Spring Sprint Baby! Scentsy Spirit!

This saturday I am so excited to be able to attend a mini Scentsy convention called Spring Sprint.  For those who don't know what Spring Sprint is, it is a time for Scentsy consultants to all gather together and gain some amazing training.  I have been with this amazing company for over 2 years now and am so excited to be able to attend my very first event!!!  Yahhhh!  I am super stoked to finally get to meet so many amazing women from my own team, so I thought I needed to show my spirit with some fun and funky scentsified nail art!  So here is what I came up with.

Is that a fun design or what?  LOL  To me it looks like fireworks.  I started this design by first doing a basic french mani.

  

I begin my french mani by first painting half of my nail with a white polish, then I use my Avon eye liner brush dipped in polish remover.  I use a sweeping motion from side to side to get the crisp clean line.  This brush is my absolute favorite as it has short firm bristles.  You can purchase this brush HERE for only $3.99.

Pictured above are the colors I used to complete my look.  Eva, Brandt, Gayle, and Sienna from Julep.  Then on top I added Let's Get Star-ted from Nicole by Opi.  With these colors I used a brush from an empty nail art bottle and made short strokes from the side of my nail towards the middle.  I started with my darkest color and then ended with the gold.  Then topped that with my Let's Get Star-ted because I absolutely needed to have purple stars for a Scentsy Manicure!

So there you have it, at least my nails are ready for my first Spring Sprint!  So excited and cannot wait to attend!  Watch for pictures from the event in a coming blog post. 

Monday NOTD - Julep

Here is a super cute monday mani for you ladies.

This is a quilted diamond pattern.

Colors used:  Barbara and Sienna by Julep

How to get this look:

1. Paint nails with 1 or 2 coats of your desired base color, I used Sienna for my base color, let dry
2. Using striping tape layout the pattern on your nails
3. Apply 1-2 coats of your 2nd nail polish color, I used Barbara for this to add glitter and a nice pop of color.
4. While your 2nd color is still wet carefully remove the striping tape from every finger except your accent nail.
5. For your accent nail, simply trim to fit the striping tape that you already applied.
6. Apply 1-2 coats of your favorite top coat.

There you have it, a simple and cute quilted mani.

Do you love this style? 

What colors would you choose?

Julep - An Obsession

Do you have an obsession for nail polish?

I DO!

I currently subscribe to Julep which is an amazing monthly box sent right to your mailbox each month filled with new and exciting polish and products for you to add to your collection.
A fellow blogger Nail Art Couture, is currently running a giveaway where you can enter to win the entire February Julep Collection!  Enter Here

Julep is coming out with a silver holographic nail polish for 

February!

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 Use coupon code JULEPVIP to get your intro box for a penny, or 

use coupon code INTROTWO to get two additional colours. The 

regular price is $19.99/month.

Being a Maven has many perks!  For example:

• FREE Shipping!!!!
• 20% off all items on their website
• Exclusive Secret Store, just for Julep Maven's!
• Earn Jules to receive free products!

No obligation to purchase your monthly box, you can skip a month anytime you need to.  

Also you get to choose which box you want to receive each month. They are so much more than just polish, they also have mascara, polish remover, foot care and hand care products as well.

Here is a few photos of my personal Julep collection.

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Water Marbelling meets French Mani

So tonight I thought, why have I never seen anyone try to do a water marble french manicure style.  Can't be that hard, right?

Well here is how mine turned out.  What do you think?

 First I had to choose 4 colors from my polish collection.  I decided that I thought Donna, Gayle, Brandt and Kate from Julep would look nice together.

This photo shows my nails without the flash.  

Well I am pretty pleased with how they actually turned out, but it is was quite time consuming to do the clean up.  I did my full nails in the water marbel and then used a makeup brush with polish remover to remove the excess from the bottom of my nail to give me the french manicure look.  I finished it off with small stripes of glitter to just set off the nails a little bit.

New Year Eve Mystery Box from Julep

 When I saw Julep offer their New Years Eve Mystery box I jumped at it, because I have never been disappointed with their mystery box's in the past.  However the box that I received today has me quite disappointed.  I will say that it is a good box for the price of $19.99, just does not contain products that I am thrilled about.  Here is what my box contained:

So here is everything that was inside my NYE Mystery box.

