Monday Style

Hi everyone!  I hope you all had a nice Monday.  They're such a drag, aren't they?

Well, to keep up with my attempt at style, I have today's look.

Do you like my artistic way of covering my badge?  I'm so clever!

I know it's nothing spectacular, but it's better than what I would have worn, trust me.  And I also realize these pictures aren't really showing the detail they should.  I'm looking into getting a new camera so bear with me :)

Blouse-Marshalls $12.00.
Sweater vest-Marshalls $14.99.
Pants-Target $I don't remember.
Shoes-Famous Footwear or Rack Room.  One of those places. $I don't remember this either.

Enjoy!

xoxo
j

Valentine's Day Nails

Hi everyone!

I know Valentine's day is still 2 weeks away, but I'm ready for some Valentine's nail art.  I just got my dotting tools in the mail, and I wanted to use them right away. They can be purchased here if you are interested.

Here is the dotting tool pack.  I used the dotting tool on the far right for this simple look.

 Simple and Valentine's inspired.  For this look I used:
Orly Nail Defense (base coat)
Essie Jag-u-are (2 coats)
Orly French Tip
and Seche Vite (top coat)

Enjoy!
xoxo
j

Saturday Style

Hi everyone!

I don't know about you guys, but I've put myself on a budget this year and I'm really trying to stick to it.  So instead of going out and buying new clothes, I have decided to just create new looks with what I already have. Normally, I have a very plain style.  Maybe once and awhile I'll go out on a limb and do something crazy!  Like wear sequins (I know, I know.  Very daring move). But mostly you can find me wearing jeans and a t-shirt.  Or  jeans, tank and cardigan since I'm obsessed with cardigans.

So this is what I'm wearing today.  I'm not wearing makeup in the pic (don't judge me please!)  If I'm able to find somewhere to get a better pic today, I'll post that.  See below pic for clothing info.

These shoes are really awesome and comfy, which is why I had to have them and didn't mind spending the money on them.  Here's a close up.

Dress shirt--Kohls $17.99
Sweater--Target.  It's from last year so I'm not sure how much it cost.
Cords--Old Navy $19.50
Report Shoes--Off Broadway Shoes $55.93 (yay for clearance!)

Hopefully, I'll continue to be more creative with my outfits and continue to post them for ideas and inspiration.  Also, I can assure you that all of the pieces I wear are affordable, or else I wouldn't own them :)

Enjoy!
xoxo
j

Mood changing nails!

Hello everyone!

The week I bought some mood changing polish that I was dying to use.  I also broke down and bought the Seche Vite top coat that everyone raves about (for good reason!).  In addition to that, I bought enough polish so my current stock no longer fits into a shoe box.  It's over flowing...

It's close enough to Valentine's day, so I decided to throw something festive into this mani.

For this mood polish mani, I used:

Orly Nail Defense (base coat)
Icing's Mood Swing in Calm/Energized (2 coats)
Seche Vite (top coat after the mood polish)
Sally Hansen's nail pen in Red Chrome (for the stamping)
Konad m3 stamp plate for the hearts
BM02 stamp plate for the lips
and another coat of Seche Vite

Enjoy!
xoxo
j

Funky Giraffe

Hey guys.  

So I've kind of gone a little crazy with buying nail polish this week.  I wanted to try a color I haven't used before so I ended up doing this funky take on a giraffe print.

For this mani, I used:

Orly Nail Defense base coat
OPI in Tuttu Frutti Tonga (2 coats)
Sally Hansen Hard as Nails in Grey Area
BM 10
Essie to dry for

What I will say about this mani is that the OPI color was very hard to work with.  It was really thick and that made it take awhile to dry.  Kind of a pain.

Enjoy!
xoxo
j

Blue Swirl Mani

Welcome!

This week I did a blue swirl mani after finding a nice gray polish and bright blue polish at the store.

Here is what it looks like.  Love it.

For this mani, I used:

Orly Nail Defense base coat

Sally Hansen Hard as Nails in Wet Cement (2 coats)

Sally Hansen Hard as Nails in  Pacific Blue (for stamp design)

BM19 image plate

Essie to dry for top coat

I've had this mani for several days and there is only 2 small chips.  I really like the Sally Hansen Hard as Nails polish.  It stays put and it's also great for stamping.

Enjoy!

xoxo

j

Houndstooth nails

Hello. My manis have been so plain lately. This time I decided to go with something not so plain. I love the outcome.

For this mani I used:
Orly Nail Defense (top coat)
Wet 'n Wild French White Creme
Confetti Black Tie
BM19 (stamp)
Essie To Dry For (top coat)


Enjoy!
xoxo
j

Peacock-esque nails

After my low key snow mani, I wanted something a little more funky. Looking back on it, I think I would have put a design on top of this design, but hey, there's always next time.

For this mani, I used:
Orly Nail Defense (base coat)
Wet 'n Wild Caribbean Frost
Confetti Black Tie
and Essie To Dry For (top coat)

I just love french tips. I find myself putting them on almost every mani I give myself!
Enjoy!!
xoxo
j

I'm baaaAAAAAck...

I know it's been a few weeks since I've shown my face, but I had weird home internet problems.
For New Years, I went snowboarding. I was thinking snow when I came up with this idea. This is not the cleanest manicure, but it's all I have in terms of pictures of it. So...please don't hate on me.

For this manicure, I used:
Orly Strengthening & Repairing Basecoat
Orly French Tip (white)
Orly Shine (silver)
BM21 for the stamp
Essie To Dry For topcoat

Simple and classy, just how I like it!
Enjoy!

xoxo
j