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.

Beauty Tips for Women: China Glaze – Elephant Walk

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I wanted to share a manicure I did using China Glaze Elephant Walk from their On Safari Collection.

Elephant Walk is a beautiful grey with silver shimmer.  I tried to capture how nice this color is, so this is a picture intense post.  The shimmers are more present under lights or the sun.  Elephant Walk tends to lean towards the green side, depending on the lights.  I had no problems with the formula; it was smooth and easy to apply.  I used two coats for this manicure.


I could not resist adding some stamping to this manicure.  I used Winstonia W115 to add cute elephants walking across my nails.  I stamped with Pure Ice Silver Mercedes.

I give Elephant Walk 5 brains.

Beauty Tips for Women: Sation – Let’s Mingle & Jingle

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This is a beauty product review of Sation – Let’s Mingle & Jingle.   I was wondering around Marshalls and Let’s Mingle & Jingle caught my eye.  I’m a sucker for blue hues and at $2.99, I couldn’t resist picking it up.

Sation – Let’s Mingle & Jingle is a dark blue or sapphire color.  It has silver glitter throughout but at times it almost seems like a holo effect is happening.

I loved the way Let’s Mingle & Jingle looked in the bottle so full of sparkle that I couldn’t wait to try it.  I found the formula to be runny and a bit streaky.  I used two thick coats.  Overall I loved the look but not the application.

I give Let’s Mingle & Jingle 3 brains.