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My nail of the day!

Sometimes a manicure can fix everything =)

Red Carpet Manicure - At Home Gel Nails

My most trusted makeup source and mentor - my mother - told me about this new system called Red Carpet Manicure. It's essentially an at home gel manicure system that allows your nails to stay put for 3-4 weeks! The company promises “Get a long lasting Gel Manicure in 3 Easy Steps!”

I’ve had gel nails for a number of years, and loved how low maintenance they were. No chips, no breaking, just a beautiful, shiney French manicure that always looked fresh. As most of you know, I hate sitting there to get my nails done, so going once every 3 or 4 weeks was a dream for me! I got lazy and stopped getting gel nails, and am kind of kicking myself for it since regular manicures chip so easily.

Anyway,Red Carpet Manicure (or RCM for short) sounds like an amazing system! Gel nails at home while I watch trashy reality television? Great! RCM is sold exclusively at Ulta - all of the below items including the LED light can be purchased there. Here are the steps and what you will need:

Red Carpet Manicure - Portable LED Light ($19.99)

Step 1: Prep

This gets the nail ready for product to be applied

Step 2: Structure Base Coat Gel

Apply, let dry under LED light for 1 minute

Step 3: LED Gel Polish

Apply, let dry under LED light for 3 minutes

There is over 30 shades to pick from!

Step 4: Brilliance Top Coat Gel

Apply, let dry under LED light for 2 minutes

And there it is! A beautiful manicure (hopefully).

To remove anything sticky or unwanted, use Purify (below) with a cotton pad

This step isn't VITAL, i'm just giving you guys all the facts! =)

When the gel manicure has seen better days,

use this Gel Remover Polish Remover to take it off:

Mom and I did the math, and after all is said and done, each manicure using RCM would cost $2.90. UNDER $3 for a gel manicure!!!! At a salon, gel nails are usually $45. That one salon manicure is probably the same price as all of the items you'll need to buy for Red Carpet Manicure, which you can use over and over. Just something to think about!

So I obviously LOVE the idea and need to buy it! My mother and I have talked about it on the phone for 2 days now, and we are on the hunt for these products! The Ulta by her is out of it, so I'm going to check tonight to see if I have any luck at a different Ulta. If I find it, I will definitely try it out and give it a thorough review!

Would you guys try it?

My First Butter Polish

This is my first nail polish from Butter - the shade is The Old Bill. I love the color! You guys have been raving about Butter polishes so I wanted one of my own (of course).

I took it to my nail salon this weekend and had it applied professionally. It reminds me of a color I would wear as an eyeshadow - kind of a coppery bronze. She applied 2 coats of polish and a top coat, and it's starting to chip already which i'm not happy about, but at least I have the color for touch-ups! =)

Hope everyone had an amazing Labor Day weekend! xoxo

Crayola Makes...Scented Nail Polish?

How random! And kinda cute! Has anyone heard anything about these? I was kicking around Rite Aid the other night, and came across these Crayola scented nail polishes. I thought - what an odd collaboration.

But at the same time, Crayola is known for colors - crayons, markers, pencils, etc. They also have scented products as well - I mean, who didn't have smelly markers when you were in grade school? So maybe it's not as crazy as I originally thought.

Just wanted to share! Hope everyone is having a great day!

Wedding Nails and Vintage Things

Vintage green and gold ring

Ulta Professional polish in Green with Envy

A hard topped, vintage clutch

Hope everyone had a great weekend! I had a wedding to go to on Saturday, and needed to paint my nails desperately. I already had this Ulta polish and was wearing a black strapless dress, so I thought the green would go nicely. I've been going a bit crazy with my nail looks lately - chucks of glitter, hearts, nail stickers, etc so this color looked...tame.

I love mixing new and old items with my wardrobe. I'm a sucker for jewelry, especially vintage jewelry. This ring and unique clutch were given to me by my great aunt before she passed away. I always admired her accessories - classic, timeless, beautiful items that would pull her look together. Even in her later years, she would come to our family parties with exquisite pearl necklaces, broaches and rings. I was fortunate enough to be given this ring and clutch, and always smile when I wear them. I like thinking about how each item traveled through the world before it got to me. In addition - they are great conversation starters!

xoxo

4th of July Party Nails!

Big. Blue. Sparkles.

Fancy, huh?


Yay!

Kinda loving it

I used the Savvy as a base, then two coats of the Sinful glittery blue!

The shades


I just bought this topcoat because my friend recommended it,

and it seriously dried my nails in two minutes.

You guys like them!? I wanted to do a fun/crazy party nail for 4th of July weekend! I've been favoring wild nails lately, so I figured this glittery blue was perfect for the holiday.

I bought all of these polishes at Target on a whim (I know, surprise surprise, right?) I'm doing a few fun things for the long weekend - going to the vineyards for wine tastings, relaxing at the pool and going to a BBQ. I'm really happy with the way they came out, they remind me of little fireworks!

Hope everyone has a great weekend!!

Girly NOTD

Nicole by OPI & Savvy Femme Couture NOTD. I love the little hearts, so cute! xoxo

Polish Fusion

Sparkly and dark!

Glitter flecks

I used the green one as a base, and put the silver on top

New Ulta and Nicole by OPI colors! =)

I decided that I wanted to go with a dramatic nail look last night, and here are the results! I feel in love with the silver one and the huge glitter flecks when I saw it at Ulta. But since it's mostly sheer, I wanted to put a bold color underneath to offset the silver. Enter: Green With Envy. This green is almost black with a green/gold sheen. It looked really pretty alone, but I was hellbent on trying the silver, so I tried them both =)

You guys like it? Hope everyone had an awesome weekend!

