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Top 10 Tuesday – Top Summer 2014 Nail Polish Collections
I know we’re still enjoying Spring (or waiting for it to actually arrive) but Summer is just around the corner and I’m ready for bright, bold summery polish. This week the Top 10 Tuesday crew is talking summer nail polish colors and I couldn’t narrow my favorites down to just ten shades so, instead, I’m sharing my favorite Summer 2014 Nail Polish Collections.
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PinspiratioNAIL – Maybelline Bleached Neons Interlocking Dots Nail Art Tutorial
Normally, when I see a neon nail polish collection, I cringe a bit inside. While bright and fun, neons are notorious problem children. They are plagued by opacity issues, streaks and the need for a white base coat. In other words… TOO.MUCH.WORK!
Thankfully, we’re seeing some non-traditional neons this season, like Essie’s version and now the Maybelline Color Show Bleached Neons, which are a not-so-in-your-face take on the day-glow brights we typically associate with the genre. I decided to tackle one of my first PinspiratioNAIL pins, a look I’ve been wanting to try for a while now, with these punchy new shades.
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Makeup Wars – Beauty Diary: A Day In The Life of a Beauty Blogger
When you want to lose weight, nutritionists suggest starting a food diary to track everything that goes in your mouth each day. It’s usually quite surprising when you think of every taste, snack and sip outside of your main meals.
As fellow beauty lovers, have you ever thought of tracking all the potions, lotions, and products you use in one day, from morning til night? That’s the task for this week’s Makeup Wars and well, as if I didn’t already feel like a product junkie, this made it even more apparent. See everything it takes to get me through just one typical day.
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Tonal Teal Nail Art with Sally Hansen Summer 2014 Triple Shine Tahiti Sunset Collection
After three days of a fever, chills and a pounding headache that made opening my eyes feel like torture, I’m happy to be functioning enough to share some fun, tonal nail art with you. I spotted the Sally Hansen Summer 2014 Triple Shine “Tahiti Sunset” collection display at my local Bed, Bath & Beyond and couldn’t leave without Seasational and Archipela-Glow. They look fab on their own but are even better together.
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Multi-Color French with Essie Neons 2014 for #ManiMonday
I received the new Essie Neons the other day and couldn’t wait to play with them. So, as you may have seen on my Instagram over the weekend, I did a quick freehand, multi-colored French manicure with five of the six new shades and I’m still wearing it for #ManiMonday.
Of course, if you want a more consistent look you can use French tip nail guides or even Band-Aids but when it’s the freakin’ weekend, I ain’t got time for that! If you want to see how I freehand a French, check out my Roll Your Way To A French Tip video tutorial.
The base colors (l-r): Essie Sittin’ Pretty, Essie Chills & Thrills, Essie I’m Addicted, Essie Vices Versa, Essie Too Taboo
A full review is coming soon but, in the meantime, you can purchase the Essie Neons 2014 at Essie.com and Beauty.com. Essie nail polish retails for $8.50/ea for a .5oz bottle.
What are you wearing for this #ManiMonday? Have you seen the Essie Neons yet?
Lisa N.
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