Essie Chinchilly

This is 2 coats of Essie Chinchilly. It's a gorgeous grey creme, but still doesn't beat Recycle. Chinchilly seems to have some yellow undertones. What's your favorite grey creme? Or are you opposed to grey polish in general?

I have major World Cup Fever! Ashley and I went to Germany for the last World Cup 4 years ago. We get up early for every game and occasionally even scream at the television. It's the biggest thing that happens on the planet and I get totally caught up in the magic! And the men! That's how I first got hooked on the World Cup way back in 1994. I was flipping channels when suddenly my tv screen was filled with beautiful men from around the world!

So now I present to you April's World Cup Hottie of the Day! Today's pick is Diego Lugano playing for Uruguay! I don't know all of the ins & outs of posting photos that you find on the internet, so unless one of you can help explain the rules to me, I'll just link to a photo. (That's allowed right?)

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April

Latest Water Marble

I love water marbling! It's pretty easy and the results are cool. This is a base of Essie Adore-a-ball, marbled with Essie Mint Candy Apple, American Apparel Hassid & Essence Go Wild. All of these three polishes worked great for marbling!

There are lots of great tutorials around for doing a water marble, so I'll just tell you what I do differently.

I start by grabbing whatever chapstick I have around and putting that around my nails to make cleaning up my skin much easier. I've tried tape, but i thought it was annoying. Vaseline put on with a brush works great too, but the chapstick is the easiest thing I've tried so far.

I use a dish that is large enough for there to be some water surface without any polish. I then dip my finger straight down into the water without polish and bring it face-up under my favorite part of the design. I think most people put their nail face-down into the design, but I find this awkward. It works great for most people, but if you're feeling frustrated with that method, try it this way and see how it goes.

The part I would really like to improve is making designs in the polish after dropping them into the water. Does anyone have favorite links to tutorials?

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April

P.S. I can't wait for the World Cup!!!!!! Who's the sexiest player this year?

Essie Adore-a-ball

I won Essie Adore-a-ball from the Lacquer Lady's giveaway. This is 4 streaky coats. It looks great from a distance but streaky up close. Sheer, soft, just barely pink. The picture below was taken in strong sunlight.

I love this color and even the visible nail line though! So pretty!

Can anyone recommend a similar, just barely pink polish that isn't streaky?

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April

Essie Downtown Brown & A Konad

Essie Downtown Brown looks like cherry cola! I really thought I would like this one more. Maybe it didn't do anything for me since it's not fall or winter right now. This is 3 coats.

I used American Apparel Poppy and Konad plate S6. Not a very successful color combination but I sure do love this design!

Just a few more days to enter my Zoya giveaway!

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April

Essie Mint Candy Apple

Essie Mint Candy apple is what I was wearing in my last post about our current giveaway. Ashley bought this one for me a few weeks ago and I think it's gorgeous. This is only the second mint color that I've tried. The first was a Tic Tac that ended up being too yellow and I hated it. I think it's amazing how two polishes that are relatively similar can end up on opposite ends of the love/hate spectrum.
I broke my first nail today! It was shockingly upsetting. My nails were the longest they've ever been by far until I trimmed them down a bit a few days ago. The break didn't end up being as bad as I first feared. Once I got home and applied some polish to the broken part and evened it out, it looked much better. I don't post my pictures in any kind of order by the way. Just kind of whatever order I end up going through and fixing my pictures. Do most of you post in order? I think the answer is yes. Also I can't decide if I should label this one a green or a blue. I'm going with blue for now.