Lickity Split Lime

Bright!

<3

I love this! This is my first Sally Hansen Insta-Dri nail polish and I really like it. In a fit of rage, I ripped off all of my gel nails. One broke, so instead of just letting it be I took them all off, causing my nails to look like crap. To cover up the creases (even after I filed and buffed them they still have dents) I wanted an obnoxious nail polish as a distraction. My boyfriend's favorite color is green, so I wanted to do a neon/lime green polish - he loved it!

The Insta-Dri really does live up to its name - I have trouble not touching anything (texting, reading, etc) after I paint my nails, so a polish that dries fast is a must. It's weird having short nails again, but I think i'm going to give my nails a break and keep the gels off for a while.

You guys like the color? Does anyone else like Insta-Dri? Happy Makeup Monday! =)

NARS-Y NAILS

Can't get enough lacquer

Happy Pink Feet!

Guess i'm having a pink moment, huh? Strange, considering my wardrobe consists of mainly black and i'm not really a cutesy pink kinda chick (not that there's anything wrong with that, I just prefer skulls over hearts ha!)

Anyway, this NARS nail lacquer in SCHIAP was given to me by my mother. Her skintone is a lot lighter than mine, and she said it was too...well...pink for her. I have more olive skin, so I think it works for me. Not sure if I would have picked this color out for myself, but now that I have it I don't mind it. I generally go for a darker pedicure color, like a blood red, but this is a nice change up for the summer months! =)

You guys like it?

Milani Holographic Nail Lacquer HD

Glitzy and fun! So after my nail sticker debacle (click if you haven't read the review), I still wanted silver nails. So I ripped off my nail stickers and went to CVS for some cheap thrills. I picked up this Milani nail polish in HD and the results are fun and glittery! It did take 3 coats to achieve this color payoff, but I can't stop looking at my nails because I love them so much. (the little things in life, right?)

What do you guys think?

MORE Shatter Polish from OPI?!?!

I am geeking out HARD right now. Just saw this photo on a friend's facebook page, and I am shaking just a little out of excitement!!! As seen in my earlier post, I am so obsessed with Black Shatter, and have gotten so many compliments on it.

Seems like the new colors will be available sometime in May, and I hope that it's true. Can't wait to get my hands on other colors! Such a cool idea, well done OPI.

Black Shatter Masterpiece

I am so in love with OPI Black Shatter nail polish! If you're following me on Twitter, you've probably heard me whining about how badly I wanted this nail polish. WELL, I finally got it and it was so worth the wait!

I purchased Black Shatter in a salon in NYC, and the chick who worked there gave me pretty good advice on how to best apply it. To start, choose a base shade that is bright or metallic - the more punchy the shade the better! I used SEPHORA by OPI's Queen of Everything. Allow the base coat to dry completely, and don't use a top coat at all.

Next, apply a thin layer of Black Shatter directly on top of the base shade. I've found the thinner the layer, the better so the polish can "crack" and give you that cool stained-glass effect.

I'm eager to dry different shades under it! My boyfriend and I kept admiring how cool and fun it looked. What do you guys think?

Mood Changing Nail Polish

And it actually works!! Well, I don't know how much of my "mood" changes the color, but the polish does change!

I was browsing through Claire's for some cheap jewelry, and can never resist anything weird/unique - hence the color changing polish! Since blue is so hot this season, I wanted to use it on my toes for a cool pop of color. Much to my surprise, the polish actually changed! The shades are called Flirty & Shy (above).

Just to be my ridiculous self, I also bought the pink one - Fabulous & Funky:

I didn't try this one yet, but I will when the blue needs to be taken off! Cool, right? xoxo

LCN Nails

Hey dolls! I just got back from the nail salon and am very happy with the results. I just got my LCN nails in color!

LCN (stands for Light Cured Nails) are amazing. I've had mine on for about 2 years. The manicure lasts up to 4 weeks (yes, FOUR)! LCN nails never chip, break, get yellow or have any of the usual problems that traditional tips have.

Up until recently, LCN only offered the french manicure option. Now, LCN has come out with a variety of different color options to chose from. I picked this vibrant pink and it looks really pretty on my nails =) The only thing is, as the nails start to grow out it will become noticable since the color is on the darker side. With the french manicure, you could hardly tell when your nails were due to be done. It's cool though - I needed to try the color out to see how it looked =)

LCN nails can also be done on your toes too! They last the same amount of time (about 4 weeks) without chipping or breaking in any way. Think about that - during the summer, you would only need to get your nails and toes done THREE times! Amazing!

What do you guys think, has anyone else tried LCN nails? Or do you prefer doing your own nails?

H&M Beauty - New Arrivals!

Get excited, H&Mers! As previously reported on Makeup Majesty, there have been cupcake sightings in H&M stores all around NYC. Cupcakes, you ask? Yes, cupcake lipgloss!



Now, H&M has launched a new line of makeup and personal care products. The beauty line includes - body scrub, body butter, body wash, hand wash, nail lacquer, lip balm, eye shadow palette, shower gel, body lotion, and makeup cases.



The majority of products came in three flavors: vanilla apple, pink grapefruit and peach blossom.



The New Additions to the H&M Family




Nail Lacquers





Butterfly Lip Balm





Eye Palette





Lip Balm - Vanilla Kiss





Vanilla Kiss Lip Balm and Vanilla Cupcake Lipgloss

Thanks to my doll Flower for the photo





What do we think? I think the packaging is pretty cute! Besides the cupcake lipgloss, I haven't tried anything from the H&M beauty line yet. Has anyone else tried anything? Share with us! xoxo