Chelsea Girl

I was dying for bright blue nails the other night and thought "I have got to try my new color club polish." Once I started to apply it I got so disappointed. It was so streaky. I almost never have to do more then two coats of polish to get a smooth finish. This one took at least 3 and could have probably used 4. In the bottle it looks like this pretty bright blue neon. It goes on like a jelly so it has that rubber look and is way more sheer then I expected. Overall I just was not happy. It came back off after I took photo.s

Sponging and Stamping

I have been looking at my Winstonia plate #W111 and trying to decide how I wanted to paint the background for it. I finally decided to do a pastel type watercolor mani. I didn't feel like breaking out the plastic wrap so I just used cut up sponges to layer the colors. I put down a base color of Opi's Alpine snow because I really wanted the colors to pop. I used all China Glaze polishes. They are Lotus begin, What a pansy, At vase value, and Bahamian escape. I just would sponge on one color at a time and then at the end I went back in with the base color of Bahamian escape to even it out. I stamped with Konad's white special polish. As per usual I used my favorite Glisten and Glow HK Girl topcoat.

My base of sponging

Indoor light

Indoor light

Sunlight

Sunlight

Sunlight

Maleficent Nails

I am off to see the new Disney Maleficent movie and can not wait. I, of coarse, had to do my nails to go along with the movie. The green is grass is lime greener from china glaze. The light purple is lotus begin and the darker is what a pansy, both from china glaze. Both black, black onyx and white, alpine snow are from Opi. It is sealed off with a generous amount of Glisten and Glow HK Girl Topcoat.

Beauty Battle: Moisturizer

Today I want to compare two different types of beauty products. I am hoping to make this a permanent type of blog post. For my first beauty throw down I have two gel moisturizers. In the left hand corner we have Philosophy's Take a Breath. Opposing heavy weight is Olay's Dew-Over. Olay recently came out with their fresh effects collection and Dew-Over is the only moisturizer in the collection that I could find. I bought the Philosophy one back around November of last year based on the recommendations of a Ulta employee. I purchased it and the Purity face cleanser. I have to say neither I was really blown away with but that's a different blog. The consistency of both moisturizers is a bit different then most. They are more of a gel then a cream. Both having a cooling effect when you put them on and even smell about the same. I would wash my face and put one on half of my face and the other on my other half to compare side by side.  To be completely honest I did not really notice a difference. They both sank into the skin fairly quickly. Now I do have to say that the only real down side to them is that they feel like they only really completely dry after 30 minutes or so. For a while they seem almost tacky in some spots. I didn't notice it affecting my makeup any luckily. I would say that if you're in the market for a new moisturizer I would recommend both of these but with a price difference of $12 for the Olay and $35 for Philosophy I would go with the Dew-Over in a heart beat.