Mani of the Day (MOTD)- Love and Beauty "Royal"

Essentially, a mani of the day is an excuse for me to post pictures of my favorite polishes, new or old, hopefully for your enjoyment. If I don't have new polishes to show you, I'll probably post MOTD's. Hopefully they will inspire you to try out some of my favorite colors! So let's get on with today's post.

Today I have for you a polish by Forever 21's beauty brand, Love and Beauty. While the nail polish names are relatively uncreative, I've still gotten some great bargains from them. Most of them can be purchased for between $1-$3! They also have an incredible selection of colors. Today's color, in the shade "Royal", is specially selected for the impending birth of the Duchess of Cambridge's royal baby. And what a perfect color for the event! "Royal" is a blurple, a beautiful combination of indigo and dark purple fine glitter in a dark blue base. It takes about 3 coats to be opaque, but it's definitely worth it! The blue is more prominent in the sunlight while the purple sparkles brighter in the sun. Below are two pictures indoors, and two pictures in the sunlight. All are one coat of Sally Hansen Diamond Strength No-Chip Nail Color in "Flawless" as a base coat, and three coats of "Royal", no top coat.

Sunlight

 

Indoors

 

Sunlight

 

 

Indoors

What do you think of this polish? Will you be wearing any themed colors for the arrival of the royal baby? 

~Beth~

 

Sally Hansen Fuzzy Coat in "Tweedy"

So here it is, my first post! Today I have for you a polish from Sally Hansen's new "Fuzzy Coat" line. It's basically micro black and white bar glitter in a clear base. In my opinion, it applies quite well. It starts off as a great topper for a brightly based color, and I think it would make an opaque "wooly-looking" polish in 2-3 coats, depending on how thickly you apply it. For the picture below (in indoor lighting), I used one coat of Tweedy over Sinful Colors' "Dream On", but I think it would look good over any bright, neon color, especially one with a pink base.

 

 

 What do you think? Have any of you tried the other Fuzzy Coat polishes?

~Beth~

Welcome to my Blog!

Hi everyone! My name's Beth, and I have a bit of an obsession with nail polish. There's something addicting about looking down at my hands and seeing a bright, beautiful color staring back at me. As a result, I've collected quite a few colors over the years, and I can't wait to share them with you! Since I'm a highschool student on a budget, I'm not always going to have some of the more "luxury" brands to show you, but rather, more affordable options you can find at drugstores or at the mall (however, I'm most certainly not opposed to the more expensive polishes, either!). I'm also a big fan of nail art, so I plan on showing you some of my favorite designs, as well! I hope you'll join me on my nail polish adventure, I can't wait to share my obsession with you!

 

~Beth~