Since coming back from my vacation I've been trying to only use polishes I bought while I was away. That's quite a feat seeing as I bought at least 50 bottles of polish lmao! October was Breast Cancer Awareness month & I did a few manicures to support that.
Before I can post the pic of my final BCA mani, I have a sad story to tell.
While preparing to do the above manicure, I hit my ring finger nail on my lamp & ended up breaking the nail straight across the free edge, almost all the way. I was able to salvage it using the tea bag technique but unfortunately it didn't hold. I felt that trying to keep it patched would be a lot of additional work. I use pure acetone when I do my nails, and that disintegrates the fix & I didn't want to have to fix my nail each time I took off the previous mani. That being said, I chopped off my claws! :(
This one was my favourite of the lot. Love the neon & holographic combo!!
So because I haven't posted in quite a while, I'm going to warn you that this might become a bit of a lengthy post. I realize that it's almost the end of November, but I've been seriously slacking in terms of blogging. I think it's got something to do with how much effort it takes for me to organize all my photos (I take a LOT, who doesn't? haha) & get them from the correct folders on my phone to my computer.
Another reason I've been slacking a bit is because I got a job at LUSH earlier this month & I've been doing a whole bunch of research on the company, the products & the ingredients we use. It's such an amazing company. My friend Christina surprised me with these notes on her door on the day I announced that I got the job. Love her!!
Needless to say, I was super sad about having to chop off my nails, so I totally had to find the perfect colour to compliment my new nubbins. After seeing this colour all over Instagram & after seeing a sale for OPI polishes at Ulta while on vacation, I had to get it.
This gorgeous colour is OPI... Eurso Euro by OPI (obviously lol). It's a gorgeous dark blue that made me feel much better about my wittle nubbins haha.
So this year was my first year ever doing Hallowe'en nail art & this is what I decided on.
I think this is going to be the last picture I put in this blog post. Like I mentioned earlier, I'm not at all a fan of winter nor the weather it brings. While everyone else is wearing all these fall/winter colours, I'm still rocking summer colours & neons. This mani is the perfect example.
This was my first time doing drip nail art. I think it turned out pretty decently. I used acrylic paint for the drips & I used a neon green for the tips. I also used striping tape for the tips, which is very unlike me. I don't like my French tips to be super straight like that, which is why I usually free hand them so they look more natural. It was late that night & I just couldn't be bothered to free hand it.
Welp, I think that's lengthy enough! Hope you enjoyed my nail art! :)
- Julez