Where Have I Been?

So sorry fellow bloggers! I've been in Ohio for my boyfriend's brother's high school graduation. When I returned, it was back to work and so forth. I've been a little stressed. But I have continued to take pictures of my nails.

The worst part about being gone is not commenting on all of your lovely nails. I feel bad :(

I'll try to catch up! The gorgeous Lizzy always sends me an email and checks up on me when I've missed a few days. She's the best :D

So here are some nails. I wore these for graduation. See how far behind I am on posting? Graduation was three weeks ago!

Essie - Geranium (2 coats)
Seche Vite top coat

Although there are many different colors of geranium, this color perfectly matches the red/orange geraniums. My grandmother always has geraniums at her house on the lake. 

Isn't this polish great? 

Love, Bethany

More Blue

Have you noticed that I love blue polish?

Claire's - Twinkle Twinkle (3 coats)
Gelous Top Coat
Seche Vite Top Coat

Twinkle Twinkle is a dark blue jelly with light blue shimmer. Isn't it lovely?

It had a very gritty finish, but I fixed it with some Gelous and Seche Vite. I feel like the glare takes away from the shimmer. I need a professional photographer. Or a light box. Lol.

Love, Bethany

We're Off To See the Wizard

...the wonderful wizard of oz. This was one of my favorite movies as a young child. My parents tell me that I would make them watch it over and over again. Isn't it funny that children can do something a hundred times and not get sick of it?

China Glaze - Dorothy Who? (3 coats)
Gelous (1 coat)
Seche Vite (1 coat)

This is pretty spectacular isn't it? I don't know if they specifically meant the Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz, but that's what I thought of. Now I want to do a mani with this and Ruby Pumps :)

Love, Bethany

Franken Me

Here is my newest franken called Send Me Into Shock.

Send Me Into Shock (3 coats)
Top coat: Seche Vite

Base: William Tell Me About OPI (2 coats)

Then one coat of Send Me Into Shock

Top Coat: Seche Vite

What do you guys think?

Love, Bethany

Facets of Fushia

This is a polish that is in my giveaway!

Revlon - Facets of Fushia (2 coats)
Top coat: Seche Vite

Isn't it lovely with that black jelly?

Love, Bethany

New Favorite Red

Best red ever!

OPI - Vodka & Caviar (2 coats)
Top Coat - Seche Vite

Look at that jelly gorgeous-ness!

I kept this on for two days, a testament to how much I love it!

Love, Bethany

I Want to Be a Fairy Princess

Every year for Halloween when I was little, I dressed up as a "fairy princess." That's what I always wanted to be. So here are some fairy princess nails:

Base: Zoya - Marley
Glitter: Revlon - Whimsical
Top Coat: Seche Vite

I wish I had these nails when I was little! 

What were you guys for Halloween?

Love, Bethany

Craving Glitter

Lizzy and I must be soul mates because at the same time she was sending me Essence - Choose Me, I was buying it at Ulta! I now have two bottles of the stuff. I thought it needed a little more glitter, so I sponged some onto the tips (and by tips I mean almost 3/4 of the nail. Lol.).

Base: Essence - Choose Me
Glitter: Finger Paints - Art You Wondering
Top Coat: Seche Vite

I would wear this a lot if I was a mermaid!

Love, Bethany

New Franken

Here is my newest franken. I've named it She's A Firecracker

She's A Firecracker (2 coats)
Top Coat: Seche Vite

What do you think?

Love, Bethany

Sinful Colors

I have a Sinful Colors mani today!

Blue: Sinful Colors - Cinderella

Green: Sinful Colors - Olympia

Orange: Sinful Colors - Luminary

Top Coat: Seche Vite

This was my first time using these colors and I love them all!

Love, Bethany

Julep Review

Blogger is annoying because it just deleted all of my post. So here it is again. I received 4 Julep polishes this week. Two were from Adventures in Acetone's Blog Sale. Check it out because she still has polishes for sale and some are only $1. I bought Michelle and Diane.

I received the other 2 in my first Julep Maven box. This is $20 a month for 3 items. My third item was a hand soap that exfoliates your skin. I haven't tried it yet. I got Penelope and Portia. You can see Penelope in my previous post. It's a soft pink that, like most light colors, takes 3 streaky coats to get it opaque. Sigh.

Here is my new Julep mani:
Base: Julep - Michelle
Glitter: Julep - Portia
Top Coat: Seche Vite

Michelle is a deep blue. Formula is average.

Portia is a fabulous glitter with teal, blue, orange, and yellow specks. It had a fantastic application and was surprisingly easy to remove.

Top Coat of Essie - Matte About You

The problem with Julep: Each 8ml bottle is $14. There's no way in hell it's worth that much. The application is average (OPI is definitely better) and the colors aren't THAT special. It is 3 free, but so are a lot of cheaper polishes. Still, because Portia was so awesome (that might be worth $14) I'll give the Maven box one more month before I decide to cancel.

Pictures of the bottles

What do you think about Julep?

Love, Bethany

Girly Girl Challenge Day 7: Sugar, Spice and Everything Nice

For this challenge I started with a nutmeg color for the "spice," then added some soft pink for the "everything nice."