Stella and Georgia.  Not impressed with these colors.  Stella reminds me of a runny baby poop color lol  Georgia is a orange shimmer color.  I detest orange polish

 Sienna and Cindy.  I love Sienna, it is one of my favorite colors, this is a dupe for me.  Cindy is another dupe for me and not one that I am overly in love with except for Christmas mani's.

This is the "Mystery" glitter that Julep claimed was never released.  However I actually have one of their polishes that looks identical to this called Hillary.  When I hold them beside each other there is a very slight difference in color.  Still a cute glitter thou.

Julep Sicilian Orange Foot Scrub.  I am happy to get this item as I have seen people rave about it.  Cannot wait to actually try it out.

Julep Lengthening Mascara and a Julep nail file.  Well I am not thrilled about the mascara at all because it is brown, so I will never actually use it.  Well what can I say about a nail file, I have a hundred of them, so another one to add to the collection lol

3 Julep nail polish single use remover pads.  I don't like these, I find that I need to use anywhere from 5-8 of these pads to remove my polish from both hands.  2 Age Defying Hand Brightener samples.  Never used these before.

Well there you have it, this was my NYE Mystery Box from Julep.  Obviously like I said previously it is a great box for the price of $19.99, just not impressed with what I actually received, but I guess that is the chance you take when you purchase a mystery box.

Glitzy Girl - Friday Nails

Here they are ladies!  My glitzy girlie friday nails.  
I used Julep's Vivien, Barbara and Ellie to create this ultra feminine mani for the weekend.

This is a very simple mani which any lady can do.  I first applied to thin coats of Ellie and topped the tips with Barbara.  On my accent finger I used 2 thin coats of Barbara over the entire nail followed by 1 coat of gorgeous Vivien.

My top 3 hand/nail products from 2012

Here is a list of my must have hand/nail products from 2012.

The first thing I recommend is investing in a base and top coat.  You do not need to spend a lot of money to get a great quality product.  I highly recommend the PRO-FX line that you can purchase at your local Walmart for only $4.97.  I call these my miracle products lol  Without them I would be back to horribly short nails. The price is amazing as these are huge 75 ml bottles.  I personally use the Protein Enriched Base Coat & Revitalizer and the Quick Dry High Gloss Top Coat.

You will want to keep your hands moisturized, especially during these cold winter months.  So the next thing I recommend is finding a hand lotion that you love.  I am partial to the Layers by Scentsy hand cream (My opinion is biased thou as I do sell this product)  I use lotion on my hands several times daily and a small amount goes a long way with this product.  The cost is $7 for an 85g tube and comes in a large variety of scents.  Visit Scentsy to find a consultant near you.

Julep has an amazing product.  I fell in love with their Essential Cuticle Oil when I received it as one of my items from one of their mystery box's.  This product is a little bit pricey but I still love it! Apply this oil daily to your cuticle's to strengthen your nails and maintain your manicure.  This product sells for $18 or $14.40 if you are a Julep Maven.  Become a Maven with Julep to receive 20% off and free shipping on all orders.  

There you have it, my top 3 products that I cannot live without.  These products help me maintain healthy looking beautiful hands and nails.  I hope you find this information helpful.

Dazzling Nails to welcome 2013

This year I was introduced to a fabulous company called Julep!

I am welcoming the New Year with some dazzling nails thanks to Julep's amazing polish!

This is a very simple mani that anyone can do at home with their favorite polish.

1) Apply 2 coats of PRO-FX protein enriched base coat or any other base coat that you love

2) Using scotch tape, tape off the bottom portion of your nail

3) Apply 2 thin coats of your bottom color.  I chose Frieda by Julep

4) Using a cosmetic sponge dab a small amount of your favorite glitter polish and lightly dab on your nail, starting at the tip and going 3/4 way down to the bottom edge of your base color.  I used Jordan by Julep for my sparkle.

5) Apply a top coat of your choice.  I use PRO-FX quick dry high gloss.

HAPPY NEW YEAR AND ALL THE BEST!