Nails of the Day- Diamondique

 

Good Morning Beautifuls! I woke up to three inches of snow on the ground! It has been such a mild winter up here in the North Eastern United States, I have been spoiled and wasn't prepared for this! So despite the cold blistery weather I wanted to do something Romantic/Fun on my nails, inspired by the flowers my husband brought home for me last night! Let me take a minute out to gush about the hubby. He NEVER buys me flowers, he feels that if he does it too often I would grow to expect them and not appreciate them as much. That may be the case, but last night, because I was feeling ill he brought me home a bouquet to cheer up my mood. That combined with a healthy dose of NyQuil sure did the trick! :) Love you babe. Anyways, I decided to do a red nail, with Diamonds on the ring fingers. <3

 I used Dazzle Dry's Base Coat with Julep in Demi all over the nail and Konad's White polish for the diamonds. I also added a touch of glitter to the diamonds with my Silver Glitter Art Deco Pen (Not Pictured). Then topped it off With Ulta's Top Coat. 

 2 Coats of Julep-Demi.

 I just got this set of Bundle Monster Nail Plates for Christmas, (Thanks Nana, I love them!) and used the Diamonds off of the BM09 Nail Plate.

AND.... BAMPF! The finished product! :) I think they are cute without being over the top. I don't usually wear red so I'm feeling extra Mischievous!

**The flowers in the background of the pictures are from the bouquet my hubby brought home last night! Yay Jonny! Love You! **

PINK! Inspired Nails of The Day

Good Morning Beautiful! 

I was getting dressed and saw this cute pair of panties I have from VS so I decided to go with a Victoria Secret PINK! Inspired nail design. They are just a simple white with pink polka dots!

I just thought they were fun, and super girly! :) 

The Products I used for this look are:

• Dazzle Dry's Base Coat
• 2 Coat's Essie Bone Chilling
• Nail dotter and Sinful Colors Fusion Neon (60)
• Dazzle Dry's Top Coat

 I am glad I FINALLY purchased a set of dotting tools, I always tried to make Polka Dots free hand and they just don't come out as good that way. I'm sure most of you already have them, but if you don't.... you should get some! I got mine off Ebay for like 9 dollars, and I got 5 different dotting tools, all different sizes and they are dual ended so you actually get 10 different sized dotters. I also use them to help place gems and decals <3 Totally worth the $$.

Well hope you all have a wonderful day!

Till Next Time Gorgeous,

My First Julep Maven Box!

Super EXCITED... My first Julep Maven Box Came in today! This was the cute little bag the items came in, I love the little red bow, nice touch.

These were the items I received for my first month as a Julep Maven. When I filled out the personality/style survey I was an "American Beauty". 

They showed these really pretty purple colors and I was excited about the choices they picked out for me. When the polish came in the mail they sent me 2 colors that I wouldn't have personally chosen for myself, and they weren't the colors they advertised on the site. I only paid 1 penny for the first month, so I'm only mildly disappointed, but if you go sign up and pay normal price I just wanted you aware you might not get the colors they tell you they are sending. =/ 

Aside from that Snafu, the packaging is very chic. I love the rectangle bottles, and the company design/logo. I have not tried the polish so I can't yet speak for the formulation. Kind of underwhelmed at the amount of polish you receive, .27 fl oz for $19.99 a month. Even for 2 colors.... that's almost 10$ a bottle!  

 This is their polish in Gwen, I did not receive this color, but it can be purchased in their store for $14.00. I just used this picture to show you the pretty bottle design! 

They also sent out a hand scrub, which I have not tried, but I did sniff it and it appears to be scentless, so if that is important to you that is something to keep in mind :) They also sent a little container of silver glitter. 

So overall.. I think the Julep Maven Subscription is meh. 3/5 stars if I had to give it a rating. I don't think value for product is very balanced. Unless they send something much more impressive for the second box, I will just save my pennies and go grab a couple Essie polishes for the cost of this subscription. Their packaging is very chic, and hip, but I would rather more product/quality over a cute bottle.   

Till next time Gorgeous!