silver and blue glitter suspended in an electric blue. Sadly the picture doesn't show how amazing it is.

Ruby Pumps was the only one that made it to their regular collection, so it's been around since then. I think this is the most popular CG color ever! It's red glitter that everyone should own, even if you're not a red fan like me :)





I tried to capture how glittery they both are, but FAIL! Sorry for my poor light and camera skills (or lack of).



Anyway, I hope you guys go check out this collection!

xoxo

Kathy

NUP Pink Flamingo

As promised here is Nina Ultra Pro nail polish in Pink Flamingo.
I just could not wait to try this one!

In my neverending search for the perfect pink, I knew I had to get it from the moment I lay my eyes on it!
It is what I would define as Barbie pink. But since everyone seems to be using that adj. to describe every single variation of pink there is....I'm not sure...but at least for me it is!



Like I said in my previous post I've never really given NUP the light of day, I guess I was stuck in a rut with my OPI, Orly and China Glaze obsession.
I have to say I really like the formulation because it is easily applied. I only used 2 coats for this and it was not streaky whatsoever and that's always a good sign.

It's very creamy and has a nice shine to it. As for the wear, we'll just have to wait and see, but I used my trusty Seche Vite topcoat so I have high hopes for it! Overall I see myself buying some more of NUP before the $1.99 sale is over!!! :)

xoxo
Kathy

Nail polish haul

Here are some of the nail polishes I got today, I just wanted to give you a sneak peek since I will def. be doing individual posts on these babies. So here is what I got:

♥ OPI Baby Is "Coal" Outside (beautiful shimmery black)
♥ China Glaze Medallion (omg a-mazing glittery goodness!)
♥ Nina Ultra Pro in Purple-Xing (fun purple with multicolor shimmer and glitter)
♥ NUP in The Blue (navy blue)
♥ NUP in Pink Flamingo (creamy hot pink)



I got these at Sally's except for the OPI one. It's getting kind of annoying trying to find OPI nail polishes since Sally's is no longer carrying them. I had to get mine at Trade Secret and they suck with new collections. As for the Nina Ultra Pro polishes, well they were on sale (for only $1.99) and I've never tried them before so I picked them up to see if I like them! Let me know if you have tried them! :)

xoxo
Kathy ♥

Scarlett Johansson Glamour inspired nails

So the beautiful Scarlett was in this month's cover of Glamour mag. and I was totally loving her mani in some of the pics, so I decided to try it out myself!


As you can tell it is kind of difficult to really appreciate the design she has on her nails, but they look really cool anyway.



So here is my take, tada! lol



It is really abstract and def. not perfect, but I like it!




The products I used were:
OPI Bride's bouquet (white)
Kiss Brush on nail art (black)
Seche Vite base and top coat

Please note: Even though the pictures might deceive you, NO I'm not a pro. *wink,wink* ;P
This is just for fun, and it was ispired by her nails so is not meant to look exactly like hers.


Let me know what you guys think!
xoxo
Kathy

Pink Zebra Nails

Ok, so I was feeling a little inspired the other day and decided to try out some stupidly easy nail art.
I never really do anything more to my nails than just plain old polish, I leave the artsy masterpieces to the pros.
But after watching some tutorials on YT, I decided to try this one myself.



I found that it was super easy, but it does take some time (which is a downside because I'm impatient!).
I loved it so much that I ended up doing my toes as well, and those looked AWESOME!, sadly I won't show my huge feet in here... dignity issues LOL

I used Orly Basketcase, to give it a pink punky edge which I loved. And for the lines I just used Kiss Brush on nail art paint. Then I finished it up with Seche Vite topcoat. I guess I had to wait a little longer for the stripes to dry, because I ended up smudging it a little..still looked cute though!

Btw it lasted a good 6 days on my nails, that's why I'm really loving Seche Vite base and topcoat! That stuff is awesome, it doesn't compare at all to Sally's megashine!

Hope you like, let me know what you think.
xoxo
Kathy

Over the Rainbow

Hey guys!

I just wanted to quickly share this pic with you.
It's not makeup or anything but def. beauty related :)

Can you spot the rainbow?


This was taken right after it rained ... a lot! I could only capture one side since it was huge, but it's still beautiful.
I love rainbows, I think there's something very fairy-tale-like about them haha.

xoxo Kathy

Sally's Mini Haul

Ok, so just a quick post on a couple of things I got at Sally's Beauty Supply.



After watching raving reviews on YouTube about this particular product, I knew I had to get it asap, the thing is it actually took me awhile to get it because I was convinced I didn't need it, but anyway I did LOL! (Damn YT!)

It's the Batiste Dry Shampoo in Blush. It's supposed to revitalise greasy, dull hair between washes and leave your hair feeling clean like you actually washed it.

No excuse for not washing your hair though...

I've only used it once and so far so good, it leaves your hair smelling super fresh and it also does what it promises so yay for that! Only downside is that it leaves a white powdery residue, but it eventually disappears once you work it in.

I also picked up the ION Ionic Ceramic Paddle Brush. It says it's treated with natural ionic energy a blend of tourmaline and Japanese ionic-ceramic minerals (whatever that means...the words ion,ceramic and tourmaline made me buy it...)

Also I got these little babies right here...
Seche Vite Crystal Clear base coat, and the Dry fast top coat.
I will be making proper reviews on this ones later. As for now all I have to say is bye bye to my Sally Hansen Mega Shine topcoat. :)



xoxo
Kathy