Instagram photos

Hi there,

Hope you're well.
Here are a few recent photos from my Instagram page:

My new fave dress from H&M that I bought for $7:


My reading list:


Fruit-filled ice cubes that I saw on Cupcakes and Cashmere blog:


fresh lip treatments:


What about you? What have you been up to lately?

NOTD: Galaxy nails!! Oh yeah!!

Hi there!

Hope you're well.

I wanted to share a Galaxy nails mani with you today!

I used this video tutorial to help me get the look:


OK, my nails don't look anything like the above mani but nevertheless, here's my take on the galaxy nail design:


I used SinfulColors Black on Black as my base, Maybelline's Mod Mauve, Maybelline's Sunrise, Revlon Mysterious, Wet n Wild's Hallucinate and SinfulColors Snow Me White.

What do you think? Are my nails far out or not?? LOL. Have you done a galaxy nail look before? What's on your tips and toes?

FTC Disclosure: I paid for the products mentioned in this post.

One-Word Beauty Reviews

Hi, hope you're well!
Here's another installation of my one-word beauty reviews:

1. Various products: Gone!
It's always a good day in the neighborhood when I finish up a product!

2. Love & toast candy apple lip balm: Sweet.
I'm a huge fan of this line and this lip balm both worked and tasted sweet!

3. Love & toast grapefruit handcreme: Fruity!

 This baby did my hands and feet justice!

4. Carmex Moisture Plus lip balm: Meh.

There's nothing special to report about this lip balm. It was just OK.

5. Sally Hansen's the Real Teal: Beach!
I've been sleeping on this polish beauty for a long time. It's the perfect summer color. Reminds me of the water.

What about you? What products are you liking or not feeling right now?

FTC Disclosure: I paid for the products with my own funds.

My Week in Instagram!!

Hey there!

Hope you're well and had a good week. I did. Here's mine in Instagram:

I swear, the dollar sto' and the Apple store have one thing in common: lines:


Eye nails using a black wet n wild polish called black creme and my white L.A. Girls lacquer:



A late snack of fruit, sardines, crackers and tea:


Used up beauty products:


Trader Joe's Apple Straws snack:


Late birthday gift from my brother, a Maxayn record:


Hanging out with the bro:


What about you? How have you been? What's made you happy?

NOTD: Ladybug Nails!!!

Hi there!

Hope you're well.
I recently saw this picture featuring the ladybug nail art design and of course, I had to try it out for myself!
I started off with a base of Sally Hansen's All Fired up.
Then, I painted a half moon over the tip of my nail using SinfulColors Black on Black.
Next, I painted the antennas  and dots.
Then, I painted the eyes on using SinfulColors Snow Me White.

What do you think? What's on your tips and toes?

FTC Disclosure: I paid for the products with my own funds.

NOTD: Cupcake nails!! Oh yeah!!

Hi there!
Hope you're well.

Today, I wanted to share some cupcake manis with you!
Sorry I'm just getting around to posting this mani. I did these during my birthday, around early July.

Here's a design intended to invoke vanilla cupcake nails with chocolate frosting:

I used Maybelline's Sunshine, Revlon's Chocolate Truffle, Revlon's Fuchsia Fever, Wet n Wild's Jewelry Heist and a white L. A. Colors nail art pen.

Here's a design intended to invoke strawberry cupcakes with vanilla frosting:

I used Revlon's Mod Mauve, Essie's A Cut Above, Revlon's Fuchsia Fever and a white L.A. Colors nail art pen.

I used Revlon's Wind Fall, Wet n Wild's Party of Five Glitter, Revlon's Fuchsia Fever and a white L.A. Colors nail art pen for this look:


It's so easy to do. Just paint a base coat. Then add vertical lines. Then add the frosting, and lastly, the glitter and cherry.

I loooooooooooooooooove cupcakes so having them on my nails is just as good as having them in my tummy!

What do you think? Have you tried this mani before? Will you? What's on your tips and toes?

FTC Disclosure: I paid for these polishes with my own funds.

A heartfelt eulogy to some recently purged polishes:(. Sniff, sniff

Dearly departed,

We gather here today to mourn the loss of a big chunk of my nail polish collection.

Sadly, the polishes in the above photo are used up. All gone.

They made for good base coats and nail art though. Sniff. Sniff.

Lord, Jesus they were so pretty; too sexy for their own dam, bottles!

I'm going to miss their creamy, sparkly, shimmery finishes. Sniff.

I'm very thankful for all of the prettiness they brought into my life, onto my nails.

May they rest in polish peace.