Brown: OPI - Over The Taupe (2 Coats)

Pink: Julep - Penelope (3 Coats)

Top Coat: Seche Vite (this bottle is almost empty and even with Restore it's a pain to get onto the nail)

As it turns out, I don't like this brown. The application was perfect but the color just isn't me. 

This mani seems kind of blah. Oh well!

Love, Bethany

Excited about Wet n Wild Megalast

I tried Wet n Wild Megalast for the first time and I loved it. It covered in one coat! Let's take a look:

Base: Wet n Wild Megalast - I Need a Refresh-Mint (1 coat)
Glitter: Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear - Disco Ball
Top Coat: Seche Vite

It has a little more green in it than the picture shows.

Go out and try this $2.00 nail polish!

Love, Bethany

Frankens are Fun

Here is my new Franken which I have named Lost Lagoon

Two Coats Lost Lagoon
One Coat Seche Vite

I adore making frankens! What do you think?

Love, Bethany

Lots of Dots

Yay for dots! I'm entering this in Rebecca Likes Nails contest. Check it out and see if you'd like to enter.

Base: China Glaze - Sweet Hook
Yellow: Sally Hansen Salon Manicure - Yellow Kitty
Green: Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear - Mint Sorbet
Top Coat: Essie - Matte About You

Three Coats of Sweet Hook with Seche Vite Top Coat

I love dots and I can't wait for my dotting tools to arrive!

Love, Bethany

I Do Not Like Green Eggs And Ham

But I do like green jelly sandwiches!

Jelly: Ulta - Pink-A-Boo
Glitter: Spoiled - Show Me The Money
Top Coat - Seche Vite

I used two coats of Pink-A-Boo
one coat of Show Me The Money
One coat of Pink-A-Boo
One coat of Seche Vite

I'm definitely addicted to Jelly Sandwiches now! Are you?

Love, Bethany

Bright Enough?

I bought this bright China Glaze and it dried matte like Turned Up Turquoise. I didn't like it matte so I didn't even take a picture. Here it is shiny:

China Glaze - Flying Dragon
Top Coat - Seche Vite

The tiny blue glitter is my favorite part!

Then I added Essie - Shine of the Times

Yum!

What do you think? 

Love, Bethany

New Favorite Brown

I picked this up in Ulta on the sale rack. I LOVE it. I found out this this is the second version of this color. The first version was a holo.

OPI - My Private Jet
Top Coat - Seche Vite

Tell me you love this as much as me!

I looked up swatches of the first version and I like mine better!

Love, Bethany

Girly Girl Challenge Day Four: Inspired by the Runway

I went here to read about the fashions for Autumn 2012. They talk about mixing orange and teal together. That sparked my idea for a mani.

Teal: China Glaze - Turned Up Turquoise (This is matte that needed 3 coats. I put seche vite over it.)
Orange: China Glaze - Riveting
Top Coat: Seche Vite

The turquoise is more green in real life. Bad boy, camera!

On my left hand I used the same colors but on the opposite hands. Then I added Finger Paints - Silver Crackle for fun!

Other challenge participators:

Lindsey of Neverland Nail Blog

Ashley of Follow The Yellow Polish Road

Stephanie of A Little Polish

Kelly of PolishEnthusiast

Jodi of Captivating Claws

Danielle of Polish. Glitter. Rock & Roll!

Elly of Polishable

Olivia of Unprofessional Nails

Kate of This Charming Kate

Lizzy of The Do It Yourself Lady

Eugenia of Talon-ted

Johanna of Neues vom Kellerkind

Amanda of Nox Nails

Ashley of Smashley Sparkles

Sarah of See Sarah Swatch

Emily of The Lacquerologist

Jess of LuvMyLacquer

Tressa of O' Natur Nail 

ChiChi of I'm just me...ChiChi 

CR of Color Me Silly

Amanda of Berry Polished 

Robin, Erin, and Anna of Polished Cousins

Love, Bethany

Girly Girl Challenge Day 3: Delicate & Elegant

While my blogger is still working, I wanted to post what I did for day 3 of the challenge!

I wanted something light and pretty, so I made my first jelly sandwich! Here's how it went...

2 Coats China Glaze - Love Letter (A peachy color so light it was almost clear)

1 Coat Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear - Strobe Light

2 Coats ORLY - Twilight

1 Coat China Glaze - Love Letter

1 Coat Seche Vite

Yes, you read that correctly, 7 coats of polish!

What do you think?

Other challenge participators:

Lindsey of Neverland Nail Blog

Ashley of Follow The Yellow Polish Road

Stephanie of A Little Polish

Kelly of PolishEnthusiast

Jodi of Captivating Claws

Danielle of Polish. Glitter. Rock & Roll!

Elly of Polishable

Olivia of Unprofessional Nails

Kate of This Charming Kate

Lizzy of The Do It Yourself Lady

Eugenia of Talon-ted

Johanna of Neues vom Kellerkind

Amanda of Nox Nails

Ashley of Smashley Sparkles

Sarah of See Sarah Swatch

Emily of The Lacquerologist

Jess of LuvMyLacquer

Tressa of O' Natur Nail 

ChiChi of I'm just me...ChiChi 

CR of Color Me Silly

Amanda of Berry Polished 

Robin, Erin, and Anna of Polished Cousins

Love, Bethany