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Beauty Tips for Women: Essie – In The Cab-ana

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Today I’m sharing a review/manicure of Essie In The Cab-ana.  In The Cab-ana is part of the Essie Resort 2013 collection.

Essie In The Cab-ana is an amazing bright blue/teal-ish color; it is a perfect summertime polish.  The formula was wonderful and only took two coats to reach opacity.  This color is one of those happy colors that put a smile on my face.  I decided to do an accent finger using Smitten Polish – Confection.  I loved how to combination looked.

I decided I wanted to add something more to this manicure.  I opted to add some mustaches.  I had picked up these nail art mustache stickers at Claire’s.  It came out very whimsical.

Overall, I’m totally in love with In The Cab-ana.  Everything about this polish was right.  Plus my four mustachio friends never looked better sitting on this perfect blue.  I give Essie In The Cab-ana, 5 brains.

Beauty Tips for Women: Autism Awareness Manicure

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The month of April is Autism Awareness month and the color for this cause is blue.  This is my first time doing blue nails for autism awareness, so I kept it simple.

I started off with two coats of Orly Boho Bonnet on my index and thumb.  I reviewed Boho Bonnet in a previous manicure, you can check it out here: http://bluebrainreviews.com/beauty-tips-for-women-orlys-boho-bonnetpeaceful-opposition-manicure-review/.  On the rest I used two coats of Orly High On Hope.  High On Hope is a navy blue crème with multi-chrome shimmer.  Application was easy.  I tried my best to capture how lovely the shimmer is in this polish.

I was pleased with the color combination but wanted to add a little something more.  I decided to stamp my thumb with Bundle Monster BM-321 ribbon image.  I used Cheeky CH-13 on my ring finger to stamp a puzzle design. Pardon the quality of the stamping plate pictures. I was having trouble with my camera.


I used High On Hope to stamp these images.  I was pleasantly surprised at how well High On Hope stamped.

 

Overall I was pleased with how this manicure came out.

Beauty Tips for Women: Green Manicure

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Lately I have been on a green color kick.  I guess I’m still in the St. Patrick’s Day mood.

The polishes I used for this manicure are China Glaze – Unpredictable, Pure Ice – Draped In Satin, and NYX – Enchanted Forest.


China Glaze – Unpredictable is a lovely combination of blue/green/gold/teal duochrome.  Application was wonderful. I wish I had done this manicure completely using this color rather than using it as an accent finger.  For the rest of my fingers I used Pure Ice – Draped In Satin.  It is a metallic white, which almost comes across silvery.  Application was a nightmare.  The formula was very streaky.  I tried applying three thin coats, then two thicker coats but had the same results. It was very disappointing.  

To cover up the streakiness of Pure Ice – Draped In Satin I decided to use NYX – Enchanted Forest.  I fell in love with this polish when I saw it.  I thought it would be great for layering.  It is a jelly based polish packed with different size green glitters.  Application was nice and I was able to get the big hexi glitter pieces without having to fish around for them, which was great.

Overall I thought this manicure was a bit of a fail.  I loved how China Glaze – Unpredictable and NYX – Enchanted Forest looked and applied but didn’t like how the combination of Pure Ice – Draped In Satin looked with NYX – Enchanted Forest; not to mention the application issues I had with Pure Ice – Draped In Satin.  Live and learn for the next time.