Polishes used in this post include Revlon Jelly, Borghese Raspberry Sorbetto, Aldo Teal the Spotlight, Revlon Metallic, N.Y.C. Love Letters, Wet n Wild Inferno, N.Y.C. Fashion Avenue Fuchsia, Sally Hansen Mystic Lilac, 10 second Roll Back Prices and Revlon Winter Mist.

NOTD: Cat Nails (these kitties are pretty!)

These kitties are pretty!

Hi there, hope you're well!
I'm feeling catty today, as evidenced by the above picture.
The cat mani on this website inspired me to recently create my own cat manicure.
It was sooooooo easy, of course:)
First, I used Revlon's Fuchsia Fever as a base.
Then, I painted three quarters of my nail black using SinfulColors' Black on Black for the cat's face.
Next, I painted on the ears.
Finally, I painted the eyes, mouth and whiskers.
And meow, I had my cat nails!

Have you tried this kind of mani? If not, you should.

FTC Disclosure: I paid for the polishes with my own funds.

NOTD: Corset nails!! Rawr!

Happy Sunday,

Hope you're well!
Today's mani is for the grown and sexy: corset nails! Ooooooooooooh yeeeaaaaaaaaah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hehe.

I was inspired by this beautiful photo and my take is below:


OMG, this soooo easy.
I started off with a base by using SinfulColors Black on Black.
Then, I painted a red strip in the middle by using Sally Hansen All Fired Up.
Next, I painted dots using a silver L.A. Colors nails lacquer and then I connected the dots by drawing on black lines using a black L.A. Colors nail lacquer.
I love this look. It's so sexy and I think men will get a kick out of it.

What do you think? What's on your tips and toes?

FTC Disclosure: I paid for the products mentioned in this post with my own money.

Music that's been blowing my mind!

Hi there!

Hope you're well! I wanted to share some music and singers that I've been loving lately:

"Refill" by R&B newcomer Elle Varner:

Varner's being managed by the same people that managed Lauryn Hill. She's got a nice voice and I love this song!

Anything by Cymande:

I first heard this song on a local old school radio station one recent Sunday and I was immediately hooked to this rare groove funk group. I will be looking for their stuff on vinyl if I can find it!!

Anything by Mandrill:

I read about this group from my co-worker's very well-written and informative music blog and have fallen in love with their brand of funk and jazz. Again, I'm looking out for this Panamanian-American's stuff on vinyl.



"You're All I Need" by Method Man and Mary J. Blige:

This song is a Hollyhood classic. I love just love it. That is all.

"I Say a Little Prayer" by Aretha Franklin:

Can't mess with Queen Aretha. I love this song.


What about you? What songs and singers are you loving right now?

NOTD: Butterfly Nails!!! Oh Yeah!!!

Hi there!

Hope you're well and your week's been even better.
I wanted to share this butterfly mani with you today:

 
As Stevie Wonder sang back in the day, isn't she loooooovely!!!! Gosh, I love this mani! 


I used this tutorial from the lovely CutePolish:


The polishes I used were Revlon's Siren, SinfulColors' Snow Me White and SinfulColors' Black on Black.
Again, too easy!!

What do ya think? And what's on your tips and toes these days?

FTC Disclosure: I paid for all products mentioned with my own funds.

Recent NOTDs

Hey there!

Hope you're well.

As always, I wanted to share some recent manis with you:

Here's a skittle mani I did that's topped with SinfulColors' Crackle top coat:

Here's Sally Hansen's Model Behavior and Deborah Lippmann's On the Beach (on my middle finger) topped with an Ulta sparkly top coat:

Here's Revlon's Chocolate Truffle:

I wanted to revisit this color because I sleep on neutral colors. It's really pretty and a nice change from my usual bright colors.

Here 's Revlon's Wind Fall and Jelly topped with Wet n Wild's Hallucinate:

What about you? What's on your tips and toes?

FTC Disclosure: I paid for all these polishes with my own funds.

NOTD: Sunset nails!! Oh yeah!!

Hi there!

Hope you're well! I am and so are my nails. W00t!! W00t!!
I recently did this sunset/palm tree nail design using another tutorial from SimpleNailArtDesigns on Youtube:


Here's the tutorial:



Of course, this design was easy to do.
First, I sponged on Maybelline's Sunshine, Revlon's Fuschia Fever and Revlon's Siren for the sunset background.
Then, I used my black L.A. Colors' black nail lacquer to draw on the palm tree and birds.
And that was it. Seriously.
I loved this mani because it reminds me of a tropical vacay in the Caribbean somewhere!!

How's your week going? What's on your nails? And have you been trying some of these easy nail designs that I've been posting? If not, shame on you!! They're too easy and fun to not try:)

FTC Disclosure: I paid for all products mentioned in this post.

A Poem in Polish: Skittles nails

Skittles are such a fun kind of candy,

But Skittles on the nails are fun and dandy!

I love my colors bold and bright,

Skittles nails are so out of sight!

The Skittles trend makes my nails so happy,

 

A Skittles manicure is sweet, not crappy!

Polishes used in this post include in order of apperance on nails and in pictures: Revlon's Siren, Sally Hansen's Model Behavior, Sephora By OPI's Lost Without My GPS, Rimmel London's Marine Blue, Revlon's Fuchsia Fever, Milani's Mint Apple, Revlon's Emerald, Borghese' Dolce Vita Fuchsia, Revlon's Chocolate Truffle, Borghese's Paradiso Pink, Sally Hansen's The Real Teal, Revlon's Steel-her Heart, Revlon's Wind Fall, Revlon's Hazy and Revlon's Posh.

FTC Disclosure: I paid for the products with my own funds.

NOTD: Kite Nails!! Oh yeah!!

Happy Sunday!

Hope you had a good weekend!
I've done so much nail art lately that I've been behind in posting my designs.
But today, I present to you what I'm calling my kite in the sky nails:



I was inspired by this tutorial from the very talented lady at SimpleNailDesigns on Youtube. Here's her video:


Of course, I changed up a few things. I applied about four coats of SinfulColors' Cinderella for the sky. It made thee perfect blue background and I didn't feel like I needed to sponge on clouds. Actually, I didn't feel like it:)
Then, I used my black and pink L.A. Colors nail lacquers to draw the kite on my nails and voila! Too easy!

What about you? What's on your nails? Are you planning on doing any nail art?

I have LOTS more nail designs in the works. Can't wait to show you!! Hope you have a happy, positive and productive week.

FTC Disclosure: I paid for the products mentioned in this post with my own funds.

My week in Instagram photos!!

Hi there!

Hope you had a great week.
I did. Here's my week in Instagram:

Got my hair did:

It was about time to get my locs tightened up because I was about to have a 'fro!

Wore mint green nails:
 
Couldn't pick just one mint green. I can be indecisive like that sometimes. I have SinfulColors' Mint Apple on my thumb and pinky, Milani Mint Apple on my pointer and ring fingers, and Revlon's Wind Fall on my middle. Came out pretty in my book!

Painted and broke my Cookie Monster nails design:( I used Cutepolish's tutorial to do the design:

This design was SO easy!!!

Had Kale, lentils and carrots for dinner one day this week because I'm low on groceries and sometimes have to get creative with what I have on hand:

This was so good!

And I had Frozen Yogurt!!!! Oh yeah!!!!!!!!!


What about you? What did you do this week? What's making you happy these days? What are you grateful for?

FTC Disclosure: I paid for the products mentioned with my own funds.

NOTDs: Essie's Shine of the Times

Hi there!

I wanted to share some NOTDs featuring one of my fave top coats, Essie's Shine of the Times:

NYC's Fashion Avenue Fuschia under Shine of the Times:

 

Brash's Toxic Purple under Shine of the Times:


Aldo's Teal the Spotlight under Shine of the Times:


Revlon's Chocolate Truffle under Shine of the Times:


Been getting a lot of use out of this top coat lately. I mean, what am I supposed to do with it? Can't help that it's so pretty and versatile! Lol.

What's on your tips and toes these days?

FTC Disclosure: I paid for the products in this post.

A Poem in Polish: Polka Dots

Let me tell you, my friend,

About the latest polish trend!

They're circles that can cover messy spots,

O my! I love this polka dot trend a lot!

 

They add some fun to your tips and toes,

Who created this trend? Who really knows?

 

What I do know is that my nails look fun!

And without polka dots on them, they are not done!

Polishes used in this post: L'Oreal's Now You Sea Me, Deborah Lippman's On the Beach, Revlon's Metallic, Sephora By OPI's Teal We Meet Again, Borghese's Paradiso Pink.

FTC Disclosure: I previously paid for these polishes with my own money.

NOTD: Chick nails!! Oh Yeah!!!

 

Hi there!

Hope you're well.
I'd like to share a chick nail art I did with this tutorial from Bedizzle's blog.
So easy and cute!

What do you think? What's on your tips and toes?

FTC Disclosure: I paid for the products mentioned in this post with my own money.